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Certain congre rized to sell land. to Philip Odenwelder, trustee of the German Reformed congregation of Easton, in the county of Northampton; Jonas Hartzele, trustee of the German Reformed congregation of the Dryland or Nazareth township, and Henry Engle, trustee of the German Reformed congrega tion of Plainfield township, in said county of Northampton, to have and to hold the same in trust as and for a parsonage: And whereas, The minister officiating in said congregation has lately deceased, and the said congregations have each a separate minister: And whereas, The said congregations did offer the said property and lot at public sale in the month of September last, at which sale James McKeen being the highest bidder, the same was struck off to him at and for the sum of seven thousand dollars, for which consideration the said congregations, acting by committees duly appointed, did agree to make and execute to the said James McKeen a good and sufficient title on the first day of April next: therefore, SECTION 13. Be it enacted, et cetera, That the said German Reformed gations autho- congregation of Easton, the German Reformed congregation of the Dryland or Nazareth township, and the German Reformed congrega tion of Plainfield, be and they are hereby authorized to sell and convey in fee simple, all the above described lot of land, number fiftyseven, in the said borough of Easton, to the said James McKeen, in ee fee simple, and for the said sum of seven thousand dollars, and the said purchaser shall hold the said property clear of the trust to which the same is now subject, and shall not be bound to see to the application of the proceeds of sale. W. P. SCHELL, APPROVED-The eighteenth day of April, Anno Domini one thou sand eight hundred and fifty-three No. 283. WM. BIGLER. AN ACT Supplementary to an act entitled "An Act relating to the elections of this nine. SECTION 1. 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, That the election of Senators to represent this State in the Senate of the United States, shall take place hereafter, in the manner provided in the act to which this is a supplement, on the second Tuesday of February. W. P. SCHELL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THO. CARSON, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED The eighteenth day of April, A. D. one thousand eight bundred and fifty-three. WM. BIGLER. No. 284. A SUPPLEMENT To an act to incorporate the Allegheny Coal company, passed the twenty-fifth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine; relative to tavern license in Bedford county; authorizing the committee of George Beisheim, a lunatic, to make a deed. 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 name, style and title of the Allegheny Coal company be changed, Name changed. and the same shall henceforth be entitled the "Union Coal company," and in which name the books for subscription to the capital stock thereof shall be opened, and the business of the company conducted. SECTION 2. That the shares of stock of said company be reduced Shares reduced. from fifty dollars to twenty dollars per share, the capital stock remaining the same as heretofore, but the said company shall have power, if at any time it be deemed necessary, upon a vote of two-thirds of the stockholders being favorable thereto, to increase the capital stock of Increase of capi- and receive an additional subscription thereto: Provided, That said Proviso. SECTION 3. That the corporate privileges hereby granted shall con- Repeal. tinue in force until the first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, and such parts of the act to which this is a supplement as are hereby altered or supplied, be and the same are hereby repealed. SECTION 4. That from and after the first day of January, eighteen Tavern licenhundred and fifty-four, every person intending to apply for a tavern ses, Bedford license in the county of Bedford, shall give public notice of the same, co., applications by at least three publications in one newspaper published in said county, which notice shall embrace the certificate required by the fourth section of the act passed on the eleventh day of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four, entitled "An Act relating to inns and taverns, and retailers of vinous and spirituous liquors," the last of which publications shall be at least ten days before the first day of the term of the court to which the application shall he made. to be published. tate. SECTION 5. That John Gallaher and Jacob Shaffner, committee of Committee of George Beisheim, of Clearfield township, Butler county, Pennsylvania, Geo. Beisheim, a lunatic, be and they are hereby authorized to execute a deed in fee authorized to simple, and to convey to Christian Schwartz, of said township, county convey real esand State aforesaid, all that certain piece or parcel of land situate in Clearfield township, Butler county, Pennsylvania, being twenty acres at the west end of the farm of the said George Beisheim, by a line running north and south the breadth of said tract, bounded on the north by John Reap, east by part of same tract with said Schwartz, and west by Peter Birchbeezler, according to an article of agreement between the said Christian Schwartz and George Beisheim, dated December eighth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one, and recorded Committee to give bond. in the office for recording deeds, et cetera, in and for said county, in deed book one, page one hundred and ninety-five, and one hundred and ninety-six, on the payment of the purchase money yet due and unpaid to them by the said Christian Schwartz. SECTION 6. That the purchase money arising there from shall be under the control of the court of common pleas, by virtue of the appointment and commission to the said John Gallaher and Jacob Shaffner, committee as aforesaid, and before the execution of the said deed and the reception of the said unpaid purchase money, the said committee shall execute and file in the court of common pleas of Butler county a bond, with surety, to be approved by said court, conditioned for the just and true application of any money that may come into their hands under the provisions of this act. APPROVED-The eighteenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three. WM. BIGLER, Election of managers, notices of, how published. Number of managers. Officers, residence. Agents, may appoint. No. 285. A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT To an act incorporating the Williamsport and Elmira Railroad company; and relative to taxing dogs in Franklin township, Chester county. 1 SECTION 1. 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 in any election of managers, the Williamsport and Elmira railroad company, by the stockholders therein, the previous public notice required by the charter or supplements thereto shall be deemed sufficient if made in two daily newspapers published in the city of Philadelphia. SECTION 2. That hereafter the number of managers or directors of said company shall be seven, a majority of which number shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. SECTION 3. That the secretary, president, or any other officer of said company, who is not required by any existing laws to be a stockholder therein, may be elected irrespective of his residence. SECTION 4. That the president and managers of the said company may appoint an agent or agents, at such place or places within the United States as they may deem proper, to receive and allow to be en tered in a book or books to be kept for that purpose, transfers of the stock of said company, and that transfers of said stock may be made either at the said company or at such agency or agencies, under such regulations as the president and managers shall adopt. SECTION 5. That all transfers of stock upon the books of the said Transfers of company heretofore made or hereafter to be made, shall be good and stock. valid if made in the presence of any witness or witnesses: Provided, That such transfers shall be, or shall have been, subsequently examined by the president or treasurer, and acknowledged upon the face of the same by such officers to be correct. SECTION 6. That it shall be lawful for the stockholders of said com- Powers of pany at any annual or special meeting, to confer on the president and managers, &c. managers such power and authority as they shall deem expedient or necessary for the well government and interests of the company, not inconsistent with any of the provisions or restrictions contained in the act of incorporation, or any of the supplements thereto. Change location SECTION 7. That no loan of money or contract heretofore made or Loans. hereafter to be made by any person or persons to or with the said company, shall be deemed or taken to be usurious for or by reason of said company agreeing to pay a greater interest than at the rate of six per Interest. centum per annum, or giving its bonds or other evidence of debt for a greater sum than the sum actually lent the said company, but such laws and contracts shall be deemed and taken to be lawful and valid. SECTION 8. That said company shall be and it is hereby authorized, for the purpose of improving the line of their road, to change the lo- of road. cation of any part or parts thereof, and for any such new location they shall have the same rights, and be subject to the same restrictions in acquiring the right of way, as is provided for in their act of incorporation or the supplements thereto: Provided, That said company shall not be allowed to alter the southern terminus of their said road: Provided also, That said company shall have the right to take and occupy suf- Proviso. ficient lands for slopes in excavations and embankments, that may be necessary in the construction of their railroad, in addition to the five rods wide granted in the charter of said company. SECTION 9. That the provisions of the first, second, third, fourth Franklin tp., and fifth sections of the act entitled "An Act laying a tax on dogs in Chester co., dog certain townships of the county of Chester, et cetera," approved elev- tax. enth March one thousand eight hundred and fifty, be and the same are hereby extended to the township of Franklin in said county. W. P. SCHELL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THO. CARSON, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The eighteenth day of April, Anno Domino one thou sand eight hundred and fifty-three. WM. BIGLER. No. 286. AN ACT Relative to certain election and school districts; to the borough of Harrisville, in the county of Butler; and changing the venue in a certain case from Philadelphia county to Bucks county. SECTION 1. 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 White Marsh from and after the passage of this act, the qualified voters of Whitetp., Montgomery marsh township, Montgomery county, shall hold their general and town ship elections at Barren Hill, in said township, the former at the house of Samuel Culp and the latter at the house of John Dager. county. Sadsbury tp., Knox tp., Jefferson county. School and road taxes. SECTION 2. That the provisions of an act approved the twenty-sixth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, entitled "An Act authorizing the election of four supervisors in Hempfield township, Westmoreland county, and for other purposes," so far as relates to the qualified voters of Sadsbury township, Chester county, determining by ballot the place of holding the general and township elections in said township, are hereby repealed. SECTION 3. That the general, special and township elections of Knox township, in the county of Jefferson, shall be held at the house of John A. Mathews in said township, and the first spring election shall be held on the first Friday of May next, and annually thereafter at the time fixed for holding spring elections in said county, and John A. Mathews and Samuel A. Hunter be inspectors, and Martin Howard be judge, to conduct said election. SECTION 4. That the school directors and supervisors in said township shall have full authority to collect all taxes assessed for school and road purposes for the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, and apply the same as the laws of this Commonwealth direct. Saxonburg SECTION 5. That the superintendent of common schools be, and he school district, is hereby authorized to draw his warrant on the State Treasurer for the Butler county. amount of school appropriation due the school district of Saxonburg, Butler county, for the years one thousand eight hundred and fiftyone, and one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two. Harrisville, boundary lines extended. SECTION 6. That the northern and southern boundary lines of the borough of Harrisville, in the county of Butler, be and the same are hereby extended one-eight of a mile from their present boundaries. SECTION 7. That the township and general elections for the townWilmington tp ship of Wilmington, Lawrence county, shall hereafter be held in the school house in the village of Wilmington. Lawrence co. Repeal. Windham tp., Hegins tp., Skill co. SECTION 8. That the fourteenth section of an act passed the twentyfirst day of March, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, entitled "An Act legitimating Nancy Haslet, of Mifflin county, relative to the borough of Mifflinburg, Union county," et cetera, is hereby repealed. SECTION 9. That from and after the passage of this act, the general, special and township elections in Windham township, in the county of Bradford, shall be held at the house of Benjamin Kingkendall. SECTION 10. That the qualified voters of Hegins township, lately erected out of part of Lower Mahantango township, Schuylkill county, |