Pennsylvania Act 1866-199 — ROAD VIEWERS - PHILADELPHIA - SUPPLEMENT

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ROAD VIEWERS - PHILADELPHIA - SUPPLEMENT
                 Act of Mar. 16, 1866, P.L. 224, No. 199              Cl. 11
                                SUPPLEMENT

     To an act relating to roads, highways and bridges, relative to
        the appointment of road viewers, in the city of Philadelphia.

        Section 1.  Appointment of Viewers
        So much of the act relating to roads, highways and bridges,
     approved the thirteenth day of June, 1836, (act of 1836, June
     13, P.L. 551,) as requires road jurors to be drawn, or
     appointed, in Philadelphia County, in manner different from the
     other counties of this Commonwealth, namely: Sections seventy-
     seven to eighty-one, inclusive, and the proviso to the first
     section of said act, are hereby repealed; and hereafter, in all
     cases relating to the opening of streets, upon the plans of the
     city of Philadelphia, and of view, review and assessment of
     damages, for and in relation to roads, bridges, or property,
     otherwise taken for public use, the persons appointed to view,
     review and assess damages, shall be appointed by the Court of
     Quarter Sessions of the County of Philadelphia, in the same
     manner, with the same qualifications, and to have the like
     powers, and perform the like duties, as is provided by the
     general laws of this Commonwealth: Provided, That all pending
     proceedings shall be completed under existing laws: And
     provided, damages for railroads shall be assessed, as now
     provided by law; and that the several supplements to an act to
     incorporate the City of Philadelphia, relating to opening and
     widening streets, or vacating same, and to the assessment,
     apportionment and payment of road, or street, damages, now in
     force, and not inconsistent with this act, shall not be
     affected, or repealed, thereby.  1866, March 16, P.L. 224, Sec.
     1.