Preamble. No. 268. AN ACT For the sale of the Codorus Lavigation; relative to the Loganville school district, York county; to the Waynesburg college in Greene county; to Lawrenceville, Tioga county; to the northern district of the Supreme Court; to elections in Wyoming county; to the Central railroad, New Jersey; to Courts of Common Pleas of the fourth judicial district; to elections in Towanda, Bradford county; to certain supervisors in Luzerne county; to the Pittston Ferry bridge company; to the Danville railroad; extending the powers of the Courts of Union, Juniata, and Butler counties. WHEREAS, By a series of freshets in the Codorus creek, the works of the Codorus navigation company have been partially destroyed and rendered useless, and unfit for the purpose of transportation, and the stockholders are not able to put the work into proper repair, or to pay the debts and liabilities of the company: And whereas, It is believed that it will be highly advantageous to the borough and county of York, that the said work should be placed in the hands of those persons who are able and willing to repair the work; therefore, 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 authority of the same, That Codorus naviga- the president and managers of the Codorus navigation company shall tion, sale of. Proviso. Proviso. have authority to expose the said navigation, with all its rights, privi leges, and corporate powers, to public sale at the court house in the borough of York, at such time and on such terms as they in their discretion may designate, and the said navigation shall then and there be struck off to the highest bidder for the same: Provided, That the sum for which the same shall be sold shall after paying the expenses of sale, be distributed pro rata among the creditors of said company, in which distribution a dividend on six thousand dollars shall be paid to the Commonwealth, the said sum having been paid for said company by the said Commonwealth, in pursuance of the fifteenth section of the act of the fifteenth of April, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, entitled "An Act to provide for the ordinary expenses of government, the repair of the pub lic canals and railroads, and other general and special appropriations:" And provided, That the stockholders, or a majority of them, present at a general meeting of the stockholders to be called for that purpose, upon thirty days' notice in two newspapers published in the borough of York, shall consent to the provisions of this law, of which notice shall be immediately thereafter given to the Secretary of the Commonwealth. SECTION 2. That immediately after said sale shall be made, the precompany to exe-sident of the said Codorus navigation company shall execute a deed to the purchaser or purchasers of the said Codorus navigation, with all its rights, privileges, and corporate powers, which said rights, privileges, and corporate powers shall thenceforth be vested in the said purchaser or purchasers as fully and amply as they were held and enjoyed by the said Codorus navigation company under their original charter, or any supplement thereto, and subject to all the restrictions imposed by any act of Assembly upon the said company, except their liability to make President of cute a deed. an annual return to the Legislature of the condition and finances of the company, by virtue of the twenty-third section of the original charter of said company, which said twenty-third section, as far as it relates to the said return to the Legislature, is hereby repealed. SECTION 3. That if the said purchaser or purchasers of the said navi- Location, gation, or the said company itself, shall at any time find it necessary to change of. alter the course and location of the said navigation, they shall have authority so to do, paying and arranging all claims for damages with the owners of land entered upon, in the manner prescribed in the original charter of the said Codorus navigation company. SECTION 4. That the school directors of the Springfield township School directors school district, in the county of York, are hereby required and directed of Springfield to pay over to the school directors who may hereafter be elected for the township, York co., to pay cerseparate school district, erected by the ninth section of the act approved tain school mo-i April eighth, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, entitled "An Act to erect neys to Loganthe town of Loganville, in the county of York, into a borough, and ville borough. separate school district, and to authorize the sale of school house in the village of Dover, York county," the pro rata share of said district of the amount of school funds now in the treasury of said township, as also its proportionate share of the State appropriations for common school purposes for the ensuing year; and the treasurer of said township is also hereby required and directed to pay to the treasurer who may hereafter be elected for said borough, its proportionate share of any unexpended balance of road tax now in the treasury of said township, or that may have been assessed for the current year. twenty-one SECTION 5. That hereafter it shall be lawful for the stockholders of Stockholders of the Waynesburg college, in Greene county, and the Pennsylvania Pres- Waynesburg bytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian church, to elect, annually, college, Greene twenty-one trustees, instead of the number prescribed by the act of in- co., to elect corporation; eleven of whom to be elected by the said Presbytery, and trustees. ten by the said stockholders; to be elected in the same manner, and subject to the same terms and conditions as are provided for in the act of incorporation, five of whom shall be a quorum for the transaction of business. SECTION 6. That the burgess and town council of the borough of Grading and Lawrenceville, in the county of Tioga, are hereby authorized to grade paving side and pave, or plank the side walks of said borough as they shall deem walks in Lawexpedient; the expenses of which shall be paid in the same manner as Tioga co. other debts of said borough are paid. renceville, rized to levy a tax. SECTION 7. That said burgess and council are hereby authorized to Burgess and levy and collect, in the same manner that county rates and levies are council autho now by law collected, a tax not exceeding one cent on the dollar, in any one year, on the last adjusted valuation of property in said borough, for county purposes, to pay the expense of such grading and planking of said side walks: Provided, That the road tax and funds of said borough Proviso. otherwise unappropriated, shall be insufficient to pay the expense of such grading and planking. SECTION 8. That the counties of McKean, and Clinton, after the M'Kean and first day of September next, shall be attached to and become part of the Clinton counties Northern District of the Supreme Court. SECTION 9. That the general and township elections in Clinton township, Wyoming county, shall hereafter be held in the new school house, in the village of Factory ville, in said township. attached to Supreme Court. Clinton town. WHEREAS, By an act of the Legislature of the State of New Jersey, county. passed at its regular session, in the year of our Lord, one thousand Preamble. Warren railroad company to erect a bridge over river DelaHare. Delaware and Cobb's Gap railroad to connect with Warren railroad by a bridge across the river Dela ware. Extension of eight hundred and fifty-one, an act entitled "An Act to incorporate the Warren railroad company," it was enacted that it should be lawful for the said company to construct a bridge across the river Delaware, at some point near or within five miles of the Delaware Water Gap: Previded, That in so doing the navigation of the river Delaware shall not be injured, and that before erecting the same a concurrent law shall be passed by the Legislature of Pennsylvania; therefore, SECTION 10. That it shall be lawful for the said Warren railroad company to erect a bridge across the river Delaware, at some point near or within five miles of the Delaware Water Gap. SECTION 11. That it shall be lawful for the Delaware and Cobb's Gap railroad to connect their road with the road of the Warren railroad company, or with the road of the Central railroad company of New Jersey, by a bridge across the river Delaware, which bridge may be constructed jointly, or in part, or the whole by either company aforementioned: Provided, That in so doing the navigation of the river Delaware shall not be injured. SECTION 12. That the several Courts of Common Pleas, of the fourth powers of the judicial district, composed of the counties of Tioga, Potter, McKean, Courts of Com- and Elk, shall have all the jurisdiction and powers of a Court of Chan4th judicial dis- cery, in all cases allowed by law to the Courts of Common Pleas in the city and county of Philadelphia. mon Pleas of trict. Elections in SECTION 13. That hereafter the qualified electors of the borough of Towanda, Brad-Towanda, Bradford county, shall hold their general and borough elec tions at the grand jury room, in the court house, in said borough. ford co. Supervisors of certain town co., to give bond. SECTION 14. That hereafter the supervisors of the several townships of Carbondale, Kingston, and Plymouth, in the county of Luzerne, ships, Luzerne shall be required to give bond with surety in such sum and form as the Court of Quarter Sessions of said county shall determine, and to be ap proved by, and filed in said court, for the faithful performance of their official duties, and for duly applying and accounting for all funds that may come into their hands, as supervisors of the respective townships aforesaid; the said security to be given by the said supervisors hereaf ter, shall be given by them before entering on the performance of their official duties, and any of the said supervisors refusing or neglecting to comply with the provisions of this section may be dismissed from his office by said court, and his place filled by appointment as in other cases of vacancy in the office of supervisor. to erect toll house. Pittston Ferry SECTION 15. That the Pittston ferry bridge company is authorized bridge company to locate, erect, occupy, and enjoy a toll house in Pittston, Luzerne county, appurtenant to said bridge, and in any lands near the eastern end of said bridge, and the manner of ascertaining the damages for any lands to be occupied by said toll house, and tendering bond therefor, shall be the same as is provided in the act incorporating "The Pennsylvania Coal Company," and its supplements, and the said bridge company shall have the same rights of entry and occupation after comply. ing with the provisions of said acts, in respect to damages, as the said coal company have. Act in relation railroad com SECTION 16. That the act of the General Assembly, passed the sixto the Danville teenth day of April, eighteen hundred and forty, entitled "An Act to pany amended. incorporate the Danville railroad company," be, and the same is hereby amended so that the words "county of Columbia" shall read "county of Montour," wherever the said words occur in the said act. Extension of powers of SECTION 17. That the Courts of Common Pleas of Union, Juniata, and Butler counties, shall have and exercise all the chancery powers nd jurisdictions that are now by law vested in the Court of Common Courts of ComPleas of the city and county of Philadelphia. APPROVED-The twenty-third day of April, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two. mon Pleas of Union, Juniata, and Butler cos. WM. BIGLER No. 269. AN ACT To provide for the erection of a house for the employment and support of the poor in the county of Allegheny. 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 Thomas Varner, Alexander Carnahan, John Gilfillan, Thomas Black- Commissioners more, Geo. W. Irwin, James Kelly, of Wilkins, Henry Chapman, Eras- and their duties. mus Cooper, and John Boyle, of Indiana township, be appointed commissioners, whose duty it shall be on or before the first day of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, or a majority of them, to determine upon and purchase a site or building, or on which a building shall be erected, for the reception and accommodation of the poor of Allegheny county, exclusive of the cities of Pittsburg and Allegheny, and it shall be lawful for the said commissioners, or a majority of them, to take conveyances therefor in the name and for the use of the corporation mentioned in the third section of this act, and they shall certify their proceedings therein under their hands and seals to the clerk of the Court of Quarter Sessions of Allegheny county to be filed in his office, and at the general election in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, the qualified electors of the boroughs and townships shall elect three reputable citizens of the said county, and residents of the boroughs and townships to be directors of the poor and of the house of employment for the county of Allegheny for the ensuing year, and the judges of the election of said county shall immediately on receiving the returns from the several election districts and casting up the number of votes therein, or within three days thereafter certify under their hands and seals the names of the persons so elected directors to the clerk of the Court of Quarter Sessions of the said county, who shall file the said certificate in his office, and forthwith give notice in writing to the said directors of their being elected, and the said directors shall meet at the court house in the said county on the first Monday of November next ensuing their election, and divide themselves by lot into Directors to take an oath or affirmation before entering upon their duties. Corporation. Style. Privileges. Treasurer. Directors to employ stewards, matrons, &c. Estimate of expenses. three classes, the place of the first to be vacated at the expiration of the first year, of the second at the expiration of the second year, of the third at the expiration of the third year, so that those who shall be chosen after the first election, and in the mode above described, may serve for three years, and one-third may be chosen annually. SECTION 2. That every director elected in the manner aforesaid, or appointed as is directed by the eleventh section of this act, shall, within ten days after he is notified of such election or appointment, and before he enters upon the duties of said office take an oath or affirmation which any justice of the peace of the said county is hereby authorized to administer, that he will discharge the duties of the office of director of the poor for the said county truly, faithfully, and impartially to the best of his knowledge and ability, and in case of neglect or refusal to take the said oath or affirmation within the time aforesaid, he shall forfeit and pay the sum of ten dollars for the use of the poor of said county, which fine shall be recovered by the directors for the time being as debts are or shall be by law recoverable, and the directors qualified as aforesaid, are hereby authorized to administer an oath or affirmation in any case where it shall be necessary in relation to the duties of their office. SECTION 3. That the said directors shall forever hereafter, in name and in fact, be one body politic and corporate in law to all intents and purposes whatsoever, relative to the poor of the county of Allegheny, and shall have perpetual succession, and may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, by the name, style, and title, of "The directors of the poor and of the house of employment for the county of Allegheny," and by that name shall and may receive, take and hold, any lands, tenements, and hereditaments, not exceeding the yearly value of twenty thousand dollars, and any goods and chattels whatsoever of the gift, alienation or bequest of any person or persons whatsoever to purchase, take and hold, any lands and tenements within their county in fee simple, or otherwise, and erect suitable buildings for the reception, lodging, maintenance, and employment of the poor of the boroughs and townships of said county to provide all things necessary for the use, accommodation, and employment of said poor, to appoint a treasurer annually who shall give bond with sufficient surety for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office, and at the expiration thereof, that he will well and truly pay and deliver over to his successor in office all moneys, bonds, notes, book accounts, and other papers to the said corporation belonging, which shall be there remaining in his hands, custody, and possession, and said directors shall have power to employ, and at pleasure remove, a steward or stewards, matron or matrons, physician or physicians, surgeon or surgeons, and all other attendants that may be necessary for the said poor respectively, and without the approbation and consent of any magistrate or magistrates to bind out as apprentices, so that such apprenticeship may expire, if males, at or before the age of twenty-one years, if females, at or before the age of eighteen years, such poor children as shall come under their notice, or as may now be bound apprentices by the overseers of the poor, and to exercise and enjoy all such other powers now vested in the overseers of the poor as are not herein granted or supplied, and the said directors are hereby empowered to use one common seal in all business relating to the said corporation, and the same at their pleasure to alter or renew. SECTION 4. That the said directors as soon as may be after their election and organization as aforesaid, shall make an estimate of the probable expense of purchasing lands and buildings or erecting the ne cessary buildings and furnishing the same, and the maintaining the poor of |