duties, assess the damages done, if any, to the petitioner, and shall 

 report the same to the court, at the first week of the next regular 

 term thereof after the said appointment, which report shall, upon its 

 presentation as aforesaid, be confirmed nisi; and if no appeal be en- 

 tered to the same on or before ten days from the Saturday of the 

 week in which the same is presented, it shall then be confirmed ab- 

 solutely and judgment entered by the prothonotary of the said court 

 upon the same against the said company. 



Section 2. The compensation of the viewers provided for by the 

 first section of this act shall be the same as is no-w provided for road 

 viewers, and shall be paid by the defendant company, where damages 

 are awarded, otherwise by the petitioner: Provided, That the provi- 

 sions of this act shall not apply to the police patrol or fire depart- 

 ment telegraph lines. 



Section 3. All laws in so far as they conflict with this act are 

 hereby repealed. 



Approved The 2d day of June, A. I). 1891. 



ROBERT E. PATTISON. 



AN ACT 



Authorizing the purchase by the Commonwealth of unseated lands 

 for the non-payment of taxes for the purpose of creating a State 

 Forest Reservation. 



Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That from and after the first day 

 of January; A. D. 1898, whenever any unseated lands within this 

 Commonwealth shall, under existing laws, become liable to sale by 

 the respective county treasurers or the county commissioners for 

 non-payment of taxes, it shall be the duty of such treasurers and 

 commissioners to publish a notice once a week for six successive 

 weeks in at least two newspapers of general circulation within the 

 county in which the lands lie, and if two newspapers Be not pub- 

 lished in said county, then in one newspaper in or nearest to the 

 same, which notice shall contain the names of the owners when 

 known, the warrant numbers, names of warrantees when known, the 

 number of acres contained in each tract, the township in which the 

 same is lo-eated, and the sums due upon each tract for taxes; and fur- 

 ther to mail to the Secretary of Agriculture and the Commissioner 

 of Forestry each, ten copies of such printed advertisement imme- 

 diately upon the publication thereof. 



Section 2. It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Forestry to 



