tained within the bounds following to wit, beginning at the fast land of Christopher Elliott to the southward of said Elliott's house and adjoining to a piece of marsh which he has embanked at his own expense, thence by Darby creek to Green creek, thence by said Green creek and Plumb creek to the river Delaware thence up the same to Bow creek and up Bow creek to Boone's creek and thence up the said Boone's creek to the fast land near the house of the widow Cocks, thence by the fast land to the dam now in use over Kingsessing creek to Boone's, Knowles's Blankeney's and the State Islands, thence crossing by the said dam to the fast land on the north side of the said creek, thence by the several courses of the said fast land to the place of beginning, which said tract or parcel of marsh and meadow land hath been and now is embanked but inasmuch as the banks, dams, sluices and flood-gates made for the stopping out the tide waters from the same and for preventthe overflowings thereof cannot be equitably and sufficiently maintained without a law.

[Section I.] (Section II. P. L.) Be it therefore enacted and it is hereby enacted by the Representatives of the Freemen of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met and by the authority of the same, That the said tracts and parcels of meadow lands are hereby divided into the two certain divisions following, that is to say, from a certain creek called Bow creek including the eastern dam and sluice over said Bow creek and thence to the fast land on Carcus-hook and Boone's island shall be henceforth called and named the Northern division and from the said Bow creek including the western dam and sluice over the said Bow creek and thence to Plumb creek shall be henceforth called and named the southern division and that the said owners occupiers and possessors of meadow land in the northern division shall be called and named the Tinicum company and the owners, occupiers and possessors meadow land in the southern division shall be called and named named the Kingsessing company.

[Section II.] (Section III, P. L.) And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall and may be lawful for the said companies respectively or as many of them as shall think

fit to meet together on the third Monday in March yearly and every year at the town of Darby or such other convenient place as shall hereafter be appointed by the managers of each respective division or any two of them to be chosen by virtue of this act of which place and time of meeting the treasurer of each division respectively shall notify the owners and occupiers thereof by three advertisements at least in each township or division ten days before the day appointed for such meeting and then and there by a majority of those met shall choose by ticket in writing three fit persons owners or possessors of land in each respective division before described to be managers and one fit person to be treasurer of the said divisions respectively for the year then next ensuing.

[Section III.] (Section IV, P. L.) And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any of the owners or possessors elected managers as aforesaid on due notice given in writing of his election by some of the company present at the said election shall refuse or afterwards neglect to do the duty required of him or them by this act, he or they so refusing or neglecting his duty shall forfeit and pay to the treasurer for the time being of his or their division the sum of three pounds to be added to the common stock of the company of said division unless he or they shall have served two years successively in the said office next before his or their said appointment, which fine shall be recovered in the manner hereinafter directed for the recovery of other money payable to the treasurer of the said divisions respectively and the other managers or a majority of them shall proceed in the execution of their office without him or them or if they think fit may choose others of the said owners or possessors to be manager or managers in the place of him or them so refusing or neglecting, and if the person so elected treasurer shall refuse or neglect to take upon him the duties or to give the securities required by this act or shall misbehave himself, or by death or otherwise be rendered incapable to execute the said office, in any of these cases the managers for the time being shall choose another fit person to be the treasurer for that year.

[Section IV.] (Section V, P. L.) And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That every treasurer hereafter to be chosen shall before he takes upon him the execution of his office enter into an obligation with at least one sufficient surety in double the value of the money that doth or may probably come into his hands during the continuance of his office as near as can be estimated by the managers, conditioned that he will once in every year or oftener if required, render his accounts to the said managers or a majority of them and well and truly account, adjust and settle with them when required for and concerning all moneys that are or shall come to his hands by virtue of this act, or that belong to the owners of the land in the said divisions respectively, and shall well and truly pay the balance that shall appear on such settlement to be in his hands to such persons and to such services as any two of the managers for the time being shall order and appoint and not otherwise, and that he will do and execute all other matters and things as treasurer to the said owners respectively according to the true intent and meaning of this act and that he will at the expiration of his office well and truly pay or cause to be paid and delivered all the money then remaining in his hands together with the books of accounts concerning the same and all other papers and writings in his keeping belonging to the owners of the said divisions respectively unto his successor in the said office.

[Section V.] (Section VI, P. L.) And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the banks, dams, sluices and floodgates which belong to the said districts respectively shall hereafter be maintained and supported by the managers respectively in common for which purpose it shall and may be lawful for the said managers of each respective division or any two of them as often as they shall see occasion to meet together and lay such assessments and taxes on every acre of land in their said respective districts as they shall judge to be necessary for the benefit and security of the same. Provided always, That previous to such reparation and maintenance in common, those banks which are now deficient shall be made and put in equal good order with the best at the expense and cost of the respec

tive owners to which they now belong, by the managers of the respective districts, and the owners or occupiers of land on which the banks are, shall sow the said banks with grass seed from time to time when necessary and shall mow and keep them clean at such times as the managers shall order and direct.

[Section VI.] (Section VII, P. L.) And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the managers for the time being of each respective division or any two of them shall have the power of disposing of all moneys paid to the treasurer by virtue of this act and of hiring and appointing at the expense of the said divisions respectively any person or persons from time to time to inspect the condition of all the banks, dams, sluices and flood-gates belonging to the said divisions and to offer and pay such rewards as they think necessary out of the common stock for the destruction of such vermin as usually damage the banks and dams as well as for all other general services of the said divisions respectively.

[Section VII.] (Section VIII, P. L.) And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the managers of the said districts or a majority of either of them respectively are hereby authorized, empowered and required to raise and repair a certain dam commonly called Boone's dam in such manner as shall to them appear most effectual and shall have full power and authority to assess and levy on all the lands in the said districts such sums of money as may be necessary for the said purpose and collect the same by the methods hereinafter directed.

[Section VIII.] (Section IX, P. L.) And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the managers of the said districts or a majority of them may, if it shall appear to them necessary, make a dam and sufficient sluice therein across Bow creek near its junction with the Delaware in such place and manner as shall in their opinion be most suitable and raise money to defray the expense thereof by a tax on the said districts and when the said dam and sluice is fully perfected they shall be thereafter maintained and supported by the managers of the said northern division.

[Section IX.] (Section X, P. L.) And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the major part of the managers for the time being of each district respectively shall at least three times in each year hereafter at such times as they think necessary by written or printed advertisements published in three or more places in each district at least ten days before the time therein to be appointed, require the owners or [occupiers] of all meadow lands in the said districts respectively to cut all ransted, elders, poke, thistles, burdock and other weeds which may be injurious to the said meadows and should the owners or occupiers of the said lands or any of them neglect to cut or mow the same at such times as they shall be so required it shall and may be lawful for the said managers and they are hereby enjoined and required to hire and employ a sufficient number of men to cut or mow the same and fine the said owner or occupier for their neglect in any sum not exceeding the cost of the said cutting or mowing and recover the money so expended and the fine so imposed in like manner as other sums of money are by this act directed to be recovered, which fines shall be applied to the benefit of the said districts respectively.

[Section X.] (Section XI, P. L.) And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all creeks or ditches which now are or hereafter shall be made in the said districts of the width of nine feet and of the depth of three feet shall be deemed and considered in law as lawful fences and enclosures, and if any owner or occupier shall find on his or her land so enclosed as aforesaid any swine or hogs it shall and may be lawful for the said owner or occupier to seize and take off such swine or hogs whether yoked and ringed or not and being legally attested before the next justice that such swine or hogs were taken in his or her meadow lands so enclosed, the said justice shall forthwith order and direct the treasurer of the said district respectively to advertise the same and within five days sell at public auction all such swine and after deducting all reasonable cost divide the remainder equally between the managers for the use of the district wherein such swine were taken and the person so taking them up.