1 porating said plank road company, shall continue in force, and remain as valid as though the said road had been commenced and completed within the time mentioned in said act. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. APPROVED-The seventh day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. No. 114. A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT To an act to incorporate the Huntingdon and Broad Top Mountain Railroad and Coal 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 for the purpose of enabling the Huntingdon and Broad Top Mountain railroad and coal company to complete and equip their road and its branches, it shall and may be lawful for the directors of the company from time to time, with the consent of a majority of the stockholders present at a meeting duly convened for that purpose, to increase its capital stock to the amount requisite for the purposes aforesaid, not exceeding two hundred thousand dollars, and to sell the stock upon such terms, and at such prices as they may deem expedient; and all sales of stock heretofore made by said directors, with the sanction of a meeting of the stockholders, are hereby ratified and confirmed. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. M. PIATT, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The seventh day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. Election of town cou neil. Burgess. Borough trea surer. Collector. High constable. School directors. No. 115. AN ACT Supplementary to the act incorporating the borough of Easton. 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 on the third Friday of March next it shall be lawful for the qualified electors of each ward of the borough of Easton to elect three citizens, resident in such ward, as members of town council, who shall, within ten days after such election, divide themselves by lot into three classes, so that one member shall serve for one year, one member shall serve for two years, and one member shall serve for three years from each ward; and annually thereafter on the third Friday of March in each succeeding year, the qualified electors of each ward shall elect one member of town council for three years, and vacancies shall be supplied as now provided by law; the person to be appointed or elected to fill such vacancy to be a resident of the same ward as the member whose place he is to supply. SECTION 2. That on the day of election of members of town council, the qualified electors of the borough of Easton shall elect one citizen of the said borough to serve as chief burgess thereof for the ensuing year, who shall be clothed with all the powers and authorities now vested in the chief burgess of said borough, and who shall receive from the borough treasury a salary not exceeding one hundred dollars per annum, and shall be entitled to receive the same fees for similar purposes to which justices of the peace are or shall be entitled, and who may be removed from office, as now provided by law; and at the same time and in the same manner there shall be elected a borough treasurer, to serve for one year, at a salary not exceeding two hundred dollars, to be paid out of the borough funds, who shall receive and disburse all the borough and school funds of the said borough; and one borough collector, to serve for one year, at a salary not exceeding five hundred dollars per annum, who shall collect the borough and school taxes of the borough, with the same powers and authorities to collect the same as are now given to the collectors of state and county taxes; and they shall elect at the same time a high constable for said borough for one year, whose salary shall not exceed the sum of three hundred dollars; and the said treasurer and collector shall respectively, before they enter upon the duties of their offices, give bond to the commonwealth, in trust for the use of all parties interested, with two or more sureties, to be approved by the chief burgess, in the sum of ten thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of his office. SECTION 3. That in lieu of the manner now prescribed by law, the qualined electors of each ward of said borough shall, at the time aforesaid, elect three school directors, who shall, within ten days after their election, divide themselves by lot into three classes in each ward, one director to serve for one year, one director to serve for two years, and one director to serve for three years; and annually thereafter, at the time of electing mem bers of the town council, the qualified electors of each ward of said borough shall elect one school director to serve for three years; and the said school directors shall be clothed with full power and authority to perform all duties now by law conferred upon school directors within said borough; and the said borough shall compose one school district, with liberty to appoint a borough superintendent of schools, at a salary not exceeding five hundred dollars per annum, who shall report to the county superintendent annually, as the school directors are now by law required to do. SECTION 4. That at the time of electing members of the town Auditors of accouncil, the qualified electors of each ward in said borough, counts. shall annually elect one auditor of accounts of said borough to serve for one year; and the auditors so elected, or a majority of them, shall have full power and authority to settle the ac- Their powers. counts of all the officers of the said borough, as well as of the school directors thereof; and the first elected auditors shall have the power to re-examine, settle and report upon the accounts of the school directors, and officers of the said school directors, for four years last past, and any balance found due from any officer or director, may be recovered by the corporation of the borough of Easton, from such person so found indebted, as debts of like amount are by law recoverable, and the report of such auditors shall be evidence of such indebtedness: Provided, That Appeal. any person feeling himself aggrieved by such reports, may ap peal therefrom to the court of common pleas of Northampton county within thirty days thereafter, in the same manner that parties may now appeal from awards of arbitrators; and the said parties shall thereupon make up an issue, so as to try the matter in dispute as in other actions. SECTION 5. That the town council of the said borough of Watchman. Easton shall appoint one watchman or police officer for each of the wards of the said borough, who shall attend to lighting the town, and perform such other duties as may be assigned them by the town council or chief burgess, and shall each receive a Other officers. compensation not exceeding the rate of two hundred dollars per annum; and it shall also be lawful for the said town council to designate the duties of the constable, and all other municipal officers of said borough, whose duties are not herein specifi cally set forth, and to remove all such officers as shall have been appointed by them for sufficient cause, and to fill any vacancies that may occur in the municipal offices in the said borough, or in their own body, until the end of the year for which such officers may have been elected or appointed; and the said high constable shall be entitled to the same fees for serving process, as are now payable to other constables. SECTION 6. That so much of the act incorporating the said Repeat. borough of Easton, or any ordinance of said borough, passed in pursuance thereof, or so much of the school law relating to said borough, as is hereby altered or supplied, be and the same is hereby repealed. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. APPROVED-The eighth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. Construction of road. tal. No. 116. AN ACT Relating to the Lehigh Valley 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 the Lehigh Valley railroad company be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to complete the construction of a railroad, with as many tracks as may be required, from the river Delaware, near Easton, up the valley of the Lehigh river, to a point at or near the mouth of the Mahoning creek, above the Lehigh Water Gap, thence to some point in Schuylkill county, with right to connect with the railroad of the Little Schuylkill navigation railroad and coal company at or near Tamaqua, with the right also to connect with the railroad of the Beaver Meadow railroad and coal company. SECTION 2. That in addition to the capital stock heretofore Increase of capi- authorized to be issued, the said Lehigh Valley railroad company be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to issue from time to time, and to sell and dispose of the same, as the wants of the said company may require, sixty thousand shares of the capital stock of said company, at the par value of fifty dollars per share, and apply the proceeds thereof to the construction of said railroad, procuring locomotives and cars, erecting depots, water stations, et cetera, as required to accommo date the business of said railroad, and for no other purpose whatsoever; and that the time for commencing said road shall be within six months, and completed within two years from the passage of this act. Subject to. Repeal. Proviso. SECTION 3. That the said Lehigh Valley railroad company shall have all the rights, powers and privileges, and be subject to all the restrictions, provisions and liabilities of the act, entitled "An Act regulating railroad companies," approved the nineteenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and fortynine; and that the act incorporating the Delaware, Lehigh, Schuylkill and Susquehanna railroad company, approved the twenty-first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty. six, be and the same is hereby repealed, but that the several supplements thereto be and remain in full force and virtue: Provided however, That nothing contained in this act, shall be construed to repeal any restrictions contained in former acts, in relation to the construction of the said railroad, so as not to interfere with the works of the Lehigh coal and navigation com pany, nor in any manner to release the Lehigh Valley railroad company from any obligation imposed upon said company by any contracts or agreements heretofore made between the said Lehigh Valley railroad company, and the Lehigh coal and navi gation company, in relation to the location or construction of RICHARDSON L WRIGHT, APPROVED-The eighth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. No. 117. A SUPPLEMENT To the charter of the Easton Water 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 the owners of the freehold in and upon which said water is so taken and used, shall in all cases be the parties with whom such contract for the use of the water shall be made, and the said real estate be bound for and liable for the payment of the same, reserving to the company the right to contract with the lessee Contracts for water. or tenant, on the responsibility of the lessees or tenants, if they Liability of persee proper so to do; and any person or persons within the said sons using water. borough who shall take any of said water for domestic or other uses, without having previously contracted for the same with the said president and managers, shall forfeit and pay for every such offence, any sum not exceeding the sum of fifty dollars to the president and managers, for the use of the company, to be recovered before a justice of the peace by action of debt or assumpsit, in the same manner as debts of equal amounts are now recoverable. SECTION 2. That if any person or persons or body politic, Water may be who shall have contracted with the said company for the use of withheld. said water, shall wantonly or unnecessarily waste the same, to the injury of said company, or shall permit any other person or persons not being by the said contract entitled to the use of the same, or shall neglect or fail to pay to the said company the amount of money by him, her or them agreed upon, to be paid as a compensation for the use of said water, for the period of three months after the same shall be due and payable, according to the terms of said contract, it shall be lawful for the president and managers to withhold and cut off such water from the premises of such individual or body politic and corporate until all such damage, with interest and cost of recovering the same, shall be paid: Provided, That nothing herein shall be so construed as to affect, impair or take away the right |