Pennsylvania Act 1856-587 — PHILADELPHIA CONSOLIDATED - SUPPLEMENT

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PHILADELPHIA CONSOLIDATED - SUPPLEMENT
                  Act of May 13, 1856, P.L. 567, No. 587              Cl. 11
                           A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT

     To the act consolidating the city of Philadelphia.

        Section 1.  Powers of former marshal of police
        After the term of the present marshal of police shall expire
     by limitation or death, the office shall cease, and all the
     powers in him vested, not subordinate to the mayor, shall
     thereupon become vested in the mayor, and all his duties
     subordinate to the mayor shall be performed by a superintendent
     of police to be appointed by the director with the approval of
     the select council, subject to be dismissed by him, who shall
     receive such salary and perform such further duties as may be
     prescribed by ordinance.  1856, May 13, P.L. 567, Sec. 1.
        Section 4.  City commissioners to take no part; law
     department to represent city
        The city commissioners shall disburse no moneys, nor make any
     contracts for public works or highways, nor take any part in the
     opening of streets, or the assessment of the damages therefor,
     but notice of the meetings of all viewers to lay out, open, or
     vacate any street or highway, or assess damages therefor, shall
     be served at the law department of the city, and the solicitor
     or assistant shall represent and protect the interests of the
     city in relation to all road matters, and countersign every
     order granted by the court of quarter sessions, for the payment
     of road damages, and keep a register of all damages confirmed by
     the court, and of orders countersigned, which shall not be
     countersigned or paid until an appropriation therefor be made by
     councils.  1856, May 13, P.L. 567, Sec. 4.
        Section 11.  Redemption from sales for taxes, municipal
     claims, etc.
        All sales for registered taxes, municipal claims, assessments
     for removing nuisances, or other charges by the city, assessed
     on real estate, shall be subject to redemption by the owner at
     any time within two years from the date of the acknowledgment of
     the sheriff's deed therefor, upon payment of all costs and
     charges, and twenty per cent upon the amount for which the
     property has sold; and any person entitled so to redeem may
     present a petition to the court from which the process issued,
     setting forth the facts and his readiness to pay the redemption-
     money as aforesaid; whereupon the court shall grant a rule to
     show cause why the purchaser shall not reconvey to him the
     premises sold, to be served as a summons in actions of
     partition; and if the petitioner shall prove the facts, to give
     him a right to redeem, the court shall make such rule absolute,
     and enforce it by attachment.  1856, May 13, P.L. 567, Sec. 11.
        Section 12.  Docks, etc; to be kept clean; penalty; fine to
     be a lien
        That it shall be lawful for the councils of said city to
     provide, by ordinance, for the cleaning of the docks on the
     Delaware and Schuylkill front of said city, and to require the
     owners of wharves and piers, which surround such docks, to
     cleanse the same; and after thirty days' default from the
     service of notice on them to perform said duty, it shall be
     lawful for the city to do said work, and to apportion the
     expenses thereof among the owners of the wharves and piers
     adjoining, in proportion to the extent of their wharves, having
     the privilege or use of such docks, and to collect the same by
     filing liens therefor and process thereupon as in case of claims
     for paving: Provided, That no dock shall be cleansed to a
     greater depth than the natural bed of the river.  1856, May 13,
     P.L. 567, Sec. 12.
        Section 17.  Damages upon opening of street
        Whenever councils shall order any street upon the plan of
     said city to be opened or widened, no damages therefor shall be
     paid unless first assessed by a jury and approved by the court
     of quarter sessions, in accordance with the general road laws of
     the Commonwealth: Provided, That councils may in all cases,
     whether the proceedings to open any street shall have been
     commenced in councils or in the ordinary course before the
     court, refuse to appropriate for the opening of any street,
     until the owners or citizens to be benefited shall have
     contributed the whole or any part thereof, as councils may have
     determined to be just, and in such case such street shall not be
     actually opened, nor any security which may have been taken for
     the damages be responsible therefor.  1856, May 13, P.L. 567,
     Sec. 17.
        Section 21.  Suits against delinquents
        It shall be the duty of the controller and treasurer of the
     city, within the first five days of each month, to report to the
     city solicitor every person who has been delinquent in rendering
     his account, or making payment of any moneys, fines, or costs,
     payable to the city treasurer, and of the city solicitor
     forthwith to proceed to make collection of the same, and
     otherwise to enforce the law against the delinquent. 1856, May
     13, P.L. 567, Sec. 21.
        Section 31.  Change of polling places in Philadelphia
        The place for holding all elections in the City of
     Philadelphia may be changed in accordance with the provisions of
     the fifty-sixth section of the act entitled "an act relating to
     the elections of this Commonwealth," passed July 2, 1839.  1856,
     May 13, P.L. 567, Sec. 31.