of one hundred dollars, to be sued for and recovered in any court having jurisdiction over actions of debt for like amount, one-half whereof shall be paid to the treasurer of said company, for the use of the company, and the other half to the prosecutor. SECTION 9. The treasurer shall make out, at the end of every year. Duty of treasurer a statement, to which he shall be sworn or affirmed, containing a full and accurate account of the receipts and expenditures of the company for the preceding year, and file a copy of the same in the office of the clerk of the quarter sessions of each of the counties of Adams, Cumberland, and Perry, and the said statement shall also be published in one newspaper, in each of the said counties. elected annually. SECTION 10. That the stockholders of the Pittsburg and New Pittsburg & New Alexandria turnpike road company shall hereafter, so long as said road Alexandria turncontinues sequestered, annually, on the first Monday in November in pike. each and every year, meet at the house now occupied by Simon Hugus, in Franklin township, in the county of Westmoreland, and Auditors to be elect three auditors, who are hereby authorized and required to audit and settle the annual accounts of the sequestrator of said turnpike road, and make report thereof to the court of common pleas of said county: Provided, That if the said sequestrator shall make oath that injustice Their duty. has been done him by any such settlement of his accounts by such auditors, the said court shall entertain an appeal by such sequestrator in the same manner and on the same terms as appeals from the settlements by county auditors are now by law allowed: And provided also, That the auditors under this section shall be entitled to one dollar per Pay per diem. day for their services, to be paid as shall be ordered by said court. SECTION 11. All laws altered or supplied by the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed. APPROVED The thirteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five. FRS. R. SHUNK. Repeal. Commissioners appointed. No. 103. AN ACT To incorporate the Columbia and Washington turnpike road company, along the 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 Peter Haldeman, Joseph Cottrell, Thomas White, Dr. J. S. Clarkson and Joseph W. Cottrell, of the borough of Columbia, Abraham Zook, of West Hempfield township, Dr. Abraham Bitner, George G. Brush, Lewis Urban and Jacob Witmer, senior, of the borough of Washington, and Jacob B. Shuman, of Manor township, or any three of them, are hereby appointed commissioners to do and perform the following duties, To open books. that is to say: They shall on or before the first day of August next, open a book or books, at such place or places as they or a majority of them shall agree upon, appointing one or more of their number to attend thereat, and receive the subscriptions so made to the stock of said company, and in the said book or books, shall be written as follows: "We whose names are hereto subscribed, do severally promise to pay to the president and managers of the Columbia and Washington turnpike road company, the sum of twenty dollars, for each and every share of stock subscribed for by us, in such proportion, time and place, as the president and directors of said company shall direct. Witness our hands and Subscription of shares. Notice to be given. Capital stock. Proviso. Second proviso. Third proviso. seals this day of one thousand eight hundred and forty-five;" of the opening of which book or books, four weeks notice shall be given by advertisement, in the Columbia Spy, and one paper in the city of Lancaster, and such other papers as the commissioners may direct. The said books shall be opened in the boroughs of Columbia and Washington, and kept open for one week at least, in each place, unless the capital stock of said company shall be subscribed for before the expiration of said time, when the books shall be closed; the capital stock of said company, shall consist of two hundred and fifty shares, at twenty dollars per share, with a privilege of increasing the stock at the same rate per share, should that amount be found not sufficient to finish the work; and all persons shall be permitted to subscribe in said books, who are of lawful age, either by themselves, or by legally authorized attorney; and any incorperated company or body politic. may be authorized to subscribe: Provided, That no subscription shall be received by any individual or incorporated company, for more than twenty shares, unless a balance remain unsold after the expiration of one week, when any amount of shares not exceeding thirty, may be taken by any person or company: Provided also, That no person or incorporated company shall, at any time, be permitted either directly or indirectly, to hold more than forty shares: And provided further, That all persons so subscribing, shall pay at the time of subscribing, one dollar on each and every share so taken. SECTION 2. When fifty shares or more of said stock shall be subscribed, the said commissioners, or any three of them, shall certify to the governor by oath or affirmation, the names of the subscribers and the number of shares taken by each, whereupon, the governor shall, by letters patent, under his hand and seal, create and erect the subscribers, Letters patent. together with those who may afterwards subscribe or become owners of stock, in a body politic and corporate, in deed and in law, by the name, style and title, of "The Columbia and Washington turnpike road company;" and by that name to have perpetual succession, with all the privileges, franchises, and immunities incident to a corporation, and be able by the said name to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in all courts of record and elsewhere; and to purchase, receive, hold, and enjoy to them and their successors, such lands or tenements, goods or chattels of what kind or quality, may be necessary for the construction and completing of the said turnpike road, and for keeping the same in repair, from time to time, and for no other purpose; and to make such dividends as the directors or a majority of them may determine upon, Dividends, how not exceeding eight per cent. on the cost of said road, the overplus, if made. any, to go towards providing a fund to pay for and make it a free road; which overplus shall be deposited in one of the banks in Lancaster county, or loaned on good security, as the directors may determine upon; and to keep and use a common seal, and the same at any time to alter Seal. or renew; and also to make and ordain such by-laws and regulations as the said corporation may consider necessary, from time to time, not inconsistent with the laws of this commonwealth or of the United States. SECTION 3. The said commissioners before named, or a majority of Notice to be them, as soon after the said letters patent are obtained as convenient, given of time of shall give notice by advertisement, for two weeks, in the papers before organizing. named, of the time and place appointed for organizing said company, when at the same time and place tellers shall be elected by those present, when a president and six directors, from the stockholders, shall be ballotted for; and a majority of the stockholders present. either in per- Election of presison or by proxy, (bearing date one month before the day on which such dent. election may be held,) shall elect a president and directors; and at such election, each share of stock not exceeding five, shall entitle the holder thereof to one vote, but no additional shares above five, shall entitle the Who may vote. holder thereof, to any additional number of votes; and the persons having the greatest number of votes shall be elected; when the said pre sident and directors, or a majority of them, shall appoint a secretary, a Secretary and treasurer, and such other officers and agents, as shall be necessary for treasurer. conducting the business of the said company, and shall fix any compensation attached thereto, that may be approved by a majority of the board, from time to time; the said president and directors shall hold their office Term of office. for one year, from the time of said election, or until others may be elected; and the board of directors, or a majority of them, are authorized to fill any vacancy that may occur therein, by death, resignation, or other- Vacancies, how wise, until the next annual election. supplied. SECTION 4. The said president and directors shall meet at such time Duties of presiand place as may by them be agreed upon, and five thereof, shall con- dent and directors stitute a quorum, of whom in the absence of the president, they shall elect a chairman, pro tempore; they shall keep minutes of their transaction in a book kept for that purpose, and all orders drawn upon the treasurer, shall be signed by the president after being approved by the board. SECTION 5. The president and managers first chosen, shall procure Certificates of certificates of stock of the said company, to be signed by the president stock, how made. and countersigned by the treasurer, and sealed with the seal of the corporation, to each person for the share or shares by him held, which shall be transferable at his pleasure, in person, or by attorney duly Transfers. Penalty for neglect to pay instal ments. Power to locate road. Width thereof. Owners of lands to be remunerated, &c. Power to erect gate. due thereon; upon complying with which, the assignee shall be a member of the said corporation, and enjoy all the privileges and immunities, and be liable to the same penalties and forfeitures of an original subscriber. SECTION 6. If any stockholder neglects or refuses, after thirty days notice, to pay up the instalment of his stock, he shall be liable to pay in addition thereto at the rate of twelve per cent. for one year, for all sums remaining due for such length of time; and a neglect or refusal to pay for a greater length of time, may be considered as a forfeiture of such stock to the company. SECTION 7. The president and directors of said company, by themselves or their agents, shall have power to locate and construct a turnpike road from the south-west corner of Locust and Front streets, in the borough of Columbia, and to continue the same on the township road along the river; from thence to the borough of Washington, passing on through the said borough to where the road leading to Lancaster leaves the river road aforesaid; the said road to be thirty-three feet wide, where practicable, twenty feet of which to be paved with stone, with a privilege of straightening or varying the location thereof, where the same may be of advantage to the said company; and also by themselves or their agents, to enter in and upon the lands on which said turnpike road may be located, to procure such materials for the purpose of making the same, and constructing bridges where the same may to them appear necessary; and the said company shall be liable to satisfy the owners of such lands, and also for such materials so taken; and if the parties cannot agree upon the compensation for the damages so claimed, it shall be lawful for the said parties to choose three or five disinterested men, as they may agree, to appraise and value the same, who shall report an award in ten days after they are so chosen, or as soon as practicable, which award shall be final if not appealed from within twenty days from making the same; the appeal to be entered in the prothonotary's office in the county of Lancaster. SECTION 8. The president and directors shall have full power to erect a gate or gates on said road, where they may consider it most proper to do so, and by themselves or their agents, appointed for that purpose, to demand and to recover tolls from each and every person travelling along the said road, to such an amount, and under the same regulations and provisions as the Columbia and Marietta turnpike road company is authorized to receive by an act of incorporation, passed March thirty-first, eighteen hundred and twenty-three. The said company to have the said road completed within three years from the passing of this act. APPROVED-The thirteenth day of March, one thousand eight hun dred and forty-five. FRS. R. SHUNK. No. 104. AN ACT Regulating election districts. 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 Counties— qualified voters of the township of Ross, in the county of Monroe, Monroe. shall hereafter hold their general and township elections at the house of Stephen Hess, in said township. SECTION 2. That the qualified voters of the township of Elkland, in Tioga. the county of Tioga, shall hereafter hold their general and township elections at the house of Henry Rathbone, in said township. SECTION 3. That the qualified voters of the township of Jefferson, Fayette. in the county of Fayette, shall hereafter hold their general and township elections at the Mount Vernon school house, in said township. SECTION 4. That the qualified voters of Upper Paxton township, Dauphin. Dauphin county, shall hereafter hold their general and township elec tions at the frame school house, on the bank of the Wiconisco creek. SECTION 5. That the qualified voters of the township of Augusta, in Northumberland. the county of Northumberland, shall hereafter hold their general and township elections at the house of George Conrad, in said township. SECTION 6. That the qualified voters in the township of Windham, Wyoming. in the county of Wyoming, shall hereafter hold their general and town ship elections at the house of Ambrose Garey, in said township. SECTION 7. That the qualified voters of the township of Lackawan- Mercer. nock, in the county of Mercer, shall hereafter hold their general and township elections at the house of Amos Wilkins, in said township. SECTION 8. That the qualified voters of the township of West Pro Bedford. vidence, in the county of Bedford, shall hereafter hold their general and township elections at the new log school house, at Bloody run, in said township. SECTION 9. That the qualified voters of the township of Lenox, in Susquehanna. the county of Susquehanna, shall hereafter hold their general and township elections at the house of Grow and Brothers, in said township. SECTION 10. That the qualified voters of the township of Jackson, Huntingdon. in the county of Huntingdon, shall hereafter hold their general and township elections at the public school house in Ennisville, in said township. SECTION 11. That the qualified voters of the township of Wayne, in Mifflin. the county of Mifflin, shall hereafter hold their general and township elections at the public school house near Glasgow's mills, in said township. SECTION 12. That the qualified voters of the township of Forkston, Wyoming. in the county of Wyoming, shall hereafter hold their general and township elections at the Forkstown school house, on the south branch of the Mahoopany creek, near the bridge, in said township. |