Pennsylvania Act 1875-39 — ROADS, TEMPORARY CLOSING OF

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ROADS, TEMPORARY CLOSING OF
                  Act of Mar. 18, 1875, P.L. 34, No. 39               Cl. 36
                                  AN ACT

     To provide for the temporary closing of any public street or
        public highway when the same may be needed for the use of any
        agricultural fair or any exhibition of the products of the
        soil or mine or of manufactures, machinery or works of art.

        Section 1.  Temporary closing of highways for use of fairs or
     exhibitions
        Whenever the managers of any agricultural fair, or of any
     exhibition of the products of the soil or mine or of
     manufactures, machinery or works of art, who are authorized by
     any law of this State, or of the United States, to hold such
     fair or exhibition, shall deem it necessary for the proper
     holding or protection of such fair or exhibition to occupy, use
     and close up any portion of a public street or public highway,
     except of a railway or canal, they shall be, and are hereby
     authorized, to present a petition to the court of common pleas
     of the county in which such public street or public highway may
     be located, setting forth that the use, occupation and closing
     up for a temporary period are needed for the proper holding and
     protection of a fair or exhibition; and upon the hearing of such
     petition if the court shall deem the prayer of such petition to
     be reasonable, and that the granting thereof will not cause any
     serious public inconvenience, the said court may order and
     direct such public street or public highway to be closed, and
     the use and occupation thereof to be granted to the petitioners
     for a term not exceeding six months for the holding and
     protection of the fair or exhibition named in such petition:
     Provided, That when the public street or public highway
     designated in such petition, shall be located in any city or
     borough, the consent of the authorities of said city or borough
     shall be given for such use, occupation and closing of the
     public street or public highway, and be duly certified to the
     court along with such petition.  1875, March 18, P.L. 34, No.
     39, Sec. 1.