Object.

Seal.

tees.

matters and things which shall be lawful for them to do for the wellbeing and due management of the affairs of said association: Provided, That the real estate of which said corporation shall be at any time possessed shall not exceed the clear yearly value of one thousand dollars.

SECTION 8. That the object of said corporation shall be to provide, erect, and furnish a hall and suitable buildings in the village of Cochranville and county of Chester, for the accommodation of the members of "Orders" of Odd Fellows, Sons of Temperance, and other private societies that may be established in said village to hold their meetings in.

SECTION 9. That it shall and may be lawful for said corporation to have a common seal, and the same at will and pleasure to change, alter, and renew as they shall think proper, and shall have and exercise all the rights, privileges, and immunities necessary for the purposes of the corporation hereby constituted and as herein expressed.

SECTION 10. That the government of the said hall association, and Board of trus- the management and disposition of its affairs and property, shall be vested in a board of trustees, who shall be elected annually at such times and in such manner as the said association shall by its by-laws provide; the officers of the association shall be a president, secretary, and treasurer, who shall be elected at the annual meetings by the stockholders, except the secretary who shall be elected by the board of trustees at the annual meetings. All the officers shall be trustees.

Officers.

By-laws.

Reservation.

Chester town

SECTION 11. That the corporation shall have power and authority to make by-laws conformable to this charter, and not in violation of the Constitution of this Commonwealth or of the United States.

SECTION 12. That the Legislature hereby reserves the right to alter, revoke, or annul the charter of the said Cochranville Hall Association, of the village of Cochranville, Chester county, whenever in their opinion it may be injurious to the citizens of this Commonwealth, in such manner, however, that no injustice shall be done to the corporators.

SECTION 13. That that part of the township of Chester, in the ship, Delaware county of Delaware, not included within the limits of the borough of county, erected. Chester (which has heretofore formed a part of said township), shall be hereafter a separate and new township, school, and election district, to be called Chester township, for all township, school and election (district to be called Chester township, for all township, school and elec tion) purposes; and the place of holding the general township elections shall be at the school house at Upland, on the premises of John P. Crozer in said township.

First election.

Borough of

SECTION 14. That the first election for township officers and school directors in said new township of Chester shall be held on the third Friday of April next; and that Edward Engle is hereby appointed judge, and Robert Johnson and William Weaver are hereby appointed inspectors, to hold said township elections, with power and it shall be their duty to swear one another and two clerks, which they or a majority of them shall select, and hold said first election in accordance to law; and the township elections thereafter shall be held on the third Friday of March in each and every year.

SECTION 15. That the said borough of Chester shall hereafter be a Chester erected separate district for all election, school, and township purposes; and the into a separate qualified electors thereof shall hold their general and all other elections school district. at the new court house in said borough, under the provisions of the

several acts of Assembly of this Commonwealth relating to general and township elections: Provided, That the first election shall be held on the third Monday in April next, and conducted by the same officers and in the same manner as are provided by law for the election of borough officers in said borough. The annual elections thereafter shall be held at the time provided by law for holding the election of borough officers for said borough.

SECTION 16. That at the first election, and annually thereafter, there Election of asshall be elected an assessor, and also a judge and two inspectors, to con- sessor. duct the general and all other elections in said borough; and at such times as are provided by law said electors shall elect assistant assessors and justices of the peace.

Election of

SECTION 17. That at the said first election there shall be elected six school directors, two to serve for one year, two to serve for two years, school directors. and two to serve for three years, and annually thereafter two school directors to serve for three years.

SECTION 18. That all the powers and duties of township supervisors Powers and duover the public roads and highways within said borough are hereby ties of supervi given to and conferred upon the town council of said borough; and it sors. shall hereafter be lawful for said town council to do and perform all the duties of supervisors of townships within said borough; and the said town council shall be liable to all the penalties provided by law for the punishments of supervisors for neglect of duty; and the said town council shall have power and authority to direct and authorize the commissioner or commissioners of said borough to open and repair the public roads and highways within said borough under the direction and control of said town council.

SECTION 19. That all laws and any provisions in the charter of said Repeal. borough hereby altered or supplied, are hereby repealed.

SECTION 20. That the provisions of an act entitled "An Act relative Provisions of to voting at elections in the counties of Adams, Dauphin, York, Lan- certain act relacaster, Franklin, Cumberland, Bradford, Centre, Greene, and Erie," tive to voting approved February twenty-seventh, one thousand eight hundred and at elections exforty-nine, be, and the same hereby are extended to the township of Lower Chichester, in the county of Delaware.

APPROVED-The twelfth day of April, A. D., one thousand eight

tended to Lower Chichester township, Delaware county.

hundred and fifty-one.

WM. F. JOHNSTON.

No. 275.

AN ACT

In relation to the election of a supervisor in Lack township, Juniata county, to certain election districts, to the Hempfield Railroad Company, and relative to township officers in Branch and Cass townships, Schuylkill county.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa tives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly Watts township, met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That hereafter, the qualified voters of Watts township, in Perry county, Perry county, place of holding hold their special and general elections at the school house known by the name of "Steel's School House," in said township.

elections in.

pervisor in Lack

shall

SECTION 2. That all those parts of Tuscarora and Lack townships, Election of su- in the county of Juniata, north-westerly of the Summit of the Shade township, Juni- mountain, shall from and after the passage of this act be a separate district for road purposes, and the taxable inhabitants of said district shall annually hereafter, at their Spring elections, elect one of the taxable inhabitants of said district to be supervisor of the roads of said district.

ata county.

Duties of said supervisors.

visor.

SECTION 3. That the supervisor of said district shall levy and collect road taxes in and for said district, and keep the roads therein in repair, according to the provisions of the general road laws of this Commonwealth.

Wm. McIntyre SECTION 4. That William M'Intyre shall be supervisor of said disto act as super-trict from the passage of this act until the next annual Spring election, and the road taxes assessed for the present year upon the inhabitants of said township, residing in said district, shall be collected by the said William M'Intyre, and expended by him on the roads of said district. SECTION 5. That from and after the passage of this act, the borough Borough of of Punxsatawney, in the county of Jefferson, shall be and constitute a Punxsutawney, separate election district, and the qualified voters of said borough shall Jefferson coun- hold their general and borough elections at the usual place of holding the election, viz., at the house owned by James St. Clair, in said borough, and William Brooks is hereby appointed judge, and Isaac Keck and Samuel B. Hughes inspectors, to hold the first general election, and thenceforth all officers to be elected as now provided by law.

ty, constituted a separate election district.

Eldred town

SECTION 6. That from and after the passage of this act, the quali ship, Jefferson fied voters of Eldred township, in the county of Jefferson, shall hold their general and township elections at the house of Edward Hutchison, in said township.

county.

SECTION 7. That at the next or some subsequent general election, Hempfield Railroad Company, as may be determined by the president and directors of the Hempfield relative to cer- Railroad Company, it shall be lawful for the qualified voters of Washtain subscrip- ington county to decide by ballot whether or not the commissioners of tions to. said county shall subscribe on its behalf four thousand shares in the capital stock of the said company; and it shall be the duty of the inspectors and judges of the several townships, boroughs, and districts in said county at the said election, to receive from the citizens qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly tickets, written or printed, labelled on the outside "subscription of stock," and in the inside "for

the subscription of stock" or "against the subscription of stock," and to deposit said tickets in a box to be provided for that purpose, as is now required by law in the case of tickets for officers to be elected at such election; and at the close of said election the votes so deposited shall be counted, and an accurate return made to the clerk of the Court of Quarter Sessions of said county within three days thereafter.

SECTION 8. That the said election shall be conducted in all respects Manner of conas is now provided by law in the case of general elections, and all the ducting elecpenalties of said laws are hereby extended to the voters, judges, in- tions. spectors, and clerks voting at and attending upon the election to be held

under the foregoing section.

SECTION 9. That it shall be the duty of the clerk of the Court of Quarter Seisions to lay the returns of said election before the judges of the said court at the term succeeding such election, and the said judges shall thereupon examine the same and declare the result of the vote, and they shall also make out and file a certificate of such result in the office of said clerk; and if it shall be ascertained by the said judges that a majority of votes has been given "for subscription of stock," it shall be their duty to make an order that the commissioners of said county of Washington shall in her name and behalf subscribe four thousand shares in the capital stock of the said Hempfield Railroad Company.

Returns.

SECTION 10. That the commissioners of the said county may borrow Commissioners money to pay the said subscription, and may execute bonds or promis- of said county, sory notes in the name of said county for the principal and interest of powers of. the money so borrowed as in other cases of loans to corporations, and the said bonds or promissory notes shall be transferred only on the books to be provided and kept by the said commissioners for that purpose; and the bonds or promissory notes so to be executed, bearing an interest of per centum, payable half-yearly, may be received as cash by the said Hempfield Railroad Company in payment of the instalments on shares subscribed for said county.

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branches.

SECTION 11. That the said Hempfield Railroad Company is hereby Said company authorized to construct branches with a single or double track from authorized to any point or points on the main line of said railroad, in the counties of construct Washington and Allegheny, to such other point or points in said counties as the president and directors of said company shall deem expedient or necessary; and in regard to such branches the said company shall have and possess all the rights, powers, franchises, and privileges, and be subject to all the liabilities provided by the act incorporating the same, so far as the same is applicable.

SECTION 12. That the said company shall have the power to borrow Company aumoney on the credit of the corporation, not exceeding its authorized or thorized to borincreased capital stock, at a rate of interest not exceeding six per cent. row money. per annum, and may execute bonds or promissory notes therefor, and

to secure payments thereof may pledge the property and income of

said company.

SECTION 13. That when the Hempfield Railroad Company cannot

agree with the owner or owners of any lands or materials for the com- Damages how pensation proper for the damages done or likely to be done to or sus- adjusted. tained by any such owner or owners of such lands or materials which said company may enter upon, use, or take away in pursuance of the authority given them by the act incorporating said company, or by reason of the absence or legal incapacity of any such owner or owners, no compensation can be agreed upon, the Court of Common Pleas of the proper county, on application thereto by petition, either by said company or owner or owners, any one in behalf of either shall appoint

port of viewers.

three disinterested persons not being residents of any of the counties through which said railroad shall pass, and shall fix a time not less than twenty or more than thirty days thereafter for such viewers to meet on the premises where the damages are alleged to be sustained, of which time and place ten days' notice shall be given to said viewers by the party petitioning, and to the other party; and the said viewers having been first sworn or affirmed by some power competent to administer oaths, faithfully, justly, and impartially to decide, and true report to make concerning all the matters and things to be submitted to them, and in relation to which they are authorized to enquire in pursuance of the provisions of this act; and having viewed the premises they shall estimate and determine the quantity, quality, and value of said lands so taken or occupied, or to be taken or occupied, or the materials so used or taken away, or to be used or taken away, as the case may be, and having a due regard to and making just allowances for the advantages which may have resulted, or which may seem likely to result to the owner or owners of said lands or materials in consequence of the opening or making of said railroad, or the construction of works connected therewith; and after making a fair and just comparison of said advantages and disadvantages, they shall estimate and determine whether any, if any, what amount of damages has been sustained or may be sustained, and to whom payable, and make report thereof to the court, and if any damages be awarded and the report be confirmed by the said court, judgment shall be entered thereon, and if the amount thereof be not paid, execution may issue thereon as in cases of debt for the sum so awarded, and the costs and expenses shall be defrayed by said railroad company, and the said viewers shall be entitled to two dollars per day while engaged in said business, and one of said viewers shall have power to adjourn from day to day, and a majority of the viewers so appointed shall have power to view and assess damages, and report as fully and with like effect as if all were present; and a penalty of two dollars, to be recovered before a justice of the peace as debts of like amount are recoverable by the person suing for the same, shall be imposed upon any viewer who shall neglect or refuse to attend after appointment and due notice of the time and place of meeting, unless unavoidably prevented: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall authorize said company to enter upon and take any lands or other property without making or tendering adequate compensation therefor to the owners therof: And provided, That if a majority of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid shall be interested in said railroad as officers, stockholders, contractors, or otherwise, then the said viewers shall be appointed and selected by the sheriff and commissioners of the proper county in like manner and with like effect as if appointed by the court: Provided further, That if the proper officer of said company at any time before application made by either party of the appointment as aforesaid shall tender to the owner of land or materials a sum of money in full compensation for his damages, said company shall not be liable for costs on any subsequent proceedings, unless such owner shall be awarded a larger sum than the previous tender of said company.

SECTION 14. That either party may except to the report of viewers Exception to re- aforesaid within twenty days after the same is filed, which exceptions shall be heard by the Court of Common Pleas of the proper county, which shall affirm or set aside the report as to them shall seem lawful and right; and in case they decide to set aside the report, the same viewers shall be again appointed as before provided in regard to the original application: Provided, That if upon the subsequent proceed