No. 201. AN ACT To prevent the hunting of deer, with dogs, in the counties of Tioga, Schuylkill, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa tives 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, if any person or persons in the counwith dogs in eer- ties of Tioga, Schuylkill, and Potter, or in the townships of Armagh, tain places, pre- and Bratton, in the county of Mifflin, or in the townships of Blair, Hunting deer vented. Penalty. Proviso. Frankstown, Huston, or North Woodbury, in the county of Blair, shall hunt, chase, or pursue, with any dog or dogs, with design to kill, or destroy any buck, doe, or fawn, within said counties of Potter, Schuyl kill, and Tioga, or the said townships of Armagh, and Bratton, in the said county of Mifflin, or in the townships before mentioned, in Blair county, at any season of the year, or shall entice any dog or dogs to chase, as aforesaid, with the like design, he or they, on being convicted thereof, shall forfeit and pay, for every such offence, a sum not exceeding twenty-five dollars, nor less than fifteen dollars; to be sued for, and recovered, with costs, before any justice of the peace, in the name of the Commonwealth, at the instance of any person who will sue therefor, who is hereby made a competent witness, as debts are of like amount now recoverable by law; the whole of said penalty or fine shall be paid to the treasurer of the school district in which the offence has been committed, for the use of the common schools of said district: Provided, That this act shall not be so construed as to prohibit the hunting or catching, with dogs, of deer that have been previously wounded. Townships of SECTION 2. That the townships of Gibson, and Benezet, in the county Gibson and Ben- of Elk, be, and they are hereby exempted from the provisions of the ezet exempted. first section of the act of the twenty-fourth of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, entitled "An Act relating to hunting and fishing, in the counties of Huntingdon, Carbon, Luzerne, Dauphin, Mifflin, Elk, Monroe, and Butler. JOHN S. RHEY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN H. WALKER, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The ninth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two. WM. BIGLER. OF THE SESSION OF 1852. No. 202. AN ACT. Authorizing the Courts of Common Pleas to change the name of persons. 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 it shall be lawful for the Court of Common Pleas of any county of this Commonwealth, to make a decree, changing the name of any person, resident in said county, at any time three months after being petitioned to do the same by such person: Provided, That notice of the decree, after the same shall be made, shall be published in one or more newspapers, to be designated by the court, for four successive weeks. SECTION 2. Every person whose name shall be so changed, shall before the entering of the decree, pay to the prothonotary of said court, in addition to the costs of publication, ten dollars, two dollars whereof shall be retained by the said prothonotary as, and for his fees in the matter, and the remainder shall be received by him for the use of the State, as, and for a tax upon the decree. JOHN S. RHEY, JOHN H. WALKER, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED.-The ninth day of April, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two. WM. BIGLER. No. 203. AN ACT. Authorizing the Canal Commissioners to inquire into the claim of the Delaware Mutual Safety Insurance 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 the Canal Commissioners be, and they are hereby authorized and required to examine the claim of the Delaware Mutual Safety Insurance company, for alleged damages sustained on the Allegheny Portage railroad, arising from the destruction and injury of eleven cases of ornamental stained glass, insured by said company, by the improper man agement of the engineers and agents on said railroad, and report the facts of the same to the Legislature. APPROVED. The ninth day of April, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two. WM. BIGDER. No. 204. AN ACT. For the relief of Samuel Rice; relative to certain school districts in Blair county; and to the Harrisburg, Portsmouth, Mount Joy and Lancaster railroad company. 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 Claim of Saml, the Canal Commissioners be, and they are hereby authorized and reRice of Chester quired to examine the claim of Samuel Rice, of Chester county, for the alleged damage done his cars by the collision of two trains, on the Philadelphia and Columbia railroad, and if they find said damage was caused by the carelessness or inattention of the State officers, report the facts to the Legislature. co. to be examined. Repeal. Repeal. Farm of John Ullery attached to Gaysport. Farm of James SECTION 2. That the fifth section of an act relative to certain school districts in Jefferson, Indiana, Cambria, Westmoreland, Blair, Carbon, Schuylkill, Bedford, Chester, Delaware, Washington and Northampton counties, and other purposes, approved April ninth, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, be, and the same is hereby repealed. SECTION 3. That the first section of an act entitled "An Act to attach part of Blair township, in Blair county, to the Hollidaysburg borough common school district, and for other purposes," approved April third, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six, be, and the same is hereby repealed. SECTION 4. That the farm of John Ullery, in Blair township, Blair county, be hereafter attached to the borough of Gaysport, in said county, for all school purposes. SECTION 5. That the farm of James M. Bell, in Blair township, Blair M. Bell attached county, be hereafter attached to the borough of Hollidaysburg, in said to Hollidaysburg county, for all school purposes. Harrisburg, SECTION 6. That the Harrisburg, Portsmouth, Mount Joy and Lan caster railroad company, be, and they are hereby authorized to issue new bonds, to be used in liquidation of their present bonds, secured Lancaster rail by two certain mortgages of the said company, the first thereof executed on the twenty-eighth day of April, A. D., eighteen hundred and thirty new bonds. eight, in favor of John Moss, Quentin Campbell, and Francis Rawle road co. to issue Wharton, trustees for the loan holders, recorded in the recorder's office, at Lancaster, in mortgage book number eight, page three hundred and fifty-five, &c., and at Harrisburg, in mortgage book I, page two hundred and forty-one, and the other executed on the first day of January, A. D., eighteen hundred and forty-four, in favor of the same trustees, for the loan holders, recorded at Lancaster, in mortgage book number nine, page six hundred and twenty-six, &c., and at Harrisburg, in mortgage book K., page three hundred and five, payable at such extended time, not exceeding twenty-five years, from date as may be agreed upon by the parties, and the said new bonds shall be deemed, held and taken, to be secured by the said mortgages as fully and effectually to all intents and purposes, and in the same manner as the present bonds are now secured by the said respective mortgages. ntativ JOHN S. RREY, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED. The ninth day of April, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two. WM. BIGLER. No. 205. AN ACT For the relief of the heirs of Isaac Seavey, and John Beisel, soldiers of the Revo lution; relative to the Waterford Plank Road Company; attaching the farm of William Gill to Liberty township; and to change the November term of the court of Mercer county; to the destruction of partridges in Dauphin and Cumberland counties; and relative to a school district in Schuylkill county. 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 tain moneys. the State Treasurer be, and he is hereby authorized to pay to the heirs State Treasurer of Isaac Seavey, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise ap- to pay heirs of propriated, the sum of two hundred dollars, as full compensation for, Isaac Seavy cerand in lieu of a tract of donation land, to which the said Isaac Seavey was, in his lifetime, entitled, by reason of his service in the Pennsylvania line in the army of the Revolution, said donation land or compensation therefor, nor any part thereof, never having been drawn or received by the said Isaac Seavey, or any of his heirs or representatives. SECTION 2. That the State Treasurer be, and he is hereby authorized to pay to the heirs of John Beisel, out of any money in the trea- to pay heirs of sury pot otherwise appropriated, the sum of two hundred and fifty dol- John Beisel cerlars, as full compensation for, and in lieu of a tract of donation land, tain moneys. to which the said John Beisel was, in his lifetime, entitled, by reason State Treasurer Erie and Water of his service, as a sergeant, in the Pennsylvania line the army of in the Revolution, said donation land or compensation therefor, nor any part thereof, never having been drawn or received by the said John Beisel, or any of his heirs or representatives. SECTION 3. That the Erie and Waterford plank road company, have ford plank road the privilege of constructing a branch plank road from a point on said co. to construct road near Dumar's mill, in Erie county, to the Erie and Waterford turnpike road, near Walnut creek, a distance of about two miles, with the same powers and authority as is conferred upon said company, in the construction and management of the main line of said road. branch. Farm of Wm. Gill attached to cer co. Term of courts in Mercer co. changed, SECTION 4. That the farm of William Gill, now of Pinegrove township, is hereby, by the metes and boundaries thereof, attached to and made a part of Liberty township, in the county of Mercer. SECTION 5. That the term of the courts of the county of Mercer, which is now by law fixed to commence on the fourth Monday of November, shall hereafter commence on the first Monday of December, in each year. Partridge killing SECTION 6. That from and after the passage of this act, it shall not in Dauphin and be lawful for any person or persons to buy, sell, shoot, or otherwise Cumberland kill any partridge, within the counties of Dauphin and Cumberland, cos. regulated. between the first day of January, and the tenth day of October, in each year; and any person or persons offending against any of the provisions of this section, shall forfeit and pay a penalty of five dollars for each and every such offence, with all cost and charges; the same to be recovered before any justice of the peace, or alderman, in the said counties, as debts of a like amount are by law recoverable, the one-half of the said fine to the use of the informer (who is hereby made a competent witness), and the other half to the directors of the poor of the county where the offence shall be committed, for the use of the poor thereof. SECTION 7. That so much of the township of West Penn, in the district, Schuyl- county of Schuylkill, as is included in the following bounds, to wit: kill co., erected. beginning on the summit of Sharp mountain, at the Schuylkill county line; thence northwestwardly along said line to the summit of the Nesquehoning mountain; thence along said summit, a distance of one and one-fourth mile; thence southeasterly by a parallel line to the said Schuylkill county line, to the summit of Sharp mountain; thence along said mountain to the place of beginning; be, and the same is hereby declared to be a separate school district, to be called Coaldale. Coledale schco! Elections in Coledale district. SECTION 8. That the people of the district of Coaldale, shall hold their election for directors at the usual time for holding elections for school directors, at the office of Thompson Peckens and James Steel, in said district. JOHN S. RHEY, JOHN H. WALKER, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The ninth day of April, A. D., one thousand eight hun dred and fifty-two. WM. BIGLER. |