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regulations as may be necessary and proper for the government By-laws.
of the corporation, not being inconsistent with this charter, or
the constitution and laws of the United States or of this com-
monwealth, and elect or choose such officers as may be neces- Officers.
sary, and generally to do all and singular the matters and
things which to them it shall lawfully appertain to do for the
well being of the said corporation, and the due management
and ordering the affairs thereof.

SECTION 2. That the said corporation is hereby authorized to Authorized to purchase, lease, receive, either by gift or otherwise, erect, have, purchase or lease lands, buildings, hold and enjoy, to them and their successors, such lands or &c. tenements, building or buildings, as may be necessary for the purposes of an armory, and other proper and needful ones con- Powers and privinected with the affairs thereof, with the necessary and conve- leges. nient furniture, fixtures and appliances, with the right, from time to time, to lease, grant, bargain, sell, alien or dispose of, any part or parts, or the whole thereof, either absolutely, with a reservation of rent, or upon mortgage: Provided, That the Proviso. clear yearly income of the said corporation, exclusive of donations, gifts or dues, shall not exceed the sum of three thousand dollars.

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APPROVED-The thirty-first day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty.

WM. F. PACKER.

No. 716.

AN ACT

To incorporate the Sullivan County 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 Francis Jordan, Thomas J. Wolf, and Samuel H. Bibighaus, of the city of Philadelphia, and George D. Jackson, Michael Meylert, Doctor Josiah Jackson and B. Rush Jackson, of the county of Sullivan, their associates, successors and assigns, be and they are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, by the name, style and title of the Sullivan County coal company, and that they be invested with all the privileges, and subject to the restrictions of the act incorporating the North-Western coal and iron company, approved April nineteenth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, and the various supplements thereto;

Provided, That said company shall not be entitled to any manufacturing privileges, and shall not hold, at any one time, over one thousand acres of land in fee, which land shall lie in said county of Sullivan; and the capital stock of said company shall not exceed ten thousand shares, of fifty dollars each.

JOHN M. THOMPSON,

Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem.

WM. M. FRANCIS,

Speaker of the Senate.

I do certify that the bill, entitled "An Act to incorporate the Sullivan County coal company," passed the House of Representatives on the thirtieth day of January, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and sixty, which has been disapproved by the governor, and returned by the governor with his objections to the House of Representatives, in which it originated, was agreed to by two-thirds of the House of Representatives, on the twentyfourth day of March, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and sixty, and that the foregoing is the act so agreed to by the said House.

JOHN M. THOMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem.

Attest:-E. H. RAUCH,

Clerk of the House of Representatives.

I do certify that the bill, entitled "An Act to incorporate the Sullivan County coal company," passed the Senate on the tenth day of February, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and sixty, which has been disapproved by the governor, and returned with his objections to the House of Representatives, in which it originated, was agreed to by two-thirds of the Senate, agreeably to the constitution, on the twenty-sixth day of March, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and sixty, and that the foregoing is the act so agreed to by the Senate.

Attest:-RUSSELL ERRETT,

WM. M. FRANCIS,

Clerk of the Senate.

Speaker of the Senate.

No. 717.

AN ACT

To incorporate the Robert Morris Market and Hall Company of Philadel phia.

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

James W. Fletcher, Daniel Thomas, John M'Carthy, Robert E. Corporators. Shultz, Horatio B. Pennock, Andrew D. Caldwell, William Loughlin, James A. Campbell, Thomas Moran, John Farrell, John S. Sharkey and William H. Kern, and their associates, and all persons who may be holders of the stock hereinafter mentioned, be and they are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, by the name, style and title of the Robert Mor- Style. ris hall and market company, and by that name shall have power to purchase and hold, in fee simple or for any less es- Powers and pritate, sufficient lots of ground, situate on the north side of Cath- vileges. erine street and east side of Eighth street, in the Third ward of the city of Philadelphia, and such personal property, as by them may be considered necessary and proper for the ownership, construction, maintenance and management of a market house thereon, for the accommodation and use of persons who may be desirous of renting and occupying the same, and also such rooms as they may deem necessary for the accommodation of public or other meetings, with full power to sell, mortgage or create the necessary ground rent deeds, or convey the said real and personal property.

to be used.

SECTION 2. That the object of said incorporation shall be to Object. erect and maintain, upon the said premises, a suitable building or buildings, and stalls, with all other things necessary for the Buildings, how use thereof; the ground floor of the same to be appropriated and used as a public market house, for the sale of meats, vegetables and provisions; the said market building, the rooms, the stalls, cellars, all or any of them, to be leased, rented and disposed of in such manner and upon such terms as the managers shall determine: Provided, That farmers, wherever residing, Proviso. shall have the same rights, privileges and immunities, in regard to renting and occupying any part of said market, as may be granted or allowed to any citizen of Philadelphia. SECTION 3. The capital stock of said corporation shall not Capital. exceed one hundred thousand dollars, which shall be divided into shares of not less than fifty dollars par value each; and the managers shall have power to borrow any sum not exceeding seventy-five thousand dollars, upon bonds or other evidence borrow money of indebtedness, such sum or sums of money, at the best rates upon bonds, &c. upon which the same can be obtained, as may be necessary for carrying out the purposes of this act.

Managers may

ties.

SECTION 4. That the government, control and management Managers, their of said company shall be vested in, and exercised by a board number and duof managers, the number of whom, their duties and time and manner of election, shall be fixed by the by-laws; they shall continue in office until their successors are elected; they shall elect a president, secretary and treasurer, from among them- Officers. selves; shall supply all vacancies in their number, until the Vacancies. board of managers shall be elected; the persons named in the Persons named in first section of this act shall be the managers, and shall have first section to be the control and management of the affairs of the said company election. for one year, or until their successors are duly elected.

managers until

SECTION 5. That by-laws for the regulation of the company By-laws. shall be enacted and passed by the corporators or managers, and shall provide for the annual election and other meetings of stockholders and managers, and for all other matters and things

Votes.

necessary for carrying on the business and affairs of the com pany, as therein provided for: And provided, That in all elec tions for officers, the stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each share of stock held by them.

JOHN M. THOMPSON,

Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem.

WM. M. FRANCIS,

Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED-The second day of April, Anno Domini one thou sand eight hundred and sixty.

WM. F. PACKER.

No. 718.

AN ACT

To incorporate the Middletown Gas Light 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 George Smuller, George Christ, Joseph Brestel, Joseph Ross, Adolphus Fisher, Frederick Lauman, Henry Smith, E. S. Kendig, John S. Watson, James Young, Jacob Baner, Archibald Wieting, John Croll and J. J. Walborn, of the borough of Middletown, and G. S. Kemble, Abraham Myers and Doctor Andrew Patterson, of Harrisburg, all of the county of Dauphin, or any five of them, are hereby appointed commissioners to or ganize a company, by the name, style and title of the Middletown gas light company, to be located in the borough of Middletown, in the county of Dauphin, with a capital stock of fif teen thousand dollars, to be divided into shares of twenty-five dollars each, with the privilege of increasing said capital stock to any sum not exceeding thirty-thousand dollars, and to be or ganized under the provisions of an act to provide for the incor poration of gas and water companies, approved the eleventh day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven.

JOHN M. THOMPSON,

Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem.

WM. M. FRANCIS,

Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED-The second day of April, Anno Domini one thou

sand eight hundred and sixty.

WM. F. PACKER.

No. 719.

AN ACT

To incorporate the Attleborough 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 John Dorance, William Kinsey, William Bache, Caleb N. Tay- Commissioners. lor, E. G. Harrison, A. M. M'Ilvaine, Joseph Canby, J. G. Webster, John Ely, M. W. Allen, James Flowers, Joshua Richardson, J. Hughurst, Isaac Eyre, Cary Longshore, Mitchell Watson, Joseph Eastburn, Jesse Comfort, Aaron Winder, Joseph Comley, David Feaster, M. H. Jenks, Alfred Blaker, Jesse Heston, Thomas Quincy, Lewis Buckman, James Anderson, Lewis B. Scott, Silas Cary, John Barnsley, or any five of them, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to open books, receive subscriptions, and organize a company, by the name, style and title of the Attleborough railroad company, with all the powers Style. and subject to all the provisions and restrictions prescribed by Subject to. an act, entitled "An Act regulating railroad companies," approved February nineteenth, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine.

SECTION 2. That the capital stock of said company shall con- Capital stock. sist of three thousand shares of fifty dollars each: Provided,

That said company may, from time to time, by a vote of stock

holders, at a meeting called for that purpose, increase their May increase the capital stock so much as in their opinion may be necessary to same. complete the said road and to carry out the true intent and meaning of this act.

SECTION 3. That said company shall have the right to build Authorized to and construct a railroad, beginning at or near the village of construct road. Attleborough, in the county of Bucks, and thence extending by Route. such practicable routes, and in such manner as to connect with Extension authoany point on the Delaware river, and any railroads within said rized. county of Bucks or city of Philadelphia; also the privilege of extending said road from Attleborough to Newtown, in Bucks

county; which said road shall be completed with one track, When to be comwithin ten years from the passage of this act.

JOHN M. THOMPSON,

Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem.

WM. M. FRANCIS,

Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED-The second day of April, Anno Domini one thou

pleted.

sand eight hundred and sixty.

WM. F. PACKER.

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