'said company, by agents duly authorized to act by resolution of the councils thereof. W. P. SCHELL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THO. CARSON, Speaker of the Senate. We do certify that the bill entitled "An Act to authorize the city of Philadelphia to subscribe to the capital stock of the Hempfield Railroad company," was presented to the Governor on the twentyninth day of March, eighteen hundred fifty-two, and was not returned within ten days (Sundays excepted) after it was presented to him, wherefore it has, agreeably to the Constitution of this Commonwealth, become a law in like manner as if he had signed the same. Authorizing the city of Pittsburg and Allegheny, and the boroughs of West 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 authority of the same, That the cities of Pittsburg and Allegheny, and the boroughs of West New- Certain cities ton, in the county of Westmoreland, and Connellsville, in the county and boroughs to of Fayette, are hereby authorized and empowered, by their corporate subscribe to the Pittsburg and authorities, to subscribe for shares in the capital stock of the Pittsburg Connelsville and Connellsville railroad company, each of said cities not exceeding railroad. ten thousand shares, and each of said boroughs not exceeding two thousand shares, and to borrow money to pay therefor, and to make provision for the payment of the principal and interest of the money so borrowed by the assessment and collection of such taxes as may be neccessary for that purpose, and the certificates of loan to be issued by either of said corporations for the purpose aforesaid, may be received by said Pittsburg and Connellsville railroad company in payment of instalments on shares subscribed by said corporations, on such terms as shall be agreed upon between said company and said corporations: Provided, That no bond shall be issued for a less amount than one hundred dollars: And provided further, That the several acts of Assembly limiting the debt of said cities shall not be construed to apply to Loan of Alle gheny and But ler plank road empt from taxa company ex tion. any subscription which may be made under the authority of this act, or to any debt incurred therefor. SECTION 2. That the directors of the said Pittsburg and Connells. ville railroad company are hereby authorized to pay to the sharehold ers entitled to receive the same, interest at the rate of six per centum per annum on all instalments paid by them, which interest shall be charged to the cost of construction, and continue to pay the same until the road shall be completed, and that until the period for which a dividend shall be declared, all the profits and earnings of the road shall be credited to the cost of construction: Provided, That no stockholder who shall neglect to pay up the instalments as called for, shall be entitled to receive interest on the same: And provided further, That the stock of the said company shall not be subject to any tax in consequence of the payment of interest hereby authorized. SECTION 3. That the loan authorized to be made by the Allegheny and Butler plank road company by the act entitled "An Act authorizing the Allegheny and Butler plank road company to borrow money, et cetera," approved the twenty-seventh day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, shall be exempt from taxation, and that the bonds for said loan may be issued, with coupons or interest certificates attached, in sums not less than one hundred dollars, equal in amount to the semi-annual interest thereon, which certi ficates shall be redeemable on the first day of January and July in each and every year, at such place or places as the president and managers of the said company may determine upon. W. P. SCHELL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. We certify that the bill entitled "An Act authorizing the cities of Pittsburg and Allegheny, and the borough of West Newton and Connellsville, to subscribe to the stock of the Pittsburg and Connellsville railroad company; and relative to the Allegheny and Butler plank road company;" was presented to the Governor on the seventeenth day of March, eighteen hundred and fifty-three, and was not returned within ten days (Sundays excepted) after it had been presented to him; wherefore it has, agreeably to the Constitution of this Commonwealth, become a law in like manner as if he had signed it. WM. JACK, Clerk of the House of Representatives. HARRISBURG, April 12th 1853. Clerk of the Senate. No. 234. AN ACT To incorporate the Altoona and Clearfield Plank Road and Turnpike company; relative to unpaid taxes in the borough of Mauch Chunk; to the Philadelphia and Reading railroad; and authorizing the school directors of the borough of Mountjoy, Lancaster county, to borrow money. 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 authority of the same, That John Commissioners G. Miles, Alexander McCormick, Gilbert S. Lloyd, Joseph Kemp, Alexander L. Holliday, James Condron, Samuel Henshey, James L. Givin, James Ross, Johnston Moore, and John A. Wright, or any five of them, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners, to open books, receive subscriptions, and organize a company, by the name, style and title of "The Altoona and Clearfield Plank Road and Turn- Style. pike company," to locate and construct a plank road, and such part as the said company may determine upon turnpike road, from the town of Altoona, in the county of Blair, through the Juniata Gap to the Location. junior, in White township, Cambria county, subject to all the provi- Subject to pro- not inconsistent with this and the following section in this act. SECTION 2. That the capital stock of said company shall consist of Capital stock. six thousand shares, of twenty-five dollars per share: Provided, That Proviso. said company may from time to time, at a meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose, increase the capital stock to such an amount as in their opinion may, be required to complete the same, according to the true intent and meaning of this act, and that whenever five miles, of said road from Altoona are completed, the said company may erect toll gates and receive and collect tolls, under the provisions of the aforesaid act of twenty-sixth January, one thousand eght hundred and fortynine, and its several supplements. SECTION 3. That if the said company shall not commence the con- Commencemen struction of said road within four years from the passage of this act, and completion and complete the same within eight years thereafter, this act shall be of road. come null and void, except so far as to wind up the affairs of said company and pay the debts of the same. Conner to re SECTION 4. That from and after the passage of this act, it shall and John Fatzinger inay be lawful for John Fatzinger and Cornelius Connor, of the borough and Cornelius of Mauch Chunk, in the county of Carbon, to collect and receive the ceive unpaid several balances of unpaid taxes due upon the duplicate of Charles taxes on dupliSnyder, collector of State and county taxes for said borough for the cate of Charles year eighteen hundred and fifty-one, and the said John Fatzinger and Snyder. Cornelius Connor are hereby authorized to take possession of said duplicate and warrants, whenever the same may be found, and they are hereby authorized aud empowered to proceed and collect the same, with the same power and authority as any other collector under the laws of Proviso. Time for the Reading rail Mount Carbon and Port Car bon railroad extended. School directors this Commonwealth: Provided, however, That the time for collecting the same is hereby extended for two years from this act. SECTION 5. That the time allowed to the stockholders of the Phila delphia and Reading railroad company to purchase the road, with its improvements and appurtenances, of the Mount Carbon and Port Carbon railroad company, as provided for in the ninth section of the act of the fifth April, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and forty-four, entitled "A supplement to an act entitled 'An Act to incorporate the Mount Carbon and Port Carbon railroad company, and to the supplement thereto,' "be and the same is hereby extended so as to authorize said purchase at any time within two years from and after the passage of this act. SECTION 6. That the school directors of the borough of Mount Joy, of Mount Joy Lancaster county, are hereby authorized to borrow for school purposes, any sum of money not exceeding six thousand dollars. to borrow money. APPROVED-The eleventh day of April, A. D, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three. WM. BIGLER. No. 235. AN ACT Authorizing the Governor to incorporate the Shade Gap and Mount Union Plank 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 authority of the same, That A. P. Commissioners. Wilson, William P. Orbison, aud David Blair, of the borough of Hun tingdon, John Dougherty, Abram Lewis, Samuel Myers, George Ely, junior, William Shaver, and Samuel Miller, of Mount Union, Henry Shaver, William Morrison, John Shaver, William Johnston, John Morrison, John Garvery, Samuel McVitty, James W. Galbreath, William McNit, David Bucks, Dutton Maddon, Samuel Grove, Samuel Lutz, George Eby, George Bowman, of Shirley township, John Long, John Lutz, Henry Brewster, James G. Lightner, James Ramsey, Maise S. Hanison, William B. Leas, George Askins, Samuel Bachus, James Clark, of the borough of Shirleysburg, Thomas E. Orbison, David Etnier, R. Benson Wigten, Daniel Taque, Thomas T. Cromwell, Michael Stair, George Sesney, Joseph Cornelius, Benjamin Beers, Andrew Gillbland, Samuel Bolinger, Daniel J. Logan, of Cromwell township, Bruce Blair, J. A. Shade, David Hudson, John Jamison, Brice O. Blair, Henry C. Robinson, William McLain, Isaac Taylor, A. J. Taylor, Thomas W. Neely, James Neely, William G. Harper, William Appleby, William Roddy, John Kelly, John Carl, William Clyman, Joseph Nelson, William A. Hudson, of Dublin township, in the county of Huntingdon, are hereby appointed commissioners, to open books and receive subscriptions and organize a company, by the name, style and Style. title of "the Shade Gap and Mount Union Plank Road company," with power to construct a plank road from the village of Shade Gap, in Dublin township, thence by the nearest and best route, through the village of Orbisonia, and thence through the borough of Shirleysburg, to intersect the Pennsylvania railroad at or near Mount Union, in the township of Shirley, subject to all the provisions and restrictions of an act reg. Subject to proulating turnpike and plank road companies, approved the twenty-sixth visions of cerday of January, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, and the supplements thereto. tain act. SECTION 2. That the capital stock of the said company shall consist Capital stock. of one thousand shares, at twenty-five dollars per share: Provided, Proviso. That said company may from time to time, by a vote of the stockhold. ers, at a meeting called for that purpose, increase their capital stock so much as in their opinion may be deemed necessary to complete the road, and to carry out the true intent and meaning of this act. APPROVED-The eleventh day of April, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three. WM. BIGLER. No. 236. A SUPPLEMENT To an act entitled "An Act to authorize the Governor to incorporate a company for making a turnp.ke road in Susquehanna county," approved the 11th day of March, one thousand eight hundred and fifty; and relative to a State road in Armstrong and Clarion counties. 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 authority of the same, That the time for completing the Friendsville and Choconut turnpike road, in the county of Susquehanna, shall be and the same is hereby extended for the term of five years from the expiration of the time fixed by the charter for completing the same, and the said company may convert the same into a plank road if sufficient subscriptions to the stock can be obtained, subject, nevertheless, to the provisions of the acts of Assembly regulating turnpikes and plank roads, and the said company may at any time within the said period re-survey and change the location of the said road, wherever the same can be shortened in length or improved in the grade, or the damages lessened thereby, but |