On convicti'n

sioners of the county of Philadelphia for such sum or sums as may be necessary or required, if it shall appear reasonable. and that the accounts of said inspectors are properly kept and adjusted, the commissioners of the said county shall draw an order on the treasurer of the county of Philadelphia for such sum or sums as may be neceesary to satisfy such demands.

SECTION 13. Every person who shall after the completion of a term less of said prison, be convicted in any court of criminal jurisdiction than 2 years, in the city or county of Philadelphia, of any crime, the punishimprisonm'nt ment of which would be imprisonment in the gaol and penitenin Philadelp. tiary house of Philadelphia, for a period of time under two years, shall be sentenced by the proper court, to suffer punishment in the Philadelphia county prison, by separate or solitary confinement at hard labor, for and during the term of their sentence, and shall be fed, clothed and treated as is hereinbefore provided for in this act.

Co. prison.

On convicti'n

of a vagrant

tence one month, clothed, &c.

SECTION 14. All persons who may be convicted according to the existing laws of this Commonwealth before the mayor, or disorderly recorder or any alderman of the city of Philadelphia, or before person, sen- any alderman or justice of the peace of the county of Philadel phia, as a vagrant or disorderly person shall be sentenced to suffer separate confinement at hard labor in the Philadelphia county prison for the term of one month, and be fed, clothed and treated as convicts in said prison are directed to be fed, clothed and treated: Provided, That the inspectors may discharge persons committed as vagrants and disorderly, or send them to the House of Employment of the Alms House, there to be dealt with according to the provisions of the fourteenth section of the act, passed the fifth March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, entitled An act for the relief and employment of the poor of the city of Philadelphia, the district of Southwark, and the township of the Northern Liberties.

Proviso.

SECTION 15. So soon as said prison shall be completed and Removal of prepared for the reception of prisoners, it shall be the duty of prisoners from Arch st. the inspectors appointed under this act to cause to be removed to prison. said prison, all persons who may be confined in the prison in Arch street in said city, excepting debtors and witnesses, and the said inspectors are hereby authorized to call upon the sherif of the city and county of Philadelphia for such aid as they may think requisite, to remove said prisoners, and thenceforth all persons who by the existing laws of this Commonwealth are liable to be confined in the Arch street prison, shall be respectively sent to the Philadelphia county prison, there to be kept in separate and solitary confinement, and fed, clothed and treated according to the provisions of this act, and the rules and regulalions to be made by the inspectors in conformity therewith.

SECTION 16. So soon as the said prison shall be completed Removal of and prepared for the reception of convicts, it shall be the duty prisoners from Walnut of the said inspectors to remove or cause to be removed from the prison in Walnut street in said city, all criminals who may

st. prison.

have been convicted in any court of criminal jurisdiction in the city or county of Philadelphia, for a term under two years, and may remove them to the aforesaid Philadelphia County prison, there to be kept in separate and solitary confinement, at labor, fed, clothed and treated as is herein provided - for, by the act in relation to convicts, for the remaining period of their sentence, and until duly discharged.

SECTION 17. The commissioners for the erection of the

in addition

prison and debtors' apartment of the county of Philadelphia, are May borrow hereby authorized to borrow any sum, not exceeding seventy any sum not thousand dollars, in addition to the amount already authorized, exceeding as they may think necessary to defray the expenses of erecting $70, 00. and furnishing said prison, and preparing it for the reception of prisoners, agreeably to the provisions of the act entitled An act to authorize a loan for the completion of the new prison and debtors' apartment in the county of Philadelphia," passed the sixth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and thirtyfour.

SECTION 18. So soon as the prisoners, now in the Walnut

street and the Arch-street prisons, are removed to the Philadel- On removal phia County prison and the Eastern State penitentiary, as pro- of prisoners vided in the act of twenty-eighth of March, one thousand eight powers hundred and twenty-eight, and by this act, that all the rights, transferred. powers and privileges, at this time vested in and exercised by the board of inspectors of the jail and penitentiary house of the county of Philadelphia, shall be transferred to and vested in the board of inspectors of the Philadelphia County prison; and the board of inspectors of the jail and penitentiary house of the county of Philadelphia, are hereby authorized and directed, immediately on the removal of the said prisoners, to deliver over to the inspectors of the Philadelphia county prison, all moneys, notes, bonds, books, papers, stock and all other property then in their possession, which shall be received and properly disposed of by the said board of inspectors of the Philadelphia county prison, and the dutics, rights and privileges of the said board of inspec tors of the jail and penitentiary house shall forthwith cease and determine.

SECTION 19. So much of any act or acts of Assembly of this Commonwealth, as is altered or supplied by this act, be and the same is hereby repealed.

JAMES THOMPSON,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

THOMAS S. CUNNINGHAM,

Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED-The fourteenth day of April, Anno Domini,

Repeal.

eighteen hundred and thirty-five.

GEO: WOLF.

No. 141.

A further Supplement

To the act entitled "An act to incorporate the township of Moyamensing, in Philadelphia county."

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the Commis'ners same, That the commissioners of the township of Moyamensing, authorized to are hereby authorized to put out as apprentices to some trade put out to or calling, all poor children who may become chargeable, that some trade is children of such poor persons as are dead without leaving any poor children property or any kindred bound by law to maintain them, or who if living are unable to maintain them, or have deserted them; males to the age of twenty-one years, and females to the age of eighteen years; and whereas, it frequently happens that children who have been receiving public support for indefinite pe. riods are claimed by their parents when they arrive at a proper age for being bound out as aforesaid, to prevent such binding therefore, be it enacted that said commissioners are authorized to bind out, as aforesaid, all children that can have or may receive public support in the Alms-house of the said township, although their parents may demand their discharge, unless the expenses incurred in their support be refunded.

of the

SECTION 2. The said commissioners or either of them shall

Like powers have like powers with justices of the peace, to administer an with justices oath or affirmation to any person or persons, touching or conpeace. cerning any matter or thing connected with the business transactions of the Alms house or poor of the said township.

SECTION 3. The said commissioners are hereby authorized Authorized to whenever any person or persons shall be received into the Alms inquire into house of the said township, to enquire into the situation and circumstances of such persons, and into the causes which have produced his or her application for relief, and if in the opinion

situation of

persons, &c.

of the said commissioners, the case shall be such as to make it expedient, they shall cause to be opened in the books of the Alms house, an account with the person or persons so received, and shall charge him, her or them a fair and moderate price for the maintenance and other articles furnished for their relief, and shall credit such persons with a just and liberal allowance for any work they shall perform or services they may render; and any person who may be sent to the Alms house, and cured of any disease brought on by vicious habits, may be detained in the said Alms house by the said commissioners, and compel led to perform such work and services as the said commissioners may order and direct, until they have compensated by their labour for the expenses incurred on their account, unless dis

charged by special permission of the said commissioners; and it shall be the duty of the said commissioners to furnish such person or persons as aforesaid with sufficient work and employment according to the physical abilities, so as the opportunity of reimbursement may be fully afforded; and for the more complete carrying into effect the provisions of this law, the said commissioners are hereby authorized and empowered to exercise such authority, as may be necessary to compel all persons commiss❜ners ́within the said alms-house, to do and perform all such work, labor and services as may be assigned to them by the said commissioners, provided the same be not inconsistent with the ability or condition of such person.

Power of

houses.

SECTION 4. It shall and may be lawful for the said commissioners to erect and build, as the state of improvement, and the Authorized to number and convenience of the inhabitants in the neighborhood build market shall require, market houses along Eleventh street, in the said township; and also to make such rules and regulations for the good government of such market houses, and of the markets held therein, or in the said street, as to them shall appear necessary and useful, and as shall not be inconsistent with the existing laws of this commonwealth; and it shall and may be lawful for the said Commissioners for the purpose of carrying this law into effect, to borrow a sufficient sum of money, and for the re- Borrow payment of the same and the interest thereon, to demise, lease money. and let the stalls, stands and places in the said market and market houses, and the rent thereof to receive, take and recover; and the said commissioners are hereby authorized to permit markets to be holden therein at any time before eight o'clock in the morning of the first day of the week, during the months of June, July, August and September in every year. And be it further provided, That the court of Quarter Sessions in and for Court of Q. S. the county of Philadelphia, are hereby authorized to open Elev. authorized to enth street from Federal street to the county prison, of the same open 11th st. width that it now is from Shippen to Federal street, and to continue and widen Broad street of the same width as it now is in the city of Philadelphia, from Prime street to such point on the river as said court may deem most conducive to the public interest, whenever they shall consider the same necessary for the public convenience: Provided always, That all the proceedings Proviso. for widening said street, shall be conducted agreeably to the provisions of the act entitled A supplement to the act for laying out, making and keeping in repair the public roads and highways within this Commonwealth, and for laying out private roads, passed the third day of April, one thousand eight hundred and four.

SECTION 5 It shall and may be lawful for the said commis- Power to consioners, and they are hereby fully authorized and empowered struct culv'ts. to construct from time to time as may become necessary, suffi

cient culverts for carrying off the water from the said township.

1

To pave and lay conduit pipes for the introduction

of Schuylkill

water, &c.

Proviso.

SECTION 6. It shall and may be lawful for the said commissioners to pave or cause to be paved, the court way of any road, street, lane or alley north of Federal street, in said township, lay or cause to be laid therein the conduit pipes for the introduction of the Schuylkill water, the costs and expenses thereof to be borne by the respective owner or owners, of the ground fronting thereon, agreeably to the existing laws and regulations respecting the assessment, lien and collection thereof: Provided, That such improvement be required by the public good, be petitioned for in writing by at least twenty citizens or property holders of the said township, and if remonstrated against, there shall be a majority of one-third of the whole number of such 2d Proviso. petitioners in favor of the same: And provided, That at least three months legal notice be given to the owner or owners, at whose cost said improvement is to be made, and the said owner or owners shall have neglected or refused to have such courtway or lay the conduit pipe therein: And provided also, That all real estate so improved within the township, shall be subject to the payment of the debts hereafter contracted by the said commissioners for or by reason of any work done or materials furnished in laying the conduit pipe for the introduction of the Schuylkill water in any road, lane, street or alley in front of said real estate before any other lien hereafter created.

: 3d Proviso.

JAMES THOMPSON,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

THOMAS S. CUNNINGHAM,

Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED-The fourteenth day of April, Anno Domini, eighteen hundred and thirty-five.

GEO: WOLF.

No. 142.

An Act

To authorize the sale and conveyance of certain real estate, and for other purposes,

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Retight of the presentatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Comm. to the Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the state of the same, That all and singular the real estate lately belonging to Union Acad. the trustees of the Union Academy of the borough of Easton, in the county of Northampton, the charter whereof has become forborough of feited, and all the right, title, claim and interest of said trustees Easton.

vested in the