Pennsylvania Act 1850-416 — PUBLIC ROADS - CHANGING OR VACATING - POWERS OF COURT

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PUBLIC ROADS - CHANGING OR VACATING - POWERS OF COURT
                  Act of May 8, 1850, P.L. 713, No. 416               Cl. 36
                                  AN ACT

     Authorizing the First German Reformed congregation of Lancaster
        to sell certain real estate; relative to the common schools
        in the city of Lancaster; to a certain tavern license in
        Lancaster county; to Girard avenue, in the district of Penn;
        to authorize the school directors of North-west ward,
        Reading, to borrow money; relative to the sale of the real
        estate of George Flowers, of Philadelphia, deceased; to
        powers of courts of quarter sessions; to justices of the
        peace and their sureties; to opening and grading streets,
        &c., in the borough of Pottsville; to the sureties of Jacob
        Sallada, late surveyor general; and to Marsh and Penn
        streets, in the district of Kensington; and relative to
        actions of ejectment.

        Section 8.  Widening of roads; powers of courts
        In addition to the powers now given to the courts of quarter
     sessions by the act of June 13, 1836, it may be lawful for them
     on petition under the same rules and restrictions regulating
     proceedings for laying out and vacating public roads, to grant
     the orders for widening all such roads as are now, or hereafter
     may be laid out, reserving to those persons who may consider
     themselves damnified, the rights of submitting their claims to a
     board of viewers, as is now provided in cases of laying out
     roads: provided, that no road shall in any case exceed fifty
     feet in width.  1850, May 8, P.L. 713, Sec. 8.