of the Houfe of Reprefentative;.

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1 6q4 j company incorporated for the purpofe of ma1~ ing (aid road, and to be applied by them for that purpofe. CHARLES PORTER, Speaker of the Houfe of Reprefentative;. JAMES BRADY, Speaker of the Senate. APPRovED the thirty-firil day of Match, in the year of our Lord, one thoufand eight hundred and fix. THOMAS M KEAM.- CHAPTER CCIII. An ACT reeling certain Eletlion Dj/lrifJs, and making alterations in other Dj/Iritls a/ready eretled. Seäion. x. E it enat7ed by tie Senate and Houfe of Reprefentatives of the C omnzonweaith of Pen rjylvania, in General 4/- - fembly met, and it is berth) enatled by the authoof hold- rily of the fame, That from and after the pafling III~cIt 9 olia within t!c of this th, the ele&ors refiding within the third. third d~flrió t, ele&ion DiItriEt, compofed of the townihips mbuckstuuv- of rrinieun) Nockamixo-n, and Derliam, iii the county of Bucks, (hail hold their general eleftions at the houfe now occupied by Michael~ Ott) in the townfluip cf Nockamixon aforefaid, any law to the contrary uotwithftanding. Sec. z.~

2 t6sfl Sti~~. And be it farther ena~edby the ate 1 iiopeiv~i thority aforefaid, That Hopeweil townihip, in the town~)iipjn ~he conoty of county of York, be, and the fame hereby is York, ercékct ere&ed into an eleftion diftriet, and the eleäors into n 46¾i6X1 thereof (hail hold their eleaions at the houfe fdiftriä. John Borduer, in laid townihip. Sec. ~. And be it further enatled by the ate~ thority aforefaid, That the town(hip of Fan, in the Fan ~tvnihip~ county of York aforefaid, (hail be a feparate~ made ftjda coi~dflr lena - 1 eleetion DiftriiEt, and the ele&or~theteirt (hail rate ditirià~ hold their general eieetions at the houfe now andpt~c~of elcdtiofl. occupied by the Widow Cunni~ngham,in Laid cownfhip~ See. 4. And be it fur/her e,vthd Ly the &- thority aforefaid, That the eieftors in the town- Plaet of ekc. tions in the fhipofchansford, in the countyaforefaid, (hall be to~vnftsipik a lepara~ecie&ion Difirift, and (hail hold their Chanoford. coufty slot-c. general ele&ions at the houfe now occupied by &id Charles William Putter, in laid townlhip. See. ~ And be It further macted 6 y the aua.ehority afare/aid, That the ele&ors of the third Pcc of cites eleäion Difiria, in the county of Berks (hail twin thirdin the diftri~#.- hold their eledions at. the houfe of Abraham Bor~s Bailey, in the town of Harnburgh in laid county 4 Sec. 6. And be it further emit/ed by the Qfla thqrity aforefaid, That the eleftors refiding with- Place of ei O tions isa the in the fecond eletbon Diftrift, in the county of fecund dstridt Northampton, (hall hold their general ele&ions Nurthampco~t at the houfe now occopied by George Sevitz~~ inn-keeper, in the town of Northampton. Sec. ~. And be it further emit/ed by the areibority aforejaid, That Moore town(hip, and Menfl#s4*. tnd in laid that part of Allen townflnp lying north of the county ere&, Zoad leading from Ealton, by MJohaoi l%~iyers,s and pint 61 hoidin~q~ø VOL. VII. q

3 f 6g6 I to rrederick Nagle s, and from thence a 4!re& line to Henry Beil s mill, near the rivet Lehigh 3 in the county of Northampton, (hail be ereeted into a feparate elecuon diflri&, and (hail be called Menlh s DiitriEt, and the eleetors thereof (halt hold their general elections at the houfe now occupied by Abraham Menfh, in Allen townihip aforefaid, any law to the contrafy notwithifanding. Sec. 3. And be it further emit/ed by the arethe tenthdw. thority ajorefaid, That all that part of the towntk~ercâcd in (hips of Morris, ArnweIl, and \Veft Bethiehain, in the counfy of Wafhington, as inchided within place of hold. the following bounds, to wit: Beginning at the tug cicatons. fouth-weft corner of Morris townihip, where it joins the line of. Greene county; thence along faid line to where the road leading from the town of WaIhington to Muddy creek crolfes the fame; thence up laid road to where the road. from Gantz s mdi interfects the fame; thence along Gantz s road to Amwell townihip line; thence along faid line to the mouth of Brufhrun; thence along the road leading to Demas Lindiley s mill, on the middle fork of Ten Mile creek, to laid mill; thence to Caleb Lindiley s; thence to Jacob Bobbitt s, on or near the welt line of Morris townfhip; and thence along Laid line to the place of beginning inclufive, thai! be an election DiariCt, to be called the Tenth Difti-ift, and the electors thereof (hail hold their general elections at the dwelhng-houfe lately occupied by Ziba Cook, efquire, in the town of Amity, in. laid diftrki. Sec. 9. And bt it further erc c td 1 y t?-e ate- thority (hall be afore/aid, a feparate That election the DiltriCt, county and of Jefl erfon the eke- leffafon county n?ade tors thereof (hail hold their general elections at. the

4 the haute ifow, oëcupied by Jofeph Barnet, oa Sandy lick, in laid county. - See i o. And be it further emit/ed by the ate-. thority afovefaid, That the towhthip ~f South-~Southampton ampton, in the county of Bedford, (hail be a It- townfluip, the countyinof parate election diffri&, and the electors thereof Bedford, to ho -(hall hold their general elections ae the houfe afeparate tri& di?- now occupied by Jacob Adams, in laid townihip. Sec. z r. And l~eit further Mat/ed by the an- :boriiy eforefaid, That the townthip of Lower The nkth di3. trial creaed Merion, in the county of Montgomery,- be, and ~n Moutgornethe fame is hereby erected into a feparate elec- ry county, an& don DiIttiCI, to be tailed the Ninth DiffriEt placeofclcc-, tioul and the citizens thereof (hall hold their general elections at the houfe now occupied by Titus. Yerkes, in the townthip aforefaid~ Sec. t ~. And be it further emit/ed by the are tlioriiy aforefaid, That the townlhip of Franco. The townthi~ of Franronia, nia, in the county of Montgomery, (hall be an- i~~ vexed to the fourth election DiIh-i& of that annexed to Fourth diftri~ the county, and the electors thereof that! hold- their and place f 0 general elections at the houfe now occupied by holding ejcc,~ John Hughes, in Towamenfing townthip, in the IiMU*e county aforefaid, any law to the contrary not~ withitandin~. Sec. 13. And be it further enatf~dby tin ate thority aforefaid, That fo much of Willingf. Nicholfon i borough, aud Tunkhannock election. Diftri&s di~~i&in ths county of Luin the county of Luzerne, as is comprized with. zerne, ercae4 in the foilokving boundaries~to wit: beginning awl place of: ele~ippj. at the mouth of Bartitolontew s Creek, running fouth to the Hickory Ridge; thence eaft ten miles; thence north teq miles; thence well tea miles, and thence fouth to the place of begining, be, and. the fame hereby is ere&ed.into ~

5 Place of elec trnns in Tunic iunno& ~ trial, in the The Ninth feparate election t~iftri&,to be called NichoL. (on s DifiriCt, and the electors within the fame Thall hold their general elections at the houfe xiow occuplid by Ebenezer Stevens, in laid Diftrid. Sec. 14. And be it further entitled by the autharity aforefaid, That the electors of Tunkhan. neck Diffri&, in the county of Luzerne, (hail hold their general elections at the houfe now courfr occupied by John M Cord, in laid DiftriEt, any former law to the contrary thereof notwith- Itanding. Sec. ig. And be it further entitled by the au~ thority aforefaid, That thefollowing bounds being part of the third and fourth election DiltriCts, in county deal- the county of Huntingdon, be, and the fame is ~diai place hereby erected into a feparate plection DifiriCt, cledions ihcr~ip. to be called the Ninth DiltriCt, viz, beginning at Miligan s Gap, in the Bald Eagle ridge or Bruthy mountain, and thence a ftraight line fo as to include [ohn Glafsgowe s farm to the north, to the fummit of the Allegheny mountain; thence along the faid mountain to the line - of.centrç county; thence along th e line of Centre county, to the fummit of Bald Eagle ridge or Brufhy mountain; thence along the fummit of laid mountain to the place of beinning, and that the electors of faid Diftri&, thalihold their elections at the houfe now occupied by Thomas Rickets, in the laid DiftriCt, Sec. 16. And be it further enat/ed by the titew,amicradon to thority aforefaid, That the electors included with. ~ in the following bounds, that is, beginning on trial, and place the Ohio, oppofite the Grape Bland; thence to $ciei~hons. James Ingles inclufive; thence to George Bruce s ~~clufiy~~ thence to the mouth of Logs-town. runt

6 t run, on laid river; thence down the fame to the place of beginning, be, and they are hereby annexed to the Beaver town election DiffriCt, and hall hereafter hold their general elections at the houfe now occupied by Samuel Johnlton, junr. in Beaver Town, in the county of Beaver. Sec. 17. And he it further entitled by the authority aforefaid, That the electors reiiding with- Place ot elea in the Lint election DifiriCt, in Butler county tinns in the firft diffri&, (hall hereafter hold their general elections at the Butlercoua. houfe now occupi~dby Adam Funk, in laid ~ DifiriCt. Sec. is. And be i/further enacted by the authothy aforefaid, That the townihip of Buffalue Buffalne to ~1- in the county of Butler, (hail be a feparate elec- thip,inthetuid county made a tion DiftriCt, and the electors thereof, (hall hold feparate dif. their general elections at the houfe now occu- trial, and place ofclet. pied by Benjamin Server, in laid townthip. tions. Sec. z~. And be it further enatled by the ats. thority aforefaid, That the townthip of Middle- The townthip (cx, in the county of Butler, (hail be afeparate in of faid Middlefcx, county election Diftrict, and the electors thereof, thall erealc& into a hold theirgeneral electionsataiexanderm Bnides new dthrlal, &c. Mill, in [aid townthip. Sec. 20. And be it further entitled by the autbority ajbrefaid, That the townthips of Cone- conequener queneffing and Muddy Creek, in the county of fi~gand Muddy crcck towu. Butler, (hall be a feparate election Diltrict, and thips to bea the electors thereof, (hall hold their general feparate (IIIelections at the houfe now occupied by Matthew trial, &c.; White, in ConequenelTing townfhip~ Sec. 21. And be it further entitled by the tnttforityaforejàid, That the townihip of Armagh, The townfh~p in 1~1iiflipcounty, Ihall be an eiectiondiftricr, of Armaghiii Muffin county aiid to be a

7 d~ft,4&,and [ 660 j and th&electors thereof, (hail hold their ekes: of dcc- tions at the houfe now occupied by George M Candlefs, in laid townihip. Sec. 22. And he it fu iher ena&d b the au.. ~ thorily.aforeraid, That the electors of the town!icktownlhip, (hip of Elklick, in the county of Somerfet, (halt $onicrfetcoun. hold their general election s at the houfe now ty~ occupied by Martin Weymer, Jun. in the village of Salibury, in laid townfhip, any law or cultom. to the contrary nocwithltanding. See. 23. And be it further enafled by the au-. Place ofelec- thoritv aforefaid, That the electors of the ~4Jf Difirict of Burlington; in the tountyof Lytri&,Lycn. coming, (hall hold their general elections at the flung county. - houfe now occupied by Nathaniel Allen, in laid Diftrict. Sec. 24.,l rcf be it furthcr e aflcd by the ate- Sixth diffri& MorlEy aforefaid That the following defcribed ~ec~,e~,un- ty, and place part of Greene county, viz, beginning at the houfe of John Meredith; thence along the Morgantown road to the head of Shannon s run; thence down laid run to its mouth; thence up Dunkard s Creek to the Rate line; thence along the line to the fouth-weft corner of the Rate; thence along the welt boundary of the Rate to the Fifvh Diliniet; thence aldng the Fifth Diftrict to Franklin townihip; thence along the line of Franklin to the houfe of John Meredith aforefaid, (halt be a feparate election Difirict, tobe called the Sixth Diltrict, and the electors thereof, (hall hold their general elections at the houfe of John M Kee, in laid Diltnict. Sec. 25. And be it further cmi fled by the ate Annexation to thority aforefaid, That all that part of Whitely Waynciburg Diftnict, in laid county of Greene, which lies welt

8 E CGi ~ wew of the tllowing line, v z. the road leading ~in~r~a, ta~ from Vernon s null to Lantz s mill ; thence a ~ of dcc- firaight line to the forks of Whitely Creek, and tins. thence a Itnaight line to the head of Smith s Creek, is hereby annexed to the Waynefburgh Diltrict, and the electors, (hall hold their general elections at the Court-houfe, in Waynefburgh. - - Sec. 26. ibid be it further enacted by the authority afire/aid, That the electors of the fecond Pt,Ce nielee. election DitiriCt, compofed of the townthips ftionsinthefccond diftn&, 0 Potters and Forgufon, in centre county, thai! Cet-art comahold their general elections at the houlè now oc- ~ cupied by John Irwin, in faid Diftnict. Sec. 27. And be it further enacted by the authority ajorefaid, That the following defcribed Anew diftri&. part of Crawford county, be, and the fame is cri&cd in..cr,.wiord hereby erected into a feparate election DiltriCt, co.nty,ancl to wit: Beginning at the north-ear corner of place ofclec- Crawford county; thence weftwardly along the tion, therein. line dividing Erie and Crawford counties to the old State road, leading from Fort Franklin to Waterford; thence fouthwardly along the fame, to the fouthern verge or line of the Eighth Donation Diltnift; thence along the fame eaftward. ly and on the fame line of direction to the line which divides the counties of Warren and Crawford, and thence along the fame to the place of beginning, and -the electors thereof, (hall herealter hold their general elections at the houfe now occupied by Shadiock Negus, any law or laws to th~contrary notwithftanding. Sec. zs. And be it further en -c9ed b- the thority ~frej7dd, That from and -after the pal - Part 0 fs,.t~- - fang of this act, the following defcribed part Sadthtirv rownthip. in Crawford county, be and county, - the id to Meat!

9 66~i the fathe is hel-eby annexed to Mead ei~tltoit i diltrict, to Wit: Beginning a~the north-welt cot-. ner of a tract of land, on -which Matthew WiLtfon formerly lived; thence fouth to the fouth.eaft corner of a tract of land, originally furveyed under awarrant in the name of Ifrael Ifrael; thencedue welt to the little Conneaut creek; thence up the laid creek to the fouth-ealt corner of the tract of land on which Abner Evans now lives; thence along or near the fouth fide of the Conneaut lake, due north to the line which divides Sadibury and Cuffawago townihips, at or near the place where Randolpti Freeman now lives; thence eaft along faid line to the place it interlefts the line dividing Sadibury and Mead towna thips; thence along the laid line to the place of beginning and the electors thereof, thai! hold their general elections at the court-houfe in thø town of Meadville, any law or aivs to the con tra~ynotwithitanding. Sec. 29. And be it further enacted by the a- Part of Mcau thority aforefaid, That from and after the palling townilaip, in of this aft, that the following defcribed part of laid county, Mead townthip, in the county of Crawford~:viz I-ienoiiigtnu s dijirid, &C. Beginning at the north-eaff corner of Fairfield townihip; thence by a direct line to the north. welt corner of a donation tract of land number one hundred and twenty; thence along the north end of a range of donation tracts on an Eaftwardly courfe to the line dividing the counties of Venango and Crawford; thence along the lines dividing the counties of Venango and Mercer, from the county of Crawford to the fouth-ealt corner of Fairfield townfhip, be, and the fame is hereby annexed.to Hennington s election diltrict,- and the electors thereof, (hall hold their general elections at. the houfe new occup)e&by James - Hen-

10 Henningtbn, in Fairfield townfhip, any law to the contrary notwithltanding. Sec. 30. And be itfurther enacted by the authority- uyorc~jiid, That the townihip of Oxford Oxford in the county of Philadelphia (hail be, and is phiacornuy, - hereby erected into a feparate election diutrict made a fepr. -. ate dlftri& and and the qualified electors reiidxng therein (hall placed cite. - meet and hold their general elections at the tions. Prankford Academy, in the borough of Frankford, and townihip of Oxford aforefaid. Sec. 31. And be it funher enacted by the authority aforefaid, That the faid election diltrict, ~ and the election diftrict from which it is taken, ed to hid die. till each of them, be entitled to three judges ~ of election refpectively, and no more, which itts CHARLES PORTER, Speaker of the Houfe of Reprefentativn~ JAMES BRADY, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED the thirty-fill day of MarcF4 in the year of our Lord, one thoufand eight - hundred and fix. THOMAS M KEAN. taken. CHAPTER CCIV. 4n ACT making app ropriaiithz for the improve. ment oj certain Roads. SeCtion i. E it enatlet-( by the Senate and - - Hvufe of Reprefentativer of the Comm onwealtb ~ffenrfylvania, IFS Gen~ raias- VOL. VU. 4