ver transferred inheritance tax, and shall be entitled to the same commissions to registers. thereon, as are now by law allowed to the county treasurers on the same terms, and subject to the same conditions; and on payment of the said tax, by any executor or administrator, it shall Register, to be the duty of the register to furnish duplicate receipts there receipt for in- for, to such executor or administrator, who shall without delay, heritance tax. forward one of them to the Auditor General: Provided how Proviso. Register to give bond and security ever, That whenever any real estate shall be subject to sam tax, it shall be the duty of said register forthwith to give information thereof in writing to the commissioners of the county where such real estate is situate; and like proceedings shall be had thereon, in all respects as are now by law required, when such information is lodged with them by executors or administrators. SECTION 4. That the said registers shall give bond to the Commonwealth in such penal sum as the orphans' court of the county may direct, with two sufficient sureties, for the faithful performance of the duties hereby imposed, and for the regular accounting and paying over of the amounts to be collected and received, the said bond on its execution, and apsent to Aud'r. proval to be forwarded by the said orphans' court to the Auditor General. Bond to be General. Tax collected as hertofore until bond is given SECTION 5. That until said bond and security be given, as required by the preceding section, the said collateral inheri tance tax shall be received and collected by the county treasurer as heretofore. WM. A. CRABB, Speaker of the House of Repr. sentatives. Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-second day of March, A. D. eighteen hundred and forty-one. DAVID R. PORTER. [No. 50.] A SUPPLEMENT To an act entitled an act to incorporate the Shamokin Coal Company. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep resentatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same: That the Shamokin coal company, and the Shacoal and Sho-mokin Iron company are hereby united and shall hereafter be Shamokin known by the name, style and title of the Shamokin Coal and mokin iron Iron company, with all the powers, privileges and immunities, company and subject to all the restrictions, conditions and liabilities of united the said two companies, by virtue of their respective charters: Provided, That the united capital stock of said companies Proviso. shall not exceed the capital stock of the Shamokin Coal com- Capital stock pany. WM. A. CRABB, APPROVED-The twenty-third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-one. DAVID R. PORTER. [No. 51.] AN ACT Granting compensation to John Koons for certain lands situated in the townships of Huntington and Salem, two of the seventeen townships certified to Connecticut Claimants, in the county of Luzerne. Beard of pro perty to ex 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 au thority of the same, That if John Koons shall require it, the board of property shall examine into the title of the said John Koons to a tract of land, situated, or part of which is situated amine title of in the township of Huntingdon, one of the seventeen townships John Koons in the county of Luzerne, surveyed to Jesse Scott on the sev- to certain land enteenth day of August, one thousand seven hundred and in two of the ninety-three, in pusuance of his warrant dated the seventh day 17 tps of I.uof June, seventeen hundred and ninety-three, and also into the zerne co title of the said John Koons to two certain tracts of land, situated, or parts of which are situated, in the township of Salem, one of the said seventeen townships one tract thereof surveyed to John Kunkle, on a warrant granted the seventh day of June, seventeen hundred and ninety-three, and patented the nineteenth day of February, seventeen hundred and ninetyfour, the other surveyed to Lewis Richards on his warrant granted the seventh of June, seventeen hundred and ninetythree, and patented the eighteenth day of February seventeen hundred and ninety-four, and if the said board of property shall find that the said lands or parts thereof have been certified, State treasurer to pay cer or are contained within the boundaries of the lands, certified to Connecticut settlers under the provisions of the act for adjusting the titles to lands in the said seventeen townships, in the county of Luzerne, and that the said Jolin Koons was fully, and fairly, and exclusively entitled to the said tracts of land, except as against the certificate granted to Connecticut settlers at the time the same was so granted, then they shall ascertain the amount of the purchase money paid to the Commonwealth on so much of said lands as they shall ascertain to have been certified to said Connecticut settlers, and the state tain money to treasurer is hereby directed to pay the amount so ascertained John Koons out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated: Provided, That the said John Koons shall release unto the Commonwealth, all the right, title and interest he has in and to the lands aforesaid, except such parts as are included in two certificates for lots number five and six, third division, of the certified township of Huntingdon, containing together one hundred and eighty-four acres and seventy-nine perches: And Patents how provided also, That the said John Koons shall, out of the paid money herein directed to be paid to him, for and patent upon said certificate title, the aforesaid lots number five and six, in the third division of Huntingdon aforesaid. Proviso Proviso pay WM. A. CRABB, Speaker, of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. DAVID R. PORTER. APPROVED The twenty third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-one." [No. 52.] A SUPPLEMENT To an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Towanda Railroad and Coal company," passed the twelfth day of June, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine. 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 y the authority of the same, That the Towanda Railroad and Coal company, shall have power to construct a canal from the pool above the up Towanda dam of the river Susquehanna, and below the bridge over the same, at the borough of Towanda, up the valley of the Tow Comp to construct canal creek anda creek, as far as they may think necessary: Provided, The distance shall not exceed two miles: And provided, Proviso That in the construction and use of said canal, the said company shall do no injury to the public works of the State. And the said company in the construction of said canal, in obtaining materials therefor, in the ascertainment and settlement of damages, in the rates of toll for transportation thereon, and in all matters connected therewith, shall have the same rights and privileges, and be subject to the same restrictions as are provided in the charter, respecting the railroad of said company: Provided, The privileges herein granted, shall not be con- Proviso strued to authorize any water power privileges: Provided, 2d proviso That no damages shall be claimed by said company, in consequence of the necessary withdrawal of the water from said pool, for the purposes of navigation, or for repairing the State canal: Provided, In case there should be any scarcity of wa- Proviso in ter for the navigation of the State works, the State hereby re- case of scarci serves the right to cut off the supply to said canal: And furth-ty of water in er provided, The plans for the connexion of said canal with the State works, shall be approved by the board of canal commissioners: Provided also, That nothing herein contained, Proviso shall be construed to authorize the canal commissioners to Out-let lock allow any out-let lock to be constructed by said company, prohibited below said dam or pool. Penn'a canal SECTION 2. The said company shall pay to the state treas- Comp to pay urer, for the use of the Commonwealth, such sum as the canal State for the commissioners shall deem a reasonable and just compensa- privilege of tion for the privileges hereby granted. water SECTION 3. The legislature hereby reserves the right to Repealing alter, amend, or revoke the privileges hereby granted: Pro- clause vided, They shall do so in such manner that no injustice shall be done to the corporators. WM. A. CRABB, Speaker of the House of Representatives, JN. H. EWING, Speaker of the Senate APPROVED-This twenty-fifth day of March, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and forty-one. DAVID R. PORTER, [No. 53.] A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT To an act incorporating the Swatara and Good Spring Creek Railroad 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 Name chan- authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this ged Name Powers and privileges act, the Swatara and Good Spring Creek Railroad company shall be named instead thereof "The Swatara Railroad company," with all the powers, privileges and authorities they had under their former name, and subject to all the restrictions and liabilities to which they were subject under the same. SECTION 2. That the president, managers and company of the Swatara railroad company, shall have full power, in addition to the powers already granted to the said company, by virtue of the third section of the act of incorporation, passed April second, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, and the seventh section of a supplement thereto, passed the twentieth March, one thousand eight hundred and Branch or fat- thirty-eight, to make branch or lateral railroads, from the railroads eral railroads they are anthorized to construct by their present charter, up Middle creek, Good Spring creek, Coal creek and Gebhardt's creek, being tributary streams of the Swatara, (except that branch of the Swatara from its junction with Good Spring creek to the Swatara falls on Broad mountain; and the authority heretofore given this company to extend their road above the mouth of Good Spring creek, be and the same is hereby repealed) as far as they may think it advisable, and to connect their railroad at the most ion canal co's convenient point on the Union canal company's works, and other improvements in Schuylkill county; for which purpose, said company. shall have the same powers and be subject to the same restrictions imposed upon the aforesaid company, by virtue of their original charter. Intersect Un works Increase of capital Proviso SECTION 3. That the company shall have privilege to increase their capital, so as to meet their wants in the construction of the extension of the roads contemplated by this act: Provided, The same does not exceed the sum of three hunCapital lim- dred thousand dollars, in the same manner as is provided for ted in the fourth section of the acts to which this is a further supplement. |