No. 222. AN ACT To extend the provisions of a certain act to Monroe and Lancaster counties. 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 provisions of the sixth section of an act, entitled "An Act for the relief of Mary Lambright, a widow of a Revolutionary soldier; relating to a poor house in Beaver county, and to licensing billiard rooms, et cetera, in Bedford county," approved April third, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, be and are hereby extended to Monroe and Lancaster counties: Provided, That the provisions of the said section shall only extend in Lancaster, to Ephrata Mountain springs. JOHN M. THOMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem. WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-second day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty., WM. F. PACKER. No. 223. A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT To the act to incorporate the East Pennsylvania Railroad Company. 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 it shall and may be lawful for the East Pennsylvania railroad company, to construct branch or lateral railroads to any mines or quarries, or to connect with any other railroads within the counties of Berks and Lehigh: Provided, Such branch or lateral railroads shall not in any case exceed five miles in length; and in constructing the same, said railroad company shall be entitled to all the privileges, and be subject to all the provisions and restrictions of the act of assembly incorporating said East Pennsylvania railroad company, (under the name of the Reading and Lehigh railroad company,) approved the ninth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JOHN M. THOMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem. WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED—The twenty-second day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No. 224. AN ACT Regulating the standard weight of Clover Seed. 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 standard weight of clover seed shall hereafter be sixty-two pounds to the bushel : Provided, That nothing in this act contained shall prevent any person or persons from contracting to buy or sell any clover seed by measure; and all laws or parts of laws, inconsistent herewith, are hereby repealed. JOHN M. THOMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem. WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED—The twenty-second day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No. 225. AN ACT To authorize the Bridgewater School District, in the county of Beaver, to borrow money. 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 Bridgewater school district, in the county of Beaver, is JOHN M. THOMPSON, WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED—The twenty-second day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No. 226. A SUPPLEMENT To an act to incorporate the Allegheny and Butler Plank Road Company, approved the fifth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and forty-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 annual election for officers of said corporation, shall here. Annual election after be held on the second Monday of May, of each year, in- of officers, when to be held stead of the first Monday of November, as now authorized by law: Provided, That the officers elected under the authority of Proviso. this act, on the second Monday of May next, shall not take upon themselves the duties of said officers, until the terms of the present officers expire. Section 2. That said company are hereby authorized to re- Repairing of pair their road with wood, stone, cinders or other suitable ma- road, relative to. terial, in lieu of re-planking the same, and for that purpose to enter upon lands contiguous or near to said road, and take such necessary materials, making compensation to the owners there Subject to. May increase rates of toll. Proviso. enacted and continued. for, in the manner provided in the ninth section of the act of the twenty-sixth of January, one thousand eight hundred and fortynine, entitled "An Act regulating turnpike and plank road companies." SECTION 3. That the president and managers of said company are hereby authorized to increase the rates of toll on said road, during the months of November, December, January, February, March and April of each year; said increase not to exceed fifty per cent. on the rates now charged on the same: Provided, That whenever said increase is made during any of said months, a reduction equal in amount to said increase shall be made on the said rates of toll now charged, during a corresponding length of time in the months of May, June, July, August, September and October of said year. Certain provision SECTION 4. That the first section of the act, entitled "An Act of an act re- authorizing the Allegheny and Butler plank road company to borrow money, et cetera," approved the twenty-seventh day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, is hereby re-enacted and continued in force, and the principal of any bond issued in pursuance of the authority hereby granted, shall be payable at any time the president and managers of said company may fix upon, not exceeding twenty years from this date. Payment of bonds, relative to. APPROVED-The twenty-second day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No. 227. A N АСТ To empower the Commissioners of the county of Cambria to act as a Board of Revision in said county. WHEREAS, From various causes, the commissioners of the county of Cambria failed or neglected to organize themselves into a board of revision, for the purpose of equalizing the assessment and valuation of the taxable property in the various townships and boroughs of said county, at the time of the last tri-ennial assessment: And whereas, Owing to the great inequality in the valuation of the taxable property in the various townships and boroughs of said county, great hardship exists as to the citizens of some of said townships and boroughs, to wit: on those whose property is valued and assessed at nearly their full value, while in Other townships and boroughs of said county, the property is valued and assessed at less than one-third of its true value; therefore, 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 county commissioners of Cambria county are hereby authorized and required, immediately after the passage of this act, to proceed to do and perform all the duties and requirements imposed upon the county commissioners of the several counties of this commonwealth, sitting as a board of revision, under and by virtue of the tenth, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth sections of an act of the general assembly of this commonwealth, entitled “ An Act to provide for the ordinary expenses of the government, payment of the interest upon the state debt, receiving of proposals for the sale of the public works, and for other purposes," approved the twenty-seventh day of July, one thousand eight hundred and forty-two, as fully and entirely, and with like force and effect, as if the said county commissioners of Cambria, composing a board of revision as aforesaid, bad acted in the premises, and at the proper time, under the provisions of the several sections of the said act of assembly before referred to. JOHN M. THOMPSON, WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED—The twenty-second day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No. 228. AN ACT Relative to the Courts in Fulton county. WHEREAS, There is often juries summoned to attend courts Preamble. of quarter sessions of Fulton county, when there is no business before said courts to require said juries, and that the expense attending the assembling of jurors has been found a burthen upon the tax payers of said county; therefore, 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 |