Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1859-01-28
An Act 10 abolish the Offices Of Canal commissioner
ana s!a.e Engineer.

rrlutiug for another three years
An Act 10 abolish the Offices Of Canal t0ma!Ssiohef
ana s.a.e Enginter
SIC. |. Be Ii enacted, &c, That from anu
/ after the passage Of tins act, the once al Va
nal Commissioner # tins CommonweaIh oe
aud the same is hereby abolished ana the ID
nal Commissioners are hereby rtquIeu anu
directed tr deliver up 10 the custody oi lht
AgdI,ur General all books, papers records ahu
other pr perry belonging TO sad department,
wno>r duty 0, shall be 10 take charge OF and
preserve the same.
Sc. .. Thai the Auditor General Is here
BY authorized aAd required, upon the apPlIca-
lion Of any person or persons, To give copies
of any entry or entries of the books heretofore
kept by the Canal Commissioner, under the
seal OF his office; aud also 10 furnish upon
application aS aforesaid, copies Of any paper
or papers ON file IN sad Office, 10 any person
or persons requiring the same. under the seal
of his Office; and for every such certificate.
shall charge the person cr persons receiving
the same one do La. lur which he snal! &C
count 1, The CamnyuN eaih, aui the copies
certified and at,,',d shall be deemed and
aIm.,ied as legal evidence in any court OF
this Commonwealth, with like effect as the
original.
SEC s. Tha, from and after the passage oi
this act. the Office of State Engineer be and the
same Is hereby abolished.
SIC. /. That The Auditor General snail
cause 10 be entered in a book, 10 be procured
for the purpose, list Of all claims mat nave
oeenor may be preferred against the o'min"h ,,'nh
book shall contain the name or names OF clam
ants; on what brarch Of the public improve
tod n apH a r.
the date when the ALLEGED liability accrued
a,Unuot of claim amount allowed, or when re-
i..,,d and when acted upon; and such remarks
nav facilitate future Investigations, which
a,ok Shall be deposited in the Auditor Gener-
al, Office and he completed al the earliest
possible day.
Pann>yIyania again demands Protective IaFih :
The interest and the honest voice oi fenh-
svlvaua have always been for protective
TarlT. although occa ,ionally cheated by such
cries as .. Polk and the Tariff Of AZ, bu'
chanan and Free Kansas &c. Last spring
no Tariff resolution could pass our Demo-
cratic LEGISLATURE But the last Fall election,
when the people spoke for themselves, has
made most of the LocoiocoS shake IN their
shoes. aud they are now willing to 60 ior
Tariff. for Liberty, or anything else that will
helm them regain their power. The following
preamble and resolution, (reported by MIR.
Lawrence Of Washington Patterson ofJuniata,
and othcrs,) passed the House with only :
Loco votes in oPpoStlon-pasSed Senate 80
10 O-and were by the Governor promptly for
warled 10 Washington. lie, us hope they may
be the harbinger of better times.
VOICE OF PESNsrLyASIs.
! "Whereas, The experience of the past and
present most fully demonstrates that 1t Is a
wise and beneficial policy of the general gov
ernmenl. which dictates the imposition OF du-
ties on such products Of foreign nations, as
: come IN such direct contact with those OF our
couuuy, as to interfere and PROSTATE the
trade en- our own soil and among our own
/ citizens.
And, Whereas, for want Of such aid. the
country is filed with foreign products. the
result of cheap labor; the monetary affairs
of the nation disarranged by the expectation
Of specie, 70 pay our Indebtedness abroad /;
and The citizens and laborers in many de-
parlmenrs Of trade compelled to abandon
their accustomed employment; especially do
pur own coal and iron interests suffer. There
fore:
Resolved, By the Senate and House Of
Representatives Of the Commonwealth OF
penu>vlyanla, IN General Assembly met,
That our Senators in Congress he instructed
and onr Representatives. requested 10 labor
for the passage (at the present session. Of
such an act as VIII not only tend TO increase
3 the Revenue by the imposition of duties, but
afford Protection 10 all the interests OF the
country injured by the production of cheap la
Dor of other countries, but more especially to
urge an increase of duty on coal and iron
IN which so large portion OF our own people
are deeply interested.
! "ReSolved, That the views Of the President,
expressed IN his late annual message, in ref
erence to the advantage of specific over ad-
yalorem duties, as more uniform. less liable
II frauds, and atfordin- the most certain
amouniol Revenue. and Protection, meet our
most hearty approval.
I Resolved. That the Governor be requested
10 forward each of our Senators and Repre-
scntatlveS in Congress a copy o. the above
preamble and resolutions, informing them of
their adoption.
ssThe passage Of the two foregoing
acts by our State Legislature, is hailed
with delight by the people everywhere
and especially for the reason that all the