supplements thereto, upon the company incorporated under said act, and its several supplements, by the name, style and title of "The president and managers of the Birmingham and Pittsburg bridge company," be and the same are hereby confirmed unto the said corporation: Provided, That said bridge shall be completed within a period of seven years from the passage of this act: And provided further, That said company shall be subject to all the provisions and restrictions of the act regulating bridge companies, approved April twelfth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five. SECTION 2. That it shall be lawful for the president, managers Election and other officers of said corporation last chosen, to continue to perform their respective duties, and to conduct the business of said corporation until the first Monday of July, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, and until other officers are chosen. SECTION 3. That so much of the tenth section of the act to Repeal. which this is a supplement, as refers to a period at which the said bridge shall be declared free, be and the same is hereby repealed. 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. 454. AN ACT To incorporate the Carbon Mutual Insurance 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 Cameron Lockhert, William Lilly, Tilghman Ahner, Andrew Graver, Dennis Bauman, Charles O. Skeer, James Broderick, junior, John Craig, Charles Packer, George Magner, Charles Nimpson, W. R. Otis and James J. Blakslie, are hereby appointed commissioners who, or a majority of whom are authorized and empowered from and after the passage of this act, to establish an insurance company by the name and title of the Carbon mutual insurance company, to be located in the borough of Mauch Chunk, with a capital of one hundred thousand dollars, with the privilege of increasing the same to three hundred thousand dollars, divided into shares of fifty dollars each; and said company shall be organized and managed according to the provisions of an act to provide for the incorporation of insurance companies, approved the second day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, and shall be limited to the risks designated in the first class, in the seventh section of said act, and shall have the right to transact its business upon the mutual principle, in connection with its joint stock capital, as aforesaid. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. APPROVED-The fifteenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. Corporators. Style Privileges. Powers. No. 455. AN ACT To incorporate the Birmingham Gas Company, in the county of Allegheny. 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 S. M'Kee, J. M'Knight, C. Ihmsen, John P. Pears, C. Deiseroth, Henry Whitfield, Daniel Davis, J. M. Fulton, John Myer, J. M. M'Elroy, Daniel Berg, John Evans and R. A. Bausman, and their associates, or persons who shall become stockholders, be and the same are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of the Birmingham, East Birmingham and South Pittsburg gas company; and by the said name, they and their successors shall and may have perpetual succession, and shall be in law capable of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, in all courts and judicatories whatsoever, and also contracting and being contracted with, relative to the business and objects of the corporation, as hereinafter declared, and their successors as aforesaid, shall have power to lease or purchase, in fee simple, such real estate as may be necessary for carrying on the business of said corporation. SECTION 2. That the corporation hereby created for the purpose, and for such purpose shall have authority of supplying with gas light the borough of Birmingham, and such individuals residing therein and vicinity, as may desire a supply of the same, and corporations, and for distributing and selling gas for the production of artificial light, and for making and erecting the necessary apparatus for manufacturing and introducing the same, and constructing the requisite buildings and machinery, and purchasing and preparing necessary materials, with the right to enter upon any public street, lane or highway, for the purpose of laying down pipes necessary for conducting said gas, and to repair, alter and inspect the same, doing as little damage as possible to the streets, lanes and alleys, and repairing the injuries that may be done to the same with as little delay as pos sible; and securing the citizens from accident and danger whilst so laying down and repairing their pipe. SECTION 3. That the capital stock of said company shall be fifteen thousand dollars, to be divided into six hundred shares of twenty-five dollars each, with the right to increase the capital stock from time to time as the board of directors of said company shall deem necessary: Provided, That the capital stock shall not exceed fifty thousand dollars: And provided also, That when five thousand dollars shall have been subscribed, the company may commence operation: And provided further, That said company may, in lieu of increasing their capital stock, be authorized, if the board of directors shall so determine, to borrow money to an amount not exceeding the amount of said capital stock, may be increased, and to make and execute a mortgage or mortgages, pledge or pledges, of the property and effects of said corporation, for the security of the repayment of the amount borrowed, or give such other evidence of indebtedness as may be agreed upon: Provided, That no increase of said capital stock, in manner aforesaid, shall be permitted, unless the stockholders holding a majority of the stock already subscribed, shall first give their written consent thereto. Capital stock. Borrow money.. SECTION 4. That the management and control of the Birming- Elections and offiham gas company, shall be vested in the persons named in the cers. first section of this act, until the period herein fixed for the regular election of directors of said company, who shall choose from their numbers a president, treasurer and secretary, who shall meet from time to time, and at such places within said borough of Birmingham, as a majority of them may deem necessary, for the purpose of receiving subscriptions to the capital stock of said company; and that the stockholders of said company shall meet annually, on the first Monday in May, at such place as they shall determine upon, and elect nine directors for said company, all of whom shall be stockholders, who shall select from their numbers as aforesaid, a president, secretary and treasurer, for said company; the notice of such election for directors as aforesaid, and the manner of conducting the same, to be provided for in the by-laws of said company; and the number of votes that each stockholder shall be entitled to at such election, shall be according to the number of shares owned by such stockholder, to wit: For each share not exceeding twenty shares, one vote; for every five shares above twenty shares, one vote; and no share shall confer a right to vote, which shall not have been holden one calendar month prior to the day of elec tion, nor unless it be holden by the person in whose name it appears, absolutely and bona fide, in his or her own right, or in the right of his wife, or for his or her sole use or benefit, as an executor, administrator, trustee or guardian, or in the right, and for the use, of some copartnership or society, of which he or she may be a member. Votes. SECTION 5. That said company shall procure certificates or Certificates of evidence of stock, for all the shares of the said company, and stock. shall deliver one such certificate, signed by the president, and countersigned by the secretary, and sealed with the common seal of said corporation, to each person, for such share or shares of stock as are by him or her respectively owned; which certificates of stock shall be transferable, at his or her pleasure, in person, or by attorney duly authorized, in the presence of the Meetings of direc tors. Dividends. Penalty for using gas without authority. ries to works. president or secretary, in a book to be kept by the corporation for that purpose. SECTION 6. That the board of directors of said company shall meet at such times and places as shall be provided in the bylaws of said company, five of whom shall be a quorum, who in the absence of the president shall choose a chairman, and shall keep minutes of their transactions fairly entered into a book, and a quorum being formed, they shall have full power and authority to purchase or lease lands for the gas works and erect the same, to appoint all officers, and employ such assistants as shall be necessary to carry out the objects of this corporation, to direct what orders shall be drawn upon the treasurer, which shall be signed by the president and countersigned by the see- ! retary, to fix all salaries and rates for the use of the gas, to enact by-laws for the proper regulation and government of said corporation, and generally to do such matters, acts and things, as by this act and the by-laws of such corporation they are authorized to do. SECTION 7. That the board of directors of said company shall declare dividends of so much of the net profits of the company as shall appear to them advisable, on the first Monday of June and December of each year, which shall be paid to the stockholders on demand, ten days after the same shall have been declared. SECTION 8. That if any person or persons shall open a communication into the gas main or other gas pipe of said company, without authority from the street inspector or other authorized agent of said company, or shall let on the gas after it has been stopped by order of said inspector or authorized agent of said company, for repairs or any other cause or purpose, or shall put up any pipes or burners in addition to the pipes originally put up and inspected, and introduce into them the gas, without authority aforesaid, or interfere with or injure any gas metre, he, she or they, shall be subject to a penalty of not less than five nor more than fifty dollars, to be recovered before any justice of the peace, as debts of like amount are by law recoverable, one-half to be paid to the informer, and the other half to the said company. SECTION 9. That if any person shall wilfully or maliciously Penalty for inju do, or cause to be done, any acts whatever whereby any building, construction, or works of said company, or any gas metre, gas pipe, post, burner, or reflector, or any matter or thing appertaining to the same, shall be stopped, obstructed, injured or destroyed, the person or persons so offending shall be considered guilty of a misdemeanor, and may be therefor indicted in the court of quarter sessions, and on conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine, not exceeding five hundred dollars, or be imprisoned, not exceeding one year, or both, in the discretion of the court: Provided, That such criminal prosecution shall not in any way impair the right of said company to full compensation in damages by civil suit. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, APPROVED-The fifteenth day of thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. Speaker of the Senate. April, Anno Domini one JAMES POLLOCK. 1 No. 456. AN ACT Authorizing the incorporation of a Company for the building of a Toll Bridge over the river Lehigh, at or near the town of Rockport, in Carbon 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 Thomas Broderick, Robert Q. Butler, Thomas R. Boyd, Charles H. Williams, Alexander Santee, R. D. Shoemaker and James Broderick, are hereby appointed to open books, receive subscriptions and organize a company by the name, style and title of the Rockport bridge company, to erect and construct a toll bridge across the river Lehigh, at or near the town of Rockport, in the county of Carbon, with a capital stock of five thousand dollars, to be divided into two hundred shares of twenty-five dollars each, with power to increase the number of shares, if necessary, to four hundred; and the same shall be organized, managed and governed as is provided by the act regulating bridge companies, approved the twelfth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, and to be subject to all the provisions and restrictions, and enjoy all the immunities and privileges contained in said act: Provided, That the said bridge shall be so constructed as in nowise to interfere with the im. provements and works of the Lehigh coal and navigation company in, on or along said river Lehigh: And provided further, That said company shall commence the construction of said bridge within two years and finish the same within five years from the passage of this act, otherwise the same to be null and void, except so far as to wind up the affairs and pay the debts of said company. 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. |