L they had been the legitimate children of Robert Robinson, born in APPROVED-The twenty-fourth day of March, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one. WM. F. JOHNSTON No. 172. AN ACT Authorizing certain commissioners therein named to review and re-lay out SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- Commissioners SECTION 2. That it shall be the duty of the said commissioners, or Duties. SECTION 3. That the said commissioners, or a majority of them, Draft. Compensation. Repeal. authorized to estate. same fines and penalties for non-performance as in the case of other public roads. SECTION 4. That the said commissioners shall receive for the performance of the duties enjoined by this act one dollar and fifty cents each per day, to be paid out of the treasury of said county. SECTION 5. That the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth sections of the act of Assembly entitled "An Act authorizing individuals to construct railroads and plank roads in the county of Venango, relating to road taxes in Washington county, the navigation of Oswega creek, and the Farmers' and Mechanics' Turnpike Road Company, authorizing the sale of real estate in Lewisburg, Union county, and relative to the Edgmont Great Road, in Delaware county," passed on the twentysecond day of March, one thousand eight hundred and fifty, be, and the same are hereby repealed. SECTION 6. That William Wollerton, one of the executors of the Wm. Wollerton last will and testament of William Wollerton, late of Uwchlen townsell certain real ship, Chester county, deceased, be, and is hereby authorized to sell at public sale, at the highest and best price that can be obtained for the same, all those two adjoining houses and lots of ground with the appurtenances, situate on the north side of Market street, in the borough of West Chester, late the estate of the said William Wollerton; one of which houses was by him devised to his daughter Eliza, and the other house to his daughter Zeruah, as is above recited: Provided, That before the said sale shall take place, the said William Wollerton shall give bond with sufficient securities, to be approved of by the Orphans' Court of Chester county, conditioned for the faithful application of the proceeds of the said sales, agreeably to the will of the said William Wollerton, deceased: And provided also, That said court shall approve of said sale. Repeal of cerSECTION 7. That the provisions of the first, second, third, fourth, and tain act relative fifth sections of the act entitled "An Act laying a tax on dogs in certain to tax on dogs townships in the county of Chester, et cetera," approved the eleventh in Chester county. day of March, one thousand eight hundred and fifty, be, and the same are hereby extended to the townships of East Pikeland and West Vincent, East Vincent, Lindongrove, and West Whiteland, in said county: Provided, That in the township of East Pikeland, the surplus, after paying all orders due at the end of the fiscal year, shall be paid to the supervisors of the township, to be applied to the repair of the roads for the next ensuing year. APPROVED-The twenty-fourth day of March A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one. WM. F. JOHNSTON. No. 173. AN ACT To authorize the directors of the common schools for the borough of Schuylkill Haven, to borrow an additional sum of money, relative to the Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Schuylkill county, and to Bethel School District, in Lebanon county, and for other purposes. School directors 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 directors of the common schools of the borough of Schuylkill Haven, in the county of Schuylkill, for the time being, or their successors of Schuylkill in office, be, and they are hereby authorized and empowered to borrow Haven authorany sum or sums of money, in addition to any sums hitherto authorized, ized to borrow not exceeding two thousand dollars, at any rate of interest not exceeding money. six per cent. per annum, for the purpose of paying for the erection and construction of the new school house building lately erected in said borough; and it shall and may be lawful for the board of school directors of said borough to secure the money so borrowed by bond or bonds, with mortgage or mortgages, upon the real estate belonging to the common school district of said borough, or otherwise, as said directors may direct. Authorized to SECTION 2. That said board of school directors and their successors in office, are hereby authorized and empowered to levy and collect an levy taxes, &c. increased tax each and every year, so long as it may be necessary, over and above any tax they have hitherto been authorized to levy and collect, so as to raise the sum of four hundred dollars per annum, to be specially pledged for the payment of the interest on any loan hereby and hitherto authorized, and to provide a sinking fund for its liquidation. May let base ment stories of SECTION 3. That the present board of directors for said schools, and their successors, are hereby authorized to let and demise for such a term of years as they may deem expedient, the attic and basement certain school stories of their newly-erected school building, to any charitable, reli- house. gious, or beneficial association or society, or to any person or persons for any purpose not inconsistent with good morals. county. SECTION 4. That the board of directors of the Farmers' Mutual Fire Farmer's MuInsurance Company of Schuylkill county, shall have the power and tual Fire Insumay hereafter fix such rates of insurance and incidental charges and rance company fees, as to them may seem equitable and just, not to exceed four dol- of Schuylkill lars for each and every thousand dollars insured; and any person who shall become a member of said company by effecting insurances therein, shall first before he, she, or they receives his, her, or their policy or policies, pay the rates that shall have been fixed and determined upon; and no premium so paid shall ever be withdrawn from the said company during the continuance of the same; and the insurances heretofore made in pursuance of said act, and in conformity with the rates and fees mentioned in this section, is hereby declared to be as valid and effectual in law, to all intents and purposes, as if the same had been so prescribed by the sixth section of the act approved February fifth, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty, incorporating the Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Schuylkill county; and it shall be lawful for said company to loan such portion of money on hand not immediately required for the legitimate purposes of said company, to be secured by judgment or mortgages upon real estate of sufficient value, beyond all incumbrances, or such other securities, and shall be deemed sufficient by the board of directors of said company. So much of the sixth section of the act incorporating said company as is hereby altered and amended, be, and the same is hereby repealed. Lyons school SECTION 5. That section eleventh of the act of the sixth of May, district, Susque- one thousand eight hundred and fifty, entitled "A Supplement to the hanna county. act for the regulation and continuance of a system of education by common schools," and so forth, which made part of Herrick school district, known as sub-district number two, in the county of Susquehanna, a separate and independent school district, to be known as the Lyons' school district, be, and the same is hereby repealed. Bethel school non county. SECTION 6. That the school directors of Bethel school district of district, Leba- the county of Lebanon, are hereby authorized and directed to appropriate an amount not exceeding twelve hundred dollars, for the purpose of erecting a two-story school house for common school purposes in the town of Fredericksburg, in said school district. School directors of Clearfield authorized to SECTION 7. That from and after the passage of this act, the school directors of the borough of Clearfield are hereby authorized to borrow any sum of money not exceeding one thousand dollars, for the purpose borrow money of erecting a school house in said borough. APPROVED-The twenty-fourth day of March, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one. WM. F. JOHNSTON. No. 174. AN ACT To incorporate the Good Will Hose Company of Spring Garden district, in county of Philadelphia. 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 all persons who are now members of the association called the Good Will Hose Company of Spring Garden district, in the county of Philadelphia, or shall be hereafter admitted members of the same, shall be, Style. and they are hereby erected and declared to be one body politic and corporate, by the name, style, and title, of "The Good Will Hose Company of Spring Garden," and by the same name shall have perpetual succession, and shall be able to sue and be sued, implead and be Privileges. impleaded, in all courts of record or otherwise, and to purchase, receive, have, hold, and enjoy to them and their successors, all and all manner of lands, tenements, rents, annuities, liberties, franchises and hereditaments, goods and chattels, of what nature, kind, or quality soever, real, personal, or mixed, or choses in action, and the same from time to time to sell, grant, devise, alien, or dispose of: Provided, That the clear yearly value or income of the said corporation shall not exceed the sum of three thousand dollars; and also to make and have a common seal, and the same to break, alter, or renew at pleasure; and also to ordain, establish, and put in execution such by-laws, ordinances, and regulations as shall appear necessary and convenient for the government of the said corporation; not being contrary to this charter, or the Constitution and laws of the United States or of this Commonwealth; and generally to do all and singular, the matters and things which to them it shall lawfully appertain to do for the well-being of the said corporation and the due ordering and managing of the affairs thereof. SECTION 2. That nothing contained in this act shall in anywise Good Will Hose affect, alter, or diminish the rights and interests of the said Good Will Company of Hose Company in the fire association of Philadelphia; but that the Spring Garden. said Good Will Hose Company shall have, hold, possess, and enjoy the same under the name of the Good Will Hose Company of Spring Garden. SECTION 3. That nothing in this act contained shall be deemed to Banking priviauthorize the said company to engage, either directly or indirectly, in leges prohibited. any banking, moneyed, commercial, or manufacturing concern, but the object of the said corporation shall be the promotion of the public good by the extinguishment of fires. SECTION 4. That the Legislature reserves the right to alter, revoke, Reservation. or annul the privileges and charter hereby granted, whenever in their opinion the same be injurious to the citizens of this Commonwealth, in such manner, however, that no injustice shall be done to the corporators. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. BENJAMIN MATTHIAS, APPROVED-The twenty-fourth day of March, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one. WM. F. JOHNSTON. |