use of some co-partnership, corporation or society, of which he or she may be a member. SECTION 5. That said company shall procure certificates or eviden- Certificates of ces of stock for all the shares of the said company, and shall deliver stock. one such certificate, signed by the president and countersigned by the secretary, and sealed with the common seal of said corporation, to each person for such share or shares of stock as are by him or her respectively owned, which certificates of stock shall be transferable at his or her pleasure, in person or by attorney duly authorized, in the presence of the president or secretary, in a book to be kept by the corporation for that purpose. SECTION 6. That the board of directors of said company shall meet Meetings of Diat such times and places as shall be provided in the by-laws of said rectors. company, five of whom shall be a quorum, who in the absence of the president may choose a chairman, and shall keep minutes of their transactions, fairly entered in a book, and a quorum being formed, they shall have full power and authority to purchase lands for the gas works and erect the same, to appoint all officers and employ such assistants as shall be necessary to carry out the objects of this corporation, to direct what orders shall be drawn upon the treasurer, which shall be signed by the president and countersigned by the secretary, to fix all salaries, and rates for the use of the gas, to enact by-laws for the proper regulation and government of said corporation, and generally to do such matters, acts and things, as by this act and the by-laws of such corporation they are authorized to do. SECTION 7. That the board of directors of said company shall declare Dividends. dividends of so much of the net profits of the company as shall appear to them advisable, on the first Mondays of June and December of each year, which shall be paid to the stockholders on demand ten days after the same shall have been declared. the gas main or other gas pipe. SECTION 8. That if any person or persons shall open a communica- Penalty for tion into the gas main or other gas pipe of said company, without au- opening commuthority from the street inspector or other authorized agent of said com- nication with pany, or shall let on the gas after it his been stopped by order of said inspector or authorized agent of said company, for repairs, or any other cause or purpose, or shall put up any pipes or burners in addition to the pipes originally put up and inspected, and introduce into them the gas without authority aforesaid, he, she or they, shall be subject to a penalty of not less than five nor more than fifty dollars, to be recovered before any justice of the peace, as debts of like amount are by law recoverable, one-half to be paid to the informer and the other half to said company. SECTION 9. That if any person shall wilfully or maliciously do or Penalty for injucause to be done any act or acts whatever, whereby any building, con- ries to works. struction or works of said company, or any gas pipe, gas post, burner of reflector, or any matter or thing appertaining to the same, shall be stopped, obstructed, injured or destroyed, the person or persons so offending shall be considered guilty of a misdemeanor, and may be therefor indicted in the court of quarter sessions, and on conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine, not exceeding five hundred dollars, or be imprisoned not exceeding one year, or both, in the discretion of the court: Provided, That such criminal prosecution shall not in any way Proviso. impair the right of said company to a full compensation in damages by civil suit. SECTION 10. That the price of gas shall be so regulated as that the Price of gas. dividends upon the capital stock of said company shall never exceed eight per cent. per annum. Reservation. SECTION 11. That the legislature may at any time alter, amend or repeal the privileges hereby granted: Provided, however, That no injustice be done to the corporators. W. P. SCHELL, APPROVED-The seventh day of February, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three. WM. BIGLER. No. 384. AN ACT To authorize Susan R. Mead, administratrix of Darius Mead, late of Warren county, deceased, to sell certain real estate; and to the election of Register and Recorder in the county of Luzerne. 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 Susan R. Mead Susan R. Mead, administratrix of Darius Mead, late of Warren county, authorized to deceased, be and she is hereby authorized and empowered to sell sell certain real at public sale, all the real estate of said Darius Mead, late deceased, estate. situate in Mead township and Kenzua township, Warren county, Pennsylvania, and to make a deed to the purchaser or purchasers thereof, vesting said estate in them as fully and entirely as the sale of real estate duly made by an executor or administrator under the direction of the orphans' court, and the proceeds of said sale shall be directed and controlled by the order of the orphans' court of said county of Warren: Provided, That the said Susan R. Mead, before any conveyance shall be executed in pursuance of such sale, shall give a bond, with sufficient surety, to be approved by the orphans' court of said county, for the faithful application of the proceeds of said sale. Proviso. Office of Register and Recorder, Luzerne co., made two offices. SECTION 2. That after the term of office of the present register and recorder of the county of Luzerne shall expire, the two offices shall be held by two persons, and the qualified electors of the said county, on the second Tuesday of October, one thousand eight hundred and fiftyfour, and every three years thereafter, shall elect one person who shall hold the office of register of wills, and one person who shall hold the office of recorder of deeds. APPROVED-The twenty-third day of February, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three. WM. BIGLER. No. 385. AN ACT o incorporate the Bethany and Honesdale Plank Road company; and authorizing the sale of the Real Estate of Jerome B. Case, deceased, of Wayne county. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represenatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly net, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Nathaniel B. Eldred, James Manning, Phineas G. Goodrich, Ephraim Commissioners. W. Hamlin, Harrison G. Otis, Edward O. Hamlin, of the borough of Bethany; John Torrey, Richard L. Seely, Henry Dart, William H. Dimmick, William R. McLaury, and H. B. Beardslee, of the borough of Honesdale; or any five of them, be and the same are hereby appointed commissioners, to open books, receive subscriptions, and organize a company, by the name, style and title of "The Bethany and Name and Honesdale Plank Road company," with power to construct a plank style. road from Bethany to Honesdale, in the county of Wayne, upon the best and most eligible ground which shall be decided upon by a majority of the stockholders, subject to all the provisions and restrictions Subject to the of "An Act regulating Turnpike and Plank Road companies," ap- provisions and proved the twenty-sixth day of January, Anno Domini one thousand restrictions of eight hundred and forty-nine, and the several supplements thereto, so far as they are consistent with this act: Provided, It shall be lawful Proviso.. for said company to construct said plank road at a grade not exceeding five degrees. certain act. SECTION 2. That the capital stock of said company shall consist of Capital stock. two hundred shares, at twenty-five dollars each: Provided, That the Proviso. company may increase the number of shares to two hundred and fifty, if found necessary to complete said road and to carry out the true intent and meaning of this act. SECTION 3. That the road shall consist of a track not less than eight Width of track. nor more than twenty feet wide, with power to lay a double track, if the company shall see proper to do so. SECTION 4. That if the said company shall not commence the con- Commencement struction of said road within two years, and complete the same within and completion four years from the passage of this act, the same shall be null and void, of road. except so far as may be necessary to wind up and settle the affairs of said company. sell certain real estate. SECTION 5. That Myron Jakeway, guardian of Ann H. Case, Harriet Myron JakeA. Case, Francis L. Case, Ellen L. Case, and Emalinda Jakeway, way, guardian, minor children and grand children of Jerome B. Case, late of Hones- authorized to dale, in the county of Wayne, deceased, be and he is hereby authorized and empowered to sell at private or public sale all the right, title and interest of the said minors, of and in three certain town lots, situate in the borough of Honesdale, numbered on the plan or map of said town thirtytwo on First and Ninth streets, and fifty-six and fifty-four on Ninth and Second streets, (being the property bought of Osborne Stilman,) and also the interest of said deceased (it being three-fourths) in a piece or parcel of land situate in Clinton township, Wayne county, bounded on the west by lands of E. K. Norton, on the north by lands of Ralph Case, cast by Tilghman's lands, south by lands of Benjamin Carel, and containing about seventy acres, by deed or deeds in fee simple, and with the same effect as if the said minors were of full age and had conveyed the same: Provided, That before the said Myron Jakeway, guardian, as aforesaid, shall convey, as aforesaid, he, the said Myron Jakeway, shall give bond, in such sum and with such security as the orphans' court of the county of Wayne aforesaid shall direct, conditioned for the faithful discharge of his duty as guardian, aforesaid, and the proper application of the purchase money coming to his said wards, which proceeding shall be approved by the said court. W. P. SCHELL, Speaker of the Ilouse of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The third day of March, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three. WM. BIGLER Corporators. Style. Privileges. Proviso. No. 386. AN ACT To incorporate Greensburg Lodge Number Fifty, of the Independent Order of 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 David Baldrige, William J. Williams, John Loor, George W. Moritz, William Taylor, Henry Kettring, William C. Lowrey, James B. Park, David Newingham, Augustus Vogle, Paul Hook, John Knobelock, Augustus Graff, Lorin Winsheimer, Adam Kettring, Samuel Rook, Michael Bortz, George L. Potts, and John Taylor, and their successors, and all persons who now are or may be hereafter associated with them, be and are hereby erected into a body corporate in deed and in law, by the name, style and title of "Greensburg Lodge number fifty, of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows," and by that name to have perpet ual succession, and be able to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in any court of law or equity, or elsewhere, and shall be capable in law and in equity to take and hold, to them and their successors, either by grant, gift, devise, lease or otherwise, any lands or real estate, and also to take and hold for the use of the said association any goods and chattels, sum or sums of money, by gift, grant, bargain, sale, will, devise, bequest, or otherwise, from any person or persons whatsoever capable of making the same, and the same at their pleasure to grant, bargain and sell, and generally to do all and singular the matters and things which shall be lawful for them to do for the well-being and due management of the affairs of the association: Provided, That the real estate of which the corporation shall at any time be possessed, shall not exceed the clear yearly value of two thousand five hundred dollars. SECTION 2. That the object of said corporation shall be to provide, Object. erect, and furnish a hall and suitable buildings in the borough of Greensburg, in the county of Westmoreland, for the accommodation of the members of Greensburg Lodge number fifty, of the Indepenlent Order of Odd Fellows, and such other lodges as may be established in said borough, to hold their meetings therein. SECTION 3. That it shall be lawful for said corporation to have a Seal. common seal, and the same at will and pleasure to change, alter and renew, as they think proper. SECTION 4. That the trustees of this association, as chosen at such Management of time and in such manner as the said association by its by-laws shall affairs. provide, shall have the management and disposition of its affairs and property, as they shall be legally entrusted by said association, and they are hereby declared the proper persons to sign, seal and deliver conveyances of lands or real estate which may be sold by said association. SECTION 5. That the corporation shall have power and authority to By-laws. make by-laws, conformable to this charter and not in violation of the constitution and laws of this Commonwealth. SECTION 6. That the legislature hereby reserves the right to alter, Reservation. revoke or annul this charter, whenever in their opinion it may be injurious to the citizens of this Commonwealth, in such manner, however, that no injustice shall be done to the corporators thereof. APPROVED The third day of March, A. D. one thousand eight hun dred and fifty-three. WM. BIGLER. No. 387. AN ACT To authorize the erection of a Lock-up House in the borough of Tarentum; relative to the Lawrence County Agricultural Society; to prevent the destraction of Deer in certain townships in the county of Lycoming; and incorporating a company to manufacture Glass. 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 burgess and town council of the borough of Tarentum, in the county Lock-up house of Allegheny, be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to in the borough furnish materials and build, or otherwise provide and support in said thorized to be borough, at the expense of said borough, a suitable house for the se- erected. of Tarentumau |