the president of the Monongahela navigation company to be called on as an unpire to make such choice. APPROVED-The twenty-seventh day of February, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two. WM. BIGLER. No. 76. AN ACT To authorize the sale of the Bucks County Academy. WHEREAS, The Bucks County Academy, at Newtown in said county, is in a ruinous condition, and the building and grounds are rapidly falling into decay, and the whole premises will soon become an entire wreck, unless some way can be provided for the resuscitation of the institution, of which there is not the most remote probability, as every effort has been made by the trustees for the last ten years for the accomplishment of this desirable object, without effect; 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 Thomas Buckman, David Hutchinson, Michael H. Jenks, Thomas Janney, Robert D. Morris, John Barnsley, Garret Brown, and Amos Wilkinson, or a majority of them, are hereby authorized and appointed commissioners to sell at public sale, and convey to the purchaser or purchasers thereof, within two years from the passage of this act, the said Bucks County Academy, with the lot of ground and appurte nances thereunto belonging; and after all expenses and reasonable charges of said sale are paid, to divide the remainder of the purchase money with such other funds as may belong to the institution into two equal shares, one of which shares shall be paid over to the treasurer of common schools of the borough of Newtown, and the other share to the treasurer of common schools of the township of Newtown, in said county, to be appropriated to the support of common schools in said borough and township. APPROVED-The twenty-seventh day of February, A. D. one thou sand eight hundred and fifty-two. WM. BIGLER. No. 77. AN ACT To incorporate the Girty's Run Plank Road Company, relating to the United States Engine Company of the Northern Liberties, Philadelphia county, and to the borough of Birmingham, Allegheny county. Commissioners. Style. 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 William Sample, Thomas Holmes, William Thompson, Joseph Crider, William A. Hill, John Scott, John McKnight, Richard G. Nelson, John A. Wilson, Elisha Brooks, Henry Crider, Thomas Stewart, John Woods, Josiah Seeny, Jacob Bowers, John Logan, and Henry Fry, of Allegheny county, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners to open books, receive subscriptions, and organize a company by the name, style, and title of "The Girty's Run Plank Road Company," with power to construct a turnpike or plank road commencing at a point on Location. the Allegheny and Butler plank road, at or near the mouth of Girty's Run, thence by Evergreen Hamlet to some suitable point on the Allegheny and Perrysville plank road, at or near the farm of Robert Hilands, as the stockholders or directors may determine upon, subject Subject to proto all the provisions and restrictions of an act regulating turnpike and visions of cerplank road companies, approved January the twenty-sixth, one thou- tain act. sand eight hundred and forty-nine, and the several supplements thereto, approved the seventh day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, excepting that portion of the thirteenth section of said first Exception, as to mentioned act relating to tolls which discriminates in favor of wheels of the width of four inches and upwards, and the company hereby incorporated shall have power to regulate their tolls within the limits prescribed by the said thirteenth section without reference to the width of wheels in any case: Provided, That the said company shall have Proviso. power to erect gates and collect tolls on the said road whenever five miles thereof are completed. tolls. SECTION 2. That the capital stock of said company shall consist of Capital stock. five hundred shares, of twenty-five dollars each: Provided, That said Proviso. company may from time to time, by a vote of the stockholders had at a meeting called for the purpose, increase their capital stock if it shall be deemed necessary to carry out the true intent and meaning of this act. SECTION 3. That if said company shall not commence the construc- Commencement tion of their road within three years, and complete the same as far as and completion Evergreen Hamlet within five years, this act shall be null and void, of said road. except so far as the same may be necessary to settle up the affairs and pay the debts of said company. SECTION 4. That from and after the passage of this act, the United States Fire Company, of Philadelphia, shall be authorized to erect upon United States their new engine house, when completed, in the said county of Phila- fire company delphia, a stationary alarm bell, with privilege to ring said alarm bell authorized to in time of fire, anything contained in the third section of the act of bell on their enthe seventh of March, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and gine house. forty-eight, entitled "An Act for the better regulation of the fire de erect an alarm partment in the city and incorporated districts of the county of Phils delphia," to the contrary notwithstanding. SECTION 5. That the burgess and town council of the borough o Burgess and town council of Birmingham, in the county of Allegheny, shall have power to ordain the borough of enact, repeal, or amend all such ordinances or by-laws of said boroug Birmingham as to them shall appear proper and expedient, requiring under penalt empowered to of such fine as the said council may direct, all owners of carts, dray regulate the je dinances and wagons, carriages, and other vehicles of burden or pleasure, using th paved cart-ways or streets of said borough, to register such vehicles a the office of the burgess of said borough, and pay such moderate licens for such use as the said council, for the time being, may by ordinand order and direct. by-laws of said borough. APPROVED-The twenty-seventh day of February, A. D., one tho sand eight hundred and fifty-two. WM. BIGLER. No. 78. AN ACT To repeal an act relating to an alley in the Northern Liberties, Philadelphi county, and to authorize the commissioners of Lawrence county and th borough of Beaver to borrow money. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen tatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly Repeal of cer- met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, Tha tain act relating the fifth section of an act entitled "An Act to incorporate the Beverly the Northern and Dunk's ferry steamboat ferry company; relative to the Bucks Liberties, Phila- county mining company; to holding elections in the fifth ward in the delphia county. district of Moyamensing; to an alley in the district of the Northern to an alley in Commissioners of Lawrence row money. Object. Liberties; to the collection of taxes for road purposes in Plymouth township, Luzerne county, and to the sale of certain real estate of Benjamin Baldorff," be, and the same is hereby repealed. SECTION 2. That the commissioners of Lawrence county are hereby authorized to borrow on the credit of said county any sum of money county to bor- not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars at a rate of interest not exceed ing seven per cent. per annum, for the purpose of enabling said commissioners to complete the public building now under contract in said county, and they are authorized to secure the payment of the same at such time or times as may be agreed upon by bond, under the hand of the commissioners and seal of the county: Provided, That no bonds of a less denomination than one hundred dollars shall be issued. Borough of BeaSECTION 3. That hereafter the borough of Beaver, in the county of ver authorized Beaver, shall have power to borrow money on the credit and faith o' the said borough, for the purpose of supplying the same with water, at to borrow SECTION 4. That the said borough of Beaver shall have power, at any time after the actual delivery of the duplicate and warrant to col- Certificate of lect the borough taxes to the borough constable or collector thereof, to the amount of duplicate given file a certificate, signed by the president of the council and attested by to collector to be the clerk, in the office of the prothonotary of the Court of Common filed in the proPleas of the county of Beaver, stating the amount of the taxes due thonotary's of and unpaid by the said constable or collector, and it shall be the duty fice as a lien. of the said prothonotary forthwith to enter the same of record on his docket, which certificate shall, from such filings, have the same effect operations as a judgment of the said court as to lien, execution, revival and otherwise, and may be proceeded upon at any time after three months from the delivery of the duplicate as aforesaid to the constable or collector, and the time of delivery may be stated in the original certificate, or in another to be signed and filed as aforesaid before issuing execution. entativ JOHN S. RHEY, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED The twenty-seventh day of February, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two. No. 79. WM. BIGLER. AN ACT To change the venue in certain cases from Centre to Northumberland county. Certain feigned issues remov 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 two certain feigned issues directed by the Court of Common Pleas of Centre county, and joined in said court, numbers fourteen and fifteen from Centre to of January term, eighteen hundred and fifty, in which John G. Lowry, Northumber John Love, and John Love and William McMinn, executors of David land county Love, dec'd, are plaintiffs, and William Allison is defendant, be, and the for trial. same are hereby removed to the Court of Common Pleas of Northumberland county for trial by juries of Northumberland county aforesaid, and Proviso as to expenses. that the said court is hereby authorized to proceed to trial, verdict, i judgment, as the said court in Centre county, in which the same now pending, could or might do; and that it shall be the duty of Court of Common Pleas of Centre county to make distribution of moneys for which these several issues are framed, upon the verd and judgments which shall be rendered, and entered in and by the court in Northumberland county on receiving a copy of the rece thereof, and the costs heretofore incurred in said issues shall abide event of the same, and the record of said issues shall be duly certi by the prothonotary of Centre county to the said Court of Com Pleas of Northumberland county: Provided, That the said county Northumberland shall be re-imbursed by said county of Centre cost and expenses to be incurred by reason of the transfer of the af said issues, and said issues shall be tried at one or more adjour courts, to be held exclusively for the trial of said issues, so as no interfere with the regular business in the courts of said county Northumberland: And provided also, That final judgments of s writs of error. issues shall be subject to writs of error as in other cases; and in c of reversal of the same and a venire facias de novo awarded, the sa shall again be transferred and tried in Northumberland county, in Proviso as to se- same manner as herein before provided for: And provided, That the pa curity for costs. requesting the removal of said issues shall, before removing the sa give security in such sum or sums as the Court of Common Pleas Centre county may direct, conditioned for the payment of all costs said issues in case final judgment is given against the party apply for the removal of the same. Proviso as to APPROVED The twenty-seventh day of February, A. D., one th sand eight hundred and fifty-two. WM. BIGLER. No. 80. Preamble. AN ACT To authorize Henry Dehuff to sell certain real estate in Lebanon County; change the name of John Sheaff Tidd, and to legitimatize Elizabeth Brooks WHEREAS, It is desirable that certain real estate belonging to t estate of Philip Greenawalt, deceased, or to the estate of Mathi Greenawalt, deceased, should be sold, and the proceeds thereof dist buted to, and amongst the heirs entitled in the will of Phil Greenawalt, deceased:" And whereas, There is no authority in the Orphans' Court Lebanon county, to grant an order for the sale of the same; therefore SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represe tatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assemb met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, Th |