No. 12. A SUPPLEMENT To an act to provide for the erection of a House for the Employment and Support of the Poor for the county of Carbon, approved the twenty-sixth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five. 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 autority of the same, That the county commissioners of Carbon county are hereby authorized to add to the county taxes of the accepting districts in said county, under the provisions of the act, entitled "An Act to provide for the erection of a house for the employment and support of the poor for the county of Carbon," approved the twenty-sixth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, for the purposes of said act, an additional sum of not exceeding ten mills on the dollar, and to continue to lay every year thereafter a like tax, if necessary, for the purposes aforesaid. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. M. PIATT, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The thirty-first day of January, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. No. 13. AN ACT To repeal an act relative to the opening of a portion of Tioga Street, in the city of Philadelphia. 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 second section of an act, entitled "An Act authorizing the opening Pleasant street from Charles street to Ninth street and Tioga street, in the city of Philadelphia," approved the seventh day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, be and the same is hereby repealed. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. M. PIATT, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The thirty-first day of January, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. No. 14. A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT To an act to incorporate the Point Breeze Park Association, approved February eighth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen tatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly mer, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the Point Breeze park association shall be and they are hereby authorized to increase their capital stock forty thousand dollars, to be divided into shares of two hundred and fifty dollars each, and to sell, issue, or otherwise dispose of such an additional number of shares of stock as may be necessary to effect such increase, in such manner, and at such times and places as may be ordered by the directors of said company. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. M. PIATI, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The thirty-first day of January, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. No. 15. AN ACT For the relief of Rachel Henderson, widow of an old Soldier. 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 state treasurer be and he is hereby authorized and directed to pay to Rachel Henderson, of Lawrence county, widow of a soldier of the Indian wars, a gratuity of forty dollars, and an annuity of forty dollars, during the term of her natural life, commencing on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, and payable half yearly thereafter, on the first days of January and July. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. M. PIATT, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The thirty-first day of January, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. Commissioners. Biyle Capital stook. Bubject to No. 16. AN ACT To incorporate the Hanover and South Whitehall Bridge Company. 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 Samuel Lewis, Nicholas Dewald, Jonathan Newhard, Henry King, Doctor John Romig, William Fry and Samuel M'Hose, are hereby appointed commissioners to open books, receive subscriptions and organize a company, under the name, style and title of the Hanover and South Whitehall bridge company," for the purpose of erecting a bridge across the river Lehigh, in Lehigh county, at or near the Allentown iron works. SECTION 2. That the capital stock of said company shall be fifteen thousand dollars, to be divided into six hundred shares, of twenty-five dollars each, with power to increase the said capital stock and number of shares to an amount sufficient for the erection of said bridge. SECTION 3. That said company shall be organized under and subject to all the provisions and restrictions of the act regulating bridge companies, approved the twelfth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. M. PIATI, APPROVED-The thirty first day of January, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. No. 17. AN ACT Relative to the Sunbury Canal and Water-power Company. 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 Sunbury canal and water-power company be and are hereby authorized to borrow any sum not exceeding one hundred thou sand dollars, for the purpose of completing their canal and improvements, and to issue the bonds of the company therefor, in sums not less than five hundred dollars, bearing interest at a rate not exceeding ten per cent. per annum, convertible into the stocks of the company, and redeemable in seven years from their date, and to secure the payment of the said bonds by a mortgage of their canal, lands and other property, together with their corporate franchises. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. M. PIATT, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The thirty-first day of January, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. No. 18. AN ACT For the relief of Margaret Morris, widow of an old Soldier. 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 state treasurer be and he is hereby authorized and directed to pay to Margaret Morris, of Greene county, widow of a soldier of the Indian wars, a gratuity of forty dollars, and an annuity of forty dollars, during the term of her natural life, commencing on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, and payable half yearly thereafter, on the first days of January and July. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. APPROVED-The thirty-first day of January, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. No. 19. A SUPPLEMENT To an act incorporating the German Lutheran Congregation in and near the city of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, passed on the third day of March, Anno Domini one thousand seven hundred and eighty. 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 ministers, vestrymen and church wardens of the German Lutheran congregation in and near the city of Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania, shall and may be empowered at any time or times hereafter to build one or more additional church or churches or places of public worship: Provided, That the clear yearly value of the messuages, houses, lands, tenements, rents, annuities and other hereditaments and real estate of the said corporation shall and may be of any amount not exceeding two thousand dollars for each and every of the said churches or places of public worship; the said yearly value or amount to be taken and computed exclusive of the moneys arising from the letting of the pews of the said churches, or for opening the ground for burials in the church-yards belonging to them; and also exclusive of the voluntary contributions of the members for the support of the ministers duly officiating in the churches of the said congregation: And provided ulso, That the yearly income of the said real estate so ascertained and limited as aforesaid, shall be disposed of by the said corporation, in such sums and for such periods as may from time to time be provided for by resolution, for the purposes following, and no others, to wit:-For the maintenance and support of the ministers and officers duly settled and officiating in their houses of worship, and school houses attached thereto, putting in good order, and keeping in repair the burying grounds, school and parsonage houses, and other houses which do now or hereafter |