In Matter Appointment of Viewers

Opinion by

Keller, J.,

As originally enacted, the Act of May 31,1911, P. L. 468, commonly known as the Sproul Act, made no provision for the widening of an existing state highway. It authorized the diversion or divergence of a part or portion of á state highway, where the safety or convenience of the public, or the expense of improvement, might warrant it, (Sec. 8), but the simple widening of a highway that required no deflection was not provided for. This oversight was supplied by the amendment to sections 8 and 16, of April 6, 1921, P, L. 107, which, however, is broad enough to include two…