to complete the said road and carry out the true intent of this JOHN M. THOMPSON, WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-sixth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER, No. 496. AN ACT Concerning the conveyance of Real Estate in this State, for the security of the School Fund of the State of Connecticut. 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 consent of this state be and the same is hereby given to all School fund of conveyances of real estate in this state, for the security, pro necticut, relo of Contection and benefit of the school fund of the state of Connecticut, tive to. and the same shall be valid in law, to all intents and purposes, as if such conveyance had been made to a citizen of this state; and such real estate may be transferred by, and security therefor be taken to the said state of Connecticut, in the same manner as is provided by the laws of this state in relation to such conveyances and security when executed or taken by any citizen of this state: Provided, That in all securities to be taken by the said Proviso. state of Connecticut, an option shall be reserved to the obligor to pay the whole or any part of the sum secured at any time. Section 2. And be it further enacted, That all deeds or other Deeds and other conveyances of real estate, to be executed by the treasurer of conveyances, the said state of Connecticut, and which shall be acknowledged where to be rebefore, and certified to by the secretary of the said state, under the seal thereof, may be recorded in the proper offices within this state, without further proof thereof; and every such conveyo ance or record thereof, or transcript of such record duly certified, may be read in evidence, as if such conveyance had been duly acknowledged before the proper court in this state. JOHN M. THOMPSON, WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED—The second day of April, Anno Domini one thou. sand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No. 497. AN ACT To set off a portion of the borough of Wilkesbarre, in the county of La zerne, into a separate Ward. 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 Boundaries of that portion of the borough of Wilkesbarre lying below the line South ward. of South street extended to the Susquehanna river, and to the new line of said borough crossing the canal, be and it is hereby constituted a separate ward, by the name of the South-west ward of the borough of Wilkesbarre. To form a sepa SECTION 2. That the said territory shall form and constitute rate election dis- a separate election district, and the qualified electors therein trict. shall, whenever necessary, vote for and elect two justices of the Officers to be elected. peace, one constable, one assessor and two assistant assessors, when necessary, one overseer of the poor, one school director annually, to serve three years, one member of the town council, to serve three years, or to fill vacancies, one judge and two inspectors of election, and with the other wards, vote for and elect one high constable and one auditor, to serve for three years, or to fill Provizo. a vacancy : Provided, That only one justice of the peace shall be elected during the unexpired term of Esquire Lauder, now acting in said territory; which said elections shall be held at the times now fixed by law for electing such officers, and at the place hereinafter mentioned, and that one return judge from each ward shall meet together at the place where the town council hold their meetings, on the day after each election, and there add together the votes given for the several officers to be elected by the united vote of the three wards, in respect to each office or station, and give certificates and make returns as now required on the election of such officers; those having a plurality of all the legal votes given in the three wards, being returned as duly elected. Whore elections SECTION 3. That the general and ward election within said to be held. ward shall be held at the school house in Cinder alley. Jadge and in Section 4. That the following named persons, namely: C.B. spectors. Price as judge, and Rowland Metcalf and Franklin Lander as inspectors, shall be the officers to hold the general and all other elections until others be duly elected or appointed. Pirst election. SECTION 5. That the first election for election officers and ward officers, as fixed in this act, shall be held at the time now fixed by law for the borough or charter election in said borough, and that the high constable put up the usual notices of the same within said ward. 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. 498. A SUPPLEMENT To an act authorizing the German Evangelical Protestant Church of Pitts burg to lease and improve a certain Lot, and remove the Dead buried therein, approved February eighteenth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty. 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 nothing contained in the act to which this is a supplement, shall be construed to impair or affect any title to the lot described in said act, existing at the time of the passage thereof. 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. 499. SUPPLEMENT To an act to incorporate the Philadelphia Musical Saving and Loan Com pany. 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 said Philadelphia Musical saving and loan company shall have, for the purpose of protecting its members from the frauds of imposters, the right to take a defeasible conveyance from any person purchasing a piano forte from said company, and the same shall be recorded in the office of recorder of deeds of the city and county of Philadelphia; which conveyance shall have the same effect as a conveyance drawn in pursuance with the conditions of an act, entitled “An Act for the better security of laborers, mechanics and others, in certain companies," approved October thirteenth, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine. 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. 500. AN ACT To secure a stricter accountability of certain Public Officers in Potter county. 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 provisions of the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, seventh, eighth, tenth and eleventh sections of an act, entitled "An Act to secure a stricter accountability of certain public officers in Schuylkill county," approved the seventeenth day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, be and the same are hereby extended to the county of Potter: Provided, That the third section of said act shall be amended in the first line, by striking out the word ten and insert three. SECTION 2. That all acts and parts of acts of the general assembly, inconsistent herewith, be and the same are hereby repealed so far as the same relates to said county of Potter. 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 thou sand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No. 501. AN ACT Relating to the Fees of Auditors. 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 proviso of the fifth section of the act of twenty-ninth March, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, relating to the fees of auditors appointed by the courts of this commonwealth, be and the same 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. 502. AN ACT To authorize the Commissioners of Somerset county to borrow money. 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 commissioners of Somerset county be and they are hereby authorized to borrow a sum of money not exceeding eight thousand dollars, for the purpose of paying the debts of said county, for which they may issue county bonds, redeemable at any time within five years, bearing interest at the rate of six per centum per annum, payable semi-annually. 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. |