age of this act, be held in the new hall, being erected under the same provisions, regulations, and restrictions, and in the same manner, and at the same times as heretofore held. WM. PATTERSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THO'S. RINGLAND, Speaker of the Senate, APPROVED-The first day of April, one thousand, eight hundred and thirty-four. GEO WOLF. No. 92. AN ACT Providing for the collection of part of the road tax of Franklin township Allegheny county, in money, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re presentatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That it shall and may be lawful for the supervisors of Franklin township in the county of Allegheny, to assess and levy a road tax on all property and trades made taxable by the existing laws, not exceeding five mills on the dollar of the adjusted valuation thereof, and to demand and receive in money half a mill on the dollar of the tax so assessed, any thing in any former act or acts to the contrary notwithstanding. WM. PATTERSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THO'S. RINGLAND, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED The first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four. GEO: WOLF. No. 93. AN ACT To extend the time for completing certain Turnpike Roads. 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 commissioners named in the Carbondale and Tunkhannock, Sugar Loaf and Hale's Eddy, and Carbondale and Lackawanna turnpike road companies in the acts passed the eighth and ninth days of April, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, be authorized to open the books to receive subscriptions to the stock of said companies, at any time previous to the first day of November next. SECTION 2. The time for completing the turnpike road from the intersection of the Bristol and Newtown roads, at the rocks in Oxford, through Bustleton and Smithfield, in the county of Philadelphia, to the Buck tavern in Southampton, in the county of Bucks, be and is hereby extended for ten years from and after the passing of this act, reserving to the company all the privi leges, liberties and franchises, and all their rights and powers for carrying on and completing the said road within the time so extended, in as complete a manner as they have heretofore enjoyed them. WM. PATTERSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THO'S. RINGLAND, Speaker of the Senate. GEO: WOLF. APPROVED-The first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four. No. 94. AN ACT To exempt from taxation the Wills Hospital and the lot on which it stands. 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 Wills Hospital for the relief of the indigent, blind and lame, together with the lot of ground on which the same is erected in the city of Philadelphia, be and the same hereby is and shall be exempted from all county, city, poor or corporation tax or taxes, so long as the same shall be held and devoted to the purposes of the said hospital. GEO: WOLF. APPROVED-The first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four. No. 95. AN ACT Incorporating the Lancaster Saving Institution. WHEREAS, a number of citizens of the city of Lancaster have associated, for the purpose of forming a Saving Fund Society to receive deposites of small sums, such as may be saved from the earnings of tradesmen, mechanics, laborers, servants, and others, and of affording to industrious persons the advantages of security and interest: Therefore, Names of the members. 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 B. Fahnestock, David Longenecker, A. N. Brenneman, Henry Miller, G. H. Whitaker, E. M'Clenegan, H. P. Carson, Peter McConomy, Charles Gillespie, John Brown, L. C. Jungerich, Christian Kieffer, G. W. Hamersly, Jacob Griel, Samuel Wagner, J. L. Atlee, Israel Carpenter, R. D. Carson, Jacob Hensel, W. Heitshu, G. W. Bowman, D. Heitshu, Thomas D. Carson, Reah Frazer, Wm. Frick, H. P. Locker, Jacob Demuth, J. F. Long, Thomas E. Franklin, Dr. S. Dufresne, Geo. Heckert, J. F. Stineman, D. Rhoads, A. F. Osterloh, Dr. J. Miller, P. Reitzel, Samuel Dale, C. Rine, E. C. Reigart, C. Bauchman, E. Schaeffer, J. B. Carpenter, and S. R. Slaymaker and their successors be, and they are hereby erected, and made one body politic and corporate, in deed and in law, by the name, style, and title of the "Lancaster Saving Institution," and by the same shall have perpetual succession, and are hereby made able, and capable in law, to have, purchase, Capacities & take, hold, possess, enjoy, and retain to them, and their suc- privileges. cessors, lands, rents, tenements, hereditaments, stock, goods, Style. chattels, and effects of what kind, nature, or quality soever, whether real, personal, or mixed, by gift, graut, demise, bargain, and sale, devise, bequest, testament, legacy, loan, deposit, or advance, or by any other mode of conveyance, or transfer whatever, and the same to give, grant, bargain, sell, demise, convey, assure, transfer, alien, pay, release, and dispose of for the whole, or any less estate, or property than they have in the same, and also to improve and augment the same, in such manner and form, as the said society by their by-laws and regula tions shall order and direct, and shall and may apply the same, with the rents, issues, profits, income, interest and profits of such estate, and the monies arising from the sale, alienation, disposal, or employment thereof to the uses, ends, and purposes of their institution, according to the rules, regulations, and or ders of their society, hereinafter made, shall from time to time be declared, touching the same as effectually and fully, as any natural person or body politic or corporate within this State, by the constitution and laws of this Commonwealth can do and perform: And the said society, by the name, style, and title aforesaid, shall, and may sue, and be sued, plead, and be impleaded, answer, and be answered, defend, and be defended, in ali courts of law within the Commonwealth and elsewhere, and also, may have, and use a common seal, and the same break, alter, and renew at their pleasure, and shall have power also, to make, establish, ordain, and put in execution such by-laws, ordinances, and regulations, as shall to thein or a majority of such quorum of them (as shall heroinafter be directed) seem meet, or convenient for the government of such corporation, not being contrary to the constitution and laws of this Commonwealth, and generally to do and execute all and singular such acts, matters, and things, which to the said corporation shall or may appertain, and be necessary for the purposes thereof, subject nevertheless to the rules, regulations, restrictions, limitations, and provisions herein prescribed and declared. SECTION 2. The following rules, limitations, and provisions shall form, and be the fundamental articles of the constitution of the corporation. Article I. The institution shall be conducted by twelve 12 managers. managers, to be elected annually from among the corporators, on the first Monday in May, who shall on the first Saturday, thereafter, choose one of their number as president, and shall have power to appoint a secretary, treasurer, and such other officers as the business of the corporation may require. The seat of any manager, who shall have neglected to attend for three successive stated meetings, may be vacated by the board, and any of the officers of the society, may be removed at the pleasure of the board. Other officers Vacancies & Article II. The managers shall have power to fill up, by appointments. ballot, after notice of one month, any vacancy that may occur in their own body or officers-two-thirds of the members present to agree to all removals and new appointments, and no appointment or removal to take place, when a less number than nine managers are present. Article Ill. No emolument whatever shall be received by the president or managers for their services. Article IV. The money deposited shall bear an interest at Deposites to bear interest the rate of four per cent. per annum, and shall be repaid when required, upon two weeks notice, with the interest thereon to the time of such notice. Article V. No sum less than one dollar shall be received as a deposit, and no interest shall be allowed on any payments Deposites. until they amount to the sum of five dollars, the interest on which will be twenty cents per annum, or one cent and twothirds of a cent per calendar month; every additional sum of five dollars that may be lodged, will bear interest in the same manner. interest. Article VI. Interest is to be estimated by calendar months, Calculation of and in order to avoid the calculation of days upon small sums, no interest will be allowed for the fractional parts of a month. Article VII. Two or more managers shall attend at the Duty of office of the society, at such times as may be appointed by the managers. board of managers, to receive deposits and to pay such sums as may be desirous of being withdrawn; no noney shall be drawn out under five dollars, unless to close an account. Article VIII. The deposits and payments shall be regularly Books to be entered in the books of the office, and every person depositing kept. money, shall be furnished with a duplicate of his or her ac count, in which every deposit or payment shall be regularly entered as soon as made. Article IX. A cash book and ledger shall be kept in the office, in which the deposit money and payments shall be immediately entered. Article X. A book shall be kept at the office, in which every depositor shall be at liberty to appoint some person or persons, to whom, in the event of his or her death, the money shall be paid, if not otherwise disposed of by will. Article X. The managers shall meet at least once in every Meetings of month, and five shall be a quorum: the books, treasurer's ac- managers. counts, and other documents, shall be produced at such meetings. Article XII. The managers shall be at liberty, at any time, May refuse & return depo to refuse deposits, and, on giving one months notice, to return sits, such as have been made, with interest thereon, to be calculated to that time and no longer. Article XII. A report shall be annually prepared by three Auditors to auditors, one to be appointed by the managers and the remain- make report, ing two by the judges of the court of Common Pleas, of Lan- &c. caster county, which auditors shall not be managers or officers of the corporation; and such report shall be published in one |