No. 66. AN ACT Appointing Commissioners to settle the accounts of William Hawley, a contractor for the erection of the Chester county Poor House. SECT. 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 Morgan J. Thomas, William Evans, Jesse Pugh, John Templeton, Esq. and James Wilson, Esq. or a majority Commissionof them, are hereby appointed commissioners to enquire into ers appointed and determine whether any, and if any, what amount of mo- to examine ney is due and unpaid to William Hawley, of the county of accounts. Chester, for work and labor done by him in the erection of the poor house for the accommodation of the poor of said county, or for extra work done in consequence of a change of the original contract for building said house, from stone mason work to brick mason work. SECT. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said commissioners shall have power to issue subpoenas for witnesses, and to administer oaths and affirmations Power to isto them, and to do and perform all things necessary to a sue suboœnas complete investigation of the matter, as fully and completely administer as arbitrators might or could do, under An act regulating arbitrators, passed the twentieth day of March, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and ten. oaths, &c. Report to County com SEOT. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said commissioners shall make out their report in writing, and transmit the same to the commissioners of the county of Chester, and if any thing shall be found due missioners. to him, the said commissioners of the county shall draw an order for said amount on the treasurer of said county in favor Order on of the said William Hawley, which said treasurer is hereby Treasurer. authorized to pay the same. of commis'rs. SECT. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the commissioners appointed by this act shall be allowed one dollar for each day necessarily expended in the examination of said matter, and the fees of the officers Compensation serving process, and of witnesses, shall be the same as are al- &c. lowed to constables and to witnesses attending courts, all which shall be paid out of the treasury of the said county in the usual way. SAM'L. ANDERSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives.. Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The thirtieth day of March, A. D. one thou sand eight hundred and thirty-three. GEO. WOLF. State sub scription of $10,000 authorized. No. 67. A SUPPLEMENT To an act entitled, "An act to authorize the Governor to incorporate a company for erecting a bridge over the river Susquehanna, at the borough of Towanda, the seat of justice in the county of Bradford." SECT. 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 Governor be, and he is hereby authorized and required, to subscribe, on behalf of this commonwealth, five hundred shares, at twenty dollars a share, to the stock of the company for erecting a bridge over the river Susquehanna, at the borough of Towanda; one half of said subHow paid. scription to be paid when the abutments and piers shall have been erected, and the remainder thereof when the said bridge shall be finished, on warrants drawn by the Governor on the State Treasurer: Provided, That the Governor shall Governor to appoint three disinterested persons commissioners, to fix appoint view. upon the scite whereon said bridge shall be erected, and ers of scite. make report thereof to the next meeting of the stockholders: And provided also, That the commonwealth shall be entitled to a number of managers of said company, proportioned to State mana- the amount of stock hereby authorized to be subscribed, who shall also be appointed by the Governor. Proviso. 2d proviso. gers. Price of shares redu ced. 82 to be paid down upon each share. Proviso. Of the pay ment of state subscription. Repealing clause. SEET. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the amount of the shares of stock in the said company be, and they are hereby reduced to twenty dollars a share, and the amount to be paid at the time of subscribing, agreeably to the first section of the act to which this is a supplement, shall be two dollars on each and every share to be subscribed: Provided, That the Governor shall not be required to pay, at any other time, or in any other manner than what is specified in the first section of this act, for the shares by him to be subscribed for the use of this commonwealth. SECT. S. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That so much of the original act to which this is a supplement, as is hereby altered or supplied, be and the same is hereby repealed. APPROVED-The thirtieth day of March, Anno Domini, eighteen hundred and thirty-three. GEO. WOLF. No. 68. A SUPPLEMENT To an act entitled, "An act incorporating the Lykens Valley rail road company in Dauphin county," passed on the seventh day of April, eighteen hundred and thirty, and for other purposes. SECT. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre sentatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the Ratio of votes same, That the number of votes to which each stockholder to shares. owning two shares of stock in said company, shall be entitled shall be one vote for each share. SECT. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the rates of tolis for the transportation on said Rates of toll. rail road, on coal, salt, gypsum and lime, shall be one and one half cents per mile for each ton thereof. Extension of rized. SECT. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the president, managers and company, at a stated or special meeting convened for the purpose, may increase the number of shares, so that the capital of the said company shall not exceed sixty-five thousand dollars, and to demand capital autho and receive the moneys so subscribed, in like manner and under like penalties, as are provided for the original subscribers, or as shall be provided by their by-laws; and that the president of the said company, for the time being, shall of the certifiprocure certificates or evidences of stock for the shares of cates of stock the said company, and shall deliver such certificates or evidences, signed by him and countersigned by the treasurer, and sealed with the common seal of said corporation, to each and every stockholder, in one or more certificates, for the number of shares held by such stockholder on application therefor. SECT. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That so much of the sixth section of the supplement to the act entitled, "An act to enable the Governor to York Haven incorporate a company to make a turnpike road from the & Harrisburg northern termination of the York and Conewago turnpike bridge, turnroad, to the west end of the Harrisburg bridge," passed pike comp'y. twenty fourth March, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, sion relative Certain provi. as refers to the seventy-seventh section of an act for the im to payment of provement of the state, passed twenty-sixth March, eighteen state subhundred and twenty-one, is hereby repealed; and the State scription Treasurer is hereby authorized to pay to the order of the repealed. president and managers of said company, on the warrant of the Governor, the state's proportion of her subscription to the stock of said company, in such manner as is directed by the supplement to the act above named, passed the twentythird April, eighteen hundred and twenty nine. SAM'L. ANDERSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JESSE R. BURDEN, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The thirtieth day of March, Anno Domini, eighteen hundred and thirty-three. GEO. WOLF. rized. No. 69. AN ACT Supplementary to an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Philadelphia Germantown, and Norristown rail road company," passed the seventeenth day of February, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and thirty one. SECT. 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 Philadelphia, Germantown, and NorrisExtension of town rail road company shall be, and are hereby authorized, road to Vine to construct and continue the line of their rail road, by a sinstreet autho- gle track, along, over, and upon the surface of Ninth street, as laid out and opened according to law, within the incorpo rated district of Spring Garden, in the county of Philadel phia, from the northern side of Spring Garden street, to the northern side of Vine street, and to use the same for the purposes of transportation and conveyance: Provided, That the said company shall not have the power to use locomotive engines on the track hereby authorized to be constructed, and hibited, &c. that the said track shall be constructed in all respects to conform to the regulations as to heights and levels of the incorporated district of Spring Garden: And provided, That the Consent of a said company, before they shall construct said track, shall majority of have obtained the consent of a majority of the owners of proproperty perty, fronting on said Ninth street, between Spring Garden holders made and Vine streets; and when the consent of a majority of said Proviso. engines pro 2d proviso. песеввагу. owners, on any one square, shall have been obtained, the said company may construct the said track along that square; and if any one property shall be owned by more than one person, the owners thereof shall have but one vote. SECT. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority afore said, That the president and managers of the said company shall be, and are hereby authorized to increase the capital stock of the said company, from time to time, so that the Extension of whole number of shares thereof shall not exceed sixteen thou- capital to a certain limit sand, of fifty dollars each, and to sell and dispose of so many shares as that the whole shall amount to the said number of authorized. sixteen thousand, and to receive subscriptions therefor, and to regulate the payments therefor, to be made to the said company; and the subscribers to, and the purchasers thereof, and his, her, or their assignee, or assignees, shall be subject to the like penalties and liabilities, in regard to the same, as are prescribed in the act to which this is a supplement, in relation to the stock by that act authorized to be subscribed for: Provided, That the said company shall have the power to Proviso. borrow money, on loan, to enable them to finish their works," and to give mortgages, certificates, or other evidences and Authority to securities for the payment thereof: the same to be convertible borrow moor not convertible into stock, as shall be agreed on between said company, and the lender or lenders. ney. Election of president, treasurer, se. SECT. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the passage of this act, the board of managers of the said company shall have power and authority, annually, within three months after the annual election of managers, as prescribed in the fourth section of the act to which this is a supplement; and whenever a vacancy shall happen, or at any other time, to elect a president, cretary, &c. treasurer, secretary, and such other officers as shall be deemed necessary; and so much of the act, to which this is a supplement, regulating the mode of election of the president, treasurer, secretary, and such other officers, is hereby repealed: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be Proviso. construed as altering the mode of electing managers, as provided in the act to which this is a supplement, and the supplement thereto, passed the seventh day of April, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two. Mode of elect. ing managers SECT. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the time for the completion of the road, and Time for work of said company, according to the intent and meaning completion of the act to which this is a supplement, shal! be, and hereby extended. is, extended to eight years, from the passage of said act, so that if the same be completed within that time, the charter of said company shall not become null and void: Provided Proviso. nevertheless, That the said company may construct or dis- of the Kenpense with, at their discretion, the branch termination of the sington said road, at or near the Delaware river, in Kensington, pro- branch termivided for in the act to which this is a supplement, so nation may that if the same be not constructed within the time afore- be dispensed with at option said, the charter of said company shall not thereby become of company. null and void. Construction |