repugnant to the constitution and laws of the United States, or of this commonwealth; and the said corporation shall continue ten years, and no longer. FINDLEY PATTERSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WILLIAM P. WILCOX, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twentieth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five. FRS. R. SHUNK. No. 133 AN ACT To confer on Jacob Reese Way, the rights and benefits of a child born in lawful wedlock. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa tives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Jacob Reese Way, of Chester county, minor son of Joseph Way and Mary Ann, his wife, shall have and enjoy all the rights, benefits and advantages of a child born in lawful wedlock; and shall be able and capable in law, to inherit and transmit any estate whatsoever, as fully and completely, to all intents and purposes, as if he had been born in lawful wedlock. FINDLEY PATTERSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WILLIAM P. WILCOX, APPROVED-The twentieth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-fivé. FRS. R. SHUNK. Preamble. Proviso. Bond. No. 134. AN ACT To authorize the officers of the Bangor church, in Churchtown, Lancaster county, to sell certain real estate. WHEREAS, It appears that the old school house erected for the use of the Bangor church, in Churchtown, Lancaster county, with money bequeathed for said purpose by George Hudson, deceased, is of no use to said church, but a continual expense to keep the same in repair: And whereas, A new school house has recently been erected for the use of said church, much more convenient to the same; therefore, SECTION 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 William James Clark, Charles Robinson, Edward Davies, John Bechard, James P. Davies, George Miller, Cyrus H. Jacobs, Joseph Potts, Jr., Edward S. Davies, Lot Rogers and Thomas B. Jacobs, officers of the Bangor church, in Churchtown, Lancaster county, are hereby authorized to sell and convey, in fee simple, all that old school house with its appurtenances, erected by the said Bangor church, with money bequeathed by George Hudson, deceased, to said church, and appropriate the proceeds of said sale, to the payment of a new school house, recently erected for the use of the said Bangor church: Provided, That before such sale shall take place, the court of common pleas of Lancaster county shall take bond in sufficient sureties, for the faithful application of the proceeds as aforesaid. FINDLEY PATTERSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WILLIAM P. WILCOX, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twentieth day of March, one thousand eight hun dred and forty-five. FRS. R. SHUNK. No. 135. A SUPPLEMENT 1o an act, entitled "An Act to authorize the construction of a bridge to connect Fort Mifflin with the main land, and for other purposes," passed the twentieth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-four. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representat ves of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly et, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the act to which this is a supplement be corrected and amended by substitting the words "Mud Island," in place of the words "Tinicum Mud Island. Island," in the first section of the said act, and that the said act be always taken and construed as though the said error had not been made. FINDLEY PATTERSON, WILLIAM P. WILCOX, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twentieth day of March, one thousand eight hun dred and forty-five. FRS. R. SHUNK. No. 136. A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT To "An Act to incorporate the Mount Carbon railroad company." SECTION 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 the president and managers of the said Mount Carbon railroad company be and they are hereby authorized, after paying all repairs and other necessary expenses, to expend the tolls and profits heretofore received or hereafter to be received by the said company, in re-laying the rail- Relay rails. road of said company with iron rails, and in making such improvements of, or upon the said railroad, as they may deem expedient; and the amount of all tolls and profits, after paying such repairs and expenses which have been heretofore or may be hereafter expended for the purposes aforesaid, or like purposes, shall be deemed and taken to be so much capital stock paid in by the existing stockholders; and they shall be entitled to receive certificates of the capital stock of the said com- Stock. pany for the same amount at par, to be divided among them pro rata, in Tolls. Proviso. Weighing. Termination. Certificates. Dividends. Repeal. proportion to the number of shares held by each at the time of issuing such certificates. SECTION 2. That from and after the passage of this act, it shall be lawful for the said company to charge and receive toll for all goods, wares and merchandize, coal, iron ore, limestone, minerals, lumber, and all other articles carried or transported on their said railroad, at the rate of three cents per ton of twenty-two hundred and forty pounds per mile, and no more: Provided, That all distances within one mile of the junction of this road with the Philadelphia and Reading railway, shall be rated as one mile in all charges authorized by this act. That the said company may charge one cent per ton for registering and furnishing, to all persons interested, certified accounts of the weight, by said company's weigh scales, of all coal passing over said road: Provided, That no toll shall be charged on empty cars going for loads, or returning from whence they have been unloaded: And provided further, That no charge for toll or weighing, heretofore made or received by said company, shall be deemed to work a forfeiture of its charter : Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to effect the right of any person or persons, who may have paid illegal and excessive tolls to said company, from prosecuting his or their proper action to recover back the excess above the amount which said company had a right by law to charge. SECTION 3. That the said company shall be under no obligation to extend the said railroad below its present termination, at its junction with the Philadelphia and Reading railroad at Mount Carbon, nor to extend the west branch thereof higher up the west branch of the Norwegian creek, or in the direction thereof, than its present termination at the south side of the Mine hill. SECTION 4. That it shall not be necessary for the said company to issue a separate certificate for each share of the stock thereof, but one certificate may be issued for any number of shares held by one person, co-partnership, body politic or corporate, unless otherwise required by the owner or owners thereof. All elections of treasurer and secretary of said company, shall hereafter be made by the votes of a majority of the president and managers, either from their own body, or otherwise; and the said offices may be held by one person, if so deemed expedient by the said president and managers. SECTION 5. That so much of the act incorporating the said Mount Carbon railroad company, as authorizes the said company to increase the rates of toll to enable it to make certain rates of dividends, and that limits the rates of dividends, and all such acts or parts of any act relating to said company, as is inconsistent with the provisions of this act, be and the same is hereby repealed. SECTION 6. That if the said company shall at any time hereafter violate the provisions of their charter, as hereby amended, the legislature may at any time thereafter, resume and repeal all and singular the rights and privileges granted to the said company. FINDLEY PATTERSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WILLIAM P. WILCOX, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED The twenty-first day of March, one thousand eight hun dred and forty-five. FRS. R. SHUNK. No. 137. A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT To an act, entitled "An Act authorizing the laying out and locating a state road from the borough of Elizabethtown, Allegheny county, to the borough of Brownsville, in Fayette county, and for other purposes," passed the thirteenth April, on thousand eight hundred and forty-three. SECTION 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 Roads in Bradit shall be the duty of the road commissioners of the several townships ford, Tioga and in the counties of Bradford, Tioga and Potter, within thirty days after Potter counties. they shall have obtained the assessments from their respective assessors, to meet together at the office of the town clerk, and make an estimate of the probable amount necessary to put the roads in good repair for the current year; and also the amount of money necessary to pay off the expenses and debts of said townships, and proceed to levy a tax for road purposes, not exceeding one cent on the dollar of valuation: Provided, Proviso. That if the same should not be sufficient to put the roads in good repair, they may proceed to levy an additional tax; and also to issue their duplicates accompanied with their warrant for collection, to the several collectors of county rates and levies, or some other suitable person, for such sum in money as they may deem necessary to meet the liabilities of their respective townships: Provided also, That nothing contained in this section shall be so construed as to authorize the said commissioners to collect in money, more than one-quarter of the amount so levied. SECTION 2. That the road tax levied by the supervisors in the several Former levy of townships in the counties of Bradford, Tioga and Potter, for the year taxes legalized. one thousand eight hundred and forty-four, shall be considered legal to all intents and purposes, as though the act to which this is a further supplement, had not been passed; and the said supervisors shall be allowed the same compensation for their services in said year, which is allowed by former laws regulating supervisors in said counties; and all arrearages of road taxes for said year, which shall not have been worked out, or otherwise paid on the roads, shall be handed over to the commissioners elected in pursuance of the act to which this is a further supplement, and worked out on the roads agreeable to said act; and the auditors of the several townships in said counties, shall settle the accounts of the said supervisors, agreeable to former laws in such case made and provided. SECTION 3. That the act to which this is a further supplement, shall Views and renot be construed to affect any view or review of any road that shall have views of roads. been made in pursuance of an order issued from the court of quarter sessions for said counties, previous to the first day of September, for the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-four; and all roads which shall have been viewed in pursuance of such order, shall be proceeded in and confirmed by the courts for said counties, in the same manner that they would have proceeded in under the laws existing previous to the passage of the act and supplement hereto referred; and the said roads shall be recorded by the clerk in the book for the recording of roads and |