No. 240. SUPPLEMENT To an act to incorporate the Mechanicsburg Gas and Water Company, approved the fifth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four. 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 corporators named in the original act, or their successors, be and they are hereby authorized to increase the capital stock of said company, from its present amount of twenty thousand dollars, to the sum of forty thousand dollars. JOHN M. THOMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem. WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-third day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No. 241. AN ACT To declare Medic's run, in Clearfield and Elk counties, a public highway. 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 Medic's run, in the counties of Clearfield and Elk, is hereby declared a public highway, from the mouth thereof to the points where the same crosses the south lines of great lots or warrants numbers five thousand two hundred and ninety-three and five thousand three hundred and twenty-eight, in said county of Clearfield. JOHN M. THOMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem. WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-third day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No. 242. AN ACT Authorizing the borough of Friendsville, in the county of Susquehanna, to erect a Lock-up House. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly net, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the burgess and town council of the borough of Friendsville, in the county of Susquehanna, be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to bave built, or otherwise provided and supported in the said borough, at the expense thereof, a suitable building for the security and temporary detention of any person or persons committed by any justice of the peace of said borough or vicinity, or the burgess of said borough, or any member of the town council acting in his place, for any violation of the laws of the commonwealth, or of the ordinance or ordinances of the borough aforesaid, for which such persons could lawfully be committed to the common jail of the county aforesaid, there to remain and be kept until such offender or offenders can be removed to said common jail, if committed for an indictable offence, or until discharged according to law: Provided, That no person or persons shall be confined in said lock-up house, at any one time, for a longer period than forty-eight hours, except such person or persons charged with an indictable offence, and it may be necessary to detain him, her or them for a legal examination. JOHN M. THOMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem. WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED—The twenty-third day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No. 243. AN ACT To authorize the lowering certain Bridges within the borough of Meadville. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represenlatives 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 Meadville are hereby authorized, provided the Erie canal company consent thereto, to lower the bridge over the canal on Main or One Hundred Feet street, and any or all other bridges across the canal in said borough, above said street, to such height as the said burgess and council may deem necessary for the proper grading of said streets; and that the navigation terminate below the said Main street aforesaid. JOHN M. THOMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem. WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-third day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No. 244. AN ACT To change the time of holding the Courts in the counties of Lawrence and Butler. 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 hereafter the several courts of the county of Lawrence shall commence on the second Monday of February, third Monday of May, first Monday of September, and third Monday of December, and continue for two weeks, if required, except September term, which shall be one week; and the December term of Butler county shall commence on the first Monday, in lieu of the second, as heretofore. JOHN M. THOMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem. WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED— The twenty-third day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No. 245. AN ACT To aid the Commissioners of Northampton county in the erection of a pow Court House. estate. 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 for the purpose of enabling the commissioners of Northampton Authorized to borrow money county to erect a new court house without imposing a burden and issue bonds. some tax, they are hereby authorized to borrow any sum of money not exceeding thirty thousand dollars, and to issue bonds therefor, bearing interest at six per centum, and to pledge the said county for the payment thereof: Provided, That no bond Proviso. shall be issued for less than one hundred dollars. SECTION 2. The said county commissioners shall have author. May sell and conity, upon such terms and for such considerations as shall be vey certain real agreed upon between the parties, to sell, exchange and convey so much of the real estate of the said county as they shall deem proper, and by their acceptance, to vest in the said county an absolute title to such real estate as shall be deemed necessary to enable them to discharge the duties imposed upon them by law, in relation to the erection and construction of public buildings. JOHN M. THOMPSON, WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-third day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No. 246. AN ACT Authorizing and requiring the Auditors of Brown township, Lycoming county, to open and re-settle the account of Gibson Gamble, late Supervisor of Highways. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represenlatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the auditors of Brown township, in Lycoming county, are hereby authorized and required to open and re-settle the account of Gibson Gamble, late supervisor of highways. JOHN M. THOMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem. WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-third day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. Preamble. WM. F. PACKER. No. 247. AN ACT Authorizing the Commissioners of Warren 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 the county of Warren be and they are hereby authorized to negotiate a loan or loans, for the use of said county, at a rate of interest not exceeding six per cent. per annum: Provided, Said loan or loans shall at no time exceed the sum of five thousand dollars. JOHN M. THOMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem. WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-third day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No. 248. AN ACT To incorporate the Penn City Chemical College. WHEREAS, Certain citizens of this commonwealth have associated themselves together for the purpose of making chemical |