amount payable by each county, upon ten days notice to the commissioners of the counties to be effected thereby. FINDLEY PATTERSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WILLIAM P. WILCOX, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five. FRS. R. SHUNK. No. 157. AN ACT Altering the return day of writs of venire for the trial of issues of fact, in Delaware 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 same, That from and after the passage of this act, every writ of venire for the trial of issues of fact, in the several courts of Delaware county, as well as subpoenas for witnesses to testify on the trial of such issues, shall be made returnable on Tuesday of the weeks on which the regular terms of such courts are holden, and not on Monday, as heretofore. APPROVED-The twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five. FRS. R. SHUNK. No. 158. AN ACT Authorizing the state treasurer to allow certain credits to collectors of tolls and county treasurers. 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 the state treasurer be and he is hereby authorized to credit to the several county treasurers and collectors of tolls, in the settlement of their accounts, so much of the amount stated in his communication to the senate, dated the fourteenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and forty-four, as consists of notes purporting to have been issued by the Towanda Bank, under the act of the fourth of May, eighteen Towanda Bank hundred and forty-one, and of depreciated issues of the United States, relief notes. West Branch and Towanda Banks: Provided, That such allowance Proviso. shall be restricted to the sums specified in said communication, and that the state treasurer, before making such allowance, shall be fully satisfied by affidavit, or other proof, that each of said notes was bona fide received by such collector or county treasurer in payment of dues to the commonwealth, before he had any knowledge of any fraudulent issues, or that the bank had failed, as the case may be: And provided also, That Proviso. no such credits shall be allowed as aforesaid, to any county treasurer or collector of tolls, unless such treasurer or collector, or his or their sureties, or any of them, shall, at the same time, pay into the treasury in full, all and any balance or balances due by him or them to the commonwealth. FINDLEY PATTERSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WILLIAM P. WILCOX, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five. FRS. R. SHUNK. Name. Boundaries. Annual election. Officers. Proviso. Name. No. 159. AN ACT To incorporate the village of Pleasant Mount, in the county of Wayne, into a borough. 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 the village of Pleasant Mount, in the county of Wayne, shall be and the same is hereby erected into a borough, which shall be called "The borough of Pleasant Mount," and shall be bounded and limited as follows: Beginning at a rock in and above the surface of the ground, about six rods southwesterly from the dwelling house of John Crater; thence north five degrees east, crossing Cochecton and Great Bend turnpike road three hundred perches; thence east five degrees south three hundred perches; thence south five degrees west three hundred perches; thence west five degrees north three hundred perches, to the place of beginning. SECTION 2. That the inhabitants of said borough, qualified to vote for members of the general assembly shall, on the second Friday of July next, and on the third Friday in February, in every year thereafter, meet at the school house in said borough, and then and there, between the hours of one and six o'clock in the afternoon, elect by ballot one citizen, who shall be styled the burgess of said borough, and four other citizens to be members of the town council; and at the first election, three school directors-one to serve for one year, one for two years, and one for three years-and thereafter one school director annually; and one person to be constable of said borough, whose names shall be returned to the next court of quarter sessions, in the like manner as persons elected township constables; the said inhabitants shall also at the same time and place, elect one justice of the peace, judge and inspector of elections, and assessors, agreeable to the laws of this commonwealth: the said election shall be conducted in the same manner as is provided for the election of township officers of this commonwealth, except that the certificates of the election of burgess, and town council, and school directors, shall be filed among the records of the corporation: Provided, That the first election under this act be held by a judge and inspector to be chosen by the inhabitants present at the opening of the election by the constable of the township of Mount Pleasant, who is hereby required to attend at the said school house on the second Friday of July next, at one o'clock P. M., for that purpose, and to give at least ten days' previous notice of said election; and in case of the said constable's neglect or inability to give said notice and attendance, then either one of the supervisors of the township of Mount Pleasant is hereby authorized to act in said constable's stead. SECTION 3. That from and after the second Friday of July next, the burgess and town council duly elected, and their successors, shall be one body politic and corporate, by the name, style and title, of the burgess and town council of the borough of Pleasant Mount, and shall have, possess and enjoy, all the rights, liberties, franchises and privi- Powers, &c. leges of a borough, incorporated in pursuance of the act passed first of April, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four, entitled "An Act to provide for the incorporation of boroughs ;" and the several provisions of said act, so far as the same are not inconsistent with this act, shall extend to and be in force within said borough, as fully as though said borough had been incorporated agreeably to the provisions thereof. SECTION 4. The burgess and town council of said borough shall have Poor. the care of the poor of said borough; and all the powers and duties of overseers of the poor shall be exercised and performed in such manner, and by such persons, as they may ordain. SECTION 5. The constable of said borough shall perform the duties Constable. of high constable therein, until otherwise provided; the burgess and town council may authorize the election or appointment of a high constable, if they shall deem it expedient; the first election of justices under this act shall be on the second Friday in July next. SECTION 6. The school directors elected under this act shall perform School directors. the same duties, and have the like powers, in all respects, as school directors elected agreeable to the general laws of this commonwealth. SECTION 7. The said borough shall be a separate election district, Election district. and the electors thereof shall hold their borough and general elections in the school house in said borough. APPROVED-The twenty seventh day of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five. FRS. R. SHUNK. License. Bond. Penalty. No. 160. AN ACT Relative to pawn-brokers in the township of Moyamensing. 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 no person or persons shall exercise, or carry on the trade or business of a pawn-broker in the township of Moyamensing, in the county of Philadelphia, without having first obtained a license for that purpose from the board of commissioners of the said township, in the manner now provided for, or which may at any time hereafter be provided for, by the laws and ordinances of said township. SECTION 2. Each and every person or persons, who shall be authorized by license as aforesaid, shall, at the time of receiving such license, enter with two sufficient sureties into a joint and several bond, in the penal sum of five hundred dollars, conditioned for the faithful observance of such laws and ordinances, as the board of commissioners of the said township have enacted, or may hereafter enact, for the purpose of regulating the business of pawn-broking within the said township. SECTION 3. Any person who shall be engaged in, or shall carry on the business of a pawn-broker in the said township, without having first obtained a license as aforesaid, or who shall not comply with the ordinances aforesaid, shall be subject to such fines and penalties as the said board of commissioners may have imposed, or shall hereafter impose, which said fines and penalties shall be levied and collected upon summons issued by any alderman or justice of the peace in the said county, whose decision shall be final and conclusive. FINDLEY PATTERSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WILLIAM P. WILCOX, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five. FRS. R. SHUNK. |