The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-05-12
A SUPPLEMENT
TO THE BIOOMSBURG ACT OF ith MARCH, 1870

time to time levy and impose upon all
property and objects of taxation In said
town liable TO taxation for town pur-
poses, all such taxes as shall be neces-
sary to pay the debts and obligations of
the township of Bloom incurred or ex-
isting before the organization of said
town, but such taxes shall be imposed
and levied without regard to the classi.
| ficatiOn of real estate or rates of taxa.
tion thereon provided for in the ninth
section the act TO which this is supple.
! ment, and the same shall be collected In
the same manner as other taxes of said
town. The said taxes shall be separately
levied at such rates as the council in
their discretion shall fix, and separate
! ard distinct accounts thereof and of the
application of the same shall be kept
and published in the annual statements
of the town.
SECTION .. That in municipal elec-
lions in the said town of Bloomsbury
each voter may distri butte his votes un-
equally among candidates in the several
cases mentioned in the fourth section of
the act TO which this is a supplement
whenever such distribution shall be
possible, and votes so cast shall be
counted and allowed in the returns.
| SECTION 3. That the map of said town
of Bloomsbury now being made by
Samuel Neyhard, under the authority
of the town council, exhibiting the
boundaries, streets, lanes and alleys of
said town, shall when completed be sub
mitted for correction and approval to
the court Of quarter sessions of the peace
| of Columbia county and the same when
approved by said court shall be filed of
record and thereupon and thenceforth
the roads, streets, lanes and alleys set
forth on said map shall according to
their location thereon be held and taken
to be public highways, subject however
4 to the provisions of the fourth section
of this act. The said court shall hear
and consider any complaint or objection
made to it by any citizen of said town
or owner ofsreal estate therein, against
the correctness of said map or the loca-
ton of the lines or parts thereof prior
TO the approval Of the same, and may
take such order thereon and make all
such DEGREES relating thereto as shall
pertain to justice and to the public inter.
ests and convenience, and the said court
when application shall be made for the
| approval Of said map shall order public
notice thereof TO be given in at least one
newspaper of said town for at least foul
| weeks prior to the next succeeding term
4 of the court and shall defer further action
upon such application until the said sue
ceeding term. The said map at all times
after the approval of the same by the
court and any copy or duplicate thereof
whether upon the same or upon large
or smaller scale duly certified to be tru
and correct by the clerk of the said cour
and verified by the court seal, shall b'
receivable in evidence in any suit
prosecution or proceeding whatsoeve
in which the same shall be pertinen
and shall be held as conclusive evidenc
of the true location of the boundarie
and highways of said town as estab
lished at the date of its approval and a
| prima facia evidence of the situation ant
| boundaries or limits of lots, out lots
| farm lands, canal wharves, landings
railroads, buildings and structures o
said town ut the same time 50 far as th
same shall be set forth, delineated o
mentioned on said map
SECTION 4. All buildings heretofor
erected within the lines of highways il
said tewn or projecting thereon shall b
DeGnitted to remain in their presen
Ocations until the same shall be rebuilt
I econstructcd, abandoned d or removed b.
I, he owners thereof unless the same o
n, ,cessary parts thereof or the space
oc .Gpied thereby have been or shall b
tai 'eG for public use upon compensation
ma de according to law, but no re-eret
ton sIr reconstruction OF such building
shall he lawful which shall intrude upo
or be within the limits of such highway
as Fl, cd by the town map Aforesaid o
herea fter laid out and established pursu
ant to law, nor shall any lapse of tim
be h ,sd to confer upon any person
what, 'ver any right of occupancy or it'll
las ag afnst the public to any groun'
within the limits of any highway a
AZORES; i'd except as provided by this act
SECl HON o. The corporate officers {
said to va shall have all the powers con
ferred u pon borouShs or borough officer
by the fifth and sixth articles of tn
| l,nnnnL Of nf thirI /.
April OF le thousand eight hundred an
ffty.one, regulating boroughs, in re
gard to the improvement of side or foe
walks lpon OR along any highwa
within the built-up parts of said tow
whenever a majority of the owners
lots alo az such highway shall apply t
the council for the grading, curbing
paving, and gathering of the same; bu
such application shall be in writing dul
signed by said lot owners and be n
corded in the minutes of the council an
filed among their records.
The following are the With and Wit
articles of the ID section of the act {
1851, referred to in the foregoing, viz:
V. To require and direct the grading
cui'bing, paving, and guttering Of tn
side or foot-walks, by the owner
own ers of the lots of ground respectivel
front ing thereon, in accordance wit
the G, meral regulations prescribed.
VI. 10 cause the same to be done o
failure of the owners thereof, within tn
time p. described by the general reguli
tions, nd to collect the cost OF the wor
and ma terials with twenty per cehtui
} advance thereon rom SAID owners,
claims q re by law recoverable unu'
the prov isiCns of the law relative
mechanic y liens, and the particulars
such labor and materials; the name
names of he actual or reputed owner
owners, as also of the occupier or occ
piers of the premises Tor the time pein
! shall be set forth in statement 10