modate the poor thereof, which said overseers are required forth- Section 7. That the said directors are hereby authorized to Employment of Section 8. That the overseers of the poor of the township Duty of overseers aforesaid, shull, as soon as notified by the directors, in the manner provided for in the sixth section of this act, cease to act as overseers of the poor in said township, except so far as may be required to settle, adjust and close their accounts as overseers with said township, or with persons with whom they have transacted business; and they shall, upon demand, deliver to the said directors, transcripts of all poor taxes remaining unpaid on duplicates in their hands, together with all books, papers, orders and documents, pertaining to their office as overseers, and shall also pay to the said directors, or to the treasurer appointed by them, all the moneys unexpended in their hands, belonging to the said township, and the said directors shall forth with issue their warrant to the collector, for the collection of all such unpaid poor taxes, which shall be collected in the same manner as is provided for the collection of taxes assessed by said directors. Section 9. That if upon a final settlement by said overseers Balances to be of the township aforesaid, of their account as overseers, any paid. balance shall be found due them, or either of them, the said balance due shall be certified by the auditors making such settlement, and thereupon the said directors are required to issue their order upon the treasurer, in favor of such overseer or overseers for the amount or amounts so certified to be due. Section 10. That the steward or manager of said poor house Annual stateis hereby required yearly, on the first Monday in January in ment by steward. each year, to furnish to said directors, a statement of the income of said real estate, as nearly as the same can be done ; also of excess of his expenditures over and above said income, the amount and kind of personal property then on hand, in cluding grain, et cetera, the number of persons admitted and discharged during the year, with the number then therein, the length of time each remained, and the age and sex of each ; the treasurer shall annually, on the first Monday of each year, render to said directors, a just and correct account of his receipts and disbursements during the preceding year; and the said di rectors shall annually, in the month of January in each year, Publication to be publish in one or more newspapers, that may be published in made. borough of Wilkesbarre, a statement of the receipts, disbursements and expenditures of said corporation during the preceding year, with a statement of property, real and personal, then held by them. Auditors. Section 11. That the auditors of the township of Wilkes barre shall constitute a board of auditors to settle the accounts of the directors; and which auditors shall meet for that purpose on the second Monday of January in each year, and shall receive for their services each one dollar per day, for every day neces sarily employed. Orders for relief. Section 12. That all orders issued for the relief of any poor person or persons, within said township, after the filing of the certificates mentioned in the sixth section of this act, shall be directed to the directors of the poor of Wilkesbarre township; and upon the receipt of such orders, said directors, or any one of them, shall immediately proceed to inquire into the circum. stances, and if the person or persons therein named, are found by him to be entitled to relief, he or they shall furnish such relief, or cause such person or persons to be removed and taken to said poor house, and there kept and maintained until legally discharged; any one of said directors shall have authority to direct a poor person to be admitted into said poor house; but no person shall be discharged therefrom unless at his or her own request, except by the direction of at least two of said directors. Binding out of Section 13. That the said directors are hereby authorized to children. bind out the poor children under their care, whose parents are dead or unable to support them, as apprentices, in the same manner and under the same restrictions as the overseers of the poor may now by law put out such children ; and the said directors shall exercise the same power and authority over all real and personal estate of any poor person under their care, as is now by law vested in the overseers of the poor. Pay of officers. Section 14. That the compensation of the treasurer, collector, steward, matron, physician, and other officers or assistants, shall be fixed by the directors, and the compensation of the directors shall be fixed by the board of auditors, at each yearly settlement, for the next succeeding year: Provided, That the compensation of said directors, from the passage of the act until the first settlement, shall be fixed by the board of auditors at the first yearly settlement; the said directors to furnish the said auditors a correct account of the time and expenses lost and incurred by them, in attending to their duties, from which account the said compensation shall be fixed and adjusted. Appeals. Section 15. That the said directors or treasurer, or any one or more of the tax-payers of said township, may, within twenty days from the yearly settlement by the auditors as aforesaid, appeal from such settlement to the court of common pleas of Proviso. Luzerne county, in the same manner, and under the same provi. sions and regulations, that appeals from settlements by township auditors are now allowed. Section 16. That no moneys shall be paid by the treasurer Treasurer. except upon orders drawn by the directors and signed by at least two of said directors. Section 17. That all acts of assembly, or parts of acts, here- Repeal. by supplied or inconsistent with this act, are hereby repealed. JOHN M. THOMPSON, WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED—The second day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No. 448. SUPPLEMENT To an act authorizing the Governor to incorporate the Waynesburg Turn pike Road 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 in lieu of the tolls prescribed by the act of assembly, passed the twenty-sixth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, entitled “ An Act regulating turnpike and plank road companies,” it shall and may be lawful for the said Waynesburg turnpike road company to collect and receive of and from all and every person or persons using the road of the said company, the tolls and rate hereinafter mentioned ; that is to say, for every mile in length of said road, the following sums of money, to wit: For every score of hogs, one cent; for every score of sheep, one cent; for every score of cattle, three cents; for every horse and his rider, or led horse, one cent; for every sulkey, chair or chaise, with one horse and two wheels, two cents, with two horses, three cents; for every chariot, coach, phaeton or dearborn, with one horse and four wheels, two cents; for every coach, phaeton or chaise, with two horses and four wheels, four cents; for either of the carriages last mentioned, with four horses, five cents; for every other carriage of pleasure, under whatever name it may go, the like sums, according to the number of wheels and horses drawing the same ; for every stage wagon with two horses, three cents; for every such wagon with four horses, four cents; for every sleigh or sled, one cent for each horse drawing the same ; for every cart or wagon, whose wheels shall be less than seven inches, one cent for each horse drawing the same; and for every cart or wagon, the breadth of whose wheels shall be more than seven inches, a half cent for each horse drawing the same. JOHN M. THOMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem. WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED—The second day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No. 449. A SUPPLEMENT To an act to incorporate the Monongahela Water 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 in addition to the commissioners appointed by the act to which this a supplement, John P. Pears, James Millinger, John Brown, J. F. Jones, Samuel M'Kee, Alexander Chambers and James Blackamore are hereby appointed commissioners; and any five or more of the whole number of commissioners are hereby authorized to do and perform the several duties mentioned and prescribed in the act to which this is a supplement. JOHN M. THOMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem. WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED— The second day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No. 450. AN ACT For the preservation of Fish in Crawford county. 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 not be lawful for any person or persons to spear any fish When ish may in the Hartstown reservoir and Conneaut lake, within the limits not be caugat or taken. of Crawford county, between the first day of October and the first day of June, in each year, for five years next ensuing the passage of this act; or to catch or take any fish in French creek, within the limits of said county, with any seine or seines, net or nets of any kind, for the five years next ensuing from and after the passage of this act. Section 2. That'any person offending against the provisions Penalty for of this act, shall, on conviction thereof, pay a fine of ten dollars, offending against with costs of suit, for the first offence, and fifty dollars, with like costs, for each and every subsequent offence, to be recovered by suit, in the name of the commonwealth, before any justice of the peace having jurisdiction over the place where such offence shall have been committed ; one-half of such fine or judgment to be for the use of the person who shall prosecute for the same, and the other half for the use of the county where such offence shall have been committed. JOHN M. THOMPSON, WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED— The second day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No. 451. AN ACT Confirming the Charter of the borough of Manchester. 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 |