Repeal. Managers to take charge of bridge. Duty of. No. 319. A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT To an act to incorporate a Company for making an Artificial Road, by the best and nearest route, from Waterford, in the county of Erie, through Meadville and Franklin, to the Susquehanna river, at or near the mouth of Anderson's creek, in Clearfield county, et cetera. 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 so much of the second section of said act as directs that the president of the Susquehanna and Waterford turnpike road company, the president of the Philipsburg and Susquehanna turnpike company, and the president of the Bellefonte and Philipsburg turnpike company, for the time being, and at all times. hereafter, or a majority of them, shall have the care and direction of the said bridge, being the bridge over the West Branch of Susquehanna river, on the Philipsburg and Susquehanna turnpike road, and are hereby authorized to carry the act into effect, be and the same is hereby repealed. SECTION 2. That the auditor general shall, on the first day of June next, appoint a board of three managers, in the county of Clearfield, to take charge of said bridge; one to serve one year, one to serve two years, and one to serve three years, and one annually thereafter to serve three years. SECTION 3. That the duty of said managers, or a majority of them, shall be the same as that directed in the second section of the act to which this is a supplement, to be performed by the presidents of the aforementioned roads; and for their services Compensation. they shall receive one dollar and fifty cents per diem for each and every day spent in discharge of their duties. Moneys due from the state, how be applied. SECTION 4. That said managers shall have power, by orders to drawn on the state treasurer, and approved by the auditor general, to draw from the state treasury any moneys that may be, from time to time, due the said bridge, under the second section of the act to which this is a supplement, to be applied to the repairing or re-building of said bridge. JOHN M. THOMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem. WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-ninth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No. 320. AN ACT To incorporate the Chest Spring and Gallitzin Turnpike or Plank Road 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 Henry Nutter, Montgomery Douglass, Michael D. Wagner, Je- Commissioners. rome Dawson, George Gallagher, Matthew M. Adams, David Watt, Greenberry Taylor, Michael Smith and Josiah Christy, or any three of them, are hereby authorized to open books, receive subscriptions and organize a company by the name, style and title of the Chest Spring and Gallitzin turnpike or plank road Style. company, with power to locate and construct a turnpike or plank road, from the borough of Chest Springs, in the county of Cam- Route. bria, to the village of Gallitzin, in said county, subject to all the provisions and restrictions of an act regulating turnpike and Subject to. plank road companies, approved the twenty-sixth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, and the supplements thereto, so far as the same be not inconsistent with this and the subsequent sections of this act. Section 2. That the capital stock of said company shall con- Capital stock. sist of four hundred shares, of twenty dollars each, but the said company may from time to time, by a vote of the stockholders, increase the capital stock, if it shall be deemed necessary to carry out the true intent and meaning of this act. Section 3. That the said company shall have power to con- Material for construct said road, either wholly or in part, of plank or stone, as structing road. they may deem most advantageous; and when they shall have completed two miles of said road, they shall have power to ereci toll gates, and receive the same tolls per mile, as are al- Tolls. lowed by the twelfth and thirteenth sections of an act approved the twenty-sixth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, entitled “ An Act regulating turnpike and plank road companies.” SECTION 4. That if said company shall not commence the con. Limitation. struction of said road within two years from the passage of this aet, and complete the same within six years, this act shall be null and void and of no effect, except so far as may be necessary to settle up the debts of said company. JOHN M. THOMPSON, WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED— The twenty-ninth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. and pay No. 321. AN ACT For the preservation of Insectiverous Birds, and for the protection of Fruit and Fruit Trees in Lehigh 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 the provisions of the act, entitled “An Act for the preservation of insectiverous birds, and for the protection of fruit and fruit trees in certain counties," approved the fourteenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, shall apply to, and be herewith extended to the county of Lehigh. JOHN M. THOMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem. WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED— The twenty-ninth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No. 322. AN ACT For the relief of the Humane Fire Company of the city and liberties of Philadelphia. Whereas, It is provided by the act or instrument of incorporation of the Humane fire company of the city and liberties of Philadelphia that the apparatus of said company shall be located within the following bounds, to wit: From the west side of Second street, to the east side of Sixth street, and from the North side of Sassafras street, to the south side of Callowhill street: And whereas, The reasons that required said limitation no longer exist; therefore, 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 so much of the said act or instrument of incorporation as re quires said limitation of boundaries, be and the same are hereby'. JOHN M. THOMPSON, WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED—The twenty-ninth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No. 323. AN ACT To incorporate the Sunnyside Institute at Newburg, Cumberland 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 D. F. Shoemaker, W. W. Frazer, D. Elliott, D. Smith, S. Corporators. Wherry, 1. N. Hays, and their successors, be and they are hereby created into a body politic and corporate, in deed and in law, by the name, style and title Sunnyside institute, and by Style. that name and title, shall have perpetual succession, shall be able to sue and be sued, to plead and be impleaded, and shall be Powers and priable and capable in law and in equity, to receive, take and hold, vileges. for the use of the said corporation, lands, tenements, hereditaments and estate, real and personal whatsoever, and the same to grant, bargain, sell, transfer, assign, mortgage and convey, in such manner as the said corporation shall deem proper, and to receive and make all deeds, transfers, contracts, conveyances, covenants and assurances whatsoever, and to make, have and use a common seal, under and by which all deeds, assurances, Seal.' diplomas and acts of the said corporation shall pass and be authenticated, and the same seal to change and renew at pleasure, and generally to do every other act or thing necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this act, and to promote the objects and designs of the said corporation. Section 2. That the object and design of the said corpora- Object and do. tion shall be the establishment of an institute within the limits sign. of Newburg, Cumberland county, in which are to be taught the elementary branches of education, together with the sciences and modern and ancient languages, in the manner that may be determined from time to time, by the proper officers of the said corporation, and as the same may be set forth in their by-laws and regulations: Provided, That such by-laws and regulations Proviso. are not inconsistent with this charter or with the constitution of the United States or the constitution and laws of this com monwealth. Constitution and SECTION 3. That the said corporation shall have power to by.laws. adopt a constitution and make by-laws, and the same to amend, alter or repeal at pleasure. Misnomer. Section 4. That no misnomer of the said corporation shall defeat any intended gift, grant, conveyance, devise or bequest thereto, nor any act or deed intended to be made or done there. by, nor shall the clear annual value of the estate of said corpo ration exceed the sum of six thousand dollars. May confer de Section 5. That the trustees of said institute shall have grees. power to confer such literary degrees, and academic honors and diplomas, as are usually granted by colleges, upon such pupils as shall have completed, in a satisfactory manner, the prescribed course of study. JOHN M. THOMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem. WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED—The twenty-ninth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No. 324. AN ACT Granting to Elizabeth Taylor, Widow of an Old Soldier, an annuity and pension. 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 state treasurer be and he is hereby directed to pay Elizabeth Taylor, widow of Philip Taylor, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, the sum of forty dollars, and to pay her forty dollars a year during her life, payable on the first day of May in each year. JOHN M. THOMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem. WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED—The twenty-ninth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. |