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 THIRTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 190, 200. 1860. 89 ing or being on land not his own, or shall maliciously break down or injure any fence enclosing or belonging to another’s land, or shall maliciously sever from the freehold of another any product thereof, or any- thing attached thereto, shall be punished by imprisonment in jail not more than three months, or by a line not exceeding one hundred dollars. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That every person who, in said_ Wllful UQSPW District, without color of right, shall wilfully commit any trespass by cut- gléegluggglylngow ting down or destroying any timber or wood standing on the land of punislhed. l another, or by carrying away any kind of timber or wood cut down or lying on such land, or by digging up or carrying away any stone, ore, gravel, clay, sand, turf; or mold from such land, or any roots, fruit, or plant there being, or by cutting down or carrying away any grass, hay, grain, or corn standing, or,being on such land, shall be punished by imprisonment in jail not more than sixty days, or by a fine not exceeding sixty dollars. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That every person who, in said Dis- Wilful trespass trict, without color of right, shall wilfully commit any trespass by entering gZn:“°;:;*L€u§,;"‘ upon the garden, orchard, or other improved land of another, with intent &c_,’ how pun] to cut, take, carry away, destroy, or injure the trees, grain, grass, hay, iSb¤d· fruit, or vegetables there growing or being, shall be punished by imprisonment in jail not more than forty days, or by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars. Sec. 4. And be tt further enacted, That justices of the peace shall Jurisdiction vf have exclusive original jurisdiction in all cases mentioned in the preced- gl;°i:€l;;ff;’e;l’gf ing sections, saving, however, to any party convicted before such justice, the peace. the right to a trial by jury on his appeal to the criminal court. Sec. 5. And be tt further enacted, That every person convicted before P¤>¤¢¤dl¤g9 <>¤ a justice of the peace of any offence named in this act, and appealing ggmtggclggi therefrom, shall be committed to abide the sentence of the criminal court, until he shall recognize, with sureties, in such reasonable sum as the justice shall require, with condition to appear at said court, there to prosecute his appeal and to abide sentence thereon. On such appeal being taken and bond filed, the justice shall make a copy of the conviction and other proceedings in the case and transmit the same, together with the recognizance, to the clerk of the criminal court. Approved, June 22, 1860. Cntr. CC.—An Act prcvidingfm· the Erection ¢y"a Post-Ofwe m the Cityqf Philadelphia. June 23, 18oO. Be tt enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proviso of the third Pmvisotoact section of an act entitled "An act making appropriations for sundry civil §,’{§f·;lj;p€§,§,“· expenses of the government for the year ending the thirtietb of June, mpsazed, ‘ Anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty," passed March third, eighteen `hundred and fifty-nine, be, and the same is hereby, repealed. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That if the premises agreed to be purchased by the United States from the American Philosophical Society as a site for a court—house, mentioned in the said third section, should fail to sell on account of any defect or qualification in the title thereto, that f APPll~°*ltl°ll Of then the sum of seventy-eight thousand dollars, appropriated by the act of  °l’Pr°P°` { August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, entitled “An act mak- 1856, sh. 129.  ing appropriations for certain civil expenses of the government for the V°l· **-9-83- i year ending the thirticth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven," for l the purchase and payment of the same, together with the unexpended bali ance of the sum of fifty thousand dollars, appropriated by the said act of March third, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, for the purpose of making ` alterations to the building thereby authorized to be purchased of the Bank “ of Pennsylvania, and the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, appropri- ,86.,, 6h_ 10s_ l ated by the act of March third, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, for com- Vol. xi. p. 227. von. x11. PUB.-12 i