SECTION 3. That it shall be lawful for the county commis- Comm'rs of sioners, and the prothonotary of the county of Monroe, to have Monroe co to the lists of jurors drawn to serve at the several courts of said publish list of county, and the trial and argument lists of the several terms of jurors said courts published in one newspaper printed and published in said county, for any time not less than two nor more than four weeks prior to the commencement of the terms of said courts. And it shall be the duty, and be lawful for the said commissioners to pay a reasonable compensation for such publication out of the county funds of said county: Provided, Proviso The whole amount paid per annum shall not exceed the sam of twenty-five dollars. SECTION 4. That there shall be, and hereby is established, Bedford co in the borough of Bedford, in the county of Bedford, an acade- Academy esmy or public school for the education of youth in the English tablished in and other languages, and in the useful arts, sciences and literature, by the name, style and title of the Bedford classical academy, under the care and direction of six trustees, who, Trustees and their successors in office, shall be, and are hereby declared to be one body politic and corporate, in deed and in law, by Incorporated the name and style of the trustees of the Bedford classical academy, and by the same name shall have perpetual succession, with all the powers and privileges, and be subject to the same terms and conditions that are provided in the act to incorporate the Honesdale academy, in Wayne county, passed the thirteenth of April, one thousand eight hundred and thirtyeight. SECTION 5. The first election for trustees of the said acade- Election of shall be held at the county hall, in the borough, on the my trustees last Saturday of March, one thousand eight hundred and fortytwo, and on the last Saturday of March thereafter annually. SECTION 6. That James M. Russell, Doctor F. B. Barclay, Name of trus John Mower, Honorable Job Mann, Doctor J. H. Hofius and tees John Watson, are hereby appointed trustees of said corporation, until their successors are elected, with the same powers as are herein vested in the board of trustees hereafter to be elected. SECTION 7. That the act incorporating the Bedford acade- Former act my, passed the twentieth day of March, Anno Domini, one repealed thousand eight hundred and ten, be and the same is hereby repealed. DAVID R. PORTER APPROVED-The thirty-first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-one. [No. 69.] AN ACT To encourage the destruction of Wolves, Panthers and other wild animals, in Franklin, Cumberland, Bedford, and Indiana counties, 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 Premuims for of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, any destruction of person or persons who may kill any wolf or wolves, panther wolves, foxes or panthers, fox or foxes, wild cat or wild cats, mink or minks, and panthers within the bounds of Franklin, Cumberland or Indiana eounin Franklin, Cumberland ties, and who shall produce the head or heads of the same and Indiana before any justice of the peace in the said county, it shall be onuties in- the duty of such justice to examine such person or persons on arcased oath or affirmation, touching the time when and the place where such wolf or wolves, panther or panthers, fox or foxes, wild cat or wild cats, mink or minks, was or were taken and killed, and if the place or places of such taking or killing shall be found to be within the bounds of the county in which such justice has jurisdiction, it shall be the duty of the justice to Duty of Jus. give such person or persons a certificate of the facts to the tices of the Peace Amount of premium Warren co. county commissioners of the proper county, together with the scalp or scalps taken from the head or heads aforesaid, and the said commissioners, upon the receipt thereof, shall have such scalp or scalps destroyed, and thereupon draw their warrant upon the county treasurer; if for the scalp of a full grown wolf twenty dollars each, if for the scalp of a wolf puppy, not full grown, ten dollars each, and if for the scalp of a full grown panther sixteen dollars each, and if for a puppy, not full grown, nine dollars each; if for the scalp of a full grown fox the sum of fifty cents, and for those that are not full grown, the sum of twenty-five cents; if for the scalp of a full grown wild cat, the sum of one dollar and fifty cents, and for those that are not full grown, the sum of seventy-five cents; if for the scalp of a mink twenty-five cents each for every scalp so produced as aforesaid, and it shall be the duty of such treasurer, and he is hereby di rected to pay the amount of said order. SECTION 2. From and after the passage of this act, the amount of pre- amount which shall be paid by the county of Warren, for the mium for wolf destruction of any wolf or panther, either full or partially or panther scalps grown, shall be as fixed by the act passed the sixteenth day of March, eighteen hundred and nineteen, entitled "An act to encourage more effectually the destruction of wolves and panthers," and any law inconsistent herewith is hereby repealed. SECTION 3. That the premium for killing full grown red Bedford co. foxes, in the county of Bedford, shall hereafter be one dollar premium for red fox each. this act SECTION 4. If any person shall, in order to secure the re- Penalty for ward authorized by this act to be paid for the scalp of any violat❜n of the wolf, panther, fox, wild cat or mink, resort to the breeding and provisions of rearing of any of the aforesaid animals, such person, on conviction before a court of quarter sessions, shall be liable to a fine of not less than forty nor more than one hundred dollars, at the discretion of the court, which fine, when it shall have been recovered, shall be paid to the treasurer of the proper county, to be applied as other county funds are applied. SECTION 5. That so much of any former act or acts as are Rep❜lig clause hereby altered and supplied, be and the same are hereby re pealed, so far as relates to the aforesaid counties. SECTION 6. That the second section of the act entitled an Repeal of see act to extend the charter of the Lebanon Bank, passed the rel to Lebanon twenty-fifth day of May, A. D. eighteen hundred and forty, be Bank and the same is hereby repealed. WM. A. CRABB, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JN. H. EWING, APPROVED-The thirty-first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-one. Speaker of the Senate DAVID R. PORTER. [No. 70.] AN ACT Authorizing the Canal Commissioners to settle with William B. Foster, for the expenses of the survey of the Lackawanna river and valley. ་ SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep resentatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the canal commissioners are hereby au- Canal com'rs thorized to settle the account of William B Foster, civil engi- to settle claim neer, for the expenses of a survey of the Lackawanna river and valley, on the production of the necessary vouchers, by virtue of the act of the thirteenth March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, and the state treasurer is hereby au of Wm. B. Foster, Esq., &c htorized to pay the said William B. Foster, the amount so ase certained: Provided, The sum does not exceed one hundred and forty-seven dollars. WM. A. CRABB, Speaker of the House of Representatives. APPROVED-The thirty-first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-one. Speaker of the Senate. DAVID R. PORTER. Borough of house [No. 71.] AN ACT Relative to the erection of a Lock-up House, in the borough of Elizabeth, in Allegheny county. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep resentatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the burgess and town council of the borough of Elizabeth, in the county of Allegheny, be and they are erect lock-up hereby authorized to build and erect or provide and support in or contiguous to said borough, a suitable building, to be used as a lock-up house or place of security for the temporary detention of persons committed by a justice of the peace on any criminal charge for which such person or persons could be lawfully committed to the county prison, there to remain and be kept until such offender can be conveniently conveyed to the county prison, or until discharged according to law. Provided, That no person committed by a justice of the peace shall be confined in said house for a longer period than thirtysix hours. Proviso WM. A. CRABB, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The second day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-one. DAVID R. PORTER [No. 72.] A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT To the act entitled an act for erecting the town of York, in the county of York, into a borough, passed twenty-fourth September, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep resentatives 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 burgesses of the borough of York shall have power by ordinances sanctioned by penalties to prohibit all nuisances in Co- Nuisances dorus creek, within the limits of the borough of York, and to direct the removal of arks, boats or rafts from said creek within said limits, after ten days notice to the owner or person having said arks, boats or rafts in charge, in like manner to prohibit the leaving unburied to a sufficient depth the carcass or any part thereof of any dead animal till the same becomes offensive within the limits of said borough or outside the said limits, within one quarter of a mile thereof, and to impose penalties upon the owner of such animal, and those who shall have permitted or procured such carcass so left to be removed from the property in their possession. In like manner to di- Fences rect the removal of fences which now do or hereafter may encroach upon the streets, alleys or commons within said borough limits. In like manner to impose and enforce the Shows payment of a tax not exceeding ten dollars per day, at the discretion of the chief burgess, upon circus, menagerie, theatrical, and all other shows and exhibitions within said borough, for attending which money is asked. To direct dogs to be killed and to appoint persons to kill them whenever the tax assessed upon such dogs shall not be paid within thirty days after the same shall have been demanded from the owner or possessor of such animal, and no sale of such dog after his assessment shall exempt him from the operation of this law. And whenever dogs shall be found running at large within the limits of said borough, contrary to the provisions of any ordinance of said borough, and without such muzzle as will effectually prevent said dogs from biting. SECTION 2. The collectors now apppointed, or who shall hereafter be appointed, to collect any borough tax assessed upon the inhabitants of the borough of York, shall have, in all respects, the same power to collect the said tax as the collec Dogs Tax collectors |