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al exercise the powers respectively vested in them, by the ar of incorporation, for the term of one year, or until others are

Gosen.

JOSEPH LAWRENCE, Speaker

of the House of Representatives.

WILLIAM MARKS, Junr.

Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED-January the fourteenth, one thousand eight hundred

and twenty-three.

JOSEPH HIESTER

CHAPTER IX.

AN ACT

For the relief of Henry Miller and David Bower, revolutionary soldiers.

SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre sentatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the State Treasurer be, and he is hereby authorised and required, to pay to Henry Miller, of Franklin county, a revolu- Gratuity and fionary soldier, or order, the sum of forty dollars immediately, annuity granted to Henry and an annuity of forty dollars, to be paid half yearly, during Miller. life; to commence on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three.

SECT. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the State Treasurer be, and he is hereby authorised and re

quired, to pay to David Bower, of Lancaster county, a revolu- Ditto to Da tionary soldier, or order, forty dollars immediately, and an an- vid Bower. uity of forty dollars, to be paid half yearly, during life; to com

mence on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three.

JOSEPH LAWRENCE, Speaker

of the House of Representatives.

WILLIAM MARKS, Junr.

Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED-January the fourteenth, one thousand eight hundred

and twenty-three.

JOSEPHI HIESTER.

CHAPTER X.

AN ACT

Granting compensation to Adam Koch, for a tract of donation land.

SECT 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre sentatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the State Treasurer be, and he is hereby authorised and required, to pay to Adan Koch, or his order, (of Somerset county,) three hundred dollars, as a compensation for a tract of donation land, to which he was entitled for services rendered in the revolutionary war.

JOSEPH LAWRENCE, Speaker

of the House of Representatives.

WILLIAM MARKS, Junr.

Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED-January the fourteenth, one thousand eight hundred

and twenty-three.

JOSEPH HIESTER.

CHAPTER XI.

AN ACT

For the relief of Joseph Fox, a revolutionary soldier.

SECT. 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 State Treasurer be, and he is hereby authorised and required, to pay to Joseph Fox, of Greene county, a revolutionary soldier, or order, forty dollars immediately, and an annuity of forty dollars, to be paid half yearly, during life; to commence on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and twentythree.

JOSEPH LAWRENCE, Speaker

of the House of Representatives.

WILLIAM MARKS, Junr.

Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED-January the fourteenth, one thousand eight hundred

and twenty-three.

JOSEPH HIESTER,

CHAPTER XII.

AN ACT

For the relief of Dennis Dailly, Andrew Reed, Reuben Cook and Peter
Vincent, revolutionary soldiers.

SECT. 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 State Treasurer be, and he is hereby authorised and re- Gratuity and quired, to pay to Dennis Dailly, of Washington county, a revo- annuity gran lutionary soldier, or order, forty dollars immediately, and an annuity of forty dollars during life, to be paid half yearly; to commence on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three.

ted to Dennis

Dailly.

SECT. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the State Treasurer be, and he is hereby authorised and re- Gratuity to quired, to pay, immediately after the passage of this act, to An- Andrew drew Reed, of Chester county, a revolutionary soldier, a gratuity of forty dollars.

SECT. S. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,

Reed.

That the State Treasurer be, and he is hereby authorised and re- Gratuity and quired, to pay to Reuben Cook, of Tioga county, a revolutionary annuity to soldier, or order, forty dollars immediately, and an annuity of Reuben Cook. forty dollars during life, to be paid half yearly; to commence the

first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty

three.

SEOT. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,

That the State Treasurer be, and he is hereby authorised and re- Ditto to Pequired, to pay to Peter Vincent, of Lycoming county, a revolu- ter Vincent. tionary soldier, or order, forty dollars immediately, and an anauity of forty dollars during life, to be paid half yearly; to commence the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three.

JOSEPH LAWRENCE, Speaker

of the House of Representatives.

WILLIAM MARKS, Junr.

Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED-January the sixteenth, one thousand eight hundred

and twenty-three.

JOSEPH HIESTER.

Duty of gua

gers and inspectors, in

certain cases.

Compensation for guaging and marking.

Compensa

tion for cider: how regula ted, when hogshead contains eith

er more or

less than 110 gallons.

Books to be kept, and entries made, &c.

Proviso.

CHAPTER XIII.

A Supplement

To the act entitled, "An act providing for the inspection of spiritous liquors.

SECT. 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, Tha from and after the passage of this act, it shall be the duty of the guagers and inspectors of domestic distilled spirits, in the city and county of Philadelphia, or either of them, or their deputies, when requested by the seller or purchaser, or any person on behalf of either, to guage all hogsheads, and all casks holding more than thirty-two gallons, containing eider; and having ascertained the number of gallons contained in any such hogshead or cask, to mark the same in legible characters, with lampblack, on the head of the respective hogshead or cask; as a compensation for which, the person who made the application to the guager, shall pay twelve and a half cents for each and every hogshead or cask, which shall have been guaged and marked as aforesaid.

SECT 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when any manufacturer thereof, or any other person, shall sell and dispose of cider, at a fixed and stated price per hogshead, and the purchaser thereof shall engage to furnish the hogshead or hogsheads to contain such cider, if any such hogshead or hogsheads, when guaged as aforesaid, shall be found to contain more than one hundred and ten gallons, the said manufacturer or seller shall be entitled to receive from the purchaser, an additionál compensation for any number of gallons so found in any such hogshead or hogsheads, over and above that number. And if any such hogshead or hogsheads, guaged as aforesaid, shall be found to contain less than one hundred and ten gallons, the purchaser thereof shall be entitled to a deduction in the price, equal to the number of gallons so found wanting.

SEOT. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said guagers and inspectors shall keep a book or books, in which they shall, from time to time, make accurate entries of the number of hogsheads or casks of cider, guaged and marked as aforesaid, specifying the number of galions in each, and the names of the persons for whom the same shall have been so guaged and marked, and shall, when required so to do, give a certificate of any part thereof; for which the person or persons making application for the same, shall pay to the guager twelve and a half cents prior to the delivery of such certificate: Provided, That the said guagers and inspectors, shall be subject to the same penalties for misconduct, for false guaging and marking, for neglecting to record their proceedings as aforesaid, ard for refusal to

give such certificate. as are prescribed by the act to which this is a supplement; recoverable before any alderman or justice of the peace, as sums of the like amount are by law recoverable.

JOSEPH LAWRENCE, Speaker

of the House of Representatives.

WILLIAM MARKS, Junr.

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Authorising a sale of the real estate of Jacob Miller, deceased.

real estate.

SECT. 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 Abraham Oves. administrator of all and singular, the goods Administra and chattels, rights and credits, which were of Jacob Miller, late tor authori of the borough of Harrisburg, in the county of Dauphin, deceas- sed to sell ed, be, and he hereby is authorised to sell and dispose of all, or any part of the real estate, of which the said Jacob Miller died seized and possessed, or to which he was, at the time of his death, in any manner entitled, within this commonwealth; and a deed or deeds to execute to the purchaser or purchasers, conveying the same as fully and effectually, as the said Jacob Miller might or could have done, at and immediately before the time of his decease, saving always the rights of third persons: Provided, That before the said Abraham Oves proceeds to make such sales, he shall give to this commonwealth a bond, with two or more sufficient sureties, to be approved of by the orphan's court of Dauphin county, in such sum as the said court shall think proper to direct, conditioned for the faithful execution of the power committed to him in making such sales, and truly to account for and pay over the proceeds thereof, to the persons justly entitled thereto; which bond shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the said

Proviso.

court, for the use of all persons interested therein: Provided, 2d proviso. That Abraham Addams, the father and guardian of Ann Elizabeth and Lydia Addams, minor daughters, under the age of fourteen years, shall, previously to the receiving of the money, arising out of the sale of the real estate of said intestate, enter into

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