dollar per day for each day necessarily employed in discharging the duties enjoined by this act: And it is hereby provided, that this act shall continue in force six years, after which time the said road shall be subject to the laws relating to roads and highways in the counties in which said road is located. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. M. PIATT, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The ninth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. No. 283. AN ACT For the relief of Elizabeth Betz, widow of Peter Betz, a soldier in the Revolutionary war. 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 is hereby authorized and required to pay to Elizabeth Betz, of the borough of Harrisburg, Dauphin county, the widow of the late Peter Betz, deceased, who was a drummer in the Revolutionary war, or to her order, a gratuity of forty dollars, and an annuity of forty dollars each year during her natural life, to be paid half yearly, commencing on the first day of January, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. APPROVED-The ninth day of April, Anno Domini one thou sand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. No. 284. AN ACT To change the time of holding the January term of the courts in Berks county. 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 hereafter the January term of the several courts of Berks county shali commence on the third Monday of January, in each and every year, and continue three weeks. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. APPROVED-The ninth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. No. 285. A SUPPLEMENT To an act to incorporate the Spring Garden Insurance Company of the county 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 hereafter for the proper management of the affairs of the Spring Garden insurance company, there shall be seventeen directors, who shall be citizens of this commonwealth and stockholders of the said corporation, holding at least ten shares each in their own right, elected annually on the second Monday in January, by the stockholders at their general meeting for that purpose assembled, public notice of the time and place of holding such election having been given in at least two newspapers in the city of Philadelphia, not less than five days previous to holding the same; and the directors at their first meeting after each elec tion shall choose one of their number as president; but in case it shall happen at any time that an election of directors should not be made upon any day when pursuant to this act it ought to have been made, the corporation shall not for that cause be deemed to be dissolved, but it shall be lawful on any day within thirty days thereafter to hold and make an election of direc tors, public notice having first been given as provided above; and in case of the death or resignation of any director, his place, as well as the additional directors authorized by this act, may be filled for the remainder of the year by the board of directors. SECTION 2. That so much of the act to which this is a supplement, and the various acts amendatory thereof as are inconsistent herewith, shall be and the same are hereby repealed. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. APPROVED-The ninth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. No. 286. AN ACT To incorporate the Saxton and Morrison's Cove Turnpike Road 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 Jacob Fockler, Daniel Bare, James Saxton, George F. Bloom, Commissioners. George R. Barndollar, C. W. Ashcom, George Rhodes, John C. Everhart, Peter Vandevander, John Long, A. J. Crissman, C. Olig, Joseph Crissman and Isaac Kensinger, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to open books, receive subscriptions and organize a company by the name, style and title of "The Saxton and Morrison's Cove turnpike road company,' "Style. with power to construct a turnpike road from the town of Saxton, on the Huntingdon and Broad Top railroad, Bedford county, to the town of Woodberry, in Morrison's Cove, Bedford county, with a lateral branch leading from the most convenient point on Tusseys mountain, upon said road, to the town of Martinsburg, in Blair county, subject to all the provisions and restrictions of Subject to. an act regulating turnpike and plank road companies, approved the twenty-sixth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, and the supplements thereto. Route SECTION 2. That the capital stock of said company shall con- Capital. sist of one thousand shares of twenty dollars each: Provided, That said company may from time to time by a vote of the stockholders, or a majority of them, at a meeting called for that purpose, increase their capital stock so much as in their opinion may be necessary to carry out the true intent and meaning of this act. Limitation. SECTION 3. That if said company shall not commence the construction of the road from Saxton to Woodberry within two years, and complete it within five years from the passage of this act, the same shall be null and void, except so far as to authorize the settlement of the affairs and payment of the debts of said company. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. M. PIATT, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The ninth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. No. 287. AN ACT Relative to the school district of Upper Tulpehoccon township, Berks county. 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 section one of an act relative to common school districts organized since June first, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one, approved the seventeenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, be and the same are hereby extended to the school district of Upper Tulpehoccon township, in the county of Berks. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. M. PIATT, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The ninth day of April, Anno Domini one thou sand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. 'SION OF 1856 C. Baxter No. 288. AN ACT To repeal an act in relation to the School District of the borough of Lawrenceville, Tioga county, approved the eighteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four. 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 act relating to the school district of the borough of Lawrenceville, Tioga county, approved the eighteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, be and the same is hereby repealed. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. APPROVED-The ninth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. No. 289. AN ACT Legalizing investments of Bonds or Certificates of Debts created by the borough of Allentown, in the county of Lehigh, in certain cases. 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 bonds or certificates of debts to be created by the borough of Allentown, in the county of Lehigh, be and they are hereby declared legal investments of money by executors, administrators, guardians or trustees, in manner, and subject to all the provisions and conditions of the fourteenth section of an act relating to orphans' courts, approved the twenty-ninth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. M. PIATT, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED The ninth day of April, Anno Domini one thou sand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. |