No. 137.

A SUPPLEMENT

To the act incorporating the Bedford mineral springs association.

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 objects of the corporation created by the act to which this is a supplement, shall be the purchase of the watering place known as the Beford mineral springs, and the lands at present belonging thereto, and for the purpose of erecting buildings and beautifying the grounds, in such manner as to accommodate and amuse the visiting public, and said springs, buildings, and grounds, shall be held by said association as a public watering place, as at present used, and for no other purposes whatsoever: Provided That the stockholders in said corporation shall be liable, in their individual capacity and estates, for all debts created and liabilities incurred by the said corporation: And provided further, That said corporation shall exist for twenty-eight years, and no longer.

W. P. SCHELL,

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

WM. BIGLER.

Preamble.

Proviso.

No. 138.

AN ACT

For the sale of the real estate of Caleb Foulke, deceased; and to authorize Joseph Swift, guardian of Emily S. Balch and Mary Swift, to convey real or personal estate.

WHEREAS, Caleb Foulke, late of the township of Richland, in the county of Bucks, deceased, by his last will and testament, proven and registered the eighth day of March, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, devised the use, the rents, issues, and profits, of a certain messuage and lot of about two acres of land, situate in the village of Quakertown, in said township of Richland, unto his wife Anna S. Foulke, during the time she remained his widow: Provided, That she, the said Anne S. Foulke, should keep the buildings

and premises in repair, and at her death or marriage to be sold by his surviving executor, and the proceeds thereof be devised (with the resi due of his estate), to his son Benjamin G. Foulke, and his four grand children, Benjamin, Caroline, and Rebecca Penrose, and Jane F. Levick:

And whereas, The cash value of the interest of the said Anne S. Preamble. Foulke, in the above said premises, has been estimated to be fifty dollars per annum, as represented to the Legislature by the petition of the said Anne S. Foulke, together with a desire that the same might be sold subject to the payment of the sum of fifty dollars, annually, to her the said Anne S. Foulke, during the time that she remains the widow of the said Caleb Foulke, deceased, which petition is concurred with by the said Benjamin G. Foulke, and Samuel C. Bradshaw, and Benjamin G. Foulke, guardians of the minor children above mentioned; 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 Anne Real estate of S. Foulke, and Benjamin G. Foulke, executors of the last will and Caleb Foulke. testament of Caleb Foulke, late of the township of Richland, county of Bucks, deceased, be, and they are hereby authorized to sell at public sale the messuage and lot of land above mentioned, with the appurtenances, at such time as they shall deem most advisable, upon the following conditions: one thousand dollars of the purchase money to remain secured in the premises, the annual interest thereof at five per cent. to be paid to Anne S. Foulke, widow of the said Caleb Foulke, deceased, annually, on the first day of April in each and every year, during the time she remains the widow of the said Caleb Foulke, deceased, and at her death or marriage the said principal sum of one thousand dollars, to be paid according to the directions of the will of said Caleb Foulke, deceased, and the balance of the purchase money to be paid to said executors, to be by them distributed as contemplated by the will of said deceased, and upon the purchaser or purchasers paying and securing to be paid the purchase money as aforesaid, then the said Anne S. Foulke, and Benjamin G. Foulke, executors of the will of said Caleb Foulke, deceased, to make and execute a good and sufficient deed or deeds of conveyance to the purchaser or purchasers thereof (subject as above mentioned): Provided, That such sale or Proviso. sales shall not be approved by the orphan's court of Bucks county, until the said executors shall give security to the satisfaction of the said court, for the proper application of the proceeds of such sale or sales, according to the provisions of the said will, with respect to the residue of the estate of said testator.

estate.

SECTION 2. That Joseph Swift, of the city of Philadelphia, guar- Joseph Swift dian of his minor daughters Emily S. Balch and Mary Swift, be, and authorized to he is hereby authorized and empowered, at any time or times hereafter, sell certain real during the minority of his said two daughters, or either of them, to grant, bargain and sell, all or any part or parts of the estate, real or personal, now vested in or to which his said two daughters, or either of them, are now or may hereafter become entitled to or possessed of under and by virtue of the last will and testament of the Reverend Robert Blackwell, late of the said city of Philadelphia, deceased, or as the heirs and legal representatives of Robert B. Willing, late of the said city of Philadelphia, deceased, or of their mother Eliza M. Swift, deceased, and whether the said estates be held by the said Emily 8 Balch or Mary Swift, in severalty or in common, with any

Proviso.

Proviso.

other person or persons, either at public or private sale in fee simple upon ground rent or for any other estate or estates, and upon such terms and conditions or for such price or consideration as he, the said Joseph Swift, may deem proper, and also to release and extinguish any yearly ground rent, or the undivided interest therein of the said Emily S. Balch or Mary Swift, belonging to them or either of them, and to convey and assure the hereditaments and premises so sold with the appurtenances unto the purchaser or purchasers thereof, his, her or their heirs, successors and assigns forever, free, clear and discharged of and from all trusts and limitations whatsoever, and so that the said purchasers shall take and hold the premises so conveyed to them without any liability on their part to see to the application of the purchase money, also, that he, the said Joseph Swift, shall and may on behalf of his said two daughters, or either of them, enter into and make partition by deed or otherwise, with any other person or persons whomsoever, with whom his said two daughters, or either of them, now or may hereafter, during their or either of their minority, have, hold, be possessed of or become entitled to in common or as joint tenants of any estate or interest derived or inherited under or by virtue of any of the devises or provisoes contained within said last will and testament of Robert Blackwell, deceased, and to agree upon and finally determine the interest and proportion of his said two daughters, or either of them, in the estate aforesaid, and thereupon to make and execute good and sufficient deeds, releases and discharges to the other parties interested therein, their heirs, executors, administrators and assigns of and for all the share, purport and interest of his said two daughters, or either of them, in the said estate, and property which said releases, conveyances and discharges, shall be binding and conclusive upon his said two daughters, their and each of their heirs, executors, administrators and assigns forever hereafter: Provided, nevertheless, That all sales, releases, deeds and acquittances, made in pursuance of the powers hereby conferred shall first be approved of by the orphans' court for the city and county of Philadelphia, and that the said Joseph Swift shall hold all the moneys, securities or proceeds of any such sales, releases or partitions as aforesaid, in trust as and for the estate of his said two daughters respectively, in equal moieties, their heirs and assigns, during and until the termination of their respective minorities: Provided also, That the said Joseph Swift give such security in the premises as may be directed by the orphans' court aforesaid.

W. P. SCHELL,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

THO. CARSON,

Speaker of the Senate.

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

hundred and fifty-three.

WM. BIGLER.

No. 139.

AN ACT

To incorporate the Skippack turnpike road company; repealing a State road in Montgomery county; and relative to a justice of the peace in the borough of Norristown.

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 Commissioners. William Michener, Charles Stout, John Hobensack, Frederick B. Robeson, David De Haven, George Scheets, Philip S. Gerhard, John Fitzgerald, Francis Kehr, John Jones, Mathias Faringer, John F. Styer, Lawrence Lawrence, Levi Miller, Enos Hoxwell, Samuel F. Shæff, Henry Dickinson, Samuel Streeper, Jacob L. Rex, Joseph P. Conard, Abraham Wentz and Jacob Hoover, of Montgomery county, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners to open books, receive subseriptions, and organize a company by the name, style and title of Style. "The Skippack turnpike road company," with power to construct a turnpike road, commencing at or near the end of the Skippack road at the Chesnut Hill and Springhouse turnpike road, in Whitemarsh township, Montgomery county, and extending thence along the said Skippack road through the villages of Broad-axe, Bluebell and Centre Square, to a point in said road at or near Philip S. Gerhard's tavern, near Centre Square, in Whitpain township in said county, subject to Subject to proall the provisions and restrictions of an act regulating turnpike and visions of eerplank road companies, approved the twenty-sixth day of January, one tain act. thousand eight hundred and forty-nine.

Location.

SECTION 2. That the capital stock of said company shall consist of Capital stock. two hundred shares, at twenty-five dollars per share: Provided, That Provise. 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 deemed necessary to complete the road, and

to carry out the true intent and meaning of this act.

SECTION 3. That if said company shall not commence the construc- Commencement tion of their road within two years after the passage of this act, and and completion complete the same within five years thereafter, this act shall be null of road. and void, except so far as the same may be necessary to wind up the

affairs and pay the debts of the company.

SECTION 4. That said townships of Whitemarsh and Whitpain, are Certain townauthorized to subscribe to the capital stock of said company

ships to sub.

SECTION 5. That the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and scribe stock. seventh sections of an act entitled "An act authorizing the laying out Repeal. of a State road in Montgomery and Bucks counties, and for other purposes," approved the twenty-sixth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, be, and the same are hereby repealed.

SECTION 6. That it shall and may be lawful for William Rossiter, to William Rossihold and exercise the duties of his office as a justice of the peace, in ter to hold office and for the middle ward of the borough of Norristown, in the county peace. of justice of the

of Montgomery, under his present commission, notwithstanding he may reside in any other ward of said borough.

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

WM. BIGLER.

No. 140.

A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT

To the act incorporating the Pennsylvania coal 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 Pennsylvania coal company is hereby authorized to extend its two tracks of railroad with the necessary turn-outs and other appendages from any points thereof, in an easterly direction through the counties of Luzerne, Wayne, Pike, or along Bushkill creek, in the county of Monroe, to connect with the New York and Erie railroad, or to such point in the States of New Jersey or New York, as the respective Legislatures of said States may authorize, and shall generally construct the same to conform to the plan and manner of its present road so far as the same may be constructed within this Commonwealth, and of any gauge the company may deem expedient, and may hold the same with its appendages and the lands necessary for depots and other purposes of its business not exceeding twenty acres in any one place, and exercise the same powers in respect thereto which it might exercise if the same were within this Commonwealth, but in the erection of the necessary bridges over the river Delaware the navigation of the said river shall not be injured, and the said company may connect or consolidate with, or lease some railroad or canal in the said States of New Jersey or New York, and acquire, hold, exercise the rights, privileges and franchises of such corporation in such manner and on such terms as may be mutually agreed upon, and the said company shall have power to increase its capital for the purposes herein authorized, not exceeding fifty thousand additional shares of fifty dollars each: Provided, That the said company shall pay to the State Treasurer for the use of the Commonwealth, a bonus of one per centum on such capital, in ten equal annual instalments, the first of which shall become payable on the first day of July, after said capital shall have been created, and the act passed thirteenth March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, entitled "An Act relating to certain corpora