Contract. Inspection of bridge. Report. Fees and expenses. let the contract for the rebuilding of such bridge to the lowest and best bidder. In case they shall not conclude to reject all bids submitted, which they are hereby expressly authorized to do, and thereupon to readvertise in the manner aforesaid for bids, and upon the acceptance of the lowest and best bidder, the Board of Public Grounds and Buildings, on behalf of the Commonwealth, shall enter into contract for the same with such bidder, under the advice and direction of the Attorney General. Section 4. Every bridge so erected by the Commonwealth under contract with it, shall be inspected by three fit persons, to be appointed by the said court, none of whom shall be residents of or property holders in the county wherein the bridge is located, and make report of the result of their inspection to the said court. Section 7. The fees and expenses to be allowed the viewers and inspectors, and the proper charge for the preparation of the plans and specifications of such bridge and the superintending of construction of the same, the cost of advertising, costs of all legal proceedings, and all other costs and expenses whatsoever, shall be paid by the county or counties in which the bridge is located; and the amount of the fees and Shall be fixed by expenses herein provided to be paid shall be fixed by the court, according to the circumstances of the case, upon notice to the county commissioners. the court. Approved-The 21st day of April, A. D. 1903. SAML. W. PENNYPACKER. No. 170. AN ACT To amend section twenty-two of an act, entitled "An act relating to counties and townships, and county and township officers," approved the fifteenth day of April, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and thirty-four; fixing the time when the county commissioners shall publish the annual statement of the receipts and expenditures of the county for each preceding year. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That section twentytwo of said act, which reads as follows: "It shall be the duty of the commissioners of each of April 15, 1834, county to publish annually, once a week for four Section 22 of act cited for amend ment. successive weeks, in the month of February, a full and accurate statement of all receipts and expenditures of the preceding year, in one or more of the newspapers printed in the county; and, if no newspaper be published in such county, then in at least fifty printed handbills, to be set up in the most public places in the county," be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 22. It shall be the duty of the commission auditors. ers of each county to publish annually, once a week Report of county for four successive weeks, as soon as it can conveniently be done after the completion of the report of the county auditors, but not later than June first, a full and accurate statement of all receipts and expendi- Publication of. tures of the preceding year, in one or more newspa pers printed in the county. Approved-The 21st day of April, A. D. 1903. SAML. W. PENNYPACKER. No. 171. AN ACT To repeal an act, entitled "A further supplement to an act relative to parks in the city of Harrisburg, approved the fourth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven," approved March twenty-fifth, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That the act of Assembly, entitled "A further supplement to an act relative to parks in the city of Harrisburg, approved the fourth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven," approved March twenty-fifth, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, which reads as follows: Act of March 25, repeal. "Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That the citizens and owners of property on Front street, between State 1873, cited for and Market streets, are authorized, at their own expense and by other voluntary contributions they may receive, to build a wall from the upper end of the stone wall commenced at the terminus of State street, to the abutment of the Harrisburg bridge at Market street, of sufficient thickness and height, the highest part not above the level of Front street (between Market and State streets), at any point along the line thereof; said wall shall be in a straight line from the wall at State street to the abutment of the Harrisburg bridge; they shall have authority, at their own expense, et cetera, as aforesaid, to fill up with earth or other suitable material the space between the present river bank and the proposed wall; to erect a substantial fence or iron railing around the whole of the enclosure (except at the passage way of Walnut street to the river, they shall have authority to erect over said passage way a foot bridge sufficient span and Repeal height to permit wagons and carts through and under); to ornament the grounds of said enclosures by planting trees, erecting fountains, and laying out the same in avenues, but not to erect any building or other obstruction of the kind on the same: Provided, That no expense shall fall upon the city of Harrisburg, and the whole improvements shall be for the use of the public, free of charge at all times hereafter, and said enclosures shall be known by the name of Promenade Park. "Section 2. The said promenade park and the improvements necessary to create and maintain the same shall be organized under the following board of commissioners, consisting of J.D. Cameron, Jacob F. Seiler, George Wolf Buehler, Mrs. Mary H. Espy, David McCormick, Wallace DeWitt, Gov. J. F. Hartranft, Rev. R. J. Keeling, D. D., John B. Cox, Henry McCormick, Mrs. Mary E. Ross, Jacob C. Bomberger, Mrs. Eliza McCormick, Daniel D. Boas, Jacob S. Haldeman, G. W. I. Beatty, Henry Gilbert, Francis Wyeth, William Buehler, Rt. Rev. J. F. Shanahan, D. D., William Colder, James McCormick, Jr., Mrs. Eliza E. Haldeman, J. V. Cresswell, Rev. T. H. Robinson, D. D., A. J. Herr, Mrs. John H. Briggs, Doctor Mortimer O'Connor, Joshua M. Wiestling, George W. Hummel, Mrs. John A. Stehley, I. M. Keller, and Mrs. Ellen J. Bucher; said commissioners, or any nine of them, shall meet for organization within thirty days after the passage of this act, upon ten days' notice having been given for such meeting in two daily newspapers in the city of Harrisburg, with power to elect a board of commissioners (selected from the above named commissioners), to consist of not more than nine, a majority of whom shall have power to make all reasonable rules and regulations for the improvement, superintendence, protection and management of the same; and in case of vacancies in the board, it shall be competent for the board to fill such vacancy or vacancies some citizen holding property between State and Market streets aforesaid. "Section 3. That the violation of any of the rules and regulations which shall be adopted by said commissioners for the management, improvement, protection and superintendence of said Promenade Park, shall be punished by such fines and penalties provided by said commissioners, to be collected by an action for the same before the mayor or any alderman of the city of Harrisburg," be and the same is hereby repealed. Approved-The 22d day of April, A. D. 1903. SAML. W. PENNYPACKER No. 172. AN ACT Providing the manner by which independent school-districts of this Commonwealth, established by act of Assembly or the courts of quarter sessions, may be abolished, and providing for the disposition of the school property of such district. school districts. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That in all cases where an independent school-district has been created by Independent any of the courts of quarter sessions of the peace of this Commonwealth, or by act of Assembly, it shall be lawful for the court of quarter sessions of the county in which such independent district is located, upon application to said court of a majority of the taxable citizens resident within the limits of such independent school-district, by petition, setting forth Petition of citithat they desire the abolition of said district, to hear and determine the application upon its merits; and if deemed expedient, the said court shall discontinue the Discontinuance of said independent district. Section 2. If any such independent district be discontinued, as provided in section one of this act, the school property of such independent district shall zens. district. property. revert to the districts out of which such independent Reversion of district was originally created, and shall be apportioned among said districts in such manner as is required by existing laws. Section 3. That the provisions of this act shall not apply to independent school-districts composed of parts of adjoining counties. Section 4. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent here- Repeal. with be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved-The 22d day of April, A. D. 1903. SAML. W. PENNYPACKER. No. 173. AN ACT To repeal an act, entitled "A supplement to an act relative to parks in the city of Harrisburg, approved the fourth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven," approved the eighth day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That the act of Assembly, entitled "A supplement to an act relative to parks in the city of Harrisburg, approved the fourth Act of May 8, 1872, cited for repeal. day of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixtyseven," approved the eighth day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, which reads as follows: "Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That so much of the aforesaid act as requires that the passageways for the cross streets and roads leading to the river, between Market and Mulberry streets, shall be kept open, be and the same is hereby repealed, and that the citizens and owners of property on Front street, between the aforesaid Market and Mulberry streets, are authorized, at their own expense and by any other voluntary contributions they may receive, to build a wall from the abutment wall of the Harrisburg bridge to the abutment wall of the Cumberland Valley railroad bridge of such thickness and height, the highest part not above the level of Front street at any point along the line thereof, and parallel with the front line of the houses on Front street, and the distance from said line to this said wall, inclusive, not to exceed one hundred and ninety-five feet; they shall have authority, at their own expense, as aforesaid, to fill up, with earth or other suitable material, the space between the present river bank and the proposed wall, to erect a substantial wooden fence or iron railing on the top of said wall, and around the whole of the enclosure, to ornament of the grounds of said enclosure by planting trees, erecting fountains, and laying out the same in avenues, but not erect any building or other obstruction of the kind on the same: Provided, That no expense shall fall upon the city of Harrisburg, and the whole improvement shall be for the use of the public, free of charge at all times hereafter, and the said enclosure shall be known by the name of Lincoln Park. "Section 2. The said Lincoln Park, and the improvements necessary to create and maintain the same, shall be under the jurisdiction of a board of commissioners, consisting of Doctor William W. Rutherford, Calvin C. Bowman, Charles L. Bailey, Benjamin S. Forster, Rudolph F. Kelker, Samuel W. Shary, George Z. Kunkle, Dr. S. T. Charlton, Hon. John J. Pearson, John McPherson, J. B. Boyd, Joseph Strouse, Charles Roumfort, Richard H. Hummel, Dr. E. Franciscus, W. O. Hickok, David Harris, Rev. V. Hummel Berghaus, Samuel T. Jones, Henry Uhler, John F. Hummel, and Valentine Egle, a majority of whom shall have power to make all reasonable rules and regulations for the improvements, superintendence, protection, and management of the same; nine of said commissioners shall constitute a quorum to do business, and in case of a vacancy in the board, it shall be competent for the common council of the city of Harrisburg to fill such vacancy, by the appointment of some citizen |