No. 121. AN ACT To annul the marriage of John Maag with Maria Maag. 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 John Maag and Maria Maag, of Passyunk township, in the county of Philadelphia, and commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 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 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 of John Maag with Maria Maag," was presented to the governor on the twenty-first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-four, and was not returned within ten days, (Sundays excepted;) wherefore, it has, agreeably to the constitution of this commonwealth, become a law in like manner as if he had signed it. To annul the marriage contract of William Leonard and Ann Elizabeth Leonard. 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 by and between William Leonard, of the county of Erie, and Ann Elizabeth Leonard, his wife, be and the same is hereby annulled and made void, and the parties released and discharged from 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. 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 William Leonard and Ann Elizabeth Leonard," was presented to the governor on the twenty-first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-four, and was not returned within ten days, (Sundays excepted;) 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. JOHN J. M'CAHEN, HARRISBURG, April 2, 1844. Clerk of the Senate. No. 123. AN ACT To repeal the act, entitled "A further supplenient to An Act to regulate fisheries in the river Susquehanna and its branches,` passed the thirtieth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two." 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 an act passed on the fourth day of March, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and thirty-five, entitled "A further supplement to An Act to regulate fisheries in the river Susquehanna and its branches,' passed the Union and North- thirtieth day of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-two," be and the umberland coun- same is repealed, so far as relates to its operation in Union and Northumberland counties. ties. APPROVED-The fourth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-four. DAVID R. PORTER. No. 124. A SUPPLEMENT To the act concerning a certain trial for murder in Cambria 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 one of the judges of the supreme court is hereby authorized and requir- One of the judges ed to hold, at the court house in the county of Cambria, in conjunction of supreme court with one or more of the associate judges of said county, on the fourth to hold oyer and Thursday of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-four, a special terminer in Cambria county. court of oyer and terminer, and to hear and determine a rule to shew cause why the verdict of the jury and sentence of the court of oyer and terminer of said county, in the case of the commonwealth against Bernard Flanagan and Patrick Flanagan, indicted for the murder of Elizabeth Holden, should not be set aside, and a new trial be granted on cause shewn by the defendants; and the said court hereby directed to be held, shall have all the powers as to adjournment, issuing subpœnas, and other process in the case, which were conferred by the act to which this is a supplement, and which may be necessary to carry into full effect the intention and provisions of this act. SECTION 2. That if the said court shall grant a new trial to the said Indictment, &c., Bernard Flanagan and Patrick Flanagan, then, and in that case, the to be tried in indictment against the said Bernard Flanagan and Patrick Flanagan, for Huntingdon the murder of the said Elizabeth Holden, together with the entire record county. of said case, duly certified by the proper officers, shall be removed to and tried without delay by the court of oyer and terminer of Huntingdon county; and, if a new trial should be granted as aforesaid, the sheriff of Cambria county is hereby authorized and required to deliver the said Bernard Flanagan and Patrick Flanagan to the sheriff of Huntingdon county, who is hereby directed and required to receive and safely keep and detain them, the said Bernard Flanagan and Patrick Flanagan, in the jail of Huntingdon county, until they shall have been tried, and the final judgment of the court in the premises executed; and the said sheriff of Huntingdon county is hereby required to perform all the duties which would have devolved on the sheriff of Cambria county, if the said indictment had been prosecuted to final judgment in the said county of Cambria. SECTION 3. That the legal costs incurred by the county of Cambria Costs, how paid. since the fifth day of April, eighteen hundred and forty-three, and the costs of prosecution which shall hereafter necessarily accrue in said case, shall be paid by the State Treasurer on the settlement of an account thereof, in the manner provided in the third section of the act to which this is a supplement: Provided, That the costs of prosecution to be paid by the commonwealth, shall not exceed five hundred dollars; and so much of any law as is hereby altered, the same is hereby repealed. JAMES ROSS SNOWDEN, APPROVED-The fourth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-four. DAVID R. PORTER. Proviso. No. 125. AN ACT Relative to sheriffs' deeds. 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 certificate of the prothonotary of any court in this commonwealth to an acknowledgment of a sheriff's deed, heretofore made, although not under seal of office, shall be sufficient evidence of such acknowledgment, notwithstanding no other record was made thereof at the time of such acknowledgment: Provided, That the provisions of this section shall not be construed to affect any bona fide holder or purchaser, who had neither actual or constructive notice of the execution of such sheriff's deed. JAMES ROSS SNOWDEN, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WILLIAM BIGLER, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The fourth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-four. No. 126. DAVID R. PORTER. Wallis' run, Lycoming county. AN ACT Declaring Babb's creek, in the county of Tioga, and Wallis' run, in Lycoming county, public highways. 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 second fork of Pine creek, commonly called Babb's creek, in the county of Tioga, be and the same is hereby declared a public highway, from its mouth to where William Babb now resides. SECTION 2. That Wallis' run, in the county of Lycoming, be and the same is hereby declared a public highway, from the mouth of the same as far up as Wilson's saw mill. JAMES ROSS SNOWDEN, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WILLIAM BIGLER, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED The fourth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-four. DAVID R. PORTER. No. 127. AN ACT To authorize the sale and conveyance of certain real estate. 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 directors of the poor and of the house of employment for the county Directors of the of Chester, be and they are hereby authorized to sell, at public sale, poor of Chester after giving at least two weeks public notice thereof, upon such terms county, to sell as they may deem expedient, all the right, title and interest of Ann real estate of Ann Boyers. Boyers, now in the poor house of said county, to any lands to or in which she may have any title or property in the county of Chester; and the sale or sales so made shall be good and valid, to convey all the interest of the said Ann Boyers, in any lands, as aforesaid; and the said directors are hereby required faithfully to apply the proceeds to the payment of the debts of the said Ann Boyers, and to her support and maintenance, so long as she remains a charge upon the county of Chester; and pay the balance, if any, after she shall cease to be a charge, or shall die, to the said Ann Boyers, or her legal representatives. SECTION 2. That the commissioners of the county of Armstrong, are Commissioners of hereby authorized and required to convey to the Kittanning cemetery Armstrong councompany, out-lot, number two, in the borough of Kittanning, in said ty to convey cercounty, held by them in trust, by virtue of a deed dated the twenty-tain real estate. first day of September, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, recorded in said county, in book, volume three, page three hundred and forty-two, from Paul Morrow, and Lydia, his wife, to Isaac Wagle, David Reynolds and Joseph Rankin, then commissioners of said county, and their successors in office; and the deed made by the said commissioners to the said Kittanning cemetery company, shall be held good and valid to all intents and purposes. APPROVED-The fourth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-four. DAVID R. PORTER. |