Penalty on And if the president and directors shall knowingly make a divithe officers dend or dividends contrary to the true intent and meaning of making such dividend. the prohibition herein contained, the president, if he consents thereto, and such of the directors as shall consent thereto, shall in their individual capacities be accountable for and pay over to the said corporation for the use thereof, as much money as they may so divide and pay more than by this act they are authorized to do, and the president and each director of the said corporation in office at the time of making such dividend hereby prohibited to be made, shall be deemed as consenting to such dividend, unless he or they shall, at the time of making such dividend, enter his or their protest on the minutes of the board of directors, and also publish the same as soon as may be in two or more of the daily newspapers printed in the city of Philadelphia.

Shares of

the stock to

but citizens of the Unit

ed States.

One per

num to be

paid to the

SECT. XI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the shares of the stock of the said corporation shall be asbe assignable. signable and transferable according to such rules and regulations No persons to as the president and directors shall for that purpose ordain and hold shares establish, and not otherwise: Provided, That no person or persons shall hold, or be owners of any share or shares of the stock of this corporation, who are not citizens of the United States. SECT. XII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, cent, per an- That there shall be paid into the treasury of the commonwealth, by the said company, one per cent. annually on the amount of their capital stock whenever the company divides more than nine per cent. per annum on such capital, and it shall be the duty of the president to prove, upon oath or affirmation, before the mayor of the city of Philadelphia, the amount of dividends made within each year, and cause the same to be laid before the legislature: Provided, The same shall not take effect until after the first day of January, which will be in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, nor then, unless the same condition shall be attached to charters of insurance companies thereafter granted.

state, &c.

President to

prove upon

oath, &c. And cause

the same to

be laid before the lagislature. Proviso.

Limitation

of this act, &c.

SECT. XIII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That this act and the corporation hereby created, shall continue in force until the first day of May, one thousand eight hundred Powers of and thirty-one, and no longer: Provided always, The powers resumption and obligations of the corporation shall in all respects continue reserved by for the sole purpose of bringing the affairs thereof, which shall the legisla- be depending on the said first day of May, in the year one

ture.

thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, to a final settlement and termination: And provided further, That if at any time previously thereto it shall appear to the legislature, the charter privileges hereby granted, are injurious to the public welfare, the power thereof to repeal this act, shall not on any conditions he denied or impaired, but such repeal shall not affect any engage

ment to which said company may become a party previously thereto.

JOHN WEBER, Speaker

of the House of Representatives. P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED the twenty-eighth day of February, one thousand

eight hundred and ten.

CHAPTER XXXVI.

An ACT providing for the removal of the seat of justice in the county of Bucks, from Newtown to a more central place, and for other purposes.

SECT. I. 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 governor be, and he is hereby authorized and required, Three peron or before the first day of April next ensuing, to appoint three sons to be

fix on a pro

discreet and disinterested persons, one from the county of appointed to Northampton, one from the county of Chester, and one from the per site for county Berks, not holding any real estate within the county of the public Bucks, whose duty it shall be to fix on a proper and convenient buildings in

Bucks coun.

site must be fixed.

site for a court-house, prison, and county offices, to be erected ty. not more than three miles from Bradshaw's corner, where the Limits withroad leading from Wilkinson's tavern to the Cross Keys, inter- in which the sects with the public road leading from Doylestown to Vanhorne's tavern, admitted to be the centre of said county; and the said persons, or any two of them, having viewed the relative advantages of the several situations contemplated by the people, shall, on or before the first Monday in June next ensuing, by a written report, under their hands and seals, or under the hands and seals any two of them, certify, describe and limit the site or lot of When and to land which they shall have chosen for the purpose aforesaid, and commissionshall transmit the said report to the commissioners of said county, ers shall reand a duplicate thereof to the recorder of deeds for said county, port. to be filed and recorded in his office.

of

That the

whom the

SECT. II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, Commissioncounty commissioners shall allow the said persons three ers to reper day, for their services in executing the duties assigned ceive three them by this act; to be paid by the treasurer, on a warrant drawn day for their by the commissioners, out of the county stock.

dollars

dollars per

services.

ceive a deed

SECT. III. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said county commissioners for the time being be, and And to rethey are hereby authorized and required to take and receive deed of conveyance, to be made to them and their successors

a

for the land

in

on which the

site shall be

fixed, &c.

And shall

make an es

the buildings, &c.

How to be

paid.

office, of any quantity of land not exceeding five acres (including the site which shall have been fixed upon and described by the persons aforesaid) in trust, for the use and purpose of accommodating the public buildings to be erected thereon, and for such other purposes as any grand jury or juries of said county, with the approbation of the court, and concurrence of the commissioners of the county may and shall from time to time direct, for the benefit of the said county.

SECT. IV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said county commissioners, when the site aforesaid shall have been ascertained and fixed, and the lot conveyed as aforetimate of the said, shall make an estimate of the probable expense of erecting expense of suitable buildings, to be of brick or stone, for a court-house, prison, and county offices, as well as the purchase money of the site and lot; whereupon they are hereby authorized and required to increase the county tax one-fourth part of the sum necessary for the purposes aforesaid, and shall procure on loan, on the credit of the taxes herein directed to be levied, the remaining threefourths thereof; to be paid in instalments, with interest, out of the county taxes. Provided nevertheless, That if such loan cannot be made, the whole amount of the sum necessary for the purposes aforesaid, or such part thereof as may be found requisite, shall immediately be added to the county tax.

Proviso.

The com

have suitable buildings erected.

To be com

SECT. V. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said county commissioners be, and they are hereby missioners to authorized and required to erect, or cause to be erected, on the site or lot so fixed upon as aforesaid, suitable buildings of brick or stone, for a court-house, prison, and house for the safe keeping of the county records; and cause the same to be completed pleted with within the space of three years from the time of passing this act. in 3 years. SECT. VI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, Prisoners to That as soon as the buildings are erected and completed as aforebe removed said, the said county commissioners, or sheriff, shall cause the prisoners (if any) then confined in the old prison, to be safely And the pub- removed to the new prison; and the public papers and records lic papers. then remaining in the public offices at Newtown aforesaid to be safely deposited in the building so as aforesaid prepared for the reception thereof; and from thenceforth the public offices shall be there kept, and the courts of justice previously held at Newtown, in and for the said county of Bucks, shall be holden in the building so erected for a court house.

The old

county build. ings to be sold.

SECT. VII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said county commissioners, and their successors be, and they are hereby authorized and required to sell at public vendue, after due and public notice being given, to the highest and best bidder, the old court-house and prison, and all other the real estate in the said town or township of Newtown, belonging to, or held in trust for the said county of Bucks; and on sale thereof, to

make, seal, and deliver good and sufficient title or titles for the same, to the purchaser or purchasers, and to pay the nett proceeds of such sales into the county treasury, to be applied towards defraying the expenses of said public buildings, erected, or to be erected, as aforesaid, or to other county purposes.

SECT. VIII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That so much of the existing laws of this commonwealth as are altered by this act be, and the same is hereby repealed.

JOHN WEBER, Speaker

of the House of Representatives. P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED the twenty-eighth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ten.

:0:

SIMON SNYDER.

CHAPTER XXXVII.

A SUPPLEMENT to an act, entitled "An act authorizing the president, adjuntas and members of the Hebrew congregation, of the city of Philadelphia, to raise by way of lottery, a sum of money for the repairs of their Synagogue and burial place, and for other purposes of relief.

SECT. I. 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 Martin Dubs, Samuel Israel and Aaron Levy, be, New com and they are hereby appointed commissioners, in the place or missioners stead of Samuel Meeker, Jacob Sperry, and Moses Nathans, appointed who have declined the duties to which they were appointed by the act entitled as expressed in the title of this act, which is a supplement thereto, and the said Martin Dubs, Samuel Israel, and Aaron Levy, are authorized, empowered and required to Their pow do and perform all the duties necessary for carrying into effect ers. and operation the said law subject to the same rules and regulations contained therein.

SECT. II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,

That should any vacancy happen in the board of commissioners How vacanaforesaid, or should or either of them refuse to take upon them cies are to be supplied. the duties enjoined, then, and in such case the remaining commissioners, with the elders of the congregation, for the time being, shall be authorized and empowered to fill up any such ! vacancy.

JOHN WEBER, Speaker

of the House of Representatives. P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED the twenty-eighth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ten.

G

SIMON SNYDER.

or to con

tract with J

Bioren to print 1350 copies of laws, &c.

How the

CHAPTER XXXVIII.

An ACT authorizing the governor to contract with John Bioren for printing a certain number of copies of the Laws of this Commonwealth.

SECT. I. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa tives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, The govern- That the Governor be, and he hereby is authorized and required to receive proposals, and contract with John Bioren for thirteen hundred and fifty copies of his proposed edition of the acts of assembly of this commonwealth, to the end of the present the session of the legislature, to be printed correctly on good paper, with entirely new small pica type, in four volumes royal octavo, work is to be of six hundred pages, each well bound and lettered, at the price of performed. two dollars and fifty cents per volume, and any number which And at what be demanded above the said thirteen hundred and fifty, at price. two dollars and twenty-five cents per volume: Provided, That No money to be paid until, no money shall be paid on said contract until the work is completed examined and approved by the judges of the su preme court, and the legislature, and deposited in the office of the secretary of the commonwealth: And provided also, That the said John Bioren agrees to wave the benefit of his contract alrea dy existing as far as respects the printing of the laws of the last and present sessions of the legislature, in a volume form.

&c.

Proviso.

Arrangement and matter of the work.

may

SECT. II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said edition shall be printed in the following form, to wit, Prefixing to the first volume the titles of all the laws which are obsolete, repealed or expired, under their appropriate years, giv The govern- ing abstracts only of private acts, of acts for the incorporation or to appoint of turnpike and toll bridge companies, and other acts of local some legal character to concern, inserting in each volume a general index to heads superintend and titles, and in the last volume a complete digested index to the publica- the whole work, and noting under each act, the decisions of the tion, &c. courts of Pennsylvania, or of the United States, which have been given upon the construction thereof.

allowed a

SECT. III. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, Who shall be That the Governor be, and he is hereby authorized to appoint some fit person of legal knowledge, to superintend the said pubcompensa lication, arrange the laws, prepare the abstracts, the indexes, and insert the notes of judicial decisions as herein before mentioned, and that he be allowed therefor such sum as the legislature for the time being may think a reasonable compensation.

tion.

JOHN WEBER, Speaker

of the House of Representatives. P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED the twenty-eighth day of February, one thousand

eight hundred and ten.

SIMON SNYDER.