Laws Enacted in the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ...

No. 65.

AN ACT

To authorize the Canal Commissioners to examine the claims of John Weaver for damages sustained on the Allegheny Portage railroad at plane number

two.

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 the Canal Commissioners be, and they are hereby authorized and directed to examine the claim of John Weaver, of Indiana county, for damages sustained by him in consequence of the destruction of a section boat and goods on the Allegheny Portage railroad at plane number two, and if they shall ascertain that the damages alleged were occasioned by the carelessness or misconduct on the part of any State agent, they shall assess the same and report the amount to the Legislature: Provided, That no damages shall be allowed except for the actual injury done to the boat and cargo, and no item of damage shall be allowed unless the amount of the actual loss, deducting the value of the wreck and damaged goods, shall be clearly established by affi davit. W. P. SCHELL, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

THO. CARSON, Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED-The fifteenth day of February, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three.

WM. BIGLER.

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No. 66.

A SUPPLEMENT

To an act entitled "An Act to incorporate the State mutnal fire insurance company of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania."

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 mutual fire insurance company shall hereafter be known as the State mutual fire and marine insurance company of Pennsylvania, and by that name shall have perpetual succession, and shall have power and lawful authority to insure all kinds of property against loss or damage by fire,

or any cause or risk, to make all kinds of insurance against loss or damage of goods, merchandize, or other property in the course of transportation by land, water, or otherwise, and on any vessel or boat, or other water craft, and to cause themselves to be insured against any loss, damage, or risk in the course of their business.

SECTION 2. That by a vote of a majority of the board of directors of Capital stock. said company, the secretary may be authorized to raise by subscription. a capital stock of not less than one hundred thousand dollars, nor exeeeding three hundred thousand dollars, to be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each, and there shall be paid into the treasury of said corporation by each subscriber to said stock at the time of subscribing, an instalment of not less than five dollars on each share by him, her, or them so subscribed, and the remaining sum due on each share shall be paid in such instalments and at such times as the directors shall deem necessary to be paid within thirty days after notice of the same by the directors; and should any of the stockholders neglect or refuse to pay any such instalments after notice as aforesaid, the amount previously paid on said stock shall become forfeited to the company, and said stock may be sold by the directors to any person for such price as can be obtained for the same, and the directors may pro ceed, at their option, to collect from such delinquent stockholder the amount of each instalment; the directors shall have power to require security on all stock subscribed and not paid in, if they deem it expe dient for the safety of the company: And provided, That each stock- Proviso. holder shall be entitled to one vote at the election of officers of said company on each and every share of stock held by him, her or them.

SECTION 3. That the said State mutual fire and marine insurance com- Perpetual or pany of Pennsylvania, shall have power to effect perpetual or other other insuranarances under said capital stock without the parties so insured be- ces. coming members of said company or participating in the profits if any arising therefrom, or becoming liable for losses beyond the amount of premiums paid, the profits arising from such insurances shall be divided to the stockholders as the directors shall deem expedient.

SECTION 4. That the shares of the said stock shall be assignable and Shares of stock transferable only on the books of the company, according to such rules assignable. and regulations as the directors shall for that purpose ordain and establish, and not otherwise.

SECTION 5. That it shall be lawful for said company to employ and Investment of invest their capital stock and other moneys in bonds and mortgages on capital stock. real estate in respondentiary bottomry ground rents, stocks, or loans of the United States and State of Pennsylvania, and in stocks or loans of any borough, city, or institution incorporated by the laws of this State, and in other good securities, and to sell and transfer the same, and to re-invest the proceeds of such sale or transfer in other loans, stocks, or securities, and said company may purchase and hold such real estate as may be necessary to accommodate them in the transaction of the business thereof, and to sell, assign, and convey the same in fee simple or otherwise: Provided, That said corporation shall not exercise any banking privilege or issue any certificate or other paper to be circulated as bank paper.

SECTION 6. That the said company shall annually on the first day Settlement of of June, publish for four weeks in one newspaper in Harrisburg, one business to be newspaper in the city of Philadelphia, and one newspaper in the city published. of Pittsburg, a statement of the business of the company on both the mutual and stock principle, showing the amount of premiums and interest received and amount of payments of all kinds, in which shall be embraced a balance sheet of the then condition of the company.

Reservation.

SECTION 7. That the Legislature hereby reserves the power to alter, amend, or repeal this act, in such way, however, as that no injustice shall be done to the corporators or others interested.

W. P. SCHELL,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

THO. CARSON,

Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED-The fifteenth day of February, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three.

WM. BIGLER.

No. 67.

AN ACT

To incorporate the Green Tree and Christiana turnpike road company; to sell a certain school house, in Lancaster county; to authorize the county commissioners of said county to borrow money.

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Cooper, Samuel Slocum, James Jackson, William L. Rakestraw, John Allen, Elijah Lewis, George Whitson, Joseph M. Thompson, Horatio S. Kerns, Joseph C. Dickenson, or any five of them, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners to open books and receive subscriptions and organize a company by the name, style and title of the "Green Tree and Christiana turnpike road company," with power to construct a turnpike road from the Green Tree tavern in Bart township, in the county of Lancaster, by the nearest and best route to the Subject to pro- Philadelphia and Columbia railroad at Christiana, in said county, subject to the provisions and restrictions of an act regulating turnpike and plank road companies, passed the twenty-sixth day of January, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, and the several supplements thereto.

visions of

certain act.

Capital stock.

Commencement

of road,

SECTION 2. That the capital stock of said company shall consist of four hundred shares at twenty-five dollars each, and by a vote of the stockholders called for the purpose, to increase the same to eight bundred shares if the same shall be deemed necessary to carry into effect the true intent and meaning of this act.

SECTION 3. That if the said corporation shall not commence the and completion construction of said road within two years from the passage of this act, and complete the same within ten years from the passage of the same, this act shall be null and void, except so far as the same shall be necessary to close and settle the affairs of said company: Provided, That when two or more miles of said road shall be completed and approved of, as provided by the general act and the supplement thereto, the said corporation shall be authorized to receive toll therefor.

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SECTION 4. That Benjamin Hartman and Peter L. Grosh trustees School house in for the owners of a certain school house and lot of ground in the vil. Mechanicsville, Lancaster co., lage of Mechanicsville, East Hempfield township, Lancaster county, to be sold. adjoining lands of Jacob Lefever, Henry M. Bear and the plank road, be, and they are hereby authorized and empowered to sell the same, and with the proceeds thereof erect another school house in a more convenient location, for the same purposes and uses as the original building hereby authorized to be sold.

row money.

SECTION 5. That the commissioners of Lancaster county, are hereby Commissioners authorized to borrow money from time to time on the credit of said of Lancaster county, for the purpose of erecting a new court house and to bind the county to borsaid county for the payment thereof: Provided, That the aggregate of such loans outstanding and unpaid shall not exceed sixty thousand dollars, and that no bonds shall be issued for a less sum than one hundred dollars.

APPROVED-The fifteenth day of February, A. D., one thousand eight

hundred and fifty-three.

WM. BIGLER.

No. 68.

AN ACT

To confer on Kate Eliza Clark, of Washington county, the rights, privileges, and advantages of a child born in lawful wedlock.

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 Kate Eliza Clark, of Robinson township, in the county of Washington, an illegitimate child of James Murray Clark and Margaret A. Clark, who were inter married after the birth of their said child, shall have and enjoy all the rights and privileges, benefits and advantages of a legitimate child of the said James Murray Clark and Margaret A. Clark, born in lawful wedlock, and shall be able and capable in law to inherit and transmit any estate whatsoever as fully and completely to all intents and purposes as if she had been the legitimate child of the said James Murray Clark and Margaret A. Clark, born in lawful

wedlock.

W. P. SCHELL,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

THO. CARSON,
Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED-The fiftenth day of February, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three.

No. 69.

AN ACT

Authorizing the Governor to incorporate the Germantown and Branchtown turnpike and plank road company.

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Subject to provisions of

certain act.

Capital stock.
Proviso.

maker, Wyndham Stokes, Robert H. Thomas, John W. Boyer, Robert Thomas, and Bennett Medary, or any five of them, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners to open books, receive subscriptions, and organize a company by the name, style, and title of "The Germantown and Branchtown turnpike and plank road company," with the power to construct a plank road or turnpike road, or each, in part, from Main street, in the borough of Germantown, in the county of Philadelphia, where the same is intersected by Mill street, thence along said Mill street by Spencer Roberts' mill to the lime-kiln turnpike road, near Branchtown, in the township of Bristol, in the county aforesaid, by the nearest and best route or routes as the president and directors may determine upon, subject to all the provisions and restrictions of an act regulating turnpike and plank road companies, passed the twenty-sixth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, and the several supplements thereto.

SECTION 2. That the capital stock of said company shall consist of one hundred and sixty shares, at twenty-five dollars per share: Provided, That said company may, from time to time, by a vote of the stockholders at a meeting called for that purpose, increase their capital stock so much as in their opinion may be necessary to complete the road and improvements thereto belonging, and to carry out the true intent and meaning of this act..

W. P. SCHELL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THO. CARSON, Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED-The fifteenth day of February, A. D., one thousand eight

hundred and fifty-three.

WM. BIGLER.

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