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$40 grati ity thorized and required to pay to Abraham Shoemaker, of the & annuity county of Columbia, a soldier of the revolution, or to his granted to A. order, forty dollars immediately, as a gratuity, and an an

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nuity of forty dollars during life, payable semi-annually. to commence on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three.

SECT. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the State Treasurer be and he is hereby Wm. Spera. authorized and required to pay unto William Spera, of Lancaster county, a revolutionary soldier, or to his order, forty dollars immediately, and an annuity of forty dollars during life, payable half yearly, to commence on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three.

SECT. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority Same to Phil- aforesaid, That the State Treasurer be and he is hereby ip Iloffman. authorized and required to pay to Philip Hoffman, of Lancaster county, a revolutionary soldier, or to his order, forty dollars immediately, as a gratuity, and an annuity of forty dollars during life, payable half yearly, to commence on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty

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SECT. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the State Treasurer be and he is hereby authorized and required to pay to Frederick Burkart, of the city of Philadelphia, a revolutionary soldier, or to his order, forty dollars immediately, as a gratuity, and an annuity of forty dollars during life, payable half yearly, to commence on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three.

SECT. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority Same to C. aforesaid, That the State Treasurer be and he is hereby authorized and required to pay to Christina Clemence, of Berks county, the widow of a revolutionary soldier, or to her order, forty dollars immediately, as a gratuity, and an annuity of forty dollars for life, payable half yearly, to commence on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three.

SAM'L. ANDERSON,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

JESSE R. BURDEN,

Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED-The twenty-third day of January, Anno

Domini, eighteen hundred and thirty-three.

GEO. WOLF.

No. 8.

AN ACT

For the relief of Adam Weaver, a soldier of the revolutionary war,, and Eve Gensimer, the widow of a revolutionary soldier, and for other purposes.

SECT. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre sentatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the State Treasurer be and he is hereby author- $40 gratuity ized and required to pay to Adam Weaver, of Westmore. & ann. grant-. ed Adam land county, a soldier of the revolutionary war, or to his Weaver. order, forty dollars immediately, and an annuity of forty dollars, payable half yearly during life, to commence on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirtythree.

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SECT. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the State Treasurer be and he is hereby $40 grai.to, authorized and required to pay to Eve Gensimer of Lancas. Eve Gensi-. ter county, widow of John Gensiner, a soldier of the revolutionary war, or to her order, forty dollars as a gratuity and compensation in full for the revolutionary services of her. said husband.

SECT. S. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the State Treasurer be and he is hereby au- Same to Tho.. thorized and required to pay, immediately, to Thomas Con- Connelly. Delly, of Washington county, or to his order, the sum of forty dollars, in full for his military services.

SAM'L. ANDERSON,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

JESSE R. BURDEN,

Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED-The twenty-third day of January, A. D. one

thousand eight hundred and thirty-three.

GEO. WOLF.

2

Arnually.

No. 9.

AN ACT

Authorizing the inhabitants of North Sewickly township, Beaver county, to elect threc supervisors of the roads in said township.

SECT 1. 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 from and after the passage of this act it shall and may be lawful for the electors in North Sewickly township, Beaver county, to elect annually at their usual place of electing township officers, three qualified citizens for supervisors of the roads, subject to the same rules and regulations by which supervisors are by law regulated.

SAM'L. ANDERSON,

Speaker of the House of Representatives,

J. R. BURDEN,

Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED-The twenty-third day of January, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three.

GEO. WOLF.

Names of stock com

No. 10.

AN ACT

To enable the Governor to incorporate the Willardsburg turnpike road

company.

SECT. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen tatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That William Willard, junior, Elijah Depuy, and A. C. Bush, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to do missioners. and perform the several things hereinafter mentioned, that is to say, they shall, on or before the first day of September next, procure one or more books, and enter therein as folForm of sub- lows: We whose names are hereunto subscribed, promise to pay to the president, managers and company of the Willardsburg turnpike road company, the sum of twenty-five

scription. Shares $25

each.

dollars for each and every share of stock set opposite to our respective names, in such manner and in such proportion, and at such times and places as shall be determined by the president and managers of said company," in pursuance of an act of the General Assembly, entitled An act to enable the Governor to incorporate the Willardsburg turnpike road company;" and shall thereupon give public notice in the public newspapers printed in the county of Tioga, four weeks Duties of at least of the times and places when and where the said commissionbooks shall be opened to receive subscriptions for the stock ers. of said company, at which times and places some one of the said commissioners shall attend, and shall permit and suffer all persons of lawful age who shall offer to subscribe in said books in their own names, or in the name or names of any other person, if they be authorized so to do, for any number of shares in the said stock; and the said books may be kept open until the said books shall have two thousand shares of stock subscribed therein: Provided always, That every per- Proviso. son offering to subscribe in the said books in his own name, or in the name of any other person, shall, before he shall be permitted to subscribe, pay to the attending commissioners $1 to be paid the sum of one dollar for each and every share of stock to upon each be subscribed, out of which shall be defrayed the expenses share at time attending the taking such subscriptions, and other incidental of subscrip charges, and the remainder shall be paid over to the treasurer of the corporation as soon as the same shall be organized, and the officers chosen as hereinafter mentioned.

tion.

SECT. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when ten or more persons have subscribed When 10 perthree hundred shares of said stock, the commissioners afore- sons take 300 said, or a majority of them, shall certify under their hands shares charand seals the names of the subscribers, and the number of ter may issue. shares subscribed by each, to the Governor, and thereupon it shail and may be lawful for the Governor, by letters patent under his hand and seal of the state, to create and erect the subscribers into one body politic and corporate, in deed and in law, by the name, style and title of "the president, mana Style of gers and company of the Willardsburg turnpike road," and corporation. by the said name the subscribers shall have perpetual succession, and all the privileges and franchises incident to a Privileges & corporation, and shall be capable of taking and holding their liabilities. said capital stock, and the increase and profits thereof, and of enlarging the same from time to time by new subscriptions, in such manner and form as they shall think proper, if such enlargement shall be found necessary to fulfil the intentions of this act, and of purchasing, taking and holding to them and their successors and assigns, and of selling, transferring and conveying, in fee simple or for any lesser estate, all such lands, tenements, hereditaments and estate, real and personal, as shall be necessary to them in the prose

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Exercise of 'banking privileges to cause forfeit

ure of char

ter.

'Of the first election.

'Officers 'of corporation, president, 12 managers,

Annual elect⚫ions.

cution of their works, and of suing and being sued, and of doing all and every other matter and thing which a corporation or body politic may lawfully do: Provided, That nothing contained in this act shall be construed to authorize the said corporation to issue notes in the nature of bank notes, or to endorse notes in their corporate capacity, or to make discounts, or to receive deposits after the manner of any bank or banks, and in case the said company shall at any time violate the provisions of this section, all and every their chartered privileges sha!! cease and determine.

SECT. S. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said commissioners, or a majority of them, as soon as conveniently may be after the said letters patent shall be obtained, shall give notice in the newspapers in Tioga county of the time and place by them to be appointed, not less than ten days from the publication of the first notice, at which time and place the subscribers shall proceed to organize the said corporation, and shall elect by a majority of votes of the said subscribers, one president, twelve managers, one treasurer, and such other officers as they shall think necessary to conduct the affairs of the said company treasurer, &c. until the third Monday of December then next ensuing, on which day, and annually thereafter on said day the said company shall hold their elections for officers, and the said company when so organized shall have power to make such by-laws, rules and regulations not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of the United States, or of the constitution and laws of this state as shall be necessary for the well ordering the affairs of said company, and to procure for said company a common seal, and the same to break, alter or renew as often as the said company shall think proper: Provided, The said subscribers may vote by ballot, to be delivered in person or by proxy duly authorized, but no perEach share to son shall have more than ten votes in his own right at any have one vote election for officers, or determining any question which may up to 10. arise at any meeting of the said company, whatever number of shares he or she may be entitled to, and that each person shall be entitled to one vote for every share by him or her held under that number.

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for materials.

SECT. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid. That it shall be lawful to and for the said president and managers, their superintendents, surveyors, artists upon ground and chain bearers, to enter in and upon all and every the to locate and lands, tenements and enclosures in, through and over which the said turnpike road may be thought proper to pass, and examine the ground most proper for the purpose, as well as the materials in the vicinity that may be necessary in constructing the said road, and to survey, lay down, ascertain and mark such route or trail as follows, to wit: beginning Route of road at the village of Willardsburg, thence by the way of Mitchells

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