the said court. Upon the filing of the report of the said commissioner, the same shall be confirmed nisi; said confirmation to become absolute unless excepted to within twenty days thereafter, during which time notice of the said filing and confirmation shall be advertised in a newspaper of said county, once a week for three weeks. If exceptions are filed to the said report within the said period, the court, upon consideration thereof, shall confirm the said report or modify the said finding; and thereupon the clerk of the court shall certify to the county commissioners of the county the population of the said township, as shown by the said proceedings. The costs and expenses of the said proceedings, including a reasonable fee for the said commissioner, shall be paid by the said petitioners or by the townships, or partly by each, as the court shall direct," be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:

commissioners.

Section 2. (a) It shall be the duty of the county Duty of county commissioners in every county of the Commonwealth to ascertain whether any township in the county comes within the conditions hereinbefore set out as constituting a township of the first class; and by proc- Proclamation. lamation, to be issued prior to the first day of January following the ascertainment of population by the decennial census of the United States, to designate the townships of the first class, if any, within the county; and, by proclamation to be issued prior to the first day of January of each of the intervening years, to designate the townships, if any, which since the last preceding proclamation have been ascertained to come within the said conditions, and to be townships of the first class; and in all townships so designated,

the officers provided for by this act shall be chosen at Election of offthe municipal election then next ensuing, and the cers. township government constituted by this act shall go into force on the first Monday of March then next ensuing. Said proclamation by the county commissioners shall be advertised in two newspapers published in the county.

Petition.

(b) At any time, not less than two years before the time fixed for taking a decennial census of the United States, whenever the owners of twenty-five per cent. of the assessed valuation of the real estate of any of the townships of the second class shall present their petition to the court of quarter sessions of the county, averring that the population of said township has become and is at least two hundred and fifty to the square mile, and shall give such security as the court may prescribe for the payment of all costs and expenses which may be incurred in any proceedings had upon said petition, the said court shall appoint a competent commissioner to make an enrollment of the in- commission.

Population.

Appointment of a

Report.

Advertising.

Exceptions.

Certificate.

Costs.

habitants of the said township, and to report the said enrollment, with the finding of the population of the said township, during the next ensuing term of the said court. Upon the filing of the report of the said commissioner the same shall be confirmed nisi; said confirmation to become absolute unless excepted to within twenty days thereafter, during which time notice of the said filing and confirmation shall be advertised in a newspaper of said county, once a week for three weeks. If exceptions are filed to the said report within the said period, the court, upon consideration thereof, shall confirm the said report or modify the said finding, and thereupon the clerk of the court shall certify to the county commissioners of the county the population of the said township, as shown by the said proceedings. The costs and expenses of the said proceedings, including a reasonable fee for the said commissioner, shall be paid by the said petitioner, or by the townships, or partly by each, as the court shall direct.

APPROVED-The 1st day of April, 1905.

SAML. W. PENNYPACKER.

State Live Stock
Sanitary Board.

Section 2, act of May 21, 1895, cited for amendment,

No. 73.

AN ACT

To amend an act, entitled "An act to establish the State Live Stock Sanitary Board of Pennsylvania, and to provide for the control and suppression of dangerous, contagious or infectious diseases of domestic animals," approved the twentyfirst day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five; so as to authorize the State Live Stock Sanitary Board to conduct scientific investigations in relation to the causes, nature, and prevention of diseases of domestic animals.

Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That section two of an act, entitled "An act to establish the State Live Stock Sanitary Board of Pennsylvania, and to provide for the control and suppression of dangerous, contagious or infectious diseases of domestic animals," approved the twenty-first day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, which now reads as follows:

"Section 2. That it shall be the duty of the State Live Stock Sanitary Board to protect the health of the domestic animals of the State, to determine and employ the most efficient and practical means for the prevention, suppression, control or eradication of dangerous, contagious or infectious diseases among the domestic animals, and for these purposes it is hereby authorized and empowered to establish, maintain, enforce and regulate such quarantine and other meas

ures relating to the movements and care of animals and their products, the disinfection of suspected localities and articles, and the destruction of animals, as it may deem necessary, and to adopt from time to time all such regulations as may be necessary and proper for carrying out the purposes of this act: Provided, however, In the case of any slowly contagious diseases, only suspected or diseased animals shall be quarantined," be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows;

Board.

Section 2. That it shall be the duty of the State Duties of the Live Stock Sanitary Board to protect the health of the domestic animals of the State; to determine and employ the most efficient and practical means for the prevention, suppression, control, or eradication of dangerous, contagious, or infectious diseases among the domestic animals; and for these purposes it is hereby authorized and empowered to conduct scien- Powers. tific investigations in relation to the causes, nature, and prevention of diseases of animals; to establish, maintain, enforce and regulate such quarantine and other measures relating to the movements and care of animals and their products, the disinfection of suspected localities and articles, and the destruction of animals, as it may deem necessary; and to adopt, from time to time, all such regulations as may be necessary and proper for carrying out the purposes of this act: Provided, however, In the case of any slowly contagious diseases, only suspected or diseased animals shall be quarantined.

APPROVED-The 1st day of April, A. D. 1905.

SAML. W. PENNYPACKER,

Proviso.

No. 74.

AN ACT

To enable city, county, poor, township, ward, school, and borough tax collectors to collect taxes, for the payment of which they have become liable, or for which they shall during the year one thousand nine hundred and five become personally liable, without having collected the same, by expiration of the authority of their respective warrants or by the expiration of their term of office, and to extend the time for the collection of the same for the period of one year from the passage of this act.

Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That in all cases in Taxes which the period of two years, the limitation of the warrants in the duplicate of county, poor, city, township, ward, school, and borough tax collectors, have expired, and in all cases where the power and authority of said tax collectors have expired, or shall expire during the year one thousand nine hundred and five, by virtue of the expiration of their terms of

Duplicates and warrants, and au

office, and said collector or collectors have or shall become liable for the amount of tax on said dupli

thority of collect cates without having collected the same, the said du

ors, extended for one year.

Proviso.

Proviso. Proviso.

plicates and warrants, and the powers and authority of said tax collectors, in all such cases, are hereby revived and extended for another period of one year from the passage of this act; and said collector or collectors are hereby authorized and empowered to proceed and collect said taxes from all persons who have not paid taxes assessed to them, residing in said district within which it may have been assessed, as well as from all persons who may remove or have removed from said city, ward, township or townships, or boroughs, and have neglected to pay taxes so as aforesaid assessed, with like effect as if said warrant had not expired by the limitation of two years, aforesaid, or the term of office of said collector had not expired: Provided, That the provisions of this act shall not apply to warrants issued prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, and that nothing in this act shall release any bondsmen or security: Provided, That this act shall not apply to cities having special laws upon this subject: Provided, further, That no collector, nor the sureties thereof, who take advantage of this act shall be permitted to plead the statute of limitations in any action brought to recover the amount of said duplicate, so extended and renewed.

APPROVED-The 1st day of April, A. D. 1905.

SAML. W. PENNYPACKER.

Cities of the second and third class.

Steam-boilers and steam-engines.

Age limit of engineer.

No. 75.

AN ACT

To provide for the better protection of life and property, by the examination and licensing of engineers having charge of steam-boilers, steam-engines, and appliances connected therewith, in cities of the second and third class of this Commonwealth, and providing penalties for violation.

Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to have charge of or to operate a steam-boiler or steam-engine over tenhorsepower, in cities of the second and third class of this Commonwealth, except locomotive boilers, used in transportation, and steam-engines and steamboilers, carrying less than fifteen pounds pressure per square inch, unless said person or persons are upwards of twenty-one years of age, and holds a license, as hereinafter provided for; and it shall be unlawful for any owner or owners, user or users, of any steamboiler or steam-engine over ten-horsepower, other

than those excepted above, to operate or cause to be operated a steam boiler or steam engine without a duly licensed engineer.

License.

applicant.

perience, etc.

Section 2. All persons desiring authority to perform the duties of an engineer shall apply to the boiler inspector of such cities, who shall examine the Examination of applicant as to his knowledge of steam machinery and his experience in operating the same, also the proofs he produces in support of his claim, and if, upon full consideration, the inspector is satisfied that the applicant's character, habits of life, knowledge Character, exand experience in the duties of an engineer, are all such as to authorize the belief that he is suitable and safe person to be entrusted with the powers and duties of such a station, he shall grant him a license, Grant of license. upon the payment of three (3) dollars, authorizing him to be employed in such duties for the term of one year, and such license shall be annually renewed, without examination, upon the payment of one (1) dollar, provided it is presented for renewal within Renewal. ten days after its expiration. Licenses so granted shall be graded into two classes: One of which shall

entitle the licensee to have charge of or to operate sta- Grade of license. tionary steam-boilers and steam-engines only; the other of which shall entitle the licensee to have charge of or to operate portable steam-boilers and steamengines only; such licenses shall not be transferred from one grade to the other without a re-examination, said re-examination to be conducted without cost to the licensee.

amination.

No person shall be eligible to examination for a li- Eligibility for excense unless he furnishes proof that he has been employed about a steam-boiler or steam-engine for a period of not less than two years, prior to the date of application, which must be certified to by at least one employer and two licensed engineers.

inspector.

Section 3. The inspector shall investigate all acts Investigation by of incompetency or misconduct committed by any licensed engineer while acting under the authority of his license, and shall have power to summon before him any witnesses within his respective city, and compel their attendance by a similar process as used in the State courts to compel the attendance of witnesses; and he may administer all necessary oaths to any witnesses thus summoned before him, and, after reasonable notice in writing, given to the alleged de- written notice to linquent, of the time and place of such investigation, delinquent. such witnesses shall be examined, under oath, touching the performance of his duties by any such licensed engineer, and if the inspector shall be satisfied that such licensed engineer is incompetent, or has been guilty of misdemeanor, negligence, unskilfulness, or has endangered life, or wilfully violated any provision