No. 54. A SUPPLEMENT To the act, entitled "An Act to incorporate the president and managers of the Byberry and Bensalem turnpike road company," approved March the tenth, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight. 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 19th section of Repeal of the the nineteenth section of the act to which this is a supplement, be and certain act. the same is hereby repealed. SECTION 2. That the qualified voters of the townships of Bensalem Voters of Bensaand Byberry, may, at the ensuing spring election, decide whether the lem and Byberry supervisors of the respective townships shall each subscribe one thou- townships to desand dollars to the capital stock of the said turnpike company, or not; cide on subscriband that the qualified voters of the township of Moreland, may, at the ing capital stock, ensuing spring election, decide whether the supervisor of said township Moreland tp. shall subscribe four hundred dollars to the capital stock of the said turnpike company, or not. WILLIAM F. PACKER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEORGE DARSIE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twelfth day of February, one thousand eight hun &c. dred and forty-nine. WM. F. JOHNSTON, No. 55. AN ACT Relating to the estate of Jacob Wilt, late of the borough of York, deceased. WHEREAS, Jacob Wilt, (cooper) late of the borough and county of York, deceased, by his last will and testament, in writing, dated the eighth day of January, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and Preamble. thirty-nine, and proven in the office for registering wills, et cetera, in said county, on the twenty-fifth day of April, in the same year, "bequeathed unto his beloved wife, Mary, all his real and personal property, to hold the same without giving security, during her natural life, or so long as she remained his widow, and in case of her marriage, she should enjoy the same rights and privileges as she would in case he had died in Peter M'Intyre, appointed trustee and empowered to sell, &c. Proviso. testate," with devise over, after her death, to his two daughters, during their natural lives, and after their decease, "to their heirs, or their children, or the surviving of them:" And whereas, Among the real estate, so as aforesaid devised, was a piece or square of ground, situate in the borough of York, aforesaid, bounded on the south by the Wrightsville, York and Gettysburg railroad, on the west by a public alley, on the north by property of Alexander Demuth, and on the east by Queen street; which said piece or square of ground is unproductive, the fences thereof are falling down, and it produces nothing for the support of the widow of the said testator, who is now aged and infirm: And whereas, James R. Reily, the executor named in the last will and testament of the said testator, is now also deceased; therefore, 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 M'Intyre, of the borough of York, be and he is hereby appointed trustee, and is authorized and empowered to sell, at public or private sale, the piece or square of ground above described, and after deducting the state tax, if any to which this act is liable under the first section of the act of sixteenth April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five, and the expenses of effecting said sale, to invest the proceeds thereof in good real or personal security, and pay the interest thereon, annually, to the said Mary, widow of the said Jacob Wilt, deceased, during her natural life, apportioning the same for the last year of her life to the time of her death, and after her decease, to file an account of the administration of said trust, in the orphans' court of the county of York, which having confirmed the same, shall appoint an auditor to make distribution of the fund remaining in the said trustee's hands, to and among the persons who would have been entitled to the said piece or square of ground, under the provisions of the will of the said Jacob Wilt, had no conversion of the same taken place: Provided, That the said Peter M'Intyre, trustee as aforesaid, shall make report of the sale of said piece or square of ground, when effected by him, to the orphans' court aforesaid, and before said sale shall be confirmed, or any deed executed, which deed shall convey the title which the testator held in the aforesaid piece or square of ground, at and immediately before his decease, the said Peter M'Intyre shall give bond, with such security, and to such amount as the said court shall approve, conditioned for the faithful execution of the duties of the trust created by this act. APPROVED-The twelfth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine. WM. F. JOHNSTON. No. 56. AN ACT To incorporate the Young Men's mercantile library and mechanics' institute, of the city of Pittsburg. 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 John A. Wills, John Finney and their associates, members of the Young Men's mercantile library and mechanics' institute in the city of Pittsburg, and all who may hereafter become members, are hereby erected into a body politic and corporate, in deed and in law, by the name, style and title of the Young Men's mercantile library and mechan- Style and title. ies' institute of Pittsburg, for the objects of promoting and encouraging Object. general information upon commerce, manufactures, and the mechanic and useful arts. SECTION 2. That the said corporation, by the same name, style and chase. title, shall have perpetual succession, and be able to sue and be sued, Power to sue and plead and be impleaded in all courts of law, and elsewhere, and shall be sued, and purbe able and capable, in law and equity, to take, purchase, hold and receive, to them and their successors, for the use of said society, lands, tenements, choses in action, goods and chattels, of whatever kind, nature or quality, real, personal or mixed, which now are or hereafter Real and personal may become the property of said corporation, or be held for their use, estate. by gift, grant, bargain, sale, conveyance, devise, bequest, or otherwise, from any person whomsoever, capable of making the same, and the same to grant, bargain, sell, mortgage, improve or dispose of for the use and benefit of said society, and in general to do all things which may be necessary for the well being and due management of said corporation. SECTION 3. All bona fide engagements entered into, and liabilities Liabilities. contracted heretofore, by individuals, for the proper debts of the said association, or for money borrowed for its use and benefit, and by its authority, shall immediately after the enrolling hereof, be held and deemed the debts of the body politic and corporate, hereby created, which shall be liable therefor in its corporate property and capacity; and all moneys now due and owing to the said institute, shall be taken and deemed to be moneys due and owing to the said corporation, and all property, real or personal, now owned by said institute, shall be held and owned by the said corporation: Provided, That the yearly Proviso. income or value of said estate shall not exceed five thousand dollars. SECTION 4. The members of said institute shall, on the evening Power to enact appointed for their next regular meeting after the passage of this act, by-laws. meet in their hall and organize their institute under this act of incorporation, and shall have full power to enact and enforce such by-laws and ordinances, as they shall think proper for their government, and for the regulation and transaction of the business of said institute, and to make, use, and have a common seal, and the same to break, alter and renew at Seal. their pleasure, and shall have power to select such officers, and at such times, as they may deem proper: Provided, That the by-laws and Proviso. ordinances, and all acts of said institute, shall not be contrary to this Construction. Reservation. charter, nor to the constitution and laws of the United States, or of this commonwealth. SECTION 5. No enumeration of powers, privileges, and duties herein contained, shall be so construed as to exclude others, not enumerated, which are necessary to the proper fulfilment of the designs and purposes of this act, and not inconsistent with its express provision and limitations. SECTION 6. The legislature hereby reserves the right to alter, amend or repeal this act; in such a manner, however, as to do no injustice to the corporators. APPROVED-The twelfth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine. WM. F. JOHNSTON. No. 57. AN ACT To erect Cowanshanock township, in the county of Armstrong, and the township of Spring, in the county of Perry, into separate 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 from and after the passage of this act, the new township of Cowanshanock, in Armstrong county, shall be, a separate election district, and called Cowanshanock; and the citizens thereof are hereby authorized to hold the general and township elections at the house now occupied by James Strain, in Rural village; and further, the said citizens are authorized to elect one justice of peace in addition to the one already within the bounds of said township, as also all township officers, as is provided for other townships, at the regular time of holding the spring elections in said county: George Steward shall be the judge, and Robert Neal and Samuel Elgin the inspectors, to conduct the approaching spring election; and the constable of Wayne township is hereby required to give the usual notice of the spring election, as is required in other townships. SECTION 2. That the township of Spring, in the county of Perry, shall hereafter constitute a separate election district, and that the qualified electors thereof shall hold their general and township elections at the house now occupied by George Shafer, in said township; and that Wilson M'Afee is hereby appointed judge, and Jacob Albert and James B. Cooper, inspectors, to hold the first election after the passage of this act; and the constable of Tyrone township is hereby required to give the usual notice of the spring election, as is required in other town stips. WILLIAM F. PACKER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEORGE DARSIE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twelfth day of February, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine. WM. F. JOHNSTON. No. 58. AN ACT Acthorizing certain trustees under the will of Stephen E. Fotterall, to let on ground rent certain parts of his real estate. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representafires of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly et, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the trustees named in the last will and testament of Stephen E. Fot- Trustees authorall to whom respectively he devised his residuary real estate, (of ized to sell and which the tract of land hereinafter described forms part,) and such per- convey, &c. sons as shall lawfully succeed them in their respective trusts, be and they are hereby authorized from time to time, to sell and convey, in fee simple, such part and parts as they may deem expedient, of all hose two contiguous lots or pieces of ground, situate in the district of Spring Garden and district of Penn, in the county of Philadelphia, bounded and described together as follows, agreeably to a survey thereof made by Joseph H. Siddall, surveyor, to wit: beginning at a stake on Cohocksink creek, thence extending by land said to be late of Sarah Masters, south seventy degrees east eighteen perches to a corner, and north sixty-three degrees and a half east eight perches to a corner; thence by land late of Phillip Wager, deceased, south sixteen grees west forty-two perches and two-tenths of a perch to Poplar e; thence extending by the said Poplar lane, north sixty-nine dees and a half west twenty-four perches to a corner; thence extendby a lot of ground granted on ground rent by William Warner to Waret Myers, north sixteen degrees east twenty-nine perches and -tenths of a perch to a corner; thence partly by the same, and partly land of William Warner and others, north fifty-six degrees west thirty-three perches and three-tenths of a perch to a corner; thence exading by a lot of ground allotted to Leve Budd and wife, north twentyce degrees and a quarter east twenty-three perches and four-tenths to Cobocksink creek aforesaid; thence extending down the said creek the several courses and distances thereof, about thirty-nine perches and a half to the place of beginning, containing ten acres and seventy-two perches of laud, be the same more less, reserving a perpetual rent charge |