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OF THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA,
PASSED AT THE
SESSION OF 1852,
IN THE
SEVENTY-SIXTH YEAR OF INDEPENDENCE.
WITH AN APPENDIX.
INDEPENDENCE
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
HARRISBURG:
THEO. FENN & CO., PRINTERS TO THE STATE.
1852.
CONTENTS.
PAGE.
NO.
LAWS PASSED AT THE SESSION OF 1852.
1. An Act annulling the marriage contract between Daniel Gross and Barbara
his wife.
2. An Act to provide for a registration of marriages, births, and deaths.
3. An Act relative to the courts in Sullivan county.
4. An Act relating to elections in the townships of North Towanda, and Litch-
field, Bradford county.
5. An Act authorizing the State Treasurer to negotiate a temporary loan of
three hundred thousand dollars, to meet the semi-annual interest due on
the public debt of the Commonwealth, on the first of February, cne thous-
and eight hundred and fifty-two.
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6. An Act to extend the powers of the National Safety insurance and trust
company.
9. An Act relative to the Wellsboro' and Tioga plank road company, and re-
lative to the Arbon coal company.
8. An Act authorizing the county commissioners of Schuylkill county to
borrow money.
7. A supplement to the "Act incorporating the Wellersburg and West
Newton plank road company."
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10. A supplement to the act entitled "An Act to incorporate the Equitable Life
Insurance company," passed the twenty-eighth day of March, A. D., one
thousand eight hundred and forty-eight.
11. An Act to authorize the commissioners of the county of Clarion to settle
the account of Richard Wilson, deceased, for the erection of a bridge over
the river Clarion, near the mouth of Little Toby creek, in the county of
Clarion, and for other purposes.
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12. An Act confirming a certain power of attorney to George Morris Knevitt.
13. An Act relative to certain real estate in Locust street, Philadelphia, for-
merly the property of Job Bacon.
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14. An Act to revive and extend the act entitled "An Act to graduate lands on
which money is due and unpaid to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,"
passed the tenth of April, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five.
15. An Act to incorporate the Saint Joseph's College, in the city of Philadel-
phia.
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16. An Act to reduce the width of the State road leading from Harrisburg to
Gettysburg.
17. A supplement to "An Act authorizing the Governor to incorporate the
Allegheny and Butler plank road company," approved the fifth day of
April, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine.
18. An Act apppointing officers to hold an election in Porter township, Pike
county.
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