by law recoverable for the use of the poor of the city, district or township, in which such fine shall have been incurred: Provided, That the Construction of provisions of the fifth and sixth sections of this act shall not be so con- sections 5 and 6. strued as to extend to such beams, scales, weights and measures, as shall not be used by the proprietors thereof, for the purpose of buying or selling the same. FINDLEY PATTERSON, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The fifteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five. FRS. R. SHUNK. No. 290. AN ACT To annul the marriage contract of William B. Chase and Mary A. Chase. 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 marriage contract entered into between William B. Chase and Mary A. Chase, of the city of Philadelphia, be and the same is hereby annulled and made void, and the parties are hereby released and discharged from the said contract, and from all legal duties and obligations arising therefrom, as fully, effectually, and absolutely as if they had never been joined in marriage. FINDLEY PATTERSON, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The fifteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five. FRS. R. SHUNK. Proviso. No. 291. AN ACT Authorizing the chief burgess and council of the borough of New Castle, in the county of Mercer, to provide a lock-up house in said borough. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa tives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the chief burgess and town council of the borough of New Castle, in the county of Mercer, be and they are thereby authorized to furnish materials and build, or otherwise provide and support, in or contiguous to the said borough, at the expense of said borough, for the security and temporary detention of persons committed by justices of the peace of said county; and the chief burgess of said borough, for any violation of the laws of this commonwealth, for which such person or persons could lawfully be committed to the common prison, there to remain and be kept until such offender or offenders can be discharged according to law: Provided, That no person committed by a justice of the peace, or chief burgess aforesaid, shall be confined in said house at any one time for a longer period than twenty-four hours. FINDLEY PATTERSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WILLIAM P. WILCOX, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The fifteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five. FRS. R. SHUNK. No. 292. AN ACT Relating to the navigation of the Youghiogheny river. 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, so much of the provisions of the fifth section of the act of eleventh June, eighteen hundred and forty, entitled An Act to provide for continuing the improvements of the state, and for the payment of the interest on the state debt," which provides that all descending crafts owned by citizens of Pennsylvania, and not intending to return, shall pass free from toll on the lower division of the Monongahela improvement, is hereby extended to the Certain act made Youghiogheny river; and hereafter all boats, rafts, arks, and other applicable to. crafts descending the Youghiogheny river owned by citizens of Penn sylvania, and not calculated or intended to return, shall pass free of toll Free of toll. FINDLEY PATTERSON, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The fifteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five. FRS. R. SHUNK. No. 293. AN ACT Changing the names of certain persons. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa tives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Martin Long, to the name of Martin Long, [second,] of the borough of Wilkesbarre, Marx Long. county of Luzerne, be and the same is hereby changed to Marx Long; by which name he shall hereafter be able and capable in law to hold all property and rights of property, which heretofore have become vested in him by the name of Martin Long, [second] Joseph Mires SECTION 2. That the name of Joseph Mires Hearbert, of Wilkins Hearbert, to Jos. township, Allegheny county, be and the same is hereby changed to Joseph Mires Kuhns; by which name he shall hereafter be able and capable to hold all property and rights of property to which he has been or may hereafter be in any manner entitled. Mires Kuhns. Peter Malony, to SECTION 3. That the name of Peter Malony, of the county of Philadelphia, be and the same is hereby changed to Peter Lamb; and he shall henceforth be called and known by the name of Peter Lamb, and by that name he shall be able and capable in law to sue and be sued, to grant and receive property, and to do all other legal acts as effectually, to all intents and purposes, as he could have done under his former name, if no change had been made therein. FINDLEY PATTERSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WILLIAM P. WILCOX, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The fifteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five. FRS. R. SHUNK. No. 294. AN ACT Granting the courts of this commonwealth the power to appoint viewers to view certain streets and alleys in this commonwealth. 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 Power to change the courts of quarter sessions shall have power to change or vacate any or vacate. street or alley in any unincorporated village, and for this purpose shall proceed on the petition of citizens desiring such change or vacation, by granting views or reviews in the manner directed by law, for laying out and vacating public roads. SECTION 2. That all damages which may be sustained by any owner Damages. of property, by reason of such change or vacation of any street or alley, shall be assessed by the same viewers or reviewers appointed as aforesaid, and shall be paid by the said petitioners before any order for any such change or vacation shall have effect, and within three months after the confirmation of the report of the said viewers or reviewers, otherwise said proceedings shall be set aside. SECTION 3. The costs of all such views and reviews shall be paid by Costs. the said petitioners, and may be enforced by said courts by rule and attachment against said petitioners: Provided, That the provisions of this act shall not extend to the counties of Chester, Delaware, Phila- Counties exceptdelphia, Westmoreland, Erie, York, Berks, Perry, Cumberland, Tioga, ed. Bradford, Luzerne, Columbia, Franklin, Adams, Northampton, Lehigh, Schuylkill, Huntingdon, Bedford, Bucks, Lebanon and Montgomery. APPROVED-The fifteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five. |