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the revenue thereof, as aforesaid, to be expended thereon, the court which awards such writ shall make such allowances for such purpose, and otherwise take such order thereon as the public good shall require.

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SEC. 75. The said court shall have power, at the time of awarding any such writ, or afterwards, to make such orders and decrees as may be necessary to carry the same into full and complete effect, and they may also make all such other orders and decrees in the premises, for the purpose of giving full and effectual relief to all the creditors of such corporation, as shall be agreeable to equity, and they may enforce all such orders against all persons neglecting or refusing to comply therewith, or obstructing the execution thereof, or of such writ, by attachment or by a writ or writs to the sheriff or coroner, in aid of the sequestrator, or otherwise, as fully as a court of chancery might do.

(Section twenty-two of this act provides that stock and money deposits of a defendant shall be liable to execution, and sections thirty-two, thirty-three, thirty-four, thirty-six, thirty-seven, and thirty-eight provide for the necessary proceedings in the nature of foreign attachment with summons to the person in whose name the stock stands as garnishee; and see also section four of the act of March 20th, 1845, post, page 25. Where defendant holds stock in his own name the proceedings are under the act of March 20th, 1819, section two, P. L., 226, or by attachment under the act of 1836. Section three of the act of 1819 gives also process in the nature of foreign attachment where stock is held in another name or names than that or those of the real owner or owners.)

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE AUDITOR-GENERAL TO INSTITUTE SUIT FOR THE COLLECTION OF ANY BALANCE WHICH MAY BE FOUNd due fROM LAWRENCE L. MINOR, LATE CLERK OF THE SENATE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

Approved 14th April, 1838. (P. L., 1837–8, page 396.)

SECTION 5. That from and after the passage of this act, all and every suit or action now pending, or that may hereafter

be brought by or against any canal or railroad company, in any of the courts of this Commonwealth, and which now are or hereafter shall be removed into a court of any other adjacent county, by virtue of the act of the 14th April, 1834, relative to suits brought by and against canal and railroad companies, the costs and expenses thereof shall be borne and paid by the county in which such suit or action was brought; and that in all cases where the venire of any suit now depending has been or may be changed, and where the venire of any suit hereafter to be instituted may be changed, and where suits are directed to be brought in any particular county, the costs of summoning the jury and the pay of the jurors shall be borne by the county in which the cause of action originated.

SEC. 6. It shall and may be lawful for the county commissioners of the county into which any suit or action now is or hereafter may be removed, by virtue of the above-recited act, to ask, demand, sue for, recover, and receive of the commissioners of the county from which the same may or shall be removed, all the costs and expenses incurred by the county to which the same may have been removed as aforesaid.

A SUPPLEMENT TO THE ACT ENTITLED "AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE MIDDLEPORT AND PINE CREEK RAILROAD COMPANY," AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

Approved 16th April, 1838. (P. L., 1837–8, pages 462, 463, and 464.)

SECTION 5. That the president and directors of Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore, Railroad Company, and the president and directors of any other railroad company, are hereby authorized and empowered to unite such railroads as are constructed and terminate in the county of Philadelphia, the location of which is hereby confirmed, by curves, switch, turning-platforms, or otherwise, so as to form a continuous line of railroad with railroads of other companies in this Commonwealth: Provided, That each company is entitled to

all the privileges and immunities which such company now possess, have, and enjoy under their respective charters: Provided, That no change shall be made in the location of the curves, switches, turning-platforms, or other appurtenances of said railroads, or any of them, within the county of Philadelphia, without the consent of the judges of the Quarter Sessions of the County of Philadelphia.

SEC. 8. That if any person shall willfully and maliciously set fire to, destroy, or injure any part of a locomotive or stationary engine, engine-house, bridge, culvert, trestle-work, or other building or structure belonging or appurtenant to any railroad constructed or located by this Commonwealth, or by any company authorized by law to construct a railroad; or shall willfully and maliciously obstruct any such railway, or do any damage to the materials or any part thereof, or shall put any timber, stone, iron, or other matter thereon, or do any other act in relation to such railroad, whereby the lives of persons or property employed or transported on the same. shall be endangered, such person or persons shall, upon conviction of such offense, before any court of competent jurisdiction, be sentenced to pay the damages caused by such offense, and to be imprisoned in the jail of the proper county, or in one of the penitentiaries in the State, for any term not exceeding five years.

(Section eight repealed and supplied 31st March, 1860.)

SEC. 9. That if any person shall wantonly derange or displace the fixtures or machinery of any locomotive or stationary engine or inclined plane, used or employed on any railroad as aforesaid, or shall put in motion any machine, engine, car, or other vehicle, upon or belonging to any such railroad, without the consent of the person having the charge of the same, or shall destroy or injure any fence or wall or crossroad passing over or under such railroad, such person or persons shall forfeit any sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, and pay all damages caused by such offense; such person or persons may also be prosecuted criminally, and on conviction of the said offenses, or either of them, be sentenced to imprisonment, not exceeding twelve months, in the jail of the proper county.

(Section nine repealed and supplied 31st March, 1860.)

SEC. 10. That if any person shall willfully and wantonly, without the consent of the person having charge of any such railroad, lead, drive, or cause to be led or driven, any horse, mule, ox, sheep, swine, or other cattle on such railroad, or upon the banks or sideways thereof, or haul any other vehicle than railroad cars upon any such railroad, except at places constructed for crossing the same, or use any animal or vehicle on such railroad, contrary to the regulations of the canal commissioners, or of the board of managers or directors, as the case may be, such person or persons shall forfeit twenty-five dollars, and pay all damages arising from such offense.

SEC. II. No person shall construct any building, wharf, platform, switch, sideway, lateral railroad, or crossing-place, or make or apply any device whatever on the ground set apart for, or belonging to or forming part of, or on the banks or excavation of any railroad as aforesaid, without permission given under the authority of the canal commissioners, or of the managers of the proper railroad company, as the case may be, which permission shall only be given in writing, by a person duly authorized for that purpose; and if any person shall commence or make any such construction or device without such permission, or shall not conform to the direction of the proper officer or agent in the case, in the construction of such building, wharf, platform, switch, sideway, lateral railroad, crossing-place, or device, as aforesaid, such person shall, for every such offense, forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, and the officer or agent having charge of such railroad may, at the expense of such person, remove and destroy every such structure or device as aforesaid: Provided, That nothing in this act shall prevent any corporation authorized to make a railroad, or individual owning land contiguous to a railroad, from laying rails on his or their land and connecting the same with such railroad, in such manner as shall be directed by the managers thereof.

RESOLUTION RELATIVE TO CHANGING THE LOTS ATTACHED TO CERTAIN LOCK-HOUSES ON THE JUNIATA DIVISION OF THE PENNSYLVANIA CANAL, AND RELATIVE TO OTHER PURPOSES.

Approved 17th April, 1838. (P. L., 1837-8, pages 695 and 696.)

Resolved, That all companies hereafter incorporated for the construction of canals, railroads, or other works of internal improvement in the State of Pennsylvania, shall cause correct topographical maps to be made, showing accurately, the location of their works, together with accurate profiles of the ground; the said maps and profiles shall be made on an uniform scale, to be designated by the canal commissioners, and shall be deposited in the office of the said commissioners, at Harrisburg; and the said companies shall further cause a complete and correct set of drawings to be made, exhibiting the plans, profiles, and elevations of all important constructions upon their respective works, accompanied by the proper specifications and bills of materials; the plans shall be of uniform size, and bound together in the form of a book, which shall be deposited in the office of the canal commissioners, and that the canal commissioners be directed to request all canal and railroad companies heretofore incorporated to furnish and deposit in their office, as far as practicable, similar maps, profiles, and drawings, as is herein provided in relation to companies hereafter to be incorporated.

A SUPPLEMENT TO THE ACT ENTITLED "AN ACT REGU. LATING LATERAL RAILROADS."

Approved 28th March, 1840. (P. L., 1839-40, pages 196 and 197.) SECTION 1. That the several provisions of the act entitled "An act regulating lateral railroads," passed May 5th, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, shall extend to the counties of Northampton, Lehigh, and Cambria; also, to the owner or owners of land, mills, quarries, coal or other mines, lime-kilns or other real estate, in the vicinity of any railroad, canal, or slackwater navigation made or to be made hereafter by any company, individuals, or by the State

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