lin county. county, number seventeen, of October term eighteen hundred Certain cause reand fifty-five, in which William Lyon, N. W. Sample and James moved to FrankAllison, are plaintiffs, and David Agnew and James M. Brown, are defendants, be and the same is hereby removed to the court of common pleas of Franklin county for trial, by a jury or juries of Franklin county aforesaid, together with the record of the said cause, and all the papers relating thereto; and that the said court is hereby authorized to proceed to trial, verdict, judg ment and execution, in the same manner, and with the same force and effect, as the said court of common pleas of Fulton county might or could do. SECTION 2. That final judgment of said issue shall be subject Subject to writs to writs of error, as in other cases; and in case of the removal of error, &e of the same, and a venire facias de novo awarded, the same shall be again tried in Franklin county as aforesaid. SECTION 3. That upon the final disposition of said case by the Record to be sent RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, WM. M. PIATT, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The second day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. No. 243. A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT To the act of twenty-second of February, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one, entitled "An Act to alter and amend the fee bill.” Pay of witnesses SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the, Senate and House of Represen Latices of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That all witnesses who are sent for and attend before any committee before legislature of the Senate or of the House of Representatives, or before any joint committee of the two houses, shall receive the same fees and mileage as witnesses in cases of contested elections, under the provisions of the one hundred and fifty-second section of the act of the second of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirtynine, entitled "An act relating to the elections of this commonwealth." SECTION 2. That the seargant-at-arms, or other persons serving Sergeant at-arms subpoenas or other process on such witnesses, or upon witnesses Clerk. in cases of contested elections, shall receive fifty cents for serv ing the same on each witness, and six cents per mile circular for every mile necessarily traveled in serving the same. SECTION 3. That the clerk or secretary to any of said committees, shall receive three dollars per day for every day neces sarily employed in the discharge of his appropriate duties. RICHARDSON L WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. APPROVED-The second day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. No. 244. AN ACT Relative to the Road Laws of Tremont township, in the county of Schuyl kill. WHEREAS, Under existing road laws, there is no provision made for the election of a township treasurer in the township of Tremont, in the county of Schuylkill; therefore, 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 immediately after the passage of this act, the auditors of the township of Tremont shall appoint a township treasurer, not of their own number, who shall enter into good and sufficient security for the faithful performance of the duty of his office; and that annually hereafter the qualified voters of said township, at their township elections, shall elect a township treasurer, who shall enter into good and sufficient security for the faithful performance of the duty of his office, to be approved by the auditors of said township; and the auditors of said township may allow said treasurer such compensation as, in their opinion, may be just and reasonable. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. APPROVED-The second day of April, Anno Domini one thou sand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. 2 No. 245. A SUPPLEMENT To an act relating to the borough of Wilkesbarre, approved the fifth day of 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 commissioners of the county of Luzerne may locate the new court house about to be erected in the borough of Wilkesbarre, in or near the centre of the public square of said borough, as they may consider proper and desirable. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, WM. M. PIATT, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The second day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. No. 246. AN ACT Relative to the Barryville and Shohola Suspension Bridge Company. house in Penn'a. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represenlatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the Barryville and Shohola Suspension bridge company, incor- May erect toll porated under the laws of the state of New York, is hereby authorized to erect a toll house for the collection of tolls at their bridge in Shohola township, in the county of Pike, and to collect and receive such rates of toll as the board of directors of said company may deem proper: Provided, That said rates of toll shall at no time exceed the following charges, viz: for Tolls. every vehicle or sleigh drawn by two horses twenty cents; for every sleigh or vehicle drawn by one horse ten cents; for horse with rider six cents; for every led horse three cents; for every every foot passenger two cents; for every man and barrow or hand wagon three cents; for every head of cattle two cents; and for every head of sheep, hogs and calves one half cent. Fines. Injuries to bridge SECTION 2. That it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to drive over said bridge faster than a walk, and for every such offence such person or persons so offending shall be liable to a fine of five dollars, to be collected as debts of similar kind are now by law collectable, before any justice of the peace of Pike county; one half of which sum shall go to the informer, and the other half to the poor of Shohola township. SECTION 3. That any person or persons wilfully and maliciously injuring or destroying any portion of the towers, cables, or superstructure of said bridge, shall upon conviction thereof, be liable to a fine of not less than fifty dollars, and imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding sixty days. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. M. PIATT, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The third day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. Corporators. Style. Privileges. Objects. No. 247. AN ACT To incorporate the Philadelphia Musical, Saving and Loan Society. 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 Leopold Meignen, C. Herring, Casper Duhring, Oscar Knipe, William A. Rolin, Herman Goldsmith, and their associates, shall be and they are hereby declared to be a body politic and corporate, under the name and style of the Philadelphia musical, saving and loan society, to have perpetual succession, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in all courts of law and equity; to take, hold, possess and enjoy lands, tenements, hereditaments, goods, chattels, rights and credits; to have and use a common seal, and change and renew the same at pleasure; and generally to have all the other incidents of a corporation: Provided, That the clear yearly income of the real estate of said corporation shall not exceed the sum of three thousand dollars. SECTION 2. The objects of the said corporation shall be the promotion of the science of music, by furnishing to each member of said corporation who shall contribute to its musical savings fund, for each and every share of stock held by him or her, a first class piano-forte, furnished with all the modern improvements, at a reduced price, and on advantageous terms. SECTION 3. That the said corporation shall have full power By-laws. and authority to make all needful rules and by-laws for the government of said corporation, and to alter and amend the same as they may deem expedient: Provided, That no rule or by-law as aforesaid shall be repugnant to or inconsistent with the laws of the United States or of this commonwealth. SECTION 4. That the government of said corporation, and the Directors. management and direction of its affairs and property, shall be vested in a board of six directors, who shall be elected annually, at such times and in such manner as the constitution and rules of said corporation may direct; at the first meeting of said board of directors after their election in every year, they shall elect a president, vice president, secretary and treasurer; the said persons hereinbefore named are hereby constituted the said board of directors, and shall continue to hold their offices until the first election after the issuing of this charter, in accordance with the provisions of the constitution. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, WM. M. PIATT, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The third day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK No. 248. AN ACT Relative to the Assessment of Damages done Washington and Pascal Yearsley, their heirs or assigns. 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 for the purpose of assessing the damage done the property of Washington and Pascal Yearsley, situate in Westtown township, Chester county, by the construction of the West Chester and Wilmington plank road, the said Washington and Pascal Yearsley shall select three disinterested freeholders, and the said West Chester and Wilmington plank road company shall select three, and the sam six disinterested freeholders thus chosen, shall select a seventh, or if they cannot agree upon a seventh, he shall be appointed by the commissioners of Chester county; and the seven thus selected shall, after a hearing of both parties, assess the damages done the property as aforesaid; and the assessment thus made shall be final and conclusive, and binding on both parties, and shall be entered of record in the |