of the stockholders, by a resolution of the president and managers of the Three persons said company, to appoint three stockholders of the said company to fix to fix on site for on the site for the erection of a bridge over the West Branch of the bridge. river Susquehanna, at or near where their turnpike road may cross the said river, that the said president and managers may make said bridge a free or toll bridge, not exceeding the rates of toll established by the act authorizing the construction of a bridge across the West Branch of the Susquehanna river, at the town of Clearfield, that the said company may erect and build two or more piers in the said river, should the same be deemed necessary: Provided, That the erection of the said bridge or piers shall not obstruct the navigation of the said river so as to endanger the passage of rafts, arks or other water craft. Proviso. Commissioners to subscribe stock. Corporators. Style. Privileges. SECTION 2. That the commissioners of the county of Clearfield, be, and they are hereby authorized to subscribe, on behalf and for the use of the said county, any sum not exceeding two thousand dollars to the stock of the said company. SECTION 3. That Josiah King, William Holmes, James S. Craft, Robert Woods, George F. Gilmore, Robert H. Hartley, Thomas Blackmore, James Lippencott, Edward D. Gazzam, Henry W. Williams, Robert Robb, Christopher L. Magee, Robert Palmer, P. Magee, Junior, Henry Lambert, George E. Appleton, James Lowry, Junior, Samuel Eakin, and Samuel Snowden, be, and they are hereby created a body politic in law, under the name and title of "The Monongahela Cemetery," and by that name shall have perpetual succession and be capable in law to sue and be sued, with such other powers and privileges as have already been granted to the "Allegheny Cemetery," in said county. JOHN S. RHEY, JOHN H. WALKER, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The first day of May, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two. WM. BIGLER. Corporators. No. 302. AN ACT To incorporate the Monroe fire engine company, of Monroe village, in Blockley township, in the county of Philadelphia. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen· tatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That all and every the persons that shall, at the time of passing this act, be members of the association called the Monroe fire engine company, Monroe village, in Blockley township, in the county of Philadelphia, of shall be, and they are hereby erected and declared to be one body, politic and corporate, by the name, style, and title of "The Monroe Fire Style. Engine Company," and by the same name shall have perpetual succession, and shall be able to sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, in Privileges. all courts of record or elsewhere, and also the said corporation and their successors all, and all manner of lands, tenements, rents, annuities, liberties, franchises, other hereditaments, goods, and chattels of whatsoever nature, kind, or quality, real, personal, or mixed, or choses in action, and the same from time to time to sell, alien, grant, demise, and dispose of: Provided, That the clear yearly value or income of the said Proviso. corporation shall not exceed two thousand dollars, and also to make and have a common seal, and the same to break and renew at pleasure, and also to ordain, establish, and put in 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 management and ordering of the affairs thereof. SECTION 2. That nothing in this act contained shall be deemed to Not to exercise authorize the said company to engage either directly or indirectly in any banking privibanking, moneyed, commercial, or manufacturing concern, or to act in any other way than as a fire company. leges. SECTION 3. That the Legislature reserve the power to alter, revoke, Reservation. or annul the privileges and charter hereby granted, whenever in their opinion the same may be injurious to the citizens of the Commonwealth, in such manner however that no injustice shall be done to the corpora tors. SECTION 4. That as the aforesaid corporation is established for the Provided for at public benefit, it is but just and proper that it should be provided for the public exat the public expense; therefore, pense. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the commissioners for opening and repairing the public highways in Blockley township, in the county of Philadelphia, shall, and hereby are required to make out of the poor tax of said township an annual appropriation of not less than one hundred dollars, lawful money of the United States, to the corporation aforesaid, on or before the first of July, in each and every year, and the receipt of said treasurer for the amount shall be their sufficient voucher in the settlements of their accounts: Provided, That the said Proviso. amount so appropriated shall be expended only and solely for the purpose of keeping the apparatus and other property of said corporation in repair, for renewing the same and rendering it efficient. JOHN S. RHEY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN H. WALKER, APPROVED-The first day of May, A. D., one thousand eight hun dred and fifty-two. WM. BIGLER. Subject to provisions of cer tain act. Duty of Court of Quarter Ses sions. Road and bridge viewers limited. Repeal. Provisions of certain act ex tended. Repeal. Sub school district formed. No. 303. AN ACT To change the manner of appointing road and bridge viewers and of assessing damages sustained by owners of lands in the county of Lawrence; relative to roads in Mifflin county; to a school district in Allegheny county; to vali date a sale of a lot of ground in the borough of Erie; and declaring Choke creek, in Luzerne county, a public highway. 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 provisions of an act entitled "An act to change the manner of assessing damages sustained by owners of land in the opening of public roads in the counties of Washington, Mercer, and Fayette," approved April sixth, one thousand eight hundred and forty-three, be, and the same are hereby extended to the county of Lawrence. SECTION 2. That the Court of Quarter Sessions of the county of Lawrence, in appointing viewers to locate a road, shall name one of the viewers so appointed, whose duty it shall be give the notice which is required in the first section of the act aforesaid. SECTION 3. That from and after the passage of this act the number of road and bridge viewers appointed by the Courts of Quarter Sessions of the county of Lawrence shall be three, one of whom shall be a surveyor, and every view and review shall be made by the whole number of persons so appointed, a majority of whom shall concur in their report in order to its confirmation by the court. SECTION 4. That so much of any act or acts as are inconsistent with the provisions of this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed. SECTION 5. That the first, second, third, and fourth sections of an act entitled "An act relative to public roads in certain counties therein named," passed the twenty-fourth February, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five, be, and the same is hereby extended to Mifflin county. SECTION 6. That so much of an act entitled "An act to lay out a road from the Pennsylvania railroad opposite Lewistown, Mifflin county, to M'Culloch's Mills, Juniata county; incorporating the Lewisburg and Brush Valley plank road company; and relative to the claim of Joseph J. Langton," passed the twelfth day of April, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one, as relates to the laying out of a road from the Pennsylvania railroad opposite Lewistown, Mifflin county, to M'Culloch's Mills, Juniata county, be, and the same is hereby repealed. SECTION 7. That the school district erected by an act passed the twelfth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one, out of parts of the townships of Findlay and Moon, in the county of Allegheny, and parts of the townships of Hopewell and Independence, in the county of Beaver, shall from and after the passage of this act form a sub-school district, which district shall be under the supervision of the directors of Findlay township, Allegheny county, and shall be subject to the same rules and regulations as are now in force governing sub-districts in other cases, and all school tax levied in said district shall. be collected by the collector of the school tax of Findlay township, Allegheny county, and together with the share which the said district may be entitled to receive out of the annual State appropriation be kept by him for the exclusive use of the said district: Provided, That the said directors of the township of Findlay, county of Allegheny, shall not appropriate any other school tax or State appropriation to the use of said district than those above specified. SECTION 8. That the sale by James Williams, commissioner for the Sale of certain sale of in-lots in the borough of Erie, of in-lot number one thousand lot confirmed. three hundred and thirty-one in said borough, be, and the same is hereby ratified and confirmed. SECTION 9. That from and after the passage of this act Choke Choke creek decreek, in Luzerne county, from the saw mill of D. Siegfried and Co. clared a public highway. on said creek to the Lehigh river, be, and is hereby declared a public highway. JOHN S. RHEY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN H. WALKER, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED—The first day of May, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two. WM. BIGLER. No. 304. A SUPPLEMENT To an act entitled "An Act to incorporate the Susquehanna and Union Bridge 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 hanna river. the Susquehanna and Union bridge company, be, and it is hereby autho- Company to SECTION 2. That the object of said dam being to make a depth of Object. D Powers and in good order at their own expense: And provided further, That no expense shall accrue to the Commonwealth in consequence of said dam SECTION 3. That this supplementary act shall not be considered a privileges gran- invalidating or in any manner lessening the powers and privileges ted by act of in- granted in the act incorporating the Susquehanna and Union bridge corporation not company, approved April thirtieth, one thousand eight hundred and to be invalida- fifty; and the said bridge company shall hold the property in the sid ted. Company authorized to construct an in-let lock under direction of Canal Commissioners. Compensation to owners of lands. dam, ferry boats, and all and everything pertaining thereto, and each stockholder shall be entitled to his or her share of the profits arising therefrom, and until the bridge shall have been erected by the said company, the said dam and ferry shall be considered as a substitute therefor, in all particulars; but when the said bridge shall have been constructed by the said company, then, at its option, and in conformity with the original act, and agreeably to this supplement thereto, the said company may use both, as a bridge and as a ferry, and charge tolls for the use of the same, and shall have power to increase the capital stock of the said company to three hundred thousand dollars. SECTION 4. That the aforesaid Susquehanna and Union bridge company, be, and is hereby authorized, under the supervision and direction of the Canal Commissioners as to the construction and cost, to construct an in-let lock to connect the canal with the Susquehanna river in the neighborhood of the aforesaid dam; said lock shall be so constructed as to admit and to pass the largest class boats now used on the Pennsylvania canal; for the cost of constructing said lock, the said Susquehanna and Union bridge company, or its assigns, shall be entitled to receive the full amount thereof, in tolls, for the shipment and passage of coal and merchandize through the canal; and the Canal Commissioners are hereby authorized to grant permits or passes for any boats or property under and by the order of the said Susquehanna and Union bridge company, up to the full amount by them expended in constructing said in-let lock: Provided, That when the cost of constructing said lock shall be fully paid to said company, the said lock shall then become the property of the Commonwealth. be SECTION 5. That such compensation shall be made, secured, or tendered to the owner or owners of any lands or materials that may taken or used by said company in the construction of said dam or lock, and other improvements connected therewith, or to the owner or owners of any island in the Susquehanna river that may be flooded, or in any wise injured or damaged by the construction of said dam, or lock, or the improvements connected therewith, as shall be agreed upon between the parties, or ascertained according to the provisions of the twelfth section of the act of the thirteenth day of April, eighteen hundred and forty-six, entitled "An Act to incorporate the Pennsylvania railroad company." 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. |