Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1879-10-01
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or other persons, shall be punished
with fine and Imprisonment.
BTRYISG OF WOODS

or other persons, shall be punished
with fine and imprisonment.
BURNING OF WOODS.
No. 176 prescribes a fine of three
hundred dollars and Imprisonment for
one year for the otfense of willfuily
kindling a fire upon the premises of
another, so as to set fire to any wood
lands, barrens or mOors. The County
Commissioners may pay reward OF
| fifty dollars for the apprehension and
conviction of any person guilty of this
offense
MECHANICS LIENS.
No. 1913 extends the provisions of
the mechanics lien law to work done
and materials furnished in the repair,
alteration of or addition to any build
ing, so that liens may be had for pay
ment of all debts contracted about new
buildings. or the repair, alteration or
addition to old buildings. The act
does not apply to the case ofany lessee
or tenant who has done work or made
repairs without the written consent of
the owner or authorized agent Of the
property. Laborers for or about the
construction Of any engine house, tank,
derrick or other Improvement upon
anv leasehold for boring, drilling or
mining, shall have q lien upon the
machinery or improvements, oil wells
and fixtures, for the price of the work
done
BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS
No. IA relates to the mutual saving
fund of building and loan associations,
regulating the mode Of charging pre-
miums. bonus or interest in advance
of Withdrawals, of repayment and col
lection of loans, also restricting the
power to levy excessive fines aud de-
lining the rights and liabilities of mar
ried women stockholders, and pre-
scribing the non-application to these
associations of the bonus tax and
registry laws for corporations. This
is an important act, and those inter-
ested in these associations should make
themselves familiar with its details.
sHERIFF's IyoUIsITIoN.
No. 81 reduces the number Of men
necessary to hold an inquisitlon IN par
tition proceedings on real estate, in
anv Court, when held by the Sheriff
of county, to six men instead OF
twelve
RELIEF OF THE POOR.
No. 50 authorizes any overseer or
poor director Of any poor district, IN
any county, to grant relief to or admit
to the poor house of his district, with
out order or certificate from Justice
of the Peace or Alderman, any poor or
INDECENT person entitled to such aid,
and in no case shall such order be re-
auired or fees allowed to any magis-
trate.
REDEMPTION OF SEATED LANDS.
No. So provides that where seated
real estate is sold for non-payment Of
taxes the owner shall have the right
to redeem the same as in the case OF
unseated land. No title by tax sale
which shall have become absolute
prior to the passage of the act shall
be affected by its provisions.
REFEREES IN SUIT BEFORE ALDERMAN.
No. 66 provides that in actions
brought before a Justice of Peace,
when the parties desire to arbitrate
and cannot agree upon arbitrators, the
magistrate shall write the names Of
seven disinterested citizens, from
which list the parties beginning with
the plaintiff) shall strike off one name
alternately until three are left, who
shall be the referees.
PROTECTING PLANTS IN GRAYEYARDS,
No. IS makes it penal oilcnse for
any person to pluck off, remove or de-
face any plant, tree, shrub or flower,
placed in any cemetery Or graveyard,
for ornamental purposes, or to will
fully trespass upon any private en-
closures in such burial places.