Domini, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, certificates of which
loan shall be issued by the president of said company, in sums not less
than one hundred dollars each, and the entire stock of said company
may be pledged and hypothecated by the said president as security for
the payment of said loan; and if said loan shall remain unpaid for
thirty days after the same shall fall due, it shall be the duty of the
president of said company to give public notice in two or more news-
papers printed in Allegheny and Butler counties, for three weeks, of
the time and place of the sale of said stock, and sell the same for the
highest price he can obtain, and the proceeds shall be forthwith paid
to the treasurer of said company, and applied to the payment of said
loan, and the surplus, if any, be distributed among the stockholders in
proportion to the amount paid on their shares respectively, and said
president shall give a certificate of transfer to each of the purchasers
of stock, which shall be deemed effectual in law to vest in such pur-
chasers the same rights and franchises as were vested in the holders of
such stock, immediately before such sale: Provided, That any stock-Proviso.
holder may pay to the said treasurer, before the day of sale, an amount
equal to his proportion of said loan, taking as data for the calculation
the whole amount of stock paid in, and the amount of stock owned by
such person so desiring to relieve his stock from such sale, and on the
payment thereof, as aforesaid, the stock of such person shall be relieved
from the sale, and from all further liability for said loan, other than
the general and ordinary liability of said company, for the payment of
any unpaid balance of said loan, after the application of said pro-
ceeds of sales and payments by stockholders.

road company.

SECTION 2. That the fourth section of an act entitled "An Act Repeal of act authorizing the administrator of John Bredin to sell and convey cer- relative to the tain real estate; authorizing the Allegheny and Butler plank road Allegheny and Butler plank company to borrow money; relative to the estate of Charles Bird, deceased; to the executors of the estate of William Phillips; to loans in the borough of Chester; to the estate of Robert Brown, deceased, of the city of Philadelphia; and authorizing A. W. Blaine, guardian of the minor children of William Crawford, to sell real estate," approved March eighteen, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, authorizing the Allegheny and Butler plank road company to borrow a sum of money not exceeding twenty thousand dollars, be, and the same is hereby repealed.

liceuses in But

SECTION 3. That it shall be lawful for the judges of the Courts of Courts authoQuarter Sessions of Butler county to grant license to keep public houses rized to grant of entertainment, at the ensuing June term of said court, on appli- ler county. cation being made in the manner prescribed by law.

Style.

SECTION 4. That there be, and hereby is erected and established at the village of Wilkinsburg, in the county of Allegheny, an academy for the education of youth in the elementary and higher branches of literature, science, and languages, the name, style, and title, of which shall be "The Wilkinsburg Academy." SECTION 5. That the said academy shall be under the management, Corporators. direction, and government of the stockholders, to wit: James Kelly, James Carothers, John Horner, John M. Hastings, John Sample, George Johnston, Henry Chalfant, Robert Milligan, William G. Hawkins, Elijah M. Graham, Henry Z. Mitchell, and others, and their successors, which said stockholders shall be forever hereafter, and they are hereby erected, established, and declared to be one body politic and corporate with perpetual succession, and with all the incidents of a corporation in deed and in law, to all intents and purposes whatsoever, by the name, style, and title, of "The Wilkinsburg Academy," by which name and

Privileges.

Proviso.

Seal.

Officers and

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title the said stockholders and their successors shall be able and capable at law and in equity, to take to themselves and their successors, for the use of the said academy, any estate in any messuages, lands, tenements, hereditaments, goods, chattels, moneys, or other effects by gift, grant, bargain, sale, conveyance, assurance, will, devise, or Lequest of any person or persons whatsoever: Provided, The same do not exceed the yearly value of two thousand dollars, and the same messuages, lands, tenements, hereditaments, and estates, real and personal, to grant, bargain, sell, convey, assure, demise, and to farm let, and place out at interest, or otherwise dispose of, or invest for the use of said academy in such manner as to them shall seem most beneficial to the institution, and to receive the rents, profits, issues, income, and interest of the same, and to apply the same as hereinafter provided for, and by the same name to sue and be sued, to implead and be impleaded in any of the courts of law or equity within this Commonwealth.

SECTION 6. That the said stockholders may cause to be made for their use one common seal, with such devices and inscriptions thereon as they shall see proper, and by and with which all deeds, certificates, and acts of the corporation shall pass and be authenticated.

SECTION 7. That the officers of the said corporation shall consist of their election. a president, secretary, and treasurer, who shall be elected on the first Saturday in June next, and the same day annually thereafter at the academy, by the stockholders of said institution, and each stockholder shall be entitled to vote in person or by proxy duly authorized: Previded, That each stockholder shall be entitled to only one vote for each share of stock not exceeding five by him or her held, and for every five shares above the first five one vote at any election, or in determining any question arising at any meeting of the stockholders whatever number of shares he or she may hold.

Capital stock.

Meeting of stockholders.

By-laws. Proviso.

Notice of elec

tin to be given

ider.

SECTION 8. That the capital stock of the said company shall consist of eighty shares of twenty-five dollars each, payable in four equal instalments of six dollars and twenty-five cents each within one year from the first day of May next, and the president and treasurer shall make out certificates signed by them and sealed with their corporate seal, and deliver one such certificate to each stockholder for every share by him or her held on the payment to the treasurer of the sum of six dollars and twenty-five cents on each share, which certificate shall be transferable in person or by attorney on the books of the said company, only subject to so much as is due, or to become due on the shares so transferred.

SECTION. 9. That there shall be a meeting of said stockholders at the academy at the termination of each session, due notice of which shall be given by the secretary at least three days previous thereto, and five of them shall constitute a quorum to do business, whose duty it shall be to examine the pupils in the different branches of their studies, to settle all matters in dispute between the teacher and the scholars or their parents or guardians, and the said stockholders shall have liberty to adjourn from time to time as they may deem proper for the purpose of transacting the business relative to the institution.

SECTION 10. That the said stockholders, or a quorum of them at each meeting, may enact such by-laws, rules, and regulations for their government as they shall deem proper: Provided, That the said by laws, rules, and regulations be not repugnant to the Constitution or laws of the United States, or of this Commonwealth.

SECTION 11. That notice of the annual election of officers shall be given by the secretary in writing to each stockholder, at least ten days previous to the time of holding such election, and if it shall at any time

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happen that no election shall be held on the day and in the manner
herein before described, the chartered privileges of this corporation shall
not for that cause be forfeited, but the officers last elected and in office
shall remain in office until others shall be duly elected, and in case of
absence or refusal of either of said officers to act, it shall be the duty
of the secretary to notify the stockholders thereof, who may order
another election to be held within one month after such notice, which
shall be conducted in all respects as hereinbefore provided for.
SECTION 12. That dividends on so much of the profits arising from Dividends.
the rent of the institution or otherwise, as herein before mentioned, as
shall seem advisable to the president and treasurer, shall be declared at
least twice a year, and paid to the stockholders on demand at any time
thereafter, but so that in no case the capital stock of the company shall
be thereby impaired, and the capital stock of the said corporation may
be hereafter increased to any amount not exceeding two hundred shares
of twenty-five dollars each, whenever it shall be deemed necessary for
the better fulfilment of the intents and purposes of this act, and if a
majority of the stockholders at any of their regularly convened meetings so
order, which increase shall be subscribed for in such manner and on such
terms as said majority of the stockholders shall order and direct: Pro- Proviso.
vided always, That if any subscriber, his or her assignee or transferee,
shall refuse or neglect to pay any instalment as aforesaid, such sub-
scriber, his or her assignee or transferee, shall forfeit each and every
share on which the payment shall not be duly made, and new subscrip-
tions may be opened and received for the share or shares so forfeited at
the discretion of the majority of the stockholders of said corporation.
SECTION 13. That there shall be in said academy a department of Agricultural
agricultural chemistry, and the teacher or teachers, in concurrence with chemistry.
a quorum of the stockholders, shall have power to grant certificates
under their common seal to such students as shall pursue the studies

and

pass an approved examination in the said department.

SECTION 14. That no misnomer of the said corporation shall defeat Misnomer. or annul any gift, grant, devise or bequest, to or from the said corporation: Provided, That the intent of the parties shall sufficiently appear upon the face of the gift, grant, will, or other writing, whereby any estate or interest was intended to pass to or from the said corporation. SECTION 15. That the burgess and town council of the borough of Burgess and Duquesne, in the county of Allegheny, are hereby authorized and em- town council of the borough of powered to borrow a sum of money not exceeding five thousand dollars, and to issue bonds therefor in sums not exceeding one hundred dollars, borrow money. Duquesne to to be expended in grading and protecting the bank of the Allegheny river, and clearing and deepening the harbor of said borough, and they are also authorized to levy and collect a moderate wharfage from boats and rafts landing on said improvement, the wharfage so collected shall be applied to create a sinking fund, for the payment of the principal and interest of said debt.

SECTION 16. That the general and township elections of the town- West Nantmeal, ship of West Nantmeal, in the county of Chester, shall hereafter be Chester co. held at Allen's school house, in said township.

SECTION 17. That the general and township elections of Springton Springton tp., township, in the county of Chester, shall hereafter be held at Indian- Chester co. town school house, in said township.

SECTION 18. That the commissioners of the county of Philadelphia, Commissioners with the approval of the county board, shall annually appropriate a of Philadelphia sum not exceeding two thousand dollars, for the use of the "Union county, to ap. school and children's home asylum," for the education and support of propriate certhe children in said institution, to be paid to the treasurer thereof.

tain moneys.

Successors of
John Ziemer

and Peter Swit

to sell school house.

SECTION 19. That John Schweitzer, Peter Ziemer, and Jacob West, trustees and successors of John Ziemer and Peter Switzer, of the town

zer, authorized ship of Brecknock, in the county of Berks, and State of Pennsylvanis, or their successors in office, be, and they are hereby authorized and empowered to sell and convey, by deed in fee simple, to the highest and best bidder, all that certain lot or piece of ground, together with the school house and fixtures therein contained, and the appurtenances thereto belonging, situate in Brecknock township, county and State aforesaid; beginning at a corner stone of Peter Switzer and John Ziemerman's land, at the cross roads leading from Adamstown to Morgantown, and the public road leading to Reading, south twenty-six and a half degrees west five perches and four-tenths, to a stone on land of Peter Schweitzer; thence south forty-eight and a half degrees east two perches and five-tenths, to a stone on land of Jeremiah Ziemer; thence north thirty-three degrees and a half east six perches and five-tenths, to a stone on land of said Jeremiah Ziemer; thence north sixty-nine degrees west three perches and two-tenths, to the place of beginning, containing sixteen and a half perches, it being the same premises which said Jeremiah Ziemer, of Brecknock township, by articles of agreement, dated November twenty-fifth, Anno Domini, eighteen hundred and twenty-one, granted, bargained, sold, and confirmed unto John Ziemer and Peter Schweitzer, trustees, and to their successors forever, for the use and behoof of the neighborhood, to build a school house, for the purpose of keeping a school in the German and English language in the neighborhood forever, relation being had to said agreement as the same is recorded in the recorder's office, at Reading, in miscellaneous book D., volume four, page two hundred and ninety, more fully appears: Provided, That the amount or sum for which the said premises may be sold shall be divided among the persons, or their heirs, who have contributed towards buying said premises, and erecting said school house, in proportion to the respective sums so by them contributed.

APPROVED-The twenty-seventh day of April, A. D., one thousand

eight hundred and fifty-two.

WM. BIGLER.

No. 285.

AN ACT

To incorporate the Saint Peter's Church in the borough of Pinegrove, in the county of Schuylkill; to repeal a certain section relating to appeals from assessments in the said county; to the elections of the justices of the peace, in Pottsville; to certain bonds issued by the school directors of Schuylkill Haven; and to the erection of a new school district in Pinegrove and Wayne townships, and relative to certain family burial ground associations in 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 the members of Saint Peter's church, and their successors in office, be, Corporation. and they are hereby created one corporation and body politic in law, by the name and style of "The Saint Peter's Church," Lutheran and Style. German Reformed combined, worshiping in said church of the borough of Pinegrove, in the county aforesaid.

SECTION 2. That the members of the said Saint Peter's Church, by Privileges. the same name and style, shall have perpetual succession and be able to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in all courts of law and elsewhere, and shall be able and capable in law and in equity to take, purchase, hold, and receive to them and their successors in trust, for and to the use of the said congregations, lands, tenements, goods, and chattels, of whatsoever kind, nature, or quality, real, personal, or mixed, not exceeding in amount the sum of three thousand dollars, which is now, or shall, or may at any time hereafter become the property of the said congregations by gift, grant, bargain, sale, conveyance, devise, bequest, or otherwise, from any person or persons whomsoever capable of making the same, and the same to grant, bargain, sell, mortgage, improve, or dispose of, for the use of the said congregations, if necessary, to erect or enlarge any building or buildings for the purpose of worship and congregation residence of the pastor, or other purposes consistent with the advancement of religion, as may be directed by a majority of such persons as are qualified by the fifth section of this act, that may be present at a meeting to be held for that purpose, of which said meeting at least two weeks' notice shall be given from the pulpit, or in any other public manner the trustees or a majority of them shall direct, and generally adopt all such measures and do all and singular such matters and things as may be lawful to be done for the well-being and due management of the said Saint Peter's church or congregations.

SECTION 3. That the business of the corporation shall be conducted Business to be by five trustees, of whom three shall be a quorum, who shall choose conducted by from among their number a president and secretary, and appoint a five trustees. treasurer, who shall receive and account for all moneys coming into his hands belonging to the corporation, shall give ample security on his accepting the office, and shall have his accounts settled by the trustees every two years, which shall be laid before and approved of by the congregation at their elections of trustees, and may appoint such other officers as the trustees or a majority of them may, from time to time, deem necessary for the better government of the secular affairs of said congregation.