No. 87. AN ACT Vacating certain Lanes and Alleys of the Out-lots of the borough of Beaver, in the county of Beaver. 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 all the following lanes and alleys, and parts of lanes and alleys, of the out-lots of the borough of Beaver, in the county of Beaver, to wit: Saw Mill lane, also those parts of Centre and Fertile alleys lying between Saw Mill lane and Cooper lane, also that part of Cooper lane lying between its intersection with Fertile alley and M'Clain's district line, be and the same are hereby vacated. APPROVED-The twenty-eighth day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. A. G. CURTIN. No. 88. AN ACT Relative to the Claim of the Heirs of Samuel Rhoads, late of Blair county, deceased, and Joseph G. Barr and Michael Maxwell. 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 auditor general and state treasurer are hereby authorized to examine the claims of the heirs of Samuel Rhoads, late of Blair county, deceased, and Joseph G. Barr and Michael Maxwell, for wood furnished on the Allegheny Portage railroad, while the same was in possession of the state; and that the state treasurer be and he is hereby authorized and directed to pay the amount found due the said parties, if any, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. ELISHA W. DAVIS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ROBT. M. PALMER, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-eighth day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. A. G. CURTIN No. 89. A SUPPLEMENT To an act to incorporate the Beaver Dam Plank Road and Turnpike Company, approved April twentieth, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight. 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 Beaver Dam plank road and turnpike road company be and it is hereby authorized and empowered, in constructing or repairing its said road, to use, in lieu of plank, any pounded stone, gravel or other substance or material which the president and directors of said company may deem expedient or advisable. ELISHA W. DAVIS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ROBT. M. PALMER, APPROVED-The twenty-eighth day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. A. G. CURTIN. No. 90. AN ACT To preserve Trout in the counties of Schuylkill and Lancaster. 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 killed. Trout may not be from and after the passage of this act, it shall not be lawful for taken, caught or any person or persons to take, catch or kill any trout in any of the streams or ponds of water in the counties of Schuylkill and Lancaster, by means of baskets, seines, nets or snares, or trap of any kind whatever, or by means of lime or other poisonous substances: Provided, That it shall be lawful for any person or persons to take, catch or kill any trout, in any of the said streams or ponds of water, by angling, between the first days of April and October, in each year, and at no other period. Proviso. Penalty. SECTION 2. And any person or persons violating the provi sions of this act, shall forfeit and pay the sum of five dollars for every offence, to be recovered before a justice of the peace, by an action of debt, in the name of the commonwealth; one-half of the said sum to be for the use of the informer, who is hereby made a competent witness in such action, and the other half for the use of the directors of the poor and house of employment for the county in which the offence shall have been committed. ELISHA W. DAVIS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ROBT. M. PALMER, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-eighth day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. A. G. CURTIN. Corporators. Title. Privileges. May hold land. Proviso. No. 91. AN ACT To incorporate the Penn Gas Coal 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 Robert H. Gratz, John Lindsay, William Coleman, J. H. Robinson, R. E. M'Gowin, John P. Steiner and Lewis Cooper, and their associates, successors and assigns, be and they are hereby created a body politic and corporate, by the name, style and title of the Penn gas coal company; and that as such they may have a common seal, with power to break, alter and renew the same at pleasure; to be able to sue and be sued, to plead and be impleaded, and enjoy all the rights, privileges and franchises incident to a corporation, with power to take and hold land, in fee simple or by lease, in the county of Westmoreland: Provided, That the quantity of land so held by them shall at no time exceed two thousand acres; and with power to have, hold, sell and exchange such personal property as may be useful and con- May hold, sell venient in their business. and exchange personal proper ty. ration. SECTION 2. That the said company shall have the right to mine and prepare for market, coal, iron ore, fire clay and other materials of their lands; to manufacture iron, fire brick, mineral oil Business and and other products of their minerals or lands, and to transport powers of corpothem to market, and sell and dispose of the same; and to lease, sell and convey their land, or any part thereof, and the minerals thereof; and to make all such improvements, machinery and fixtures and erections on said lands as they may deem necessary for their business and interests. road. SECTION 3. That the said company shall also have the right Authorized to to lay out and construct a railroad from any portion of their construct a railland, and to connect the same with the railroad of any other company incorporated by the laws of this state, at any point they may select for such connection: Provided, That the length Proviso. of said railroad, so to be made by them, shall not exceed seven miles; and that in the construction of the same, the said company shall have all the powers and privileges, and to be subject to all the limitations and restrictions of an act, entitled "An Act regulating lateral railroads," approved the fifth day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, except so far as relates to the length of the road. SECTION 4. That the capital stock of said company shall not Capital stock. be less than five thousand nor more than ten thousand shares, of fifty dollars each; and they may create, issue and increase May increase the the same, within the said limits, from time to time, and in such same. manner as the by-laws and ordinances, duly adopted at any general or special meeting of the stockholders of said company, may provide. SECTION 5. That the affairs of said company shall be con- Managers and ducted by a board of managers, to consist of at least three and officers. not more than five stockholders, who shall elect one of their number president, and appoint such other officers as the interests and business of the company may require, and fix their compensation. SECTION 6. That said company shall have power to make and By-laws. establish all such ordinances, rules, regulations and by-laws as they may deem necessary for managing and conducting their business and interests, providing for the elections and meetings of the company and of the board of managers, defining the duties of the president and other officers, with the right at any time to repeal, alter and amend the same, as they may deem expedient: Provided, That the same shall not conflict with the Proviso. constitution and laws of this commonwealth. SECTION 7. That the said company shall pay a tax into the Tax to state. treasury of the commonwealth of one-half of one per centum on the amount of the capital stock thereof, in four annual instalments, the first payment of which shall be made within one year from the passage of this act, on the amount of the capital stock as first established; and when any increase of the capital Increase of capistock is made, the said company shall pay the said tax of one- tal stock. half of one per cent. thereon, within one year from the time such additional capital stock is created; and the said company Tax upon divishall also pay such taxes upon dividends as are or may hereafter dends. Limitation. Individual lia bility. Subject to. be provided by any general law taxing dividends of like corporations; and this act shall continue in force for twenty years, and no longer. SECTION 8. That the stockholders of said company be and they are hereby declared to be individually liable for all debts due mechanics, workmen and laborers employed by, and for materials and produce furnished said company; to be sued and collected as is provided in the twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth sections of an act incorporating the Lackawanna iron and coal company, approved April fifth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three. Officers to certify SECTION 9. The president and directors, with the treasurer amount of capital and secretary of said company, shall, on or before the first Monstock, &c. day of January next succeeding the passage of this act, and on or before each succeeding first Monday of January thereafter, during the term of its corporate existence, make a certified statement of the amount of capital stock paid in; which certificate shall be signed by said president, treasurer, secretary and a majority of the directors, and verified by the oath of said president and treasurer; and they shall, within twenty days, transmit the same to the auditor general. ELISHA W. Davis, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ROBT. M. PALMER, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The first day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. A. G. CURTIN. Title to certain fed and confirm real estate rati ed. No. 92. AN ACT To ratify and confirm the title to certain Real Estate sold to the "German 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 title to a certain lot or piece of ground, situate at the northwest corner of Sixth and Walnut streets, in the city of Reading, containing two hundred and forty feet on Sixth street, and two hundred and thirty feet on Walnut street, conveyed to Francis B. Shalter, Michael K. Boyer and E. Jonathan Deininger, in trust for the German Evangelical Lutheran St. John's congre |