Taxes. Repeal. SECTION 8. That all taxes within the city of Carbondale shall be collected by the city authorities and at the expense of the said city, and the said city shall pay, in lieu of county taxes, to the county of Luzerne, annually, two hundred dollars. SECTION 9. That all the provisions of the former act which are inconsistent with the provisions of this supplement, or which are herein altered or supplied are hereby repealed. JOHN S. RHEY, sentativ APPROVED.-The sixth day of May, A. D., one thousand eight hun dred and fifty-two. No. 373. WM. BIGLER. Certain warrant revived. To hold addi. tional lands. AN ACT. To confer on Olean Frances Sinclair the rights of a child born in lawful wedlock relative to the collection of taxes in Luzerne township, Fayette county; and to the Odd Fellows' Cemetery Company, of Uniontown, in Fayette connty. 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 Olean Frances Sinclair, daughter of Sarah Jane Cunningham, of M'Keesport, in the county of Allegheny, which said Sarah, after the birth of said Olean, was legally married to Hiram B. Sinclair, the father of said Olean, shall have and enjoy all the rights and privileges of a child of her said parents, born in lawful wedlock, and shall be able and capable in law to inherit and transmit any estate whatsoever, as fully and effectually as if she had been born in lawful wedlock. SECTION 2. That a certain warrant issued by the commissioners of the county of Fayette, to Mark R. Moon, for the collection of the taxes of Luzerne township, in said county, and dated May the third, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and forty-four, be, and the same is hereby revived and declared to be in full force for the space of six months from and after the passage of this act. SECTION 3. That the number of acres of ground mentioned in the fourth section of an act entitled "An Act to incorporate the Odd Fellows' cemetery company, of Uniontown, Fayette county," be, and the same is hereby extended to the number of twelve acres, and that the same shall be exempt from taxation as mentioned in said section. JOHN S. RHEY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED The twenty-sixth day of May, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two. WM. BIGLER. RESOLUTIONS PASSED SESSION OF EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-TWO. No. 1. RESOLUTION Of invitation to Louis Kossuth, Governor of Hungary. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met, That a cordial invitation is hereby extended to Louis Kossuth, Governor of Hungary, to visit the capitol of Pennsylvania, and that the Governor of Pennsylvania be requested to transmit a copy of this resolution to Governor Kossuth. APPROVED-The seventh day of January, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two. WM. F. JOHNSTON. No. 2. RESOLUTION Relative to the Wheeling bridge. WHEREAS, Application has been made to Congress in reference to the recent suit between this State and the Wheeling bridge company: And whereas, It is due to the dignity of this State that the position she has assumed in that controversy should be brought before Congress in an official manner; therefore, Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, That the Governor be requested to transmit to both branches of Congress, and to the members of the Pennsylvania delegation, copies of the resolution of this Legislature, number four, one thousand eight hundred and fortyfour, and number three, one thousand eight hundred and fifty, in refer ence to the said bridge. JOHN S. RHEY, APPROVED-The sixteenth day of February, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two. WM. BIGLER. No. 3.. RESOLUTIONS Relative to the harbors on the Delaware bay and river. WHEREAS, The severe weather of the present winter has demonstrated the importance of harbors of refuge and ice harbors to the increasing commerce of the Delaware bay and river, not only as regards the large amount of property at stake, and the revenue derived therefrom by the general government, but also on the score of protection to the lives of our citizens engaged in navigation; therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, That our Senators and Representatives in the Congress of the United States be respectfully requested to aid in procuring the passage of a law appropriating such sums of money as may be necessary to complete the breakwater at the mouth of the Delaware bay; to construct an ice harbor at a point near Reedy Island; and to repair the piers now existing in the river Delaware, at Newcastle, Marcus Hook, Chester, and Port Penn, in such manner as to make them secure harbors of refuge for vessels when the navigation is impeded by ice. Resolved, That the Governor be requested to transmit a copy of the foregoing resolution to the Senators and Representatives of Pennsylvania in Congress. JOHN S. RHEY, APPROVED-The seventeenth day of February, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two. WM. BIGLER. No. 4. RESOLUTION Directing the State Treasurer to pay Benjamin M. Feltwell in full for erecting two of Chilson's patent air-warming and ventilating furnaces for heating the hall of the House of Representatives. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, That the State Treasurer be, and he is hereby directed to pay Benjamin M. Feltwell, the sum of ten hundred and sixty-five dollars in full, payment for the erection of two of Chilson's patent air-warming and ventilating furnaces for heating the hall of the House of Representatives, in pursuance of resolution of the House of Representatives heretofore passed. JOHN S. RHEY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN H. WALKER, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The seventeenth day of February, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two. WM. BIGLER. No. 5. RESOLUTIONS Relative to the construction of a Ship Canal around the Falls of Sault St. Marie by the government of the United States. WHEREAS, Lake Superior, the largest navigable basin of fresh water on the globe, is now cut off from communication with her sister lakes and with the great rivers of our country, bearing upon their bosoms a commerce over three hundred millions of dollars annually: And whereas, The mineral district of the region which surrounds its shores, even in its present partially developed condition, is unsurpassed by any other in the world in copper and iron : And whereas, Individual enterprise, laboring under many and serious disadvantages, has settled that rich mineral region with an active, intelligent, and industrious people from the various States of the Union, who are eminently worthy of the fostering care of the general govern ment: And whereas, It has been ascertained by actual surveys that a canal of less than one mile in length with two locks, overcoming a 'fall of twenty-one feet, of sufficient capacity to accommodate the largest steamers navigating the lakes, can be constructed at a cost of less than half a million of dollars; it is, therefore, Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, That the mineral wealth of Lake Superior is not local or sectional, but general and national, and that a ship canal at the Sault St. Marie is demanded at the hands of the nation as a proper and legitimate means of enhancing the value of the public domain in that region, and of opening a direct channel of communication with our vast north-western frontier. Resolved, That this canal will open up a continuous navigation from the head of Lake Superior to the St. Lawrence and the Atlantic, and to the Illinois canal and the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico, and that all the States of the Union will become more or less the recipients of the wealth of this mineral region. Resolved, That in the opinion of this body there is not a point on this continent whereby such a comparatively insignificant expenditure of public funds, greater practicable public benefit can be secured, and that an object more completely national in all its aspects cannot be pointed out. Resolved, That our Senators in Congress be instructed and Representatives be requested to make all proper effort to secure the construction of said canal by the government of the United States. Resolved, That the Governor be requested to transmit a copy of the foregoing preamble and resolutions to each of our Senators and Representatives in Congress. JOHN S. RHEY, APPROVED-The twenty-fourth day of February, A. D., one thous and eight hundred and fifty-two. WM. BIGLER. No. 6.. RESOLUTIONS Providing for the appointment of delegates to represent the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in a convention to be held in the city of Philadelphia, on the the fourth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two. WHEREAS, The select and common councils of the city of Philadelphia, having invited the assembling of a convention of delegates from the States of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Vir ginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, to be held in that city, on the fourth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and fifty |