rators. such manner, however, as shall do no injustice to the corpo- Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-first day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. No. 583. AN ACT To incorporate the Warehousing Company of Philadelphia. Style. 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 William C. Patterson, Augustus J. Pleasonton, George C. Har- Corporators. vey, W. Neilson, S. R. Crawford, their associates, successors and assigns, and all and every other person or persons who shall hereafter become shareholders in the Warehousing company of Philadelphia, are hereby created a body corporate and politic, in law and in fact, by the aforesaid name and style of the Warehousing company of Philadelphia, and by that name shall be in law capable of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, in all courts and judicatories whatsoever, and also of contracting and being contracted with relative to the Privileges. business and objects of said corporation, and to hold and convey real estate, to hire, rent, construct or purchase such storehouses and wharves as they may require for the purposes of their business, and to have and use a common seal, to alter the same at pleasure, and to make and ordain all such lawful bylaws and regulations as may be necessary and required to carry out the objects of the said corporation; and the said corporators are also hereby empowered to fill up the subscription to the capital stock, and to organize the said company for the purpose and object of warehousing goods and merchandize of every kind, sort and description, whether foreign or otherwise, or whether the same be in custom house bond, duties paid or free of duty. SECTION 2. That the capital stock of the said company shall Capital. consist of one hundred thousand dollars, divided into shares of twenty-five dollars each, and the company shall have authority to increase the said capital to the extent of five hundred thousand dollars in addition thereto, whensoever so required by a majority in value of the stockholders. SECTION 3. That the business of the corporation shall be Election of direcmanaged and conducted by a certain number of directors, not tors. exceeding fifteen, and not less than five, all of whom shall be stockholders in their own right, elected by ballot annually on the first Monday of June in each year, by the stockholders at Votes. Proviso. Payment of stock their general meeting held for that purpose, and of which five days' notice, in at least two daily newspapers of the city of Philadelphia, shall be given, and at such elections and in deciding all questions, each share shall entitle the holder to one vote. And further, that the said directors, at their first meeting after each election shall choose one of their number as chairman or president, but in case it should happen at any time that no election of directors should be made upon the day hereit appointed for that purpose, it shall be lawful to hold and make an election of directors in such manner as shall be regulated by the by-laws of the said corporation, and in case of the death, incapacity or resignation of any director, his place may be filled up for the remainder of the year in such manner as the aforesaid by-laws for that purpose shall direct: Provided, That the first election for directors shall be made at a time and place to be appointed by the corporators above mentioned, and that the directors then chosen shall hold their office for twelve months thereafter, or further, until the first Monday in June occurring after the expiration of that period. SECTION 4. That the capital stock of the said company sha!! be called in and paid for at such time and times, and in such proportion or proportions as the president and directors shall declare and require, upon thirty days' previous notice thereof being given, and any subscriber, stockholder or stockholders, his, her or their executors, assigns or representatives neglect. ing, failing or refusing to pay any instalment or assessment so made and declared upon shares subscribed for by him, her or them, at the time and times at which the same are made payable as aforesaid, shall forfeit to the use of the company al shares of stock upon which assessments are remaining unpaid, together with whatever money for calls may have been previ ously paid thereon. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. M. PIATT, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-second day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. No. 584. AN ACT To incorporate the Trustees of the Theological Seminary of the Reformed 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 Gabriel Adams, Daniel M'Millan, Robert Orr, Henry Sterling, Joseph Fleming, James N. Gifford, Robert Steenson, George H. Corporators. Stewart, and their successors duly elected and appointed as hereinafter directed, be and hereby are declared a body politic and corporate, in law and fact, with the name and title of the style. rustees of the Theological seminary of the Reformed Presbycerian church in North America, and shall have all the right, Tranchises and power, and be subject to all the liabilities which by law pertain to a corporation, including the right and liability to action and the right to use a common seal, and to receive and hold real and personal property to an amount not exceeding in clear annual value the sum of ten thousand dollars, and to convey the same at pleasure. Privileges. SECTION 2. That the purposes of the said corporation shall be objects. the preparation of young men for the gospel ministry; and the course of instruction in the seminary shall be conducted according to the direction of the General Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian church of North America, and under the supervision of such board or committee as they shall think proper to institute, and in such form as they shall direct or allow. Trustees and their SECTION 3. That the trustees shall consist of any number not exceeding eighteen which the said synod shall choose, who powers and duties shall manage and dispose of the property and funds committed to their care for the purposes of the said seminary, and obey all such special instructions in relation thereto not inconsistent with the purposes of the trust and the law of the land, as shall be given to them by the said General Synod, in writing, under the hand of their clerk; and the said General Synod shall have power to change one-third of their number annually, in such manner as said synod shall deem proper. SECTION 4. That the said trustees shall have a president, sec- officers and byretary and treasurer, and shall have power to make all such laws. rules and by-laws for their regulation that are not inconsistent with the trust reposed in them, nor with the law of the land, as they may think proper; and a quorum shall consist of such number as the said General Synod shall from time to time de- Quorum clare, and they shall keep a fair record of all their proceedings and make a full report of all their receipts and disbursements to the said synod as often as the same shall be required. SECTION 5. That the legislature reserves the right of repealing Reservation this act of incorporation, whenever, in their opinion, the public interest shall require it. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, APPROVED-The nineteenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. No. 585. AN ACT To provide for the ordinary expenses of Government, the repairs of the Public Canals and Railroads, and other general and special Appropriations. 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 following sums be and same are hereby specifically appro Appropriations. priated to the several objects hereinafter mentioned, for the year commencing on the first day of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Governor. SECTION 2. For the salary of the governor of the commonwealth, three thousand five hundred dollars. For the salary of the secretary of the commonwealth, twelve Secretary of the hundred dollars, and the further sum of five hundred dollars to be paid to him as superintendent of common schools. commonwealth For the salary of the deputy secretary of the common wealth, Deputy secretary fourteen hundred dollars. Auditor general. For the salary of the auditor general, including his compen sation as commissioner of the sinking fund, seventeen hundred dollars. For the salary of the surveyor general, fourteen hundred dolSurveyor general lars. Attorney general Clerk hire in pub. lic offices. State librarian. Contingent expenses of the executive, state and school depart ments. For the salary of the attorney general, three hundred dollars. For the salary of the adjutant general, three hundred dollars. For the salary of the state treasurer, including his compensa. tion as commissioner of the sinking fund, seventeen hundred dollars. For clerk hire in the state department, five thousand dollars. For clerk hire in the auditor general's office, eight thousand dollars. For clerk hire in the state treasurer's office, four thousand dol lars. For clerk hire in the surveyor general's office, seven thousand six hundred dollars, and the further sum of six hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for extra clerk hire in copying defaced surveys. For the salary of the state librarian, eight hundred dollars. SECTION 3. For the payment of the contingent expenses of the executive, state and school departments, to wit: For stationery, five hundred dollars. For postage and telegraphic despatches, one thousand eight hundred dollars. For the payment of messengers, nine hundred and fifty dol lars. For fuel and light, seventy-five dollars. For cleaning offices, thirty-five dollars. For miscellaneous expenses in the secretary's office, fifty do lars. For painting, white-washing, alterations and repairs of the ate department, two hundred and fifty dollars. SECTION 4. For the payment of contingent expenses of the Auditor general's ditor general's office, to wit: For postage and telegraphic despatches, five hundred dollars. For the pay of messenger, four hundred and fifty dollars. For stationery, three hundred and fifty dollars. For fuel, seventy-five dollars. For carpeting, one hundred and fifty dollars. For postage and telegraphic despatches, four hundred and For stationery and blank books, two hundred dollars. For messenger and night-watch, five hundred and fifty dol irs. For miscellaneous expenses, one hundred dollars. For the payment of messenger, four hundred and fifty dollars. For stationery and blank books, two hundred and fifty dollars. For repairs, sixty dollars. For washing and cleaning offices, thirty-seven dollars. For miscellaneous expenses, fifty-eight dollars. office. Treasury depart ment. Surveyor general's office. SECTION 7. For the payment of the expenses of the legisla- Legislature. ure, including the pay and mileage of members, clerks, officers nd contingent expenses of the two houses, and the amount auhorized by the eleventh section of the act passed the seventh of day, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, or stationery, newspapers and lights, the sum of one hundred nd twenty-five thousand dollars. SECTION 8. For packing and distributing the laws and journals Distributing laws of the legislature, seven hundred dollars; the packing and dis ributing thereof to be performed under the direction of the ecretary of the commonwealth. SECTION 9. For public printing, folding, stitching and bind- Printing. ng, thirty thousand dollars. SECTION 10. For miscellaneous expenses, three thousand dol- Miscellaneous. ars, to be accounted for in the usual manner. SECTION 11. For the payment of the borough of Harrisburg Water and gas for supplying the public buildings with water, as per the act of for public buildthe twenty-eighth of April, one thousand eight hundred and ings. forty, six hundred dollars. To the Harrisburg gas company, for furnishing gas for the public buildings and walks, the sum of one thousand eight hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary for that purpose; to be paid on the warrant of the governor under contract with the company, in pursuance of the act incorporating said company and its supplements. SECTION 12. For the support of the common schools, two hun- Common schools. dred and thirty-one thousand five hundred dollars; to be paid on warrants drawn by the superintendent of common schools in favor of the accepting school districts of the commonwealth, in proportion to the number of taxable inhabitants in each, after |