stroy every such building, wharf, platform, switch, sideway, lateral rail-road, crossing place or device as aforesaid. SECTION 9. The president and directors of the said rail-road power to company shall have power from time to time to make such rules make rules and regulations not inconsistent with the laws of this State, in and regulat's. respect to the form, size and structure of locomotive engines, tenders and cars used on the said rail-road, the weighing and inspection of engines, tenders, cars and their lading, the collection of the tolis authorized by this act and by the act to which this is a supplement, and in respect to all matters connected with the use and preservation of the said rail-road, and impose such fines and penalties for the breach of such rules and regulations as they may think reasonable : tro ided, That no fine or Proviso. penalty so imposed shall for a single offence exceed the sum of twenty-five dollars. forfeitures, how sued for and recov'd. SECTION 10. All penalties and forfeitures created by this act or by the rules and regulations which may be established in conformi y with the ninth section thereof, shall be for the use Penalties and of the Portsmouth and Lancaster rail-road company, and shall be sued for and recovered in the name and for the use of the said company as debts of equal amount are by law recoverabie or in cases of offences against the seventh and eighth sections of this act, or against the rules and regulations which may be established in conformity with the ninth section thereof, by summary conviction before a justice of the peace of the coun y where the offence was committed, or where the defendant may be found; who shall have power in all cases where the said penalties and forfeitures are made discretionary, to fix the amount thereof, and the amount of such penalties and forfeitures when recovered, shall be paid to the treasurer of the said company: Pro ided, That if any person or persons shall conce.ve him- Proviso. self or themselves aggrieved by the judgment of a justice of the peace, he or they may appeal, by petition, to the next Court of Quarter Sessions, on entering into a recegnizance with one or more sufficient sureties in a reasonable amount, conditioned for the appearance of the defendant at the said court to prosecute his appeal, and the said court shall take such order thereon as to them shall appear just and reasonable, and the same shall be conclusive. Power to use &c. SECTION 11. The president and directors of the said railroad company shall have power for the purpose of conducting contiguous water from any contiguous streams to their necessary engine streams, to and water stations, to enter on and occupy not exceeding one enter on lands for materials, rood in width of any adjacent lands through which it may be necessary to conduct the water they may require; and also to enter on and occupy not exceeding two acres of land at any one point where they may deem it necessary to erect engine houses, water stations, stables, shops, reservoirs or other necessary buildings, and also to enter upon any land contiguous to the said rail-road to dig for, get and carry away and use all such Company stone, gravel, clay or other materials as may be necessary and proper in their opinion to repair the said rail-road or any part thereof. And if the said president and directors and the owner of the land cannot agree upon the compensation to be made for any injury or supposed injury that may be done to the said land by such entry or occupation, the same shall be assessed under the provisions of the seventy-ninth and eightieth sections of the act to which this is a supplement. SECTION 12. The said president and managers shall be compelled to compelled to commence operations at the borough of Harrisburg commence at at the same time that the making of the said road is commenced Harrisburg at at any other point, and complete said extension with the same expedition that any other part is completed, or on neglect or failure so to do, all the authority, rights and privileges hereby granted by this act shall be forfeited at the expiration of two years from its passage, and the same be null and void. same time the road is com. menced at any other point. Mountjoy construed to mean the town of Mountjoy. Style of SECTION 13. The word Mountjoy. in the seventy-seventh section of the act to which this is a supplement, shall be construed to mean the town of Mountjoy, in the county of Lan caster. SECTION 14. From and after the passage of this act, the Corporation. style of the said corporation shall be the "Harrisburg, Portsmouth, Mountjoy and Lancaster rail-road company." JAMES THOMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JACOB KERN, APPROVED-The eleventh day of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five. Speaker of the Senate. GEO: WOLF. Election of constables in No. 45. An Act Authorizing the election and appointment of an additional constable in the township of North Sewickly, in the county of Beaver, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Snate and House of ReN. Sewickly presentatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General township, in Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the co. of Beaver, same, That the electors of North Sewickly township, in the and unincorp. county of Beaver, and the electors of the unincorporated townthe N. Lib't's ship of the Northern Liberties, in the county of Philadelphia, in Philad. co. shall annually hereafter, at the place where they meet for the township of election of township officers on the day appointed for the elec tion of constables in the several townships in the Commonwealth, elect four respectable citizens of the said townships and return the names of the persons so elected to the next Court of Court of Quarter Sessions of the said county, two of whom shall be ap- Q. Sessions to appoint. pointed constables for each of the said townships, in the same manner, with the like power and authority and subject to the same regulations and penalties as are provided and contained in the laws now existing or that may hereafter exist concerning constables in this Commonwealth; and the acting constable of Acting con. said township is authorized and required to give previous no-st'ble requir'd tice of and to hold the first election under this act on the third to give prev's Friday of March next. notice. 1 Q. Sessions to appoint. SECTION 2. The qualified electors of the borough of ShrewsBorough of bury, in the county of York, shall at the same time and place Shrewsbury, they elect their borough officers, elect two respectable citizens in York co. of said borough and return the names of the persons thus elected authorized to to the next Court of Quarter Sessions of the said county, one of elect constab. whom shall be appointed by the court to serve as constable in Court of the same manner, with like power and authority and. subject to the same regulations and penalties, and give like security as is provided and contained in the laws now existing or as may hereafter be enacted concerning constables within this Common- Shall serve wealth, and shall serve and execute all manner of process which and execute may by law be directed to and served by township constables all manner of with like effect, and shall receive for executing such process like process, &c. fees as township constables are now by law entitled to receive. And the constable so appointed shall do and perform all the du ties required to be done by the high constable of said borough, perform dut's Required to in pursuance of the act of incorporation and of the by-laws and of high cons. ordinances of said borough. SECTION 3. That the time of holding the election of borough Holding of officers for the said borough of Shrewsbury, be and the same is election ch'd. hereby changed from the second Friday of May to the third Friday of March in each and every year. assist. assess. SECTION 4. The taxable inhabitants of the borough of Columbia, in the county of Lancaster, shall meet at the town hall Borough of in the said borough at the time now fixed for holding the annual Columbia elections for inspectors and assessors in the several boroughs shall ann'ally and townships in this Commonwealth, and at the next annual elect inspect'r election and annually thereafter elect one inspector to serve for ass, and two said borough at the ensuing general election, and also one assessor and two assistant assessors, whose duty it shall be to assess all real and personal property in said borough for county rates and levies, and also under the direc'ion of the borough council to assess on all property in said borough, for borough taxes, any tax not exceeding twenty-five cents in the hundred dollars valuation, except a majority of the taxable inhabitants shall decide that a higher tax be laid, as provided in the charter of said Separated from West Hempfield. Borough of ⚫ Mercer, ann. election of constables. Court to appoint. Act for the of as relates borough, and that the said borough is hereby declared to be separated from the township of West Hempfield, in which the same is situated, for the purposes herein mentioned. SECTION 5. It shall and may be lawful for all persons entitled by law to vote for burgess and other officers of the borough of Mercer, in the county of Mercer, at their annual election for the election of township, officers, and every year thereafter to elect four persons, being citizens of said borough, for the office of constable, and a true return thereof shall be made to the next Court of Quarter Sessions for said county; and the court shall thereupon appoint two of them to serve as constables of said borough, with all the authorities and subject to the same regulations and penalties as are provided aud contained in the laws now existing, or that may be passed hereafter, concerning constables within this Commonwealth. SECTION 6. So much of the act emitled An act to encourage destruction of the destruction of foxes in the counties of Allegheny, Cambria, foxes,so much York, Mercer, Union, Huntingdon, Luzerne and Schuylkill, passed the fourth day of May, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, as relates to the county of York, be and the same is hereby repealed, and the treasurer of said county shall pay the premium on fox scalps in the same manner and amount as if the aforesaid act had not been passed. 'to York co. repealed. JAMES THOMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. APPROVED The twelfth day of March, Anno Domini, eighteen hundred and thirty-five. To the act entitled "An act vacating certain streets, lanes and alleys in SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Penn ylvinia in General Assembly me', and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the second section of the act passed the fourteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four, enti tled "An act vacating certain streets, lanes and alleys in Wil. liamsport and in Williamsburg," be and the same is hereby repealed. JAMES THOMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JACOB KERN, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED- The twelfth day of March, Anno Domini, eighteen hundred and thirty-five. GEO: WOLF. 1 8 No. 47. An Act To authorize the Governor to incorporate a company to erect a toll bridge over the West Branch of the river Susquehanna, at Walton's landing. Form of subscription. 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 same, That Jonathan Smith, John Peal, John Goutner, Robert Risk, Isaac Bruner, Frederick Ditrich, John Montgomery, jr., Commiss'ners William Taggart, William Piatt, Henry Ecroyd and Thomas Maxwell, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to do and perform the several duties hereinafter mentioned, that is to say, they shall, on or before the first day of November next, procure one or more books, and therein enter as follows: "We, whose names are hereunto subscribed, do promise to pay to the president, managers and company for erecting a bridge over the West Branch of the Susquehanna, at Walton's landing, the suin of twenty-five dollars for every share of stock in the said Shares $25company set opposite to our respective names, in such manner and proportions and at such times as shall be determined by the president and managers, in pursuance of an act of the Gene. ral Assembly, entitled 'An act to authorize the Governor to incorporate a company to erect a toll bridge over the West Branch of the Susquehanna river, at Walton's landing."" And shall thereupon proceed to receive subscriptions for the stock of the said company, at such times and places as they shall think proper Provided always, That every person so subscribing, Proviso. in his own name or in the name of any other person, shall previously pay, to the attending commissioners, two dollars for $2 to be paid every share so subscribed, out of which shall be paid the ex- on every sh're pense of taking such subscriptions and other incidental charges; subscribed. and the remainder shall be paid over to the treasurer of the |