SECTION 3. That for the purpose of constructing and im- Commissioners proving the state road aforesaid, and of paying the necessary to assess a road expenses thereby incurred, the said commissioners shall annu- tax upon unally assess a road tax, not exceeding the amount now allowed seated lands in Huston and part by law, upon all the unseated lands in the township of Huston, of Pike townexcept those lying north and west of Bennett's Branch, in said ships. township, and also upon all the unseated lands in the township of Pike, which lie north of the Snowshoe and Packersville turnpike; and the said taxes shall be collected and paid over How to be colto the directors appointed under the provisions of the second lected and paid. section of this act, upon the warrant of the commissioners, drawn upon the county treasurer, in the manner now provided by law, and no other road taxes than those so assessed shall be collected from said lands, during said years. SECTION 4. That when the said road is so opened, it shall Subject to. be taken and deemed a public highway, and all the provisions of the general road law, in relation to obstructions thereof, and fines and penalties therefor, shall be applicable to the said state road, and all laws, or parts of laws, inconsistent with Repeal. the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed. SECTION 5. The commissioners named, in the first section of Branch road this act, shall also lay out a branch to said state road, com- may be laid out. mencing at the same, at the upper forks of Moose creek, and Route. thence by the best route to the Snowshoe and Packersville turnpike, west of Horn's shanty, and the taxes assessed for Taxes assessed road purposes, on tracts of land numbered four thousand two on certain tracts hundred and fifty-one, four thousand two hundred and fifty- of land, how to be appropriatwo, four thousand two hundred and fifty-three, four thousand ted. two hundred and fifty, five thousand seven hundred and seventy-four, five thousand seven hundred and seventy-five, five thousand seven hundred and seventy-six, five thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven, five thousand seven hundred and eighty-three, and five thousand seven hundred and eightyfour, in addition to the lands hereinbefore named, shall be appropriated, under the provisions of this act, to the making and improvement of said state road, and all the provisions of this act, in reference to the main road, are hereby made applicable to the branch so to be laid out. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEORGE V. LAWRENCE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The fourteenth day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. Title. Route. No. 50. An Act To incorporate the Graham Turnpike Road 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, Commissioners. That James B. Graham, James T. Leonard, Richard Shaw, senior, Thomas H. Forcey, George L. Reed, J. G. Hartswick, and John M. Adams, or any five of them, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners, to open books, receive subscriptions to stock, and organize a company, by the name, style and title of the Graham Turnpike Road Company, with power to locate and construct a turnpike road, from the end of the Union turnpike, at George J. Kyler's, in Clearfield county, by way of Grahamton, by the best and most eligible route, to the Milesburg and Smethford turnpike, at a point west of Central Point, on said road; that the capital stock of said company shall consist of four hundred shares, of twentyfive dollars each, and that the company may, from time to time, at a meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose, increase the capital stock to such an amount as may be required to complete said road; that the said company shall be organized under, and be subject to all the provisions and restrictions, and entitled to all the franchises and privileges imposed and conferred by the act, entitled "An Act regulating Turnpike and Plank Road companies," approved the twenty-sixth day of January, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, and the several supplements thereto. Capital stock. Subject to. Authorized to erect bridge at certain point. May purchase right of way on private roads. SECTION 2. That the said company shall have the right to erect a bridge across the West Branch of the Susquehanna river, at a point at which their road crosses the said river, and when the same is completed, the said bridge shall be controlled and regulated by the provisions of the act, entitled "An Act regulating Bridge companies," approved the twelfth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, and the several supplements thereto. SECTION 3. The said company shall have the right to contract for, and purchase the right of way upon any private road leading in the direction of either of the termini of their said road, and may construct the said turnpike road thereon, When tolls may and whenever one or more miles of said road is completed, be received. they shall have power to erect gates, and receive tolls thereon. WM. HOPKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives, pro tern. GEORGE V. LAWRENCE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The fourteenth day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. No. 51. An Act Relative to the Investment of trust moneys, in the county of Adams. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen tatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That it shall be lawful for the Orphans' court, of the county of Adams, to authorize the investment of trust moneys in the loans of said county, in the cases provided in, and agreeably to the provisions of the fourteenth section of the act relating to the Orphans' courts, passed the twenty-ninth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two. WM. HOPKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives, pro tem. GEORGE V. LAWRENCE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The fourteenth day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. To alter the Road Laws in the township of Franklin, in the county of Susquehanna. 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 provisions of an act, entitled "An Act to alter the road laws, in the township of Lenox, in the county of Susquehanna, and for other purposes," approved the third day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and forty seven, be and the same are hereby extended to the township of Franklin, in said county. WM. HOPKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives, pro tem. GEORGE V. LAWRENCE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The fourteenth day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. No. 53. An Act For the relief of William Brennan and Bernard M'Tighe. 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 to open and re-settle the accounts of William Brennan and Bernard M'Tighe, late clerks of the Mayor's court, of the city of Carbondale, with the Commonwealth. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED The fourteenth day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. A Further Supplement To an act to incorporate the Penn Haven and White Haven Railroad 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 time allowed by law for the carrying into execution and completion of the powers and privileges authorized by "A Further Supplement to an act to incorporate the Penn Haven and White Haven Railroad Company," approved the twenty-second day of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixty, be and the same are hereby extended for the term of five years. WM. HOPKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives, pro tem. Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The sixteenth day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. No. 55. An Act To divide the borough of Lock Haven, in the county of Clinton, into three wards. 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 from and after the passage of this act, the borough of Division into Lock Haven, in the county of Clinton, shall be divided into wards. three wards, as follows, to wit: All that portion of said Boundaries. borough lying east of the Broad Eagle Cross Cut Canal shall be called the East ward; and all that portion of said borough lying between the said Bald Eagle Cross Cut canal and Mill street, and the alley running from Main street, opposite Mill street, to the southern line of the borough, shall be called the Remain a sepa rate school district. |