Penalty for receiving illegal, and rejecting legal, votes. Penalty for fraud in the election. Duty of judges and inspectors. Oath. Certificates of re sult. Duty of sheriff. Repeal. the penalty provided for in the general election laws of this commonwealth. SECTION 6. If any judge or inspector of the election, authorized to be held by virtue of this act, shall knowingly or wilfully reject the vote of a citizen qualified to vote on the question of the removal of the seat of justice in said county, in accordance with the first section of this act, or shall receive the vote of a person not qualified to vote as aforesaid on said question, he or they so offending, upon conviction thereof before the proper court of quarter sessions of said county, shall forfeit and pay for the use of said county, for every such offence, a sum not less than three hundred or more than six hundred dollars, at the discretion of the court, and shall undergo an imprisonment in the jail of said county, for a period of not less than twelve months, or more than two years. SECTION 7. If any judge, inspector, or clerk of the election, authorized to be held by virtue of this act, shall wilfully miscount, or shall falsely and fraudulently add up, and return the votes received upon the question aforesaid, or shall keep a false tally paper, or shall be guilty of any fraud in the discharge of his duties, every person so offending, upon conviction thereof in the proper court of quarter sessions of said county, shall be subject to the same fine and penalty as are imposed upon delinquent judges or inspectors by the general election laws of this commonwealth. SECTION 8. It shall be the duty of the judges and inspectors conducting the election, authorized to be held by virtue of this act, to cause the letter R to be legibly and distinctly set opposite the name of every citizen who shall vote on the question of removal of the seat of justice, as aforesaid, on the tally paper, on which his name shall be registered; and any wilful omission so to do shall be deemed a fraud, and shall be punished as such, in accordance with the provisions of the seventh section of this act. SECTION 9. It shall be the duty of every judge, inspector, and clerk, conducting the election, authorized to be held by virtue of this act, to take (in addition to the oath or affirmation he is now required by law to take,) an oath or affirmation, that he will honestly and faithfully comply, in every respect, with the provisions and requirements of this act. SECTION 10. It shall be the duty of the return judges of said county, at the time and place of their meeting. to cast up all the votes received in the different election districts, on the question of the removal of the seat of justice aforesaid; and shall make out two certificates showing the result, one of which shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the court of quarter sessions, and the other in the office of the commissioners of said county of Columbia. SECTION 11. It shall be the duty of the sheriff of the said county of Columbia, to cause this act to be published in at least three newspapers published in said county, for at least once in every week for sixty days, immediately preceding the next general election, and shall on the day of the election cause at least two printed copies, one of which shall be in the German language, of said act, to be posted in handbill form in the most public place nearest the election poll. in every election district in said county; and the reasonable expense of such publication shall be paid by the said county of Columbia, by orders drawn in the usual way. SECTION 12. So much of the existing laws of this commonwealth as are altered or supplied by this act, be and the same are hereby re pealed; and also the act of assembly, passed sixteenth day of June, FINDLEY PATTERSON, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-fourth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five. FRS. R. SHUNK. No. 44. AN ACT To confirm the title of a certain lot of ground situate in the district of Southwark, in the county of Philadelphia. WHEREAS, James Ronaldson and Richard Ronaldson, of the county of Philadelphia, did, by indenture dated the first day of July, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, recorded at Phila- Preamble. delphia, in deed book G. W. R., number twenty seven, page seven hundred and two, grant and convey unto the Philadelphia Marine railway company," their successors and assigns, a certain lot of ground situate in the district of Southwark, in the county of Philadelphia, particularly described in the said indenture, together with the appur tenances. And whereas, It is represented to the legislature, that some doubts are entertained respecting the right and power of the said company, to hold and convey the said lot of ground; 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 the title of the said the Philadelphia Marine railway company," and of all and every person and persons lawfully claiming, or to claim under the said company, by purchase or otherwise, to the lot or piece of ground as is hereinbefore recited by James Ronaldson and Richard Ronaldson, to the said "the Philadelphia Marine railway company,' on the first day of July, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, shall be and the same is hereby confirmed and made valid, to the same extent and effect, to all intents and purposes, as if at and before the execution of the said conveyance to the company by the said James Ronaldson and Richard Ronaldson, express authority had been given to the said the Philadelphia Marine railway company," by act of assembly, to take, purchase, receive and hold, or convey in = fee simple or otherwise, the said lot of ground, situate in the district of Southwark, and county of Philadelphia, with all and singular the appur tenances. FINDLEY PATTERSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-fourth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five. FRS. R. SHUNK. Subscriptions. No. 45. A SUPPLEMENT To "An Act to incorporate the Spring Garden gas 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 time for opening a book and receiving subscriptions for stock, agreeably to the directions of the act to which this is a supplement, is hereby extended to the first day of June next, and the term of two years prescribed in the sixth section of said act, shall commence from the passage of this act. FINDLEY PATTERSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WILLIAM P. WILCOX, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-fourth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five. FRS. R. SHUNK. No. 46. A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT To an act, entitled "An Act to incorporate the Reliance insurance and trust company of Philadelphia," approved the twenty-first day of April, eighteen hundred and forty-one. 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 Time for striking period for striking a balance of the affairs of said company in the man- balance, changed. ner directed in the third section of the supplementary act, approved the eighteenth day of April, eighteen hundred and forty-three, shall be and the same is hereby changed from the first Monday in November to the thirty-first day of December annually, (unless the same shall be Sunday, and then on the day previous,) and the other matters and things by the said supplementary act required to be done and performed within thirty days next succeeding the said first Monday in November, shall be done and performed, except as is hereinafter otherwise provided, within thirty days next succeeding the said thirty-first day of December annually. And so much of said supplementary act as prohibits the issuing of any certificate for the remaining profits" therein Certificates. named, unless claimed within two years after the declaration of the dividend or profit whereof it is the evidence," and so much of the same act as declares that "no certificate shall issue for any less sum than twenty-five dollars, nor for any fractional part of five dollars," shall be and the same are hereby repealed.; but no such certificate shall be issued for any less sum than ten dollars, nor for any fractional part of one dollar. And when the said "remaining profits" accruing to any stockholder or insured member within any one year, shall amount to less than ten dollars, and not less than one dollar, the amount thereof shall be credited on the books of the company to the party to whom the same has accrued ; and if the amount so credited shall within any term of ten years, but not otherwise, amount to ten dollars, the said party shall be entitled to receive a certificate therefor as in other cases. All contracts for insurance made with said company terminating within Contracts. any one year, shall entitle the parties making the same, to participate in manner aforesaid, in the profits of that year; and on moneys deposited by way of premiums for perpetual insurances, interest shall be computed at the rate of five per centum per annum, and the portion of the said "remaining profits," if any, to which the depositors shall be entitled, shall be the proportion the amount of such interest may bear to the aggregate or collective amount of stock paid in, and premiums earned. But no dividend of the said "remaining profits," shall be made or declar- Dividend. ed less than one per cent. on the aggregate or collective amount of stock paid in, and premiums earned; and annually, before making or declaring any such dividend, the directors shall reserve out of such remaining profits" for contingencies, such reasonable amount as they may deem expedient, not in any one year exceeding two per cent. on the said aggre gate or collective amount of stock paid in, and premiums earned. And the amount of all such "remaining profits," less than one per cent., together with the amount reserved by the directors for contingencies, as aforesaid; and all amounts accruing to any individual or party in any Proviso. Election. Estates. Trustee, &c. one year, less than one dollar, and not credited on the books of the company; and the fractional parts of a dollar, above ten dollars, accruing to any individual or party, and not included in a certificate; and the sums credited on said books to any individual or party, less than ten dollars, in any term of ten years, together with the amounts of all certificates or all sums entitling individuals or parties to certificates, remaining unclaimed for the terin of three years after the declaration of the dividend or profit entitling the parties to the same, shall accrue to the company, and be carried to the contingent fund thereof: Provided. That the estimates and dividends of profits to be made and declared by the directors, under the provisions of said supplementary act and this act, shall be conclusive and binding upon the company, and upon all persons entitled to participate in the profits thereof. SECTION 2. The directors of said company shall hereafter be elected on the first Monday in February annually, instead of the third Monday in December, in the manner, and subject to the provisions and conditions mentioned in the act to which this is a further supplement; and the president and directors now in office shall serve until the first Monday in February, eighteen hundred and forty-six, and until others are elected in their stead. SECTION 3. Any money or estate, real or personal, confided to the said company in trust, shall be liable only for the contracts, engagements or performances growing out of or appertaining to said trusts; and in all cases where application shall be made to any court in this commonwealth, for the appointment of any trustee, receiver, assignee or guardian, or of any committee of any lunatic, it shall be lawful for such court to appoint said company, with their consent, to be such trustee, receiver, assignee, guardian or committee; and in case of such appointment, the said company shall not be required to give security, but shall be responsible for the goodness of all investments made by them of the funds committed to their care by such appointment; and the accounts of said company as such trustee, receiver, assignee, guardian, or committee, shall be regularly settled and adjusted by the proper tribunals; and all legal, proper and customary charges, costs and expenses shall be allowed to the said company for their care and management of the funds and estates so committed to them. APPROVED-The twenty-fourth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five. FRS. R. SHUNK. |