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231. An Act relative to the claims of Hugh and P. M'Ginley, of Northumberland

232. An Act authorizing the laying out of certain state roads, and for other pur-

233. A supplement to an act, entitled "An Act to extend the charter of the Bank

of Delaware County, and for other purposes.

234. An Act to view and lay out a road from the village of East Brook, Mercer

county, to the west end of White's bridge across the Shenango, in Beaver

county, and for other purposes.

235. An Act incorporating the German Lutheran Dutch Reformed and Menonist

congregation, called Christ church, of Manchester township, in the county

236. An Act to extend the time of commencing the New Hope, Doylestown and

Norristown railroad.

237. An Act authorizing the town council of the borough of Pottstown to widen

High street, in said borough.

238. An Act to incorporate the Mutual insurance company of Schuylkill county.

239. An Act to incorporate the Mutual life insurance company of Philadelphia.

240. An Act relating to common schools in West Chester and Schuylkill township,

Chester county.

241. An Act to incorporate the Russelburg woollen manufacturing company, in

242. An Act to incorporate the Maiden Creek academy, in Berks county.

243. An Act authorizing the governor to incorporate the Old Fort and Spruce Creek

turnpike road company.

244. An Act to provide for the erection of a house for the employment and support

of the poor, in the county of Luzerne.

245. An Act to authorize the opening of certain drains, in the county of Dauphin. 365

246. An Act relative to the streets and alleys in the village of Newburg, Cumber-

land county, and for other purposes.

247. An Act to authorize the governor to incorporate the Lock Haven turnpike

road company, in Clinton county.

248. An Act to validate and confirm the acknowledgments of certain deeds taken

and certified by John Becker, Esquire, a justice of the peace of York

249. A supplement to "An Act to incorporate the Mount Carbon railroad company." 372

250. An Act relating to the Logansville school district, in Greene township, Clin-

ton county, and for other purposes.

251. An Act for the relief of Jacob B. Garber.

252. An Act changing the boundary lines of the borough of Martinsburg, in the

county of Bedford.

253. An Act to incorporate the Allegheny cemetery, in Allegheny county.

254. An Act to incorporate the members of the congregation known by the name

of the United Brethren in Christ, in the borough of York.

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255. An Act to authorize the directors of the Marine insurance company of Phila-

delphia to wind up and settle the affairs of the company, and distribute

the assets among the stockholders.

256. An Act to incorporate the White Haven Lehigh bridge company.

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257. An Act to authorize the burgess and town council of the borough of Holli-

daysburg to borrow money, and for other purposes.

258. An Act to regulate the speed of locomotive engines on the Philadelphia and

Reading railroad, within the limits of the borough of Reading.

259. An Act for the removal of causes from the district court of the counties of

Erie, Crawford, Mercer, Venango and Warren, to the courts of common

260. An Act to incorporate the borough of Conneautville, in the county of Craw-

261. An Act authorizing the conveyance of certain real estate, situate in the dis-

trict of Southwark, and county of Philadelphia, and for other purposes.

262. An Act authorizing the state treasurer to pay Robert Moderwell and the

heirs of John Cameron, deceased, the sum of eighty dollars due them.

263. An Act to divide the borough of Washington, in the county of Lancaster, into

264. An Act declaratory of the act passed the thirty-first day of March, A. D.

one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, entitled "An Act to authorize

the governor to incorporate a company to make a lock navigation on the

river Monongahela.

265. An Act to authorize the governor to incorporate the Fishing Creek, Swatara

and Schuylkill railroad company.

266. A further supplement to an act, entitled "An Act to authorize the governor

to incorporate the Philadelphia and Reading railroad company."

267. A further supplement to "An Act to consolidate and amend the several acts

relative to a general system of education by common schools."

268. A further supplement to the act, entitled "An Act concerning a certain trial

for murder in Cambria county."

269. An Act to reduce the expenses of the militia system of this commonwealth,

and provide a more rigid mode for the collection of militia fines.

270. An Act to compensate Archibald Thompson for services in arresting and con-

victing certain incendiaries.

271. An Act for the relief of the estate of Henderson Hall, late of Beaver coun-

272. An Act supplementary to an act, entitled "An Act appropriating certain

unexpended money for the improvement of the state road leading from

Stroudsburg to Bartonsville, in the county of Monroe, and for other pur-

273. An Act relative to the election of constables in the counties of Warren and

Cambria, and for other purposes.

274. An Act providing that the treasurers of Lycoming and Schuylkill counties

shall receive a fixed salary, and regulating fees in certain cases, and for

other purposes.

275. An Act to authorize the town council of the borough of Williamsport, in

the county of Lycoming, to appoint overseers of the poor.

276. An Act to incorporate the Lehigh County Bank.

277. An Act to enable the burgesses, high constable and common council of the

borough of Bristol, in Bucks county, to lease for a term of years, to the

Philadelphia and Trenton railroad company, or other persons, a part of

Market street, between Wood street and the river Delaware, in said bor-

278. An Act for the benefit of William Parks, Junior, Amos Garwood and John

279. An Act to extend the charter of the Commercial Bank of Pennsylvania.

280. An Act authorizing the chief burgess and town council of the borough of

Pinegrove, in the county of Schuylkill, to build a lock-up house in said

281. An Act relative to the Mount Carbon railroad company.

282. A further supplement to the act, entitled "An Act authorizing the governor

to incorporate the North Branch canal company," passed the twenty-second

day of July, one thousand eight hundred and forty-two.

283. An Act to confer on certain persons therein named the rights and benefits of

children born in lawful wedlock.

284. An Act to incorporate the borough of Prompton, in the county of Wayne.

285. An Act authorizing the canal commissioners to settle the damages sustained

by Henry L. Patterson on the Allegheny Portage railroad.

286. An Act relating to school districts, in the county of Washington.

287. An Act to incorporate the borough of Woodcock, in the county of Crawford. 429

288. An Act, entitled "An Act changing the name of East Strasburg township,

in the county of Lancaster, to that of Paradise."

289. An Act to continue and extend an act, entitled "A further supplement to an

act, entitled An Act to authorize the governor to incorporate a company

to make a lock navigation on the river Schuylkill.''

290. An Act for the relief of Catharine Shaw, and others, soldiers and widows

of soldiers of the Revolutionary and Indian wars.

291. An Act to establish the boundary lines between the counties of Mifflin,

Juniata and Union.

292. An Act for the relief of Ann Huston, widow of a soldier of the Revolutionary

war, and for other purposes.

293. A supplement to the act erecting parts of Jefferson, Clearfield and M'Kean

counties into a separate county, to be called Elk.

294. An Act to provide for the erection of a house for the employment and sup-

port of the poor in the county of Mifflin.

295. An Act to authorize the governor to incorporate the Shamokin, Mahanoy and

Schuylkill railroad company.

296. An Act to authorize the purchase, mortgage and sale of certain real estate.

297. An Act to incorporate the "French Society of Mutual Assistance."

298. A supplement to the act incorporating a company to erect a bridge over

Stoney creek, at Johnstown, in Cambria county.

299. An Act regulating the streets in the town of Callensburg, in the county of

300. An Act to authorize the commissioners of M'Kean county to borrow money. 458

301. An Act to change the venue in a certain action now pending in the court of

common pleas of Lehigh county, to Berks county.

302. An Act to authorize the burgesses and assistant burgesses of the borough of

West Chester, to levy and collect a protection tax, and for other purposes. 460

303. An Act to authorize the governor to incorporate the president, managers and

company of the Donegal and Hempfield turnpike road company.

304. An Act to incorporate the Spring Garden gas company.

305. A further supplement to "An Act authorizing the governor to incorporate the

West Chester railroad company."

306. An Act supplementary to the act, entitled "An Act to authorize the gover-

nor to incorporate the Milesburg and Smethport turnpike road company.”

07. An Act relative to the records of Wyoming county.

308. An Act to authorize the governor to incorporate the Franklin canal company. 471

309. A further supplement to the act, entitled "An Act to vest in Amelia Mat-

thews a certain escheated estate, and for the sale and conveyance of certain

real estate," passed the first day of April, Anno Domini, one thousand

eight hundred and thirty-five, and the supplement thereto passed the twen-

tieth day of March, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and forty. 473

310. An Act to incorporate the Schuylkill fishing company, in the county of

311. An Act, entitled "An Act to incorporate the Furnace Run coal and iron com-

312. An Act providing for the sale and conveyance of a school house in Morris

township, in Huntingdon county.

313. An Act authorizing and requiring John Boucher and Solomon Boucher, execu-

tors of Henry Boucher, deceased, to pay over certain money to Magdalena

314. An Act to authorize the incorporation of a company to erect a bridge over

the Susquehanna river, at or near Liverpool, Perry county.

315. An Act to confirm the marriage of Mary Bergin and Timothy Bergin, and

confer upon their children the rights of legitimacy.

316. An Act relating to a certain action pending in the court of common pleas of

the city and county of Philadelphia, and relative to special courts in the

county of Mifflin.

317. An Act to extend the charter of the Monongahela Bank of Brownsville.

318. An Act to reduce the state debt, and to incorporate the Pennsylvania canal

and railroad company.

319. A supplement to an act, entitled "An Act authorizing the laying out of

certain state roads, and for other purposes," approved the fifth day of

April, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and forty-three.

320. An Act to exempt certain charitable institutions in the county of Philadelphia

321. An Act to authorize the treasurer of Monroe county to pay over certain road

and school taxes to the supervisors and school directors of Jackson town-

ship, in said county.

322. An Act to confer on Ellen, daughter of Clarissa, wife of James E. Brooks,

the name of Ellen Brooks, and also the rights and privileges of a child born

after the marriage of the said Clarissa and James E. Brooks.

323. An Act to change the name of the Plymouth Rifle Greens, in the county

of Luzerne, to the Kingston Monument Guards, to be recognized as light

324. An Act to authorize the proprietors of the Norwich markets, in Callowhill

street, to transfer the same to the corporate authorities of the Northern

Liberties district, in the county of Philadelphia.

325. An Act authorizing H. J. Huidekoper, of Meadville, in the county of Craw-

ford, to erect a dam and take water from French creek, below the feeder

dam at Bemus's, for the use of his mills.

326. An Act to authorize the conveyance of certain real estate.

327. An Act relating to the public highways of East Nottingham township and

West Nottingham township, in the county of Chester, and for other pur-

328. An Act authorizing the heirs of Jacob Scharadin to redeem certain lands sold

329. An Act relating to the sale of unseated lands in Clinton county.

330. An Act for the relief of Benjamin Hutchinson, of the county of Philadelphia. 511

331. An Act supplementary to the act relating to executions.

332. An Act laying a tax on dogs in the borough of Johnstown, in the county of

333. An Act for the relief of John Smith and J. S. Clarkson.

334. An Act to authorize the executors of the last will and testament of John

Crossthwaite, late of Centre county, or their legal representatives, to pay

over to Francis Dunlap, of Clearfield county, certain legacies.

335. An Act to authorize the administrators of John Dreisbach, late of Luzerne

county, deceased, to sell certain real estate, and for other purposes.

336. A further supplement to the act, entitled "An Act for the relief and employ-

ment of the poor for the city of Philadelphia, the district of Southwark,

and the townships of the Northern Liberties and Penn."

337. An Act to provide for the erection of a house for the employment and support

of the poor, in the county of Juniata, and for other purposes.

338. An Act authorizing the supreme court to take cognizance of certain proceed-

ings in the court of common pleas of Cumberland county.

339. An Act supplementary to an act, passed the ninth day of April, one thousand

seven hundred and sixty, relative to the hunting of deer.

340. An Act for the relief of Jacob Lohr and the Gettysburg and Petersburg

turnpike company,

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