No. 383. AN ACT To annul the marriage contract between Edward Barnet and Isadore Barnet, his wife. 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 heretofore entered into between Edward Barnet and Isadore, his wife, be and the same is hereby declared null and void, and the parties discharged from all the obligations and liabilities growing out of the same, as fully and absolutely as if they had never been joined in marriage. JAMES ROSS SNOWDEN, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WILLIAM BIGLER, Speaker of the Senate. We do certify, that the bill, entitled "An Act to annul the marriage contract between Edward Barnet and Isadore Barnet, his wife," was presented to the governor near the close of the session of one thousand eight hundred and forty-four, and was not returned within three days (Sundays excepted) after it had been presented to him; wherefore it has, agreeably to the constitution of this commonwealth, become a law in like manner as if he had signed it. WILLIAM JACK, Clerk of the House of Representatives. E. S. GOODRICH, HARRISBURG, January 11th, 1845. Clerk of the Senate. No. 384. AN ACT To annul the marriage contract of Nicholas Morgan and Mary, his wife. 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 Nicholas Morgan and Mary, his wife, (late Mary Mahon,) be and the same is hereby annulled and made void, and the parties released and discharged from the said contract, as fully and effectually as if they never had been joined in marriage. JAMES ROSS SNOWDEN, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WILLIAM BIGLER, Speaker of the Senate. We do certify that the bill, entitled "An Act to annul the marriage contract of Nicholas Morgan and Mary, his wife," was presented to the governor near the close of the session of one thousand eight hundred and forty-four, and was not returned within three days (Sundays excepted) after it had been presented to him; wherefore, it has, agreeably to the constitution of this commonwealth, become a law in like manner as if he had signed it. WILLIAM JACK, Clerk of the House of Representatives. HARRISBURG, January 11, 1845. Clerk of the Senate. LAWS PASSED SESSION OF EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-FIVE. No. 1. AN ACT To change the time of holding elections in the county of Tioga. 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 the time for holding the township elections in the county of Tioga, be and the same is hereby changed to the Friday preceding the third Monday in February, in each and every year, and any act hereby altered or supplied be and the same are hereby repealed. FINDLEY PATTERSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WILLIAM P. WILCOX, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The seventeenth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five. DAVID R. PORTER. No. 2. AN ACT To change the location of an alley in the city of Allegheny. 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 street regulators of the city of Allegheny, under the direction of the mayor, be and they are hereby authorized and required to change the Proviso. location of Water alley in said city, to a point westwardly not exceeding one hundred feet: Provided, The owner or owners of the property through which said alley may pass, agree to the enlargement of the same in width to not less than sixteen feet, without any charge upon the corporation or individuals for the increased width. FINDLEY PATTERSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WILLIAM P. WILCOX, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The seventeenth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five. DAVID R. PORTER. Proviso. Lateral roads. No. 3. A SUPPLEMENT To the several acts incorporating the Schuylkill Valley navigation and railroad company. 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 time specified for the completion of the second track of that portion of the new railway between Middleport and Tuscarora, be extended until the amount of coal passing over that section shall exceed one hundred thousand tons per annum: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to authorize any delay in completing a single track between the points aforesaid: And provided further, That said company may, with the consent of the owners of the land over which the same shall pass, construct a lateral road or roads, no one to exceed two miles in length, at any point or points on their said road, and may charge toll for the transportation of coal on said laterals at a rate not exceeding three cents per ton per mile. FINDLEY PATTERSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WILLIAM P. WILCOX, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-fourth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five. FRS. R. SHUNK. No. 4. A SUPPLEMENT To the act, entitled “An Act to provide for the erection of a house for the employment and support of the poor for the county of Lehigh." SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representalives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That it shall be lawful for the qualified citizens of Lehigh county, at the time and place of holding the usual elections for constable in the borough of Allentown, and the several townships in the said county of Lehigh, on Election of dithe third Friday in March next, to vote for three citizens of said county rectors of the for directors of the poor; and it shall be the duty of the judges and poor. inspectors of the said several election districts to make make out dupli- Duty of judges cate returns, setting forth the whole number of votes polled for each and inspectors. person so voted for, which said duplicates shall be transmitted to the clerk of the court of quarter sessions, in the same manner as the returns of the election of constable are now made; one whereof the said clerk shall file in his office, and the other he shall dispose of as provided in the second section of this act. SECTION 2. It shall be the duty of said clerk to produce one of the Duty of clerk of said several duplicates in the court house of said county, on the Tues- quarter sessions. day next succeeding said election, or as soon as the whole of said returns shall have been received-and there, in the presence of at least one of the associate judges of said court, he shall proceed to ascertain the number of votes polled for each candidate as aforesaid, and shall make out a certificate under his hand and seal of office, setting forth the names of the three persons who shall have received the highest number of votes, and certifying that they were duly elected; which said certificate being attested by said judge, the said clerk shall file in his office, and he shall forthwith give notice, in writing, to the said directors of their being elected; and shall also notify them to meet at the court house aforesaid, on the Friday next succeeding their election, at which time and place the said directors shall meet and proceed to divide themselves by lot, or otherwise, into three classes-the place of Classification of the first to become vacant on the first Monday in November next, of directors. the second on the first Monday in November, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six, and of the third on the first Monday in November, one thousadd eight hundred and forty-seven-and the said directors shall immediately deliver to the said clerk of the court of quarter sessions a certificate of said classification, to be filed in his office. SECTION 3. The said directors shall, on or before the tenth day of Estimates. April next, furnish to the county commissionors of said county, estimates as ordained by the fourth section of the act to which this is supplementary; whereupon the said county commissioners shall proceed in all respects as directed by said act, and that so much of said act as is herein altered or superseded, be and the same is hereby repealed. FINDLEY PATTERSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WILLIAM P. WILCOX, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The thirty-first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five. FRS. R. SHUNK. |