No. 476. A SUPPLEMENT To an act to incorporate the Byberry and Andalusia Turnpike Road Company, approved the fourteenth day of April, 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 May extend road the Byberry and Andalusia turnpike road company be and they are hereby authorized to extend their road from the Byberry meeting house, to the Byberry and Bensalem turnpike road, by such route or routes as they may deem most expedient, subject to all the provisions of their charter, not inconsistent herewith. SECTION 2. That in all cases where said company are now by tolls, relative to. law authorized to collect and receive fractions of a cent, as toll for the use of their road, they are hereby authorized and empowered to collect and receive one cent therefor; and all the remedies for the enforcement of the payment of tolls, or for the punishment of any person or persons neglecting or refusing to pay toll for the use of said road, heretofore conferred upon said company, are hereby extended to the tolls chargeable under this act. Collection of JOHN M. THOMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem. APPROVED-The second day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No. 477. A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT To an act to authorize the Schuylkill Valley Railroad Company, in the county of Schuylkill, to extend their railroad from some suitable point near the town of Tuscarora, to connect with the Little Schuylkill Railroad at or near the town of Tamaqua. WHEREAS, By the second section of the charter extending said road, passed and approved the eighth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, the said com pany are compelled to open for use the said connection within eighteen months from the passage of said act : And whereas, It being impossible to make and complete said road within the time specified in said act; therefore, Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly net, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That it may and shall be lawful for the president and managers of the Schuylkill Valley railroad company, to complete and open for use the said connection, specified in the act approved the eighth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, within twelve months from the passage of this act. JOHN M. THOMPSON, WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The second day of April, Anno Domini one thourand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No. 478. Α Ν Α C T Relating to Justices of the Peace and their sureties, in the county of Luzerne. 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 whenever any surety of any justice of the peace, in and for the Saroties of jascounty of Luzerne, shall for any reason become apprehensive tices of the ponoo. and really believe that the said justice of the peace designs or contemplates fraudulent insolvency, or other official misconduct, to the injury of the said surety, it shall be lawful for the said surety to file in the office of the prothonotary of said county his affidavit thereof; whereupon the said prothonotary shall issue to the said surety a certified copy thereof, with a rule upon the said justice of the peace to appear within twenty days after the ser. vice thereof upon him personally by copy, either before the court of common pleas of said county, if in court time, or if in vacation, before one of the judges of said court at chambers, and substitute other bail or surety, to be approved by said court or judge; and on proof of service as aforesaid, the said original surety shall be exempt from liability for any official acts of the said justice, from and after the service of the said rule; and from and after the service of the said rule, until other surety is substituted, the office of said justice shall be suspended, and it shall not be lawful for him to perform any official act during said interval. Refusual of jus SECTION 2. That if the said justice shall neglect or refuse to tices to give new give such other security as aforesaid, the said court shall transmit security, rela. tive to. to the governor of this commonwealth an exemplification of the proceedings in the premises, and the governor shall thereupon remove such delinquent from office, and shall give the proper legal notice of such rem emoval; and the vacancy thereby occasioned in such office, shall be filled as is directed by existing laws in regard to vacancies occurring by death or resignation. 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. 479. AN ACT For the laying out of a State Road from the public house of Samuel Mil denberger, in Tunkhannock township, Monroe county, on the Wilkesbarre and Easton Turnpike, to the public Road leading to Albrightsville, White Haven, et cetera, at or near the lumbering establishment of Jobs and Reuben Meckess, in Kidder township, Carbon 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 Commissioners. William S. Reese and William Eboch, commissioners of Mon roe county, and Philip Woodring, of Carbon county, be and are hereby appointed commissioners, to lay out a state road from Route. the public house of Samuel Mildenberger, in Tunkhannock township, Monroe county, on the Wilkesbarre and Easton turnpike, to the public road leading to Albrightsville, White Haven, et cetera, at or near the lumbering establishment of John and Reuben Meckess, in Kidder township, Carbon county. To be sworn. Section 2. That the said commissioners, or a majority of them, after being first sworn or affirmed to perform the duties enjoined upon them with fidelity, shall carefully view the ground between the proposed points for said road, and shall lay out the same in as nearly a straight line as the nature of the ground and other important circumstances will permit, so as to promote the public good; and they shall be authorized and empowered to employ two chain bearers, one axeman, and one staff bearer, at a per diem allowance not exceeding one dollar and fifty cents per day for each person so employed. Section 3. That the said commissioners shall cause the road which they shall lay out to be distinctly marked upon the ground, and shall cause three accurate drafts to be made of the said Drafts. road, noting thereon the courses and distances, streams of water, and township and county lines, one of which shall be deposited Where and when in the office of the secretary of the commonwealth, and one in to be deposited. the office of the clerks of the respective courts of quarter sessions of Monroe and Carbon counties, on or before the first day of December next; and from the time of the same being so filed, the said road shall be a public highway, and shall be opened, repaired and kept in order, by the supervisors of the respective townships through which it shall pass, as other public roads and highways are now by law required to be opened and repaired, and to be of the width of thirty-three feet. Width. SECTION 4. That the compensation of said commissioners Componsation. shall be two dollars per diem each, with a like compensation to a surveyor, if necessary, for every day necessarily employed by virtue of this act; and the accounts of said commissioners for their own pay, and the pay of their surveyor, and hands aforesaid, shall be adjusted and allowed by the commissioners of Monroe and Carbon counties, in proportion to the distance run in said counties, and paid by the treasurers thereof, by warrants drawn in the usual way; and if any vacancy shall happen in the Vacancies, how board of commissioners, by resignation or otherwise, the re- supplied. maining two shall be authorized to fill the vacancy by a suitable appointment. 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. 480. AN ACT For the more prompt payment of the School Tax in the city of Lancaster. 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 school directors of the city of Lancaster shall have power to grant such abatement of the school tax of said city, not ex. ceeding five per cent., for prompt payment, and to make such addition for non-payment, not exceeding five per cent., as shall promote the speedy collection thereof, and to fix the amount of said abatement and addition annually, and the days when the same shall cease and take effect, as the case may be; and said school tax shall be levied and assessed according to the provisions of the act, entitled “ An Act for the regulation and continuance of a system of education by common schools,” approved the eighth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and fiftyfour, and the several supplements thereto; and the tenth section of the act, entitled “An Act relating to the common schools of the city of Lancaster," approved the twenty-second day of January, one thousand eight hundred and fifty, is hereby repealed. 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. 481. A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT To an act to incorporate the Windsor Haven Bridge Company, approved April seventh, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine. 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 time for commencing the erection of bridge at Windsor Haven shall be extended until the expiration of two years from the passage of this supplement, and the time for the completion of the same shall be extended for five years from the passage of this supplement. Section 2. That the company, after the completion of the said bridge, shall be authorized to demand the same tolls as are avthorized to be demanded by the company, entitled “ The president, managers and company of the Schuylkill bridge,” at or near Mohr's tavern, incorporated under an act of assembly, ap |