Length of time the voter may remain in booth. No voter shall reenter enclosed space, the enclosed space than are allowed by this act. Each party which has by its primary meeting, caucus, convention or board, sent to the proper office a certificate of nomination, and each group of citizens which has sent to the proper office a nomination paper as provided in sections two and three of this act, shall be allowed to appoint three electors to act as watchers in each voting place without expense to the county, one of whom shall be allowed to remain in the room outside of the enclosed space. Each watcher shall be provided with a certificate from the county commissioners, stating his name, the names of the persons who have appointed him, and the party or policy he represents; and no party or policy shall be represented by more than one watcher in the same voting-room at any one time. Watchers shall be required to show their certificates when requested to do so. Until the polls are closed, no person shall be allowed in the room outside of the said enclosed space except these watchers, voters not exceeding ten at any one time who are awaiting their turn to prepare their ballots, and peace officers when necessary for the preservation of the peace. No person when within the voting-room shall electioneer or solicit votes for any party or candidate, nor shall any written or printed matter be posted up within the said room except as required by law. When the hour for closing the polls shall have arrived, all persons within the enclosed space who have received ballots but have not yet deposited them, shall be required to mark and deposit their ballots forthwith, but no other person shall be allowed to vote;" be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 23. No voter shall be allowed to occupy a voting shelf or compartment already occupied by another, except when giving the help allowed by section twenty-six of this act, nor to remain within said compartment more than three minutes, in case all of such compartments are in use and other voters are waiting to occupy the same. No voter not an election officer shall be allowed to re-enter the enclosed space after he has once left it, except to give help as hereinChecking of name. after described. Each voter's name shall be checked on the voting check-list, by the officer having charge thereof, as soon as he has cast his vote in the manner provided by law. It shall be the duty of the judge of election to secure the observance of the provision of this section, to keep order in the room in which the voting is held, and to see that no more persons are admitted within the enclosed space than are allowed by this act. Each party which has, by its primary meeting, caucus, convention, or board, sent to the proper office a certificate of nomination, and each group of citizens which has sent to the proper office a nomina Duty of judge of election. Watchers, by whom appointed. Eligibility of Certificate. required. tion paper, as provided in sections two and three of Approved-The 16th day of April, A. D. 1903. Electioneering forbidden. Who may vote closing. No. 157. AN ACT Supplementary to an act "authorizing councils of cities of the third class, by ordinance to sell or lease, at the best price obtainable, the coal under any public park or common used by said city, and to apply the proceeds thereof to improving, policing and lighting the said park or common," approved the fourth day of June, Anno Domini one thousand nine hundred and one; providing for the issue of park improvement bonds, and the expenditure of the surplus, not required for Improvement, in the purchase of other parks or com mons. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c.. That whenever any city of the third class shall have sold or leased the coal underlying any public park or common within the limits of said city, the proceeds of such sale or leasing shall be applied only as follows: First. To the improvement, policing, and lighting of the said park or common, or the redemption of Purchase and improvement of other lands. Proviso. Two-thirds vote. bonds issued for the improvement of said park or com mon. Second. Any surplus of the said proceeds left, beyond what is required for improving, policing, and lighting said park or common, may be applied to the purchase and improvement of other lands, within the limits of the city or immediately adjacent thereto, for use as public parks or commons: Provided, That no land shall be purchased for such use, with said funds, unless the ordinance authorizing the purchase shall have been passed by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members elected to each branch of council. Section 2. Whenever hereafter any such city shall have leased the coal under any public park or common, for a rental or royalty payable in annual or other periPark improvement odical instalments, the said city may issue park im bonds. Royalties. Redemption of bonds, etc. Cost of improvements. Bonds. Rate of interest. Application of proceeds. Redemption of bonds. provement bonds, based upon the faith and credit of the city and a pledge of the royalties accruing in its favor upon the lease of the coal, as aforesaid, which royalties shall be paid to the city treasurer and placed to the credit of the sinking-fund, for the redemption of said bonds and the payment of interest thereon as the same shall become due. Section 3. In order to provide for the payment of the cost of any improvement made in any public park or common, the city may from time to time issue park improvement bonds, based upon the faith and credit of the city and upon a pledge of the royalties, as aforesaid, in such sums as may be from time to time required, not to exceed the cost of such improvement and interest thereon. Said bonds shall bear interest at the rate not to exceed six per cent per annum, payable semi-annually. The method of redemption shall be provided for in the ordinance authorizing the issue. Section 4. Said bonds shall be sold at not less than par, and the proceeds thereof shall be applied solely to the payment of the cost of the said improvement. They shall be redeemable in not less than five years, and payable at any time not exceeding thirty years from the date of issue thereof, at the option of said city. Approved-The 16th day of April, A. D. 1903. SAML. W. PENNYPACKER. No. 158. AN ACT To prevent the plaintiff in a civil suit from suffering a voluntary nonsuit, in case of a sealed verdict. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That hereafter, upon the trial of any cause in any court of common pleas of this Commonwealth, the plaintiff shall not be permitted to suffer a voluntary nonsuit after the jury have agreed upon their verdict, sealed the same, and separated, unless such nonsuit shall be specially al- Voluntary nonlowed by the court, for cause shown. Approved-The 16th day of April, A. D. 1903. SAML. W. PENNYPACKER. No. 159, AN ACT Amending section seventy-four of an act "Relating to the elections of this Commonwealth," approved the second day of July, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and thirtynine. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That section seventyfour of an act, entitled "An act relating to the elections of this Commonwealth. Of the election of inspectors of the general election," approved the second day of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirtynine, which reads as follows: "Section 74. As soon as the election shall be finished, the tickets, list of taxables, one of the lists of voters, the tally-papers, and one of the certificates of the oath or affirmation taken and subscribed by the inspectors, judges and clerks, shall all be carefully collected and deposited in one or more of the ballot-boxes; and such box or boxes, being closely bound round with tape, shall be sealed by the inspectors and judge of the election, and together with the remaining ballot-boxes shall, within one day thereafter, be delivered by one of the inspectors to the nearest justice of the peace, who shall keep such boxes containing the tickets and other documents to answer the call of any persons or tribunal authorized to try the merits of such election; and the other list of voters, tally-papers and certificates shall be enclosed, by the said inspectors and judge, in sealed cover directed to the prothonotary of the court of common pleas of the county, and shall, by some one of them, be delivered into his office, within three days thereafter, where the same shall be filed," be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 74. As soon as the election shall be finished, the tickets, list of taxables, one of the lists of voters, the tally-papers, and one of the certificates of the oath or affirmation taken and subscribed by the inspectors, judges and clerks, shall all be carefully collected and deposited in one or more of the ballot-boxes; and such box or boxes, being closely bound round with tape, Section 74, act of July 2, 1839, cited for amendment. Tickets, list of voters, etc., to be sealed and delivertice of the peaec. taxables, list of ed to nearest jus Fee of justice. Balance of papers to be delivered to the prothonotary. shall be sealed by the inspectors and judge of the election, and together with the remaining ballot-boxes shall, within one day thereafter, be delivered by one of the inspectors to the nearest justice of the peace, who shall keep such boxes containing the tickets and other documents (said justice of the peace to receive the sum of three dollars per year, for all services rendered in the care of the ballot-box or boxes placed in his custody, said sum to be paid by the county treasurer upon an order drawn by the county commissioners,) to answer the call of any persons or tribunal authorized to try the merits of such election; and the other list of voters, tally-papers and certificates shall be enclosed by the said inspectors and judge in a sealed cover, directed to the prothonotary of the court of common pleas of the county, and shall by some one of them be delivered into his office within three days thereafter, where the same shall be filed. Approved-The 16th day of April, A. D. 1903. SAML. W. PENNYPACKER. Whereas I. Whereas II. Whereas III. No. 160. AN ACT To provide for the dedication of the Pennsylvania monument erected on Shiloh battlefield, to commemorate the service of the only Pennsylvania regiment at the battle of Shiloh, namely, the Seventy-seventh regiment of infantry; and to provide transportation for the survivors of the said Seventyseventh regiment to and from Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee, to attend said dedication; and making an appropriation therefor. Whereas, The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, by act approved July eighteen, one thousand nine hundred and one, authorized "The Shiloh Battlefield Commission" to decide upon the location, design, material and inscription for one monument, to commemorate the service of the Seventy-seventh regiment of infantry, the only Pennsyl vania regiment at the battle of Shiloh, and to make contract for its construction, and its erection on the battlefield of Shiloh; And whereas, Under the provisions of said act, an appropriate monument has been constructed and erected to the said Seventy-seventh regiment, under the superintendence of the said Shiloh Battlefield Commission; And whereas, The people of this Commonwealth have always venerated the patriotic and heroic deeds |