Proviso. such laws as may be necessary, to assess, apportion, and appro priate such taxes, as may be thought by a majority of the town council best calculated to promote the foregoing purposes, and to do every matter and thing incident to, and for the good of the said borough; for the preservation of peace and good govern ment within the same, which by-laws, rules, ordinances, and regulations shall not be repugnant to the constitution and laws of the United States and of this State; and the same to revise, alter, and amend, and make anew, as occasion may require; but no person shall be punished for any breach of the ordinances, by-laws, rules, and regulations, unless after passing of any ordinance, the same shall have been put up at three of the most public places within the said borough, and no ordinance or by law shall take effect, until after the lapse of three weeks from the date of each publication: Provided nevertheless, That no tax shall be levied in any one year on the valuation of taxable property, exceeding one half cent in the dollar, unless some object of general utility should be thought necessary; in such case, a majority of the taxable inhabitants of the said borough, by writing under their hands, shall certify the same to the town council, who shall proceed to assess the same, as before directed. SECTION 7. The burgess elect, agreeably to the directions Collection of of this act, is hereby authorized and empowored to issue his pretaxes & fines cept to the high constable, commanding him to collect all taxes, assessed from time to time as aforesaid, and all fines and forfeitures that may become due by this act, or by the ordinances and regulations of the corporation, and the same to pay over to the treasurer to be appointed by the town council, and to carry into effect whatever may be enjoined on him for the well ordering and good government of the said borough: Provided nevertheless, That it may be lawful for the justice or justices of the peace, residing in the said borough, to do and execute any and every act pertaining to their offices, agreeably to the powers conferred upon them by the constitution and laws of this Commonwealth. Proviso. &c. SECTION 8. The burgess shall be, and he is hereby requir Ordinar ces to ed to cause the by-laws, rules, ordinances, and regulations made be recorded, as aforesaid, to be recorded in a book to be kept for that pur pose, and he shall carry the same into full execution without further delay, after the publication thereof, as directed by the sixth section of this act; and it shall be the duty of the town clerk to attend all meetings of the town council, when asDuties of the sembled on business of the corporation, and perform the duties town cleok. of clerk thereto, and keep the common seal, books, records, papers, and all documents belonging or relating to the corpora tion, under the penalty of being answerable to any person con cerned for all damages, and of removal from office by the bur gess on complaint of a majority of the council, and the high constable shall perform all the duties on him enjoined by this act, and the by-laws and ordinances of the town council, under SECTION 9. Nothing contained in an act of the General As- Not subject sembly, entitled An act, for opening and better amending, and to the genekeeping in repair the public roads and highways within this pro- ral road lawa, vince, passed in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-two, or in any of the subsequent acts relating to public highways, shall be construed or taken to extend to the public roads, streets, lanes or alleys, within the said borough, or to assessing the inhabitants thereof for the purpose therein mentioned, or to any matter or thing to be done or performed therein. WM. PATTERSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THO'S. RINGLAND, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The fifth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four. GEO: WOLF. No. 111. AN ACT Authorizing the Commissioners and inhabitants of the incorporated district of the Northern Liberties to extend the market houses in Second street, between Coats'-street and Poplar lane. 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 it shall and may be lawful for the commissioners and inhabitants of the incorporated district of the Northern Liberties, at such time or times as they may think proper, to construct or build additions to the ends of the market houses now erected in Second-street, between Coats'-street and Poplar lane, of the same width as the said market houses now are, so as that the said market houses between Coats'-street and Brown street may be extended to the northern line of Coats'-street and Speaker of the House of Representatives. THO'S. RINGLAND, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The fifth day of April, Anno Domini, eighteen hundred and thirty-four. No. 112. GEO: WOLF. $2000 appropriated. Proviso. AN ACT Granting aid to Allegheny College. 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 Governor be and he is hereby authorized and required to draw his warrant on the State Treasurer in favor of the president and trustees of Allegheny college, in the county of Crawford, for two thousand dollars annually, for four years, to commence on the first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four: Provided, That before the Governor shall so issue his warrant, satisfactory evidence shall be exhibited to him, on cach application, that an equal sum has been secured to the said college by the subscriptions of individuals, and actually paid in: And provided also, That after paying what is yet due for finishing the college edifice, the remainder of this appropriation shall be faithfully applied to secure the permanent success of the institution, and the encouragement of the manual labour system. SECTION 2. The said president and trustees of Allegheny college shall, during the operations of said college, cause, annually, to be instructed, free of expense for tuition, twelve students, if so many shall apply, in the elementary branches of an English education, in a manner best calculated to qualify them for teachers in the English language: Provided, That the said president and trustees shall signify their assent in writing to the conditions of this act, directed to the State Treasurer, on or before the first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four. WM. PATTERSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THO'S. RINGLAND, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The fifth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four. No. 113. GEO: WOLF. AN ACT To continue the improvement of the State by rail-roads and canals. 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 it shall be, and hereby is made the duty of the canal commissioners to complete, as soon as practicable, the following public works, according to the routes heretofore determined upon and approved, to wit: the Philadelphia and Columbia rail-road, with a double track of rails, stationary en- Works to be gines, and all other things and means to finish said road for completed. transportation, with the least possible delay; the Allegheny portage rail-road, with a double track of rails, and all the means to finish said road for transportation; the Beaver division of the Pennsylvania canal and the Shenango towing path; the Franklin line of the Pennsylvania canal and the north and west ends of the feeder; the Wyoming line of the North Branch division of the Pennsylvania canal and the Lackawanna feeder; the Lycoming line of the West Branch division of the Pennsylvania canal and the Lewisburg and Bald Eagle side cuts;-and for the expenditures thereof the sums hereinafter mentioned are severally and specifically appropriated: for the Philadelphia and Columbia rail-road, eight hundred and four thousand nine Appropriat'ne hundred dollars; for the Allegheny portage rail-road, three for the several hundred and sixty-five thousand nine hundred dollars; for the works. Beaver division of the Pennsylvania canal and the Shenango towing path, fifty-seven thousand one hundred dollars; for the Franklin line of the Pennsylvania canal and the north and west ends of the feeder, ninety-four thousand four hundred dollars; for the Wyoming line of the North Branch division of the Pennsylvania canal and the Lackawanna feeder, seventeen thousand four hundred dollars; for the Lycoming line of the West Branch division of the Pennsylvania canal and the Lewisburg and Bald Feeder dam at Dunnsburg ated. Eagle side cuts, three hundred and one thousand two hundred SECTION 2. Nothing contained in this or any former act shall be so construed as to authorize the canal commissioners to construct a towing path bridge or road bridge over the pool of the feeder dam at Dunnsburg. No debt to be SECTION 3. The said canal commissioners shall not be auincurred be thorized to incur any debt on the faith of the Commonwealth, yond the mo- in any way or manner, beyond the appropriation aforesaid : ney appropri- And provided, That no part of the loan shall be applied to any other than the several specific purposes to which it is appro priated by this act, nor shall any contracts be entered into for No extensions to be made. any new line of canal or rail-road not mentioned in this act, or for any extension of the lines herein named beyond their present limits. Proviso. Payment of damages. Loan of SECTION 4. The sum appropriated to the payment of damages by the first section of this act, is to be paid as speedily as possible, in the order as to time in which the said claims for damages may have been awarded, assessed and confirmed, and afterwards to such as may hereafter be awarded, assessed and confirmed, and may be agreed upon as due by prior acts. SECTION 5. The Governor of this Commonwealth is hereby authorized to borrow, on the credit of this Commonwealth and such fund or funds as have been or shall be created for securing the punctual payment of the interest and the re-imbursement of the principal, the sum of two million two hundred and sixtyfive thousand four hundred dollars, payable in instalments, in such manner as he may designate in proposals for said loan, which sum shall be paid to and vest in the commissioners of the internal improvement fund, and shall be applied to the payment of the contracts necessary to be made to complete the works directed to be completed by this act specifically as aforesaid: Provided, That no engagement or contract shall be entered Redeemable into which shall preclude the Commonwealth from reimburs1st July, 1862 ing the said loan at any time after the expiration of twentyeight years from the first day of July next: Provided also, interest of 5 That no rate of interest beyond five per cent. per annum sha!! be allowed or paid for said loan. To bear an per cent. WM. PATTERSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOS. RINGLAND, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The fifth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four. GEO: WOLF. |