No. 157. An Act Supplementary to an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Manofacturers' and Mechanics' bank of the Northern Liberties, in the county of Philadelphia," passed on the twenty-third day of April, Anno Domini, eighteen hundred and thirty-two. 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 if the Manufacturers' and Mechanics bank of the Northern Liberties in the county of Philadelphia, shall accept the provisions of this 'act, and advise the Governor of the same, under their corporate seal, within fifty days after the passage of the same, then the Charter ex- charter of the said bank shall be and hereby is continued tended 20 yrs and extended twenty years from the passage of this act, under its present conditions, stipulations, rights, and privileges, except so far as they are hereinafter altered or repealed; Right to in- and the said bank shall have the right to increase its capital crease capital stock to the sum of six hundred thousand dollars, the additional stock to be divided into shares of fifty dollars each: Provided, That the said bank shall pay into the treasury of the commonwealth, within one year after the passage of this act, thirty thousand dollars, as a bonus for the rights and 2d Proviso. privileges hereby granted: And provided further, That the said bank shall be subject to the provisions of the twentyfourth article of the act passed the twenty-fifth day of March, Anno Domin, eighteen hundred and twenty-four, entitled "An act to recharter certain banks": Provided also, That the whole amount of the additional stock shall be disposed of and paid in within two years from the passage of this act. stock. Proviso. Certificate of becoming a law agreeably to the constitution. NER MIDDLESWARTH, THOMAS S. CUNNINGHAM, We do hereby certify, that the bill entitled "An act supplementary to an act entitled An act to incorporate the Mannfacturers' and Mechanics' Bank of the Northern Liberties,' in the county of Philadelphia, passed on the twenty-third day of April, Anno Domini, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, was presented to the Governor on the first day of April, eighteen hundred and thirty-six,and was not returned within ten days (Sundays excepted) after it had been presented to him, nor within three days after the next meeting of the legislature thereafter, on the seventeenth of May, eighteen hundred and thirty-sis, wherefore, it has, agreeably to the constitution of this commonwealth, become a law in like manner as if he had signed it. SAML. SHOCH, To rechter Bank of Penn township, in the county of SECTION! Representated General authority of the county of j for the term this act, und Philadelphia. Best enacted by the Senate and House of und it is hereby enacted by the That the bank of Penntownship in Charter expia, shail be and is hereby extended, tended 20 yrs ears from and after the passage of present conditions, stipulations, rights and privileges, except so far as they are hereinafter altered or repealed. SECTION 2. That said bank shall have the right to Right to inincrease its capital grock to the sum of five hundred thousand crease capidollars, the ad talonal stock to be divided into shares of fifty tal stock to dollars each, to be sold sud disposed of by the said bank, at $500,000. such times, and in a manner as its directors, at their discretion, may think cal expedient: Provided, That all the said additional stock solt be paid in within two years from and after the passage of this. ct. SECTION 5. That in case the said bank shall except of this charter, and advise the Governor of the same, under their corporate seal, within thirty days after the passage of this act, then the said back shall pay into the treasury of the Bonus. commonwealth the sum of thirty-three thousand dollars, one half on the first day of May next, and the other half on the first day of May, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, and Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS S. CUNNINGHAM, Speaker of the Senate. We do certify, that the bill entitled "An act to recharter the bank of Penntownship, in the county of Philadelphia," was presented to the Governor on the first day of April, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, and was not returned within ten days (Sunday's excepted) after it had been presented to him, nor within three days after the next meeting of the Legislature thereafter, on the seventeenth of May, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, wherefore, it has, agreeably to the constitution of this commonwealth, become a law in like manner as if he had signed it. To correct an error in transcribing Act number one hundred and fifty-one. It is enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly May connect met, That the following words, to wit: "its vicinity as they with the may from time to time find expedient, and also with the Williamsport. right to extend the same, so as to form a junction with the and Elmira Williamsport and Elmira railroad, at such part thereof as railroad co. they may find practicable, having due regard to the situation nature of the ground, and of the buildings thereon, the public convenience, and the interest of the stockholders, and o as to do the least damage to private property; and the said oad shall not pass through any burying ground nor place of ublic worship, nor any dwe ling house, without the consent f the owner thereof, nor shall it pass through any out building the value of three hundred dollars without such consent, ad the said president, managers and company shall, within ix months after ascertaining the route of the said railroad, ause an accurate survey of the lines of the said road to be Map or plot nade, a map or plot of which survey they shall cause to be to be filed in Liled in the Secretary's office of this state, which map or plot, Secretary's ra certified copy thereof, shall be sufficient evidence of the Course of said road, which may then be opened, and all the xpenses incurred thereby shall be defrayed by said company;" mitted by mistake in transcribing an act passed the second This act ay of April, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, made a part ntitled "An act to incorporate the Towanda and Franklin of the act inailroad company," shall be added to, and deemed and taken corporating be incorporated in the fifth section of the said act, and Franklin rai!hall be printed in their proper place in said section. road comp'y. NER MIDDLESWARTH, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS S. CUNNINGHAM, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-fifth day of May, Anno Domini, be thousand eight hundred and thirty-six. office. Towanda and JOS: RITNER. No. 160. An Act Authorizing the laying out of certain State Roads, and for other purposes. ECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of resentatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in eral Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the Beaver co. authority of the same, That Adam Wilt and William Cor Commission- junior, of Juniata county, and Henry Lawyer of Perry ers to lay out county, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to state road. view, lay out and mark a state road, beginning at Coffman's Perry county mill in Perry county, thence by the nearest and best route so as to intersect the public road leading from Liverpool to Mifflintown, on the lands of Hugh M'Allister, in Greenwood township. Juniata county; that Alexander Wright of Mercer Commiss'rs. county, Enoch Marvin, and William Adair of Beaver county, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to reveiw Mercer and that part of the state road leading from Mercer in Mercer county, to Georgetown in Beaver county, that is located between the borough of New Castle in Mercer county, and the Mahoning creek in Beaver county, and if they shall find it necessary and advisable, they are hereby authorized and required to relocate the said road on other ground, and vacate such part or parts of the said road as they shall alter or supply, by a new location, and the said commissioners shall be allowed one dollar and fifty cents each per day for every day necessarily spent in performing the duties hereby enjoined on them, which, together with all reasonable expenses for surveyors and any other necessary hands, sha' be paid by orders drawn by the County Commissioners on the treasury of their respective counties; and that Joseph Commiss'rs. Hutchinson and Thomas Smith of the county of Northum Northumber- berland, and William A Petriken and Samuel Shoemaker of the county of Lycoming, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view, lay out and mark a state road from Watsonsburg in the county of Northumberland, thence by the nearest and best route to the borough of Muncy, ir the county of Lycoming. land and Lycoming co. Commiss'rs. state line. SECTION 2. That Joel Evans and James Ogden of Dela ware county, and Richard M. Barnard and Samuel Irwin of Chester county, be and they are hereby appointed commis sioners to view, lay out and mark a state road, beginning " Chadd's ford, the road leading from the city of Philadelphia to Chad' Delaware co.ford, at or near Isaac Hall's, in Nether Providence townships to Maryland Delaware county, thence by Chadd's ford and New Lond cross roads, and continue in a direction towards the city of Baltimore, to the Maryiand state line, in Chester county. SECTION 3. It shall be the duty of the said commissioners respectively, for a majority of them, appointed to viewas aforesaid, after having been sworn or affirmed before sout justice of the peace, who shall file and preserve the sam in his office, to perform the duties enjoined on them by t act with impartiality and fidelity, carefully to view ground over which the road by them laid out may pass," Tay out the same as near to a straight line between the af said points as the nature of the ground and circumstanc will permit, and so that the vertical departure from a tres Location of road. |