8 June 1891 § 2. P. L. 212. 2. Before such permit shall be granted, every person applying therefor, shall deposit and file in the office of such board or department of health or local health authorities, a certificate signed in ink by the physician attending during the last Certificate of last illness of such deceased person (or the certificate of the coroner), and the under- attending physitaker and proprietor or person in charge of such crematory, furnace or place, set- cian. ting forth the decedent's name, age, sex, birthplace, color, last residence by What certificate ward, street and number, if such residence was in a city, otherwise as nearly as must contain. may be, the time of residence therein, the place of last previous residence, the cause, place and time of death, the place, date and hour of the intended cremation or incineration, and, when practicable, the names of the father and mother of deceased. Ibid. § 8. Penalty for viola 3. Any person wilfully violating any of the provisions of this act, or being present at, helping or assisting in any cremation or incineration of any human corpse where a permit has not been previously obtained in conformity with and as tion. required by this act, shall forfeit and pay for every offence not less than fifty dollars nor more than three hundred dollars, to be recovered before any alderman or police magistrate within the city or county where the offence shall be committed. CRIERS AND TIPSTAVES. See CONSTABLES. 1. Judges to appoint criers, tipstaves, &c. P. L. 355. 1. The judges of the several courts of this commonwealth shall have power to 14 April 1834 § 78. appoint a crier for the respective court, (u) and so many tipstaves or constables as Judges to appoint may be necessary to attend upon the court; and the said officers shall be paid by criers, &c. the respective county such sums, for each day's attendance, as the said judges shall Their compensa allow. tion. P. L. 378. 2. It shall be the duty of the sheriff and the several prothonotaries of the differ- 4 April 1887 § 4. ent courts in the city and county of Philadelphia, to pay over to the criers of the said courts respectively, the sum of twelve and a half cents on every bill of costs, Fees of criers in where the said charge for the criers of the court has been or shall hereafter be Philadelphia collected and received by the said sheriff or prothonotaries; which said fee of county. twelve and a half cents is hereby confirmed and appropriated to the said criers in every case as aforesaid.(v) P. L. 267. 3. The city of Philadelphia shall provide *** adequate court-rooms for the 21 April 1855 § 12. supreme court of Pennsylvania, when sitting in said city; and pay the tipstaves and crier thereof at such rate per day, during their actual service, as said court of the supreme may fix. court. (v) See act 11 April 1862, P. L. 481, as to Berks county; and act 12 May 1871, P. L. 784, as to Schuylkill county. CRIMES. See AGRICULTURE; AMUSEMENTS; APOTHECARIES; BANKS; BOTTLES; CONVICTS; DISTRICT ATTORNEYS; ELECTIONS; GAME; GAS WELLS; FACTORIES; FIRE WORKS; FISH; INFANTS; INSURANCE; LIQUORS; LUMBER; MILK; MINES; MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS; OUTLAWRY; SHIPPING; SLAVES; SUMMARY CONVICTION; TRADE-MARKS; TURNPIKE AND PLANK ROADS; WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 88. Forgery of national and state bonds. 89. Engraving plates. (4.) ADVERTISING COUNTERFEIT MONEY. 90. Printing and circulating publications offering for sale counterfeit money. 91. Use of fictitious name or address to aid in commission of the offence. 92. Letters and circulars to be evidence. 93. Act to take effect immediately. (5.) COUNTERFEITING PUBLIC BRANDS. 94. Counterfeiting public brands punished. (6.) PROFESSIONAL COUNTERFEITERS. 95. Summary conviction of professional counterfeiters. XXII. CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. 96. Killing, maiming or wounding cattle. 97. Cruelty to animals punished. 98. Summary convictions. Penalty. Appeal. 99. Fines and penalties payable to the society for prevention of cruelty to animals. 100. Repealing clause. 101. Powers of quarter sessions. 102. Carrying animals in a cruel manner. 103. Killing and removal of disabled animals. 104. Arrest of offenders. Appeal. Arrest of car driver. 105. Certain animals may be seised. XXIII. DISORDERLY CONDUCT. 106. Prohibited in court-houses and jails. 107. Punishment. 108. Commissioners to appoint watchmen. 109. Summary trial. XXIV. DISORDERLY HOUSE. 110. Keeping a disorderly house punished. XXV. DISTURBING PUBLIC MEETINGS. 111. Punishment for disturbing public assemblies. XXVI. DRUNKENNESS. 135. Attempt to vote by one not a citizen. 136. Procuring one not a citizen to vote. 137. Cheating electors by fraudulent tickets. 138. Interfering at elections. 139.. Assaulting electors. 140. Corrupt swearing. 141. Using forged receipts or certificates. 142. Neglect of duty by sheriff or prothonotary. 143. Refusal by justice to receive ballot-boxes. 144. Penalties. Limitation. 145. Penalty for neglect of duties enjoined by the act 13 June 1840. 146. Receiving unassessed votes without preliminary proof. 147. Political parades forbidden at night within ten days of election. 148. Penalty. 149. Neglect to demand proof of right to vote. 150. Fraudulent issue or use of naturalization 173. Discovery and examination not to be excused. 174. Definitions of the words trustee and "property." 175. Embezzlement by consignees and factors. 176. By transporters. 177. By guardians. 178. By bank officers. 179. By officers of insurance companies. 180. By officers of insurance and trust companies. 181. By public officers. 182. By tax collectors. 183. Distinct acts of embezzlement may be changed in one indictment. XXX. EMBRACERY. 184. Embracery defined. XXXI. ENLISTMENT. 185. Enlistment for the military service of other states prohibited. XXXII. ESCAPE. 186. Escape in criminal cases punished. 187. Jail-breaking. 188. Aiding a prisoner to escape. 189. Permitting prisoners to escape. 304. Punishment for maintaining public nuisances. LX. OBSCENE LITERATURE. 349. Loaning public money by officers. 350. Depositing public money for gain. 351. Not to be surety. Not to be interested in 305. Publication or sale of obscene libels, prints, contracts. Not to receive rewards or gratuities. paintings or statues. 306. Dissemination of obscene literature. 307. Selling, lending, giving or showing to a minor. 308. Making, drawing or posting indecent pictures. 309. Public exhibition of indecent pictures of the human form. LXI. OBSTRUCTING PROCESS. 310. Obstructing the execution of legal process. Rescuing prisoners. Refusing to aid an officer. LXII. OPIUM JOINTS. 311. Establishment prohibited. Renting for such purpose. 312. Duty of owner. 313. Keeping devices for, using opium. 314. Frequenting house used for opium purposes. 315. Solicitation to visit. 316. Warrant. Power and duty of officer and magistrate. 317. Officers may seize apparatus and arrest without warrant. Destruction of apparatus. 318. Replevin not to issue for apparatus. LXIII. OYSTERS AND CLAMS. 319. Non-residents not to sell without a license. 320. Licenses, how granted. 321. Penalty for selling without a license. 322. To be sold by count. 323. Appropriation and collection of fines. LXIV. PARTNERSHIP. 324. Fraudulent appropriation of firm property or use of name by a co-partner. 325. Conversion of firm money. Omission to make true entry in firm books. Destruction, alteration, mutilation or falsifying of firm books. LXV. PERJURY. 326. Perjury and subornation of perjury punished. LXVI. PERSONATION. 329. False personation in the procurement of acknowledgment. Penalty. |