The Danville granted to said company; and the legislature reserves the right to reduce and regulate the tolls hereby authorized; and the legislature also reserves the right for the purchase by the state, of the right, title and interest of the said company, in the said railroad, with the appurtenances, at any time after thirty years from the passage of this act, by paying to said company a sum of money which, together with the dividends declared, shall equal the costs and expenses of said railroad, with an interest of eight per cent. per annum thereon. SECTION 22. That the Danville and Pottsville railroad and Pottsville company be, and they are hereby authorized to increase their railroad co. capital stock, to an amount not exceeding in the whole authorized to fourteen hundred thousand dollars, and that the proviso for capital stock completing the road and improvements of said company, be to $1400,000. extended to the fourteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-three. increase their tal stock. Authority to SECTION 23. That the said company be, and they are accept mon- hereby authorized and empowered, to accept from the corpoey on loan, ration of the city of Philadelphia, or from any person or upon pledge of their capi- persons, or body corporate, any sum or sums of money, or loan, upon pledge of any part of their capital stock, not heretofore pledged to the commonwealth, or otherwise disposed of, to an amount not exceeding six hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That nothing in this act shall be so construed, as to effect the claim of the state upon such portion of the road, the income and receipts of which, are pledged to meet the guarantee made by the state, Proviso. pany. Corporators SECTION 24. That David Marquis, Ovid Pinney, Andrew of the Sharon Purdy, John Carothers, John Dickey, Jeremiah Bannon, bridge com- Thonias M-Clelland, Robert. Darragh, John T. Miller, Thomas Thornley, E. K. Chamberlin, and such other persons as may be associated with them, after the passing of this act, for the purpose of erecting a bridge over the Big Beaver river, at or near where the state road from Beaver to Mercer crosses the same, opposite the village of Sharon, Beaver county, shall be, and are hereby declared to be one Name, style body politic and corporate, in deed and in law, by the uame and style of the "Sharon Bridge company," and by the same name shall have perpetual succession, and all privi Powers and leges and franchises incident to a corporation, and shall be privileges. capable of taking and holding their capital stock, and increase and proits thereof, and of enlarging the same from time to time by new subscriptions, in such manner and form as they shall think proper, if such enlargement shall be found necessary to fulfil the intent of this act, 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. and title. Capital stock $20,000. SECTION 25. The capital stock of the said company shall be twenty thousand dollars, divided into shares of twenty five dollars each; and the said company shall have all the Shares $25 powers, and authority, and privileges granted, and be subject each. to all the restrictions imposed by the act entitled "An act Act of 23d to incorporate a company to build a bridge over the Big March, 1836, Beaver creek, at Fallston, in Beaver county," passed the extended to this comp'y. twenty-third day of March, eighteen hundred and thirty six. late the SECTION 26. That the town council of the borough of Town Uɔun. Norristown be, and the same is hereby authorized and cil of NorrisO empowered, to enact any ordinance which they may deem town empow necessary for the regulation and grading of the roads, ered to regustreets, lanes, and alleys, laid out, or which may hereafter streets, lanes be laid out, according to law, within the limits of said and alleys in borough, and they are also hereby authorized and empow- said borough. ered, to enact, ordain, and make rules and regulations, requiring the owner or owners of lots, lying and being in the borough aforesaid, to set up and erect curb stones, or walls, along the roads, streets, lanes, and alleys, at the edge of the side walks, in front and opposite their respective lots, at the proper cost of such owner or owners respectively, in such manner, and at such time as may be directed Ridge turnby ordinances passed for such purpose, and the same to pike road keep in good repair; and the Ridge turnpike company shall company to pave the gutters along the main street of the borough, occu- conform to pied by them, and conform to the regulations adopted by tions of the the regulathe town council in making, repairing and grading their council. road, through said borough. SECTION 27. That the corporation of said borough be, and Mark't-house they are hereby authorized, to erect a market house, upon the lot of ground now enclosed with a board fence, situate and lying between Swedes' street and alley, and Penn street and the jail yard, in said borough, and regulate and grade said lot of ground, as may be deemed advisable: Provided, The said market house shall be built as far from Proviso. the court house, on Penn street, as the nature of the ground will admit, and thenceforth the said lot shall remain open, and the market house shall be for the use and accommodation of all persons who may wish to sell, or bring produce or marketing thereat, under such rules and regulations, as the town council may from time to time establish SECTION 28. That for the purpose of opening and grading Corporation the streets, lanes, and alleys, laid out and to be laid out in authorized to the borough aforesaid, and the erecting of a market house, borrow $10the corporation of said borough, is hereby authorized and 0.0. empowered to borrow any sum of money not exceeding ten thousand dollars, upon the faith and credit of said borough, and to apply so much of the taxes raised upon said borough, as may be necessary, for the payment of the interest, and gradual extinction of the debt thus created, as from time to time may be deemed expedient. authorities may do it at the expense of said own ers. When own" SECTION 29. That in case the owner or owners of any ers of lots re- lot or lots in said borough, shall refuse or neglect to erect fuse to pave and put up any curb stones, or wall along the road, streets, &c., borough lanes, or alleys, at the edge of the side walks, in front and opposite their respective lots, or to pave such side walks, in such manner, and at such times as may be required by any ordinance of said borough, it shall be lawful for the town council to purchase and procure materials for such curbing, walling and paving, and cause the same to be put up, erected, and made, at the proper cost and expense of said owner or owners, and if necessary, they are hereby authorized, from time to time to borrow money for said purpose, and on completion of said curbing, walling and paving, or within six months thereafter, may file a claim, in the prothonotary's office of Montgomery county, for the amount of the materials furnished and used, work done, and expense incurred in putting up such curbstone or walls, and making such pavement, together with such additional charges, rot exceeding ten per cent. thereon, which claim shall be certified by the president of the town council, under the seal of the corpo ration, attested by the town clerk; and such claim shall be Expense of paid before any other lien which commenced subsequent to paving, etc., furnishing such materials, or performing such work, and to be a lien remain a lien on such lot, and a personal charge against the owner thereof till paid, and execution may issue in favour of the burgess and town council of the borough of Norristown, for the amount of the claim filed, with interest, against such lot, and the owner thereof, at any time after the expiration of sixty days after filing the claim, in the same manner as on a judgment obtained against such lot or lots, or the owner or owners thereof, and the amount of such claim may be claim may be recovered by the burgess and town council, by personal action against the owner or owners of any such lot or lots, or by scire facias, at the option of said town council, as is provided for the recovery of mechanics liens, under the act passed the seventeenth of March, eighteen hundred and six, and the several supplements thereto, and in all cases, the certificate of the president, under the corporate seal, attested by the town clerk, shall be conclusive evidence of the amount of the claim for materials furnished and `used, and for work done, and costs and charges incurred in putting up and erecting curb stones, walls, and making pavements, as aforesaid. on said lot or lots. How such recovered. my of the *Tomopa North Amer. SECTION 30. That Constantine Hering, the present presiican Acade- dent, John Romig, junior, the present vice president, William Wessalhaeft, Eberhard Frietag, Henry Dettweiler, C. Becker, John Rice, Christian Pretz, Joseph Saeger, George Keck, the present directors, Adolphus Bauer, the present secretary, Solomon Keck, the present treasurer. and Philip H. Goepp, Henry Ebner, J. V. R. Hunter, William Healing Eckert, and John J. Krause, together with all such other persons as are at present stockholders, and such as shall hereafter becom⚫ stockholders, agreeably to the constitution and fundamental articles thereof, be and they hereby are incorporated in a society, by the name, stvie and title of the North American Academy of the Homopathic Healing Art," and by that name shall have all the rights, powers and privileges incident by law to a corporation. SECTION 31. The said corporation and their successors, Privileges & by the name, style and title aforesaid, for a term of twenty liabilities. years, shall be able and capable in law to purchase, have, receive, take, hold and enjoy, in fee simple, or for a less estate or estates, any lands, tenements, rents, annuities, liberties, franchises, and other hereditaments, by the gift, grant, bargain, sale, alienation, enfeoffment, release, con-firmation, or devise, of any person or persons, bodies politic, and corporate, capable and able to make the same, and further, that the said corporation and their successors, may take and receive any sum or sums of money, goods and chattles, that have been, or hereafter shall be given or bequeathed to them, by any person or persons, bodies. politic or corporate, able and capable to make a bequest or gift thereof: Provided, That no misnomer of the said cor- Proviso poration and successors, shall defeat or annul any gift, grant, devise, or bequest to the said corporation, if the intent of the doner shall sufficiently appear upon the face of the gift, testament, or other writing, whereby any estate or interest was intended to pass to the said corporation. SECTION 32 The said corporation and their successors, Seal. shall have full power and authority to make, have, and ase-one common seal, with such devise and inscription as they shall think proper, and the same to break, alter and renew at their pleasure. SECTION 33. The said society shall have power to make Power to by-laws, as well as carry into effect the provisions herein make by-laws”contained, as for the effectual and convenient conduct of the affairs of the society: Provided, The same shall not be Provies. dollars. SECTION 34. Provided, That the lands, tenements, rents, Yearly inannuities, and other property held by the said corporation, come not to shall at no time exceed the clear yearly value of two exceed 2000 thousand dollars: And provided, That the legislature may alter or repeal this act, at any time when the public inter- Legislature ests may require the same, and that the said corporation may repeal. shall not have or exercise any other privileges than such as may be necessary for the education of medical practitioners. SECTION 35. That from and after the passage of this act, Borough of i it may be lawful for the burgess and town council of the Kittanning. borough of Kittanning, in the county of Armstrong, or a Burgess and majority of them, in case the person elected high constable council may of said borough shall refuse to give bond, and perform the appoint high duties enjoined on him by an act, entitled "An act erecting constable, the town of Kittanning, in the county of Armstrong, into a borough," approved the second day of April, eighteen hundred and twenty-one, shall have power to appoint some reputable citizen of said borough, who, upon giving bond, with approved sureties, shall be considered high constable of said borough, to all intents and purposes, as if he had been elected by the citizens. NER MIDDLESWARTH, THOMAS S. CUNNINGHAM, APPROVED-The sixteenth day of June, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six. JOS: RITNER. No. 181. An Act Authorizing John Gamber of Dauphin county, to construct a canal or slip from the Pennsylvania canal to his furnace, and for other purposes. 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 John Gamber, of the township J. Gamber's of Londonderry, in the county of Dauphin, be and he is canal or slip hereby authorized to dig and construct a canal or slip from a point on the Pennsylvania canal, near to the east end of the aqueduct over Swatara creek, at Portroyal, in the county aforesaid, to his furnace, being a distance of between three and four hundred yards. basin. Dimensions SECTION 2. The said canal shall not exceed thirty-two of canal and feet in width at the bottom, except at the end next the furnace, where the breadth may be extended so as to form a basin of one hundred feet square, the slope of the banks to be such as will increase the breadth one foot in every |