SECTION 9. That from and after the passage of this act, all lanes Lanes & alleys and alleys laid out and opened in the city of Pittsburg, shall be deemed in Pittsburg. and taken as public highways, as fully as other streets are. W. P. SCHELL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JNO. C. KUNKEL, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED The twentieth day of April, A. D., eighteen hundred and fifty-three. WM. BIGLER. No. 362. AN ACT To incorporate the Earp Railroad 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 Benjamin T. Hughes, Emanuel J. Fry, Samuel S. Bigler, Adam Kline, Commissioners. William Brady, and Conrad Fry, or any three of them, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners, to open books for the purpose of receiving subscriptions to the capital stock of the company hereinafter directed to be incorporated. SECTION 2. That the capital stock of said company shall be one hun- Capital stock. dred thousand dollars, which said capital may be increased if required, to any sum not exceeding three hundred thousand dollars. SECTION 3. That the Earp Railroad company, hereby directed to be Powers. incorporated, shall be and hereby is invested with all the rights and powers necessary for the construction and repairs of a railroad, begin- Location. ning at one or more points on the Earp lands, in Blythe, New Castle and Cass townships, in Schuylkill county; thence by the most convenient route, to connect with the Schuylkill canal, the Philadelphia and May connect Reading railroad, or any other railroad east of Pottsville in said county, and join, cross or intersect any railroad, canal or other public improvement on the line of the said railroad: Provided, That such connection Proviso. or crossing shall not interfere with the free use of the works already constructed. with other road. SECTION 4. That said company shall not charge a higher rate of toll Tolls. than three cents per ton per mile for all coal and other commodities transported over said road, more than one cent per ton per mile for motive power. SECTION 5. That the said company shall be entitled to all the rights Subject to proand privileges, and be subject to all the restrictions and regulations visions and provided for in the act entitled "An Act regulating Railroad com restrictions of certain act. panies," approved the nineteenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine. W. P. SCHELL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THO. CARSON, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twentieth day of April, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three. WM. BIGLER. Germantown Gas company, may lay pipes No. 363. AN ACT elative to the Germantown Gas company; to certain Election Districts; to the North Philadelphia Plank Road; and forming a new Election District in the borough of Columbus, Warren county. 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 Germantown Gas company shall have a right to lay pipe, introduce gas, and supply it to consumers in and through the township of Gerin certain local- mantown, and also in and through School House lane, in the township of Roxborough, as fully as they now have such right within the borough of Germantown, and that said company shall have the right to increase or enlarge their capital stock, in the same manner, form and extent, as turnpike or plank road companies may do it under the second section of an act entitled "An Act regulating Turnpike and Plank Road companies," approved the twenty-sixth day of January, eighteen hundred and forty-nine. ities. May increase capital stock. Fox tp., Elk co. Jordan tp., Clearfield co. North Phila. plank road, damages. When may erect gates and col lect tolls. SECTION 2. That hereafter the special, general and township elections for the township of Fox, in the county of Elk, shall be held at the school house on the public ground near William Emmet's, in said township. SECTION 3. That hereafter the special, general and township eleetions for the township of Jordan, in the county of Clearfield, shall be held at the school house in Ansonville, in said township. SECTION 4. That all damages for any land that may be taken or occupied by or for the use of the North Philadelphia Plank Road company for the bed of their road, as well as for any materials taken, shall be ascertained and assessed in manner and form as provided by the ninth section of the act of Assembly entitled "An Act regulating Turnpike and Plank Road companies," approved the twenty-sixth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine. SECTION 5. That the North Philadelphia Plank Road company shall have the right of making any part of their road of the width of only fifty feet, and further shall have the right to fix gates on their road and collect toll under the provisions of the twelfth and other section of the said act regulating turnpike and plank road companies, whenever three miles or more of their said road shall have been finished. SECTION 6. That it shall be lawful for the qualified voters of the bo- Columbus borough of Columbus, in the county of Warren, to hold their first election rough, Warren for justices of the peace, and other borough officers, under the act to county. which this is a supplement, on the first Monday in May, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, and that it shall be lawful for Nathaniel Stacy to act as judge, and George W. Bracken and Charles Hewitt as inspectors of said election, notice of which to be given by the constable of Columbus township, and that thereafter the elections for officers of said borough shall be held on the second Tuesday of February in each year, and at the school house on the west side of the creek in said borough. W. P. SCHELL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN C. KUNKEL, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twentieth day of April, one thousand eight hun dred and fifty-three. WM. BIGLER. No. 364. AN ACT To incorporate the University of Free Medicine and Popular Knowledge, of Philadelphia; relative to the Tremont and Mount Eagle Railroad company; for the relief of Alexander, M'Dowell. WHEREAS, A large number of the medical graduates of our Preamble. country stand ready to enlist themselves in the cause of free medicine, and it is the belief of many that the good of society, more especially the relief of suffering humanity, will be greatly promoted by instruction and enlightenment (in plain English) in the great matter of practical medicine in all its branches and bearings; therefore, 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 there be and hereby is erected and established in the city or county of University of SECTION 2. That said university shall be under the direction, man- Trustees. Quorum. Trustees. Privileges. Name and style. Seal. Common stock. operations of said institution, the granting of diplomas, and generally the individual government and business of said university, and said power shall thenceforth become permanently vested in said president; said trustees shall have power to appoint one of their number to preside at the board meetings, and a majority present shall be a quorum and competent to transact business, and to fill vacancies in their own body, by and with the consent of the president of the university. SECTION 3. That the first trustees of said university shall consist of the following persons: John R. Rowand, president of the institution; Hector Orr, J. R. Flanigen, Henry K. Strong, and Daniel R. Ashton; which said trustees and their successors, to be appointed as often as occasion may require, by the votes of not less than three trustees, shall be forever hereafter, and they are hereby erected into and declared to be a body politic and corporate, with perpetual succession, and with all the incidents to a corporation, in deed and in law, to all intents and purposes whatsoever, under the name, style and title of the "University of Free Medicine and Popular Knowledge," by which name and title they shall be capable at law of holding and conveying such real and personal estate as may be necessary for the objects of this incorpo ration, may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in all courts of law and equity, may have a common seal, which they shall have power to alter and renew at pleasure, and may receive, execute and deliver all such instruments of writing, and do such acts and things necessary to promote the objects and designs of said institution, as authorized by this act. SECTION 4. That the preparations, medicinal substances, apparatus, appliances, et cetera, to be purchased, the remedies, finished or unfinished, the pamphlets, documents, books, et cetera, appertaining thereto, shall form a common stock, which may reach any sum not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars, may be divided into a convenient number of shares, and apportioned by the said trustees among subscribers to the said capital stock, according to their respective interests, for Certificates of which certificates of stock shall be issued, and be transerable in such stock. way, and subject to such conditions, as the said trustees may from time to time prescribe, and the said shares of stock so created shall be for all legal purposes whatever deemed and treated as personal estate. By-laws, officers, &c. Proviso. Proviso. Tremont & Mt. SECTION 5. That the board of trustees shall have full power to make by-laws, and to appoint such officers, professors, teachers, instructers and agents, as they shall deem expedient for the well conducting and transacting the business of the university, to declare and provide for the payment of dividends to the stockholders, and in general to super intend the business and concerns of said institution: Provided, That such by-laws shall not be repugnant to the constitution of this State of of the United States: And provided also, That said trustees may delegate to the president of the university the above powers and anthority as far as relates to the electing and removing of officers, prefessors, teachers, instructors and agents, to the providing for the pay ment of dividends to the stockholders, and generally such other powers as they may deem proper and for the public good. SECTION 6. That any railroad company authorized by law to connect Eagle railroad. with the Tremont and Mount Eagle railroad, in the county of Schuy kill, be and is hereby authorized to subscribe to the capital steel of said company, and any such railroad company so subscribing hereby authorized and empowered to increase its capital stock to the amount so subscribed: Provided, That no subscription shall be made exceeding an amount equal to twenty-five per cent. upon the capital stock of such company. SECTION 7. That the twelfth section of the act of the twelfth day of Alex. M'Dowell April, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, shall be so con- released from strued as to release Alexander M'Dowell from the claim of the Com-certain claim. monwealth against him, upon the payment by the said Alexander M'Dowell of the original balance against him, as the same appears on the books of the Auditor General, without interest on the said original balance: Provided, The said principal shall be paid within thirty days after the passage of this act. W. P. SCHELL, APPROVED-The twenty-ninth day of April, A. D., eighteen hundred fifty-three. WM. BIGLER. No. 365. AN ACT Relative to the Susquehanna Canal company; and authorizing the Pittsburg and Steubenville Railroad company to borrow money; making an appropriation to the Eastern Penitentiary; relative to the estate of Charles H. Ball; to the sale of certain real estate; and to an Election District in Columbia 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 if the Susquehanna Canal company shall at any time from and after Susquehanna the passage of this act, for the space of five days neglect to keep the canal company, dam across the Susquehanna river at the mouth of the Conestoga in to keep dam in repair. good order and repair, so as to secure a safe and easy passage from the Conestoga navigation to the said Susquehanna canal, as required by the laws of this Commonwealth, upon information thereof being made by any person or persons to any justice of the peace of the county of Lancaster, or any alderman in and for the city of Lancaster, such justice of the peace or alderman of the city of Lancaster shall issue his precept, to be directed to any constable of the said county or city, commanding him to summon three disinterested persons to meet at a certain time in said precept to be mentioned, at the said dam, of which meeting notice shall be given to any keeper of any lock or other agent of the said Susquehanna canal company, and the said justice of the peace or alderman shall at such time and place, on the oath or affirmation of the said persons, inquire whether the said dam, or any part thereof, is in such good order and repair as is required according to the true intent and meaning of the act of Assembly and the laws of this Commonwealth, and shall cause an inquisition to be made, under the hands and seals of |