No. 570. AN ACT To vacate part of Old Harrison street. 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 Old Harrison street, between Howard street and Philip street, and between Philip and Washington, now American street, in the Nineteenth ward of the city of Philadelphia, late in the dis trict of Kensington, in the county of Philadelphia, be and the same is hereby vacated, and the title to the soil over which the said street passes is hereby vested in the owners of the ground holding the legal title to the same. JOHN M. THOMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem. WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED—The third day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No. 571. A SUPPLEMENT To an act to extend the width of Chatham street, and open part of Tioga street, in the city of Philadelphia, approved the twenty-sixth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen. tatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That so much of the first section of an act, entitled “An Act to extend the width of Chatham street, and open part of Tioga street, in the city of Philadelphia," approved the twenty-sixth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, as fixes the width of said street at one hundred and twenty feet, be and the same is hereby repealed; and the width of the said Chatham street, or, as it is sometimes called, Berks street, be and the same is hereby fixed at seventy feet, between the points therein JOHN M. THOMPSON, WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED—The third day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No. 572. AN ACT To prevent Fraud at Elections in Philadelphia. WHEREAS, The purity of the ballot box is indispensable for Preamble. the security of the rights and the free and full expression of the will of the people : And whereas, Experience has clearly demonstrated that gross frauds are practiced at elections in this commo monwealth, destruc. tive alike of the morals of our citizens and the stability of our institutions; therefore, to suppress such alarming evils, tending to the overthrow of free government. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen. tatives of the Coinmonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That it shall be the duty of the court of common pleas, or any judge Inspectors of to thereof, upon the application of ten citizens, alleging, under the be appointed by oath of one or more, that they are apprehensive of frauds in any cow mon pleas. judges of court of election district, to select and authorize at least three persons to be present with the officers of the election in such district, to act as inspectors of said election, for which they shall be so Duties of. selected, and at the preparation of the tally papers, and while the said officers are making out and signing the returns of such election ; and the persons so selected shall keep a list of the voters voting thereat, noting thereon whether the voter was challenged or objected to or not, the reason of such challenge or objection, and the name of the witness examined; and it shall also be lawful for either of the inspectors selected, as any other citizen might do, to object to a person offering to vote, and to investigate such objection; and the officers of such election, in such election districts, are required to afford to the inspectors so selected and authorized, every convenience and facility for the discharge of their duty; and if the said officers shall refuse to permit the inspectors selected and authorized as aforesaid to be present, and perform the duties aforesaid, such refusal shall be evidence of fraud in conducting said election in such district, and shall be sufficient to set aside the same; and the inspectors Compensation. so selected shall be paid the same amount, and in the same man. ner, as is now provided for the payment of the judges and in spectors of elections. Refusal of officers Section 2. That if any officer or officers required to perform to discharge du- any duty or duties by the provisions of this act, shall neglect or ties, relative to. refuse to discharge the same, he or they so offending shall be deemed and adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor in office, and on conviction thereof, shall be fined in any sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, and undergo an imprisonment in the county jail, in the discretion of the court, for a period of not more than one year. To be in addition Section 3. That the provisions of this act shall be in addition to existing laws. to the existing laws for the regulation and conducting of elec tions, except where the same are herein altered or supplied: Proviso. Provided, That this law shall apply only to elections held in the city of Philadelphia. JOHN M. THOMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem, WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED—The third day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No. 573, AN ACT To repeal the act for Inspection of Butter and Hogs Lard for Foreign Es port from the river Delaware. 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 on and after the first day of January, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, so much of the act, entitled "An Act relating to inspections,” passed the fifteenth of April, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five, and the supplement thereto, as prescribes the manner of packing, branding and inspecting butter and hogs lard designed for ship stores or exportation, be and the same is hereby repealed, and thereafter the same shall not be liable to inspection unless at the request of the JOHN M. THOMPSON, WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The third day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No. 574. AN ACT To vacate part of Spencer street, in the borough of Minersville, in the county of Schuylkill, and to vest the title to the same in the Minersville School District. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen. tatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That twenty-five feet in width of the north-east side of Spencer street, in the borough of Minersville, in the county of Schuylkill, commencing at the south-east line of Church Street, and extending twenty-five feet in width in a south-easterly direction one hundred and fifty feet to the south-east line of Coal street, in said borough of Minersville, be and the same is hereby vacated, and the title to the soil over which so much of the said Spencer street, as is hereby vacated, is laid, is hereby vested in the Minersville public school district. JOHN M. THOMPSON, WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED—The third day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No. 575. AN ACT Relative to a certain Alley in the borough of Harrisburg. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen. tatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the alley between State and North streets, in the borough of Harrisburg, running eastwardly from Poplar lane, and joined on the north and south by property of James M. Bay, be and the same is hereby vacated. ISAAC A. SHEPPARD, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem. WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED—The third day of April, Anno Domini one thonsand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No. 576. AN ACT To appoint Viewers to vacate part of a certain Road in Butler county, Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen. tatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That C. J. Smith, Jonathan Walker and H. W. Grant be and are hereby appointed viewers to view that portion of the state road leading from Terantum, in Allegheny county, to Saxonburg, in Butler county, lying between the saw mill of James Harris, in Butler county, to the place said road intersects the Pittsburg road, at or near the corner of William Burtner's farm, in Clinton township; and if, in the opinion of a majority of them, said part is unnecessary, they shall so report to the court of quarter sessions of Butler county; which report, when filed as afore |