No. 277.

AN ACT

To incorporate the Saucon Valley Railroad Company. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen. tatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly

net, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Corporators. George T. Lewis, Joseph Wharton, Samuel F. Fisher, Richard

W. Leibert and Joseph Deih), and their associates, successors and assigns, and other persons who shall become stockholders,

be and they are hereby made and created a body politic and corStyle.

porate, by the name and style of the Saucon Valley railroad

company; and by the said name they shall and may have perPowers. petual succession, and shall be in law capable of suing and being

sued, pleading and being impleaded, in all courts and judicatories whatsoever, and also of contracting and being contracted with relative to the business and objects of the said corporation; and they may have a common seal, and may change and alter the same at pleasure, and make rules and by-laws for the regulation and management of the said corporation, consistent with

the laws of this commonwealth. Capital stock. SECTION 2. That the capital stock of said company shall be

fifteen thousand dollars, to be divided into three hundred shares of fifty dollars each; and the said company shall have the right

to increase their said capital stock, from time to time, as the Proviso.

board of directors may deem necessary: Provided, That the

whole capital stock shall not exceed sixty thousand dollars. May borrow Section 3. That the said company may borrow money to an

amount not exceeding sixty thousand dollars, and issue, from time to time, bonds therefor, in the corporate name and under the common seal of said company, in sums not less than one hundred dollars each, either with or without coupons attached, payable at such time, on such terms, and at such rate of interest, not exceeding twelve per centum per annum, as they may deem expedient, and to sell said bonds at a less rate than the par value thereof; and may secure the payment of said bonds and coupons by a mortgage or mortgages upon the road, property, income, revenue, tolls, and also upon the franchises and corporate privileges of the said company, with the same effect as any company incorporated in this commonwealth may or can do.

Section 4. That the said company shall have the right to build and construct a railroad, westwardly from a point on the North Pennsylvania railroad, to any mine or mines in Saucon valley, not exceeding six miles distant from the starting point; with power, also, to connect with the railroad of the Thomas iron company, at or near their iron mine, and also with the said North

Pennsylvania railroad company. Injury to private

SECTION 5. That if in the location of said road, or in the buildproperty, how to ing of the same, any injury shall be done to private property, be settled.

and the parties cannot agree upon the amount of compensation

money

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to be made to the owner or person injured, the same shall be adjusted and settled according to the provisions of the eleventh section of an act, entitled “An Act regulating railroads," approved the nineteenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine.

Section 6. That the stockholders shall annually, on the second Election of offiWednesday in May, elect a president, four directors, secretary and treasurer for said company; said president shall be a member of the board of directors, and one person may hold the office of secretary and treasurer: Provided, That the company shall Pooviso. not be dissolved by the failure to elect directors on said day, but the stockholders may, at any time within sixty days thereafter, elect such directors.

Section 7. That the president and directors shall procure cer- Certificates of tificates of stock, which, signed by the president and treasurer, stock, relative and sealed with the corporate seal, shall be delivered to each stockholder, and which shall be transferable on the books of said company at his pleasure, in person, or by attorney duly authorized, in presence of the president, treasurer or other person appointed by the company for that purpose; subject, however, to all payments due and to become due thereon; and when such transfer shall have been made and entered upon the books of said company, the holder shall be a member of the said company; and in every election or meeting, the stockholders of the said company shall be entitled to one vote for each share of Votes. stock by him or them held.

Section 8. That if any subscriber for stock, or his assignee, Refusal to pay shall refuse or neglect to pay any instalment called for by the instalmente,

relative to.
said company at the place appointed, and the same shall remain
unpaid for thirty days after the time appointed, he shall, in ad.
dition to the instalment called in, pay at the rate of five per
centum per month for delay; and if the same shall remain un-
paid so long as that this penalty shall amount to the sum actually
paid in by the said subscriber or subscribers, it shall be in the
power of the said company to forfeit the said stock, and the
amount paid thereon, to be disposed of by the said company as
will best promote their objects and interests.

JOHN M. THOMPSON,
Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem.

WM. M. FRANCIS,

Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED— The twenty-sixth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty.

WM. F. PACKER.

No. 278.

AN ACT

To provide for the paying of Coroner's Juries in Luzerne county. 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 from and after the passage of this act, persons serving on a coroner's jury in the county of Luzerne, shall receive one dollar for each and every day necessarily employed on an inquest, to be paid by the treasurer of said county as other jurors are now paid.

JOHN M. THOMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem.

WM. M. FRANCIS,

Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED—The twenty-sixth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty.

WM. F. PACKER.

No. 279.

AN ACT

Giving a bounty on Fox Scalps in Montour county. Section 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 from and after the passage of this act, any person or persons who may kill any fox or foxes within the county of Montour, in this commonwealth, and who shall produce the scalp or scalps, having the ears thereon, before any justice of the peace in and for said county, it shall be the duty of said justice to examine such person or persons, on oath or affirmation, touching the time when and the place where such fox or foxes was or were taken and killed ; and if the same shall be found to be within the bounds of said county, it shall be the duty of such justice to certify the same to the commissioners of the county, who shall immediately draw their warrant on the county treasurer for the sum of one dollar for each and every scalp of a full grown fox, and fifty cents for those that are less than full grown, so pro

duced; and it shall be the duty of such treasurer, and he is
hereby directed, to pay the amount of said order.

JOHN M. THOMPSON,
Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem.

WM. M. FRANCIS,

Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED— The twenty-sixth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty.

WM. F. PACKER.

To extend the act relating to Sheriff and Prothonotary costs in Luzerno
county, approved the seventeenth day of February, Anno Domini one
thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen-
catives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvaniain General Assembly
met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That
the provisions of the act, approved the seventeenth day of Feb-
ruary, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine,
entitled “An Act relating to sheriff and prothonotary costs in
Luzerne county,” be and the same is hereby extended to the
counties of Clearfield, Schuylkill, Perry, and city and county of
Philadelphia

JOHN M. THOMPSON,
Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem.

WM. M. FRANCIS,

Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED--The twenty-sixth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty.

WM. F. PACKER.

No. 281.

Α Ν Α C T

Relative to Elections in Ohio township, Beaver county. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assem. bly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the first day of May next, all the general, special and township elections held by the qualified electors of Ohio township, Beaver county, shall be held at the house now occupied by Jamison Elliott, in the town of Fairview, in said town. ship; and all laws inconsistent herewith, are hereby repealed.

JOHN M. THOMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem.

WM. M. FRANCIS,

Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED—The twenty-sixth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty.

WM. F. PACKER.

No. 282.

AN ACT

To incorporate the Hanover Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Yozk

county. 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 Joseph Althoff, v. C. S. Eckert, f. M. Baughman, L. F. Melsheimer, Captain A. W. Eichelberger, Jacob Wirt, Jacob Young, George Eichelberger, F. E. Metzger, Jacob Forney, Peter Flickinger, William Grumbine, George Thomas, Samuel Diller, Stephen Keefer, David M. Myers, Vincent Obold, George Young, George Slagle, John Robenstine, Isaac Loucks, Daniel S. Bar nitz, Samuel Swartz and Peter Driver, of York and Adams counties, are hereby appointed commissioners, any nine of whom are authorized and empowered, from and after the passage of this act, to establish an insurance company, by the name, style and title of the Hanover mutual fire insurance company of York county, to be located in the borough of Hanover, York county;