SECTION 5. The board shall have the power to appoint such other Powers. officers, not hereinbefore provided for, as may be necessary to provide for and regulate the admission of persons, being citizens of the United States, as members of the corporation, and to make all other laws and regulations necessary for the good government of the corporation, and not repugnant to the constitution and laws of the United States, or of this commonwealth. SECTION 6. Special meetings of the society shall be called by the Special meetings. president, or in his absence, by either of the vice presidents, at the written request of five managers, of which meeting three days public notice shall be given. SECTION 7. The legislature may at any time alter, amend, or repeal Revocation. the privileges hereby granted. FINDLEY PATTERSON, WILLIAM P. WILCOX, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The fifteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five. FRS. R. SHUNK. No. 300. A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT To an act concerning divorces. 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 Decree of court upon a decree a mensa et thoro, and the allowance of alimony, shall of common pleas. have been made by any of the courts of common pleas of the respective counties of this commonwealth, or hereafter may be made, it shall be the duty of the prothonotary of said court to enter the said decree on the judgment docket of said court, which said decree when so entered, is hereby declared to be and shall remain a lien on the real estate of such respondent, until the same is satisfied for the full amount that may be due up to the period of such satisfaction; and after such lien shall be so entered, it shall be the duty of the prothonotary of said court, upon Duty of proaffidavit by the libellant that any payment under said decree, as the thonotary. same has been made due and payable by the court, is due and unpaid, to issue execution on the written order of the libellant, or her attorney, setting forth the amount so due and unpaid, which shall be directed to and served by the sheriff in like manner as executions upon judgment; and if the court should be of opinion that the said lien is not sufficient for the full or permanent security for payment of said decree, it shall have power and authority, on satisfactory proof being made that the respondent is possessed of sufficient estate, to order a decree and require that security, such as shall be determined and approved by said court, Security. Attachment. shall be given for the due payment of the said alimony according to the terms of said decree; the said security to be either by a bond, with sufficient sureties, or mortgage on real estate, taken in the name of the commonwealth, to the use of the party entitled to said alimony, or by the deposite of money, to be invested as the court may deem proper, as may seem to the court sufficient to secure the payment of said alimony, as the same may fall due. SECTION 2. The said courts may enforce their decrees by attachment, on the return of which they may make such order, either to imprison or discharge the defendant, as the facts of the case may justify. FINDLEY PATTERSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JNO. B. STERIGERE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The fifteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five. FRS. R. SHUNK. Incorporation. Name. Privileges. No. 301. AN ACT To incorporate the Presbyterian church, in the borough of Wrightsville, York county. 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 members of the Presbyterian church, and congregation of the borough of Wrightsville, in the county of York, be and they are hereby created into one body politic and corporate, in deed and in law, by the name, style and title of The Presbyterian church, in the borough of Wrightsville, in connection with the general assembly of the Presbyterian church in the United States of America," and by the same name shall have perpetual succession, and be able to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in all courts of law and elsewhere, to take and to hold to them and their successors, for the use of said church and congregation, lands and tenements, goods and chattels of whatsoever kind, nature or quality, real, personal or mixed, which is now or hereafter shall become the property of the said church and congregation, by gift, grant, bargain, sale, conveyance, assurance, will, devise or bequest, from any person or persons whomsoever capable of making the same, and the same to grant, bargain, sell, mortgage or dispose of, for the use of said church and congregation; and to erect, if necessary, or enlarge any building for the purpose of worship, residence of the pastor or other purpose, consistent with the advantage of religion, and to finish and complete any building as aforesaid that may be commenced, or for the erection of which any contract or contracts may be, or shall have been made and determined upon by the trustees heretofore duly elected, and now acting as the trustees of said Presbyterian church; and also to erect and enlarge any building which may hereafter become necessary for the purposes aforesaid, as may be directed by a majority of the congregation who may be present and qualified to vote by the second section of this act, at a meeting to be held for that purpose, of which meeting at least two weeks previous notice shall be given from the pulpit or clerk's desk, Notice of meetor in any other way a majority of the trustees shall direct, and gener- ing. ally adopt all such measures, and do all and singular such matters and things as may be lawful to be done, for the well being and due manage ment of the affairs of the said church and congregation: Provided, The Annual income. yearly income of said estates shall not at any time exceed the sum of two thousand five hundrdd dollars, exclusive of annual stated contribu tions: Provided further, That the provisions of this act shall not be Act construed. construed to vest in the corporators any right or interest in, or control over the brick church or meeting house, and lands attached thereto, situate in or near the town of Wrightsville, and south of the turnpike road leading from Wrightsville to the borough of York. SECTION 2. The trustees of said church and congregation shall be six Trustees. in number, four of whom shall be a quorum for the transaction of bu- Quorum. siness, and until others shall be elected, shall consist of the following named persons heretofore elected and now acting as trustees of said church, viz: Jacob Levergood, Samuel M. Smith, Jacob Bahn, Jacob Trustees pro Upp, Joseph Hiddleson, and Henry Wilton, who shall continue in tempore. office until the last Saturday in December next, Anno Domini, eighteen hundred and forty-five, and until others are chosen, on which day the male members of the said church and congregation shall elect, by ballot, Election. at a meeting held for that purpose in the church, or such other place as a majority of the congregation present shall agree upon, six persons to serve as trustees, two of whom shall serve three years, two to serve Term. two years, and two to serve one year; the term of service to be designated by the electors on their ballots, and their places respectively shall be supplied at the annual election, to be held for that purpose on that day in every year thereafter, by the election of two persons to serve for three years: Provided, That in case of vacancy by death or otherwise, Vacancies. the remaining trustee or trustees shall appoint a person or persons to supply the same, until the next election; and any male member of said congregation, at least twenty-one years of age, and who shall have paid Eligibility of a sum not less than one dollar per annum for the support of said church, voters. and who shall not be more than twelve months in arrears for pew rent at the time of an election, shall be entitled to vote for and be eligible as a trustee of the said congregation. SECTION 3. The said trustees and their successors shall choose, by Officers. ballot, from among their number, a president and secretary, and shall also choose a treasurer, who shall be a member of the congregation, and who shall, if required by the trustees, give security for the faithful Duties of treaperformance of the trust reposed in him, and shall have his accounts an- surer. nually audited and settled by the trustees, and account to them for all sums of money received by him, or remaining in his hands at any time; and in case of the removal of the president or any of the trustees, by death, resignation, or neglecting to attend the meetings of the said board twice in succession, without good cause or otherwise, the vacancy or vacan- Vacancies, how cies shall be supplied by the remaining trustee or trustees, until the next created and supannual election. plied. SECTION 4. The said trustees and their successors shall have full Seal. power to make and use one common seal, and the same to alter and Powers of trus tees. Proviso. renew at pleasure, and to enact and enforce such by-laws and ordinances as may be proper and necessary for the regulation and transaction of the business of the corporation; to change the time of holding the annual meeting for electing trustees, from time to time as they may find convenient, or if the congregation neglect to elect at the annual meeting, to appoint any subsequent time, on which said election shall be held Provided, That previous notice be given of said meeting as directed in the first section of this act; and that on failure to elect as aforesaid on any day appointed, the corporation shall not be dissolved thereby, but the election shall be held as hereinbefore provided: And provided also, That the said by-laws and ordinances be framed, enacted and promulgated, and all the acts of the said incorporation be in conformity with the rules and principles of the orthodox general assembly of the Presbyterian church in the United States of North America, existing and established at the time of the enactment thereof, and not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this state, or of the United States. FINDLEY PATTERSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JNO. B. STERIGERE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The fifteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five. FRS. R. SHUNK. Upon non-agree ment of parties in cases of parti tion. Confirmation of No. 302. A SUPPLEMENT To the act of assembly, passed the twenty-ninth March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, relating to the proceedings in the orphans' court of this commonwealth, 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 when upon any proceedings in the orphans' court, an appraisement or partition of real estate is made by an inquest of seven or more persons appointed by the court, the said court shall, upon the refusal of any of the heirs or parties interested to accept any part of the same at the valuation thereof, or if after due notice they shall neglect to appear and accept the same, make a decree authorizing and requiring the executor or administrator, or other person, as the case may be, to expose such parts of the real estate not accepted as aforesaid, to be sold agreeably to the provisions of the act of assembly, passed the twenty-ninth of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two. SECTION 2. That all proceedings heretofore had in orphans' courts prior partitions. in this commonwealth, for the partition of any decedent's estate wherein partition has been made, and a part thereof taken at the valuation, and a part upon the refusal of the other heirs, sold and conveyed under the order of such court by executors or administrators, shall be considered and taken to be valid and effectual, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. SECTION 3. That hereafter the courts in the seventeenth judicial dis- Terms in 17th trict shall be held as follows: Commencing in Beaver county on the judicial district. first Mondays of June, the first Mondays of September, the third Mon- Beaver. days of November, and the second Mondays of March; in Butler county, Butler. on the second Mondays of June, the second Mondays of September, the second Mondays of December, and the fourth Mondays of March; in Mercer county, the fourth Mondays of June, the third Mondays of Mercer. September, the third Mondays of December, and the first Mondays of April in each year; and each of said terms shall continue one week, if Duration. necessary, except the November term in Beaver county, which shall continue two weeks if necessary; and the judges of said district shall hold adjourned courts as often as the business of said district may Adjourned courts. require. SECTION 4. That the removal of the county seat in Fayette county Removal of counfrom its present location, shall not take place under the provisions of the ty seat of Fayette act, entitled "An Act to authorize the erection of public buildings in county. Fayette county, and for other purposes, unless the commissioners named in said act shall unanimously decide that such removal is necessary to the interest and convenience of the people of said county. APPROVED-The fifteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five. FRS. R. SHUNK. No. 303. A SUPPLEMENT To an act, entitled "An Act relating to executions," passed the sixteenth day of 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 Jurisdiction of the jurisdiction of aldermen and justices of the peace is hereby extended aldermen and justo the issuing service, trial, judgment and execution of all process tices, extended. required by the thirty-second, thirty-third, thirty-fourth, thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, thirty-seventh and thirty-eighth sections of the act relating to executions, passed the sixteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six. SECTION 2. That any alderman or justice of the peace, before whom On a return nulla any judgment remains unsatisfied, and an execution has returned no bona. |