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horse, five cents; for every wagon drawn by two horses, ten cents; for every such wagon drawn by four horses, twenty cents; for every sleigh, five cents for every horse drawing the same; for every wagon or cart, five cents for each horse drawing the same; and two oxen shall be estimated equal to one horse: Provided, That the said bridge shall be so constructed as to admit any load not exceeding four tons, and not drawn by more than six horses or oxen, at all times to cross it; the said president and managers, however, to have the power to increase the rate of toll to be demanded for any carriage of burden crossing said bridge, laden with more than four tons, to an amount not exceeding treble the above rates, and grade the rate of horses drawing the same: And provided also, No toll shall be demanded from any person attending funerals, divine worship, schools, or going to or returning from any militia trainings, and persons going to and from elections.

SECTION 10. If the said company or their successors, or any person or persons, by their authority, shall collect or demand any greater toll for passing over said bridge than what is herein prescribed and specified, or shall neglect to keep the same in good repair, or to keep a list of the rates of toll placed near the bridge, on ten days notice given by a justice of the peace of the said county, they so offending, shall for every offence forfeit and pay the sum of five dollars, to be recoverable as debts of the same amounts are by law recoverable; one moiety thereof to the use of the poor of the county where recovered, and the other moiety to the use of the person who shall sue for the same; but no suit shall be brought unless commenced within thirty days after the offence shall have been committed.

SECTION 11. The said president and managers shall keep a just and true account of all the moneys received as toll for crossing said bridge or otherwise, and shall make and declare a dividend of the profits and income, after deducting costs, expenses and charges, and shall on the first Monday of January, in every year, publish the dividend to be made of the clear profits thereof, amongst the stockholders; and of the time and place, when and where the same is to be paid, and shall cause it to be paid accordingly: Provided, That it shall be lawful for the said president and managers, in making and declaring any dividend, to reserve such sum or proportion of the clear yearly income, not exceeding two per cent. of the capital stock as they may think proper, to form a contingent fund for the purpose of repairing and rebuilding the said bridge, in case of a decay or injury; and the same to invest on such security or in such stock as they shali deem safe and productive, and the interest arising from the same, again to invest, and the same stock to sell or transfer at any time, when the funds may be required for the purpose aforesaid.

SECTION 12. It shall be lawful for the president and managers aforesaid, to cause the toll collector or collectors and watchman, or men of said bridge, to take and subscribe an oath or affirmation before a justice of the peace of said county, that he or they will faithfully conduct him or themselves in his or their respective stations, and honestly account to the treasurer of the company, for all the money collected by him or them, and diligently attend to the discharge of his or their duty, by watching with vigilance, over the interest of the company and safety of the bridge, and generally to execute with care and fidelity, whatever lawful engagements he or they may enter into with the president and managers of said company.

SECTION 13. If any person or persons shall wilfully pull down, break, injure or destroy, any part or parts of said bridge, or any toll

house, gates, bars, or any other property of the said corporation, appertaining to, or erected for the use and convenience of said bridge, or of the person employed for the purpose of attending to the same, or shall wilfully, without the consent or order of the said corporation, deface or destroy any list of the rates of toll affixed in any place or places for the information of passengers and others, or who shall wilfully or maliciously obstruct or impede the passage on or over said bridge, or any part or parts thereof, he, she or they so offending, shall each of them forfeit and pay for each and every such offence to the said corporation, the sum of ten dollars, to be recovered before a justice of the peace, as debts of a like amount are recoverable; and if any person shall be guilty of carrying any lighted segar or pipe, or of carrying fire in any manner whatsoever, over said bridge, except in a lantern or in some vessel secured, so that the probability of setting fire to said bridge shall be fully prevented, or who shall discharge any pistol or gun, or any fire arms, on or near the said bridge, so that the bridge might, by possibility, be set on fire, or injured by said cause, he or she so offending shall forfeit and pay to the said corporation, the sum of five dollars for every such offence, to be recovered as aforesaid; but no suit shall be brought for any of the aforesaid offences, unless commenced within thirty days after it shall be known who committed said offence, and he or they so offending, shall remain liable to actions at the suit of said corporation, for such wrongs, if the sums herein mentioned be not sufficient to repair and satisfy said damages.

SECTION 14. If the said company shall not proceed to carry on the Commencement said work within three years after they shall have been incorporated, or and completion shall not within the space of four years thereafter complete the said limited. bridge, it shall and may be lawful for the legislature of this commonwealth to resume all and singular, the rights, liberties and privileges, hereby granted to the said company: Provided also, That the presi- Proviso. dent and managers shall annually, in the month of January, publish in one or more newspapers, printed in the city of Philadelphia, a full account of the cost of building and repairing said bridge, and the amount of toll received: Provided further, That if the bridge com- Proviso. pany heretofore incorporated, and whose bridge over the river Schuylkill, at the falls, was destroyed by fire, shall, within four months from the passage of this act, commence the re-building of their bridge, and shall finish the same within one year and six months from the time of commencing the same, then this act shall be null and void: Provided Authority to erect further, That if the bridge company heretofore incorporated, and whose bridge given to bridge over the river Schuylkill at the falls, was destroyed by fire, another company. shall, within four months from the passage of this act, commence the re-building of their bridge, and shall finish the same within one year and six months from the time of commencing the same. then this act shall be null and void; and that it shall be lawful for the Falls bridge company over the river Schuylkill, to sell and dispose of their privileges, abutments and grounds, upon such terms as they may think proper; and make a good and sufficient title therefor to any purchaser or purchasers thereof, whether in pursuance of any past or future contract for that purpose: Provided, Such sale shall not be inconsistent with or impair any contract heretofore made by said company.

SECTION 15. If at any time hereafter the county of Philadelphia, the Free bridge. state of Pennsylvania, or any incorporated town in the state, shall think proper to purchase the said bridge for the purpose of making it a free bridge, the said company shall be obliged to sell the said bridge for such sum as a majority of twelve disinterested men, appointed by the court

of common pleas in the county of Philadelphia, may adjudge the same to be worth.

JAMES ROSS SNOWDEN, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

WILLIAM BIGLER,

Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED-The nineteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred

and forty-four.

DAVID R. PORTER.

Washington Greys."

"Irish Greens."

No. 223.

AN ACT

Relative to certain volunteer companies therein named.

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 from and after the passage of this act the Washington Greys, a volunteer rifle company in the borough of Johnstown, Cambria county, be hereby changed into an artillery company, under the title of Lafayette Artillerists, and in that character shall be entitled to draw, through the proper brigade inspector, a cannon, the proper number of muskets and accoutrements, to which an artillery company may be entitled under existing laws, and in all respects have the privilege, and be under the same restrictions, as if they had been originally organized as an artillery company: Provided, That any public arms or accoutrements now in possession of said company, be delivered to the proper brigade inspector, to be disposed of as the law directs.

SECTION 2. That the Irish Greens, a volunteer infantry company, attached to the Pittsburg Legion, shall be hereafter named the Hibernia Greens, and by that name and title have all the rights and privileges to which they are entitled under the name of the Irish Greens.

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We do certify that the bill, entitled "An Act relative to certain volunteer companies therein named," was presented to the governor on the eighth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-four, and was not returned within ten days, (Sundays excepted,) after it had been presented to him; wherefore, it has, agreeably to the constitution of this commonwealth, become a law in like manner as if he had signed it.

WILLIAM JACK,

Clerk of the House of Representatives.

HARRISBURG, April 20, 1844.

JOHN J. M'CAHEN,

Clerk of the Senate.

No. 224.

AN ACT

To change the name of the Lafayette Riflemen to Landisburg Artillery, and for other purposes.

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

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from and after the passage of this act the Lafayette Riflemen, attached "Lafayette Rifleto the second battalion, Perry county volunteers, shall be named instead men. thereof, the Landisburg Artillery:" Provided, That all acts done under the former name of Lafayette Riflemen, shall not be affected in any manner by this act.

SECTION 2. That the commissioned officers shall receive commissions Officers commisfrom the governor of the commonwealth, for the requisite offices they sioned. hold in the said company of Landisburg Artillery; and that said company shall be entitled to all the privileges and immunities, together with all the arms and accoutrements that a company of artillery may be entitled to under existing laws.

SECTION 3. And that the adjutant general of the commonwealth is Duty of adjutant hereby authorized to furnish, upon the requisition of the proper brigade general. inspector, a suitable field piece of the ordinary calibre, for such a coin. pany of artillery, if there are any such field piece remaining in any of the arsenals in the state unappropriated: Provided, That said arms and accoutrements be delivered under the restrictions and sureties made and provided by existing laws.

SECTION 4. That the adjutant general of this commonwealth be and he is hereby authorized and required to issue, upon the requisition of the proper brigade inspector, out of any arms remaining in any of the state arsenals, the usual number of holsters and pistols, sabres and belts, for the use of the Mountaineer Troop, a volunteer company of cavalry, of "Mountaineer the first brigade, seventh division, Pennsylvania militia, in Monroe Troop." county: Provided, That the said arms are delivered under the same restrictions and securities as are required by existing laws.

SECTION 5. That the following volunteer companies, to wit: the "Millersburg Millersburg Rifle Blues, and the National Greys of Millersburg, Berks Rifle Blues." county, be and they are hereby detached from the independent battalion National of volunteers in the first brigade and sixth division of Pennsylvania Greys." militia.

SECTION 6. That the brigade inspector of the first brigade, tenth divi- «Independent sion, is hereby authorized, upon request to inspect and organize the Cavalry," Centre volunteer company of Independent Cavalry of Aaronsburg, Centre county, county. and pass the said company with their present number of rank and file.

SECTION 7. That the proper brigade inspector, in the county of But

ler, is hereby authorized and required to organize into a volunteer com

pany, to be called the Marion Watchmen, D. H. B. Brower, M. W. «Marion WatchWhite, and others, associated with them, and desiring such organiza- men." tion, in the same manner, and with like effect as if the requisite number of members thereof were presented in uniform, according to existing laws: Provided, That said company shall appear in proper uniform

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shall dissolve said volunteer company, and recall the arms.

JAMES ROSS SNOWDEN,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
WILLIAM BIGLER,

Speaker of the Senate.

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We do certify that the bill, entitled "An Act to change the name of the Lafayette Riflemen to Landisburg Artillery, and for other purposes," was presented to the governor on the eighth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-four, and was not returned within ten days, (Sundays excepted,) after it had been presented to him; wherefore, it has, agreeably to the constitution of this commonwealth, become a law in like manner as if he had signed it.

WILLIAM JACK,

Clerk of the House of Representatives.

JOHN J. M'CAHEN,

HARRISBURG, April 20, 1844.

Clerk of the Senate.

No. 225.

AN ACT

To annul the marriage contract of Cornelius Baskins, and Martha, his wife.

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 marriage contract entered into between Cornelius Baskins, of the county of Perry, and Martha, his wife, be and the same is hereby annulled and made void, and the parties released and discharged from the said contract, and from all legal duties and obligations arising therefrom, as if they had never been joined in marriage.

JAMES ROSS SNOWDEN, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

WILLIAM BIGLER,

Speaker of the Senate.

We do certify that the bill, entitled "An Act to annul the marriage contract of Cornelius Baskins and Martha, his wife," was presented to the governor on the eighth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-four, and was not returned within ten days, (Sundays excepted,) after it had been presented to him; wherefore, it has, agreeably to the constitution of this commonwealth, become a law in like manner as if he had signed it.

WILLIAM JACK,
Clerk of the House of Representatives.
JOHN J. M'CAHEN,

HARRISBURG, April 20, 1844.

Clerk of the Senate.

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