No. 65. AN ACT To amend "An act making constables of townships ex officio fire wardens, for the extinction of forest fires, and for reporting to the court of quarter sessions violations of the laws for the protection of forest from fire, prescribing the duties of such fire wardens and their punishment for failure to perform the same, and empowering them to require, under penalty, the assistance of other persons in the extinction of such fires," approved the thirtieth day of March, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and ninety-seven; so as to require precautions on approach of fire to forests designated, increase the compensation of fire wardens and their assistants, enlarge the liability of the county, and increase the penalty for refusal to assist a fire warden. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That section one of an act of Assembly, entitled "An act to make constables of townships ex officio fire wardens, for the extinction of forest fires, and for reporting to the court of quarter sessions violations of the laws for the protec tion of forests from fire, prescribing the duties of such fire wardens and their punishment for failure to perform the same, and empowering them to require, under penalty, the assistance of other persons, in the extinction of such fires," approved the thirtieth day of March, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and ninetyseven, which reads as follows: Constables of townships ex offi clo fire wardens. March 30, 1897, "That on and after the first day of January, Anno Section 1. act of Domini one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, cited for amendthe constables of the various townships of the Com- ment. monwealth shall be ex officio fire wardens, whose duty it shall be, when fire is discovered in the forests within their respective townships, immediately to take such measures as are necessary for its extinction, and to this end to have authority to call upon any person or persons within their respective townships for assistance; the said fire wardens to receive fifteen (15) cents per hour, and the persons so assisting twelve (12) cents per hour, as compensation for their services; the expense thereof shall be paid, one-half out of the treas ury of the respective county, and the remaining half of said expense shall be paid by the State Treasurer into the treasury of said county, out of moneys not otherwise appropriated, upon warrant from the Auditor General, but no such warrant shall be drawn until the respective county commissioners shall have first furnished, under oath or affirmation, to the Auditor General, a written itemized statement of such expense, and until the same is approved by the Auditor General: Provided, That no county shall be liable to pay, for this purpose, in any one year, an amount exceeding five hundred dollars," be amended so as to read as follows: That on and after the first day of January, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, Duty of constables as fire wardens. Compensation. Proviso, Section 2, cited for amendment. Refusal to assist fire warden. Penalty. the constables of the various townships of the Commonwealth shall be ex officio fire wardens, whose duty it shall be, when fire is discovered in or approaching the forests within their respective townships, immediately to take such measures as are necessary for its extinction; and, to this end, to have authority to call upon any person or persons, within their respective townships, for assistance; the said fire wardens to receive twenty-five (25) cents per hour, and the persons so assisting twenty (20) cents per hour, as compensation for their services; the expense thereof shall be paid, one-half out of the treasury of the respective county, and the remaining half of said expense shall be paid by the State Treasurer into the treasury of said county, out of moneys not otherwise appropriated, upon warrant from the Auditor General, but no such warrant shall be drawn until the respective county commissioners shall have first furnished, under oath or affirmation, to the Auditor General, a writ ten itemized statement of such expense, and until the same is approved by the Auditor General: Provided, That no county shall be liable to pay for this purpose, in any one year, an amount exceeding one-fourth of the amount of the county taxes on unseated land, received by said county for the last preceding year, unless the amount so received be less than five hundred dollars. Section 2. That section two of said act, which reads as follows: "Any person who, being called upon by the fire warden of his township to furnish assistance in extinguishing forest fires, as provided in section one, shall, without reasonable cause, refuse to render such assistance, upon conviction thereof shall pay a fine not exceeding ten dollars, or undergo imprisonment not exceeding thirty days, or both, at the discretion of the court," be so amended as to read as fol lows: Any person who, being called upon by the fire warden of his township to furnish assistance in extinguishing forest fires, as provided in section one, shall, without reasonable cause, refuse to render such assistance, upon conviction thereof shall pay a fine not exceeding twenty dollars, or undergo imprisonment not exceeding thirty days, or both, at the discretion of the court. APPROVED-The 31st day of March, A. D. 1905. No. 66. AN ACT islation in the Uniformity of leg- commissioners. To continue the existence of commissioners for the promotion APPROVED the 31st day of March, A. D. 1905. Act of May 23, extended. 1901, provisions of No. 67. AN ACT To regulate the transfer of funds from executors and administrators, in this Commonwealth, to foreign executors and administrators. ministrators. Transfer of funds to foreign execu Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That hereafter exe- Executors and ad cutors and administrators, in this Commonwealth, shall not be required to deliver to any foreign executor or administrator any fund which has been devised or bequeathed, in whole or in part, by will of the decedent, valid under the laws of this Commonwealth, and duly probated at the domicile of such decedent, where any person claiming such fund, or any part thereof, is or shall be a citizen of this Commonwealth. But such fund shall be distributed, under tor, etc. the direction of the orphans' court of the proper Orphans' court. county, to legatees, devisees and creditors, accord ing to the terms of said will and the laws of this Com monwealth. Section 2. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent Repeal. herewith are hereby repealed. APPROVED-the 31st day of March, A. D. 1905. SAML. W. PENNYPACKER. Poor-districts. No. 68. AN ACT Providing for necessary medical attention to needy persons who may be in danger of suffering from hydrophobia. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That in each and every county of this Commonwealth it shall be the duty of the proper officers of the several poor-districts, in such counties, to provide all needy persons, in their said several districts, who may be bitten by dogs suffering from hydrophobia or rabies, with the proper Medical attention. medical attention to prevent the development of the disease in the person or persons so bitten, which medical attention may include the treatment known as the Pasteur treatment. Hydrophobia. Treatment. Repeal. Section 2. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith be and the same are hereby repealed. APPROVED the 31st day of March, A. D. 1905. Washington county. Act of April 22, 1858, cited for amendment. No. 69. AN ACT To amend an act of Assembly to annex subdistrict number one, of Donegal township in the county of Washington, to borough of Claysville, Pennsylvania, for school purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That an act of Assembly to annex subdistrict number one, of Donegal township in the county of Washington, to the borough of Claysville, for school purposes, approved twenty-second day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight (Pamphlet Laws, four hundred and seventy-two), reading as follows: "Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That from and after the passage of this act, the territory within the bounds herein described, namely: beginning at the east corner of Donegal township, and running north to the corner of George Miller's farm, and thence west to William Dennison's, and thence south to George McConahey's, and thence, along the line of Donegal and East Finley townships, to the place of beginning, shall be attached to and form a part of the borough of Claysville in the county of Washington, for school purposes; and shall be, for said purposes, under the jurisdiction and control of the board of directors of said borough; and all school taxes within said territory shall be levied, collected and disbursed, and the schools administered, in like manner and by the same authority as in said Claysville school-district," be amended to read as follows: Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That from and after the passage of this act, the territory within the bounds herein described, namely: beginning at the east corner of Donegal township, and running north to the corner of George Miller's farm, and thence west to William Dennison's, and thence south to George McConahey's, and thence, along the line of Donegal and East Finley townships, to the place of beginning, shall be attached to and form part of the borough of Claysville in the county of Washington, and said sub- Borough of Claysdistrict, together with the said borough of Claysville, shall form a school-district, for school purposes; and School-district. all school taxes within said district, constituted as aforesaid, shall be levied, collected and disbursed, and the schools administered, in like maner and by the same authority as in other school-districts of the Commonwealth. APPROVED-the 31st day of March, A. D. 1905. ville. No. 70. AN ACT Amending the third section of a supplement to an act, entitled "An act to provide for the incorporation and regulation of certain corporations," approved April twenty-nine, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, "providing for the improvement, amendment and alteration of the charters of corporations of the second class, and authorizing the incorporation of traction motor companies," approved the thirteenth day of June, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three; requiring corporations to file a certificate with the Governor of the Commonwealth, setting forth that all reports required by the Auditor General of the Commonwealth have been duly filed, and that all taxes due the Commonwealth have been paid, before the improvement, amendment or alteration of the charter of any corporation. Corporation char Improvement, alamendment of, teration and Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That section three of a supplement to an act "providing for the improve. ters. ment, amendment and alteration of the charters of corporations of the second class, and authorizing the incorporation of traction motor companies," approved the thirteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, which reads as follows: "Section 3. The said corporation shall prepare a certificate, under its corporate seal, setting forth the character and objects of the proposed improvement, amendment or alteration of their charter, or the instrument upon which the said corporation is formed or established, acknowledged by the president and secretary of said corporation before the recorder of deeds of the county wherein such corporation has its principal office or place of business, which certificate, section 3, act of June 13, 1883, cited for amendment. |