Duty of judges. Constables to re law, when noti turn violators of fied. Employment of intemperate per sons prohibited. Certain former be in force. vided by law; and in addition thereto it shall be the duty of every such constable, at each term of the court of quarter sessions of the respective counties, to make return on oath or affirmation, whether within his knowledge there is any place within his bailiwick kept and maintained in violation of this act, and it shall be the especial duty of the judges of all said courts to see that this return is faithfully made; and if any person shall make known in writing, with his or her name subscribed thereto, to such constable, the name or names of any one who shall have violated this act, with the names of witnesses who can prove the fact, it shall be his duty to make return thereof on oath or affirmation to the court, and upon his wilful failure to do so, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon indictment and conviction shall pay a fine of fifty dollars, and be subject to imprisonment at the discretion of the court, of not less than ten nor more than thirty days. SECTION 34. That if any person engaged in the sale or manufacture of intoxicating liquors, as aforesaid, shall employ or permit any intemperate person in any way to assist in such manufacture or sale, it shall be deemed a misdemeanor, and any per. son so offending shall be liable to conviction and punishment, as provided in the twenty-eighth section of this act. SECTION 35. That nothing herein contained shall be construed acts declared to to impair or alter the provisions of an act approved the twentysixth day of February, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, entitled "An Act to prevent the sale of intoxicating liquors on the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday," nor of the act of the eighth of May, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, entitled "An Act to protect certain domestic and private rights, and prevent abuses in the sale and use of intoxicating drinks," and the same are hereby declared to be in full force and effect: Provided however, That the act, entitled "An Act to restrain the sale of intoxicating liquors," approved the fourteenth day of April, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, and all other laws or parts of laws inconsistent herewith, are hereby fore granted not repealed: Provided also, That any license heretofore granted shall not be hereby invalidated. Repeal. Licenses hereto invalidated. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. M. PIATT, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The thirty-first day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. No. 234. AN ACT To incorporate the Oxford Park Association. 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 Charles P. Relf, George E. Brock, George Megee, Fort Ihrie, R. Corporators. D. Wilkinson, N. B. Leidy, M. D., Lewis Chester, Jeremiah Vanbrunt, George W. Fitzwater, A. H. Raiguel, Francis Bockius, David K. Grim, William Dunlap, Casper Heft, Conrad S. Grove, George W. Conrad, William Broom, T. Jefferson Miller, Stephen Maguire, Joseph Becher, William D. Rodgers, J. K. Souder, George W. Rhawn, George P. Evans, John H. Evans, T. T. Derringer, George Wentworth, Edward W. Carr and Milton P. Miller, their associates and successors, be and they are hereby created a body politic and corporate by the name, style and title Style. of the Oxford park association, and by that name shall sue and be sued and shall generally possess the powers and privileges of a corporation. SECTION 2. That the capital of said company shall be thirty- Capital stock. three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars, divided into three hundred shares, the first one hundred and fifty subscribed for at one hundred dollars each, and the remaining one hundred and fifty at one hundred and twenty-five dollars each. SECTION 3. That the members of said company shall have the By-laws. right at the first or any subsequent meetings, to establish such by-laws for the government of the company as they may deem expedient, which by-laws shall not be inconsistent with the constitution of the United States, this state, or the provisions of this act. SECTION 4. That at all meetings or elections held by said Votes. company, the scale of voting shall be as follows: Each share from one to three shall entitle a member to one vote per share, but no more votes shall be allowed a member owning any number of shares beyond three, and voting by proxy shall not be permitted. SECTION 5. That the members shall from time to time deter- Officers. mine the number of their directors and officers, and shall clothe them with such power, not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, as they shall deem expedient. SECTION 6. That the object of said company shall be to pro- Objects. vide, keep and maintain in the city of Philadelphia, grounds and other real and personal estate of a net yearly value not exceeding three thousand dollars, suitable for gymnastic and other healthful and amusing exercises and purposes, and for agricultural, floral or mechanical exhibitions; but nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to permit any thing that is unlawful being done on the premises: Provided, That said company shall hold lands in the rural districts and not exceeding in the whole one hundred acres. SECTION 7. That so much of the profits of said company as Dividends shall be deemed expedient by the directors, shall from time to Elections. Annual meeting. Membership. Reservation. time be divided amongst the stockholders; but no dividend shall be declared which will impair the capital of the company. SECTION 8. That the president, secretary, treasurer and direc tors shall be elected by ballot, by the members of said company, at such time and place as shall be agreed upon by a majority of the corporators named in the first section of this act, after giving at least one week's public notice thereof in at least one newspaper published in the city of Philadelphia; and the president, secretary, treasurer and directors, who shall be elected at that time, shall hold their offices until the second Monday in January, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, or until their successors shall have been chosen; and on the second Monday in January, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, and on the same day in every year thereafter, there shall be an election for president, secretary, treasurer and directors, who shall continue in office for one year, or until their successors shall have been chosen; said election to be held at such time and place as the by-laws shall determine. SECTION 9. That an annual meeting of members shall be held on the second Monday of January in each year, notice of which shall be sent by the secretary to each member; but special meetings of the members shall be called by the president, and likewise by the board of directors at any time, at the request, in writing, of fifteen members; one week's notice of such meeting shall be previously given by the secretary as aforesaid. SECTION 10. That every original subscriber shall be a member; but no transfer of stock shall confer the right of membership upon the transferee, or entitle him to vote at any meeting or election of said company, except such transfer shall be approved of by the board of directors, in such manner as the bylaws shall provide. SECTION 11. That the legislature reserves the right to alter or revoke this charter whenever its continuance shall become in. jurious to the interests of the public, in such manner, however, as no injustice shall be done the members. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. APPROVED-The twenty-first day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. 1 JAMES POLLOCK No. 235. AN ACT To authorize the burgess and town council of Lewistown, to subscribe stock to the Lewistown Gas Company. 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 it shall and may be lawful for the burgess and town council of the borough of Lewistown, Mifflin county, to subscribe for or purchase stock in the Lewistown gas company, to any amount not exceeding eighty shares, and to receive, hold and dispose of any stock so subscribed or purchased, in the same manner as other property belonging to said borough, and to have a right to vote for president and managers of said company the same as other stockholders in said company. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, WM. M. PIATT, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The second day of April, Anno Domini one thouthousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. No. 236. AN ACT To provide for the incorporation of Insurance Companies. 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 whenever a special act of the general assembly shall be passed Subscriptions for authorizing the incorporation of an insurance company within stock. this commonwealth, the commissioners named in such act, or any five of them, shall have power to open books for receiving subscriptions to the capital stock of said company, at such time and place as they may deem expedient, after having given at least thirty days' previous notice in one or more newspapers published in the county where a book of subscription is to be opened, or if no such paper shall be published in said county, then in a newspaper published in the next adjoining county; at which time and place two or more of said commissioners shall scribe. Who may sub. attend, and permit all persons of lawful age who shall offer to subscribe in such book, in their own names, or in the name of any person who shall duly authorize the same, for any number of shares of stock; and the said book shall be kept open for the purpose aforesaid, at least six hours in every secular day, for the space of five days, or until the said book shall have the whole number of shares so authorized therein subscribed; and if at the expiration of the said five days, the book aforesaid shall not have the full number of shares so authorized therein subscribed, the said commissioners may adjourn from time to time, and transfer said book from place to place, until the whole number of shares shall be subscribed; of which adjournment and transfer, the commissioners aforesaid shall give public notice in one or more newspapers published as aforesaid; and when the whole number of shares shall be subscribed as aforesaid, the said book shall be closed: Provided always, That every person paid on subscrib. offering to subscribe in such books, in his own or any other name, shall, at the time of subscribing, pay to the attending commissioners five dollars for every share subscribed by such person; out of which fund shall be defrayed such incidental charges and expenses as may be incurred in taking such subscription, and the remainder shall be paid to the treasurer of the corporation as soon as the same shall be organized, and the officers chosen as hereinafter mentioned. Amount to be ing. Letters patent. Privileges. Shares. How paid. How forfeited. SECTION 2. That when twenty persons or more shall have subscribed the whole number of shares authorized, and shall have paid ten per centum on the capital stock, the said commissioners or a majority of them shall certify, under their hands and seals, and with their oaths or affirmations respectively, the names of the subscribers, and the number of shares subscribed and amount paid in by each, to the governor of this commonwealth, who thereupon, if satisfied of the truth of said certifi cate, shall, by letters patent under his hand and seal of state, create and erect the subscribers into a body politic and corporate in deed and in law, by the name, style and title designated by said special act; and by such name the said subscribers, and those who may thereafter become associated with them, shall have perpetual succession, and shall be able to sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded in all courts of record and elsewhere, and to make and to have a common seal, and the same to break, alter and renew at pleasure; and also to ordain, establish and put in execution such by-laws, ordinances and regulations as shall be necessary and convenient for the government of said corporation, not being contrary to the constitution or laws of the United States or of this commonwealth, and generally to do all and singular the matters which to them it shall lawfully appertain to do for the well being of the said corporation and the management of the affairs thereof. SECTION 3. That the capital stock of such company shall be divided into shares of fifty dollars each, payment of which shall be made in gold, silver, or notes of specie paying banks of this commonwealth, and in the manner following, to wit: five dollars on each share at the time of subscription as aforesaid, and twenty dollars on each share within ninety days thereafter, the residue to be paid in such instalments as by the bylaws of the corporation shall be directed, and if any subscriber, his or her assignee or transferee, shall refuse or neglect to pay the first or any subsequent instalment called for and demanded |