No. 304. AN ACT For the relief of John Pounds. 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 authorized and required to pay John Pounds, of Indiana county, a soldier of Indian wars, or his order, a gratuity of forty dollars and annuity of forty dollars during the term of his natural life, commencing on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, and half yearly thereafter, on the first day of January and July. 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. 305. AN ACT To legalize an election in Franklin township, Washington 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 election for township officers, held in Franklin township, in the county of Washington, on the twenty-first day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, be and the same is hereby declared as legal and valid, for all purposes, as if said election had been held at the place legally appointed for holding the same. 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. 306. AN ACT Relating to Wharves upon the Canals of the Commonwealth. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen tatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assem bly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the canal commissioners be and they are hereby empowered to authorize the owner or owners of lands along the berme bank of any of the canals belonging to this commonwealth, to construct wharves on his or their own premises on the said berme bank; and to grant to such owner or owners the privilege of using and occupying the said wharves, in loading and unloading goods, wares, merchandize, coal, lumber or other freight; subject, however, to such regulations and restrictions as the said canal commissioners may deem expedient and proper: Provided, That the same shall not, in any manner, interfere with the free navigation of said canals. 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. 307. AN ACT To repeal an act, entitled "An Act regulating the mode of voting at spe cial, township, borough and general elections, in Beaver and Lawrence counties," passed the fifth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four. 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 act, entitled "An Act regulating the mode of voting at special, township, borough and general elections, in Beaver and Lawrence counties," approved the fifth 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. WM. M. PIATT, APPROVED The ninth day of April, sand eight hundred and fifty-six. Speaker of the Senate. Anno Domini one thou No. 308. SUPPLEMENT To the acts relating to incorporations by the Courts of Common Pleas. 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 it shall be lawful for any court of common pleas of the proper county to hear the petition of any corporation under the seal thereof, by and with the consent of a majority of a meeting of the corporators, duly convened, praying for permission to surrender any power contained in its charter, or for the dissolution of such corporation; and if such court shall be satisfied that the prayer of such petition may be granted without prejudice to the public welfare, or the interests of the corporators, the court may enter a decree in accordance with the prayer of the petition, whereupon such power shall cease or such corporation be dissolved: Provided, That the surrender of any such power shall not in anywise remove any limitation or restriction in such charter; and that the accounts of the managers, directors, or trustees of any dissolved company shall be settled in such court, and be approved thereby; and dividends of the effects shall be made among any corporators entitled thereto, as in the case of the accounts of assignees and trustees: Provided further, That no property devoted to religious, literary, or charitable uses shall be diverted from the objects for which they were given or granted: Provided, That the decree of said court shall not go into effect until a certified copy thereof be filed and recorded in the office of the secretary of the commonwealth. 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. 309. SUPPLEMENT To an act more effectually to preserve the Public Grounds and Public Buildings of the Commonwealth, approved tenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine. 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 any person trespassing on the grass-plots of the public grounds, in the borough of Harrisburg, or who shall stone birds, hunt birds with dogs, or in any other manner, or throw stones within or into the public enclosures, or who shall be found climbing trees or fences on said grounds, cutting or defacing shrubbery, trees or buildings, or in any way deranging or putting out of place any of the gates, fixtures or implements belonging thereto, or any persons who shall gather in noisy or boisterous crowds, either on the capitol grounds or in the capitol, or refuse to disperse and leave on notice of the superintendent and watchman, and all persons of either sex, known to be mischievous or im. moral, who may be ordered to leave the public buildings or grounds, and who shall refuse so to do, shall each and every of them, on conviction before any magistrate, justice of the peace of the county of Dauphin, or the burgess of the borough of Harrisburg, be subject to the penalty or penalties imposed by the act to which this is a supplement: Provided, That all penalties recovered under this act shall be paid into the state treasury of this commonwealth. 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. 310. AN ACT Relative to Commissioners of Deeds. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen tatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assem bly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That all commissions hereafter issued for the appointment of com. missioners to take acknowledgment and proof of deeds and instruments under seal, depositions and other papers, under and by virtue of the act of assembly of the fourteenth of April, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, and its supplements, shall continue in force for five years from their date, and no longer, and may be revoked at any time by the governor; and shall each be subject to a tax of five dollars, which shall be paid to the secretary of the commonwealth at the time of issuing the commission, and accounted for as provided by law in the case of other fees. 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. 311. A SUPPLEMENT To an act incorporating the borough of Newport. 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 lines of the borough of Newport, in the county of Perry, be extended so as to include the mills and residence of John Kibler, and the farms of Catharine Loy, Samuel Leiby, Benjamin Himes, Isaiah Corl, and so much of the land of John Fickes as lies south of the Ickesburg road, including said road, the land of John Keim and Robert Taylor, and the river road opposite said Taylor's lands; and hereafter to be subject to the laws and regulations of said borough. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, 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. 312. AN ACT To incorporate the Reading and Lehigh 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 Hiester H. Muhlenberg, William Strong, George M. Lauman, Commissioners. William M. Baird, Horatio Trexler, William M. Hiester, Edward M. Clymer, George D. Stitsel, Charles H. Hunter, Jacob Erdman, John D. Lauall, Charles Ritter, Jacob Dillinger, Samuel Lewis, David Thomas, Stephen Balliet, Charles A. Luckenbach, William Colder, junior, and Benjamin Tyson, or any five of them, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to open books, receive subscriptions, and organize a company by the name, style, and title of the Reading and Lehigh railroad com- Style. pany, with power to construct a railroad from a point at or near the junction of the Lebanon Valley and Philadelphia and Reading railroads, in the city of Reading, in the county of Berks, to any point on the railroad of the Lehigh Valley railroad company, either in the county of Lehigh or Northampton; and the Route. |