Chapter XLI. A SUPPLEMENT the To the act entitled "An act to regulate the trial of contested elections." 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, Manner of That the returns of the election of county commissioner, au- proceeding ditor, and all other county officers elected by the freemen of to try contes any county, for contesting whose election provision has not ted elections heretofore been made by law, shall be subject to the inquiry, of co. comdetermination and judgment of the court of general quar missioners, ter sessions of the peace of the proper county, upon auditors, &c. complaint, in writing, of thirty or more of the freemen of the said county, of undue election or return of any such officer, two of whom shall take and subscribe an oath or affirmation, before a judge, alderman or justice of the peace, in the county wherein they reside, accompanying such petition, staing that the facts therein set forth are true to the best of their knowledge and belief; and the said court shall, in judging concerning such election, proceed upon the merits thereof, and shall determine finally, concerning the same, according to the laws of this Commonwealth; and the officers of the said elec tion, and every of them, and every other person, who may be capable of testifying concerning such elections, or who shall be possessed of any papers, lists, tickets, books or other documents, which may be useful, as evidence upon any inquiry as aforesaid, shall, upon the summons or demand of the said court, personally appear before them, or shall cause to be produced, such papers, lists, tickets, books and other documents of which each one severally may be possessed, on pain of being attached and imprisoned for neglect, refusal, or contempt therein, and shall be entitled to receive the same daily pay and mileage as witnesses are entitled to receive for attending the said court, in other cases, to be paid out of the county trea-. sury. SEOT. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That so much of any act as is hereby altered, be and the same Repeal. is hereby repealed: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall affect, or in any wise impede, any proceeding now pend- Proviso. ing in any court of this Commonwealth. JOSEPH LAWRENCE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WILLIAM MARKS, Jynṛ. Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-the nineteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four. J. ANDW. SHULZE. Chapter XLII. AN ACT For the relief of James Smith and Peter Korr, 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 authorized and required, to pay to James Smith, of Perry county, or order, and to Peter Korr, of Northampton county, or order, each respectively, forty dollars immediately, and an annuity of forty dollars, payable half yearly, to commence on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four. JOSEPH LAWRENCE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WILLIAM MARKS, Junr. Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED the nineteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four. J. ANDW. SHULZE. Chapter XLIII, AN ACT For the relief of Mary Eagan and Nancy Dempsey, widows of soldiers of the revolutionary war. 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 required to pay Mary Eagan and Nancy Dempsey, of Cumberland county, or to their respective orders, each forty dollars immediately, and an annuity of forty dollars each, payable half yearly during life, to commence on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four. JOSEPH LAWRENCE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WILLIAM MARKS, Junr. Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-the nineteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four. J. ANDW. SHULZE. Chapter XLIV. AN ACT For the relief of the Representatives of John Melish, deceased. SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Repres sentatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the Secretary of the Commonwealth, the Surveyor Gen- the late John eral, the Auditor General, and the State Treasurer, or any Melish authree of them, be, and they are hereby authorised and re- thorised to quired, to adjust and settle, upon equitable principles, the be adjusted, accounts of the late John Melish, deceased, for services per- upon equita formed and expenses and disbursements made by him, on ble princi. account of the state map, in and about the construction and ples. publication of the same; and for his service in making such maps as were left by him at the time of his death, either in a finished or an unfinished state; and for the materials and necessary articles procured by him, for the purpose of making maps, under his contract with the Commonwealth; and that the Auditor General be and he is hereby authorized and required, to draw his warrant upon the State Treasurer, in favour of the representative of the said John Melish, for such sum as shall, upon the said adjustment and settlement, be found to be due to him: Provided, the same shall not exceed the sum of three thousand five hundred dollars, in addition to the moneys heretofore appropriated by law, to be paid to the said John Melish: And provided also, That no part of the said balance shall be paid the said representative, until he shall first have accounted with the said officers, under the Provise. 2d proviso. When suits shall be disContinued. terms of the said contract, for all maps and other property belonging to the Commonwealth, which may have been sold by the said John Melish, in his life time, or by his said representative, since his death; and until he shall have delivered to the Surveyor General; or his order, all the state maps, county maps and other property, belonging to the Commonwealth, now remaining in his possession; when it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Commonwealth and Surveyor General, to discontinue all suits or other proceedings, which may have been instituted against the said representative of the said John Melish, under and by virtue of the provisions of an act entitled, "A supplement to an act entitled, "An act directing the formation of the map of Pennsylvania,' passed nineteenth March, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen," passed April first, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three. JOSEPH LAWRENCE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WILLIAM MARKS, Junr. Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED the nineteenth day of March, one thousand eight handred and twenty-four. J. ANDW. SHULZE. Gratuity and Chapter XLV. AN ACT For the relief of William Gunn, senior, a revolutionary soldier, and the lineal heirs of Robert M'Bride. 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 annuity granted to Wm. required, to pay to William Gunn, senior, of Washington Gunn, senr. county, or his order, forty dollars immediately, and an annuity of forty dollars, payable half yearly, during life, to commence on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four. SECT. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the State Treasurer be and he is hereby authorised and required, to pay to the order of John M'Meens, of Lycoming Relief grancounty, in trust for the use of the lineal heirs of Robert M'Bride, a soldier of the revolutionary war, three hundred M'Bride. dollars, in full for a tract of donation land. JOSEPH LAWRENCE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WILLIAM MARKS, Junr. Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-the twenty-second day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four. J. ANDW. SHULZE. ted to the heirs of Rob Chapter XLVI. AN ACT To regulate the Public Printing. SEOT. I. 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 from and after the passing of this act, unless when oth- Manner of erwise specially ordered, the journals and bills of future legis- printing the latures, shall be printed in form and manner following, viz: journals and The journals shall be printed in octavo form, with long primer bills of the type, on medium paper, number two; each page to contain legislature. fifteen hundred m's, as near as possible. The bills shall be printed in folio, with pica type, and on foolscap paper, number two; each page to contain not less than twelve hundred in's of matter, exclusive of riglet spacing. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, 1200 copies That of the English journals of each house, twelve hundred of English copies shall be printed, unless when otherwise specially or- journals to dered; and that twenty dollars per sheet shall be allowed and be printed paid for the said number of copies, including rule and figure sheet. 8 $20 per |