the board of trustees, and shall be payable at such time as they may fix; and the said bonds and mort gages, to be so placed, shall be prior liens to all mort Priority of llen. gages and liens of the Commonwealth of Pennsylva nia for money heretofore appropriated to the said schools by the State of Pennsylvania; and that said bonds and mortgages shall be and hereby are exempt Exempt from tax. from all taxes. Approved-The 22d day of May, A. D. 1901. WILLIAM A. STONE. No. 191. AN ACT Constituting a board of Commissioners for the Promotion of Uniformity of Legislation in the United States; authorizing the appointment of commissioners and the reimbursement of each for his expenses incurred, and defining the duties of the board. Appointment by Three commissioners. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That within thirty days after this bill becomes a law, the Governor shall Governor. appoint, by and with the advice of two-thirds of all members of the Senate, three commissioners learned in the law, who are hereby constituted a board of commissioners, by the name and style of Commissioners for the Promotion of Uniformity of Legislation in the United States; which board shall organize at Harrisburg, within thirty days after the appointment of its members, and shall exist, as a board, for a term not Term. exceeding four years from the day of such organization; and should a vacancy on the said board occur at any time before the making of its report, such vacancy Vacancy. shall be filled by the Governor appointing a proper person for the purpose, by and with the advice and consent of two-thirds of all the members of the Senate. Board. Section 2. It shall be the duty of the said board Duties of the to examine the subjects of marriage, divorce, insolvency, probate of wills, notarial certificates, commercial law, and such other subjects as said board may deem necessary, and to ascertain the best means to effect an assimilation and uniformity of State legislation throughout the United States relating to the subjects so examined; and said board of commissioners shall meet with the conference of commissioners on Conference of uniform State laws for the promotion of uniformity of legislation in the United States, at its annual session, and join with it in such measures as may be deemed most expedient to advance the objects of its appointment. commissioners. Report to the Section 3. The hereby constituted board of commissioners shall keep a record of its proceedings, and shall, before the expiration of said four years' term, report to the Governor of this Commonwealth, before each session of the Legislature during its term, an account of its transactions, together with a record of its proceedings and its advice and recommendations, all To be certified to of which report the Governor shall certify to the Legislature. the Legislature. Reimbursements. Section 4. No member of the hereby constituted board of commissioners shall receive any compensation for his services as commissioner, but each commissioner shall be entitled to receive his actual disbursements for his necessary expenses in performing the duties of his appointment, which reimbursements shall be provided for by legislation. Approved-The 23d day of May, A. D. 1901. WILLIAM A. STONE. Repeal. No. 192. AN ACT To repeal a supplement to an act, entitled "An act relative to coroners and coroners' fees in the county of Westmoreland, approved the eighteenth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, extending the same to the county of Cambria," approved the ninth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That the act, entitled A supplement to an act, entitled "An act relative to coroners and coroners' fees in the county of Westmoreland, approved the eighteenth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred sixty-nine, extending the same to the county of Cambria," approved the ninth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, be and the same is hereby repealed. Approved-The 23d day of May, A. D. 1901. WILLIAM A. STONE. No. 193. AN ACT To provide for an additional law judge of the several courts of the Eighth Judicial District. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That in addition to the judges provided for in an act, entitled "An act to designate the several judicial districts of the Commonwealth, as required by the Constitution, and to provide for the election, appointment and commissioning of judges, learned in the law, for the said districts, in cases where such judges are not provided for by existing law," approved the twelfth day of June, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, an additional law judge is hereby authorized, and pro vided for, for the several courts of the Eighth Judicial district, who shall possess the same qualifications which are required by the Constitution and laws for the president judge of said district, and who shall hold his office for a like term and by the same tenure, and shall have the same powers, authority and jurisdiction, and shall be subject to the same duties, restrictions and penalties, and shall receive the same compensation as the president judge of the said district. judge for 8th ju dicial district. Additional law Section 2. At the next general election after the Election. passage of this act, the qualified voters of the said Eighth Judicial district shall elect, in the same manner provided by law for the election of a president judge, a competent person, learned in the law, to serve as additional law judge in said district. Vacancies in the office hereby created, whether caused by death, resignation, expiration of term, or otherwise, shall be filled in the same manner as required by law in case of a similar vacancy in the office of president judge. Section 3. The Governor is hereby authorized to ap- Appointment. point some competent person, learned in the law, as such additional law judge of said judicial district, until the first Monday in January succeeding the general election. Approved-The 23d day of May, A. D. 1901. WILLIAM A. STONE. No. 194. AN ACT Amending an act, entitled "An act supplementing and amending an act, entitled 'An act to establish an intermediate court of appeal; regulating its constitution, officers, jurisdiction. powers, practice, and its relation to the Supreme Court and other courts; providing for the reports of its decisions, the compensation of the judges and other officers, and the practice and costs on appeals from its judgments,' approved June twenty-four, one thousand eight hundred and ninetyfive," which was approved May five, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That section eight of an act, entitled "An act supplementing and amending an act, entitled 'An act to establish an intermediate Section 8 of the act of May 5, 1899, cited for amendment. How many can didates for judge court of appeal; regulating its constitution, officers, jurisdiction, powers, practice, and its relation to the Supreme Court and other courts; providing for the reports of its decisions, the compensation of the judges and other officers, and the practice and costs on appeals from its judgments,' approved June twenty-four, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five," which was approved May five, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, which reads as follows: "Section 8. Whenever hereafter two or more judges of the Superior Court are to be elected for the same term of service, each elector may vote for as many persons, less one, as there are judges to be chosen at said election," be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 8. Whenever hereafter four or more judges may be voted for. of the Superior Court are to be elected for the same term of service, and whenever after the first Monday of January, one thousand nine hundred and nine, two or more judges of said court are to be elected for the same term of service, each elector may vote for as many persons, less one, as there are judges to be chosen at said election. Approved-The 24th day of May, A. D. 1901. WILLIAM A. STONE. Paragraph 3 of section 7 of act of April 28, 1899, cited for amendment. No. 195. AN ACT To amend an act, entitled "An act to provide for the classiflcation of the townships of the Commonwealth, with respect to their population, into two classes, and to prescribe the form of government for townships of each class," approved April twenty-eighth, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That paragraph three of section seven of the act to provide for the classification of the townships of the Commonwealth, with respect to their population, into two classes, and to prescribe the form of government for townships of each class, approved April twenty-eighth, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, which reads as follows, to wit: "3rd. To establish a system of sewers and drainage, and to require connection to be made with such sewers when necessary for the public health, and to provide for the cost of the construction, maintenance and repair of such sewers, in whole or in part, by an equit able assessment on the properties benefited thereby, in such manner as may be prescribed by ordinance, for which assessments municipal liens may be filed in the court of common pleas of the proper county, on which proceedings shall be had as provided by existing laws. And the board shall also have power to enter into contracts with any adjoining municipality, and also with any person or corporation, for the carrying off of the sewage from the limits of the township," be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows, to wit: 3rd. From time to time to establish and construct a system of sewers and drainage, locating the same as far as practicable along and within the lines of such of the public roads of the township as may to the commissioners seem advisable, and to permit, and, where necessary for the public health, to require, adjoining and adjacent property owners to connect with and use the same; all persons, so connecting, paying in addition to the cost of making such connection, such monthly or annual rate as shall be prescribed by ordinance, and which shall constitute until paid a lien against the property so connecting with such system, and the amount thereof may be recovered by due process of law. The use of pri Where it shall be reasonably impracticable, in the vate landjudgment of the commissioners, in any part of such system to carry such sewers or drains along the lines of public roads, it shall be lawful for the commissioners to locate and construct so much of the same as may be necessary through private lands. sewage, etc. And the commissioners shall make the necessary provision for the disposition of the sewage and drain- Disposition of age within, or for carrying the same beyond, the limits of the township, and to this end they are hereby authorized to enter into contracts with other municipalities and other corporations or persons, and to acquire such land within the township as may be neces sary, not exceeding, however, in any one place, one acre, nor exceeding an aggregate of three acres. In case of inability to agree with property owners. In the event of inability to agree with the owners, either for the land necessary for so much of the line of sewers and drains as shall not be located upon public roads or for so much land as shall be required for the disposition of the sewage, it shall be lawful for the commissioners to enter upon said land and mark thereupon the route and width of land necessary for the construction of the line of sewers or drains, or the boundaries of so much land as may be necessary for disposition of such sewage, and occupy the said land for such purposes; and for all damage done or May occupy the suffered, or which shall accrue to the owner or owners of such land by reason of the taking of the same for the purposes aforesaid, the funds of the township which may be raised by taxation shall be pledged and Damages. deemed as security. And it shall and may be lawful land. |