No. 361. A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT To the act incorporating the Marshall Savings Association of Philadelphia. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen tatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assenbly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the board of directors of the Marshall savings institution of Philadelphia be and they are hereby authorized to loan the funds of the institution to their members, upon the capital stock thereof, and such other collateral securities as the said dire tors may deem ample and sufficient. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. M. PIATT, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The fifteenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. Tolls. Fractional tolls. No. 362. A SUPPLEMENT To an act to authorize the Governor to incorporate the Wissahickon Tpike Road 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 the said Wissahickon turnpike read company may charge and collect toll on carts and wagons at the rate of one cent per mile for each horse drawing the same, without reference to the width of the wheels of such cart or wagon. SECTION 2. That when the fraction of toll is one-half of a cent or greater, the charge shall be for a whole cent; when less than one-half cent there shall be no charge for the fraction. APPROVED-The fifteenth day of April, Anno Domini one thou sand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. No. 363. AN ACT Relative to the charges of the Courts. 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 president judges of the several courts of common pleas of this commonwealth, shall in every case tried before them respectively, upon request of any party or attorney concerned therein, reduce the whole opinion and charge of the court as delivered to the jury to writing, at the time of the delievery of the same, and shall forthwith file the same of record. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, APPROVED-The fifteenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. No. 364. AN ACT To incorporate the Lackawanna and Lanesboro' Railroad Company. Commissioners. 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 George M. Hollenbach, Lewis Jones, Peter J. Du Bois, Horatio S. Peirce, William H. Richmond, George L. Morss and Augustus C. Laning, of Luzerne county; James Mumfort and C. P. Talman, of Wayne county; H. F. Ward and Thomas Phinny, of Susquehanna county; Joel Jones, Charles Humphreys, John Gib son Price, J. Patton, Abram Hart and Albert Gilmore, of the eity of Philadelphia; Charles F. Welles, junior, and Gordon F. Mason, of the county of Bradford, or any seven of them, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to open books, receive subscriptions and to organize a company by the name and style style. of the Lackawanna and Lanesboro' railroad company, with allthe powers and subject to all the provisions of an act, entitled "An Act regulating railroad companies," approved the nineteenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and forty nine. Subject to. SECTION 2. That the capital stock of said company shall be Capital stock. one million and a half of dollars, to be divided in thirty thou Route of road. Damages. Tolls. Interest may be paid. sand shares of fifty dollars each; and the said company are hereby authorized to borrow money for the purpose of carrying out the objects of this act, in any sum or sums not exceeding one million of dollars, and to issue bonds or certificates of loan therefor, with or without coupons attached; and the directors of said company shall have power to give such bonds or certifi cates, such preference or security, by mortgage or otherwise, as they may deem advantageous to said company: Provided, That no bonds or certificates shall be given for a less sum than one hundred dollars, and that any rate of interest thereon not exceeding seven per centum per annum, as may be agreed upon, shall be lawful. SECTION 3. That the said company shall have the right to build and construct the said railroad, commencing at any point in the Lackawanna valley between the south-westerly line of certified Providence and the city of Carbondale, in Luzerne county, thence by the best and most favorable route to connect with the New York and Erie railroad at or near Lanesboro', in Susquehanna county, and to connect with any railroad or other public improvement that now is or may hereafter be constructed at either end or any intermediate point in the line and route aforesaid, upon such terms and conditions as the said companies may agree upon, and with the right to build or construct branch roads not exceeding five miles in length in any instance. SECTION 4. That whenever the parties cannot agree upon the damages claimed, either for lands or materials taken by the said company in the prosecution of their work, the said company may tender a bond and proceed in all respects as is provided and specified in the second section of an act, entitled "A sup. plement to an act incorporating the Pennsylvania coal company," approved the seventeenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine. SECTION 5. That whenever any section or sections of five miles of said road shall be completed, the said company may use and enjoy the same in the same manner as when the entire length thereof shall be completed. SECTION 6. That the president and directors of the said railroad company be and they are hereby authorized to pay to the shareholders entitled to receive the same, in the months of January and July in each year, interest at the rate of six per centum per annum on all instalments paid by them on their stock subscriptions, and continue to pay the same until the completion of said road; all the profits or earnings of said road within the same time shall be credited to the construction account, and the interest paid as aforesaid shall be charged thereto: Provided, That interest shall not be paid on any share of stock upon which any instalment due and called for remains unpaid: Provided, That the stock of said company shall not be subject to any tax, in consequence of the payment of the interest hereby authorized. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. M. PIATT, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-second day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. No. 365. AN ACT Directing the State Treasurer to pay the claims of Thomas Bingham and & Co. 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 directed to pay Thomas Bingham and Com- Thomas Bingham pany, for destruction of their cars and injury to cargo, at plane number four of the Allegheny Portage railway, in November, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, one thousand and forty dollars in full, as per report of the canal commissioners, dated April twentieth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five. SECTION 2. That the state treasurer be directed to pay John Cresswell and Son, for damages to their boat and cargo, which Son. occurred in the month of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-three, on the Juniata division of the Pennsylvania canal, the sum of two hundred and twenty-five dollars in full, as per award of canal commissioners, dated April seventh, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five. SECTION 3. That the state treasurer be directed to pay John Kennedy, for loss of two sections of his boat, and cargo, at plane number four on the Allegheny Portage railroad, on the twentyfourth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, the sum of one thousand and five dollars and fifty cents, as per award of the board of canal commissioners, dated March fourteenth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, WM. M. PIATT, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The fifteenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. John Cresswell & John Kennedy JAMES POLLOCK. No. 366. AN ACT To incorporate the Attleborough Railroad 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 Jesse Comfort, Jacob Hibbs, James Flowers, Charles Vansant, Commissioners. Style. Subject to. Capital. Route. Limitation. Aaron Winder, M. D., Joseph C. Leaw, Marmaduke W. Allen, William Flowers, Alfred Marple, Lewis Appleton, William W. Blakey, Joshua Richardson, Simon Gillam, Isaac Paxon, Carey Longshore, John S. Mitchell, George H. Sellers, Joseph Eastburn, Jonathan Gillam, John C. Vansant, Caleb N. Taylor, Samuel C. Everitt, Aaron Tomlinson and Samuel Gillam, of Bucks county, and John Ely and B. Rush Plumly, of Philadel phia, 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 Attleborough railroad company, with all the powers, and subject to all the provisions and restrictions prescribed by an act, entitled “An Act regulating railroad companies," approved the nineteenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine. SECTION 2. That the capital stock of said company shall consist of two thousand shares of fifty dollars each: Provided, That said company may, from time to time, by a vote of the stockholders, at a meeting called for that purpose, increase their capital stock so much as in their opinion may be necessary to complete the said road, and to carry out the true intent and meaning of this act. SECTION 3. That said company shall have the right to build or construct a railroad, beginning at or near the village of Attleborough, in the county of Bucks, and thence by such practicable route, with moderate grades, as will, in the opinion of the president and directors of said company, most conduce to the public interest, and in such manner as to connect with the Philadelphia and Trenton railroad or the river Delaware, within the said county of Bucks, and which shall be completed, with one track, within ten years from the passage of this act. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. M. PIATT, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The fifteenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. No. 367. AN ACT To provide for the erection of a house for the employment and support of the Poor for the county of M'Kean. 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 Gideon Irons, William K. King, C. J. Moore, A. S. Arnold, |