Duties and comSECTION 2. That it shall be the duty of said commissioners, pensation of or a majority of them, after taking oath or affirmation, before commissioners, a justice of the peace, to perform the duties enjoined upon surveyor, &c. them by this act, with fidelity and impartiality, to carefully view the ground on which the said road may pass, and lay out and mark the same upon the ground, on the route agreed upon by them for the road aforesaid, in such a manner as to enable the supervisors readily to find the same; and for the purpose of fulfilling the duties enjoined in this act, the said commissioners, or a majority of them, are hereby enjoined to employ a surveyor, at a per diem allowance of not more than three dollars, and two chain carriers, at a per diem allowance of not exceeding one dollar and fifty cents; and the said commissioners shall receive a per diem allowance not exceeding two dollars per each day necessarily employed in the discharge of their duties, enjoined by this act, which shall be paid by the treasurers of the counties through which the road may be laid out, one-half to be paid by the treasurer of Montgomery county, and the other half by the treasurer of Chester county. Drafts. When road to be opened. Vacancies. Duties of supervisors. SECTION 3. That it shall be the duty of the commissioners, as aforesaid, to make out two separate and accurate drafts of the location of said road, respectively noting the courses and distances, as they occur, with such other matters as may serve for explanation, one copy to be deposited in the office of the clerk of the court of quarter sessions, in the respective counties through which the road may pass, on or before the first day of August next, and from thenceforth the said road shall be a public highway, and shall be opened to a width of thirty-three feet, and to be made and repaired as all other roads, laid out by the courts, are made and repaired. SECTION 4. That the commissioners shall proceed, as soon as practicable, to complete the location of said road, and if any vacancy occur in their number, by death, resignation, or otherwise, the same shall be supplied by the remaining commissioners selecting suitable persons to constitute a board of at least three members. SECTION 5. That it shall be the duty of the supervisors of the several townships through which the said road may pass, upon notice given, to proceed to open and make said road, under the same provisions as if said road had been laid out by the respective courts of quarter sessions. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-seventh day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. No. 83. A Supplement To the act, entitled "An Act to incorporate the Erie Cemetery." 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 annual meeting of the eorporators of the Erie ceme- Annual meeting tery shall hereafter be held on the first Tuesday of May, in of corporators. each and every year. SECTION 2. The managers chosen on the second Monday of Managers. January, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-three, shall continue in office until the first Tuesday of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four. SECTION 3. At each annual meeting of the corporators, here- Auditors to be after held, three corporators shall be chosen, to act as auditors chosen. of the accounts of said managers, for the preceding board. sons who have SECTION 4. It shall be lawful for the managers of said ceme- Fund for repair tery to receive donations, from any person or persons, in of lots and onclosures of pertrust, to constitute a fund, the interest of which shall be used, so far as the same shall be required, for the purpose of keeping removed. in repair and order the lots and enclosures thereof, of any person or persons who have removed from the county, and permitted their lots and enclosures thereof to get out of order and repair. SECTION 5. Whenever any person or persons, owning any Authorized to lot in said cemetery, shall permit said lot, its shrubbery or collect from enclosure, to get out of order and repair, it shall and may be owners cost of lawful for the board of managers of said cemetery to repair repairs, &o. said lot, its shrubbery and enclosure, and the reasonable cost thereof to collect from said owner or owners, as debts of like amount are now by law collected, in cases of judgment, in trespass or trover. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEORGE V. LAWRENCE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-seventh day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. No. 84. An Act To extend the provisions of an act designating the period for the commencement of the official term of Commissioners, et cetera, of Lancaster county, approved the sixteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, so far as relates to directors of the poor, to Cumberland county. 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 much of the provisions of an act, entitled "An Act designating the period for the commencement of the official term of the commissioners, prison inspectors, and directors of the poor and house of employment of Lancaster county," approved the sixteenth day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, as relates to the office of director of the poor, be extended to the county of Cumberland. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-seventh day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. No. 85. A Supplement To an act of April eighth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, granting certain ferry privileges. WHEREAS, By an act of the general assembly, approved the eighth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixtytwo, whereunto this act is a supplement, certain ferry privileges were granted to William M'Conkey and S. W. P. Boyd, within certain limits, in said act described: And whereas, All persons, by said act, are prohibited from ferrying within said limits; 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 said William M'Conkey, and S. W. P. Boyd, or either of them, their heirs or assigns, shall be and are hereby authorized and empowered to sue for and recover, before any alderman or justice of the peace, in the counties of Lancaster and York, any sum not exceeding five dollars, for each and every violation of the privileges to them, or either of them, granted in the act aforesaid, from any person or persons ferrying within the limits therein mentioned. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEORGE V. LAWRENCE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-seventh day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. No. 86. An Act Supplementary to an act relative to roads and bridges in the county of York, approved the seventeenth day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. 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 the court of quarter sessions of the county of York is hereby authorized and empowered, upon petition, to decree. the laying out and opening of public roads in said county, of any width not exceeding one hundred feet: Provided, That all proceedings therein shall be entertained and exercised by said court, in accordance with the provisions of the general road law for said county, approved the seventeenth day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty, and entitled "An Act relating to roads and bridges in the county of York," and the several supplements thereto. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEORGE V. LAWRENCE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-seventh day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. No. 87. An Act Relative to the sheriff and coroner of Indiana county. 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, Compensation That from and after the passage of this act, the sheriff of the of sheriff for county of Indiana shall receive, from the treasury of said conveying conviets to peniten- county, the sum of fifteen dollars, together with the usual mileage, for each and every convict by him conveyed to the Western penitentiary? Provided, When but one convict, at any one time, is conveyed, as aforesaid, the said sheriff shall receive the sum of twenty dollars, with the usual mileage. tiary. Proviso. Compensation of physicians for making post mortem examinations. SECTION 2. That in all cases hereafter of violent deaths, in Indiana county, when an inquest shall be held on the body of the deceased, and it shall be deemed necessary by a coroner or justice of the peace holding the inquest, to call upon a surgeon or physician to make a post mortem examination, the fee to be received from the county, by such surgeon or physician, shall be ten dollars, unless the commissioners of the county shall be of opinion his services deserve more, when it may be increased by them to such an amount as they may think just and proper. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-seventh day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. To annex part of Ephrata township, in Lancaster county, to Earl township, for school purposes. 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 real estate now owned or occupied by Henry Bard, Hannah Henry, Chambers Hahn, Wellington Yundt, Adam |