which such petitioner may have sustained, who shall make report in writing to the next Court of Quarter Sessions, and if the report be approved by the court, shall be paid by the said township of Oley to the party entitled thereto: Provided, That in assessing the damages as aforesaid, the viewers shall take into consideration the advantages derived from such drain passing through the land of the complainant. SECTION 4. That from and after the passage of this act, the superpervisors in the visor for the borough of Womelsdorf, in the county of Berks, shall at borough of Wo- the annual Spring election be elected by the electors of the said bormelsdorf, Berks ough in the same manner as the constables is now elected, and that so Election of su county. much of the act incorporating the said borough of Womelsdorf as is by this act altered, be, and the same is hereby repealed. Lock-up house SECTION 5. That the burgess and town council of the borough of authorized to be Womelsdorf, in the county of Berks, be, and they are hereby authorerected for said ized and empowered to have built, or otherwise provided or supported in borough. said borough at the expense thereof, a suitable building for the security and temporary detention of any person or persons committed by a justice of the peace of said borough or the said burgess of said borough, for any violation of the laws of this Commonwealth or of the ordinance or ordinances of the borough aforesaid for which such persons could be lawfully committed to the common jail of the county aforesaid, there to remain and be kept until such offender or offenders can be removed to the common jail of said county, if committed for an indictable offence, or until discharged according to law: Provided, That no person or persons shall be confined in said lock-up house at any one time for a longer period than twenty-four hours, except such person or persons be charged with an indictable offence, and it may be necessary to detain him or them for a legal examination. Expenses of SECTION 6. That the expenses of committing and keeping any percommitting, &c. son in said house or place on a charge of any indictable offence, shall be paid by the said county of Berks; and for all offences against the ordinances of said borough, the expenses thereof shall be borne by the said borough of Womelsdorf. Township lines in Berks County, relative to. Turnpike gates in Berks county. SECTION 7. That whenever application by petition shall be made to the Court of Quarter Sessions of Berks county for the purpose of ascertaining and establishing the lines or boundaries of any township, and where such application has been made and is now pending, the three impartial men appointed by said court upon any such application, together with all other charges and expenses, shall be paid by said county of Berks, and so much of any law as is hereby altered be, and the same is hereby repealed. SECTION 8. That hereafter, it shall not be lawful for any turnpike company incorporated by this Commonwealth to erect a toll-gate within one mile of the city of Reading; which said mile shall commence at the boundary line dividing said city from the adjoining townships. 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. 289. AN ACT incorporate the Protection Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Littlestown, in the county of Adams. Commissioners. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representares of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly et, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That oseph A. Shorb, Enoch Lefever, Jacob Sterner, Samuel Diller, Joseph Shorb, John Spangler, George Bashoar, and all other persons who ay hereafter associate with them in manner hereinafter prescribed, hall be a body politic and corporate, by the name of "The Protection Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Littlestown," and by that name Style. hall have perpetual succession, and may sue and be sued, and hold, urchase, receive, and convey real and personal estate (with the limita- Privileges. ions hereinafter specified), and may have and use a common seal, and alter or change the same at pleasure, and make by-laws not inconsistent with any existing law for the management of its property and the regulation of its affairs; but nothing herein contained shall be construed to give unto the said corporation any banking powers or privileges. SECTION 2. That in addition to the general powers and privileges of a corporation as the same are declared by the foregoing section, the corporation hereby erected shall have power to insure against losses by fire upon any house, tenement, barn, manufactory, store, warehouse, or any other building, and on goods, wares, merchandize and effects, hay grain, and other agricultural products contained therein, and upon buildings generally, and to make, execute, and perfect such and so many contracts, bargains, agreements, policies, and other instruments as shall or may be necessary, and as the nature of the case may require: Provided, That no policy of insurance shall be granted by said company upon any house, tenement, or upon any other property upon which policies of insurance may issue under this act, when the same is beyond the limit of six miles from the said town of Littlestown. SECTION 3. That the real estate which it shall be lawful for said corporation to purchase, receive, hold, and convey, shall be such as is necessary for the immediate transaction of its business, or which shall be conveyed to it in payment of debts due the company. SECTION 4. That all persons who shall hereafter insure with the said corporation, and also their heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, continuing to be insured in said corporation as is hereinafter provided, shall thereby become members thereof during the period they are insured and no longer. SECTION 5. That the affairs of said company shall be managed by a board of directors consisting of seven members, to be elected and to serve as hereinafter provided; which board shall elect from its own number one person as president and one person as treasurer and secretary of the board, of whom they shall require such security as they may provide by their by-laws, and may employ such other officers as Further powers. Organization. Elections. are necessary for the transactions of the business of the company, and shall also determine the rates of insurance, and sums to be insured. A majority of said board shall constitute a quorum to do business. SECTION 6. That the members of the company shall, on fifteen days notice in one newspaper published nearest to Littletown, meet at the house of Joseph Barker, in said town, or at such a place thereafter designated by a majority of the voters present at any stated meeting on the first Saturday in May in each year, for the purpose of holding an election for directors; and such election shall be directed by the bylaws of said corporation, each member being entitled to one vote, and in case of death, removal, or resignation of any of the board of direetors, the board shall have power to fill such vacancy until the ensuing election. SECTION 7. That every person who shall become a member of this Persons becoming mem- company by effecting insurance therein, shall before he receives his bers to deposite policy deposite with the treasurer the sum of fifty cents for every thoufifty cents, &c. sand dollars worth of property he shall have insured, and so in propor tion for a less or greater sum, and twenty-five cents for the policy for the purpose of defraying such incidental charges as shall be necessary for transacting the business of said company; and it shall be lawful för said company to loan such portion of the said money on hand as may not be immediately wanted for the purposes of said company in such manner as a majority of the board of directors shall designate. Expenses. Losses, how paid. Suits. Detail of finances. First board of directors. SECTION 8. That every member of said company shall be bound to pay for losses and such necessary expenses aforesaid accruing in said company in proportion to the amount of property insured by him or her. SECTION 9. That the directors, after ascertaining the amount of loss or damage by fire sustained by any of its members in such manner as they by their by-laws may prescribe, shall settle and determine the amount paid by each member as his or her respective share of such loss or damage, and the members shall pay the same to the treasurer of the company within thirty days after being notified thereof; on neglect or refusal to pay the same assessed on him or her as a portion of any loss as aforesaid, said company may sue for and recover the said amount with costs of suit. SECTION 10. That suits at law may be prosecuted and maintained by any member against the said company for losses and damages by fire, if payment be withheld or refusal for more than three months after the company are notified of such losses. No member of the company not being in his individual capacity a party to the suit or suits shall be incompetent as a witness on account of his being a member of the company. have SECTION 11. That it shall be the duty of the treasurer of the said company at the annual meeting provided for in the sixth section, to exhibit in detail the condition of the finances of said company, and the names of the person or persons to whom the funds of the company been loaned, and it shall also be the duty of the said treasurer and secretary of the company at the annual meeting aforesaid, or whenever a majority of the board of directors shall require it, to produce all such books and papers as appertain to the business of the company. SECTION 12. That the persons named in the first section of this act shall constitute the first board of directors of said company until the first Saturday of May, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one, or until others are elected in their stead. SECTION 13. That the Legislature may at any time alter, modify, Reservation. or amend its provisions, in such manner, however, as to do no injustice to the corporators. APPROVED-The fifteenth day of February, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one. WM. F. JOHNSTON. No. 290. AN ACT. To incorporate the Odd Fellows' Hall Association of York county. Corporators. 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 George Blasser, Henry Latimer, E. S. Beck, Robert Richey, A. H. Brown, Joseph Holland, John S. Kauffelt, Adam Klinefelter, Cornelius S. Beck, Joshua M. Low, Frederick Stover, Jesse Klinefelter, Christian Leib, Archibald Hyson, and Dr. William A. Albaugh, and their successors, and all persons who now are or hereafter may be associated with them, be, and they are hereby created and erected into a body politic and corporate in deed and in law, by the name, style, and title, of "The Odd Fellows' Hall Association of York County," and by that name Style. shall have perpetual succession, and be able to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in any court of law or equity, and to take and hold to them and their successors, either by grant, gift, devise, or lease, any lands or real estate for the purpose of erecting thereon a suitable building or buildings for the use of said association; and also to take and hold for the use of said association any goods or chattels, sum or sums of money, by gift, grant, bargain, sales, will, devise, or bequest, from any person or persons whatsoever capable of making the same, and the same at their pleasure to grant, bargain, and sell for the use of said corporation, and generally to do all and singular the matters and things which it shall be lawful for them to do for the well-being and due management of the said corporation: Provided, That the real estate of which the said incorporation shall be at any one time possessed shall not exceed the clear yearly value of three thousand dollars. SECTION 2. That the persons herein before named are hereby appointed commissioners to do and perform the several acts and things Privileges. Subscription. tees. hereinafter mentioned; that is to say, they or any five of them shall as SECTION 3. That there shall be a meeting of the members of the said Election of trus- Odd Fellow's Hall Association, of York county" on such day and at such place in the borough of Shrewsbury as the five persons first named in this act, or any three of them, shall appoint, giving at least ten days' notice of such meeting in at least one newspaper printed in the county of York; and on such day and at such place annually there after as the by-laws of said association shall provide for the election from among the members, five trustees to manage the affairs of the said association for twelve months thereafter, and until a new election shall take place, and the three commissioners first named shall be the judges of the first election of trustees, and the judges of all future elections shall be appointed by the trustees for the time being, and notice of such election given in such manner as the by-laws shall prescribe. Object. Seal. Officers. By-laws." Reservation. SECTION 4. That the object of said association shall be to provide, erect, and furnish a hall or suitable building or buildings in the borough of Shrewsbury, for the accommodation of the members of Mount Vernon Lodge, number one hundred and forty-three of Odd Fellows', and other lodges or beneficial societies to hold their meetings in. SECTION 5. 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 purpose of the corporation hereby constituted and as herein expressed. SECTION 6. That the officers of the association shall be a president, secretary, and treasurer, who shall be elected by the trustees. All the officers shall be trustees. SECTION 7. That the corporation shall have power and authority to make by-laws conformable to this charter, and not in violation of the Constitution and laws of this Commonwealth or of the United States. SECTION 8. That the Legislature hereby reserves the right to alter or amend the charter hereby granted, whenever in their opinion it may |