lands and take materials.

places as shall be agreed upon, for the transaction of business; they Duty of presiehall keep minutes of their transactions, entered in a book, and shall dent and manhave authority to agree with and appoint engineers, artists, superintendents and agents, as they shall think necessary, to construct a bridge across the Susquehanna river at Selins Grove, and to complete the same, and fix the salaries, and determine the time the stockholders shall pay their instalments due on their respective shares, draw orders on the treasurer for money, the same to be signed by the president or chairman, and attested by the clerk, and do and transact all things by this act and the by-laws or regulations of the company that may be lawful; at such meetings the president and two managers, or all the managers without the president, shall form a quorum for transacting business. Quorum. SECTION 6. That it shall be lawful for the president and managers, May enter upon their superintendents, engineers and workmen, to enter on lands and enclosures near the place where the bridge is to built, and to cut and carry off any timber, dig gravel and saud, or quarry stone, necessary for building said bridge, also to enter thereon with wagons, carts, sleighs or beasts of burden or draught, and take or carry off any materials necessary for the construction of said bridge, doing as little damage as possible, and afterwards making amends for any damage that may be done, which damage, if the parties cannot agree, shall be Damages how submitted to the decision of three disinterested freeholders chosen by settled. the parties, and if the parties cannot agree upon the men, or if either party on reasonable notice shall neglect or refuse to join in the choice, then said freeholders shall, on application, be appointed by any justice of the peace within the county not interested, who after being sworn or affirmed, shall assess or appraise the damage, and make report thereof to the justice of the peace who appointed them, and the said president, managers, or other persons employed by them, after the tender of the appraised value to the owner, may enter, chop, dig, quarry and carry off any material necessary in the building or repairing said bridge: Provided, That either party shall have the right to appeal to the court of common Proviso, pleas of said county of Union or Northumberland, from the award of the said assessors of damages: And provided further, That said company Proviso. shall not take possession of or use any private property against the consent of the owner, without first making compensation, or giving adequate security to make compensation therefor.

SECTION 7. That the president and managers of said company shall keep just and fair accounts of all moneys received by them in any way under the provisions of this act, and also of all moneys by them expended, and all voluntary contributions to said company, and shall at least once a year, or whenever called on, submit their accounts to any or all the stockholders

Accounts.

SECTION 8. That when a good and complete bridge shall have been When may take erected over said river at the place aforesaid, the company, their suc. tolls.

cessors or assigns, may demand and receive toll from travelers and

others crossing the same, at the following rates for every score of Rates of tolls. sheep or hogs, thirty cents; for every score of horned cattle, sixty cents, and so on in proportion for greater numbers; for every horse or mule, laden or unladened, with rider, fifteen cents; for every chair, chaise or Bulkey, with two wheels and one horse, twenty-five cents; for every dearborn or light wagon with one horse, thirty cents; for every chaise, coach, phæton, chair, wagon, coachee, or light wagon, with four wheels and two horses, forty cents; and with four horses, sixty cents; for every other carriage of pleasure under whatever name it may go, the like sum of toll, according to the number of wheels or horses drawing the same, and two oxen shall be rated as one horse or mule; for every

Proviso.

Penalty for inju, ries to bridge.

Accounts of

Dividends.

foot passenger crossing the bridge five cents; and they shall cause to be put and kept up in some conspicuous place at the gates of said bridge a list of the rates of toll: And provided, That the bridge shall be so constructed as not to injure or obstruct the free navigation of the Susquehanna river.

SECTION 9. That if any person shall wilfully cut, destroy, break, or remove from off said bridge, or any part thereof, any piece of timber, stone, plank, chain, bolt, or any material whatsoever belonging to said bridge, or otherwise wilfully or maliciously damage the same, he, she or they so offending, shall forfeit and pay for every such offence, over and above the damage done to said bridge, the sum of twenty dollars, to be recovered, with costs, in any court having jurisdiction thereof, in addition to any punishment or penalties prescribed by the laws of this Commonwealth for similar offences.

SECTION 10. That the said president and managers shall keep fair tolls to be kept. and just accounts of all tolls received by their respective collectors of tolls for crossing said bridge, and shall make and declare a dividend of the profits and income thereof among all the stockholders of said com pany, in proportion to the shares respectively held by each, and deducting therefrom all contingent costs and charges, and such proportion of said income as may by them be deemed necessary for a growing fund for repairing or rebuilding said bridge, and shall on the first Monday of June in each year, notify the stockholders, by publication or otherwise, of the time and place when and where the said dividends shall be paid, and shall cause the same to be paid accordingly: Provided, That no dividends of profits shall be declared until all the expense of building and constructing said bridge shall be fully paid.

Proviso.

To be adapted to a railroad bridge.

Susquehanna railroad co.,

authorized to

subscribe stock.

When to be

SECTION 11. That the said bridge shall be so constructed as not to interfere with its use as an ordinary road bridge, and at the same time be adapted to the purpose of a railroad bridge, for a single track of railway to be laid thereon.

SECTION 12. That the president and directors of the Susquehanna railroad shall have authority to subscribe to the capital stock of said bridge, and the stock so subscribed shall vest in said railroad company, and shall be transferable by the said president and directors, in the same manner that other stock of said bridge company may be trans ferred, and upon such subscription being so made to the capital stock of said bridge for not less than two hundred shares, the said Susque hanna Railroad company may construct a branch of their railroad from the east end of the said bridge, crossing the same with a single track, and extending into the town of Selins Grove, Union county.

SECTION 13. That said company shall commence the construction of commenced and said bridge within two years from the passage of this act, and complete completed. the same within six years thereof, or the privileges hereby granted shall revert to the Commonwealth.

Associate con

chase other property.

SECTION 14. That the trustees of the Associate congregation in the gregation Phila- city of Philadelphia, or a majority of them, shall be and are hereby delphia author authorized to sell and convey, either at public or private sale, in fee ized to sell real simple, or otherwise, and for cash or upon ground rent, or upon such estate, and purother terms as to them may seem advisable, the church and entire lot of ground of the said the Associate congregation in the city of Phila delphia, situate on the north side of Walnut street, between Delaware Fourth and Fifth streets, in the city of Philadelphia, with all the privi leges and appurtenances thereto belonging, and also a certain lot of ground situate at the south-west corner of Thirteenth and Budd streets in the said city, containing in front on said Thirteenth street forty feet, and in depth in said Budd street seventy feet, and that the said trus

tees, or a majority of them, with the consent of a legally called meeting of the said congregation, shall be and are hereby authorized to purchase a lot of ground in Lombard ward, in the said city, or in its immediate vicinity, and to erect thereon a house of worship, suitable to the wants and wishes of the said congregation, procuring for the said lot a deed of conveyance to the said the Associate congregation in the city of Philadelphia, its successors and assigns, containing all the provisions, conditions, powers and duties specified in the deed or deeds by which said the Associate congregation in the city of Philadelphia, now hold the real estate by this act authorized to be sold, and the proceeds of such sale or sales hereby authorized, shall be applied in the first place in payment of the said lot and the erection of the said house of worship hereby authorized to be purchased and erected, and the surplus, if any, shall be applied towards the ordinary annual expenses of the church hereby authorized to be erected, and for no other purpose whatever.

APPROVED The eighteenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three.

WM. BIGLER.

No. 331.

AN ACT

To incorporate the Harrisburg Female Seminary.

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 is hereby established in the borough of Harrisburg, in Corporation. this Commonwealth, a Seminary for the education of females in the various branches of science, literature, the ancient and modern languages, and other branches of education, and accomplishments suitable for females, by the name, style and title of "The Harrisburg Female Style. Seminary;" the said seminary to be under the management, direction and control of seven trustees, who shall appoint one person as presi- Officers. dent, one person as treasurer, and one person as secretary; four of said trustees shall constitute a quorum, and be competent to fill vacancies Quorum. in their own body, also to prescribe the duties authorized and required to be performed by the different officers whom they may select, of whom the president and treasurer shall be chosen from among the said

trustees.

SECTION 2. That the first trustees of the said Seminary shall consist Trustees. of the following persons, to wit: James W. Wier, William M. Kerr,

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Privileges.

Proviso.

Seal.

John A. Fisher, John C. Kunkel, Daniel D. Boas, James R. Jones, and George H. Small, which said trustees, and their successors, to be hereafter elected by the stockholders of said Seminary, shall forever hereafter be, and they are hereby erected into and declared to be a body politic and corporate, with perpetual seccession, and with all the incidents of a corporation in deed and in law, to all intents and purposes whatsoever, by the name, style and title of "The trustees of the Harrisburg Female Seminary," by which name, style and title, the said trustees and their successors shall be able and capable at law and in equity to purchase, take, hold and possess, to themselves and their successors, for the use of the said Seminary, any estate in any messuages, lands, tenements, hereditaments, goods, chattles, moneys, or other effects, by gift, grant, bargain, sale, conveyance, assurance, will, devise, or bequest, of any person or persons or corporations whatsoever: Provided, That the annual income of the same, exclusive of the income or receipts from the pupils, their parents or guardians, does not exceed the yearly value of three thousand dollars, and the same messuages, lands, tenements, hereditaments and estates, real and personal, to grant, bargain, sell, convey, assign, demise, rent, lease, and to farm, let, and to place out on interest, or otherwise dispose of or invest for the use of the said Seminary, or to the stockholders, and to erect the necessary buildings thereon for the use of said Seminary, in such manner as shall seem to them most beneficial, and to receive the rents, issues, profits and income of the same, and to apply the same in dividends among the said stockholders, in proportion to the amount of stock held by each person, and by the same name to sue, commence actions, prosecute and defend, implead and be impleaded, in any court of law or equity, and in all manner of suits and actions whatsoever, and to transact all matters and things incident thereto, as fully and effectually as any natural person or body politic or corporate have power to manage their

concerns.

SECTION 3. That the said corporation may cause to be made for their use a common and corporate seal, by and with which all deeds, certificates, appointments, and acts of the said corporation shall pass and be authenticated, and the same seal at their pleasure to break, alter or

renew.

When books for SECTION 4. That the said trustees herein named are hereby authosubscriptions to rized to open books on or before the first day of July next, and enter be opened. therein as follows: "We whose names are hereunto subscribed, do promise to pay to the trustees of the Harrisburg Female Seminary the sum of twenty-five dollars for each and every share of stock set opposite to our respective names, in such manner and proportions, and at such time or times as shall be required by said trustees," and shall thereupon proceed to receive, at present and until otherwise determined by a majority of the trustees for the time being, subscriptions for the stock of said corporation, not exceeding the sum of six thousand dollars, divided into shares of twenty-five dollars each, payable at such times and places, and in such instalments, as they may deem advisable, and it shall be lawful for any person or persons, body politic or corporate, to subscribe for as many shares as he, she or they may think proper.

Certificates of

stock may be issued.

SECTION 5. That said trustees shall be and are hereby autho rized to issue certificates of stock, in shares of twenty-five dollars each, to the amount which may be hereafter respectively subscribed and paid by individuals or bodies politic or corporate, to and for the use and benefit of said seminary, which certificates, signed by the president and secretary of the said board of trustees, shall be issued to the persons,

or to the heirs and legal representatives of all persons, bodies politic or corporate, who have so as aforesaid subscribed and paid, or who may at any time hereafter subscribe and pay, and shall be entered in a book kept by said secretary for that purpose, in which also shall be entered every transfer of such certificates, which may be duly made in the presence of and attested by the president of said board of trus

tees.

to be conducted.

SECTION 6. That there shall be held an election of trustees of said Elections for seminary, in the place of the board of trustees appointed by this act, trustees to be on the first Monday of January next ensuing the passage of this act, held. and on the same day of each year thereafter, at the building occupied by said seminary, of which time and place the trustees shall give at least twenty days previous notice, by publication in two newspapers Notice of elecprinted in said borough of Harrisburg, which said election shall be tions to be pubconducted by any two of the existing and acting trustees appointed by lished, and how the board for that purpose, and any stockholder shall be allowed to vote at such elections, in the ratio of one vote for each share of stock which he or she shall or may own or hold, and standing in his or her name on the books of the corporation at the time of such election: Provided, however, That if from any cause said election for trustees Proviso. shall not be held at any time designated in this section, then it may and will be proper and in the power of any ten or more of the actual stockholders to hold the said election, upon giving at least twenty days previous public notice, by publication in two newspapers as aforesaid, of the time and place of holding the same, and it shall be in the power of the existing trustees to retain their authority until their successors are duly and legally elected, as aforesaid.

trustees.

SECTION 7. That the secretary of the board of trustees shall keep a Secretary to correct record of the proceedings of the board, in a book provided for keep record of that purpose, and it shall be the duty of the board of trustees to present proceedings of a detailed report of their proceedings, and of the condition and operations of the treasury, to a public meeting of the stockholders, within thirty Record of prodays of the expiration of the term for which said trustees may have ceedings to be been elected, and not less than ten days before the expiration of the submitted to said term, which report, together with the books of the corporation, Books to be open shall be open at all proper times to the examination of all persons in- to inspection. terested as stockholders of said corporation.

stockholders.

SECTION 8. That the treasurer shall receive and hold all moneys Duties of treasbelonging to said corporation, and pay out the same to the order of the urer. board, signed by the president and secretary, and he shall keep fair accounts thereof, which shall be audited and settled by the trustees, in the same manner as the accounts of the treasurer of common school districts are now by law audited and settled, and before entering upon the duties of his office, shall give a bond, with one or more sufficient sureties, to be approved by the board of trustees, in a sum equal to double the estimated amount of money to be received by him, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office, and the payment of all monies remaining in his hands at the end of the year to his successor in office, and the secretary and treasurer may receive such compensation as may be thought reasonable by the board of directors. SECTION 9. That at the same time and place for the annual election Auditors. of trustees, the stockholders shall also elect from among their own number three auditors, whose duty it shall be to investigate and audit the accounts of the out going trustees, and treasurer, and present a written report of their proceedings to a meeting of the stockholders, which meeting shall be the same called to hear the annual report of the

trustees.

Compensation.