Pennsylvania Act 1846-347 — ROADS, HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES - SUPPLEMENT

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ROADS, HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES - SUPPLEMENT
                 Act of Apr. 21, 1846, P.L. 416, No. 347              Cl. 36
                               A SUPPLEMENT

     To the act, entitled "An Act relating to roads, highways and
        bridges."

        Section 1.  Power of quarter sessions to vacate roads
        The powers of the Courts of Quarter Sessions of this
     Commonwealth, to vacate public and private roads, are hereby
     extended to all roads, whether laid out by authority of law, or
     existing by prescription or lapse of time; and generally to all
     roads, except private roads, resting upon express grant, the
     evidence of which is still in existence, excepting in such
     counties, as the power to lay out and vacate public roads is, or
     may be, vested in some other tribunal, than in the court of
     quarter sessions of the peace; excepting, also, roads laid out
     by Act of Assembly, and are expressly exempted from the
     jurisdiction of said courts.  1846, April 21, P.L. 416, Sec. 1.