bria county that formerly belonged to Allegheny township, Huntingdon county, to the collector in said township, authorizing and requiring him to demand, receive and recover, of and from every person named in such duplicate, the sum wherewith such person stands charged, and pay the amount of said taxes to the treasurer of Huntingdon county. JOHN WEBER, Speaker of the House of Representatives P. C LANE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-the sixth day of February, one thousand eight hun dred and eleven. SIMON SNYDER, CHAPTER XXXIV. An ACT for the relief of the Trustees of Youghiogeny Bridge in WHEREAS it appears that by an act of the legislature of the fourth of April, one thousand eight hundred and five, a sum of four hundred dollars was appropriated to aid the building of a bridge over the Youghiogeny river in Somerset county, which sum was to be drawn out of the treasury of Bedford county, out of arrearages of state taxes conceived to be due from said county; And whereas the trustees appointed to superintend the building of the bridge aforesaid proceeded to contract for the erection of said bridge, which bridge was completed, but it has since been ascertained that no taxes of the above description could be ever recovered from said county; And whereas, the aforesaid trustees were compelled to pay the full sum of four hundred dollars out of their own money in consequence of not receiving the sum above alluded to, for the relief of whom; Therefore, SECT. I. 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 the State treasurer state treasurer is hereby authorized and required to pay to Jacob to pay to Jacob Harlzell, esquire, John Malach, James Tannihill and Richard others 400 dol Green, or to their order, the sum of four hundred dollars out of any unappropriated money in the treasury. JOHN WEBER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED the thirteenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and eleven. Harlzell and lars. F SIMON SNYDER. The law respect CHAPTER XXXV. A SUPPLEMENT to the act, entitled « An act to encourage the killing of Squirrels and Crows in certain parts of this commonwealth." SECT. I. 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 the provi ing squirrels, &c sions of the act, entitled "An act to encourage the killing of squirrels and crows in the counties of Bedford, Washington, Westmoreland, Armstrong, Indiana, Fayette and Greene," passed the fourth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and seven, be, and the same are hereby extended to the counties of Butler, Franklin, Somerset, Lycoming, Crawford, Erie, Mercer and Venango, authorized to sell a certain tract of land. JOHN WEBER, Speaker of the House of Representatives, P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-the thirteenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and eleven. SIMON SNYDER. CHAPTER XXXVI. An ACT authorizing Seneca Lukens to sell and convey a certain plantation therein named. WHEREAS it has been represented to the legislature by Seneca Lukens, guardian of the minor children of Job Quinby late of Solebury township, in the county of Bucks, that a certain plantation bequeathed to the said minors by their grandfather Isaiah Quinby, situate in the township and county aforesaid, is in a ruinous situation, that the annual rent arising therefrom is insuffiicent to put it in tenantable repair, and that the interest of said minors would be promoted by the sale of said plantation; Therefore, SECT. I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly Seneca Lukens met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Seneca Lukens, the aforesaid guardian, be, and he hereby is authorized at any time during the minority of the children of the said Job Quinby, that he may think proper,* sell by public sale, first giving notice in one of the newspapers printed in Trenton, state of New-Jersey, and in the "Correspondent," of Bucks county at least four weeks previous to the day of sale, and convey in fee-simple, for the best price he can obtain, on such terms and conditions as he shall think most advantageous, either for cash or on credit, the plantation aforesaid, and that all contracts and agreements, deeds and conveyances, of or concerning the same to be made by the said Seneca Lukens, shall be as good and effectual in law to all intents and purposes, as if the same were to be made by the said minors after they severally attain the age of twenty-one years, and the proceeds of such sales shall Proceeds of sale by the said Seneca Lukens, (with the approbation of the orphans' on real security. court of Bucks county,) be made safe on good real security, for the benefit of the said minors respectively, in such proportions or shares as is directed by the last will and testament of the said Isaiah Quinby. to be placed out SECT. II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, Lukens to enter That it shall be the duty of the said Seneca Lukens before he into security &c. shall proceed to sell the said plantation or tract of land, to enter into recognizance with sufficient security before the orphans' court of the county of Bucks, for the faithful execution of the duties and powers hereby granted; Provided, That the legal rights of all other persons shall remain as fully and effectually as if this act had never been passed. JOHN WEBER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED the thirteenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and eleven. SIMON SNYDER. CHAPTER XXXVII. A SUPPLEMENT to an act entitled, " An act authorizing the governor to contract with John Bioren for printing a certain number of copies of the laws of this commonwealth.” pay J. Bioren SECT. I. 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 the state State treasurer to treasurer be and he is hereby authorized and required to pay, 4,500 dollars in immediately after the passing of this act to John Bioren, four thousand five hundred dollars in advance on his contract for printing the laws in four volumes. advance due to him on the Judges, SECT. II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, And the balanes That upon delivery by the said John Bioren of the whole num- the approbation ber of copies by him to be furnished on or before the last day of of his work by August next, if the judges of the supreme court shall approve thereof, and if the secretary of the commonwealth, state treasurer and auditor-general, or any two of them whose duty it shall be to examine the work shall likewise approve thereof, the auditor-general shall thereupon draw his warrant on the state trea Governor to eon Bioren for an ad of the laws. surer in favour of the said John Bioren for the remainder of the money due to him for the work aforesaid, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. SECT. III. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, tract with John That in order to continue a publication of the laws corresponditional volume dent with and in continuation of the said edition, the governor be and he is hereby authorized and required to receive the proposals and contract with the said John Bioren, he giving security for performance on his part, for one thousand three hundred and fifty copies of an edition, to include in one volume the acts of the present session and the three succeeding sessions of the legislature, to be printed in the same manner with the volumes provided for in the act to which this is a supplement, with a complete index and proper notes and references, to be delivered in the ofTwo dollars fifty fice of the secretary of the commonwealth, at the price of two cents per copy to dollars and fifty cents per copy, payable on approbation of the Bioren to waive work by the legislature. Provided, that said Bioren waves his contract already existing for printing in a volume form the laws from the session eighteen hundred ten-eleven to the session eighteen hundred thirteen-fourteen, inclusive. be allowed. a former contract. 2,000 dollars to be paid to SECT. IV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, Charles Smith, That the state treasurer be and he is hereby required to pay immediately after the passing of this act, the sum of two thousand dollars to Charles Smith, and moreover on the completion of the above mentioned work, and it having been approved as required by the second section of this act, then it shall be the duty of the state treasurer to pay to said Charles Smith, as a compensation in full, the further sum of two thousand dollars out of any unappropriated money in the treasury. and a like sum on the completion of his undertaking. JOHN WEBER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED the thirteenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and eleven. SIMON SNYDER. CHAPTER XXXVIII. An ACT vesting the title of a certain iece of land in Washington township in the county of York in certain trustees and their successors for the use of a school. SECT. I. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly Land officers to met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the issue a warant officers of the land-office are hereby authorized and required to issue a warrant and complete a title clear of purchase money and for a piece of land in York use of a school. office fees for a piece of land containing fourteen acres, be the county for the same more or less, situate in Washington township, York county, adjoining lands of Amos Hussey, Jacob McMillan, Amos Griffith, Joseph McMillan, and Willian Bennet, unto John Cleaver, John Smith, and Elisha Cook, of York county, and their successors to be appointed as herein after directed, in trust and for the sole use and benefit of such school or schools as may from time to time be erected thereon; Provided always, That the Proviso. right or title of any person or persons to said land which may have accrued prior to the passing of this act, shall not be prejudiced or affected thereby. trustees are to be SECT. II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, How vacancies That in case of the death, resignation or removal of all or either in the board of of the said trustees or their successors, out of the neighbourhood of supplied. said school, it shall be lawful for a majority of the subscribers to said school as often as occasion may require, to choose other trustees to supply such vacancy. JOHN WEBER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED the thirteenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and eleven. SIMON SNYDER. CHAPTER XXXIX. A SUPPLEMENT to the act entitled "An act to alter the time of bolding certain courts of Quarter Sessions and Common Pleas, in the county of Delaware. quarter sessions Montgomery and SECT. I BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre'sentatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Time of holdfrom and after the passing of this act, the courts of quarter ing the courts of sessions and common pleas in the counties of Chester, Montgo- of Chester, mery and Bucks, shall commence and be holden at the same time Bucks county. they would have been holden had the act, to which this is a supplement, not been passed. Provided always, That no proceedings heretofore had in the said courts, shall be held to be void in consequence of any supposed misconstruction of the said act as to the time of holding the several terms, but the same shall be Provisas |