those in their employ, are hereby empowered to use and occupy the lands on the shore of said creek, so far as may be necessary, Use of shore auat the place or places where said booms are erected, and at such thorized. other place or places as may be necessary for rafting and securing logs and other lumber, and to pass and re-pass on foot to and from said boom or booms, over the lands on both sides of said creek, for the purpose of erecting said boom, or Additional privimaking repairs from time to time, and generally for doing all leges. matters and things necessary for the full accomplishment of the object of this corporation; subject, however, to pay such damages as may arise in the prosecution of such objects or purposes; the damages to be ascertained as in the third section of this act. court. SECTION 9. That all logs rafted out of said booms, or any of Measurer to be the branches thereof, shall be counted or measured, and their appointed by quantity ascertained, by some competent person or persons, to be appointed by the court of common pleas of Bedford county, whose duty it shall be to keep an account of all such lumber Duties of as may be turned through said boom or booms, agreeably to the fifth and sixth sections of this act. &c. SECTION 10. That the water power created by the erection of Water power aforesaid dam or dams may be used by said company, with may be leased, power to lease, grant, bargain, sell and convey the same: Provided, That the water thus used is returned to the channel of Proviso. the river below said dam. SECTION 11. That the legislature hereby reserves the right to Reservation. alter or repeal this charter at any time; in such manner, however, that no injustice be done the corporators. APPROVED-The second day of April, Anno Domini one thou sand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No. 723. AN ACT To change the name of William Augustus Clark Zerman to William Augustus Clark. 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 name of William Augustus Clark Zerman, of Lawrence county, state of Pennsyl vania, an adopted son of William D. Clark, be and is hereby changed to that of William Augustus Clark, and that the said William Augustus Clark Zerman shall be called by the name of William Augustus Clark, and by that name shall be able and capable in law to sue and be sued, grant, receive and take and inherit any estate, real or personal, and do all other legal acts as effectually, to all intents and purposes, as he could have done by his former name if no change had been made therein; and he is hereby invested with all the legal rights of a legitimate son and legal heir of the said William D. Clark. APPROVED-The second day of April, Anno Domini one thou sand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No. 724. AN ACT To incorporate the Philipsburg and Waterford 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 Commissioners. John Patton, George R. Barrett, L. J. Craus, John Thompson, John Carlisle, Reuben H. Moore and James T. Leonard, of Clearfield county; Jacob Kroh, John J. Y. Thompson, Uriah Matson, Thomas Reynolds and Mark Rogers, of Jefferson county; William Alexander, John Keatley, C. L. Lamberton, Samuel Wilson and James Campbell, of Clarion county; Arnold Plumer, J. S. Myers, Thomas Hoge, James Bleakley and James Hughes, of Venango county; J. R. Dick, H. L. Richmond, Edward Saeger, John M'Farland and Gaylord Church, of Crawford county, or any five of them, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to open books, for the purpose of receiving subscriptions to the capital stock of the company hereinafter directed to be incorporated. Capital stock. SECTION 2 That the capital stock of said company shall not exceed twenty thousand shares, at fifty dollars per share, with Privilege of in the privilege of increasing their capital stock to such amount creasing. as will enable them to construct and finish to the point referred to in this act. SECTION 3. That the Philipsburg and Waterford railroad company, hereby directed to be incorporated, shall be and is hereby vested with all the rights and powers necessary for the and most practicable route to the town of Waterford, and with Intersection auprivilege to intersect with any other railroad leading to Erie. thorized. SECTION 4. That said company shall be entitled to all the subject to. rights and privileges, and be subject to all the restrictions and regulations provided for in the act, entitled "An Act regulating railroad companies," approved the nineteenth day of February, When letters paone thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, except that letters tent may issue. patent shall issue to said company when fifty shares of the capital stock shall have been subscribed. tion to stock. SECTION 5. That the president, directors and company of the Interest to be Philipsburg and Waterford railroad are hereby authorized and paid on subscriprequired to pay interest, at the rate of six per cent., on all subscriptions of stock actually paid in, until forty miles of said road are completed. Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem. JOHN M. THOMPSON, APPROVED-The second day of April, Anno Domini one thou sand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No, 725. AN ACT To incorporate the Port Clinton Bridge 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 Samuel Boyer, E. J. Kirlin and John Horn, Jr., of the county Commissioners. of Schuylkill, and Samuel Meck and Henry Hossler, of the county of Berks, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to open books, receive subscriptions and organize a com pany, under the name, style and title of the Port Clinton bridge Style. company, for the purpose of erecting a bridge across the river Schuylkill, below or south of the mouth of the Little Schuyl- Bridge to be kill river, in the borough of Port Clinton. erected. SECTION 2. That the capital stock of said bridge shall be five Capital. thousand dollars, to be divided into shares of twenty-five dol Power to increase. When an election be held. lars each, with power to increase the same, if necessary, to an amount sufficient for the erection of said bridge. SECTION 3. That whenever one thousand dollars of the capital for officers may stock shall have been subscribed, the commissioners named in this act, or any three of them, may hold an election for officers of the said company, of which election ten days previous notice shall be given by hand-bills or otherwise; the board shall con sist of a president, five directors, treasurer and a secretary. Notice to be given. Officers. SECTION 4. That it may be lawful for any turnpike, railroad Other companies may subscribe to or canal company to subscribe to the capital stock of said bridge company. stock. Subject to. SECTION 5. That the said company shall be organized under and subject to all the provisions and restrictions of the act regulating bridge companies, approved the twelfth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five. 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. 726. AN ACT To authorize the Administrator of William Hancock, deceased, to sell cer tain Real Estate. 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 it shall and may be lawful for J. Fuller Reynolds, administrator of the estate of William Hancock, late of Kingston, Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, deceased, to grant, bargain, sell and convey such parts and portions of the real estate of such decedent as may be, in his opinion, needful to pay debts and educate the minor children of the decedent, or such parts and por tions of said real estate as, in the opinion of said administrator, it would be advantageous to the estate of said decedent to have sold; and the said administrator is hereby authorized to sell, at public or private sale; but before any such sale vests title fully in any vendee, the terms and conditions of such sale and the name of the purchaser shall be reported to the orphans' court of the county in which the land lies, and shall be accompanied by the assent, in writing, to such sale, of the guardian of the minor children of said decedent; and if, upon such report, the court aforesaid shall approve any sale made as aforesaid, then and in that case the said court shall order such report to be filed and approved, and shall direct the administrator to file a bond, with sufficient sureties, with like condition as is prescribed in case of the sale of real estate by an administrator, under the order of the orphans' court; upon the report aforesaid being made, with the written assent aforesaid, the approval of the court, and the filing and approval of the bond aforesaid, the said court shall, thereupon, confirm the sale absolutely; and then the said administrator shall have power to convey the lands sold, and to make a deed or deeds for the same to the purchaser thereof. SECTION 2. That the said administrator is hereby authorized to report any contract or contracts, in writing or by parol, for the sale of real estate made by the said decedent in his lifetime, to the orphans' court of the county in which the land lies, with a statement of the amount of purchase money claimed to be due, which report shall be accompanied by the assent, in writing, of the guardian of the minor children of decedent; and if the said court shall approve the said report, the necessary order shall be made for securing the purchase money that may yet be due by bond, with security; and upon the filing of such bond by the administrator, and its approval, said court shall direct the administrator to make the necessary conveyance or conveyances, and to take such security for the balance of purchase money, by lien upon the premises conveyed, as he may deem best; and the administrator shall have full power to convey to the purchaser all such estate and title as the intestate had at and immediately before his death, in and to the lands aforesaid: Provided, That the administrator shall not be answerable for any moneys that cannot be collected and that do not come to his hands, if the lien for such moneys has been preserved upon the premises for which such moneys were to be paid. 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. |