Section 1, act of April 1, 1905. cited for amendment. Shall have a population of 300 to the square mile. "Section 1. That for the purpose of legislation, regulating the municipal affairs, the exercise of certain corporate powers, and having respect to the number, character, powers, and duties of certain officers thereof, the townships now in existence, and those to be of the townships now in existence and those to be hereafter created, in this Commonwealth, shall be divided into two classes. Those townships having a population of at least two hundred and fifty to the square mile, as shown by United States census, or as ascertained in the manner hereinafter provided, shall be townships of the first class. All other townships shall be townships of the second class," be amended to read as follows:— Section 1. That for the purpose of legislation, regulating the municipal affairs, the exercise of certain corporate powers, and having respect to the number, character, powers, and duties of certain officers thereof, the townships now in existence, and those to be hereafter created, in this Commonwealth, shall be divided into two classes. Those townships having a population of at least three hundred to the square mile, shown by the United States census, or as ascertained in the manner hereinafter provided, shall be townships of the first class. All other townships shall be townships of the second class. APPROVED-The 29th day of May, A. D. 1907. EDWIN S. STUART. Aldermen and justices of the peace. Costs. Section 1, act of June 24, 1885, cited for amendment. No. 231. AN ACT To amend section one of an act, entitled "An act relative to costs in suits before aldermen and justices of the peace, and the collection of the same,' approved the twenty-fourth day of June, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five; providing that when an appellant shall enter good and sufficient bail absolute, for the payment of debt, interest, and costs on affirmance of the judgment, in which case the appellant shall not be required to pay the costs before taking such appeal. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That section one of an act, entitled "An act relative to costs in suits before aldermen and justices of the peace, and the collection of the same," approved the twenty-fourth day of June. Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and eightyfive, which reads as follows: "That in all cases of appeal from the judgment of an alderman or a justice of the peace, the said alderman or justice shall be entitled to demand and receive from the appellant the costs in the case before the making and delivery of the transcripts for said ap peal; and if the appellant shall finally recover judg ment in the case appealed, he shall be entitled to receive and collect from the adverse party the costs so as aforesaid paid on appeal," be amended to read as follows:- That in all cases of appeal from the judgment of an alderman or justice of the peace, the said alderman or justice shall be entitled to demand and receive from Appeals. the appellant the costs in the case, before making and Payment of costs. delivery of the transcripts for said appeal; and if the appellant shall finally recover judgment in the case appealed, he shall be entitled to receive and collect from the adverse party the costs so as aforesaid paid on appeal: Provided, however, That if any appellant Proviso. etc. shall give good and sufficient bail absolute, for the pay- Ball for costs, ment of debt, interest, and costs that have and will accrue on affirmance of the judgment, the appellant shall not be required to pay any costs before taking an appeal. Section 2. All acts and parts of acts, general, special, or local, inconsistent herewith, be and the same are hereby repealed. APPROVED-The 29th day of May, A. D. 1907. Repeal. EDWIN S. STUART. No. 232. AN ACT Regulating the payment of retail liquor license-fees in this Commonwealth. fees, retail. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That every person in Liquor licensethis Commonwealth to whom the court of quarter sessions, sitting for the purpose of granting retail liquor licenses, may grant a license to sell liquor at retail, shall have until the day preceding the commencement Time of payof the term of said license to pay the fee fixed by law for said license. Section 2. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. APPROVED The 29th day of May, A. D. 1907. ment. Repeal. EDWIN S. STUART. 7 Street railway companies. No. 233. A SUPPLEMENT To an act, entitled "An act to provide for the incorporation and government of street railway companies in this Commonwealth,' approved the fourteenth day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine; authorizing companies chartered under the said act to issue bonds, payable at such times after the date thereof as may seem best to the directors. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That the bonds of any corporation, now or hereafter incorporated under the Issuing of bonds. provisions of an act, entitled "An act to provide for the incorporation and government of street railway companies in this Commonwealth," approved the fourteenth day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine, and the several amendments thereof and supplements thereto, issued in compliance with law, and after the consent of the persons holding the larger amount in value of the stock has been first obtained at a meeting held after sixty days' notice given in pursuance of law, may be made payable at such times after their date as the directors of the said corporation may deem best. Time of payment. Repeal. Section 2. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith be and the same are hereby repealed. APPROVED The 29th day of May, A. D. 1907. EDWIN S. STUART. County commissioners. Act of April 25, 1889, cited for amendment. No. 234. AN ACT To amend an act, entitled "An act to authorize and require the county commissioners of the several counties of this Commonwealth to furnish supplies and fuel for certain county officers,' " approved the twenty-fifth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine (Pamphlet Laws, fifty-two); so as to include certain additional articles of supply, and to repeal the act of June eighteenth, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That the act, entitled "An act to authorize and require the county commissioners of the several counties of this Commonwealth to furnish supplies and fuel for certain county offices," approved the twenty-fifth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred eighty-nine (Pamphlet Laws, fifty-two), consisting of one section which reads. as follows: "That from and after the passage of this act, the county commissioners of the several counties of this Commonwealth shall, at the proper cost of the respect ive counties, furnish the office furniture, books and stationery required for each of the county officers herein named, whose offices are located in the county buildings at the county seat; namely, prothonotary, clerks of the several courts, register of wills, recorder of deeds, commissioners, and treasurer; also all needed fuel and light," be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: That from and after the passage of this act, the county commissioners of the several counties of this Commonwealth shall, at the proper cost of the respective counties, furnish the office furniture, blank books, blanks, dockets, supplies, and stationery required for each of the county officers whose offices are located in the county buildings at the county seat, and all needed fuel and light; also printed court calendars and trial lists of the respective county courts, for the use of the officers and attorneys of said courts. Act of June 18, 1895, cited for re Section 2. The act of June eighteenth, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five (Pamph- peal. let Laws, one hundred and ninety-seven), is hereby repealed. APPROVED-The 29th day of May, A. D. 1907. EDWIN S. STUART. No. 235. AN ACT Regulating the sale of Paris green; defining Paris green; prohibiting its adulteration; providing for the collection of samples and analysis thereof by the Department of Agriculture, and the publication of information concerning the same; providing also for the expenses of the enforcement of the law, and fixing penalties for its violation. Lots or parcels statement. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That every lot or par- Paris green. cel of any Paris green sold, offered or exposed for sale, within this Commonwealth, shall have affixed thereto, in a conspicuous place on the outside thereof, a legible and plainly printed statement, clearly and truly certi- shall bear printed fying the name, brand, or trade-mark under which said Paris green is sold, the name and address of the contents of statemanufacturer or importer, and a statement of the ment. amount of water-soluble arsenic compounds, expressed as arsenious oxide, furnished, when treated for twentyfour hours with cold, distilled water, at the rate of one thousand parts by weight of water to one part by weight of Paris green; and also the amount of arsenic in combination with copper, expressed as arsenious oxide, which the said Paris green contains. Whenever any Paris is sold from bulk, green the dealer When sold in bulk. Cards bearing statement. Requirements. Analysis. Bulletins. Sale without statement. False statement or guaranty. Fine. Proviso. Secretary of Agriculture, duties of or dealers keeping the same for sale shall also keep on hand cards, of proper size, upon which the foregoing statement is plainly printed; and the dealer or dealers shall, upon request of the purchaser, furnish him with one of said cards upon which is printed the statement described in this section. Section 2. Paris green, when sold, offered or exposed for sale, as such, in this Commonwealth, shall comply with the following requirements: First. It shall contain arsenic, in combination with copper, equivalent to not less than fifty per centum of arsenious oxide. Second. It shall not contain arsenic, in water-soluble forms, equivalent to more than three and one-half per centum or arsenious oxide, when treated for twenty-four hours with cold, distilled water, at the rate of one thousand parts by weight of water to one part by weight of Paris green. Section 3. The Secretary of Agriculture shall examine, or cause to be examined by the State chemist, the different brands of Paris green sold, offered or exposed for sale, within this Commonwealth, and cause samples of the same to be analyzed; and shall cause the analysis so made to be published in bulletins, from time to time, together with such additional information in regard to the character, composition, and use thereof as may seem to be of importance. Section 4. Each and every manufacturer, agent, or person selling, offering, or exposing for sale, within this Commonwealth, any Paris green without the stateinent required by section one of this act, or to which is affixed a statement or guarantee which is false in any particular, or in relation to which the provisions of this act have not been fully complied with, shall for every such offense forfeit and pay the sum of one hundred dollars, which shall be recoverable with costs, including the expenses of analysis, as debts of like amount are by law recoverable: Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture shall, together with his deputies, agents, and assistants, be charged with the enforcement of this act, and shall have free access to all places of business wherein it is suspected that any Paris green may be kept for sale; and may take from any person, ûrm, or corporation samples of Paris green, for analysis, upon tendering the value of said samples. When any l'aris green sold, offered or exposed for sale. within this Commonwealth, is found, upon analysis. Lot to comply with the requirements of section two of this act, or when any of the provisions of this act have been violated, the Secretary of Agriculture shall report the facts to the distri t attorney of the county wherein Report to district the offense is committed, whose duty it shall be to forthwith prosecute the offender. Samples. Violations. attorney. Section 5. Every certificate, duly signed and ac |
