line from point to point as the nature of the ground will permit, so that the vertical departure from a horizontal line shall at no place exceed five degrees, excepting only at the crossing of ravines and streams, when by moderate filling or bridging the declination of the said road may be preserved within that limit. SECTION 3. That it shall be the duty of the said commissioners Mark the plainly to mark the ground on the route agreed upon for the road afore- ground, &c. said, in such manner as to enable the supervisors readily to find the same; and for the purpose of fulfilling the duties in this act enjoined, the said commissioners are hereby authorized to employ one surveyor at a per diem allowance of two dollars, and two chain-carriers and one axeman at a per diem allowance not exceeding one dollar; and the said commissioners respectively shall receive a per diem allowance not exceeding one dollar and fifty cents for each and every day necessarily spent in the discharge of the duties enjoined by this act, to be paid in manner and form hereinafter directed. SECTION 4. That it shall be the duty of the said board of Commissioners to make out a fair and accurate draft of the location of said road, respectively, noting thereon the courses and distances as they occur, the improvements passed through, and also the crossing of township lines, roads, and waters, with such other matters as may serve for explanation; one copy whereof to be deposited in the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth on or before the first day of February, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, and one copy in the offices of the clerks of the courts of the respective counties in which said road may be laid out on the day aforesaid, or as much sooner as practicable; and said road shall, to all intents and purposes, be a public highway, and shall be opened to the breadth of thirty-three feet, and repaired in all respects as roads are opened and repaired which are laid out by order of the courts aforesaid. SECTION 5. That the accounts of the said commissioners for their own pay, and the pay of the surveyor, chain-carriers, and axeman, et cetera, shall be made out and returned to the commissioners of such counties in which said road may be laid out in proportion to the time spent in the respective counties in locating said road, and that they be paid out of the treasury of each of the respective counties on warrants drawn in the usual way. Draft. Accounts. SECTION 6. That the said commissioners shall meet on or before the Meeting of comfirst day of August next, or as soon thereafter as practicable, and com- missioners. plete the view of said road as soon as practicable, and if any vacancy or vacancies occur, shall fill said vacancy or vacancies by the appoint ment of suitable persons who shall perform said duties. SECTION 7. That hereafter, at any election for trustees of the Clear-Clearfield Acafield Academy, no stockholder shall be entitled to more than one vote demy. for any number of shares of stock he may hold in the capital stock of the same; and any law heretofore passed authorizing the stockholders to vote more than one vote in consequence of holding a number of shares of stock, is hereby repealed- any by-laws of said corporation allowing the same is hereby declared void. SECTION 8. That no stockholder in the Clearfield Academy shall hereafter be allowed to vote by proxy, or in any other manner than by personally depositing his ballot at the time and place of holding elections for trustees of said institution. Votes. SECTION 9. That so much of the third and fourth sections of an act Relative to a approved the twenty-fifth day of March, Anno Domini, one thousand State road in eight hundred and fifty, as authorizes and directs the laying out, open- Centre and ing, and keeping open of a State road from the forks of Penn and Pine Union counties. Relative to the in Centre county. creek, in Centre county, to Fulmer's saw mill, in Union county, be, and the same is hereby repealed. SECTION 10. That the first section of the act of thirtieth April, one hunting of deer thousand eight hundred and fifty, relative to the hunting of deer with dogs at any season of the year in the county of Centre, and the townships of Logan, Green, Lamar, and Porter, in Clinton county, and the townships of Armstrong and Clinton, in the county of Lycoming, be, and the same is hereby repealed so far as relates to Centre county. SECTION 11. That so much of existing laws as makes Elk creek in Penn township, Centre county, a public highway, be, and the same is hereby repealed. Elk creek, Centre county. Hunting and SECTION 12. That the first section of the act of twenty-fourth March, fishing in Mifflin one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, relating to hunting and fishing in several counties of this Commonwealth, be, and the same is hereby repealed so far as relates to Mifflin county. county. Delaware and Cobb's Gap SECTION 13. That whenever the parties cannot agree upon the damages claimed either for land or materials taken by the Delaware Railroad Com- and Cobb's Gap Railroad Company, in the prosecution of their work said company may tender a bond and proceed in all respects as is provided and specified in the second section of the supplement to the act incorporating the Pennsylvania Coal Company, approved the second day of March, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and forty pany. May increase capital stock. nue, Philadel phia county. nine. SECTION 14. That the said company may increase their capital stock to such extent as they may deem necessary and expedient, not exceeding nine hundred thousand dollars, or in lieu of the same or any part thereof, to issue bonds or certificates of loan; and in such cases the directors shall have the power to give to the stocks, bonds, and certificates thus issued, such preference by mortgage or otherwise over the original capital stock of said company in the amount and payment of the principal dividends and interest not exceeding seven per cent. per annum, as they shall deem expedient: Provided, That it shall not be lawful for the said company to evade the payment of any of its obligations by virtue of the plea of usury against the party who may sue for the recovery of the same: And provided also, That if the president and directors deem it expedient, they may construct one or more bridges across the Delaware river, and connect at the river Delaware with any railroad, canal, or other public improvement in New Jersey. SECTION 15. That so much of the fourth section of the act entitled Sutherland ave-An Act to incorporate the district of Northern Liberties, and for other purposes," approved the fourth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, as is embraced in the proviso of said section, be, and the same is hereby repealed: Provided, That no damages which may be incurred by the opening of Sutherland avenue shall be paid by the county of Philadelphia. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. BENJAMIN MATTHIAS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twelfth day of April, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one. WM. F. JOHNSTON. No. 268. AN ACT To incorporate the Weccacoe Hose Company of the District of Southwark, in the county of Philadelphia. Incorporate. 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 Weccacoe Hose Company of the District of Southwark, in the county of Philadelphia, or shall be hereafter admitted members of the same, shall be, and they are hereby erected and declared to be one body politic and corporate by the name, style, and title, of "The Weccacce Hose Company, Style. of the District of Southwark, in the county of Philadelphia," and by the same name shall have perpetual succession, and shall be able to sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, in all courts of record or other- Privileges. wise, 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, and 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 to have a common seal, and the same to break, alter, or renew at pleasure; and also to ordain, establish, or put into 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 management of the affairs thereof. SECTION 2. 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 said corporation shall be the promotion of the public good by the extinguishment of fires. SECTION 3. 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 corpo rators. APPROVED-The twelfth day of April, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one. WM. F. JOHNSTON. Commissioners. Style. Location. Subject to provisions of cer tain act. Capital stock. Erect gates. Commencement of road. No. 269. AN ACT Authorizing the Governor to incorporate the Haverford Plank Road Company. 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 John Ashurst, William Worrell, and Charles Humphreys, of the city of Philadelphia, Peter Frailey, John Miller, Daniel Rhodes, John Waters, William Smith, John L. Frailey, and James Miller, of Philadelphia county, Dennis Kelley, and Henry C. Bevan, of Montgomery county, and Samuel Leedom, Charles Kelley, John Haslett, and John Henderson, of Delaware county, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners to open books and receive subscriptions and organize a company by the name, style, and title, of "The Haverford Plank Road Company," with power to construct a road upon the bed of the Haverford road from the place where the boundary line of the borough of West Philadelphia crosses the same in the county of Philadelphia to the Haverford store in Delaware county, a distance of about five and a-half miles said road to be made either of stone or plank, or parts of stone and parts of plank, as the nature of the case or circumstances of the company may seem to require, subject to all the provisions, regulations, and restrictions of "An Act regulating turnpike and plank road companies," passed the twenty-sixth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, except that portion of the thirteenth section of said act relating to the rates of toll. And the company hereby incorporated shall have power to regulate the tolls within the limits prescribed by said thirteenth section, and lessen the same if the interests of the company may make it expedient so to do. SECTION 2. That the capital stock of said company shall consist of twelve hundred shares, at twenty-five dollars per share: Provided, That said company may from time to time, by a vote of the stockholders at a meeting called for the purpose, increase their capital stock so much as in their opinion may be necessary to carry out the true intent and meaning of this act. SECTION 3. That whenever said company shall have finished two miles or more of said road, they shall have power to erect gates and receive tolls agreeable to the conditions and restrictions of sections twelve and thirteen of an act approved the twenty-sixth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine. SECTION 4. That if said company shall not commence said road and completion within three years, and complete three miles of the same from the eastern end thereof within five years after the passage of this act, this act shall be null and void, except so far as the same may be necessary to wind up the affairs and pay the debts of said company. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. BENJAMIN MATTHIAS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twelfth day of April, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one. WM. F. JOHNSTON. No. 270. AN ACT To erect an independent school district out of parts of Allegheny and Beaver counties, relating to the Moyamensing Hose company, dividing lower St. Clair township, Allegheny county, to a lock-up house in East Birmingham, to authorize the directors of House of Refuge to locate their building upon the Common ground, Allegheny city, to the Aramingo canal, to the claim of Thomas Beale, to a school district in Cambria county, and to the German Reformed congregation in Germantown. Beaver counties 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 that portion of the townships of Findley and Moore, in Allegheny Certain parts of county, and of Independence and Hopewell, in the county of Beaver, Allegheny and included within the following boundaries, be, and the same is hereby erected into a erected into one school district, to wit: Beginning on the land of John M'Cartney, thence by lands belonging to the heirs of David M'Clester, district. and Abraham Springer, thence by land of William Davidson, Letilda Harper, and the land of James Prentice, thence by land of Joseph Wallace, and thence by the land of James Stevenson to the place of beginning, including all the above-named farms. separate school SECTION 2. That all school taxes assessed upon persons residing in School taxes. said district shall be collected and paid over to the treasurer of the school fund in Findley township, Allegheny county, to be by him kept for the separate use and maintenance of the school district hereby organized. SECTION 3. That the corporate powers of the Moyamensing Hose Moyamensing company of the District of Moyamensing, in the county of Philadelphia, Hose Company, be, and the same are hereby restored as fully and effectually as if the powers restored same had never been taken away. to. SECTION 4. That Wm. Dilworth, Wm. Perkins, and E. H. Hastings, Commissioners. of Allegheny county, are hereby appointed commissioners to divide Lower St. Clair township, in said county, in manner following, to wit: Beginning on the line of Upper St. Clair township, at the farm of Col. Wm. Espy, thence northwardly, as nearly as practicable, following the dividing ridge separating the waters of Little Saw Mill and Plummers Runs, and from thence by the most approved route to High street, on the brow of Coal hill, thence by said High street to the line of South Pittsburg. That all that portion of said township lying eastwardly of said line shall constitute à separate election and school district, and shall continue to be known by the name of Lower St. Clair township; Chartiers townthat all that portion of said township lying westwardly of said line shall ship, Allegheny constitute a separate election and school district, and shall be known by county erected. the name of Chartiers township. SECTION 5. That said commissioners shall prepare a map or draft of Draft. each of said townships and file the same of record in the office of the clerk of the Court of Quarter Sessions of said county, and that each of said commissioners shall be entitled to one dollar and fifty cents per day for each day employed in the discharge of said duty, together with |