Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1867-05-30

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April, Ammo Domini one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-seven.
JOHN W. GEARY.
AN ACT declaratory Of the law relating TO taking
up lumber, and prohibiting the floating Of loose
saw logs in the Susquehanna river, between the
town Of Northumberland and the line Of the
State Of Maryland.
SEC. /. Be il enacted, de-, That it is
hereby declared to be the true intent
and meaning of the first section of the
act, entitled "An Act to regulate the
taking up Of lumber in the rivers Sus.
quehanna and Lehigh, and their
branches" approved the twentieth
day of March, A. ID. one thousand
eight hundred and twelve, that any
saw logs may be taken up, under the
provisions OF said section, whether
the same be put into the said stream
Intentionally, or otherwise, and wheth-
er the same be flOated Intentionally,
or otherwise, the true intent and mean.
ing thereof being, that no saw logs
may be foated, or driven, therein,
unless RATED, and under the pilotage
and control of men, and that all saw
logs, not so RATED, and under the
pilotage and control Of men, shall and
may be taken up, under the provisions
thereof; PrOuided, That this section
shall only apply TO the Susquehanna
river, between the town of Northum-
berland and the line of the State of
Maryland; and the person, or per-
sons, taking up any of said saw logs,
so floating, shall be entitled to receive,
from the owners thereof fifty cents for
each log, before delivering up the same.
SEC. 2. 1t shall not be lawful for
any person, or persons, company, or
companies, corporation, or corpora
tons, TO float, or direct and authorize
to be foated, down the Susquehanna
river, between the town of Northum-
berland and the line of the State of
Maryland, any saw log, without the
same being RATED and joined together,
or enclosed in boats, and under the
control, supervision and pilotage of
men, specially placed in charge of the
same, and actually thereon; and any
person, or persons, may take up the
said saw logs, or any Of them, if they
be found floating loose in said stream,
and not under the personal charge of
some one upon the same, and shall
have the right to hold and possess the
same, against all persons whatsoever;
Provided, That if the owner, or own
ers, of said saw logs, or their agents,
shall appear and demand the same
from the captor, or captors, and shall
and do pay therefor to the said cap
tor, or captors, fifty cents for each
saw log, so taken up, within two
from the date OF their being
so taken up, it shall be the duty Of
the captor, or captors, TO deliver oves
said logs to the owner, or owners
but if no such owner, or his. or their,
agents, shall appear within said time,
and pay, or offer to pay, TO the said
captor, or captors, the said salvage
money, the said saw logs shall be alb
solutely forfeited TO, and become the
property of the said captor, or cap
.ors And proUided further, That this
act shall not apply to saw logs now
lying in the said stream, nor to any
case in which, by reason Of high wa
ter, or from any other casualty, said
saw logs may be swept out of the
West Branch and Susquehanna booms.
SEC. 3. All laws and parts of laws,
with the provisions of
this act, shall be and the same are
hereby repealed.
JAMES r. KELLEY,
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives.
DAVID FLEMING,
Speaker Of the Senate.
APPRovED-The eleventh day of
December, Ammo Domini one thousand
sight hundred and sixty-six.
ANDREW G. CURTIN.
AN ACT regulating the width of schutes in the
susquehanna river II
SEC. |. Be Il enacted, DC, That the |
owners of all dams, whether individu-
lls, or corporations, which are now,
Or may be hereafter, erected in the |
river, from the mouth of
sandy run, on tho West Branch, in
county, to Marietta, in Ian
,aster county, shall be required TO