No. 151. AN ACT To enable "the president and managers of the Kensington and Oxford turnpike road company" to borrow money on mortgage, and for other purposes. 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 president and managers of the Kensington and Oxford turnpike road company," shall have full power and authority to borrow any sum or sums of money, not exceeding ten thousand dollars, which may be $10,000. necessary to enable them to complete their road, and enjoy the full benefit of the privileges conferred upon them by the act of assembly authorizing their incorporation; any such loan to be upon such terms and conditions as the said corporation may deem fit, with power, also, to pledge and mortgage, as security for any such loan or loans, their said road, and all and any of their property, real and personal, together with all their rights, powers, privileges and franchises; and any sale or sales, under any judicial process, to enforce any such pledge or mortgage, shall pass to and vest in the vendee or vendees, whatever property, rights, powers, privileges and franchises, may have been pledged or mortgaged, under any such pledge or mortgage, as last aforesaid. SECTION 2. That the stockholders of the New Alexandria and Cone- New Alexandria maugh turnpike road company, shall, on the first Monday in June next, and Conemaugh and on the first Monday in January, one thousand eight hundred and turnpike road forty-six, and on the first Monday in January annually thereafter, meet company, to apat the house now occupied by Jacob Alter, in Westmoreland county, point auditors. and then and there elect three persons, who shall audit and settle the annual account of the sequestrator of said road, after being first duly sworn or affirmed; and said auditors shall make report of their audit and settlement of said account, to the court of common pleas of Westmoreland county, which settlement of the accounts of the said sequestrator shall be final, unless appealed from by the said sequestrator, in the mode prescribed by law for appealing from the settlement made by county auditors, and he shall be entitled to an appeal in said mode; and the said auditors shall be entitled to receive one dollar per day, for each and every day spent in auditing the account of the said sequestrator, to be paid out of the funds of the said road, in his hands; and the said auditors shall meet at the stone tavern, in New Alexandria, in Westmoreland county, on the last Friday in December next, and on the last Friday in December annually thereafter, to discharge the duties hereby imposed. FINDLEY PATTERSON, WILLIAM P. WILCOX, APPROVED-The twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five. FRS. R. SHUNK. Damages. Appeals, &c. Proviso. No. 152. A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT To "An Act authorizing the governor to incorporate the Bear Mountain railroad company, and for other purposes," passed on the thirteenth July, one thousand eight hundred and forty-two. 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 in all cases of the assessments of damages due or that may become due the owners of real estate through which the Bear Mountain railroad company shall locate their railroad, the owners of the said real estate or company, if dissatisfied with the report of the viewers, shall have a right to appeal from the award of the said viewers, within twenty days after the confirmation of the same by the court, on complying with the provisions of the act of assembly of the sixteenth June, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, entitled "An Act relating to reference and arbitration ;" and said appeals shall be afterwards tried by a jury, as in other causes, whenever appeals have been entered: Provided, That this act shall not apply to any case in which the right of way has been released, or where an agreement in relation to damages or compensation has been entered into between the parties. SECTION 2. The said company are hereby authorized to receive, in payment of subscriptions of stock, land and personal property, and the same to sell, alien and dispose of, or hold, use and enjoy, to them, their successors and assigns, in such way and manner as to aid in the construction, maintaining or adding to the business of their said road. APPROVED-The twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five. FRS. R. SHUNK. No. 153. AN ACT Authorizing Alexander Thompson, committee of William Liggit, a lunatic, to sell and convey certain real estate, and for other purposes. 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 Alexander Thompson, of Beaver county, committee of William Liggit, Committee of a lunatic, be and he is hereby authorized to sell, and by a sufficient deed Wm. Liggit, to in law, to convey to the purchaser or purchasers, in fee simple, all the sell real estate. right, title and interest of the said William Liggit, of, in and to a certain tract of land situate in Pike township, in the county of Clearfield, bounded by the Susquehanna river, lands of Thomas R. M'Clure, William Holden, William Hepburn, and others, containing about three hundred and ninety acres: Provided, That before such sale and conveyance shall be made, that the said Alexander Thompson shall give a bond in such penalty, and with such sureties, as shall be adjudged necessary by the court of common pleas of said county of Beaver, for the faithful application of the proceeds of said sale, for the benefit of said lunatic. SECTION 2. That Armstrong Porter and David E. Porter, of Fayette A. Porter and D. county, are hereby authorized and empowered to convey by deed, in E. Porter, to sell fee simple, unto John M'Cormick, trustee of the Hopewell congregation real estate. of the Cumberland Presbyterian church, in Fayette county, all the right, title, interest and claim of the heirs of Louisa Porter and Jane Porter, deceased, in and to a lot of gound situate in Luzerne township, in said county, containing one acre, sold, and agreed to be conveyed by the said decedents, during their lifetime, to the said congregation of the Cumberland Presbyterian church. FINDLEY PATTERSON, WILLIAM P. WILCOX, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED The twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five. FRS. R. SHUNK. Name of Keystone Riflemen, changed. Peters' Creek Rangers, changed Washington Guards, changed. No. 154. AN ACT To change the name of certain volunteer companies. 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 from and after the passage of this act, the rifle company of the county of Bucks, called the "Keystone Riflemen," shall be and is hereby changed into an artillery corps, to be called the "Diller Artillerists:" Provided, That all acts done under the former name of "Keystone Riflemen," shall not be affected in any manner by this act: And provided further, That the said corps shall enjoy all the advantages in point of date or age of company and officers, as if this act had not been passed. SECTION 2. That the rifle company of the county of Allegheny, called the "Peters' Creek Rangers," be and the same is hereby changed into an infantry corps, to be called the "Jefferson Guards:" Provided, That acts done under the former name of Peters' Creek Rangers, shall not be affected in any manner by this act: And provided further, That the said corps shall enjoy all the advantages in point of date or age of company, as if this act had not been passed. SECTION 3. That the style and title of a certain volunteer company attached to the third brigade, eleventh division, Pennsylvania militia, now called the "Washington Guards," be and the same is hereby changed to "Washington Artillery:" Provided, That the said corps shall enjoy all the advantages in point of date or age of company, as if this act had not been passed. FINDLEY PATTERSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WILLIAM P. WILCOX, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five. FRS. R. SHUNK. No. 155. AN ACT Authorizing the board of canal commissioners to examine the claim of Elizabeth 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 canal commissioners be, and they are hereby authorized and directed to examine, by the inspection of at least one of their number, the claim of Elizabeth Millard, for alleged damage done to her farm by the construction of the North Branch division of the Pennsylvania canal, and adjust the same upon principles of equity and justice, taking into consideration, in their estimate of damage, all the advantage resulting to the said property from the location and construction of the said canal, and report their proceedings and decision to the next legislature. FINDLEY PATTERSON, WILLIAM P. WILCOX, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand eight. hundred and forty-five. FRS. R. SHUNK. No. 156. A SUPPLEMENT To the act, entitled "An Act to convey certain real estate, and for other purposes," approved the thirteenth April, eighteen hundred and forty-three. 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 due proportion of the expenses incurred by the county of Union, Union county, in all causes removed for trial thereto, under the ninth section of the act costs, &c. to which this is a supplement, shall be reimbursed to the said county of Union, by the counties, in their proper proportions, from which said causes were removed for trial; and it shall be the duty of the judges of the court of common pleas of Union county, to tax and assess the |