By-laws. Reservations. Proviso. Comm'rs of and Penn auth foot-ways. the first meeting of the trustees after their election in each year they shall choose from their body a president, secretary and treasurer. SECTION 4. That the corporation hereby created shall have leave and authority to make by-laws, conformable to the charter and not in violation of the Constitution and laws of the United States or of this Commonwealth. SECTION 5. That the legislature reserves the right to alter, revoke or annul this charter, whenever in their opinion such revocation shall be considered necessary for the public interest: Provided, That no injustice shall be done the corporators. SECTION 6. That whenever a majority of the whole number of Spring Garden commissioners of the district of Spring Garden and Penn, in the orized to widen county of Philadelphia, or either of them, shall deem it advisable, it shall and may be lawful for them to increase the width of the sidewalks or footways along the whole or any part of said Broad street, within the limits of said districts, by extending the lines of the curbstone towards the middle of said street, not exceeding ten feet on each side thereof, or it may be lawful for a majority of the whole number of commissioners of said districts, or either of them, to appropriate not more than thirty feet of the middle of said Broad street through the whole or part of their respective districts, for a public promenade. Surveyor of authorized to al- Proviso. SECTION 7. That from and after the passage of this act, the surveyor of the district of Penn be authorized to make such alterations in the plan of the part of the said district lying between Columbia avenue on the northward, Thirty-ninth street on the eastward, and the river Schuylkill on the southwest, as he may deem expedient, and upon the said alterations] being approved by the commissioners of said district, and the owners of the ground within which the same may be made, and a plan thereof being filed in the office of the clerk of the court of quarter sessions for Philadelphia county, the same shall be confirmed by the court: Provided, That no alteration shall be made in Pennsylvania avenue by virtue of this act. W. P. SCHELL, APPROVED-The fifteenth day of April, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three. WM. BIGLER. No. 273. AN ACT Relating to the District of West Philadelphia. 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 Comm'rs authcommissioners of the district of West Philadelphia are authorized to orized to purpurchase, and the Odd Fellows' hall association of the district of West chase certain Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia, are authorized to sell all hall and lot. that certain hall or building erected by the latter, and situate at the south-east corner of Washington and Park streets, in said district, together with the lot on which the same is erected, and payment of said purchase money may be made either in cash or in the coupon bonds of the said district, bearing interest at six per centum, as may be agreed upon between the said parties, and the said Odd Fellows' hall association, or the trustees in whom the legal title thereof may be vested at the time of said sale, are hereby authorized and empowered to make and execute any deed or conveyance that may be necessary to vest the same in fee in the said district: Provided, That before the conveyance Proviso. of said lot or piece of ground and hall thereon erected, the consent of a majority in number and interest of the stockholders of said association shall be first had and obtained: And provided, That said com- Proviso. missioners, if they shall deem it more expedient, may in lieu of said purchase, erect and build a public or district hall, upon a lot or square of ground to be bought and held by them for said purposes. ted. SECTION 2. That upon the receipt of the purchase money or other Purchase money consideration of said hall, the board of managers of said association, to be distribuafter first paying off and discharging all the debts and liabilities of said association, shall distribute the balance among the stockholders thereof, according as they shall be entitled. SECTION 3. That the West Philadelphia Gas company, incorporated West Phila., Gas company, by an act approved the twelfth day of April, Anno Domini one thou- authorized to sand eight hundred and fifty-one, is hereby authorized and empowered sell real estate. to grant, bargain, sell, assign and dispose of, to the commissioners of the district of West Philadelphia and their successors, who are hereby authorized to purchase the same, all the lands, tenements and hereditaments, goods and chattles, and all the estate, real, personal and mixed, of what kind or quality soever, of the said company, and to make and execute all necessary deeds and assurances in the law therefor: Provi- Proviso. ded, That the consent of a majority in numbers and interest of the stockholders of said company shall be first had and obtained: And Proviso. provided, That payment for the said purchase may be made either in cash or in the coupon bonds of the said district, bearing interest at six per cent., as may be agreed upon by the said parties. SECTION 4. That from and after said transfer, the commissioners of the district of West Philadelphia shall have and possess all the rights, liberties and franchises of said company whatsoever, and especially for the manufacture, purchase and sale of gas, to be made from bituminous coal or other materials, for the purpose of lighting the streets, buildings, factories, and other places in said district, and shall have Rights, liberties, &c. Trustees. Commissioners loans. full power and authority to buy land for a site for gas works, and erect the same, to make and enter into all necessary contracts and covenants in relation thereto, and to make such rules and regulations, and to pass such ordinances for the management and protection of said works, as may be requisite. SECTION 5. That if the commissioners of said district shall so decide, or if it shall become necessary so to do, by the terms of purchase from the said West Philadelphia Gas company, the management and control of the said works and manufacture and sale of gas, as aforesaid, shall be vested in a board of trustees, in a similar manner as in the city of Philadelphia, and in like manner subject to such regulations as may be made from time to time by the commissioners of said district, who are hereby authorized to pass all necessary ordinances therefor. SECTION 6. That the commissioners of said district are hereby authomay contract rized to contract such loans as may become necessary from time to time, for the purposes of said district, and to issue certificates of loan therefor, of not less than one hundred dollars each, payable in twenty years, and bearing interest not exceeding six per cent. per annum ; and when said loan shall be contracted, for the construction of water works or introduction of gas within said district, the said commissioners are hereby authorized and empowered to set apart and pledge the nett income from said sources towards the payment of the interest of said loans respectively: Provided, however, That no loan shall be contracted as aforesaid, without the consent of two-thirds of said commissioners. duties. SECTION 7. That from and after the passage of this act, it shall be Guardians of the the duty of the board of guardians of the poor under the act entitled poor of Phil'a., "An Act for the relief and employment of the poo of the city of Philadelphia, the district of Southwark, and the townships of Northern Liberties and Penn," passed the fifth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, to receive into the Blockley alms house all the poor of the district of West Philadelphia, in the county of Philadel phia, and treat the same in the same manner as the poor in the city of Philadelphia are now or may hereafter by law be treated, and the said Power to collect board of guardians are hereby fully empowered to levy, assess and collect taxes from said district, in like proportionable amounts and like manner as they now levy, asses and collect taxes for the support of the poor of the city of Philadelphia, and incorporated districts in the county of Comm'rs West Philadelphia, and that the commissioners of the district of West PhilPhil'a., may adelphia, in the county of Philadelphia, shall have power and authority elect a guardian to elect, at the time and in the manner now provided by law for other Tax. of the poor. Repeal. districts in said county, one person to serve as guardian of the poor for said district; and the person so chosen shall have the same powers, authorities, duties and privileges, as guardians of the poor chosen by other districts in said county now have and enjoy; and that all the laws of this Commonwealth now in force relating to the relief and employment of the poor applicable to other incorporated districts in said county, whose poor are by law received into said Blockley alms house, shall be in full force and effect in the said district of West Philadel phia. SECTION 8. That the sixth section of an act of Assembly passed the fourteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and fifty, entitled "A Supplement to an act to incorporate the borough of West Philadelphia," approved the seventeenth day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and forty-four, be and the same is hereby repealed. SECTION 9. That the commissioners of the district of West Philadel phia are hereby authorized and empowered to pebble, pave, and curb To pave and SECTION 10. That the president and managers of the Delaware Del. co. turnCounty turnpike road company, be and they are hereby authorized to pike company, transfer to the district of West Philadelphia all that part of their road transfer. which lies between the eastern termination thereof at Chesnut street and the middle of Mill creek, upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon between the commissioners of said district and the president and managers of said company. Proviso. SECTION 11. That after such agreement shall have been entered into, and a transfer of said portion of road, or any part of it, made in pursuance thereof to the said district of West Philadelphia, all the corporate privileges of said company in, over, or in respect to said portion Corporate priviof their road, shall cease and determine, and the said company shall be leges to cease. released from all responsibilities and liabilities for keeping the same in repair, or for any other matters relating thereto: Provided, That from and after said transfer, the said portion or portions of road so transferred shall become one of the public streets of said district, and the corporation thereof shall keep and maintain the same in as good repair as the said company are bound to do under their act of incorporation; and for any neglect or failure so to do, the said district shall be answerable to the said company in damages arising therefrom; a copy of said agreement shall be filed in the court of quarter sessions of the city and county of Philadelphia, within thirty days after it shall have been signed. SECTION 12. That so much of the capital stock of said turnpike road Capital stock, to. company as was specifically subscribed for the construction of that part be extinguiskof said road which lies between the Woodland Cemetery gates and the ed. intersection of Chesnut street, shall become extinguished upon re-payment to the holders thereof the par value of such stock. W. P. SCHELL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THO. CARSON. Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The fifteenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three. WM. BIGLER. Corporation. Style. Proviso. Trustees. Management and control. No. 274. AN ACT To incorporate the Saint John's Evangelical Lutheran congregation of the borough of Pine Grove, in the county of Schuylkill; relative to the estate of James C. Fisher, deceased; changing the place of holding elections in Rash township, Schuylkill county; relative to the real estate of Graham M'Camant, deceased, in Huntingdon and Centre counties; to the sale of St. Paul's La theran church in Chester county; and to extend the time for commencing 1 plank road in Indiana 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 members of the Saint John's Evangelical Lutheran congregation of the borough of Pine Grove and vicinity, in the county of Schuylkill, are hereby constituted a body corporate, in deed and in law, under the name and title of "The Saint John's Evangelical Lutheran church of Pine Grove," to have perpetual succession in said name, and to be able to sue and be sued, to plead and be impleaded, in all courts of law and elsewhere, and shall be able and capable in law and in equity to take, receive and hold, for the use of said church, lands and tenements, goods and chattels, of whatever kind, real, personal or mixed, which are now or which may at any time hereafter become the property of said congregation, by gift, grant, bargain, sale, conveyance, devise, bequest, or otherwise, from any person or persons whom soever capable of making the same, and to grant, bargain, sell, mortgage, improve and dispose of the same, as they may deem best for the interests of said congregation Provided, That the yearly value or income of the real and personal estate of said congregation, shall not at any time exceed three thousand dollars, and shall not be appropria ted to any other than religious or benevolent purposes. SECTION 2. That the business of said corporation shall be conducted by a board of three trustees, who shall be elected by the congregation, to serve Or a term of three years, and one secretary, who shall be appointed by said board of trustees, and until others are elected the following persons, to wit: Peter Filbert, William Graeff and Henry Umbehour, junior, shall be and are hereby empowed to be said board of trustees; if any vacancy shall occur in said board of trustees by death or otherwise, the remaining trustees may appoint another suitable person to fill such vacancy until the next election, and if the members of said congregation shall fail to hold their election regularly at the expiration of the term of office for which the said trustees were elected, the said corporation shall not be dissolved thereby, but a majority of the trustees may appoint any subsequent day on which the election may be held. SECTION 3. That the said board of trustees shall have the management and control of all the secular and pecuniary affairs of said congregation; they shall hold in trust during the legal tenure of their office, all the title deeds of the church; they shall have under their charge and care the church building, the parsonage, and all other property belonging to the congregation, and shall exercise a general supervision over all its temporal concerns. |