Articles of Ken- SECTION 2. That the first, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth sington institute and ninth articles of the Kensington Institute, which are inserted in adopted. Proviso. Managers. this section, shall be deemed and taken as part of this act, to all intents and purposes, and the second article thereof shall be and remain subject to such alterations and amendments from time to time, touching the amount required to constitute membership, as may be deemed expedient by a vote of two-thirds of the members present at any annual or special meeting of the institute: Provided, That notice of the proposed alterations or amendments be given by posting the same in the reading room for one month previous to the meeting. SECTION 3. That the officers and managers of the Kensington Literary Institute now acting, to wit: John P. Verree, president; Jacob C. Slemmer, vice president;. Jacob P. Donaldson, treasurer; George W. Vaughan, secretary; and Peter Rambo, Edward W. Gorgas, Charles Doron, William L. Lee, Harlan Ingram, William T. M'Neely, Hiram Dales, John H. Bringhurst, Hugh J. Worrell, John Clouds, Michael Day, Peter F. Wright, Joseph F. N. Snyder, Alfred Flanders, Jacob K. Vaughan, Charles M. Lukens, Henry Bumm, Abraham P. Eyre, John B. Duff, Andrew J. Wester, William Bumm, James Irwin, Jeremiah Eldridge, George S. Cox, shall be the board of managers of the institute hereby incorporated, until the stated annual meeting of the institute as provided in the fourth article of the constitution. CONSTITUTION. ARTICLE I.-Name and Object. The name of this association shall be the "Kensington Literary Institute;" its primary object the promotion of the moral and intellectual improvement of young persons. ARTICLE II-Membership. Any person by paying two dollars annually, or twenty dollars at one time as a life subscription, shall be entitled to membership in this institute, and to all its privileges, and any subscription of fifty dollars shall entitle the contributor to three life certificates, one for himself and the others for such persons as he may designate. ARTICLE III.-Officers. The officers shall be a president, vice president, treasurer, secretary, and twenty-four managers, who together shall constitute a board for the transaction of business, and shall report annually their proceedings to the institute. ARTICLE IV.-Meetings. The institute shall hold a stated meeting on the second Thursday in March in each and every year, when the annual report of the board of managers shall be read, and the officers and managers for the ensuing year shall be elected, by ballot, but the officers and managers elected at the first election of the institute shall hold their offices until the annual meeting on the second Thursday in March, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, when the officers then elected shall hold their offices for one year, and the managers then also elected, shall classify themselves as follow: eight of their number shall serve for the term of three years, eight for the term of two years, and eight for the term of one year; and annually on the second Thursday of March in each and every year, there shall be elected eight persons members of the institute to serve as managers for three years, but no member whose subscriptions are unpaid shall be entitled to a vote, or be eligible as officers or managers of the institute; special meetings shall be called by the president or vice president, whenever requested by fifteen of the members, of which meetings at least three days' public notice shall be given in one or more newspapers published in the city or county of Philadel phia, and by posting in the library. ARTICLE V.-President. The president, or in his absence the vice president, or in the absence of both a chairman pro tempore, shall preside at all meetings of the institute and of its board of managers, shall preserve order, and perform such other duties as appertain to his office. ARTICLE VI-Treasurer. The treasurer shall receive and hold all moneys belonging to or paid into the institute, shall keep a correct account of the receipts and disbursements, exhibit a statement of its funds annually, and oftener if required by the board of managers; he shall make no payments except on the order of the managers, signed by the president and secretary, and whenever required by the board, shall enter into an approved bond for the faithful performance of his trust. ARTICLE VII.-Secretary. The secretary shall keep fair and correct minutes of the proceedings of all meetings of the institute and of its board of managers, preserve all papers and documents belonging thereto in his possession, give notice of meetings, and perform all other duties required by his office. ARTICLE VIII.-Managers. The board of officers and managers, seven of whom shall constitute a quorum, shall hold stated meetings monthly, shall make their own by-laws, supply vacancies in their body, keep regular minutes of their proceedings, which shall be open at all times to the inspection of the members of the institute, shall establish a library and free reading room, appoint a librarian, purchase and receive such books, periodicals and papers for the library as they may think proper, provide for suitable lectures, and have power to devise and execute all measures which is their judgment will advance the interests of the institute, and carry out efficiently the objects of its organization, not inconsistent with this constitution; they shall hold their offices until their successors shall have elected. ARTICLE IX.-Library. The books, periodicals and papers belonging to the library and reading room may be loaned, at the discretion of the managers, to the members of the institute, and to such young persons as shall furnish satisfactory security for the payment of fines in default of a punctual Kensington district, water pipes. Proviso. return of the volumes, and for any loss or injury that may be sustained in the book or books loaned; the reading room shall be kept open at such times and under such regulations as the managers may designate, for the free use of such young persons and members of the institute. ARTICLE X. This constitution may be altered or amended at any annual or special meeting by a vote of two-thirds of the members present: Provided, That public notice of the intended alteration be given by posting the same in the reading room for one week previous to the meeting. SECTION 4. That the seventh section of an act of Assembly entitled "An Act to authorize Jonathan W. Swain, guardian of Anna Maria Angue," &c., passed the sixth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one, shall be so construed as to authorize the commissioners of the district of Kensington to assess the cost of laying iron conduit pipes for the introduction of water into any of the streets, roads, lanes or alleys of said district, including the stop-cocks and fireplugs, at a uniform rate, whether the said pipes be four, six or ten inches in diameter; and said assessment so made, shall be conclusive and binding: Provided, however, That said assessment shall in ne case exceed one dollar per foot on the property fronting on each side of said street, road, lane or alley. W. P. SCHELL, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The eighteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three. WM. BIGLER. No. 308. AN ACT Giving the assent of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to the act of the Leg islature of New Jersey, entitled "A supplement to the act entitled 'An Act to incorporate the proprietors of the Trenton Water Works,' approved March twenty-fourth, A., D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two." 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 Assent of Penn- the assent of this Commonwealth be and the same is hereby given to sylvania to act so much as is hereunto annexed of the act of the Legislature of New of New Jersey. Jersey, approved the twenty-fourth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, entitled "A supplement to the act entitled 'An Act to incorporate the proprietors of the Trea ton Water Works,' passed the twenty-ninth day of February, A D., one thousand eight hundred and three," and the said portion of the said act is hereby adopted, ratified and confirmed by this Commonwealth, and shall be annexed to and published with this act. Delaware river. SECTION 2. That the construction in the Delaware river authorized Not to obstruet by said act, shall be so made by the said company as not to obstruct or navigation of impair the navigation of said river, nor shall the said company use any water which they may withdraw from said river for the purpose of propelling machinery for manufacturing purposes, nor sell or lease said Not to use for water to any other person or persons for the purpose of propelling ma- manufacturing. chinery for manufacturing purposes, nor shall the said company withdraw any water from said river except for effectuating the purposes of said act, and the Governor of this Commonwealth shall transmit an attested copy of this act to the Governor of the State of New Jersey. A SUPPLEMENT to the act entitled "An Act to incorporate the proprietors of the Trenton Water Works," passed the twenty-ninth day of February, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and three. WHEREAS, The president and directors of the Trenton Water Works Preamble." have represented that the increase of population in the city of Trenton, has been so great, that the springs from which said company have heretofore supplied said city with water are no longer adequate to furnish the necessary quantity; therefore, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the said the president and directors of Trenton water the Trenton Water Works are hereby authorized and empowered to take works. the water which they may require, either in whole or in part, from the Delaware river, and to that end they are hereby invested with all the powers necessary to enable them to purchase and hold such real estate, and to conduct, keep up and maintain such reservoirs, aqueducts, and apparatus for elevating water, and such erections in the Delaware river, not obstructing the navigation thereof, and such other works, establishments and fixtures, as may in their opinion be required to effectuate the objects of this act, and to lay all pipes under the streets or through private property that may be needed to conduct said water from the river to their reservoirs, and from their reservoirs to such parts of the eity and its vicinity as they may deem expedient. W. P. SCHELL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THO. CARSON, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The eighteenth day of April, A. D., eighteen hundred and fifty-three. WM. BIGLER. May connect with other roads. No. 309. AN ACT Relative to the Danville Railroad company; to authorize the erection of a Lockup house in Coal township, Northumberland county; relative to the Chartiers' Valley Railroad company; extending the provisions of the General Manufac turing law to Marble, Stone, &c.; authorizing the Board of Health of the enty of Philadelphia to sell certain lots; relative to the Germantown Water com pany; to the Chester and Carterville Plank Road company; to unseated Road Orders in Forest and Jefferson counties. 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 the Danville Railroad company be and are hereby authorized to construct their railroad, with one or more tracks, on the south side of the Susquehanna river to and connect the same with the Philadelphia and Sunbury railroad at or near the borough of Sunbury, or with the Sunbury and Erie railroad at or near the said borough; and if the owner or owners of any land shall refuse to permit the said company to enter upon and occupy the same, and the parties cannot agree upon the Damages how compensation to be made for any injuries that may be done to said settled. Proviso. Borrow money. lands, the said company shall give a bond to the owner or owners of said land, in a sum to be fixed by one of the judges of the court of common pleas of Northumberland or Montour county, conditioned for the payment of any damages he, she or they may sustain by the con struction of said road, and with one or more sureties, to be approved of by the said judge, which bond shall be filed in the office of the prothonotary of either of the said counties, and the said company may there upon enter upon, occupy and use said lands for the purposes aforesaid, and the damages, if any, sustained by the owner or owners of said lands, shall be assessed in the manner provided in the act incorporating said company, and the stockholders of said company shall be entitled to one vote for every share of stock he, she or they may hold: Provided, The dividends to be declared by the said company shall not exceed fifteen per cent., and the powers and jurisdiction given to and conferred upon the several courts of Columbia county by the act incorporating the said company, be and are hereby transferred to and conferred upon the several courts of Northumberland county and Montour county respectively. SECTION 2. That the said company, or the board of directors thereof, be and are hereby authorized to borrow such sums of money not exceeding in all the sum of three hundred thousand dollars, at a rate of interest not exceeding seven per cent. per annum, which may be deemed expedient, and to make the principal of said loan or loans convertible into the stock of the said company, on such terms as may be agreed upon, and to make the principal and interest of said loan or loans payable at such time or times as may be advisable, and for the security of said loan or loans, may execute a deed of trust or mort gage of the railroad and other property of the company in possession or to be acquired, and its corporate rights and franchises, and such other property as may be conveyed to the company for that purpose, and in the event of a sale under such deed of trust or mortgage, all the property conveyed in the deed of such trust or mortgage, and the cor |