he cost of said road, and the repairs thereof, with legal interest, less he nett amount of tolls that may have been received by them. SECTION 7. That the State Treasurer, be, and he is hereby autho- Certain moneys ized to pay out of any moneys not otherwise appropriated, the sum of to be refunded ighty dollars, to Harriet Jenkins, of Northumberland county, being to Harriet Jenhe amount paid by her into the land office by mistake. SECTION 8. That the election held for the borough of Gratz, in the Election in boounty of Dauphin, be, and the same is hereby legalized, and that the rough of Gratz, 'arious officers then and there elected shall hold, exercise, and enjoy Dauphin co., heir respective offices as if they had been chosen subsequently to the made valid. ncorporation of said borough. SECTION 9. That any defect or irregularity in the proceedings of the Irregularity in commissioners appointed by the act entitled "An Act to incorporate the proceedings of the commishe Schuylkill railroad company," approved the fifteenth day of April, sioners of Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five, in taking Schuylkill railsubscriptions to stock, and in organizing the said company, so far as road, made the said defect or irregularity may have proceeded from the neglect or valid. ɔmission of the said commissioners fully to comply with the requisitions of the first section of said act, is remedied and supplied, and the acts and proceedings of the commissioners which were in contravention of the first section, are declared valid and legal as if the same had been fully complied with. company to con SECTION 10. That the Glen Hope and Little Bald Eagle turnpike Glen Hope and company are hereby authorized and empowered to erect and construct Little Bald a bridge over and across the Susquehanna river at or near the village Eagle turnpike of Lumberville, in Clearfield county, and on the line of turnpike con- struct a bridge structed by the said Glen Hope and Little Bald Eagle turnpike com- over the Susquepany; and having so erected and constructed said bridge, the said turn- hanna river. pike company are hereby authorized and empowered to exact and collect tolls for passing over the same, at the same rates and with like powers for collecting the same, enjoying the same privileges, and subject to the same penalties as are made by law, applicable to the bridge erected over the same river at the town of Curwinsville, in Clearfield county. SECTION 11. That the State Treasurer is hereby authorized to pay State Treasurer David Sankey, of Lawrence county, ten dollars, paid by him as an authorized to enrolment tax on an act entitled "A supplement to the road laws of pay David Sankey certain this Commonwealth; and to incorporate the Mutual fire insurance com- moneys. pany, of Lawrence county," approved the twenty-sixth day of April, eighteen hundred and fifty, on which no tax is imposed by law. in certain coun SECTION 12. That the provisions of an act entitled "An Act relative Provisions of to voting in the counties of Adams, Dauphin, York, Lancaster, Frank-certain act relin, Cumberland, Bradford, Centre, Greene, and Erie," approved the lative to voting twenty-seventh day of February, Anno Domini, eighteen hundred and ties extended to forty-nine, be, and the same are hereby extended to the county of Le- Lebanon co. banon, so far as relates to general and special elections. in Luzerne co. SECTION 13. That the following territory, embracing parts of the Shickshinny township of Union and Salem, in Luzerne county, shall hereafter be election district erected into a separate election district, to be called the Shickshinny erected. election district, to wit: beginning at a point on the Susquehanna river, the southerly corner of land of John M. Taylor; thence north thereby seven degrees west, to the township line between the townships of Union and Ross; thence south-westwardly along the Ross township line, to the line of the township of Huntingdon; thence south-easterly along the line of Huntingdon township line, to the corner of said township; thence south-westerly along the Huntingdon line, to the northwest corner of the land of Richard House; thence south twenty-one degrees east one hundred and fifteen perches; thence easterly to the line of the certified township of Salem; thence south one degree west two hundred and fifty perches to a corner; thence south eighty-nine degrees east, to the Susquehanna river; thence up the same to the be ginning; and the citizens of the said district shall hold their elections at the house of Jacob Laycock, in the village of Shickshinny. APPROVED-The twenty-ninth day of April, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two. WM. BIGLER. Company authorized to sell their bridge. Subject to restrictions of cer tain act. Construction of certain act in rectors. No. 299. AN ACT Supplementary to the act incorporating the Columbia Bank and Bridge 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 the Columbia Bank and Bridge company are hereby authorized and empowered to sell and dispose of the bridge erected across the Susquehanna river at Columbia, in Lancaster county, and all their interest in Jots number one and two rented from the old Columbia public ground company, with all the apurtenances to said bridge, to any person or persons, corporation or corporations, for such price or consideration as the stockholders holding a majority of shares in the Columbia Bank and Bridge company may determine upon, and that the purchaser or purchasers, whether individual or corporate, shall have all the rights, privileges, and franchises, except banking privileges, and be subject to all the restrictions and penalties contained in the act of incorporation of said company. SECTION 2. That the words "and no director of any other company shall be at the same time a director of this bank," contained in the first article of the third section of the act passed twenty-seventh March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, entitled "A supplement to an act entitled 'An Act to authorize the Governor of this Commonwealth to incorporate a company for the purpose of making and erecting a bridge over the river Susquehanna, in the county of Lancaster, at or near the town of Columbia," be, and the same are hereby construed to mean that "no director of any other banking company shall be at the same time a director of the Columbia Bank and Bridge company," and that all the acts of the directors of the said Columbia Bank and Bridge company, while directors of other companies, be, and the same are hereby declared valid. SECTION 3. That the purchasers of the said bridge, shall become a Purchasers to be corporation under the name and style of the "Columbia and Wrights- a corporation. ville Bridge Company," and shall have and enjoy all the privileges and franchises incident to a corporation, with a capital of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, which shall be divided into six thousand shares of twenty-five dollars each, for which certificates may be issued to the holders. SECTION 4. That the purchasers of the said bridge, or a majority Purchasers to of them, shall within sixty days after the purchase thereof, and on hold an election the first Monday of July, annually, thereafter hold an election for for officers. officers, at which one president, seven managers, and a treasurer and secretary shall be elected, at which elections every stockholder shall be entitled to as many votes as he holds shares of stock. JOHN S. RHEY, APPROVED-The first day of May, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two. WM. BIGLER. No. 300. AN ACT To incorporate the Odd Fellows' Hall Association of the borough of Brookville, and county of Jefferson. 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 Andrew Craig, Jacob S. Steck, J. K. Mendenhall, E. R. Brady, B. T. Corporators. Hastings, John G. Wilson, James A. Thompson, Abram Winsor, Henry Raught, Hiram Fuller, B. S. Wesson, Daniel Coder, and their successors, and all persons who are now or hereafter may be associated with them, be, and they are hereby created and erected into a body corporate and politic in deed and in law, by the name, style, and title Style. of "The Odd Fellows' Hall Association of the borough of Brookville, and county of Jefferson," and by that name shall have perpetual succession and be able to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in any Privileges. 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, sale, 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 association, and Proviso. Open books. 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 association: 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 two thousand dollars. Anno SECTION 2. That the persons hereinafter named as trustees, or a ma jority of them, shall, as soon as conveniently may be, and within three months after the passage of this act, procure and open a suitable book or books, at such time and place as they may designate, in the borough of Brookville, of which time and place at least fourteen days' previous public notice shall be given in one or more newspapers published in the borough of Brookville, in which book or books they shall enter as Forms of sub- follows: We whose names are hereunto subscribed, do promise to cription. pay to the trustees and company of the Odd Fellows' Hall Association of the borough of Brookville, and county of Jefferson, the sum of five dollars for each and every share of stock set opposite to our respective names, in such manner and proportions and at such times as shall be determined by the trustees of said association; witness our hands and seals this day of Domini, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two," and at the time and place so designated and named in the public notice to be given as aforesaid, the said trustees by themselves, or by some person or persons to be by them appointed, shall attend for the purpose of opening books to receive subscriptions for the stock, and the said books shall be kept open at least eight hours on said day, and in case four hundred shares of stock be not sold on the day of the first opening of the books, the number remaining unsold may afterwards be disposed of at such time and place, and under such regulations as the trustees for the time being may order: Provided, That no subscription for such stock shall be valid, unless the party or parties making the same, shall at the time of subscribing, pay to the said trustees, or to the person by them ap pointed, one dollar on each and every share for the use of said association. Proviso. Government of association. Object. Seal. Committee of examination. SECTION 3. That the government of the said Odd Fellows' Hall Association, and 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; at the first meeting of the trustees after their election in cach year, they shall elect a president, secretary, and treasurer, each of which shall be a trustee, and the treasurer shall be required, before entering upon the duties of his office, to give security for the faithful discharge of the duties of said office, in such sum as the board of trustees shall require. SECTION 4. That the object of said association shall be to provide, erect, and furnish a hall or suitable building or buildings, in the bo rough of Brookville, for the accommodation of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and for other beneficial societies or other public purposes. SECTION 5. That it shall and may be lawful for the 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 it shall be the duty of the trustees, at least once in every year, to wit, on the first Saturday of December thereof, to appoint from the members of said association three competent persons as a committee of examination, whose duty it shall be to examine the financial and other affairs of said association, and to make report SECTION 7. That it shall be the duty of the trustees, on the third Further duties Saturday of December and June, in each and every year, after paying of trustees. the dividends provided for in the foregoing section, and after having appropriated so much of the funds as in their discretion will be neces sary for defraying the ordinary expenses of the association for the ensuing six months, to apply all the remaining funds on hand to a pro rata cancellation of the shares of stock then in the hands of the stockholders, said remaining funds to be considered as a semi-annual sinking fund for the redemption of said shares of capital stock. SECTION 8. That the corporation shall have power and authority to By-laws. make by-laws conformable to this charter, and not inconsistent with the laws of the United States, or of this Commonwealth. SECTION 9. That David S. Deering, Martin H. Shannon, Daniel Trustees. Coder, J. K. Mendenhall, Samuel Templeton, D. C. Gillespie, and Andrew Craig, are hereby appointed trustees for the time being, with all the power and authority to carry out the objects of the association as herein expressed, to conduct and execute the business and affairs of said association until others shall be duly elected, as the by-laws shall provide. JOHN S. RHEY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN. H. WALKER. APPROVED-The first day of May, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two. WM. BIGLER. No. 301. AN ACT Supplementary to an act entitled "An Act to incorporate the Clearfield and Curwinsville Turnpike Road Company," passed sixteenth of April, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight; and to incorporate the Monongahela cemetery company. 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 it shall be lawful for the said turnpike road company, with the consent |