case an election of trustees shall not be held at the time or times appointed, the corporation shall not thereby be dissolved. SECTION 5. That any member of the congregation paying annually Who may vote a sum not less than two dollars towards the support of said church, at elections. shall be entitled to vote at the elections of said corporation, and be eligible as a trustee Provided, This section is not to be construed Proviso. to impose any restrictions on the right of members of the church to vote at said elections: And provided further, That not less than four Proviso. trustees of any full board shall be members of the church. SECTION 6. That the said trustees and their successors shall have Powers of truspower to enact and enforce such by-laws and ordinances as may be pro- tees. per and necessary for the regulation and transaction of the business of said corporation, and the conducting of the elections of trustees, to establish and change the time and place of the annual election of trustees, from time to time, as the same may be found convenient, or if said corporation neglect to elect on the day of the annual election, may appoint any subsequent time on which said election shall be held: Provided, That said by-laws and ordinances shall not be inconsistent Proviso. with the constitution and laws of this State or of the United States, and that the same be confined to the secular affairs of said church, and be approved by the members of said church assembled at one of their general or special church meetings for business. SECTION 7. That the by-laws and ordinances of said corporation shall By-laws, &c. be fairly entered and registered by the secretary on the minute book of the trustees, which book and other records of the corporation shall be open to the inspection of any member of the corporation at all reasonable hours, on application to the secretary, and moreover, the Legislature reserves the right to repeal, alter or amend this act, or any part Reservation. thereof, at any time hereafter. money. SECTION 8. That the president and managers of the Lime-kiln Turn- Lime-kiln turnpike Road company be and they are hereby authorized to borrow, for pike co., authothe purposes of the company, any sums of money not exceeding three rized to borrow thousand dollars, under the same provisions and restrictions as are imposed and provided for by the second section of an act entitled "A supplement to an act entitled 'An Act to incorporate the president and managers of the Danborough and Point Pleasant Turnpike Road company," approved the thirtieth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, excepting that the powers and duties therein given to and enjoined on the courts of common pleas of Bucks county, be and the same are hereby given to and enjoined on the courts of common pleas of Montgomery county; and also, that they shall not issue certificates of loan for a less amount than one hundred dollars. SECTION 9. That the proviso to the third section of the act entitled Proviso to 3d "An Act authorizing the erection of a school house in South-west section of certownship, Warren county, and revising the charter of the Norristown tain act, how to and Valley Railroad company, under the name of the Chester Valley be construed. Railroad company," passed the twenty-seventh day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty, shall not be construed to apply to Caleb Churchman, Andrew Hayne, heirs of Joseph Potts, Jefferson H. Brolasky, and James Iddings, stockholders in the Norristown and Valley Railroad: Provided, That their claims be presented Proviso. within three months from the passage of this act. SECTION 10. That the directors of said company shall have full Directors to ispower and authority, and they are hereby required, upon the applica- sue stock to tion of either of the above named parties, to issue to them such amount of stock as they are justly and equitably entitled to under the provisions of the above recited act. parties named general tion. Judgments in ware and Berks counties. Proviso. Proviso. West Chester & SECTION 11. That all judgments hereafter entered in the prothono Chester, Dela- tary's office in the counties of Chester, Delaware and Berks, on notes, bonds, or other instruments of writing in which judgment is confessed, or containing a warrant to confess judgment, may be entered at once in the judgment docket, and need not be entered in any other docket, and all judgments heretofore entered in any such office in said counties, in the judgment docket, without previous entry in any other docket, shall be as valid and effectual as if previously entered in the appearance or continuance docket: Provided, That an index of the judgment docket shall be kept, as is required by existing laws: And provided further, That the entries made in the said docket shall be as full as if said judgments were entered in the appearance or continuance docket. SECTION 12. That the West Chester and Philadelphia Railroad Phila. railroad company are hereby authorized to construct in the line of their road co., authorized over Maryland or Mill creek, in the county of Philadelphia, a permanent bridge without a draw: Provided, That the superstructure of said bridge shall be at least twenty-six feet above high water mark: And provided further, That the said company shall pay and satisfy the owner or owners and occupiers of lands adjoining the navigable part of said creek above the said bridge, for all damages and inconveniences that may be sustained by reason of the construction thereof, upon such terms as have been or may hereafter be agreed upon and adjusted by the said parties: Also provided, That in all cases in which the compensation has not been agreed upon, the damages shall be ascertained in the manner designated for the assessment of damages by the charter of the said company, to erect a bridge. Proviso. Proviso. W. P. SCHELL, APPROVED-The twenty-third day of March, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three. WM. BIGLER. No. 390. AN ACT To incorporate the Caledonia Cold Spring Association; repealing the ninth section of act of April fifteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, erecting the borough of Waynesboro' into an independent School District; relative to the Pittsburg and Steubenville Turnpike Road company; attaching certain farms to Pymatuning township, Mercer county; and authorizing the County Commissioners of York county to borrow money. 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 ommissioners. John C. Richards, Abraham H. Senseny, J. Allison Eyster, David E. Stover, J. Wythe Douglas, Daniel O. Genr, and William McLellan, or any three or more of them, be and they are hereby appointed commis sioners, to do and perform the following duties, that is to say they Duties. SECTION 2. That the capital stock of said association shall be fifty Capital stock. thousand dollars, in shares of fifty dollars each, certificates whereof shall be issued to the subscribers for the number of shares by them respectively subscribed, signed by the president, countersigned by the secretary, and sealed with the common seal of said corporation, which stock shall be transferable in person or by attorney, executors, administrators, guardians or trustees, under such regulations and restrictions as may be provided by the by-laws. issue. SECTION 3. That when twenty per centum on said capital stock shall When letters have been subscribed, and five dollars on each and every share thereof patent shall shall have been paid, the commissioners aforesaid, or such of them as shall have acted, shall certify to the Governor, under their hands and seals, the names of the subscribers, the number of shares subscribed by each, and that five dollars on each share have been paid, whereupon the Governor shall by letters patent, under his hand and the seal of the Commonwealth, create and constitute the said subscribers, and those that may thereafter be associated with them, their successors and assigns, into a body politic and corporate, in deed and in law, by the name, style and title of "The Caledonia Cold Spring Association,'' and Name & style by that name to have perpetual succession, with all the privileges, franchises and immunities incident to a corporation, and may sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, complain and defend, in all courts Privileges. of law and equity, of record or otherwise, may make, have and use a common seal, and the same may alter and amend at pleasure, may ordain such by-laws, ordinances and regulations as may be necessary and convenient for the proper government of said corporation, the same not being contrary to the constitution and laws of the United States and this Commonwealth, and generally may do all and singular the matters and things necessary for the well-being and due management of said corporation, and also, as such shall have power to purchase the watering place known as Sweeney's Cold Springs, situate in Adams county, Pennsylvania, and the lands thereto belonging, and make such improvements to and upon the same as to said corporation may seem expedient and proper, for the purpose of accommodating and amusing the visiting public; and said springs, buildings and ground, shall be held by said association as a public watering place, and for no other purpose whatsoever: Provided, That the stockholders in said corporation shall be Proviso. liable in their individual capacity and estates for all the debts created and liabilities incurred by this corporation: And provided further, Proviso. That said corporation shall exist for twenty-eight years and no long er. SECTION 4. That as soon as conveniently may be after the said let- Organization. ters patent shall be obtained, the said commissioners who may have assumed the duties mentioned in this act, or any three of them, shall appoint a time and place for the subscribers to meet for the purpose of organizing the association, giving at least three week's notice thereof in at least one paper published in the borough of Chambersburg, one Election of offi- paper published in the city of Philadelphia; and the subscribers when cers. Proviso. Proviso. Powers. Dividends. Elections, how met at the time and place so appointed, shall elect by a majority of the votes given, in person or by proxy, a president and six directors, who shall manage the affairs and business of said association until the first Monday of July then next ensuing, and until others are chosen: Provided, That no person shall be eligible to the office of president or di rector, who does not own at least five shares of stock: And provided further, That in case of the resignation or death of the president or any director, the remaining directors shall, by a majority of the whole board, supply the vacancy until the next annual election. SECTION 5. That the president and directors of said association for the time being, are hereby authorized and empowered to exercise all the powers granted to the corporation; they shall meet at such times and places as they may deem most convenient for the transaction of their business, and when met four shall be a quorum; the president, if pres ent, shall preside at all meetings, and have the right to vote only in case of a tie; in the absence of the president the board shall appoint a president pro tem.; they shall keep minutes of their proceedings in a suitable book, to be provided for that purpose, shall choose a secretary and treasurer, and may appoint and employ all such officers, agents, superintendents, artizans, workmen, or other persons, as in their opin ion may be necessary and proper in the management of the affairs and business of said association, at such times, in such manner, and under such regulations as they may determine; they shall fix the salaries and wages of such officers and persons employed by them, and may require bond, with security in such sums as they may deem proper, of each and any of said officers or other persons by them appointed or employ. ed, for the faithful discharge of their duties; they are also authorized to design, determine, and contract for any improvements they may deem necessary for the accommodation of visitors, or the beauty of the springs, and to lease the property belonging to the corporation to such lessee or lessees, for such term or terms, and at such annual rents, as may be determined by the board, and generally may do all such acts, matters and things, as by this act and the by-laws of the association they may be authorized to do. SECTION 6. That dividends of so much of the profits of the company as shall appear advisable to the directors, shall be declared and paid to the stockholders or their representatives, at such times and places as may be provided by the by-laws. SECTION 7. That the elections for directors shall be conducted as folo be conducted. lows, to wit: at the first election the commissioners who have acted, or any three of them, shall appoint three stockholders, not being candidates, to be judges of the said elections, and to hold the same, and at every succeeding election the directors for the time being shall appoint three stockholders who shall not be directors nor candidates, for the like purpose, and the persons so appointed by the commissioners or directors shall respectively take and subscribe an oath or affirmation, before any officer competent to administer an oath, well and truly and according to law to conduct such election, to the best of their knowledge and ability, and the said judges shall decide upon the qualification of voters, and when the election is closed shall count the votes and declare who have been elected, and certify the same at the first election, to the commissioners who appointed them, and at all subsequent elections to the directors, and if at any time it shall happen that an election of directors shall not be held at the time specified, the corporation shall not for that reason be dissolved, but it shall be lawful to hold such election on any day within three months thereafter, by giving at least ten days' previous notice of the time and place of holding such election, in at least one paper published in the borough of Chambersburg, and the directors of the preceding year shall in that case continue in office, with all the powers belonging to them as such, until others are elected; each share of stock shall entitle the holder thereof to one vote, and each - ballot shall have endorsed thereon the number of shares thereby represented; no proxy shall be received or entitle the holder to vote at any election or general meeting, unless the same shall bear date and have been duly executed within three months next preceding such election or general meeting. be held. SECTION 8. That the annual election for president and directors of Annual elecsaid association shall be held at such place as may be fixed by the by- tions, when to laws, on the first Monday of July in every year, of which notice shall be given by the secretary at least two weeks previously, in at least one paper published in the borough of Chambersburg. SECTION 9. That the stockholders of said association shall have May alter bypower at any general meeting for the election of president and direct- laws. ors, or any meeting called for the purpose, may alter or amend the by laws enacted by the board of directors: Provided, That notice of the Proviso. SECTION 10. That nothing in this act contained shall be construed Banking proto authorize the said association to engage in any banking business. hibited. SECTION 11. That the Legislature reserves the right to alter, revoke Reservation. or annul the privilege and charter hereby granted, whenever the same shall become injurious to the citizens of this Commonwealth, in such manner, however, that no injustice shall be done to the corporation. SECTION 12. That so much of the ninth section of the act approved Waynesboro' April fifteenth, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, as Franklin co. erects the borough of Waynesboro', in the county of Franklin, into a separate and independent school district, be and the same is hereby re- Repeal. pealed. SECTION 13. That the secoud section of an act approved fifteenth Pittsburg and February, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one, entitled "An Act Steubenville to authorize the Pittsburg and Steubenville Turnpike Road company turnpike co. Repeal. to plank a portion of their road," be and the same is hereby repealed. SECTION 14. That that part of the farm of Charles Koonce, lying Pymatuning tp., in the borough of Clarksville, and west of the Clarksville and Sharon Mercer co., limroad, and that part of the farm of Mary Baggs, lying within the said bo- its extended. rough, shall belong to and constitute part of Pymatuning township, in the county of Mercer. SECTION 15. That the commissioners of York county, and their York county, successors, be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to erect commissioners a new jail in the county of York, and also to select a site for the same authorized to either within or outside of the limits of the borough of York. erect new jail. SECTION 16. That the said commissioners of the county of York, May borrow and their successors, be and they hereby are empowered and authorized money. to borrow any sum or sums of money not exceeding in the whole the sum of fifty thousand dollars, for the purpose of defraying the expense of erecting said jail, at any rate of interest not exceeding six per cent. per annum, in the name, and upon the faith, credit and responsibility of the said county, and to make such provision out of the taxes of the said county from time to time, as may be necessary to pay the interest upon such loan or loans, and to redeem the principal, at |