an agent.

And may appoint an agent, who may whenever he thinks proper be present at any or all the meetings of the said president and managers of "The union canal company of Pennsylvania," and shall have access to, and may whenever he thinks proper, examine during the day-time, any and all the books of the said company.

Frivileges of.

Gift, &c. may be received as a sinking fund.

Loans may be raised.

On mortgage, &c.

transferrable.

How the company funds may be vested.

SECT. XXV. And be it furiber enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be lawful for the president and managers of "The union canal company of Pennsylvania," to accept and receive any gift or legacy as a sinking fund from any individual, body politic or corporate, any real or personal estate.

SECT. XXVI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be lawful for the president and managers of the said “union canal company of Pennsylvania" to raise by way of loan from any individuals, bodies politic or corporate, on such terms and conditions as they may think fit, such sums of money as they may from time to time find expedient for the completion of the objects aforesaid, upon the credit of the capital stock and incorporation, including the nett proceeds and avails of the lotteries hereby authorized and the tolls and profits of the same, and for the fulfilment of the terms and conditions of any such loan, to mortgage any part or the whole of their property, tolls, profits, or estates whatsoever; which mortgage Mortgages how or mortgages shall be transferrable at any time hereafter on the. books of the company in the presence of the secretary of the said "union canal company of Pennsylvania" in like manner as the shares of the stock of the said company are now or may hereafter be transferred; and the sums thus raised and any other funds of the said company which may not immediately be wanted for the prosecution of the works of said canal, may by them from time to time be vested in the public securities of the United States, or in the stock of any bank or banks incorporated in Pennsylvania, or in any incorporated turnpike or bridge company in the name of the union canal company of Pennsylvania;" and the said president and managers for the time being, shall have full power and authority, and they are hereby expressly empowered and authorized from time to time to sell, dispose of and transfer, and cause to be sold and transferred, all or any of the public or other securities, stock, or evidences of debts in which the capital stock and funds of the company shall be invested as aforesaid, and the proceeds of any such sale, disposition and transfer, to invest in the same or any other of the aforesaid securities and stocks according to the provisions and regulations aforesaid; and the said sums shall be only thus invested for the purpose of producing some revenue till the said money is wanted for the purpose of prosecuting the canal and for no other purpose whatsoever; Provided, That the said president and managers shall have no power to invest any of the unemployed monies

Frovise.

of the company in the manner aforesaid after the end of the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty.

1

except such as

by the laws of

SECT. XXVII. And whereas, The privilege heretofore granted by the legislature to the president and managers of the Schuylkill and Susquehanna navigation and the president and managers of the Delaware and Schuylkill canal navigation, to raise by way of lo tery a sum of money to be applied to carrying on their works, has hitherto proved ineffectual and the intention of the legislature has been defeated by the sale of tickets in lotteries of other states which are contrary to law vended in this state; And whereas there can be no object which is more likely to promote the great interests of the citizens at large than the improvement of our internal navigation by the contemplated canal and lock navigation; Be it therefore further enacted by the authority No lottery tickaforesaid, That any person or persons who shall sell or expose to ets to be sold, sale, or cause to be sold or exposed to sale, or shall advertise or are authorized cause to be advertised, for sale, any lottery ticket or tickets in this state. any lottery not authorized by the laws of this commonwealth, or shall be aiding and assisting or in anywise concerned in the sale of such tickets, or in the managing conducting, or carrying on any lottery or device in the nature of a lottery not authorized as aforesaid, such person or persons being convicted thereof in any court of quarter sessions of this state, or in the mayor's court of the city of Philadelphia, shall forfeit and pay a fine at Penalty on of. fending. the discretion of the court not exceeding two thousand dollars to the said president and treasurer of "The union canal company of Pennsylvania," to be by them applied as a sinking fund. SECT. XXVIII. And be it further enacted by the authority afore- President, &c. ta said, That there shall be raised by way of lottery the residue of raise by lottery the original sum not exceeding the sum of three hundred and forty thousand dollars, authorized to be raised by the president and managers of the Schuylkill and Susquehanna navigation, and the president and managers of the Delaware and Schuylkill canal navigation, pursuant to an act, entitled, "An act to enable the president and managers of the Schuylkill and Susquehanna navigation, and the president and managers of the Delaware and Schuylkill canal navigation, to raise by way of lottery the sum of four hundred thousand dollars for the purpose of completing the works in their acts of incorporation mentioned; passed April the seventeenth, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five; and that it shall be lawful for the President and managers of the said "union canal company of Pennsylvania" either to appoint one or more ma- Managers may nagers not being stockholders in the said company, on such be appointed. terms as they may think fit, or if it shall appear to them adviseable, to sell and assign to any person or persons, body politic or corporate, the right to raise the said residue of money by way of lottery or lotteries, upon such scheme or schemes, plan or

340,000 dollars,

Or the right to lottery may be

raise money by farmed out.

security.

point five com

plans as they may from time to time sanction, or any part thereof from time to time; and such purchasers or assignees shall be vested for the term they shall so acquire, with the same rights Managers to give and privileges as the said corporation; Provided, That before disposing of any tickets in any such lottery, the manager or managers thereof shall personally in his or their individual capacity, enter into bonds to the president and managers of the "union canal company of Pennsylvania," and to their satisfaction, in the sum of one hundred thousand dollars conditioned for the due and faithful performance of the duties thereby on them devolved, and for the just payment of all prizes whenever demanded: and as soon as a duplicate of said bond is deposited with Governor to ap- the secretary of the commonwealth, the governor is hereby aumissioners to su- thorized and required to appoint from time to time, five comdrawings. missioners to superintend the drawings of said lotteries; which Oath to be taken said commissioners shall take an oath or affirmation diligently and faithfully to perform the duties entrusted to them; and the said commissioners or any three of them shall attend at the to attend. drawing of each day, and when the whole is completed, shall tunate numbers cause an accurate list of the fortunate numbers to be published to be published. in three newspapers of the city of Philadelphia; and shall rethe commission-ceive of the managers of said lotteries one dollar and fifty cents each for each day's attendance on the duties enjoined on them; Proceeds of the and the profits arising from said lotteries shall not form a capital lotteries how to stock of said company upon which any dividend shall be made to the stockholders, but the same shall be considered as a bounty to said corporation to enable them to make. the tolls as low as possible.

perintend the

by.

Three or more

List of the for

Compensation of

ers.

be considered.

Surveys, &c. of the route to be made.

Copy to be de

posited with the secretary.

SECT. XXIX. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the president and managers of "The union canal company of Pennsylvania" shall as soon as practicable cause the surveys and estimates to be made, and as soon as the route of the intended canal and lock navigation is fixed and the work begun, they shall transmit to the governor a copy of the said route, and the estimate to be deposited in the office of the secretary of the state and it shall be at the discretion of any future legislature for five years after the date of the deposit of said route and esLegislature may timate, to invest in the stock of said company any sum not exshe stock of the ceeding the amount then expended by the stockholders, and be entitled to an equal dividend with the same; at which time the legislature may appoint an agent, who may whenever he thinks And appoint an proper, be present at any and all the meetings of the said president and managers of "The union canal company of Pennsylvania; and shall have access to, and may whenever he thinks proper, examine during the day-time any and all the books of the said company.

invest monies in

company.

And be entitled to dividends.

agent.

Privileges of.

SECT. XXX And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be lawful for the president and managers of

extended to take

The union canal company of Pennsylvania," as soon as they Route may be may think proper, to extend their route to communicate with Erie, &c. lake Erie or other waters of any neighbouring state, by canal and lock navigation, and turnpike on the same conditions, restrictions, franchises, immunities and provisions, as are by this act granted; which are hereby extended to any canals, bridges, aqueducts, road-works, or other devices which may be set on foot or established by virtue of this act.

JOHN WEBER, Speaker

of the House of Representatives. P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate,

APPROVED-the second day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eleven.

SIMON SNYDER.

CHAPTER CXXXVII.

An ACT to authorize the sale of the real estate of Michael Helman, a lunatic, and for other purposes therein mentioned.

WHEREAS it appears by certain proceedings under a commission of lunacy directed by the court of common pleas of Allegheny county, in September term, one thousand eight hundred and four, that Michael Helman was then and for some time before a lunatic or non compos mentis; And whereas the relations and those who would be entitled to the estate of the said Michael in case of his death, have represented to the legislature that the real estate of said Michael, consisting of two tracts, one containing three hundred acres of land, be the same more or less; the other one hundred acres of land be the same more or less; situate in Versales township, are incumbered with judgments and debts to a large amount, for the discharge of which John Gill and George Wallace, guardians appointed agreeably to law to take care of the person and property of the said lunatic, have sold the same to William Boyd and John Peterson for a valuable consideration: And whereas the said guardians have no power to make good and valid titles for said land; For remedy whereof,

J. Gill and G.

Wallace empow

ered to convey

SECT. I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That John Gill and George Wallace of Pitt township, in the county of Allegheny, be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to certain lands. make and execute a sufficient deed or deeds of conveyance to the said William Boyd and John Peterson for the two tracts of land above-mentioned; which deed or deeds of conveyance shall be as good and valid in law to all intents and purposes as if

Proviso.

the said Michael Helman had sold and conveyed the same while of sound mind and memory; Provided, That the said John Gill and George Wallace shall, before they proceed to convey the estate of the said Michael Helman, enter into recognizance with sufficient security before the court of common pleas for the county of Allegheny, that all the monies arising from the sales of the aforesaid tracts of land shall after paying the debts of the said lunatic be so disposed of as will be most for the bene. fit of him and his heirs.

JOHN WEBER, Speaker

of the House of Representatives. P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED the second day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eleven.

SIMON SNYDER.

cure a book.

Names to be in

CHAPTER CXXXVIII.

An ACT to incorporate "The Bucks county contributionsbip for insuring houses and other buildings from loss by fire. SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen tatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly Directors to pro. met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the directors herein after named shall procure a book in which they shall insert the names of the present members, (being citizens of the United States,) of "The Bucks county contributionship for insuring houses and other buildings from loss by fire;" and they and their successors, chosen or ap pointed as hereinafter directed, directors of the contributionNames of future ship aforesaid, shall insert in the said book the names of such citizens aforesaid as shall hereafter become members thereof according to the provisions of this act.

serted.

members to be

inserted.

Subscribers incorporated.

Style of the corporation.

SECT. II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the persons whose names shall be thus inserted, and their successors and assigns, are hereby created a body politic and corporate, by the name, style and title of, «The Bucks county contributionship for insuring houses and other buildings from loss by fire;" and they and their successors are And privileges hereby ordained and declared a body politic and corporate, in fact and in law, and by the name aforesaid they and their successors shall and may have continual succession and be capable of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, answering and being answered unto; defending and being defended in all courts and places whatsoever; and they and their successors may have and use one common seal, and make, change and alter the same at their pleasure; and they and their successors by the same name and style shall be in law