Assessment of Books, maps, etc. Clerks. Power to administer oaths. Inventory and estimate. Register of real estate. place where such person or party may be heard by the board of assessors. Section 7. When the said assessors ascertain that any property is omitted, they shall assess the same for the omitted years, but not back further than and including the last preceding year of the triennial assessment; and the person or party owning said omitted real estate shall be liable for the tax against the said lands for the omitted year, or years, at the tax rate levied during the omitted year, and the proper authorities shall make out the proper tax, and place the amount thereof in the hands of the city treasurer for collection. Section S. The said assessors shall have the right to procure such books, maps, et cetera, as may be necessary to the performance of their duties; and, when authorized by councils, may employ clerks, for the purpose of transcribing and making duplicates and assessment books. They, and each of them; shali have power to administer oaths, and to require, under oath, of every taxable or person in charge or control of any property, an inventory of his taxable property, with his estimation of the just, full, fair and impar tial value thereof, and which, in his judgment, the same would bring at a fair public sale thereof. estimation shall not be conclusive, but shall be subject to revision by increase, decrease, or equalization with other property. Section 9. Where any city has established a reg istry of real estate, in pursuance of the act to which this is a supplement, the said assessors shall have the right to obtain from said department such information as to the registered owners of real estate as said department is able to furnish, and under such rules and regulations as shall be established by ordinance Sufficient descrip- of councils; and it shall be a sufficient description of any real estate in any assessment-books or duplicates to designate the same by such city lot number, other number, or such other designation as the same shall appear in the registry department. tion. Completion of assessments. Correction of duplicates. Board of Revision and Appeal. Section 10. The said Board of Assessors shall complete their triennial assessment, and the annual assessments in intervening years, on or before the first day of January in each year; and they shall have power to add to the duplicates, in the hands of the city treasurer, any subject of taxation omitted therefrom, and to rectify any and all errors and mistakes made therein. Section 11. When the time or times and place for the meeting or meetings of the Board of Revision and Appeal shall have been fixed, in years of triennial assessment, or in other years, it shall be the duty of said Board of City Assessors to give, or cause to be given, at least five days' printed or written notice to Notice. In case the property owner is not found, the notice Service of notices above provided for may be served upon any tenant or other occupant of the premises. assessors. Section 12. Any assessor may be removed from of- Removal of fice by a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each branch of councils, and the vacancy thus occasioned may be filled in the manner hereinbefore provided; and any assessor or assessors who wilfully omit, neglect or refuse to assess any property liable to taxation, shall be held responsible to the proper city for any loss or damage caused thereby. Section 13. The councils of each of the said cities Ordinances. of the third class shall have authority to pass such ordinances as they may deem proper and necessary, providing for and regulating the manner of making the aforesaid assessments, valuations and transfers, and the taking of appeals to the Board of Revision and Appeal, and regulating proceedings before said Board on any and all matters not specifically provided for in this act, and all acts to which this is a supplement, and not inconsistent herewith. APPROVED-The 29th day of March, A. D. 1905. SAML. W. PENNYPACKER. No. 53. AN ACT To repeal sections six and seven of an act, entitled "An act relating to roads and bridges in Washington county," approved the thirtieth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, as extended to Lycoming county by an act, entitled "An act relating to roads and bridges in Washington county, extended to Lycoming and Indiana counties," approved the twelfth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and sixty, so far as the same relate to Lycoming county. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That sections six and County bridges. seven of an act, entitled “An act relating to roads and bridges in Washington county," approved the thir- Lycoming county. Sections 6 and 7, act of March 30, peal as to Ly coming county. tieth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, as extended to Lycoming county by an act, entitled "An act relating to roads and bridges in Washington county, extended to Lycoming and Indiana counties," approved the twelfth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and sixty, which reads as follows: "Section 6. That it shall be the duty of the supervi1859, cited for re- sors of the several townships, and the street commissioner or other person having charge of the highways in incorporated boroughs, to keep in repair all bridges built, or that may hereafter be built, by the county commissioners, at the charge of the county; and they shall be subject to the like penalties for neglect as they are now liable to in the case of roads and bridges built at the expense of the township or borough. "Section 7. It shall be the duty of the county commissioners, upon representation made to them that any bridge, built by the county, has been damaged or destroyed by flood or other causalty, or by natural decay has become unsafe, so as to be too heavy an expense for the township to repair or rebuild, to make an examination of the same; and if they are then satisfied such is the case, to proceed to repair or rebuild the same, as to them shall appear best, as in the case of new bridges" be and the same are hereby repealed so far as they relate to Lycoming county. APPROVED-The 30th day of March, A. D. 1905. Personal actions. Section 44, act of No. 54. AN ACT To amend section forty-four of the act of Assembly of this Commonwealth, entitled "An act relating to the commencement of actions," approved the thirteenth day of June, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, so as to make all the provisions of said act apply to certain actions er delicto as well as to all actions ex contractu. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That section forty-four of the act of Assembly of this Commonwealth, approved the thirteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, and entitled "An act relating to the commencement of actions," which reads as follows: "A writ of attachment, in the form aforesaid, may be issued against the real or personal estate of any person not residing within this Commonwealth, and Lot being within the county in which such writ shall issue, at the time of the issuing thereof," be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: attachment. A writ of foreign attachment, in the form aforesaid, Writ of foreign may be issued against the real or personal estate of any person not residing within this Commonwealth, and not being within the county in which such writ shall issue, at the time of the issuing thereof, in all actions ex contractu and in actions ex delicto for a tort committed within this Commonwealth. Section 2. That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent Repeal. herewith be and the same are hereby repealed. APPROVED-The 30th day of March, A. D. 1905. SAML. W. PENNYPACKER. No. 55. AN ACT To amend the first section of an act approved the eleventh day Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That section one of ar act, approved the eleventh day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine, entitled "An act to provide for the appointment of trustees durante absentia, and defining the powers and duties of the same," which reads: "That whenever it shall be made known to the orphans' court of the proper county, by the affidavit of the husband, wife, next of kin, or other person interested, in the order named, of any person absent from his or her usual place of abode, supported by the affidavit of at least one disinterested resident of the ward, borough or township where such person was last known to reside, that such person has been absent from his usual place of abode for the space of one year, that his whereabouts is not and has not been known for a period of one year, and he has left an estate without any person to take charge of or manage the same, it shall be lawful for said court to appoint one or more trustees who shall take charge of and manage the estate of such person so being absent, and who shall be under the control and direction of said court," be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: That whenever it shall be made known to the or- Orphans' Court phans' court of the proper county, by the petition, verified by affidavit, of the husband, wife, next of kin, or other person interested, in the order named, of any person who has been a resident either of this Commonwealth or of any other State, territory or foreign country, and who has absented himself or herself from his or her usual place of abode, such petition being supported by the affidavit of at least one disinterested resident of the ward, borough, township, or other territorial subdivision where such person was last known to reside, that such person has been absent from his usual place of abode for the space of one year, that his whereabouts is not and has not been known for a period of one year, and he has left an estate, either real or personal, or both, situate, charge of estates owing or belonging to him, within this Commonwealth, without any person to take charge of or manage the same, it shall be lawful for said court to appoint one or more trustees who shall take charge of and manage the estate of such person, so being absent, and who shall be under the control and direction of said court: Provided, That in all cases of such absentees, who have been or may be non-residents of this Commonwealth, the aforesaid petition shall be supported by the affidavit of at least two such disinterested persons. Appointment of trustees to take of absentees. Proviso. Application of this act. Section 2. That in all cases of non-resident absentees, the words "the orphans' court of the proper county," as used in this act, shall be construed to mean the orphans' court of the county in which all or the greater portion of his estate, within this Commonwealth, may be found. Section 3. The provisions of this act shall apply to the cases of all persons mentioned in section one hereof, who, either before or after the passage of this act, have absented themselves or may absent themselves from their usual place of abode for a period of one year. APPROVED-The 30th day of March, A. D. 1905. State Live Stock No. 56. AN ACT To further define the duties and powers of the State Live Stock Sanitary Board; to prevent the spread of dangerous, contagious or infectious diseases among domestic animals; to require reports to be made of the existence of such diseases; to limit appraisements and payments for animals that it may be necessary to destroy to prevent the spread of disease; to protect milk supplies from contamination; to authorize cooperation with local boards of health; and to prescribe penalties for the violation of the provisions hereof. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That all practitioners of veterinary medicine in Pennsylvania shall, immediately upon gaining information thereof, report te |