No. 507.

AN ACT

To incorporate the Swatara Collegiate Institute.

Location.

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 there be and hereby is erected, established and incorporated, at or near the borough of Middletown, in the county of Dauphin, in this commonwealth, a seminary for the education of young persons, males and females, in the various branches of general knowledge, science, literature, domestic economy and the learned and foreign languages, under the name, style and title of the Swatara collegiate institute, the said seminary to be under the Name. management, direction and control of eighteen trustees, who shall appoint one person as president, one person as treasurer, and one person as secretary; nine of said trustees shall constitute a quorum and be competent to fill vacancies in their own Officers. body, also to prescribe the duties authorized and required to be performed by the different officers whom they may select, of whom the president and treasurer shall be chosen from among the said trustees.

SECTION 2. That the first trustees of said seminary shall con- First trustees. sist of the following persons, to wit: John Winebrenner, George Smuller, Jacob Rife, Simon Cameron, Felix Nisley, James Young, George W. Etter, Daniel A. L. Laverty, George Ross, Emanuel Shaeffer, John S. Gable, Michael Shelly, Philip Irwin, Philip Zimmerman, E. J. Ramsey, Morris Johnson, J. S. Watson and Adolphus Fisher, which said trustees and their successors to be hereafter elected by the stockholders of said seminary, shall forever hereafter be and they hereby are erected into and declared to be a body politic and corporate, with perpetual suc- Privileges. cession, and with all the incidents of a corporation in deed and in law, to all intents and purposes whatsoever, by the name, style and title of the trustees of the Swatara collegiate institute, by which name, style and title the said trustees and their successors shall be able and capable at law and in equity to purchase, take, hold and possess to themselves and their successors, for the use of the said seminary, any estate in any messuages, lands, tenements, hereditaments, goods, chattels, moneys or other effects, by gift, grant, bargain, sale, conveyance, assurance, will, devise or bequest of any person or persons or corporators whatsoever: Provided, That the annual income of the same, Annual income. exclusive of the income or receipts from the pupils, their parents or guardians, does not exceed the yearly value of ten thousand dollars; and the same messuages, lands, tenements, hereditaments and estates, real and personal, to grant, bargain, sell, convey, assign, demise, rent, lease and to farm, let and to place out on interest, or otherwise dispose of or invest, for the use of the said seminary or to the stockholders, and to erect the Recessary buildings thereon for the use of said seminary, in

Supervision and

such manner as shall seem to them most beneficial, and to receive the rents, issues, profits and income of the same, and to apply the same in dividends among the' said stockholders in proportion to the amount of stock held by each person; and by the same name to sue, commence actions, prosecute and defend implead and be impleaded, in any court of law or equity, and in all manner of suits and actions whatsoever, and to transact all matters and things incident thereto, as fully and effectually as any natural person or body politic or corporate have power to manage their concerns.

SECTION 3. That said seminary shall be under the general annual statement supervision and control of the East Pennsylvania Eldership of the Church of God, and the trustees are hereby required annually to make a statement of the condition of said seminary to the Eldership at its annual meeting.

Powers

Subscriptions.

Certificates.

Election of trustees.

SECTION 4. That the said corporation may cause to be made for their use a common and corporate seal, by and with which all deeds, certificates, appointments and acts of the said corporation shall pass and be authenticated, and the same seal at their pleasure to break, alter or renew; and by the advice of the faculty of said seminary, the said trustees may confer diplomas or certificates of scholarship upon such pupils as shall have completed in a satisfactory manner the prescribed course of study.

SECTION 5. That the said trustees herein named, are hereby authorized to open books on or before the first day of June next, and enter therein as follows: We whose names are hereunto subscribed, do promise to pay to the trustees of the Swatara collegiate institute, the sum of twenty-five dollars for each and every share of stock set opposite to our respective names, in such manner and proportions, and at such time or times as shall be required by said trustees; and shall thereupon proceed to receive, at present, and until otherwise determined by a majority of the trustees for the time being, subscriptions for the stock of said corporation, not exceeding the sum of thirty thousand dollars, divided into shares of twenty-five dollars each, payable at such times and places and in such instalments as they may deem advisable; and it shall be lawful for any person or persons, body politic or corporate, to subscribe for as many shares as he, she or they may think proper.

SECTION 6. That said trustees shall be and hereby are authorized to issue certificates of stock, in shares of twenty-five dol lars each, to the amount which may be hereafter respectively subscribed and paid by individuals or bodies politic or corporate to and for the use and benefit of said seminary, which certifi cates, signed by the president and secretary of the said board of trustees, and sealed with the seal of said corporation, shell be issued to the persons or their heirs and legal representatives of all persons, bodies politic or corporate, who have, as aforesaid, subscribed and paid, or who may at any time hereafter subscribe and pay, and shall be entered in a book kept by said seeretary for that purpose, in which also shall be entered every transfer of such certificate which may be duly made in person or by attorney in the presence of and attested by the president of said board of trustees.

SECTION 7. That there shall be held an election of trustees of said seminary in the place of the board of trustees appointed

by this act, on the second Tuesday of May, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, at which time the stockholders of said seminary shall elect by ballot, by a majority of the votes present, eighteen trustees, one-third of whom to continue in office till the second Tuesday of May, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, one-third till same day in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, and the remaining one-third till the same day in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty; and on each of the aforementioned days, and on the same day annually thereafter, six persons shall be elected, in the manner here set forth, to fill the places of those whose term of office shall then expire, and to continue in office three years, or till others be elected; the said election of trustees shall be held at the building occupied by said seminary, of which time and place the trustees shall give at least twenty days' previous notice, by publication in one newspaper printed in said borough of Middletown,and in one or more printed in the borough of Harrisburg, county and state aforesaid, which said election shall be held, conducted by two managers, to be chosen by a majority of the stockholders present at the time of commencing said election, and any stockholder shall be allowed to vote in person or by proxy at such elections, in the ratio of one vote for each share of stock which he, she or they shall or may own or hold, and standing in his, her or their name on the books of the corporation at the time of said election; if two or more persons shall have an equal number of votes, the managers of the election shall forthwith decide by lot which of said persons is elected: Provided, That none but stockholders shall be eligible to the office of trustee: And provided further, That two-thirds of said trustees shall always be members of the people known as the Church of God.

SECTION 8. That said trustees may, if they deem it expedient, Power of trustees. lease and hire out the real estate and effects of said corporation to a competent teacher or teachers, and receive and collect rent and compensation for the use of such real and personal estate, and the same to divide rateably among the stockholders, after first deducting all necessary charges and expenses for repairs, taxes, and the due management of the affairs of said corporation.

SECTION 9. That persons of every religious denomination shall Privileges of stube eligible as trustees, or capable of being appointed professors dents. and teachers, nor shall any person, either as professor, tutor or pupil, be refused admittance into said seminary, or denied any of the privileges, immunities or advantages thereof, for or on account of his or her sex or sentiments in matters of religion: Provided, That such persons shall exhibit a fair moral character, and are willing to yield a ready obedience to the general regulations prescribed for the conduct of officers and pupils, and the

government of the institution.

SECTION 10. That no misnomer of said corporation shall defeat or annul any gift, grant, devise or bequest, to or from the said corporation: Provided, That the intent of the parties shall sufficiently appear upon the part of the gift, grant, will, or other writing, whereby any estate or interest was intended to pass to or from said corporation.

Misnomer.

SECTION 11. That the legislature hereby reserves the right to Reservation revoke, alter or amend this charter, whenever to them it may

seem expedient, in such manner, however, that no injustice. shall be done to the corporators.

RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

WM. M. PIATT,

Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED-The twenty-first day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six.

JAMES POLLOCK.

Appointment authorized.

To be sworn.

Fees.

No. 508.

AN ACT

To authorize the Governor to appoint Commissioners to take Acknowledgment of Deeds or other Contracts and Depositions in Foreign countries.

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 governor shall have power to appoint one or more commissioners in any foreign country, who shall continue in office during the pleasure of the governor, and shall have the authority to take the acknowledgment and proof of the execution of any deed or other conveyance or lease of any lands lying in this state, or of any contract, letters of attorney, or of any other writing, under seal or not, to be used and recorded in this state.

SECTION 2. That every such commissioner, before performing any duty, or exercising any power in virtue of his appointment, shall take and subscribe an oath or affirmation before a judge or clerk of one of the courts of record of the state, kingdom, or country in which said commissioner shall reside, well and faithfully to execute and perform all the duties of such commissioner, under and by virtue of the laws of the state of Pennsylvania, which oath, and a description of his seal of office, together with his signature thereto, shall be filed in the office of the secretary of this state.

SECTION 3. That the fees for all such services shall be the same as for similar services rendered by commissioners of this state in other states of the union, the same being reckoned in the money of the United States.

RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.

WM. M. PIATT,

Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED-The twenty-first day of April, Anno Domini one

thousand eight hundred and fifty-six.

JAMES POLLOCK.

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No. 509.

AN ACT

To increase the pay of Jurors and Witnesses in the county of Chester.

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 from and after the passage of this act, the per diem allowance of persons attending the several courts of the county of Chester as jurors and witnesses, shall be for jurors one dollar and fifty cents per day, and for witnesses one dollar per day, except those who reside in the borough of West Chester, where the pay of witnesses shall be the same as is now paid, payments to be made as directed by existing laws relating thereto.

RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. M. PIATT,

Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED-The twenty-first day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six.

JAMES POLLOCK.

No. 510.

AN ACT

Supplementary to an act to incorporate the City of Lancaster, passed March twenty, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.

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 so much of the act of February tenth, one thousand eight hundred and forty-three, as authorizes and directs the election of mayor of said city to be held on the first Tuesday of February in each and every year, be repealed, and that hereafter the quali fied voters of the city of Lancaster shall on the first Tuesday of February next, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, and every two years thereafter, elect by ballot a citizen to be mayor of said city, who shall serve for two years.

RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

APPROVED-The twenty-first day of April, Anno Domini one

thousand eight hundred and fifty-six.

JAMES POLLOCK.