of Venango, in the county of Crawford, into a borough, and for other purposes," approved the first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, so far as it relates to the sale of the Warren bridge, be and the same is hereby repealed. visors of roads in Allegheny co. to give bond. SECTION 8. That the overseers of the poor and the supervisors of Overseers of roads in the several townships of Allegheny county, shall from and poor and superafter the passage of this act, before they shall enter upon and discharge any of the duties of their respective offices, give a bond with security, to be approved by the auditor or auditors of the township in which such officer may be elected, in the sum of the amount of their respective duplicates, conditioned for the faithful discharge of their several duties, and the proper appropriation of the money which may come into their hands, which bond shall be in the name of the Commonwealth, for the use of the several townships, and. the approval of it shall be in writing and signed by the auditor or auditors. The said bond shall be filed with the treasurer of the township, if there be one, and if not, then with the senior auditor of the township, and no tax shall be collected or received by such supervisor or overseer, unless he shall first have the certificate of such treasurer or auditor that such bond has been filed. APPROVED The nineteenth day of March, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three. WM. BIGLER. No. 154. AN ACT For the relief of Joseph Jackson, of Chester county. 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 State Treasurer be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to pay to Joseph Jackson or his order, out of any moneys in the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of three hundred and fifty dollars, as a full compensation for all claims held by said Jackson against the Commonwealth. Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-second day of March, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three. WM. BIGLER. No. 155. AN ACT To authorize the borough of West Newton, Westmoreland county, to subscribe to the capital stock of the Hempfield railroad 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 the burgesses of the borough of West Newton, in the county of Westmoreland, be, and they are hereby authorized and empowered to subscribe, not to exceed six hundred shares, to the capital stock of the Hempfield railroad company, and the said burgesses are further authorized and empowered to issue bonds of the said borough of West Newton to the amount to be subscribed as aforesaid, bearing interest not exceeding six per cent. per annum, payable semi-annually, the principal whereof shall be payable at a period not exceeding twenty years, which said bonds may be received by the said Hempfield railroad company in payment of the stock to be subscribed as aforesaid, the said bonds not to be subject to taxation, and not to be issued for sums less than one hundred dollars, and to be assignable only upon the book or books which the said burgesses are hereby authorized and required to procure, and in which they shall enter all bonds which may be issued as aforesaid, and keep a just account of all payments thereon, and only by the holders thereof, or their heirs or legal representatives, or by some person having a power of attorney to make such assignment: Provided, That the said bonds shall not be issued unless the said Hempfield railroad company shall be located within the boundaries of said borough of West Newton, or immediately adjacent thereto; And provided also, That the said bonds shall not be issued until the taxable inhabitants of said borough of West Newton shall first approve of the said subscription by a majority of their votes at an election to be called and held for said purpose by said burgesses, and to be conducted according to such rules as the said burgesses shall establish. W. P. SCHELL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THO CARSON, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-second day of March, one thousand eight eight hundred and fifty-three. WM. BIGLER. No. 156. A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT To the act incorporating the York and Cumberland railroad 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 80 much of the first section of an act entitled "A supplement to the act entitled 'An Act to incorporate the York and Cumberland railroad company," approved the twelfth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one, as makes it the duty of said York and Cumberland railroad company to collect and pay into the State treasury a tax of ten cents on every passenger passing over the entire length of said road, be, and the same is hereby repealed. W. P. SCHELL, APPROVED The twenty-third day of March, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three. WM. BIGLER. No. 157. A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT To the act entitled "An Act to incorporate the Pennsylvania railroad company." scribe stock in certain cases. 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 Pennsylvania railroad company be, and they are hereby autho- Pennsylvania rized and empowered to subscribe to the capital stock or guarantee the railroad co. aubonds of such railroad companies in other States, as may seem to them thorized to subimportant to promote the trade of Pennsylvania and the interest of the company, such subscription not to exceed fifteen per cent. of the capital stock actually subscribed to the said Pennsylvania railroad company, and to pay for the same in such manner as the directors of said Pennsylvania railroad company may determine: Provided, That said company shall give thirty days notice, which notice shall be during the session of the supreme court, in at least one newspaper published in the city of Philadelphia, and one newspaper published in the city of Pittsburg, Proviso. Proviso. Proviso. Authority to dent. of any intended subscription or guarantee under the provisions of this act, and it shall be the duty of the supreme court to proceed without delay within the said thirty days, to hear and determine any application for a preliminary injunction, by any stockholder in said company, to restrain said company from making such subscription or guarantee. SECTION 2. That for the purpose of meeting the subscriptions authorized by the foregoing section, and to enable them to construct their double track, it shall be lawful for said Pennsylvania railroad company, in addition to the said capital stock authorized by the twentieth section of the act incorporating said company, passed on the thirteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six, and the several supplements thereto, to issue certificates for any additional sums, not exceeding eighty thousand shares, and to demand and receive moneys for the same when subscribed for, in like manner, and also on the same conditions as to instalments and otherwise, as are provided for in the ninth section of said original act of incorporation: Provided, That the said additional capital stock shall be fifty dollars per share, as heretofore, and that the holders thereof shall have all the rights and immunities which are by law invested in the subscribers to the capital stock originally authorized to be created: And provided further, That no such certificate hereby authorized to be issued, shall be for a less sum than one hundred dollars. SECTION 3. That the directors of the Pennsylvania railroad comelect vice presi- pany be, and they are hereby authorized to add to their number, by electing from the body of the stockholders, at such time as they may determine, and annually thereafter, if they deem it expedient, one person who shall act as vice president of said company, with such powers and for such compensation as the said board shall by by-law or resolution establish and direct. APPROVED-The twenty-third day of March, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three. WM. BIGLER. No. 158. A SUPPLEMENT To an act incorporating the Easton water 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 the president and managers of the Easton water company are hereby authorized to increase the capital stock of said company six hundred shares, and to dispose of the same at such time and in such manner as in their judgment shall be deemed best. W. P. SCHELL, THO. CARSON, APPROVED-The twenty-second day of March, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three. WM. BIGLER. No. 159. AN ACT To incorporate the Coatsville, Mortonville and Doe run plank road company, and relative to the repair of public roads in Birmingham township, Delaware county, and relative to the Darby and Upper Darby plank road company. 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 C. P. Morton, C. E. Pennock, Joseph L. Pennock, Alexander Mode, Commissioners. Alexander Mode, junior, Joseph Baker, Nathan Baker, John Young, Jesse Coates, Geo. W. P. Coates, H. G. Thomas, Hamilton Graham, Wm. Dripps, Thomas Shields, Charles Huston, H. Gibbons, junior, and H. E. Steele, or any five of them, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners to open books, receive subscriptions and organize a Style. company by the name, style and title of the Coatesville, Mortonville and Doe run plank road company, to construct a plank road from the village of Coatesville, in the county of Chester, upon the site of the present county road, through the village of Mortonville, to the mouth of Doe run, in the county of Chester, subject to all the provisions and Subject to pro restrictions of an act regulating turnpike and plank road companies, visions and re |