as requires the president to be a resident citizen of this com- JOHN M. THOMPSON, WM. M. FRANCIS,' Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED—The twenty-fourth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No. 255. AN ACT To increase the pay of the Directors of the Poor and House of Employment of Mercer county. JOHN M. THOMPSON, WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED—The twenty-fourth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. To change the place of holding the General and Special Elections of the townships of Miffin, Upper Frankford, Upper West Pennsborough and North Newton, in the county of Cumberland. WHEREAS, The house in which the said elections have been heretofore held for the districts named in the title to this act, has become so dilapidated as to be unfit for use ; therefore, Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen. tatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the place of holding said elections for the said districts, to wit: the townships of Mifflin, Upper Frankford, Upper West Pennsborough and North Newton, in the county of Cumberland, be so changed that hereafter the general and special elections of said townships shall be held in the public school house in the borough of Newville, in the county of Cumberland. JOAN M. THOMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem. WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-fourth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No. 257. A SUPPLEMENT To an act, entitled " An Act to incorporate the Apprentices' Library Com. pany of Philadelphia,” passed the second day of April, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represenlatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, Thai it shall and may be lawful for the Apprentices' library company of Philadelphia to extend the benefits of the said library, and loan the books composing the same, to such persons over the age of twenty-one years as the managers, in their discretion, shall think proper, and on such terms and under such regulations as the managers may prescribe. JOHN M. THOMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem. WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED—The twenty-fourth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. Proviso. by existing laws: Provided, The same shall not exceed ten mills on the dollar annually. JOHN M. THOMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem. WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-fourth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. Duty of. Location Purposes of. No. 261. AN ACT Appointing Commissioners to erect a Lock-up House at Coatesville or Midway, in Valley township, Chester county, and authorizing and directing the Supervisors of said township to levy and collect a sufficient amount of tax to defray the expenses of erecting said building. 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 Commissioners. William Dilworth, Doctor Charles Huston, J. D. Perkins, Alexander Taggart, S. B. Worth and George W. Price, commissioners appoined by this act, are hereby authorized to have built or otherwise provided for, at the village of Coatesville or Midway, in Valley township, Chester county, a suitable building or place, for the security and detention of any person or persons committed by any justice of the peace, in the aforesaid township, for any violation of the laws of this commonwealth, for which such person or persons could be lawfully committed to the common jail of said county of Chester, there to remain and be kept, until such offender or offenders can be removed to the said common jail, if committed for an indictable offence, or until discharged according to law: Provided, That no person or persons shall be confined in said lock-up house, at any one time, for a longer period than forty-eight hours, except such person or persons be charged with an indictable offence, and it be necessary to detain him, or her, or them, for a legal examination. Proviso. SECTION 2. That the legal fees for the arrest, commitments and safe keeping of any person or persons in said house, on a charge of any indictable offence, shall be taxed by the proper authority, and paid by the prosecutor or defendant, or the county of Chester, as the issue of the case may require and be determined. SECTION 3. That the supervisors of the said township are hereby authorized and required to appropriate and pay for the erection of said lock-up house, upon order drawn by the com missioners appointed by this act, any sum not exceeding in the whole three hundred dollars. JOHN M. THOMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem. WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED—The twenty-fourth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No. 262. AN ACT laking the borough of Emaus, in Lehigh county, a separate Election Dis trict. WHEREAS, The borough of Emaus, in the county of Lehigh, was lately incorporated by the court of common pleas of Lehigh county aforesaid; therefore, Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly Ret, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the borough of Emaus, in the county of Lehigh, shall hereafter be and constitute a district, separate and distinct from the township in which it is situated, for all purposes whatsoever; and that the qualified voters residing within the limits of said borough shall hereafter hold their general and special elections at the public house now occupied by Simon J. Shoemaker, at the time now fixed by law for holding elections in the several wards, boroughs and townships in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. JOHN M. THOMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem. WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED—The twenty-fourth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No. 263. AN ACT Repealing an act to change the place of holding Elections in Liberty township, Montour county, approved the twenty-second day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine. 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 act to change the place of holding elections in Liberty township, Montour county, approved the twenty-second day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, be and the same is hereby repealed. APPROVED-The twenty-fourth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No. 264. AN ACT In relation to Grading and Paving in the borough of Manchester, in the county 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 Grading and pav- the town council of the borough of Manchester, in the county ing, relative to. of Allegheny, shall have power to require, by ordinance, the Proviso. grading and paving of any street, lane or alley, or parts of the same, not less than one square, within such reasonable time as the said council shall by ordinance direct; and shall have full power to levy and collect the costs and expenses of such grading and paving, by a pro rata assessment on the feet front of property abounding and abutting on any street, lane or alley so graded or paved: Provided, That the said councils shall not require the grading or paving of any street, lane or alley, or any part thereof, under the provisions of this act, except Beaver, |