SEC. 12. That the provisions of this act shall extend to the counties of Lycoming, Luzerne, Schuylkill, and Northumberland only: Provided, That if any lateral railroad so constructed as aforesaid, shall be disused or suffered to remain out of repair for the space of two years, all right of way or other privilege therein shall cease and revert to the original owners of the land, their heirs and assigns.

SEC. 13. That the legislature reserve the right to repeal or alter this act, either in whole or in part, as may respect any railroad constructed under the provisions of this act.

(Limitation to counties repealed 11th April, 1848.)

A SUPPLEMENT TO AN ACT PASSED THE 22d MARCH, 1817, ENTITLED "AN ACT RELATIVE TO SUITS BROUGHT BY OR AGAINST CORPORATIONS."

Approved 16th March, 1833. (P. L., 1832–3, pages 78 and 79.)

SECTION 1. That the service of any civil process upon the toll-gatherer of any incorporation, in the proper county, and next to the place where the damage or damages shall have been committed, shall be held as good and valid in law as if served on the president or other principal officer, or the cashier, treasurer, secretary, or chief clerk of any corporation, as aforesaid; and upon such service the like proceedings shall be had as is directed by the aforesaid act, to which this is a supplement: Provided, That where a suit shall be commenced and the process served on the toll-gatherer, it shall be the duty of the plaintiff, his agent or attorney, to cause reasonable notice to be given to some one of the officers of the company aforesaid of the commencement of any such suit before trial and final judgment.

AN ACT RELATIVE TO SUITS BROUGHT BY AND AGAINST CANAL AND RAILROAD COMPANIES.

Approved 14th April, 1834. (P. L., 1833–4, pages 395 and 396.)

SECTION 1. That from and after the passage of this act it shall and may be lawful for either party, in any suit or

action now pending or that may hereafter be brought in any of the courts of this Commonwealth, by or against any canal or railroad company, to remove the same into the court of any other adjacent county through which the canal or railroad of such company is not located, which suits, so removed, shall be proceeded in by the proper court, in like manner, and subject to like rules and proceedings as if it had remained in the court in which it was originally commenced, and upon final judgment, testatum executions may issue as in other cases: Provided, That the party so removing shall first take and subscribe an oath or affirmation, to be filed of record with the cause, that such removal is not made for the purpose of delay, but because he firmly believes a fair and impartial trial cannot be had in the county through which such canal or railroad may pass : And provided further, That the provisions of this act shall not be so construed as to interfere with the existing laws relative to the assessment of damages to property, occasioned by the construction of such canals or railroads, nor with the right and privilege heretofore granted to any canal or railroad company, to have suits against them tried in any particular county or counties.

AN ACT RELATING TO INSPECTIONS.

Approved 15th April, 1835. (P. L., 1834-5, page 399.)

SECTION 41. Every person who shall unload or discharge any flour, corn, or meal designed for exportation at any landing-place or other place, shall cause the same forthwith to be put in a store, or under a shelter sufficient to keep it dry.

SEC. 42. If the carrier of any flour, corn, or meal, designed for exportation, shall cause or suffer the same to be wet or to take damage for want of due care, or for want of sufficient shelter or covering as before required, such carrier shall forfeit and pay to the owner thereof twenty-five cents for every cask of flour, cornmeal, bread, and biscuit, over and above the damage actually sustained.

AN ACT FOR THE PREVENTION OF INJURIES TO INDIVIDUALS BY THE GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OF STAGE-DRIVERS AND OTHERS.

Approved 1st April, 1836. (P. L., 1835–6, page 427.)

SECTION I. That from and after the first day of July next, if any person within this Commonwealth shall become injured either in person or property, through or by reason of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the driver of any public stage, mail-coach, coachee, carriage, or car employed in the conveyance of passengers, or through or by reason of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of any engineer or conductor of any locomotive-engine engaged in the transportation of passengers, or of goods, wares, merchandise, or produce of any description, such driver, engineer, or conductor shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall for every such offense be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars, and imprisonment in the jail of the county wherein such offense shall have been committed for any length of time not exceeding six months, at the discretion of the court: Provided, That the provisions of this act shall not interfere with the civil remedies against the proprietors or others to which the party injured may by law be now entitled.

(Repealed and supplied 31st March, 1860.)

AN ACT RELATING TO ROADS, HIGHWAYS, AND BRIDGES.

Approved 13th June, 1836. (P. L., 1835–6, pages 565 and 566.)

SECTION 74. If any person shall willfully set fire to any wooden bridge within this Commonwealth, with intent to destroy the same, or shall be accessory thereto before the fact, such person shall, for every such offense, be liable to indictment, and to the punishment provided by law in cases of arson, and also shall forfeit and pay a sum not more than two thousand dollars, at the discretion of the court having cognizance of such offense, for the use of the county, township or townships, corporations, or persons aggrieved.

(Repealed and supplied 31st March, 1860.)

AN ACT RELATING TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF ACTIONS.

Approved 13th June, 1836. (P. L., 1835–6, pages 579 and 580.)

SECTION 41. Every corporation, aggregate or sole, shall be amenable to answer upon a writ of summons as aforesaid, and in the case of a corporation aggregate, except counties and townships, service thereof shall be deemed sufficient, if made upon the president or other principal officer, or on the cashier, treasurer, secretary, or chief clerk of such corporation, in the manner hereinbefore provided.

SEC. 42. In actions for damages, occasioned by a trespass or injury done by a corporation, if the officers aforesaid of such corporation, or any of them, shall not reside in the county in which such trespass or injury shall be committed, it shall be lawful to serve the summons upon any officer or agent of the corporation, at any office or place of business of the corporation within the county; or if there be no such office or place of business, it shall be lawful to serve the summons upon the president or other principal officer, cashier, treasurer, secretary, or chief clerk, in any county or place where they may be found.

(Section seventy-six of this act provides for the issuance of a writ of foreign attachment against any foreign corporation; the writ to be in the form given in section forty-three of the act, and referred to in section forty-four.)

AN ACT RELATING TO EXECUTIONS.

Approved 16th June, 1836. (P. L., 1835–6, pages 774 and 775.)

SECTION 72. All executions which shall be issued from any court of record, against any corporation, not being a county, township, or other public corporate body, shall command the sheriff, or other officer, to levy the sum recovered, together with the costs of suit, of the goods and chattels, lands and tenements of such corporation, and such execution shall be executed in the manner following, to wit:—

I. The officer charged with the execution of such writ shall go to the banking-houses, or other principal office of such

corporation, during the usual office hours, and demand of the president or other chief officer, cashier, treasurer, secretary, chief clerk, or other officer having charge of such office, the amount of such execution, with legal costs.

II. If no person can be found on whom demand can be made, as aforesaid, or if the amount of such execution be not forthwith paid, in lawful money, after demand as aforesaid, · such officer shall seize personal property of said corporation, sufficient to satisfy the debt, interest, and costs, as aforesaid.

III. If the corporation against which such execution shall be issued be a banking company, and other sufficient personal property cannot be found, such officer shall take so much of any current coin, of gold, silver, or copper, which he may find, as shall be sufficient to satisfy the debt, interest, and costs as aforesaid.

IV. If no sufficient personal property be found, as aforesaid, such officer shall levy such execution upon the real estate of such corporation, and thereupon proceed in the manner provided in other cases for the sale of land upon execution.

SEC. 73. In every case in which judgment shall have been obtained against such corporation, except as aforesaid, and an execution issued thereon shall have been returned unsatisfied, in part or in whole, it shall be lawful for the court in which such judgment shall have been obtained, upon the bill or petition of the plaintiff in such judgment, to award a writ to sequester the goods, chattels, and credits, rents, issues, and profits, tolls and receipts, from any road, canal, bridge, or other work, property, or estate of such corporation.

SEC. 74. The court shall, upon the awarding any such writ, appoint a sequestrator to execute the same and to take charge of the property and funds taken or received by virtue of such writ, and to distribute the net proceeds thereof among all the creditors of such corporation, according to the rules established in the case of the insolvency of individuals, and such sequestrator shall have all the powers and be subject to all the duties of trustees appointed under the law relating to insolvent debtors: Provided, That in the case of any work in the maintenance or repair of which the public may be interested, and which may from time to time require a portion of