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on lots.

SECTION 3. That the amount of the damages thus assessed and remaining a lien upon said lots, may at any time be discharged by the Amount of damowner or owners paying the amount thereof into the treasury of the ages to be a lien city of Pittsburg, for the use of the persons entitled thereto, and unless paid within one year after said confirmation by court as aforesaid, the lot or parcel of ground may be levied upon and sold, under a writ of levari facias issued in the name of the mayor, aldermen and citizens of Pittsburg, at the instance of any person interested; and the moneys so assessed and paid into the city treasury, shall be paid over to persons entitled thereto, or to their legal representatives.

SECTION 4. That all former laws, inconsistent herewith, be and the Repeal. same are hereby repealed.

SECTION 5. The court of quarter sessions of the peace of Allegheny Court to appoint county, be and the same hereby is authorized and empowered, upon viewers who may application by petition, to appoint viewers to view Katharine street, in vacate Katharine the city of Pittsburg, as the same is now located on the plan of the city street, in Pittsdistrict, and adopted by said city; and on the report of said viewers to burg, and lay out vacate the whole or any part of said street, and if desired by the peti- alleys. tioners, to substitute in lieu thereof an alley or alleys, not less than twenty feet in width, running as nearly as may be parallel to Bedford and Cliff streets in said city, and extending from one cross street to another; and the said court shall proceed therein in the same manner in all respects as is directed by the existing laws relating to roads and highways.

JAMES COOPER,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

WM. WILLIAMSON,
Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED-The fifteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred

and forty-seven.

FRS. R. SHUNK.

No. 312.

AN ACT

Relative to the settlement of the accounts of Peter Martz.

WHEREAS, It appears that errors have been committed in the two last settlements of Peter Martz, late supervisor on the Susquehanna divi- Preamble. sion of the Pennsylvania canal, and that injustice will be done to his sureties thereby; therefore,

Auditor general

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 auditor general and state treasurer, be and they are hereby authorized and required, to open, re-examine and settle the two last accounts or settlements of Peter Martz, late supervisor on the Susquehanna di- and settle acvision of the Pennsylvania canal; and that notice be given to the sure- counts.

and state treasurer to re-examine

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ties of the said supervisor, of the time of the re-examination and settlement of said accounts: and that all further proceedings in the suit instituted by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania versus the said Martz and his sureties, be suspended until the final settlement of the accounts of said supervisor as aforesaid agreeably to law: Provided, That the delay will not affect the interests of the commonwealth.

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APPROVED The fifteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven.

FRS. R. SHUNK.

refuge.

No. 313.

A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT

To the act incorporating the House of Refuge, passed the twenty-third of March, eighteen hundred and twenty-six.

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 Appropriation out when buildings for a house of refuge, for colored juvenile delinquents, of the county shall be erected and opened for the reception of inmates in the county funds of Philadel- of Philadelphia, the commissioners of the county of Philadelphia be phia, to house of and they are hereby authorized to draw their warrants on the treasurer of said county, in favor of the treasurer of the house of refuge, for four thousand dollars per annum, for five years, in addition to the sum now authorized by law; the payment of the aforesaid additional sum to commence on the first Monday of the month following an official notice to be given by the managers of the house of refuge, to the commissioners of the county of Philadelphia, that the aforenamed buildings are ready for the admission of inmates; and the same be continued annually on the first Monday of the same month, for the term of five years, and shall be applied by the said managers, exclusively, for the purposes of the institution.

JAMES COOPER,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

WM. WILLIAMSON,
Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED-The fifteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred

and forty-seven.

FRS. R. SHUNK.

No. 314.

AN ACT

Supplementary to the act to incorporate the Trenton City bridge company.

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

so soon as the dividends upon the capital stock of the Trenton When to be debridge, shall have been sufficient to reimburse the stockholders the clared a free amount of the cost of said bridge, and the interest thereon, a majority bridge. of said stockholders may, at a meeting convened for that purpose, of which three weeks' notice shall be given in at least two of the newspapers published in the county of Bucks, and two in the city of Trenton, declare the said bridge to be free for the passage of all foot passengers and vehicles of every description, without the exaction of any tolls whatever therefor: Provided, The said city, by the common councils Proviso. thereof, will agree to keep the same in repair; and so long as the same is thus kept in repair, it shall remain free as aforesaid.

SECTION 2. It shall be lawful for the president and directors of said Location. company, to locate said bridge at such place as they may deem most suitable, being at and opposite the city of Trenton, on the river Dela

ware.

SECTION 3. This act shall not go into effect, until a like supplement Assent of New shall be passed by the legislature of New Jersey. Jersey necessary.

JAMES COOPER,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

WM. WILLIAMSON,

Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED-The fifteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred

and forty-seven.

FRS. R. SHUNK.

No. 315.

AN ACT

Authorizing the burgess, assistant burgess and town council of the borough of
Marietta, in Lancaster county, to provide a lock-up house.

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 burgess, assistant burgess and town council of the borough of To erect a lockMarietta, in Lancaster county, be and they are hereby authorized and up house.

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empowered to build, or otherwise provide in said borough, at the ex-
pense of the said borough, a suitable house or place, to be used as a
place of security, for the temporary detention of persons committed by
a justice of the peace, on a criminal charge or breach of the public
peace, for which such person or persons could be lawfully committed!
to the county prison, there to remain and be kept until such person or
persons can be conveniently conveyed to the county prison, or until dis-
charged according to law : "Provided, That no person shall be confined
in said house or place, at any one time, for a longer period than twenty.
four hours, except such person be charged with an indictable offence,
and it be necessary to detain him or her for examination.

JAMES COOPER,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
WM. WILLIAMSON,

Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED-The fifteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred

and forty-seven.

FRS. R. SHUNK.

No. 316.

AN ACT

To authorize the commissioners of Cumberland county, to repair a certain bridge and road adjacent, and relative to the Conodoguinett bridge.

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 County commisthe commissioners of Cumberland county be and they are hereby author sioners to repair a bridge over Cono-ized and required to take charge of, and make suitable repairs to a doguinett creek, certain bridge over Conodoguinett creek, on the state road leading from and road adjacent Gettysburg to Lewistown, in Newton township, in said county; and also to repair the road adjoining the bridge aforesaid, so as to render the same passable and safe, and the same to keep in good repair, charging the expenses of the same to the county of Cumberland aforesaid.

Expenses to be paid by county.

Freight across the bridge at mouth of said

creek, regulated.

SECTION 2. That from and after the first day of June next, no person or persons shall, at any one time, haul or convey across the bridge now erected across the Conodoguinett creek, (at its mouth) in East Pennsboro' township, Cumberland county, more than seven thousand pounds weight of loading, under the penalty of not less than five dollars, nor more than twenty, to be recovered as other debts of similar amount are by law recoverable, one half to go to the use of the informer, and the other half to the use of the county.

JAMES COOPER,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
WM. WILLIAMSON,

Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED-The fifteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred

and forty-seven.

FRS. R. SHUNK.

No. 317.

AN ACT

For the relief of the heirs of Elizabeth M'Dowell, deceased.

WHEREAS, Elizabeth M'Dowell, late of the county of Mifflin, deceased, during her lifetime, loaned to a certain Desaix Alexander sun- Preamble. dry sums of money, for the improvement of the plantation or tract of land then in his occupancy, by virtue of the last will and testament of James Alexander, of said county, deceased, dated the twenty-sixth day of July, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three; for the better security and payment of the said several sums of money. judgments were confessed by the said Desaix Alexander to the said Elizabeth M'Dowell, which said judgments were, respectively, for the following sums, to wit: one judgment for the sum of one thousand two hundred and ninety-two dollars and forty-seven cents, entered to number six, of January term, eighteen hundred and forty, with interest thereon from the sixth day of November, eighteen hundred and thirtynine; one for the sum of seventy dollars and thirty-three cents, entered to number fifty five, of April term, eighteen hundred and forty, with interest thereon from the twenty-sixth day of November, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine; one for the sum of two hundred and fifty-two dollars and sixty-three cents, entered to number eight, of November term, eighteen hundred and forty, with interest thereon from the first day of November, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine; one for the sum of four hundred and thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents, entered to number eight, of August term, eighteen hundred and forty-two, with interest thereon from the first day of August, eighteen hundred and forty-one; and one for the sum of eight hundred and twenty-five dollars, entered to number one hundred and forty-one, of August term, eighteen hundred and forty-three, with interest thereon from the eighth day of May, eighteen hundred and forty-three, all of which said judgments, above recited, were entered upon the records of the court of common pleas of Mifflin county:

And whereas, The said Desaix Alexander had only a life estate in the aforesaid plantation or tract of land, and dying shortly after the completion of the said improvements, without having paid any portion of the judgments so confessed and entered up against him, the estate descended to his issue upon whom it was entailed by the said James Alexander, deceased, thereby leaving the said Elizabeth M'Dowell, or her representatives, without any remedy at law, for the recovery of the same; therefore,

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 court of common pleas of Mifflin county is hereby authorized and Court of common required, to direct an issue to be joined between the administrator of pleas to direct an issue to try the the said Elizabeth M'Dowell, deceased, and Casper Dull, the guardian of Sarah Alexander, the only child of the said Desaix Alexander, deceased, for the purpose of ascertaining how much, if any, of the money for which the aforesaid judgments were confessed by the said Desaix Alexander to the said Elizabeth M'Dowell, was for the improvement of

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