(b) The quarantining and disinfecting of persons and premises, and the placarding of notices. (c) The treatment or disposal of infected bedding, clothing, or other articles. (d) The care and burial of the bodies of persons who may have died from any of the said diseases, fixing the limit of time for burial, the methods to be used, the attendance of persons, and the style of advertising the funeral. (e) The disinfection of conveyances used in the burial of persons who may have died from said diseases, or which may have been used by a person afflicted with any of said diseases, or person who may have been in contact with the same. (f) The admission and attendance of persons at public or private schools, hospitals and asylums, or any other public or private educational or charitable institutions, and the compulsory vaccination and revaccination of inmates thereof, and of persons attending the same, or employed therein as physicians, teachers, nurses, or in any other capacity. Section 3. All rules and regulations and all changes Publicity. and amendments, when adopted, shall be printed and distributed for public use; copies of the same shall be filed with the State Board of Health. Copies shall be prepared and furnished to every educational institution, public or private, and to every physician and undertaker, within the jurisdiction of the health authorities promulgating the same. Section 4. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent Repeal, with this act are hereby repealed. APPROVED-The 20th day of April, A. D. 1905. SAML. W. PENNYPACKER. No. 166. AN ACT Amending section two of an act, entitled "A supplement to the twenty-fourth section of an act, entitled 'A further supplement to an act to provide revenue by taxation, approved the seventh day of June, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine,' approved the first day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine, amending the twenty-fourth section by providing for the payment by the State Treasurer of one half of the two per centum tax on premiums paid by foreign fire insurance companies to the treasurers of the several cities and boroughs within this Commonwealth." approved the twenty-eight day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five; providing for the extension of the provisions of this act to townships of the first class. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That section two of an act, entitled "A supplement to the twenty-fourth sec Section 2, act of June 28, 1895, cited for amendment. Foreign fire inBurance companies. State Treasurer to pay portion of tax and townships. to cities, boroughs Basis. Payable. tion of an act, entitled 'A further supplement to an act to provide revenue by taxation, approved the seventh day of June, one thousand eight hundred and sev enty-nine,' approved the first day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine, amending the twenty-fourth section by providing for the payment by the State Treasurer of one-half of the two per centum (2 per centum) tax on premiums paid by foreign fire insurance companies to the treasurers of the several cities and boroughs within this Commonwealth," approved twenty-eighth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, which reads as follows, namely: "On and after the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, and annually thereafter, there shall be paid by the State Treasurer to the treasurers of the several cities and boroughs within this Commonwealth, one-half of the net amount received from the two per centum tax paid upon premiums by foreign fire insurance companies. The amount to be paid to each of the treasurers of the several cities and boroughs shall be based upon the return of said two per centum tax upon premiums received from foreign fire insurance companies doing business within the said cities and boroughs, as shown by the Insurance Commissioner's report. Warrants for the above purposes shall be drawn by the Auditor General, payable to the treasurers of the several cities and boroughs, in accordance with this act, whenever there are sufficient funds in the State Treasury to pay the same," the same shall be and is hereby amended to read as follows, namely: Section 2. On and after the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and six, and annually thereafter, there shall be paid by the State Treasurer to the treasurers of the several cities, boroughs and townships of the first class within this Commonwealth, one-half of the net amount received from the two per centum tax paid upon premiums by foreign fire insurance companies. The amount to be paid to each of the treasurers of the several cities, boroughs and townships of the first class, shall be based upon the return of the said two per centum tax upon premiums, received from foreign fire insurance companies doing business within the said cities, boroughs and townships of the first class, as is shown by the Insurance Commissioner's Report. Warrants for the above purpose shall be drawn by the Auditor General, payable to the treasurers of the several cities boroughs and townships of the first class, in accordance with this act, whenever there are sufficient funds in APPROVED-The 20th day of April, A. D. 1905. No. 167. AN ACT To amend the third section of an act, entitled "An act for the establishment of free public libraries in the several schooldistricts of the Commonwealth, except in cities of the first and second class," approved the twenty-eighth day of June, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five; providing that the tax levy for the purchase, improvement and maintenance of such libraries shall be made upon the same subjects of taxation as are assessed for school purposes, and shall be included in the school-tax levy. Whereas, Free public libraries have been erected in Preamble. many of the school-districts of the State, as an adjunct to the public school system, and it is desirable that the tax levy in their behalf should be levied upon the same subjects of taxation assessed for school purposes, and be included in the school-tax levy, therefore: Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That section third of "An act for the establishment of free libraries in the several school-districts of the Commonwealth, except in cities of the first and second class," approved the twenty-eighth day of June, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, which reads as follows: "Section 3. It shall be lawful for said Board to levy a tax for the purchase, improvement and maintenance of said library, not exceeding one mill in any one year, on the valuation of the property assessed for school purposes in the district, which tax shall be collectible as the school taxes of the district are at the time of collecting the same," be and the same is hereby amended so to read as follows: Section 3, act of June 28, 1895, cited for amendment. Section 3. It shall be lawful for said Board to levy Free publie 11a tax for the purchase, improvement and maintenance braries. of said library, not exceeding one mill in any one year, poses of. which tax shall be included in the tax levy made for school Taxation for purpurposes, upon the same subjects of taxation, and shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner. APPROVED-The 20th day of April, A. D. 1905. SAML. W. PENNYPACKER. Boroughs. Grading, paving and macadamiz ing. No. 168. AN ACT Authorizing the councils of incorporated boroughs to require the subgrading, paving, curbing and macadamizing of streets or thoroughfares or parts thereof, and assess the cost of the same on the owners of property abutting thereon, provided four-fifths of said owners petition councils for same, and providing for the collection of the cost of same. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That from and after the passage of this act, the council of any incorporated borough of this Commonwealth shall have the power to require, by ordinance, and cause to be subgraded, paved, curbed or macadamized, with brick, stone or other suitable materials, any public street or thoroughfare, or parts thereof, which is now or may here. after be laid out and opened in any of said boroughs, and collect, in the manner hereinafter provided, the Cost and expense. whole of the cost and expense of the same from the Assessment. Proviso. Petition of owners. Assessment shall be filed. owners of the real estate bounding or abutting thereon, by an equal assessment on the feet-front, bounding or abutting as aforesaid; said assessment to be estimated by the borough engineer, street commissioner or person in charge of said work, or other competent authority designated by the council of said borough: Provided, That the council of any such borough shall not require or cause to be subgraded, paved, curbed or macadamized, under this act, any street or thoroughfare, or any part thereof, except upon the petition of the owners of property representing not less than four-fifths in number of feet of the properties fronting or abutting on said street or thoroughfare, or the part thereof proposed to be so improved. Section 2. All municipal assessments for paving, subgrading, curbing or macadamizing, as aforesaid, shall be filed with the clerk or secretary of the bor ough, who shall thereupon cause thirty days' written Notice to parties or printed notice to be given to each party assessed, assessed. Unpaid assessments. Collection. either by service on the owner or agent, or left on the assessed premises, that the assessments are due and payable. If said assessments or any of them shall remain unpaid at the expiration of said notice, the same shall be placed in the hands of the borough solicitor for collection; whose duty it shall be to collect the same, together with five per centum additional as attorney's commission, and interest from the completion of the paving, subgrading, curbing or macadamizing, Municipal claim. by a municipal claim filed against the delinquent owner, describing the premises, upon which writs of scire facias may issue. When an owner has two or more lots against which there is an assessment for the same improvement, all of said lots shall be embraced in one claim. Section 3. No assessments for paving, subgrading, curbing or macadamizing, under the provisions of this act, shall be a lien on real estate for more than six Liens. months from the time of the completion of such work, unless a claim for the same shall be filed in the office of the prothonotary of the proper county within that time; nor shall the same continue a lien longer than five years from the time of filing the claim, unless revived by scire facias, in the manner provided by law in the case of mechanics' claims. Section 4. Every claim shall be a plain statement, in claims. which the corporate name of the borough shall be used as a plaintiff, and the owner or owners named as defendants; and shall contain a description of the prop- Description of erty or properties against which it is filed; the nature and kind of work done, and the time when the same was completed; and every claim filed shall be prima facie evidence of all matter therein set forth. property, etc. strued. Section 5. The term owner shall be constructed to "Owner" conmean all individuals; corporations, public or private, and associations having any title or interest in the property assessed. If the owner, to whom notice is Notice to. required to be given by this act, is a non-resident of the borough, and his, her or their place of residence is unknown to the clerk or secretary of the borough, or if the ownership of the property cannot be ascertained, the notice shall be posted on the premises, and a copy left with the occupant, if there be one. facias. Procedure. Section 6. Where the defendant in any writ of scire Writ of scire facias shall be a corporation, and the property assessed cannot be sold, the scire facias shall be proceeded upon to judgment, and a writ of fieri facias shall be issued thereon, by virtue of which any personal property of the corporation, wherever situated, may be levied on and sold, or an attachment in execution may be issued as in other cases. APPROVED-The 20th day of April, A. D. 1905. No. 169. AN ACT To validate certain judgments and titles to real estate, notwithstanding a failure to comply with all the requirements of the tenth clause of section one of an act approved the ninth day of July, Anno Domini one thousand nine hundred and one, entitled "An act relating to the service of certain process in actions at law and the effect thereof, and providing who shall be made parties to certain writs." Whereas, Doubts have arisen as to the true intent and meaning of the tenth clause of section one of an Preamble. |