No. 235. AN ACT To vest in Margaret Van Horn, of Juniata county, the right of this Commonwealth; to the estate of Mary Ann Hellings, of Bucks county; and relative to ten-pin alleys in Mifflin county; confirming a road view in Union county; changing the name of Mary Ann Vanzandı, of Mifflin county; for the relief of William Latherow; relative to holding elections in Fermanagh and Turbit townships, in Juniata county; to authorize the administrator of Jacob Soles, Junior, to make a deed; to extend the general manufacturing law to the manufacture of vitrified iron; legitimating Amanda Beighley Fletcher, of Butler county; relative to corporations under the general inanufacturing set; renting real estate; and to streets in Blairsville; and relative to the Erie gas 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 Right of Com- all the right which this Commonwealth may have, or might have acmonwealth ves- quired by reason of an escheat for want of heirs of Mary Ann Hel1ed in Margaret lings, of Bucks county, in and to a certain sum of money, now in the Van Horn. Billiard rooms and ten pin alleys in Mifflin Cu. View of a cer valid. hands of Nathan Hellings and Jacob Hellings, executors of the last will and testament of Rachael Hellings, of said county, deceased, or which may hereafter come into the hands of said Nathan Hellings and Jacob Hellings, executors as aforesaid, and whereof the said Mary Ann Hellings died seized of in law, is hereby vested in Margaret Van Horn, the matter of the said Mary Ann Hellings, now intermarried with Thomas Van Horn, of the county of Juniata. SECTION 2. That from and after the passage of this act, no person shall keep any billiard room, bowling saloon, or ten pin-alley, within the county of Mifflin, without first taking from the treasurer of said county a license, for which he or she shall pay the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars, and no such license shall be granted for a longer period than one year. SECTION 3. That the order or orders issued by the clerk of the tain road in Un-court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace of Union county, on the third jon co., made day of October, A. D., eighteen hundred and fifty-one, so open a public road lately laid out by Ner Middleswarth, Henry Metz, and Jacob Kline, re-viewers appointed by said court, commencing at a public read, Spott's store, in Kelly township, thence the several courses and distances through Kelly, White Deer, and West Buffalo townships, in said county, a distance of nine miles and two hundred and thirty-six perches, to the State road near the forks of White Deer creek, in said township of West Buffalo, shall and are hereby made as good and valid in law as if the said report of viewers had been approved of by the court, and breadth fixed at May sessions, A. D., eighteen hundred and fifty-one, and confirmed absolute and entered of record at September sessions, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, or as if the said order or orders had not been taken out till after December sessions, eighteen hundred and fifty-one; and that all proceedings and contracts made under said order or orders, to open said road, is hereby made good and valid as if said order or orders to open had issued according to law. Change name of SECTION 4. That Mary Ann Vanzandt, of the county of Mifflin, an adopted daughter of James Sommerville, be, and she hereby is autho Mary Ann Vanzandı. rized to change her name from Mary Ann Vanzandt to Mary Ann Sommerville, and she shall be henceforth called and known by the name of Mary Ann Sommerville, and by that name shall be able and capable in law to sue and be sued, grant, receive, and take and inherit any estate, real or personal, and do all other legal acts as effectually to all intents and purposes as she could have done by her former name, if no change had been made therein, and she is hereby invested with all the legal rights of a legitimate daughter and legal heir of the said James Sommerville. SECTION 5. That the Canal Commissioners be, and they are Claim of Wm. hereby authorized and directed to examine the claim of William Lathe- Latherow. row, of Wayne township, Mifflin county, for damages sustained by him. in consequence of the breaking down of a canal bridge and the killing of two horses, and report to the Legislature as soon as practicable. SECTION 6. That the qualified voters of the township of Ferma- Elections in nagh, in the county of Juniata, (as now constituted), shall here- Farmanagh tp., after hold their general and township elections at the court house, in the borough of Mifflintown. Juniata co. SECTION 7. That from and after the passage of this act, the qualfied Elections in voters of that portion of Turbit township, Juniata county, included in the Turbit tp., Junifollowing described boundaries: Beginning at the Port Royal bridge; ata co. thence by a line to include Port Royal; thence along the west end of Wm. Kerlin's farm, and strike the Tuscarora mountain at Jenny's Gap; including all that part of Turbit township east of said line, who, together with the qualified voters of the borough of Perryville, shall hold their general elections at the school house in said borough where their borough elections are now held; and William C. Williams shall act as judge, and Daniel J. Grove, and Joseph H. Kissler, as inspectors, and discharge all the duties of said offices until others are elected. WHEREAS, Jacob Soles, Junior, late of Versails township, and Preamble. Robert Milligan, of Wilkins township, Alegheny county, entered into an agreement by which said Jacob Soles, Junior, granted to the said Milligan, his heirs and assigns, the right of way through a certain farm or property of said Soles, in the township and county aforesaid, for the construction of a railroad: And whereas, It is represented that said agreement was reduced to writing by the counsel of said Soles, and approved by both parties, but not signed and executed, in consequence of the death of said Soles: therefore, of Jacob Soles Jr., to execute a deed. SECTION 8. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the ad. Administrator ministrators of said Jacob Soles, Junior, be, and they are hereby authorized and empowered, upon the payment of the consideration stated in said agreement, to execute and deliver a deed in conformity with the said agreement: Provided however, That before the execution of the deed aforesaid, the Orphans' Court of said county shall approve of the same: And provided further, That the said administrators shall also give security to the satisfaction of said court, for the due and faithful appropriation of the purchase money before such deed is delivered. SECTION 9. That the provisions of an act to encourage manufacturing Provisions of operations in this Commonwealth, passed April the seventh, eighteen certain act exhundred and forty-nine, be, and the same are hereby extended to companies formed for the manufacture of enamelled or vitrefied iron, and articles of cast or wrought iron, coated with glass or enamel, within the county of Allegheny. tended. SECTION 10. That Amanda Beighley Fletcher, daughter of Thomas Amanda Beighand Mary Fletcher, of Butler county, shall have and enjoy all the rights ley Fletcher leand privileges of a child born in lawful wedlock, and shall be able and gitimated. Lease of real estate. Repeal. Extension of Walnut st. in the borough of Blairsville. Extension of Spring st. in the borough of Blairsville. Assessment of damages. Proviso. Report of proceedings. Drafts. Action of court in regard to capable in law to inherit and transmit any estate whatsoever, as fully and effectually as if she had been born in lawful wedlock. SECTION 11. That it may be lawful for any company incorporated under the provisions of the act entitled "An Act to encourage manufacturing operations, approved April seventh, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, to lease to any person or persons for one or more years any real estate owned by such corporation for such rent, and upon such terms as may be agreed on by the parties to such lease. SECTION 12. That so much of an act of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, passed the eighth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and fifty, as erects the village of Matamoras, in the county of Dauphin, into a borough, be, and the same is hereby repealed. SECTION 13. That the Court of Quarter Sessions, of the county of Indiana, is hereby authorized to appoint six persons (qualified as is provided in the road laws of this Commonwealth) to view, and if they, or four of five actual viewers, shall approve to extend Walnut street, of the borough of Blairsville, in said county, across the branch railroad, and locate a road from such extension of Walnut street to the Blairsville and Broad Fording road, to vacate so much of Broad Fording road as may be supplied by the extension of said street, and the new road to connect with the aforesaid Blairsville and Broad Fording road. SECTION 14. That the said viewers shall also be authorized to exam ine and if they, or any four of five actual viewers, approve to extend Spring street, in said Borough, from its present termination to the depot lot of the Pennsylvania railroad company, on the south side of the aforesaid borough. SECTION 15. That the said viewers, or four of five of their number, who shall have actually viewed said premises shall assess the damages to the owners of property, which in their opinion would be occasioned by the extension of each of said streets, and of the location of said road; the streets not to be more than fifty feet wide as extended, nor the said road more than thirty feet wide: Provided, That in estimating damages the said viewers shall consider as well the value of the advantages to owners of property as the disadvantages occasioned by extending said street or streets, and the location and construction of said road, and shall be respectively sworn or affirmed to perform the duties of their appointment before they proceed to act. SECTION 16. That the viewers aforesaid shall make report to the said court at the next term, in writing, and shall state therein who of them were present at the view, and whether they were sworn or affirmed; they shall also annex and return to the court a plot or draft of the extension of each street and of the road located, to supply part of the Blairsville and Broad Fording road, stating the courses and distances, the width of the street or streets respectively as extended the width of said road by them located, noting the improvements through which each or either may pass, stating the amount of damages assessed to each owner of property, and exhibiting a plan or draft of that part the said Blairsville and Broad Fording road vacated by them, and supplied by the extension of Walnut street, and the new part located by them, to connect said extension with the remaining part of the Blairsville and Broad Fording road. of the SECTION 17. That the said court shall have authority to act on said report in the same manner, as well with respect to the extension of proceedings of said streets and the location of said road (the vacation and supply), and in the matter of damages, that they are empowered to do on similar reports by the road laws of this Commonwealth. viewers. SECTION 18. That whatever damages may be assessed by viewers ap. Damages. pointed by said court, and duly confirmed by the same court, shall be paid or secured to the satisfaction of the person or persons entitled thereto, by the burgess and council of the borough of Blairsville, before the street or road for which the same shall have been allowed, shall be opened or any work done thereon. SECTION 19. That the number of directors authorized to be elected Directors. by the stockholders of the Erie gas company by the act passed the fifth day of March, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, entitled "An Act to incorporate The Erie Gas Company,'" shall be five instead of nine, as authorized by said act. 6 JOHN S. RHEY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN H. WALKER, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED The fifteenth day of April, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two. WM. BIGLER. No. 236. A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT To an act entitled "An Act anthorizing the Governor to incorporate a company for the purpose of making and erecting a bridge over the river Susquehanna, in the county of Lancaster, at or near the town of Columbia," approved the twenty-eighth of March, one thousand eight hundred and nine. 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 tenth section of the act entitled "An Act authorizing the Governor of this Commonwealth to incorporate a company for the purpose of making and erecting a bridge over the river Susquehanna in the county of Lancaster, at or near the town of Columbia," approved twenty-eight March, one thousand eight hundred and nine, as authorizes persons to travel over the bridge of said company, toll free on Sundays be, and the same is hereby repealed, except military detachments of this State, and those who attend funerals. JOHN S. RHEY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN H. WALKER, APPROVED-The twenty-first day of April, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two. WM. BIGLER. To an act entitled "An Act to incorporate the Forest Improvement company,” approved the twelfth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine. 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 Forest Improvement company to increase their capital, and the number of their shares, in such manner as by them may be deemed expedient: Provided, That the number of shares and increase of capital hereby authorized, shall be based on the appreciated value of the land now held by said company, and shall be limited to an extent not exceeding two hundred dollars per acre. JOHN S. RAEY, JOHN H. WALKER, entativ Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED. The twenty-first day of April, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two. WM. BIGLER. No. 238. A SUPPLEMENT To an act relative to the judicial districts of this Commonwealth, passed April fifth, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, and the supplements thereto. 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 after the passage of this act, the terms of the several courts of Bradford county, being a part of the thirteenth judicial district, shall commence and be held on the following days in each year, to wit: On the first Monday in February, May, September, and December, to continue two weeks or more, if necessary, as the judges thereof shall |