ers to attend. subscribe. Number of said road, for one calendar month at least, of the times and places, when and where the said books shall be kept open, to receive subscriptions for the stock of the said company; at which re- Two of the spective times and places, some two of the said commissioners commissionshall attend, and shall permit and suffer all persons of lawful age, who may who shall offer to subscribe in the said books, in their own names or in the name or names of any other person or persons who shall duly authorize the same, for any number of shares in the said stock; and the said books shall be kept open respectively How long the for the purpose aforesaid, at least six hours in every juridical books to be kept open. day, for the space of six days, or until the said book opened at Philadelphia, shall have four hundred shares therein subscribed; shares to be the said book opened at Easton shall have four hundred shares subscribed in therein subscribed; and the said book opened at Belmont shall each book. have four hundred shares therein subscribed; and if at the ex- Books may be piration of the said six days, the books aforesaid, or any of transferred. them, shall not have the respective number of shares as aforesaid therein subscribed, the said commissioners respectively, may adjourn from time to time, and transfer the said books from place to place, as aforesaid, or elsewhere, until the whole num. ber of shares shall be subscribed; of which adjournments and Notice thereof to be given. transfers, the commissioners aforesaid, shall give such public no- When 1200 tice as the occasion may require; and when the whole number shares are of shares subscribed in all the said books shall amount to subscribed, twelve hundred, the same shall be closed: Provided always, that the books to every person offering to subscribe in the said books, in his own $5 to be paid or any other name, shall previously pay to the attending com- on each share missioners, the sum of five dollars for every share by him or on subscribher so subscribed, out of which shall be defrayed the expenses ing. attending the taking such subscriptions, and other incidental charges; and the remainder shall be paid over to the treasurer How approof the corporation as soon as the same shall be organized, and priated." the officers chosen as hereinafter mentioned. be closed. sons have sub certified to SECT. II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, When 50 perThat when fifty persons or more shall have subscribed eight scribed 800 hundred shares of the said stock, the said commissioners shall shares, the certify under their hands and seals, the names of the subscribers, same shall be and the number of shares subscribed by each, to the governor, the governor. and thereupon it shall and may be lawful for the governor, by Who shall isletters patent under his hand and the seal of the state, to create sue his letand erect the subscribers, and if the said subscriptions be not ters patent. full at the time, then also those who shall afterwards subscribe, to the number aforesaid, into one body politic, in deed and in law, by the name, style, and title of "The president, managers, Style of the and company of the Belmont and Easton turnpike road;" and by corporation. the said name the said subscribers shall have perpetual succession, and all the privileges and franchises incident to a corporation, Powers and privileges. Notice to be given of or company. Officers to be chosen. By-laws. and shall be capable of taking and holding their said capital stock, and the increase and profits 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 purchasing, taking, and holding, to them and their successors and assigns, and of selling and conveying in fee simple, or for any less estate, all such lands, tenements, hereditaments, and estates real and personal, as shall be necessary to them in the prosecution of their works; 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. SECT. III. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the commissioners aforesaid, as soon as conveniently may ganizing the be, after the said letters patent shall be sealed and obtained, shall give notice in two of the daily public papers, in Philadelphia, and also such other papers, nearest the said route as they may think proper, of a time and place by them to be appointed, not less than twenty days from the publication of the first notice, at which time and place, the subscribers shall proceed to organize the said corporation, and shall choose by a majority of votes of the said subscribers, by ballot, to be delivered in person, or by proxy duly authorized, one president and twelve managers, one treasurer, and such other officers as they shall think necessary, to conduct the business of the said company for one year, and until such other officers shall be chosen; and shall and may make such by-laws, rules, orders and regulations, not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this commonwealth, as shall be necessary for the well.ordering of the affairs of the said company; and generally to have like powers, authorities, and privileges, necessary for carrying on and completing the said turnthe Coshec- pike road, and be subject to all the duties, qualifications, restricton and Great tions, penalties, fines and forfeitures, and be entitled to like tolls and profits as is given and granted to the president, managers and company, of the Coshecton and Great Bend turnpike road, in and by an act passed the twenty-ninth day of March, one Who shall be thousand eight hundred and four: Provided, that no toll be deexempted manded or taken from any person passing or repassing from one part of his or her farm to another, or to and from any place of public worship, or funeral, or from the militia, on days of trainWork to com- ing; And provided also, that if the company shall not proceed to carry on the said work in three years after the passing of this act, or shall not within fifteen years after the passing of this act, pleted within complete the said road according to the true intent and meaning fifteen. of this act, then and in either of these cases, all and singular the Company to have like powers with Bend turnpike road company. from toll. mence in three years. And be com rights, liberties and franchises hereby granted to the said com- Penalty on pany, shall revert to this commonwealth. JOHN TOD, Speaker of the House of Representatives. P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED the thirteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twelve. failure. SIMON SNYDER. CHAPTER LXXVII. A SUPPLEMENT to the act, entitled "An act authorizing the governor to incorporate a company, for making an artificial road from the bank of the river Susquehanna, opposite the borough of Harrisburgh, to Pittsburgh. SECT. I. BE it enacted by the senate and bouse of representa tives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in general assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Route to be as soon as the company shall have been incorporated, agreeably marked. to the provisions of this act, and the act to which this is a supplement, the president and managers of the same, shall proceed to lay down, mark, and ascertain, such route or track for the road therein mentioned, as shall to the best of their judgment and skill, combine shortness of distance with the most practicable ground, from the bank of the river Susquehanna, opposite the borough of Harrisburgh, through Carlisle and Bedford, to Pittsburgh. 7000 shares SECT. II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, Governor to That as soon as the said company shall have been incorporated, in subscribe for pursuance of this act, and the act to which this is a supplement, of stock. the governor be, and he hereby is authorized and required to subscribe on behalf of this commonwealth, for seven thousand shares of the stock of the said company, being the sum appropriated by an act, entitled "An act to encourage the constructing of certain great and leading roads within this commonwealth, and the erection of bridges over the Susquehanna at Harrisburgh, Northumberland, Columbia, and M'Call's ferry ;" passed the second day of April, anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and eleven, for the purpose of making a turnpike road from Harrisburgh to Pittsburgh, and he is also required as soon as any distance, not less than five miles of the said road, shall have been completed and approved of, to draw his money shall warrant on the treasury in favour of the said company for such be paid, and part of the said subscription as the said section of the road shall in what probe entitled to, in proportion to the whole distance, and so on as the road progresseth, commencing at the bank of the river Susquehanna, opposite the borough of Harrisburgh, and the said When the portions. When the commenced. Governor to company are hereby authorized to commence, and progress turnroad may be piking the said road at any other point they may think proper, exceeding the distance of fifty miles from the said borough of Harrisburgh, and on commencing at such point, and the distance of five miles having been completed and approved of, the governor is hereby required to draw his warrant on the treasury, draw his war- in favour of the said company, for a proportional part of the said subscription for the said section, and also for a proportional part of the said subscription for ten miles in advance, progressing from the said second point and so on in advance on the completion of the said section, and of every subsequent section of ten miles. rant, &c. Seven commissioners may act. Company to be organized at Bedford. Repealing section. 1 SECT. III. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in all cases, any seven of the commissioners named in the act to which this is a supplement, shall be competent to act, and the place at which the subscribers shall proceed to organize the corporation, and elect their officers under the provisions of the third section of said act, shall be the town of Bedford. SECT. IV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That so much of any act or acts as is hereby altered or supplied, be, and the same is hereby repealed. JOHN TOD, Speaker of the House of Representatives. P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED the thirteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twelve. SIMON SNYDER. vey certain Lots, &c. CHAPTER LXXVIII. An ACT to authorize the administratrix of John Fitz Randolph, late of the county of Wayne, deceased, to convey two certain lots of ground to the purchaser thereof. SECT. I. BE it enacted by the senate and bouse of representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania in general assembly met, and it is bereby enacted by the authority of the same, Caty Ran. That Caty Randolph, administratrix of the estate of John Fitz dolph autho- Randolphi, deceased, be, and she is hereby authorized and emrized to con- powered, by a sufficient deed in law, to convey and assure to Mathew Ridgway, his heirs and assigns, all the right, title, interest, property, and estate whatsoever, in law or equity, which the said John Fitz Randolph, in his lifetime had, of, in, and to two certain lots of ground, with a house thereon erected, in the town of Milford, in the county of Wayne, one numbered in the general plan of said town, four hundred and forty-seven, the other four hundred and sixty-two, bounded by High-street, and lots number four hundred and thirty-three, and four hundred Money to be and seventy-six, which said two lots the said John Fitz Randolph, JOHN TOD, Speaker of the House of Representatives. P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate. APPPOVED the thirteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twelve. SIMON SNYDER. CHAPTER LXXIX. An ACT for the relief of David Davidson, an old soldier. 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 state-treasurer, be and he is hereby directed to pay unto David Davidson, or order, the sum of forty dollars immediately and an annuity of forty dollars during his life, payable half yearly, to commence from the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and twelve. JOHN TOD, Speaker of the House of Representatives. P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED the thirteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twelve. Provision for D. Davidson. SIMON SNYDER. CHAPTER LXXX. An ACT to cede to the United States, the jurisdiction over a piece of land at Presque Isle, for a light house. WHEREAS, the congress of the United States, by an act passed the first day of May, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and ten, authorized the erection of a light house at or near Presque' Isle, and appropriated a sum of money to defray the expense of erecting the same: SECT. I. Be it enacted by the senate and house of represen tatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in general assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That A piece of for the purpose of erecting a light-house, jurisdiction is hereby ground ceded ceded to the United States, in and over the following tract or piece P to the U. S. |