Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-06-29
NEW LAW us.

Below will be found three Acts passed
by the General Assembly at the late
session, and approved by the Governor,
which should be studied by the people
and observed:
An Aor to protect fruit, gardens, growing crops,
grass, etc., and punish trespass.
SECTION l. That any person or per-
sons who shall williully enter or break
down, through or over any field, or
chard, garden or yard, fence, hotbed or
greenhouse, or who shall wronginlly
club, stone, cut, break, bark or other.
wise mutilate or damage any field, crop,
nut, fruit or ornamental tree, shrub,
bush, plant or vine, trellis, arbor, hot.
bed or greenhouse, or who shall tram
pie or in anywise injure any grain,
grass, vines, vegetables or other grow.
ing crop, or who shall williully take or
carry away grain, corn, rye, wheat or
other field crop, fruit, vegetables, plants,
or ornamental trees, vines or shrubs,
whether the same be attached to the
soil or not, shall subject said person or
persons to penalty Of not less than
five nor more than fifty dollars for each
and every offense.
SEC 2. Any Justice of the Peace or
Alderman, upon information or com.
plaint made before him by the affidavit
of one or more persons Of the violation
of said Act by any'person or persons,
shall issue his warrant, directed to any
constable or police officer, TO cause such
person or persons to be arrested and
brought before said Justice or Alder.
man, who shall hear and determine the
guilt or innocence Of such person or
persons so charged, and, if convicted of
said olfense or oilenses, shall be sen
tenccd to pay tho said penalty afore.
said attached TO said violations, with
costs, one.hall to 60 to the party or
parties injured to pay for damages sus.
tained, and the remaining one.half to
the school fund Of the district in which
said ollense was committed: Provided,
that the Defendant or Defendants, on
refusing to pay at once said penalty,
shall be committed to the common Jail
of the said county for a period Of not
less than one day for each dollar of
penalty imposed, unless the Defendant
or Defendants enter IN q recognizance,
with good security, TO answer said com
plant on charge Of misdemeanor be-
fore the quarter sessions of the peace
of the county in which the offense is
committed, which court, on conviction
Of the oiiense so charged and failure to
pay the penalty imposed by this Act
with costs, shall commit the said De-
fendant or Defendants to the common
jail OF tho county for q period of not
less than one day for each dollar Of
penalty imposed
Approved tho eighth day OF June,
A. d. 1881. HENRY NJ. HoYT.
An Aor to enable city, county, township and
borough tax collectors 10 collect taxes for the
payment Of which they have become per
sonally liable without having collected the same
but by expiration Of the authority Of their re-
spootive warrants, and to extend the timo for
collection Of the same for period Of one year
from the passage Of this Act
That in all cases in which the period
of two years, the limitation of the war.
rants in the duplicate Of county, city,
township, ward and borough tex col.
leotors have expired, and said collector
or collectors have become liable for the
amount of tax on said duplicates with.
out having collected the same, the said
duplicates and warrants in all such
cases are hereby revived and extended
for another period Of one year from the
passage of this Act, and said collector
or collectors are hereby authorized and
empowered to proceed and collect said
taxes from all persons who have not
paid taxes assessed to them residing In
said districts within which il may have
been assessed, as well as from oil per.
sons who removed from said city, ward,