Proviso. are hereby authorized to take possession of said duplicates and warrants, wherever the same may be found, and they are hereby authorized and empowered to proceed and collect the same, with the same power and authority as any other collector under the laws of this Commonwealth Provided, however, That the time for collecting the same be and is hereby extended for two years. Criers and tip- SECTION 9. That the criers and tip-staves of Supreme Court and staves, Supreme court of nisi prius for the Eastern district of Pennsylvania, shall, incourt, annual stead of a daily allowance, be allowed an annual salary of five hundred dollars, to be paid out of the treasury of the county of Philadel phia. salary. Jenkins tp., erected into a separate school district. SECTION 10. That from and after the passage of this act, the township of Jenkins, in the county of Luzerne, shall be a separate election district, and the general and township elections shall be held at the school house near the house of S. Hodgdon, jr, in said township, and at the ensuing township election the present judge and inspectors of elections of South Pittston election district shall be the judge and inspectors of elections in said township. Catawissa tp., SECTION 11. That the supervisor of Catawissa township, Columbia Columbia coun- county, shall on the first Monday of April next, and on the first Monty, repair roads day of April every third year thereafter, at the place for holding eleeand bridges. tions in said township, receive written proposals to keep the roads and Proviso. Second section of certain act repealed. Part of Bridge street, New Brighton, may be vacated. township bridges in said township in repair for three years from and after that day, for a certain sum annually, to be stated in each proposal, and shall then and there enter into a written contract, in the name of the township, with the person or persons proposing at the lowest sum, binding him or them, with good security, to keep the said roads and bridges in good repair and safe condition for three years from that day, and binding said township to pay to the said contractor or contractors the sum agreed upon to be paid annually, in manner as follows, to wit: to pay him or them at the end of each month one-twelfth part of the contract price agreed upon for that year, until the whole amount is paid: Provided, That no payment shall be made to said contractor or contractors at any time when said roads and bridges are not in good repair. SECTION 12. That the second section of the act to reduce the number of supervisors in the township of Catawissa, in Columbia county, and for other purposes, approved the twenty-second day of March, one thousand eight hundred and fifty, be and the same is hereby repealed. SECTION 13. That the town council of the borough of New Brigton, county of Beaver, are hereby authorized to pass or enact an ordinance vacating a portion or parts of Bridge street, in the borough of New Brighton, county of Beaver, lying in front of and bounding on the west lots numbered two and three, as described in plot of the said borough, on such terms and conditions as may be mutually agreed upon by and between the owners of said lots, number two and three, and the said town council of said borough. W. P. SCHELL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THO. CARSON, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED The eighteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three. WM. BIGLER. 328. AN ACT To incorporate the Donegal Pleasant Grove Congregation, in Westmoreland county; and relative to the Jefferson and Ebensburg Plank Road company. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa lives 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 Presbyterian Church and Congregation of Donegal Corporation. Pleasant Grove, in the county of Westmoreland, citizens of Pennsylvania, be and they are hereby created into a body politic and corporate, Privileges. Proviso. in deed and in law, by name, style and title of "The Presbyterian Name. SECTION 3. That the said trustees and their successors shall have By-laws. Seal. Proviso. Proviso. Proviso. Officers. the existing trustees may appoint any subsequent day on which the election may be held: Provided, That notice thereof be given from the pulpit, or such other manner as the majority of the existing trus tees may think proper to direct, at least one week before the said election: Provided, That the said by-laws and ordinances shall not be inconsistent with the laws of this State or of the United States: And provided further, That no person shall be eligible to the office of trustee at the first election, or any subsequent election, who is not a member, in good and regular standing in said church, nor shall any person be permitted to vote at any election for trustees who is in arrears for more than one year's subscription or assessments for the support of the gospel in said church or congregation. SECTION 4. That the trustees herein before provided for shall, as soon as convenient after their appointment or election in each and every year, elect one of their number to act as president, and one of their number to act as secretary, and they shall choose one person out of the members of the congregation to serve as treasurer; the said treasurer Duties of trea- shall keep a fair record of the state of the funds of the said congrega tion, which shall at all reasonable times be subject to investigation and settlement by the said trustees. surer. Powers, &c., how to be construed. Part of Jefferson road to be vacated. SECTION 5. That no enumeration of powers, privileges and duties herein contained, shall be so construed as to exclude others not enumerated which are necessary to the proper fulfilment of the design and purpose of this corporation, and not inconsistent with the express provisions and limitations thereof, or of the Constitution and laws of this Commonwealth or of the United States, SECTION 6. That the public road called the Jefferson and Ebensand Ebensburg burg road, in the county of Cambria, from the village of Jefferson to the point where the Jefferson and Ebensburg Plank Road leaves the same, in Summerhill township. and county aforesaid, a distance of about one mile, be vacated, and the Jefferson and Ebensburg Plank Road company have power to collect tolls for their road located there on, W. P. SCHELL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THO. CARSON, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The eighteenth day of April, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, WM. BIGLER No. 329. A SUPPLEMENT To resolution entitled “Resolution authorizing the Canal Commissioners 10 pur....! chase new locomotives," passed February eighth, one thousand eight hundreds and fifty-three. 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 further sum of eight thousand dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated, in addition to the amount appropriated by the act to which this is a supplement, for the purchase of twelve locomotive engines by the Canal Commissioners for the use of the Commonwealth, and if the Canal Commissioners shall deem it expedient, they are hereby authorized to contract for two additional locomotive engines, and an amount sufficient to pay for the same is hereby appropriated: Provided, That the cost shall not be greater in proportion to weight and quality than the rates paid for the locomotive engines provided for by this act, and the act to which this a supplement. W. P. SCHELL, Speaker of the House of Representatives, THO. CARSON, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The eighteenth day of April, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three. WM. BIGLER. No. 330. AN ACT To incorporate the Selins Grove Bridge company; and to authorize the Associate Congregation in the city of Philadelphia to sell certain real estate; and for other purposes. 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 Henry C. Eyer, Gideon Leisenring, H. W. Snyder, Edward Bassler, Commissioners. Ner Middleswarth, James Barbin, Charles A. Moyer, Wm. Cameron, John Walls, John Gundy, G. F. Miller, John Wilt, James K. Davis, and W. F. Wagenseller, of Union county, Peter Snyder, Jacob Hilbert, Felix Mowry, J. B. Packer, Ira T. Clement, E Y. Bright, William Fegely, and Jacob Seasholtz, of Northumberland county, and and where received. Worner, of Schuylkill county, be and they are hereby appointed Subscriptions to commissioners, authorized to receive subscriptions to the capital stock stock, notice to hereby created, at such times and places as a majority of them may be given when direct, previously giving at least three weeks' notice thereof in one of the papers printed in Union county, in one printed in Northumberland county, and one printed in Schuylkill county, of the time and place when and where subscriptions will be received, and at the time of subscribing for said stock five dollars shall be paid by each subscriber to the commissioners, out of which their expenses shall be defrayed, and the balance paid over to the treasurer of said company as soon as one shall be appointed, and the residue of such subscription shall be paid in such instalments, and at such times and places, and to such persons, as the president and managers of the company may direct. When to be incorporated. Style. Privileges. Capital stock. When to organize and elect officers. By-laws. Certificates of stook. SECTION 2. That when one thousand shares shall have been subscribed, the persons holding the same are hereby created and corporated into a company, by the name and title of "Selins Grove Bridge company," and by that name those who have subscribed, and those that may thereafter subscribe, shall have perpetual succession, with all the privileges and franchises incident to a corporation, and shall be capable of taking and holding their capital stock, and the increase and profits thereof, and of enlarging the same from time to time by new subscriptions, in such manner and form as they shall think proper, if such enlargement shall be found necessary to build the bridge and toll house, or fulfil the intent of this act, and of purchasing and holding, to them and their successors, in fee simple, any real or personal estate necessary for the erection of said bridge, and the same to sell and dispose of at their pleasure, and of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, in all courts of justice. SECTION 3. That the capital stock of said company shall not exceed one hundred thousand dollars, and shall be divided into shares of twenty-five dollars each, payable as aforesaid. SECTION 4. That as soon as one thousand shares of the said capital stock shall have been subscribed, it shall be the duty of the commissioners to give notice in one of the papers printed in Union county, and one printed in Northumberland county, and one printed in Schuyl kill county, of a time and place of a meeting of the stockholders, who shall on meeting proceed to organize the said company, and shall choose by ballot, in person or by proxy, one president, three managers, one treasurer, and such other officers as they shall deem necessary, to conduct the business of said company, and the said president and managers shall make such by-laws and regulations for the government of said company as they shall think necessary and proper, consistent with the laws of this Commonwealth, for the well ordering of the affairs of said company, and fixing upon the site or location of said bridge, and each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote for each share of stock by him or her held at the time of such election, and the stockholders shall meet on the first Monday of June in every year, at such place as shall be fixed on by the president and managers, for the purpose of electing officers for the ensuing year. SECTION 5. That the president and managers first chosen, or their successors in office, shall issue certificates of stock to the several stockholders who shall have paid the full amount of their subscriptions, signed by the president and countersigned by the treasurer of said company, which certificates shall be transferable at the pleasure of the holder, in person or by attorney, upon the entry of said transfer being made in a book of the company, to be kept by the treasurer for that purpose, and the president and managers shall meet at such times and |