Oaths. Petition for re tive to. Section 11. That it shall be lawful for viewers, reviewers or re-reviewers to administer to each other the oaths or affirmations required by law. Section 12. That no petition for a review or re-review shall view. &c., rela- be received by the court, unless said petition shall be verified by the oath or affirmation of one or more of the petitioners, and cifically set out in said petition. New petitions to Section 13. That in all cases where the action of the court or view. relative to. grand jury shall be adverse to the grant of a new road or bridge, no new petition to view the same site, or one substantially the grand juries have refused to approve the same. Repeal Section 14. That all acts inconsistent with the foregoing are hereby repealed, so far as they relate to the county of York: Proviso. Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be so construed JOHN M. THOMPSON, WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED— The seventeenth day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No. 78. AN ACT Authorizing the German Evangelical Protestant Church of Pittsburg to lease and improve a certain Lot, and to remove the Dead buried therein. Preamble. WHEREAS, The lot of ground on Smithfield street, in the city of Pittsburg, heretofore occupied by the German Evangelical Protestant church as a burying ground, is now located in a populous part of said city, and is no longer suitable for such purpose : And whereas, The said church has purchased a suitable lot for a burial place on Troy Hill, near the city of Allegheny ; therefore, &c. 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 trustees of the German Evangelical Protestant church, in Authorized to rePittsburg, be and they are hereby authorized to disinter and re- move the dead, move the dead bodies buried in the lot of ground occupied by said church on Smithfield street, in said city, and cause the same to be properly and carefully buried in the new burial ground belonging to said church, upon Troy Hill, near the city of Allegheny, or in such other burial ground in the county of Allegheny as the surviving friends or relatives may direct: Provided, That Proviso. the gravestones and monuments that now designate or mark any particular graves, shall also be removed and erected upon the corresponding graves in such new burial ground, unless otherwise directed by such surviving friends and relatives. SECTION 2. That before any bodies shall be removed, as provided Notice of removal in the preceding section, the said trustees shall publish notice of to be given. such intended removal, for at least thirty days, in two German and two English newspapers in said city; and the costs of such removals and re-interments shall be paid by the said church. lease certain lot SECTION 3. That the said German Evangelical Protestant Authorized to church, or the trustees thereof, shall have authority to improve, improve and or lease upon ground rent or for years, all that lot of ground of ground. situated on the east side of Smithfield street, in said city, extending southwardly along said street from Strawberry alley one hundred and forty feet, and running back along said alley one hundred and twenty feet, and to apply the rents and profits Rents and profits received therefrom to the payment of the debts of said church, of, how applied. the maintenance of public worship, and such other congrega tional purposes as the said church may direct. JOHN M. THOMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem. WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The eighteenth day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No. 79. A SUPPLEMENT To an act, approved February twenty-sixth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty, entitled "An Act to incorporate the American College of Medicine." 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 corporate title of the said " The American College of Medi- JOHN M. THOMPSON, WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED—The fifteenth day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. 1 No. 80. AN ACT To pay the expenses of constructing Ventilators in the House of Repre sentatives. JOHN M. THOMPSON, WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-first day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No. 81. AN ACT Te authorize the Orphans' Court of Westmoreland county to appoint a Guardian of the estate of Samuel Henderson, a deaf and dumb adult. nder the age WHEREAS, It has been represented that Samuel Henderson, a son of Hugh Henderson, late of Westmoreland county, deceased, is deaf and dumb, and that by reason of his said infirmity is incapable of managing his estate, and that said Samuel Henderson is over the age of twenty-one years; 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 orphans' court of Westmoreland county, should they deem it proper and necessary, be and they are hereby authorized and empowered and required, on the application of any next friend of said Samuel Henderson, to appoint a guardian for the said Samuel Henderson; and the guardian so appointed shall have the same powers, rights and privileges, and be subject to the same duties and accountability as guardians appointed by the orphans' courts of this commonwealth for minors a fourteen years; and the said court shall have power to discharge said guardian for sufficient cause, and appoint others in his or her stead, from time to time, as fully and in the same manner as the said court may do under the existing laws in cases of guardians of minors under the age of twenty-one years. The guardianship of the said Samuel Henderson shall continue so long as the said court are satisfied that he, the said Samuel Henderson, remains incapable of managing his estate. The said guardian, before entering upon the duties of his or her appointment, shall give such security as shall be approved by the orphans' court of Westmoreland county. JOHN M. THOMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem. WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED--The twenty-first day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No. 82. AN ACT To prevent Cattle, Horses, Sheep and Hogs from running at large in the county of Delaware. 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 Animals not to from and after the first day of April next, no cattle, horses, na at large. sheep or swine shall be suffered to run at large, or upon the public roads or highways, in the county of Delaware, under the Penalty. penalty of two dollars for each offence. Duty of oonste. Section 2. That it shall be the duty of the constables within bles. the said county, and they are hereby directed and empowered, without any special warrant or other authority than this act, to seize and secure every animal of the cattle, horse, sheep or hog kind that may be found running at large as aforesaid, and the same to sell at public sale in the same manner as is provided by law for selling strays, giving the owner, if he can be found, at least five days' notice previous to such sale. If said owner shall Owners may pay pay to the constable the said penalty of two dollars, and also penalty, receive pay for the expense of keeping said animal or animals, then property, &o. it shall be the duty of the constable to deliver suid animal or animals to the owners; but if he shall make a sale as aforesaid, he shall pay the overplus, after deducting the said penalty and expenses, to the owner, and the constable making such seizure shall be allowed for the same to retain one-half of the penalty, and it shall be his duty to pay the other half to the school treasurer of the township where such seizure was made, for the use of the schools of said township. Neglect of duty Section 3. That if any constable shall neglect or refuse to by constable, seize or secure any animal aforesaid, found running at large, ponalty for after being notified by any person to seize and secure the same, such constable shall pay a fine of five dollars, for the use of the schools of the township where the said constable resides, for every such neglect or refusal. JOHN M. THOMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem. WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED— The twenty-second day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. |