them over to the said ward receiver; and the general receiver shall pay to the said ward receiver fifty cents, by draft on the treasurer, for every case where he shall have reported the proof of a tax having been paid or discharged by judicial sale, and which had not been entered upon the receiver's books or registry of taxes, as having been paid; and whenever said ward receiver shall ascertain the true owner of a vacant lot to be a different person than the person in whose name the assessment was made, he shall receive the sum of fifty cents, by draft on the treasury as provided for the proof of a tax having been paid, and the general receiver shall cause such alteration to be made on the books in his office.

Section 7. That all laws or parts of laws inconsistent with Repoal. this act, be and the same are hereby repealed.

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

WM. M. FRANCIS,

Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED— The third day of May, Anno Domini one thou. sand eight hundred and sixty.

WM. F. PACKER.

No. 641.

AN ACT

To incorporate the United Presbyterian Church of Brownsdale, in the

county of Butler.

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 members of the United Presbyterian congregation of Browns- Corporators. dale church, in the county of Butler, are hereby erected into a body corporate, in deed and in law, by the name and style of “ The United Presbyterian church of Brownsdale ;” and by the style. same name shall have perpetual succession, and be able to sue and be sued in all the courts of law and equity within the com- Powers. monwealth of Pennsylvania or elsewhere; and shall be able and capable, in law and equity, to take and hold lands and tenements, goods and chattels, of whatever kind, nature or quality, real, personal or mixed, which are now or hereafter shall become the property of said congregation, by gift, grant, bargain, sale, conveyance, demise, bequest or otherwise howsoever, from any person or persons whomsoever, capable of making the same, and the same to grant, bargain, sell, convey or dispose of: Provided, Proviso. That the yearly value or income of said real and personal estate

shall not at any time exceed the sum of five thousand dollars : Proviso. And provided, That the church and graveyard belonging to said

congregation shall never be sold, unless a majority of all the

members of said congregation shall consent to the sale thereof. Management

Section 2. That the affairs of said corporation shall be manand superinten. aged and superintended by three trustees, to be chosen from dance.

among the members of said congregation, who shall choose from among their own number a president and secretary, and shall also choose a treasurer from among the members of said congregation who is not a trustee, and who shall, if required by the trustees, give sufficient security for the faithful discharge of his duties as treasurer; and in case of the removal of a trustee or trustees, by death, resignation or otherwise, the vacancy shall be supplied by the remaining trustee or trustees until the next regular election, when a trustee or trustees shall be elected to fill such vacancy; and the following named persons shall be trustees until others shall be elected, to wit: S. C. Douchett, B.

S. Douthett and James Maharg. First election.

Section 3. That the first election to be held in pursuance of this act, shall be conducted by three members of said congrega. tion, to be chosen by the trustees; which election shall be held within sixty days from the passage of this act; and all subsequent elections at such place and times, and shall be conducted in such manner, and the trustees elected for such length of time as may be prescribed by the by-laws.

Section 4. That the said trustees, and their successors, shall

have power and authority to make, have and use one common Seal.

seal, with such device as they shall think proper, and the same

to alter at their pleasure; they shall have power to enact and By-laws. enforce such by-laws and ordinances as may be proper and

necessary for the regulation and transaction of the business of Proviso. said corporation: Provided, That said by.laws and ordinances

shall not be inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this commonwealth or of the United States, and that the same be approved by a majority of all the members of said congregation, at any regular or special meeting called for that purpose.

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

WM. M. FRANCIS,

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

WM. F. PACKER.

No. 612.

AN ACT

To incorporate the Allegheny Free Bridge 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 Josiah King, John F. Jennings, John E. Parke, Edward Gregg, Commissioners. Samuel H. Hartman, Alexander Nimick, John Atwell, Alexander Speer, Robert T. Kenedy, Joseph Kirkpatrick, Andrew D. Smith, Samuel George, Morris Jones, Robert Ashworth, Samuel Riddle, J. G. Coffin, S. Schoyer, Jr., Thomas A. Rowley, James P. Barr, George Breed, James M. Cooper, George W. Cass, William H. Smith, Robert Patrick, W. W. Patrick, George S. Swartz, J. Heron Foster, Thos. M'Cause, James Patton, A. Marshall, Peter Mertz, John Swan, John Brown, W.J. Morrison, John Magran, James Lockhart, Thos. Brown, W. H. M'Gee, S. H. Geiger, J. M. Pennock, James Floyd, R. H. Patterson, Hugh M'Neil, Andrew Davidson, Jas. Longmore, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to open books, receive subscriptions and organize a company, by the name and style of the Allegheny Style. Free bridge company, for the purpose of building a bridge over Purpose. the Allegheny river, opposite Pitt street or Irwin street, in the city of Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny, which shall be free for all pedestrians.

Section 2. The capital stock shall consist of three thousand Capital stock. shares of twenty-five dollars each, but the directors may increase the same to any sum, not exceeding one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, whenever they may deem it necessary for the purposes of the corporation.

Section 3. That the said commissioners, or a majority of Subscriptions to them, shall give at least three weeks' notice, in three or more, daily newspapers published in said city, of the time and place at which the books will be opened for the purpose of receiving subscriptions of stock, at which time and place the books shall be opened, and kept open for five hours each day, Sundays excepted, or until fifteen hundred shares shall have been subscribed: Provided, That no subscription shall be received unless two dol- Proviso. lars and fifty cents shall be paid in, upon each share, at the time of subscribing the same.

Section 4. That as soon as fifteen hundred shares shall have When letters pa. been subscribed, and two dollars and fifty cents per share paid tent to be issued. in, as aforesaid, the said commissioners, or any five of them, shall certify, under their hands and seals, the names of the subscribers and the number of shares subscribed by each, to the governor of the commonwealth, who shall thereupon, by letters patent, under his hand and the seal of the state, create and erect the said subscribers, their associates, successors and assigns into a body politic and corporate, under the name, style and title of the Allegheny Free bridge company, and by the same name they Title.

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shall have perpetual succession, and all the privileges and franchises incident to a corporation ; and shall be capable of taking and holding the capital stock, and the increase and profits thereof, and of purchasing and holding, and of selling, transferring and conveying, in fee simple or for any less estate, all such lands and estates, real and personal, as shall be necessary to them in the prosecution of their work; and of suing and being sued, and of doing all and every other matter and thing which a corporation

or body politic may lawfully do. Organization. Section 5. That the six persons first named in the letters

patent of incorporation shall, as soon as conveniently may be after sealing the same, give notice in two of the public newspaper printed in the county of Allegheny, of a time and place by them to be appointed, not less than thirty days from the time of issuing the first notice; at which time and place the said subscribers shall proceed to organize the corporation, and shall choose by a majority of votes of the said subscribers, taken by

ballot, to be delivered either in person or by proxy, duly authorElection of offi- ized, one president, ten managers, one treasurer, one clerk, and

such other officers as they may think necessary to conduct the

business of the company during the year, and until other officers By.laws. be chosen ; and may make such by-laws, rules, orders and regala

tions, not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this state

or of the United States, as may be necessary for the well ordering Proviso. the affairs of the company; Provided always, That no person

shall have more than five votes, whatever number of shares he Votes.

may be entitled to, and each person shall be entitled to one vole

for each share by him held under that number. Annual meeting Section 6. That a public meeting of the said stockholders

shall be held on the first Monday of May, next following the first election had as aforesaid, and on the first Monday in May, in every succeeding year, at such place as shall be fixed by the rules and orders of the said company, for the purposes of choosing officers for the ensuing year, and the determination of any

question affecting the interests of said company. Certificates of

Section 7. That the president and managers shall procure shares, relative printed certificates for all the shares of stock in the said com

pany, which shall be signed by the president, countersigned by the treasurer, and sealed with the seal of the corporation, and each subscriber shall be entitled to one such certificate for each share by him subscribed for, when the price of such share shall have been fully paid to the treasurer, whose receipts for the

various instalments thereof, shall be surrendered to the said Transfer of cer- treasurer upon receiving the said certificate ; which certificate

shall be transferable either by the owner in person, or by his attorney, duly authorized, in the presence of the president or trsasurer for the time being, and the persons to whom such transfer shall be made, shall stand in the place of the former

holder of the certificate, and be entitled to thes ame privileges Proviso. in the company: Provided, That transfers made within ninety

days of the annual election of officers and managers, shall not

entitle the persons to whom such transfer shall be made to vote Provigo. at such election: And provided further, That transfers of stock

made before all the instalments are paid, shall be made subject to the payments due or that may grow due thereon.

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Section 8. That the president and managers shall meet at Meeting of presisuch times and places, and be convened in such manner as shall dent and manabe agreed on, for transacting the business of the company; at which meeting five members shall be a quorum, who, in the ab- Quorum. sence of the president, shall choose a chairman, and shall keep minutes of their proceedings, to be fairly entered in a book to be kept for that purpose, and a quorum being met, they shall have full power and authority to appoint such engineers, superintend- Further powers ents, assistants and workmen, as they shall deem necessary to and authority. the erection of the said bridge, and they shall fix their salaries and wages; they shall also have power to make contracts, to ascertain the times, manner and proportion in which the stock. holders shall pay the money due on their respective sharos, to draw orders on the treasurer for the money necessary to pay salaries, wages and bills for work and labor done and performed or materials furnished, which orders shall be signed by the president, or in his absence, by a majotity of a quorum, and countersigned by their clerk, and to do and transact all such other matters and things as by this act or by the by-laws of the company shall be committed to them.

Section 9. That if any stockholder, after thirty days' notice Payment of in. in two of the public newspapers printed in the county of Alle- stalments, relagheny, of the time and place appointed for the payment of any proportion or instalment of the said capital stock still due on each share, shall neglect to pay the same for the space of thirty days after the day whereon the same shall be appointed to be paid, every such stockholder shall, in addition to the instalment so called for, pay at the rate of five per cent. per month for every delay of such payment; and if the same, and the said additional penalties, shall remain unpaid so long that the accumulated pen. alties shall become equal to the sum already paid on such share, the same shall be forfeited to the company, and may be sold under the direction of the president and managers, or a majority of a quorum of them, at any of their meetings for transacting the business of the company ; the order for that purpose being first entered in the minute by the clerk at such meeting.

Section 10. That it shall be lawful for the said company, their May occupy and superintendents, engineers, agents and workmen, to enter upon, enter upon use and occupy any street or streets, or portions thereof, in the said cities of Pittsburg and Allegheny, that may be necessary for the purpose of erecting and perfecting the said bridge, and for making all the necessary works and causeways to and from the same; and it shall be lawful for the said company to con. Contracts with tract with the owner or owners of ground, for the purchase of owners, &c. so much thereof as shall be necessary for erecting and perfecting said bridge; and in case they cannot agree with said owner or owners as to the price thereof, then it shall and may be law. Settlement with ful for the said company to apply to the court of common pleas L., relative tó.

owners of land, of said county, who are hereby authorized and required to appoint three discreet and disinterested freeholders of this state, who, after viewing the said ground, shall estimate the value of the ground so necessary to be taken as aforesaid ; and baving estimated the advantages, as well as the disadvantages, which may be sustained by the owners of said ground, the same shall be returned to the said court, with a description of the said

streets.