Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1867-03-21
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Special Correspondence of THE BRADFORD
REPORTER.


| The Senate has passed supplement to an
act granting the courts power to appoint
road viewers, &C., which extends the powers
of said courts to vacate public and private
roads, streets and alleys in any unincorpor-
ated village, to all public and private roads,
streets and alleys, in any plan Of lots now,
or which may be hereafter, laid out in the
| Commonwealth.
An act relating to dover has also been
passed by the Senate, providing that in case
any person has died, or shall hereafter die
leaving widow and last will and testament
and such widow has elected, or shall elect,
not to take under the WILL but claims dover
at common law, and the same has not yet
Court of the county in which the land sub
ject to such dover is situated, on petition of
the widow and persons interested, to ap-
point seven men to appraise such real estate
with its improvements or to award an in
quest to be held by the Sheriff, ascertain the
value of the land or such portions thereof as
may be asked to be appraised. After such
| appraisement has been had and confirmed
by the Orphans Court, the said lands shall
be charged with and subject to the yearly in
! terest accruing on the one-third of the valu-
alton moneys, which shall be paid to the
widow annually during her life, by the own
er or occupier of the said land. The inter-
est accruing as aforesaid may be recovered
in the same manner as the interest of the
widows of intestates when the land has been
appraised and accepted by the heirs under
| the intestate laws is recoverable
The question of granting the Governor
power to commute the death punishment in
certain cases, has become one of great i'm
portance, owing to the fact that there are in
some of our prisons individuals long since
convicted Of murder, and sentenced to be
hung, but whose time of execution has never
been fixed by the Executives. In order that
such persons may be relieved of the sus-
pense that has so long rendered them miser-
able the Senate has passed an act providing
that in cases of convictions or, and sentence
for, murder in the first degree, the Governor
may, upon the petition of the person con-
victed grant to such convict a pardon, upon
such condition, with such restrictions, and
with such limitations, as he deems proper !;
and he may issue his warrant to all proper
officers to carry such pardon into effect :;
Pr0uided, That in all cases in which sent
ence of death shall hereafter be pronounced,
no conditional pardon shall be granted, un-
less a majority Of the judges of the court be-
fore whom the convict hath been tried, Zone
of whom shall be a presiding Judge shall
advise or recommend such pardon. The
act confers no right to expatriate any con-
Wet.
An act to regulate the carriage of baggage
by railroads has been passed by the Senate
1t allows each passenger one hundred pounds
of baggage, not over $500 in value for which
the company shall be responsible if said
baggage is placed in the baggage car, but
the company is not liable for any article taken
into car in which the passenger is riding.
A change in the general fee bill is about
being made Under the old law, county Of
ticers whose income was over 81. 500 were
required to pay into the State Treasury fifty
per cent. of the surplus. The present bill,
as it passed the House, requires such officers
to pay to the State Treasurer fifty per cent.
on surplus over s2,000 after deducting clerk
hire and Office rent. The Senate will doubt
less pass the bill before this letter is put in
print, and become law by the early ap-
proval of the Governor. The main feature
of the act is to fix in detail the fees at q "a
ito of twenty-five per cent advance, in ac-
cordance with the advance granted by the
Legislature during the late war
! The Senate has repealed the first section
of "an act to provide for the destruction
! and to prevent the spread of Canada This
ties" approved March %, 1862, SO far as re-
lates to the county of Bradford The Sec
! ton referred to, made every person liable to
fine of $50 for allowing Canada Thistles to
: grow on his premises.
: The House has passed finally an act relat
ing to the fees of the District Attorney OF
: the county of Greene, after amending it so
as to apply, also, to Sullivan county.
The Senate passed finally the bill to trans.
/ fer Monroe, Pike, Wayne, Susquehanna,
2 Bradford, Wyoming, Luzerne and Carbon
counties, and add the same to the Northern
District Of the Supreme Court.
Mr.. WEBB has presented to the House q
petition from citizens of Bradford county,
praying for the passage of law to compel
the Northern Central railroad to fence the
road now now occupied by them, formerly
known as the Williamsport and Elmira rail.
road.
Also, petition from citizens of Bradford
county, praying for a law taxing dogs.
Also a petition from one hundred and
seventy-six citizens of Granville Township,
Bradford county, praying for repeal of Sc
much of the Act of 1856, giving local boun.
ty to veterans as relates to said township.
Mr.. WEBB read in place, in the House, an
act to reduce the number of School Direc-
tors in the several school districts in the
county of Bradford, and to pay the same.
Also, bill to extend the act providing for
the assessment of seated lands in the town
ships where the mansion house is situated,
i'll the borough of Rome, in the county of
Bradford, for school purposes.
The Legislature has determined to f1 the
legal weight of grain, etc. The figures
are as follows Wheat, per bushel, go fbs.,
rye Sc, shelled corn Sc, cob corn, 70, corn
meal 40, coarse salt 20, ground salt 62, fine
salt At, barley Al, oats 32, turnips 55, onions
36, peas Sc, malt 3S, unslacked lime 80, an
thracite coal so, bituminous coal 40, pota-
toes 56, sweet potatoes 81, flax seed 56,
bran 20, beans 56, dried peaches 3S, dried
apples 25.
A bill has been passed authorizing the ap-