No. 195. AN ACT Declaring Montgomery creek and its branches, in Clearfield county, public highways. SECTION 1. Be it enacted, &c., That from and after the passage of this act, Montgomery creek and its several branches, in the county of Clearfield, be and the same is hereby declared a public highway or highways, for the purpose of driving and floating logs, lumber, et cetera, down said stream or streams. APPROVED-The 21st day of May, A. D. 1874. J. F. HARTRANFT. No. 196. AN ACT Declaring the First Fork of the Sinnemahoning creek, in the county of Potter, a public highway, from the mouth of the South Lick branch thereof as far up as the mouth of Prouty run. SECTION 1. Be it enacted, &c., That the First Fork of the Sinnemahoning creek, in the county of Potter, from the mouth of the South Lick branch thereof, as far up as the mouth of the Prouty run, be and the same is hereby declared a public highway. APPROVED-The 21st day of May, A. D. 1874. J. F. HARTRANFT. No. 197. AN ACT To extend to the county of Lycoming, the third proviso to section one of an act to amend and consolidate the several acts relating to game and game fish, approved the first day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, which reads as follows: "Provided, That so much of this section as prohibits the running of deer with dogs, shall not apply to the counties of Centre, Clinton, Fayette, Schuylkill and Wyoming." SECTION 1. Be it enacted, &c., That the third proviso to section one of an act to amend and consolidate the several acts relating to game and game fish, approved the first day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, which reads as follows: "Provided, That so much of this section as prohibits the running of deer with dogs, shall not apply to the counties of Centre, Clinton, Fayette, Schuylkill and Wyoming," be and the same is hereby extended to the county of Lycoming. APPROVED The 25th day of May, A. D. 1874. J. F. HARTRANFT. Lien laws repealed, for labor done. No. 198. AN ACT Repealing certain local lien laws relative to real and leasehold estates and property thereon, so far as said laws relate to the counties of Armstrong, Butler, Clarion, Crawford, Forest, Venango and Warren, except as to claims for actual labor done by mechanics and laboring men. SECTION 1. Be it enacted, &c., That "An Act to extend the except as to claims provisions of an act relative to mechanics' liens in the counties of Luzerne and Schuylkill, approved February seventeenth, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, to the counties of Erie, Crawford, Venango and Warren," approved April eleventh, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, (pamphlet laws, six hundred and forty-nine); also "An Act to extend the provisions of an act relative to the mechanics' lien in the counties of Luzerne and Schuylkill, approved February seventeenth, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, to the county of Forest," approved April tenth, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, (pamphlet laws, eleven hundred); also "A further supplement to an act relating to the liens of mechanics and others upon buildings, approved June sixteenth, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, extending the same to improvements, machinery, tanks and fixtures about oil or other refineries," approved February twenty-seventh, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, (pamphlet laws, two hundred and twelve); also "An Act relating to the liens of mechanics, material-men and laborers upon leasehold estates and property thereon, in the county of Venango," approved April eighth, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, (pamphlet laws, seven hundred and fiftytwo); also "An Act extending the provisions of an act relating to the liens of mechanics, material-men and laborers upon leasehold estates and property thereon, in the county of Venango, approved April eighth, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, to the counties of Crawford, Warren and Clarion," approved March eighteenth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, (pamphlet laws, four hundred and ten); also "An Act to amend an act, approved April eighth, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, entitled 'An Act relating to liens of mechanics, material-men and laborers upon leasehold estates and property thereon, in the counties of Venango, Crawford and Warren,' and declare the true intent and meaning thereof," approved April thirteenth, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, (pamphlet laws, eight hundred and eighty-seven); also "An Act to extend the provisions of an act, entitled 'An Act relating to the liens of mechanics, mamaterial-men and laborers upon leasehold estates and property thereon, in the county of Venango,' approved April eight, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, also the provisions of an act, entitled "An Act to amend an act approved April eighth, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, entitled 'An Act relating to liens of nechanics, material-men and laborers upon leasehold estates and property thereon, in the counties of Venango, Crawford and Warren, and declare the true intent and meaning thereof,' approved April thirteenth, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, to the counties of Armstrong, Clarion and Butler," approved March sixteenth, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy, (pamphlet laws, four hundred and fifty-two); also "An Act to amend an act, approved April eighth, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, entitled 'An Act relating to liens of mechanics, material-men and laborers on leasehold estates and property thereon, in the counties of Crawford, Venango and Warren,' and the supplement thereto, approved April thirteenth Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine," approved March twenty-eighth, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy, (pamphlet laws, five hundred and sixty-seven); also "An Act to extend to Warren county the provisions of an act, entitled 'An Act to amend an act, approved April eighth, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, entitled 'An Act relating to liens of mechanics, material-men and laborers upon leasehold estates and property thereon, in the counties of Venango, Crawford and Warren,' and the supplement thereto, approved April thirteenth, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixtynine, approved March twenty-seventh, Anno Domini one. thousand eight hundred and seventy," approved May nineteenth, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventyone, (pamphlet laws, ten hundred and eight); also "A supplement to an act, entitled 'An Act relating to liens of mechanics, material-men and laborers upon leasehold estates and property thereon, in the county of Venango', approved April eighth, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight," approved May twenty-third, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, (pamphlet laws, ten hundred and sixty-eight); also "A supplement to an act, entitled 'An Act to extend the provisions of an act, entitled 'An Act relating to the liens of mechanics, material-men and laborers upon household estates and property thereon, in the county of Venango,' approved March sixteenth, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy', numbered four hundred and forty-four, of the acts of assembly for the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy, be extended to the counties of Armstrong, Clarion and Butler," approved May twenty-sixth, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, (pamphlet laws, eleven hundred and seventy-nine); also "An Act relating to the liens of mechanics, material-men and laborers upon leasehold estates and property thereon, in the county of Butler," approved the seventh day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, (pamphlet laws, two hundred and nineteen); also "An Act to extend an act, entitled 'An Act relating to the liens of mechanics, material-men and la When act to take effect. borers upon leasehold estates and property thereon, in the county of Venango,' approved April eighth, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, and the several supplements thereto, to Forest county, and to extend the lien in the provisions of said act to real estate," approved March twenty-seventh, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, (pamphlet laws, four hundred and thirtyseven,) be and the same are hereby repealed so far as they relate to the counties of Armstrong, Butler, Clarion, Crawford, Forest, Venango and Warren, except as to claims for actual labor done by mechanics and laboring men. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect July first, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, and shall not be construed to prejudice any claim arising under the acts hereby repealed prior to that date. APPROVED-The 5th day of June, A. D. 1874. J. F. HARTRANFT. No. 199. AN ACT To repeal an act, entitled "An Act to require the borough of Youngs ville, in Warren county, to maintain a certain side-walk. SECTION 1. Be it enacted, &c., That the act to require the borough of Youngsville, Warren county, to maintain a certain side-walk, approved the sixth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy, be and the same is hereby repealed. APPROVED-The 8th day of June, A. D. 1874. J. F. HARTRANFT. No. 200. AN ACT For the relief of the children of Mary E. Prosser, widow of Holden WHEREAS, Holden L. Prosser, a native of M'Kean county, in this state, where his parents still reside, removed, after he was grown, to Iowa, and then enlisted in company II, nineteenth regiment Iowa volunteers, and died in the service of the United States, in the United States hospital at Vicksburg, Mississippi, on the fourth day of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-three: And whereas, His widow and children returned to Pennsylvania in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-four, and have since resided in said county: And whereas, The said children are in indigent circumstances, dependent upon others, being their relations, citizens of Pennsylvania, for support; therefore, SECTION 1. Be it enacted, &c, That the children of Holden L. Prosser, a former resident of Pennsylvania, who died in the United States service, be and they are hereby declared eligible to all the benefits of the laws of this state, providing or hereafter to provide for the education and maintenance of soldiers' orphans, as if said father had enlisted in a Pennsylvania regiment, subject however to all the conditions attending admission and attendance at such schools in force concerning the orphans of Pennsylvania soldiers. APPROVED-The 8th day of June, A. D. 1874. NFT. J. F. HARTRANFT. No. 201. AN ACT For the relief of Captain John H. Miller. WHEREAS, Captain John H. Miller, a pensioner of United States, is in indigent circumstances, resulting from wounds and loss of health received during the late war, and who is now living on the small pension granted him by the government, and the county of Erie, on the thirtieth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, purchased a small piece of land from Lititia Day, (who had acquired title to the same by actual settlement,) and recorded his deed therefor in the office of register and recorder for Erie county, where the land is situated, on the nineteenth day of May. one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, in deed book S, page fourteen, and also surveyed the same and recorded his survey in the county surveyor's book and forwarded the same to the surveyor general at Harrisburg, with his application for a patent therefor, during the year eighteen hundred and forty-eight, as provided by law, being for ten acres and seventy-eight perches of land, which said application and survey is still on file in the records of the county surveyor for Erie county, and that said land was settled and improved by the vendors of John H. Miller and through him for a period of over fifty-eight years: And whereas, The act incorporating the Marine hospital at Eric, approved March twenty-second, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, page P. L. eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, in the fifteenth and sixteenth sections thereof, directed the managers of, said hospital to have surveyed and measured out certain lake beach and new made lands in front of szii hospital grounds and to file a map or plot of the same with the surveyor general, and thus made it the duty of the surveyor general to issue a patent to the Marine hospital for the same: And whereas, G. W. F. Sherwin, Esq., a civil engineer and surveyor, was employed to make said survey and to map and return the same to the surveyor general, and (not knowing the said Miller's claim and title) in so doing, by error and misapprehension, included the land of John H. Miller |
