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within the bounds of any company of militia, within this commonwealth, subject to do militia duty, to assemble at their usual place of company trainings, on the first Monday in May, and there nominate a suitable person or persons who may be competent to discharge the several duties hereby enjoined, and forward said nomination to the commanding officers of the proper regiment: and if such citizens refuse or neglect thus to assemble and nominate the proper company officers, they shall not plead as an excuse for the non-payment of militia fines, that they had no officers to advertise their parade, and to call the roll; and the citizens thus refusing to nominate officers to discharge the several duties hereby enjoined by law, shall forfeit and pay the sum of two dollars each, annually, to be collected as is provided in the twenty-first section of this act.

SECTION 21. That it shall be the duty of the brigade inspector to Duty of brigade keep himself informed whether there are at all times officers at the head inspector. of each militia company in his brigade, who will attend to the duties of the same; and if it is found by consulting the proper field officers, or in any other way, that no person can be had to take the enrollment, he shall give immediate notice to the township assessor, whose duty it

shall be to proceed forthwith, and enroll each person within the bound- Enrollment by aries of said company, subject to the payment of fines under this act ; assessors. and after said assessors have returned said number of persons, so enrolled, to the proper commissioners, as they are hereby bound to do within twenty days, the said commissioners shall proceed forthwith to collect said fines, in all respects as is provided for the collection of fines in the former part of this act; and said assessor shall be entitled to the same fees and be subject to the same penalties, as is provided for militia captains in former parts of this act; and for neglect or refusal on the part of the county commissioners to carry into immediate effect the provisions of this act, they shall severally be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor in office, and be subject to all the penalties made and provided by existing laws for neglect of duty; and each person, thus enrolled, shall be subject to the payment of a fine of two dollars: Provided, They Proviso. shall have the advantage of all laws affording exemption in the former part of this act.

SECTION 22. That if any captain or commanding officer of a com- Copy of roll. pany shall neglect or refuse to forward to the proper brigade inspector a copy of his roll, and an authentic list of his absentees, as is required in a former part of this act, he shall forfeit and pay to the brigade inspector, for the use of the commonwealth, to be collected by him as debts of equal amount are by law recoverable, for a neglect of his roll, ten dollars, and for a neglect of his list of absentees, fifty dollars.

SECTION 23. That the adjutant general is hereby required to furnish Adjutant gento the auditor general and county commissioners, (at the time when he eral's duty. makes his annual report to the governor,) a complete list of all the regiments and companies in the commonwealth, numbered in their order.

SECTION 24. That from and after the passage of this act, the number Number requisite required for the organization of any infantry company, exclusive of to organize a comcommissioned and non-commissioned officers and musicians, shall be pany.

thirty privates, and no less; the number required for cavalry, riflemen

and artillery, shall be, exclusive of commissioned and non-commissioned

officers and musicians, thirty privates, and no less.

SECTION 25. That the state treasurer, after receiving the surplus mili- State treasurer. tary fund from the several county treasurers in this commonwealth, as

provided for in this act, shall make a pro rata division of the balance Pro rata division. thus remaining in the treasury, amongst the several volunteer companies

Public military property.

of this commonwealth: Provided, That no company shall be entitled to any portion of said fund, only such as have a good and sufficient armory and their arms racked up, in the order prescribed by the adjutant general; and before any volunteer company shall be entitled to any portion of the fund aforesaid, the captain or commanding officers shall state, under oath or affirmation, to be certified and endorsed by the proper brigade inspector, that an armory as aforesaid has been provided, and the arms racked up in the order required.

SECTION 26. That it shall be the duty of the several brigade inspectors, to collect all public military property within the several brigades, that will be rendered out of use by the passage of this act, and deposite them in some secure place, to be used as necessity appears to require; and in all cases where arms, accoutrements, or other military property, have become in the possession of any volunteer company, and not returned to the proper authorities according to law at the dissolution of said company, it shall be the duty of the proper brigade inspector, and he is hereby required to institute suits on the bonds taken, in the name of the commonwealth, for the recovery of all or any damages thus sustained, to be applied to military purposes, and to be sued for and collected as debts of equal amount are by law recoverable; that so much of the laws of this commonwealth as are hereby altered or supplied, the same are hereby repealed.

JAMES ROSS SNOWDEN, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

WILLIAM BIGLER,

Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED-The twenty-fifth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-four.

DAVID R. PORTER.

Preamble.

No. 270.

AN ACT

To compensate Archibald Thompson, for services in arresting and convicting certain incendiaries.

WHEREAS, On the night of the twenty-seventh of September, one thousand eight hundred and forty-two, certain malicious and evil disposed persons, destroyed by fire, a certain bridge of the Reading railroad company, and a county bridge of the county of Montgomery, and in order to effect more certainly the apprehending and conviction of the offenders, the chief magistrate of this commonwealth issued his proclamation, offering a suitable and reasonable reward for that purpose; and it appears that Archibald Thompson, of Montgomery county, in pursuance of said proclamation, effected the arrest and conviction of two of the offenders, and incurred considerable labor and expense in so doing, and is entitled to receive said reward; 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 state treasurer be and he is hereby authorized to pay out of any moneys in the treasury, the sum of three hundred and fifty dollars, to Archibald Thompson, of Montgomery county, to be received and receipted for by him, as full satisfaction of all his services and expenses in procuring the arrest and conviction of the said incendiaries.

SECTION 2. That the state treasurer be and he hereby is authorized to pay out of any moneys in the treasury, the sum of twenty-five dol

lars, to William Kempton, and a like sum to Enoch Valentine, to be Wm. Kempton, received and receipted by them, in full satisfaction, for the arrest and Enoch Valentine. apprehension by them, of George Mullen, convicted as principal of

firing said bridge.

JAMES ROSS SNOWDEN,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.

WILLIAM BIGLER,

Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED-The twenty-sixth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-four.

DAVID R. PORTER.

No. 271.

AN ACT

For the relief of the estate of Henderson Hall, late of Beaver county, deceased.

WHEREAS, Henderson Hall, late of Beaver county, deceased, did, in Preamble. his lifetime, purchase lots numbers one hundred and twenty-five, one hundred and twenty-six, and one hundred and twenty-seven, situate in the borough of Beaver, in said county, from Benjamin Adams, James D. Eakin and James Lyon, commissioners appointed to sell the same, as the property of this commonwealth, for the sum of ninety-four dollars and fifty cents, and paid on said purchase the sum of sixty-nine dollars and fifty cents, which is represented to be the full value of said lots:

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 estate of the said Henderson Hall, deceased, is hereby released from the payment of the said sum of twenty-five dollars, and the surveyor general is authorized and directed to issue patents to the said Sophia Hall, William Hall, Elizabeth Hall, Hiram Hall and Henderson Hall,

for said lots numbers one hundred and twenty-five, one hundred and twenty-six and one hundred and twenty-seven, in the borough of Beaver.

JAMES ROSS SNOWDEN, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

WILLIAM BIGLER,

Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED-The twenty-sixth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-four.

DAVID R. PORTER.

Preamble.

Bellefonte,

Aaronsburg and Youngmanstown turnpike road company.

No. 272.

AN ACT

Supplementary to an act, entitled "An Act appropriating certain unexpended money for the improvement of the state road, leading from Stroudsburg to Bartonsville, in the county of Monroe, and for other purposes."

WHEREAS, By an act of the general assembly of this commonwealth, passed the seventh day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and forty-two, authorizing Jeremiah Mackey, of the county of Monroe, to expend a certain sum of money towards the improvement of a certain public highway, leading from Stroudsburg to Bartonsville, in the county of Monroe, aforesaid:

And whereas, The money so as aforesaid appropriated, has not yet been expended, but remains in the hands of the said Jeremiah Mackey; 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 said Jeremiah Mackey, is hereby authorized and required to expend the one-half of the said sum of money now in his hands for the improvement of the public road, leading from Bartonsville, aforesaid, to the house of Joseph Felker, in Jackson township, in the county of Monroe, aforesaid.

SECTION 2. That it shall be lawful for the stockholders of the Bellefonte, Aaronsburg and Youngmanstown turnpike road company, upon the first Tuesday in June next, and thereafter upon the first Monday in March, in every year, to elect five persons as managers of said turnpike road company, and the persons so elected, shall continue in office until another election takes place; the first election shall be held at the house now occupied by Adam Gentzel, in Aaronsburg, of which, at least four weeks' notice shall be given, by two or more of the stockholders, in one newspaper published in Union county, and one in Centre county; and so much of all laws as are repugnant to, or inconsistent herewith, be and the same is hereby repealed.

SECTION 3. That the nineteenth, twentieth, twenty-first, twenty- York county. second, twenty-third, twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth sections of an act, entitled An Act declaring the streets in the town of Mifflinburg, in Columbia county, public highways, and relating to Duquesne Way, Pittsburg gas works, and for other purposes," passed the thirty-first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirtysix, be and the same are hereby repealed, so far as the same relates to the township of Peachbottom, in the county of York.

JAMES ROSS SNOWDEN,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.

WILLIAM BIGLER,

Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED-The twenty-sixth day of April, one thousand eight hun

dred and forty-four.

DAVID R. PORTER.

No. 273.

AN ACT

Relative to the election of constables in the counties of Warren and Cambria, and for other purposes.

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

so much of any law or laws as prevents a person from serving as con- Warren county. stable more than three years in any term of six years, be and the same

is hereby repealed, so far as respects the county of Warren.

SECTION 2. That the election of constables in the several townships

in the county of Warren, previous to the passage of this act, shall not Warren county. be deemed illegal, on account of all or any of said constables having

served in said offices for three years or more.

SECTION 3. That from and after the passage of this act, that part of Cambria, county. the fifth section of the act passed the twenty-eighth day of March, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and twenty, entitled a further supplement to an act, entitled an act to amend and consolidate with its supplements the act, entitled 'An Act for the recovery of debts and demands, not exceeding one hundred dollars, before a justice of the peace, and for the election of constables, and for other purposes,' which prohibits a person to serve as constable or deputy constable, more than two years in any term of three years, is hereby repealed, so far as regards Conemaugh township, in the county of Cambria; and that the election of constable in the county and township aforesaid, previous to the passage of this act, shall not be deemed illegal on account of the said constable having served in said office more than two years.

SECTION 4. That so much of any law or laws as prevents a person from serving as a constable more than two years, in any term of three

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