No. 253. AN ACT To incorporate the Locust Grove Episcopal Female Seminary. 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 John H. Shoenberger, William F. Johnston, George R. White, Corporators. Theodore B. Lyman, Oliver W. Barnes, John Anderson, George S. Selden, John Brown, Thomas Scott, Hopewell Hepburn, Isaac M. Pennock, George E. Arnold, and those who may hereafter subscribe to the capital stock of this corporation, are hereby created and erected into a body politic and corporate in law, under the name, style and title of the "Locust Grove Episcopal female seminary," to have and possess all the rights, powers and immunities of a corporation; to sue and be sued in law or equity; to make and use a common seal; to have and hold real and personal estate; to sell and mortgage the same, and other estates; to buy and to erect such buildings, and to do such things as may be necessary in carrying the purposes of this corporation into effect. Style. Privileges. Capital. SECTION 2. That the capital stock shall consist of one thousand shares of fifty dollars each; that as soon as two hundred shares are subscribed for, this act shall take effect, and the corporation it creates, be deemed and held as complete: That the Reverend Theodore B. Lyman, John H. Shoenberger, William F. Johnston, George R. White, Oliver W. Barnes and George S. Selden, are hereby constituted the first board of trustees, in First trustees. whom shall be invested, until others are chosen, the power and authority to conduct and manage the affairs of this corporation, and to make all purchases and contracts necessary and essential to the establishment of the seminary aforesaid. SECTION 3. That each share of stock shall entitle the holder Elections and thereof to a vote; and that the election for president and trus- votes. tees shall be held annually on Easter Monday, at such place and hours as the trustees shall by resolution appoint, of which five days' notice shall be given to the stockholders; that in case of failure to elect on that day, the corporation shall not thereby be dissolved, but the old board shall continue in office until others are elected; that at said election one president and five trustees, who shall be members of the Protestant Episcopal church, of the Diocese of Pennsylvania, shall be chosen by ballot from among the stockholders; one or more of the then existing board of trustees to hold said election: Provided, That the first election for officers under this act, shall be held on the first Monday of May next. SECTION 4. That the Bishop of the Diocese of Pennsylvania Bishop a trustee. shall be ex-officio a member of the board of trustees. SECTION 5. That the purposes of said corporation shall be to Objects. found and establish a college or seminary for female education. SECTION 6. That the president and trustees shall have power By-laws. to make by-laws, to employ teachers and professors, to regulate Vacancies. the modes of instruction, and to confer degrees, under the seal of the corporation, on pupils for eminent merit. SECTION 7. That the board of trustees shall have power to fill vacancies: That while the estates are held by said corporation, and devoted to educational objects, the same shall be exempt from taxation, except for state purposes: That the annual net revenue of said corporation shall never exceed six thousand dol lars. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. APPROVED-The fourth day of April, Anno Domini one thou sand eight hundred and fifty-six. Relating to Agricultural, Horticultural, and Floral Exhibitions. 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 provisions of the fourth section of an act passed the sixteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and fortyseven, to restrain disorderly conduct at religious meetings, be and the same are hereby extended to agricultural, horticultural, and floral exhibitions. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. APPROVED-The fourth day of April, Anno Domini one thou sand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. No. 255. A SUPPLEMENT To an act to incorporate the Saving Fund Society of Germantown and its vicinity. 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 so much of the second section of an act, entitled "An act to incorporate the Saving Fund Society of Germantown and its vicinity," approved the sixth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, as provides that no appointment or removal shall take place when a less number than sixteen managers are present, be and the same is hereby repealed, and that ten managers shall be a sufficient number for the said purposes. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. APPROVED-The fourth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. No. 256. A SUPPLEMENT To an act to authorize the Governor to incorporate the Pittsburg Bridge Company, approved April sixth, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five. 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 seventh section of said act be so altered as to authorize said company to so erect their bridge as that the span which will be over the usual steamboat channel shall be three hundred feet in length, and not less than ninety feet in height above low water mark; and that for the purpose of accommodating steamboats, in extraordinary high stages of water, the said company shall, in some suitable and proper place in said bridge, construct a draw in such proper and convenient manner and on such plan as shall with convenience and facility accommodate steamboats, in such extraordinary high stages of water. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. APPROVED-The fourth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. No. 157. AN ACT For the relief of Mary M. Morrison. 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 is hereby authorized and required to pay Mary M. Morrison, widow of John Morrison, a soldier of the Indian war, or to her order, 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... RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. M. PIATT, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The fourth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. No. 258. AN ACT For the payment of the claim of William Shultz. 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 state treasurer be and he is hereby directed to pay to William Shultz, of Philadelphia, the sum of sixteen hundred and twenty dollars, being the amount of damages sustained by him from the commonwealth using his spark arrester on the state roads, and which amount has been assessed as due him by the board of canal commissioners by their report of April twentyfourth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. M. PIATT, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The fourth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. No. 259. A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT To an act to incorporate the Lewisburg, Centre and Spruce Creek Railroad 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 for the purpose of constructing and equipping the said Lewisburg, Centre and Spruce Creek railroad, the said company, when duly organized, are hereby authorized to issue bonds, not exceeding five hundred thousand dollars, in sums not less than one hundred dollars, at such rates of interest, and on such terms as may be determined by the board of directors of said company, and to secure the same by one or more mortgages on said railroad. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. APPROVED-The fourth day of April, Anno Domini one thouSaad eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. |