No. 8. RESOLUTION Relative to the distribution of the Colonial Records and Pennsylvania Ar chives. SECTION 1. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, That all the members of the present Legislature not authorized to re ceive copies of the Colonial Records and Pennsylvania Archives, shall be entitled to receive a copy of the said works respectively, and the Secretary of the Commonwealth is authorized to make said distribution accordingly. W. P. SCHELL, APPROVED-The eighteenth day of April, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three. WM. BIGLER. APPENDIX. CONTAINING LAWS PASSED AT THE SESSION OF 1853, No. 381. AN ACT To incorporate the House of the Good Shepherd in the city of Philadelphia. WHEREAS, Ella Howard, Sarah Devereux, Mary Delaker, Jane Mor- Preamble. gan, Catharine Green, Jane McCloskey, Anna Ford, Hannah Doyle, Mary Crilly, Anna Clark, Mary Snyder and Jane Christie, and others, have associated together for the purpose of establishing a charitable institution, the object and design of which shall be to afford protection and a retreat for females who have had the misfortune to fall into crime, and who wish to reform their lives; Therefore, 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 persons named in the above preamble and their successors, be and they are hereby created a corporation or body politic in law, by the name, style and title of "The House of the Good Shepherd in the city Style. of Philadelphia," and by that title shall have perpetual succession, with power to have a common seal, to make contracts, sue and be sued, and to receive, take, hold, mortgage and convey any estate, real and Privileges. personal, the annual income of which shall not exceed five thousand dollars, to be appropriated to the purposes of the said charity, and to elect or appoint their associates or successors, to choose such officers as they may deem necessary, and to make all needful by-laws, rules and regulations, for the government of the said corporation and the furtherance of the said charity, not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of the United States or of this Commonwealth. SECTION 2. That the meetings of the said corporation shall be held Meeting of corat such times and places as may be ordered by the by-laws, and that a porators. majority of the members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. SECTION 3. That the buildings and other real estate occupied for the Exemption said charity, shall during such occupancy be exempt from the payment from taxes. of taxes now due and hereafter to become due. Misnomer. SECTION 4. No misnomer of the said corporation shall defeat any intended gift, grant, conveyance, devise or bequest thereto, if the intent shall sufficiently appear therein. W. P. SCHELL, APPROVED-The twenty-ninth day of January, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three. WM. BIGLER. Corporators. Style. Privileges. Object. No. 382. AN ACT To incorporate the Odd Fellows' Association of New Berlin. 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 Samuel Roush, John Swineford, Charles Merrill, Henry W. Bonsall, and Edward Wilson, and all other persons who now are or hereafter may be associated with them, and their successors, be and they are hereby created and erected into a body politic and corporate, in deed and law, by the name, style and title of "The Odd Fellows' Associa tion of New Berlin," in the county of Union, and by that name shall have perpetual succession, and be able to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered, in all the courts of law or equity within this Commonwealth and elsewhere, and also to be able to take and hold, to them and their successors, either by grant, gift, devise, lease, absolute purchase, any lands or real estate, for the purpose of erecting thereon a building or buildings for the use of said association, and also to take and hold for the use of said association any goods and chattels, sum or sums of money, by gift, grant, bargain and sale, will, devise, or bequest, from any person or persons whatsoever capable of making the same, and the same at their pleasure to grant, bargain and sell, for the use of the said association, and generally to do and perform all and singular the matters and things which may be lawful for them to do and perform for the well-being and management of the affairs of the said association: Provided, That the real estate of which the said corporation shall at any time be possessed, shall not exceed the yearly income of three thousand dollars. SECTION 2. The object of the said association shall be to provide, erect and furnish a suitable building or buildings in the town of New Berlin, county of Union, for the accommodation of Lodge No. 163 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and for such other purposes as they may deem proper. SECTION 3. The said corporation shall have power and authority to By-laws. make by-laws, conformable to this charter and not in violation of the laws of the United States or of this Commonwealth. SECTION 4. That it shall and may be lawful for the said corporation Seal. to have a common seal, and the same to change, alter and renew whenever they think proper, and shall have and may exercise all the rights and privileges necessary for the purposes of the corporation hereby constituted. SECTION 5. That the government of the said association, and the Government of management and disposition of its affairs and property, shall be vested association. in a board of seven trustees, who shall be elected annually, at such times and in such manner as the said association shall by its by-laws provide at the first meeting of the trustees after their election in each year, they shall elect from their body a president, secretary and trea surer. SECTION 6. The Legislature hereby reserves the right to alter and Reservation. amend the charter hereby granted, whenever in their opinion it may be injurious to the interests of the citizens of this Commonwealth: Provided, however, That no injustice be done to the corporators. W. P. SCHELL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THO. CARSON, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-ninth day of January, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three. WM. BIGLER. No. 383. AN ACT To incorporate the Bethlehem Gas company. 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 Philip H. Goepp, C. A. Luckenbach, Sylvester Wolle, A. W. Radley, Corporators. James T. Borhek, W. Wilson, R. A. Grider, Jacob Rice, John M. Mickseh, W. H. Roepper, Charles W. Rauch, A. E. M'Carty, James Leibert, and their associates, or persons who shall become stockholders, be and the same are hereby made and constituted a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of "The Bethlehem Gas company," Style. and by the said name they and their successors shall and may have perpetual succession, and shall be in law capable of sueing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, in all courts and judicatories whatsoever, and also of contracting and being contracted with, relative to Privileges. the business and objects of the corporation, as hereinafter declared, and they and their successors, as aforesaid, shall have power to lease or Object. Powers. Capital stock. Powers. Control and company. purchase in fee simple such real estate as may be necessary for carry. SECTION 2. That the corporation hereby created is so created for the purpose, and for such purpose shall have authority of supplying with Gas light the borough of Bethlehem, and such individuals residing therein and immediate vicinity as may desire a supply of the same, and for distributing and selling gas for the production of artificial light, and for making and erecting the necessary apparatus for manufacturing and introducing the same, and constructing the requisite buildings and machinery, and purchasing and preparing the necessary materials, with the right to enter upon any public street, lane or highway, for the purpose of laying down the pipes necessary for conducting said gas, and to repair, alter and inspect the same, doing as little damage as possible to the streets, lanes and alleys, and repairing the injuries that may be done to the same with as little delay as possible, and securing the citizens from accident and danger whilst so lying down or repairing their pipes. SECTION 3. That the capital stock of said company shall be ten thousand dollars, to be divided into two hundred shares, of fifty dol lars each, with the right to increase said capital stock from time to time, as the board of directors of said company shall deem necessary: Provided, That the whole capital stock shall not at any time exceed fifty thousand dollars: And provided further, That said company may in lieu of increasing their capital stock, be authorized, if the board of directors shall so determine, to borrow money to an amount not exceeding the amount said capital stock may be increased, and to make and execute a mortgage or mortgages, pledge or pledges, of the property and effects of said corporation, for the security of the re-payment of the amount borrowed, or give such other evidences of indebt edness as may be agreed upon: Provided, That no increase of said capital stock in manner aforesaid shall be permitted, unless the stockholders holding a majority of the stock already subscribed shall first give their written consent thereto. SECTION 4. That the management and control of "The Bethlehem management of Gas company" shall be vested in the persons named in the first sec tion of this act until the period herein fixed for the regular election of directors of said company, who shall choose from their numbers a presi dent, treasurer and secretary, who shall meet from time to time, and at such places within said borough, as a majority of them may deem necessary, for the purpose of receiving subscriptions to the capital stock of said company, and that the stockholders of said company shall meet annually on the first Monday in May, at such place as they shall determine upon, and elect nine directors for said company, all of whom shall be stockholders, who shall select from their numbers, as aforesaid, a president, secretary and treasurer for said company; the notice of such elections for directors, as aforesaid, and the manner of conducting the same, to be provided for in the by-laws of said company, and the number of votes that each stockholder shall be entitled to at such elec tion, shall be according to the number of shares owned by such stock holder, to wit: for each share not exceeding two shares one vote, for every two shares above two and not exceeding ten shares one vote, for every five shares above ten shares one vote, and no share shall confer a right of voting which shall not have been holden one calendar month prior to the day of election, nor unless it be holden by the person in whose name it appears, absolutely and bona fide in his or her own right, or in the right of his wife, or for his or her sole use and benefit, as an executor, administrator, trustee or guardian, or in the right and for the Votes of stock holders. |