No. 167. AN ACT Authorizing the utilization, for domestic, manufacturing and commercial purposes, of waters theretofore used for purposes of transportation. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That any person, corporate or otherwise, vested with the franchise of constructing, maintaining and using, for purposes of transportation, canals or other artificial highways, may, at any time, convert a portion or the whole of the water supply theretofore used for such highways to the uses of domestic manufacturing and commercial purposes, and may to this end, from time to time, lease, sell or convey the whole or any portion of the same. Approved-The 17th day of May, A. D. 1901. WILLIAM A. STONE. Water of high ways may be used for purposes of manufacture, etc. No. 168. A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT To an act, entitled "An act to carry into effect section five of article fourteen of the Constitution, relative to the salaries of county officers and the payment of fees received by them into the State and county treasury, in counties containing over one hundred and fifty thousand inhabitants, approved thirtyfirst of March, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six, and amended by act approved twenty-fourth May, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven," further amending section sixteen of said act. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That section sixteen of the act to which this is a supplement, and which reads as follows: "Section 16. The county solicitor, county jailor, county commissioners, county auditors, county controller, county surveyor or county engineer, county detective, county treasurer, and interpreter of the court, shall severally be paid quarterly, and shall be paid the full amount allowed to them by this bill, but all fees and emoluments whatsoever that may accrue to either of them by virtue of their respective offices shall be paid by them to the county treasury, as directed by this act; and all other officers shall be paid the amounts herein assigned them only when the net receipts of their respective offices shall reach the amount herein respectively fixed for them," be amended so as to read as follows: Section 16 of act cited for amendment. of March 31, 1876, Fees and emolu ments of certain into county treas ury. Section 16. The county solicitor, county jailor, counofficers to be paid ty commissioners, county controllers, county surveyor or engineer, county detectives, county treasurer, interpreter of courts, district attorney and his assistants, shall severally be paid monthly or quarterly, and shall be paid the full amount allowed them by law, but all fees and emoluments whatsoever that may accrue to either of them by virtue of their respective offices shall be paid by them to the county treasurer, as directed by law; and all other officers shall be paid the amounts assigned them by law, only when the net receipts of their respective offices shall reach the amounts respectively fixed for them. Approved-The 17th day of May, A. D. 1901. WILLIAM A. STONE. Section 1 of act of No. 169. AN ACT To amend an act, entitled "An act to amend an act, entitled 'An act prescribing the mode of fixing the salaries of county superintendents of common schools,' approved the twentyninth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight, amending the first section thereof by fixing minimum salaries to be paid said superintendents," and prescribing the mode of fixing salaries above the minimum and below the maximum. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That section one of an act, entitled "An act to amend an act, entitled 'An act prescribing the mode of fixing the salaries of county superintendents of common schools, approved the twenty-ninth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight, amending first section thereof by fixing the minimum salaries to be paid said superintendents," which reads as follows: "Section 1. That the salary of each superintendent of common schools, elected according to law, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three and thereafter, shall be four dollars and fifty cents for each school in his jurisdiction at the time of his election, to be paid out of the general fund appropriated for common schools: Provided, That the salary of a county superintendent shall in no case be less than one thousand nor more than two thousand dollars per an num: And provided further, That the convention of school directors, when assembled for the purpose of electing a county superintendent, may vote him a salary greater than the amount he would receive by this act, such increase to be in all cases taken from the school fund of the county thus voting. That in all coun ties having over two hundred and ninety schools, or twelve hundred square miles of territory, or a school term exceeding seven and one-half months, the salaries of said superintendents shall not be less than fifteen hundred dollars," be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: Superintendent. Section 1. That the salary of each county superin- Salaries of the tendent of common schools, elected according to law, in the year one thousand nine hundred and two, and thereafter, shall be ten dollars for each of the first one hundred schools within his jurisdiction, five dollars for each school above one hndred and not over two hundred, and two dollars each for each school above two hundred: Provided, That the salary of a county Proviso. superintendent shall in no case be less than one thousand dollars per annum, nor more than two thousand dollars per annum: And provided further, That in all Proviso. counties having twelve hundred square miles of territory, or a school term exceeding seven and one-half months, the salaries of said superintendents shall not be less than fifteen hundred dollars: And provided Proviso. further, That a convention of school directors, assembled for the purpose of electing a county superintendent, may vote him a salary greater than the amount he would receive by this act, such increase to be in all cases taken out of the school fund appropriated for the county thus voting. Approved--The 17th day of May, A. D. 1901. WILLIAM A. STONE. No. 170. AN ACT Supplementing and amending an act, entitled "An act authorizing the transfer, by the judges of the several courts of the Commonwealth, of licenses for the wholesale or retail of vinous, spirituous, malt or brewed liquors, from one person to another and from one place to another," approved the fifteenth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety seven. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That section one of an act, entitled "An act authorizing the transfer, by the judges of the several courts of the Commonwealth, of licenses for the wholesale or retail of vinous, spirituous, malt or brewed liquors, from one person to another and from one place to another," which act was approved the fifteenth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, and which section reads as follows: Section 1 of the act of July 15, 1897, cited for amendment. Transfer of 11censes by courts. Proviso. Advertisement. Remonstrance. "Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the judges of the several courts of the Commonwealth having authority under existing laws to grant licenses for the sale of vinous, spirituous, malt or brewed liquors, are hereby authorized to transfer such licenses from one person to another; or, in the event of a partial or complete destruction of any building by fire or otherwise, the same being occupied at the time by a licensee for the sale of such liquors, or upon the refusal of the owner of any building, occupied by a licensee for the sale of such liquors, to extend or renew a lease for the same, the said courts shall have power to transfer such license from one place to another, within the same precinct, ward or borough, as the court may determine. Any transfers of licenses, whether for wholesale or retail of such liquors, under the provisions of this act, may be made during the regular term of court or in chambers during vacation, when the applicant or applicants for said transfer shall have presented to the court a petition setting forth all the facts necessary under existing laws for original applications for liquor licenses," be and the same is hereby amended and supplemented so as to read as follows: Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the judges of the several courts of the Commonwealth having authority under existing laws to grant licenses for the sale of vinous, spirituous, malt or brewed liquors, are hereby authorized to transfer such licenses from one person to another, or from one place to another within the same precinct, ward, city or borough, as the court may determine. Any transfers of license, whether for wholesale or retail of such liquors, under the provisions of this act, may be made during the regular term of court or in chambers during vacation, when the applicant or applicants for said transfers shall have presented to the court a petition, setting forth all the facts necessary under existing laws for original applications for liquor licenses: Provided, That in cases where the application is made to transfer from one place to another, the application shall be advertised as provided by existing laws governing original applications for license, and that residents of the ward, borough or township shall have the same right to remonstrate against such transfer as against applications for original licenses. Approved-The 17th day of May, A. D. 1901. No. 171. AN ACT Relating to connection of property with public sewers in bor oughs. tions in boroughs. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That the burgess and Sewer connectown council of any borough in this Commonwealth shall have power, by resolution or ordinance duly enacted, to require any owner of property in the borough, abutting on or adjoining any street or alley in which is a public sewer, to make connection with such sewer, in such manner and under such regulations as the borough may order, for the purpose of discharge of such drainage or waste matter as the borough may specify into such sewer; and to that end, the owner shall be given three months notice of the resolution or ordinance of the borough requiring such connection. Should the owner fail to connect within that time, then the borough is empowered to make the connection, When borough and to collect the cost thereof from the owner as other debts due the borough are collectible: Provided however, That the manner and regulations relative to all Proviso. connections required by the borough shall be uniform. Approved-The 21st day of May, A. D. 1901. WILLIAM A. STONE. may make connections. No. 172. AN ACT Authorizing treasurers of the several counties of this Commonwealth to refund, on warrant drawn by the county commissioners, to aliens the tax of three cents per day paid into the county treasury under the provisions of the act of June fifteenth, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, and providing for the distribution to school districts of so much thereof as may remain unclaimed after one year. alien tax. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That the treasurers of the several counties of the Commonwealth be and are hereby authorized, on warrant drawn by the county commissioners of the respective counties, to repay Repayment of to the foreign-born, unnaturalized, male persons, who have as aforesaid either directly or indirectly paid into the county treasury any portion of the said tax, under the provisions of the act of June fifteenth, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, such portion of the said tax as he or they may have paid into the said treasury. |