ally an additional license tax of one hundred dollars; those resident in all other cities shall pay annually an additional tax of fifty dollars.

"It shall be the duty of the treasurers of the respective counties to collect said additional license tax before a license is issued to the applicant applying therefor, and pay the same to the State Treasurer within ninety days from the receipt thereof. It shall also be the duty of the treasurers of the respective counties to pay all license funds collected on account of any municipality to the respective treasurers thereof, on or before the first day of September succeeding the granting of such licenses. Nothing in this section contained shall be construed to change, modify, or alter the existing law in reference to the granting of retail licenses, or the fees paid to the local authorities for the same. It is the intention of this section to impose an additional license tax for the sole use and benefit of the Commonwealth," be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

Section 2. On and after the passage of this act, Licensed dealers. each person or persons licensed by the proper court to sell vinous, spirituous, malt, and brewed liquors, or any admixture thereof, by retail, shall, in townships, boroughs, and all cities, in addition to the license fee now fixed by law, pay to the treasurers of the respective counties, for the use of the Commonwealth, an annual license tax in the following amounts: Those resident in townships, shall pay an- In townships. nually an additional license tax of twenty-five dollars; those resident in boroughs, shall pay annually In boroughs. an additional license tax of fifty dollars; those resident in cities of the first and second classes, shall pay In cities. annually an additional license tax of one hundred dollars; those resident in all other cities, shall pay annually an additional license tax of fifty dollars.

Duty of treas

urers.

It shall be the duty of the treasurers of the respective counties to collect said additional license tax before a license is issued to the applicant applying therefor, and pay the same to the State Treasurer within thirty days from the receipt thereof. It shall Time of payment. also be the duty of the treasurers of the respective counties to pay all license funds, collected on account of any municipality, to the respective treasurers thereof, within thirty days from the receipt thereof. Nothing in this section contained shall be construed to change, modify, or alter the existing law in reference to the granting of retail licenses, or the fees paid to the local authorities for the same. It is the intention of this section to impose an additional license tax, for the sole use and benefit of the Commonwealth.

APPROVED-The 29th day of March, A. D. 1907.
EDWIN S. STUART.

Act not to affect licenses.

ranting of retail

Municipal claims.

No. 36.

AN ACT

Providing for the recovery and collection of municipal claims by lien or by action of assumpsit.

Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That hereafter all municipalities of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania may proceed for the recovery or collection of any municipal claim or claims, whatsoever, by lien or by action of assumpsit.

APPROVED-The 4th day of April, A. D. 1907.

EDWIN S. STUART.

Certified townships.

Election of trustees.

Validation.

Proviso.

No. 37.

AN ACT

Making valid elections heretofore held in any certified township of this Commonwealth, for the election of trustees for the proprietors of the public lands thereof.

Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That in any case in which the inhabitants of any certified township, or any of the subdivisions of such certified township, including any borough or boroughs that have been erected within the original boundaries, of this Commonwealth, being the owners of land within the same, are authorized by law to meet at the place of holding elections in such township and elect trustees for the proprietors of public lands therein, and, being so authorized, have heretofore met at a place for holding general elections in such township and have elected trustees for the proprietors of public lands therein, such election shall be and is hereby declared to be valid; and the trustees so elected are declared to be the legal trustees for the proprietors, of such certified township, notwithstanding the fact that such township has been divided, or that a borough or boroughs have been erected within the original boundaries thereof, or that the number of places for holding general elections therein has been increased since the enactment of the law authorizing the election of such trustees: Provided, That such election or elections, hereby validated, shall have been held at a place of holding general elections located within the original boundaries of such certified township, and that notice of the holding thereof shall have been given in substantial compliance with the law authorizing such elections.

APPROVED The 4th day of April, A. D. 1907.

EDWIN S. STUART.

No. 38.

AN ACT

To amend the act, approved July fifteenth, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, entitled "An act to provide a more just and equitable method of distributing the school appropriation to common schools, and specifying the duties of officers in connection therewith," by providing for the enumeration of school children and the enrollment of taxables in cities of the first and second classes by officers appointed by the Boards of Education, and for the distribution of school funds to said cities on the basis of such list of taxables.

Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That Section three of said Act, which reads as follows:

"Section 3. That the remaining one-third of the appropriation shall be distributed on the basis of the number of taxables, as returned by the last biennial assessment," be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:

school appro

priations.

Section 3, act of
July 15, 1897, cited

for amendment.

One-third of ap

Proviso.

cities of first and second classes.

Section 3. That the remaining one-third of the appropriation shall be distributed on the basis of the propriation. number of taxables, as returned by the last biennial assessment: Provided, That in cities of the first and second classes, where no assessors are elected or ap pointed, the said one-third of the appropriation shall be distributed on the basis of the number of taxables, as returned by officers employed by the Board of Educa tion, in the manner hereafter provided, which officers, so appointed, shall be required to file an affidavit for the faithful performance of their duties.

Section 2. That section five of the said act, which reads as follows:

Section 5. act of

for amendment.

"Section 5. That it shall be the duty of the assessors of the several townships, wards and boroughs in July 15, 1897, cited the counties and cities of this Commonwealth, to make an enrollment, at the assessment, of the total number of children of school age, between the ages of six and sixteen years, in addition to the duties required of them under existing laws, and for the same compensation per diem now allowed by law. The blanks required for this enumeration and enrollment shall be prepared according to the form prepared by, and under the direction of, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, who shall cause the same to be forwarded to the county commissioners of the several counties, for distribution to the assessors at the expense of the State," be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:

sessors.

Section 5. That it shall be the duty of the assessors Duty of asof the several townships, wards and boroughs in the counties and cities of this Commonwealth to make an enrollment, at the assessment, of the total number of children of school age, between the ages of six and sixteen years, in addition to the duties required of them under existing laws, for the same compensation compensation.

Blanks.

per diem now allowed by law. The blanks required for this enumeration and enrollment shall be prepared according to the form prepared by, and under the direction of, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, who shall cause the same to be forwarded to the county commissioners of the several counties, for distribution to the assessors at the expense of the State: Provided, That in cities of the first and second classes, where no assessors are elected or appointed, the enrollment of children between the ages of six and sixteen years and the enumeration of taxables, for the purposes Officers to be ap- of this act, shall be made by officers appointed, and qualified as aforesaid, by the Board of Education, for a compensation not to exceed five dollars per diem.

I'roviso.

pointed.

Section 6. act of July 15, 1897, cited for amendment.

When enumeration and enrollment shall be made.

Official returns.

Section 3. That section six of the said act, which reads as follows:—

"Section 6. The enumeration and enrollment herein provided for shall be made by the assessors at the same time they are required by law to make their regular assessments for county taxes, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, and at the same time, and biennially thereafter; the official returns to be made to the county commissioners shall be filed by them in the office of the county commissioners, duly verified by oath or affirmation, on or before the fourth Saturday of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, and biennially thereafter. The county commissioners to return a summary of the same to the Superintendent of Public Instruction, on or before the last Saturday of January next following," be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 6. The enumeration and enrollment herein provided for shall be made by the assessors on the first Monday of May, or as soon thereafter as practi cable, in one thousand nine hundred and seven, and at the same time biennially thereafter; the official returns to be made to the county commissioners shall be filed by them in the office of the county commissioners, duly verified by oath or affirmation, on or before the fourth Saturday of June, one thousand nine hundred and seven, and biennially thereafter. The Return by county County commissioners to return a summary of the same to the Superintendent of Public Instruction, on or before the last Saturday of July next following: Provided, That in cities of the first and second classes, the enumeration and enrollment of school children, herein provided for, shall be made by officers appointed and qualified as aforesaid by the Board of Education, beginning on the first Monday of May, and for a compensation not exceeding five dollars per diem, and that the official returns shall be made to the county commissioners in the manner herein provided.

commissioners.

Proviso.

APPROVED-The 4th day of April, A. D. 1907.

EDWIN S. STUART.

No. 39.

AN ACT

Relative to suits in ejectment; providing that where, prior to the ejectment act of May eighth, one thousand nine hundred and one, a suit in ejectment has been brought and a verdict or judgment thereon has been given for the plaintiff or defendant, no new ejectment shall be brought thereon, and such verdict or judgment shall be conclusive, unless such new ejectment be brought within one year from the date of the passage of this act.

Verdict or judg

New ejectment.

Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That where, prior to Ejectment. the ejectment act of one thousand nine hundred and one, a verdict or judgment in ejectment shall have ment. been given for the plaintiff or defendant no new ejectment shall be brought between the same parties, or their successors in title, unless said suit be brought within one year from the date of the passage of this act; but such verdict or judgment shall be final and Limitation. conclusive, and bar the right, at the expiration of one year from said date, as aforesaid.

Section 2. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith be and are hereby repealed.

APPROVED-The 4th day of April, A. D. 1907.

EDWIN S. STUART.

No. 40.

AN ACT

Being a supplement to an act, entitled "An act to regulate the time of holding city teachers' institutes." approved the twentieth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand nine hundred and five, extending its application to boroughs.

tutes.

Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That section one of Teachers' instian act, entitled "An act to regulate the time of holding city teachers' institutes," approved the twentieth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand nine hundred and five, which reads as follows:

Act of April 20, amendment.

"Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That city teachers institutes may be held, throughout the year, on any five 1905, cited for days, or any ten half-days, which the city superintendent of schools may select for this purpose," be and the same is hereby supplemented to read as follows:

City and bor

Section 1. Be it enacted, &c.. That city and borough teachers' institutes may be held, throughout the school ough. year, on any five days, or any ten half-days, which the city or borough superintendent of schools may select for this purpose.

APPROVED-The 4th day of April, A. D. 1907.

EDWIN S. STUART.