est account

count to be made up, stating the amount of interest due to each When semiregular member, and after fifteen days, make payment thereof if annual interdemanded to such member, or those legally entitled thereto, at shall be made the office of the institution; but in no case shall the capital of up. the institution be impaired by such dividends or payments of interest; and once in five years, or oftener if the trustees shall deem it expedient, they shall cause a dividend to be made and shall paid in like manner of the profits of the institution, if any have accumulated, retaining always such contingent fund as shall seem necessary to promote the interests of the institution and the payment of its current expense; and the trustees shall Notice to be cause public notice to be given in one or more newspapers pub- given at inlished in the city of Pittsburg, at regular intervals of six months months, of the of the terms on which deposites are received at the institution; terms on and it shall be the duty of the trustees to furnish annually, prior which depoto the first Monday of December, under the oath or affirmation sites are rec'd of the president or treasurer to the Auditor General, a statement specifying the general state of the affairs of the institution as they shall stand on the first Tuesday in November in each year, that the same may be laid before the Legislature before the first Monday of January following.

tervals of six

SECTION 10. That nothing herein contained shall be so conNo banking strued as to give or extend any banking privileges to said in- privileges stitution, or to loan any notes other than such as are received allowed. at par on deposits in the banks of the United States or the banks

of this State,

SECTION 1. In all cases of loss of money to the institution

by fraud of the trustees, they shall individually be liable for the Liability for same; but such trustees as shall be absent at the commission of fraud. such fraud and not conourring therein, and such as shall be present and dissent therefrom, entering their protest upon the minutes, shall be exonerated from such liability by forthwith giving notice of the fact to the members; but without such fraud, no trustee or member shall be liable in his person or property for any debts, contracts or engagements of the institution, and the money, rights, property and credit thereof and nothing more, shall be liable for the same; and no trustee except the president shall be entitled to any emolument for his services.

SECTION 12. So much of this act as incorporates the Pittsburg savings institution, shall continue and be in force for the. term of fifteen years; but if at any time the said corporation 15 years shall misuse or abuse any of the privileges granted by this act, duration. or if it shall appear that the said privileges are injurious to the Legislature citizens of this Commonwealth, the Legislature shall have power to revoke or annul them at any time they may deem the may repcal. WM. PATTERSON, same expedient.

Speaker of the House of Repres›ntatives.

JACOB KERN,

Speaker of the Senate.

GEO: WOLF.

APPROVED-The eleventh day of April, one thousand eight

hundred and thirty-four.

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No. 145.

AN ACT

To incorporate the Womelsdorf Union Academy.

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 Style & title. same, That the academy hereby incorporated shall be known by the name, style and title of "The Womelsdorf Union academy," and shall be under the management, direction and government of the present stockholders, to wit: William Gries, Joseph D. Biles, Lewis W. Richards, Andrew Taylor, Philip Schwalm, Samuel Petree, Michael Seltzer, Jacob Sallade, John Seltzer, and George Keiser, junior, and their suc

Capacities & privileges.

Provise.

Corporate
scal.

Election of

officers, and

cessors.

SECTION 2. The said stockholders, and their successors, shall forever hereafter be and they are hereby erected, established and declared to be one body politic and corporate, with perpetual succession, and with all the incidents of a corporation, in dced and in law, to all intents and purposes, whatsoever, by the name, style and title of "The stockholders of the Womelsdorf Union academy;" by which name and title the said stockholders, and their successors, shall be able and capable at law and in equity to take to themselves and their successors, for the use of the said academy, any estate in any messuages, lands, tenements, hereditaments, goods, chattels, moneys, or other effects, by gift, grant, bargain, sale, conveyance, assurance, will, devise or bequest, of any person or persons whatsoever: Provided, The same do not exceed in the whole the yearly value of two thousand dollars. And the said corporation, by its name, style and title, shall have power to sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, in any of the courts of law or equity within this Commonwealth.

SECTION 3. The said stockholders may cause to be made for their use one common seal, with such devices and inscriptions thereon as they shall see proper, and the same to alter at their pleasure, and by and with which all deeds, certificates and acts of the corporation shall pass and be authenticated.

SECTION 4. The officers of the said corporation shall consist of a president, secretary and treasurer, who shall be elected time of hold on the first Saturday in May next, and on the same day annuing elections. ally thereafter, at the academy in the borough of Womelsdorf, by the stockholders of said institution; and each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote for each share of the capital stock

OF THE SESSION OF 1833-34,

which he shall or may hold at the time of the election, and he may vote either in person or by proxy.

SECTION 5. The capital stock of the said company shall consist of twenty-four shares of one hundred dollars each, pay. able by instalments of ten dollars on each share, at such times as may be agreed upon by a majority of the stockholders; and the president and treasurer shall make out certificates of stock, signed by them and sealed with their corporate seal, and deliver one such certificate to each stockholder for every share by him held, on his paying to the treasurer on each share the sum of ten dollars; which certificate shall be transferable, in person or by attorney, on the books of the said company, only subject to the sum due or to become due on the shares so transferred.

285

Capital stock.

be held, sec'y

to give notice

SECTION 6. There shall be a meeting of said stockholders Quarterly at the academy, at the termination of each quarter of the meetings to school, due notice of which shall be given by the secretary, at least three days previous thereto, and a majority of them shall constitute a quorum to do business, whose duty it shall be to examine the pupils in the different branches of their studies, to settle all matters in dispute between the teacher and the scholars, or their parents or guardians; and the said stockholders shall have liberty to adjourn from time to time, as they may deem proper, for the purpose of transacting the business rela

tive to the school.

Stockholders
may enact by

SECTION 7. The said stockholders, or a majority of them, at each meeting may enact such by-laws, rules and regulations, laws. for the government of the school, as they shall deem proper: Provided, That the said by-laws, rules and regulations be not Proviso. repugnant to the constitution or laws of the United States or of this Commonwealth.

ann'l election

SECTION 8. Notice of the annual election of officers shall be given by the secretary, either in writing to each stockholder or by advertisement in three of the most public places in the Secretary to borough, at least ten days previous to the time of holding such give notice of election. And if it shall at any time happen that no election of officers. shall be held on the day and in the manner hereinbefore described, the chartered privileges of this corporation shall not for that cause be forfeited, but the officers last elected and in office, shall remain in office until others shall be duly elected. And in case of absence, or refusal of either of said officers to act, it shall be the duty of the secretary to notify the stockholders thereof, who may order another election to be held within one month after such notice, which shall be conducted in all respects as hereinbefore provided for.

No misnomer
shall defeat a

SECTION 9, No misnomer of the said corporation shall defeat or annul any gift, grant, devise or bequest to or from the said corporation: Provided, That the intent of the parties shall benefit given. sufficiently appear upon the face of the gift, grant, will or other

writing whereby any estate or interest was intended to pass to or from the said corporation.

WM. PATTERSON,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

JACOB KERN,

Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED-The eleventh day of April, one thousand eigié bundred and thirty-four.

GEO: WOLF.

guns, &c.

No. 146.

A SUPPLEMENT

To att act entitled An act to authorize and direct the Governor to incorpex rate a company for erecting a permanent bridge over the river Schay? kill, at or near where the floating bridge of Abraham Sheridan is at present situate, known by the name of the Upper Ferry, in the county of Philadelphia, passed the twenty eighth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and eleven.

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 Finefor firing same, That if any person or persons shall wilfully and inten tionally fire any gun or guns, or set off any fire works, or make any bonfire, or aid in the setting off any fire works, or in making any bonfire, or keeping fire on board of sea vessels, within one hundred yards of the bridge erected by the company incorporated in pursuance of the act of Assembly, to which this is a supplement, cach and every person so offending shall forfeit and pay to the use of the said company the sum of ten dollars, to be recovered as debts of a like amount are by law recoverable.

certain cases.

SECTION 2. If any person or persons shall refuse to pay the Penalties in tolls imposed by the regulations of the said company and the laws of this Commonwealth, or shall wilfully and intentionally neglect and omit to pay the same, or shall wilfully and intentionally evade or attempt to evade the payment of the said tolls, or shall wilfully and intentionally obstruct and prevent the gate keeper in and from collecting the said tolls, or the perform ance of his duties as gate keeper, each and every person so offending, shall forfeit and pay to the use of the said company the sum of six dollars, to be recovered as debts of a like amount are by law recoverable.

SECTION 3. From and after the passage of this act, the corporate name, style and title of the company incorporated in pursuance of the act to which this is a supplement, shall be the Fairmount Bridge Company; by which name, style and title, Style: the said company shall enjoy every right, title, interest, privilege, power and immunity which under their former corporate designation, they might, could or did enjoy, or might hereafter have enjoyed.

SECTION 4. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Annual meet: company aforesaid, shall in future be held on the second Mon-ings, when alay in February in each and every year, and that all the offi- held. cers now elected shall continue to discharge their duties and enjoy their rights and powers until the said first Monday of February next, or until others are elected in their room.

WM. PATTERSON,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

JACOB KERN,

Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED-The eleventh day of April, Anno Domini, eigh teen hundred and thirty-four.

GEO: WOLF.

No. 147.

AN ACT

To improve a road from John Rigner's in Moore township, Northampton county, acress the Blue mountain at Smith's Gap, to John Smith's, Ross township, in said county.

$1500

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 sum of fifteen hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated to be paid to George Schlabach of Upper appropriated. Nazareth, Theobald Sheffer of Moore, and John Smith of Ross, on warrants drawn by the Governor on the treasurer of this Commonwealth, and shall be expended by them in improving a road across the Bluc mountain at Smith's Gap, from the house of John Rigner in Moore township, to John Smith's in Ross township, Northampton county; and the said commissioners shall be allowed one dollar each, for every day necessarily spent in the performance of the duties required of them by this section, to be paid out of the treasury of Northampton county.

SECTION 2, Before the said commissioners shall draw the money hereby appropriated, they shall enter into bonds to the