and township elections, together with the electors of the north part of said township, at the house of Robert M'Kean, in said township. SECTION 45. That the qualified electors of that part of Little Beaver Beaver county, township, in the county of Beaver, who have heretofore held their elections at the house of A. Reed, shall hereafter hold their general and township elections at the house of John S. M'Coy, in said township. Lancaster county Proviso. SECTION 46. That it shall be the duty of the board of school directors of Earl township, in Lancaster county, to appoint two members of their board to give notice and superintend the election at the Blue Ball, in said township, in conformity with the provisions of the thirteenth section of the act, entitled "An Act to consolidate and amend the seve ral acts relative to a general system of education by common schools," approved June thirteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, and the fiftieth section of the act, entitled "An Act regulating election districts, and for other purposes," approved the eleventh day of July, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and forty-two: Provided, That nothing contained in this act shall be construed so as to change the mode of giving notice and holding the elections at New Holland, in said township, in conformity with the aforesaid thirteenth section of the act of the thirteenth of June, eighteen hundred and thirty-six. SECTION 47. That hereafter the citizens of that part of East PennsCumberland co. boro' township, who have heretofore voted at the publice house of Andrew Kreitzer, in the county of Cumberland, shall hold their general and township elections at the public house of Andrew Kreitzer, on the south side of the turnpike leading from Harrisburg to Carlisle. York county. ditors. SECTION 48. That on the third Friday of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and forty-four, and annually thereafter, the election for chief burgess, assistant burgess, town council and constable, in the borough of Wrightsville, in the county of York, shall be held during the same hours, and by the same persons appointed to hold the election for inspector, judge and assessors under the act, entitled An Act relating to the elections of this Commonwealth," passed the second day of July, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, and that so much of the existing laws, to which this is a supplement, as is hereby altered or supplied, be and the same is hereby repealed. Reading, Berks SECTION 49. That it shall be lawful for the qualified voters of the county-elect au- borough of Reading, in the county of Berks, at the next annual election for borough and school officers, to elect three auditors; one to serve one year, one to serve two years, and one to serve three years-whose duty it shall be to audit, settle and adjust the accounts of the treasurer of the borough of Reading, and of the treasurers of the different school wards in the same borough; and that in the performance of this duty, they shall have the same powers and authority as are conferred upon county auditors by the act of the fifteenth of April, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four. SECTION 50. As the terms of the first auditors, elected under this law, Terms of office. shall expire, their successors shall be elected for the term of three years next ensuing such election, and until their successors shall be duly elected or appointed. SECTION 51. The court of common pleas of Berks county, shall have Power of court. authority to appoint three auditors to perform the above mentioned duties, until such time as an election can be held under this law; and in case any auditor, after being elected, shall decline serving, die, or remove out of the borough, the above mentioned court shall appoint a respectable citizen to perform the duties of such auditor; and the audi Vacancy. tors appointed or elected under the provisions of this act, shall, severally, SECTION 52. That so much of any act or acts of this commonwealth, Fayette county. as prevents a person from serving as constable more than two years in any term of three years, be and the same is hereby repealed, so far as Constables. SECTION 53. That hereafter the qualified voters of the borough of Berks county. Kutztown, in Berks county, shall elect one supervisor at the same time and place that borough officers are elected; and so much of the existing Kutztown. SECTION 54. That the qualified voters of Carnarvon township, in Berks county, Berks county, shall hold their township elections at the same place of Carnarvon tp. holding the general elections in said township. SECTION 55. That the qualified voters of Centre township, in Butler Butler county. county, shall hereafter hold their general and township elections at the house now occupied by John and Jesse Sutton in said township. SECTION 56. That all road and poor taxes assessed on unseated lands Butler county. in Donegal township, in the county of Butler, shall be paid in money; and the compensation of each supervisor of said township, shall be seventy-five cents per day for each day necessarily spent in discharge of official duty; and no road tax shall hereafter be assessed in said township at a higher rate per centum than six mills on the dollar, in lieu of the rate theretofore allowed by law. SECTION 57. That so much of the townships of Heidelberg and Jack- Lebanon county. son, in the county of Lebanon, lying east of a line to be run, beginning at the Lancaster and Lebanon county line, at the forks of a public road, adjoining lands of Michael Sharp, in the township of Heidelberg, thence New district and through said township of Heidelberg to a post on the Jackson township township. line near the house of Catharine Miller, thence through said Jackson township to a post on the Berks county line, in the public road leading from Kapp's mill, in Berks county, to the Mill creek church, in Lebanon county, be and the same is hereby erected into a separate election district; and the qualified voters of said district shall hold their general elections at the public house of David Matthew, in Newmanstown; and it shall be the duty of the present constable of Heidelberg township, to hold an election at the public house of the said David Matthew, on the first Friday preceding the second Tuesday of October next, between the hours of two and six o'clock, P. M., of said day; at which time and place, the citizens of said district shall elect one judge and two inspectors, in the manner prescribed by the provisions of the act, entitled "An Act relating to elections of this commonwealth," passed second of July, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine; and the said judge and inspectors, so elected, shall hold the next general election for said district. E. Cherington, Esq., Samuel Becker and George Pfleger, are hereby appointed commissioners to run the boundary lines of said district, and Boundary lines. to file in the office of the clerk of the court of quarter sessions of Leba non county, the survey and draft thereof; and the said district is hereby Mill Creek town- erected into a separate township, to be called Mill Creek; and the elecship erected. Delaware county elections. Repealing clause. 17th congressional district. tors of said township shall hold their township elections at the same place they are directed by this act to hold their general elections; notice of the election to be held in said township on the third Friday in March next, shall be given by the constable or supervisors of Heidelberg township, in the manner directed by law for township elections. SECTION 58. That from and after the passage of this act, Chestnut street shall be the division line between the North and South wards, of the borough of Meadville, in the county of Crawford. SECTION 59. That it shall be lawful for all persons entitled to vote for members of assembly, who have resided in the borough of Northumberland, in the county of Northumberland, six months previous to any annual election for officers of said borough, to vote at said elections for the several officers of said borough; and so much of the act of assembly incorporating the said town of Northumberland into a borough, and the several supplements thereto, as requires the high constable of said borough to be a freeholder, and a resident of one year to entitle a person to vote, be and the same is hereby repealed. SECTION 60. The qualified electors in the township of West Greenville, in the county of Mercer, are hereby authorized to elect two additional justices of the peace, at the time and place of holding the first election for constable, of the borough of West Greenville. SECTION 61. The qualified electors of M'Kean township, in the county of Erie, are hereby authorized to vote tickets for an increase or no increase of justices of the peace in said township, at the next annual township election, and at the same time and place vote for justices of the peace, not exceeding two, to fill vacancies; and if it appear upon closing the polls and counting the votes, that a majority of the voters are in favor of an increase, then the judges of the election shall return the number of justices highest in votes, determined upon, not exceeding two; which return shall be made, and the persons elected shall be qualified, and have jurisdiction according to existing laws of this commonwealth. SECTION 62. That the time of opening the polls at the township elections, in the county of Delaware, shall be and the same is hereby changed, from the hour of ten o'clock, A. M., to one o'clock, P. M. And the qualified electors of the township of Bethel, in said county, shall hereafter hold their general elections at school house, number one, in said township, the place where the township elections are now held. SECTION 63. That all laws of said commonwealth which are hereby altered or supplied, or inconsistent with this act, or any part thereof, are hereby repealed. SECTION 64. The return judges of the seventeenth congressional district, composed of Mifflin, Centre, Huntingdon and Juniata counties, shall meet at Brown's Mills, in Mifflin county. HENDRICK B. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WILLIAM BIGLER, Speaker of the Senate. I do certify that the bill, entitled "An Act regulating election districts," which has been disapproved by the governor, and returned with his objections to the House of Representatives, in which it originated, was passed by two-thirds of the House of Representatives, on the nineteenth I do certify that the bill, entitled "An Act regulating election districts," which has been disapproved by the Governor, and returned with his objections to the House of Representatives, in which it originated, was approved by two-thirds of the Senate, on the twenty-second day of January, one thousand eight hundred and forty-four, and that the foregoing is the act so approved by the said Senate. WILLIAM BIGLER, Speaker of the Senate. JOHN J. M'CAHEN, Clerk of the Senate. 11 No. 8. AN ACT Directing that Leacock and Upper Leacock townships, Lancaster county, be each 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 from and after the passage of this act, the township of Leacock, in the county of Lancaster, shall be a separate election district; and the qualified voters thereof shall hold their general and township elections at the house of Jacob Rutter, in said township. SECTION 2. That David Graff, of said township, is hereby appoint- Election officers, ed judge, and William Manahan and Eli Rutter, inspectors, to hold Leacock townand conduct the township election for the said township of Leacock, in ship. March next, for the election of township officers; and for the election of two inspectors and one judge of elections, notice to be given of such election, and the same to be conducted, and the returns of such election to be made according to the several provisions contained in the acts of assembly regulating such elections. SECTION 3. That from and after the passage of this act, the township Elections in Upof Upper Leacock, in the county of Lancaster, shall be a separate elec- per Leacock. tion district, and the qualified voters thereof shall hold their general and township elections at the house of Frederick Swope, in said town Officers. SECTION 4. That Joseph Wenger, of said township, is hereby appointed judge, and Samuel Johns and Reuben Weidler, inspectors, to hold and conduct the township election for the said township of Upper Leacock, in March next, for the election of township officers, and for the election of two inspectors and one judge of elections, notice to be given of such election, and the same to be conducted, and the returns of such election to be made according to the several provisions contained in the acts of assembly regulating such elections. JAMES ROSS SNOWDEN, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WILLIAM BIGLER, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-sixth day of January, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and forty-four. DAVID R. PORTER. Bridges. No. 9. AN ACT To authorize the commissioners of the county of Delaware 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 the county of Delaware, be, and they are hereby authorized to borrow, on the credit of the county, any sum or sums of money, not exceeding eight thousand dollars, at a rate of interest not exceeding six per cent. per annum. SECTION 2. That the act of the thirteenth of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-three, shall be so construed as to authorize the commissioners of the said county to re-build any bridge which may be destroyed by floods or otherwise. JAMES ROSS SNOWDEN, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WILLIAM BIGLER, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-sixth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and forty-four. DAVID R. PORTER. |