Corporators. Style. No. 727. AN ACT To incorporate the Union Deposit Cemetery Association. 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 Hocker, George Landis, John Hoover, Abraham Mader, Samuel Betchtold, Joseph Farnsler, Isaac Horshey, David Rambler, Sen., Dr. David C. Keller, Jacob Landis, John Landis and John H. Ebersole, with such other persons as they may associate with them, and their successors, be and they are hereby created a body politic and corporate in law, by the name, style and title. of the Union Deposit cemetery association, and by that name Powers and pri- shall have perpetual sucession, and be able to sue and be sued vileges. in any court of law or equity; and may have and use a common seal, and the same to alter or renew; and shall have power to purchase, have, hold and enjoy, to them and their successors, any real estate which they may purchase in the vicinity of Union Deposit, in the county of Dauphin, for the purpose of establishing said cemetery: Provided, The whole of said real estate shall not exceed ten acres; and the corporators shall have authority to receive gifts or bequests, for the purpose of ornamenting and improving said cemetery, and to hold personal property, such as may be deemed necessary to carry out the object of this act; and it shall be the duty of the managers, out of the proceeds of sale of burial lots, or so much thereof as is not required for fencing and improving the same, to create a fund to be invested in mortgage or other good securities; the income to be expended in repairing the same from time to time; and the fund so raised on the cemetery itself, shall be considered independent from any congregation; and the same shall be held and enjoyed for the use of said cemetery in any way the lotholders may determine. Managers to create a fund to be invested. Income, how pended, &c. ex Election of trustees. Members of SECTION 2. The affairs of said corporation shall be conducted by five trustees, who shall be elected by the members of the corporation every year on the first Saturday of December; the first election to be held in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty, and until that time the board shall consist of George board until elec- Hocker, George Landis, Joseph Farnsler, John H. Ebersole and Abraham Mader: Provided, That the members of the board of trustees shall be lot-holders of said cemetery: And provided also, That all vacancies occurring in the board of trustees, by death or resignation, shall be filled by appointment made by the remaining members of the board. tion. Trustees to be lot holders. Vacancies. President. Other officers. SECTION 3. That the said trustees and their successors shall out of the number elect one president, who shall have the casting vote in case of a tie, and shall elect out of the lot-holders such other officers as may be necessary, and define their respective duties; make all by-laws and regulations necessary to trans act the business of the board; and shall have power to enclose Duties and powthe cemetery grounds, the same to lay out and ornament, divide ers of trustees. and arrange into suitable plots and burial lots, to sell and dispose of such plots and burial lots, for the purpose of sepulture, to individual members and families, under such conditions, rules and regulations as the board of trustees may establish; to execute and deliver deeds for the same; to make such by-laws and regulations as may be deemed necessary for the government of all persons burying in the cemetery; and shall annually submit a statement of the condition of the treasury to the lot-holders of said cemetery: Provided, That the by-laws of the corpora- Proviso. tions shall not be inconsistent with the constitution of the United States and the constitution of this commonwealth: And provided also, That said board of trustees shall not prescribe any Proviso. particular religious rite or ceremony to be performed at the burial of the dead. SECTION 4. That no lots in said cemetery shall be used by the Prohibition. purchaser thereof for any other purpose than the burial of the dead; and said lots shall be exempt from seizure, levy or sale Exempt from under or by virtue of any execution or process; and no person levy or sale. shall be at liberty to sell his or her lot to any person of persons, whomsoever, without the written consent of the board of trustees. Transfers. SECTION 5. That all persons wilfully injuring any of the fences, Penalty for inju railing, trees, shrubs, plants, monuments, tombs, stones, avenues, ries to fences, walks, or any other property of said cemetery, shall be deemed trees, stones, &c. guilty of malicious mischief, and shall be subject to prosecution per served for interment of poor. Streets, roads, therefor by indictment: Provided, That the board of trustees Ground to be rereserve sufficient ground for the free interment of destitute sons: Provided also, That no streets, roads or alleys shall hereafter be laid out or opened through the lands of said corporation, &c., relative to. except by consent of the said trustees. 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. 728. AN АСТ To incorporate the Etna Insurance Company, to be located in Philadelphia. 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. Robert Perry, Richard Ludlow, S. Henry Norris, James Deane, Name. Capital. May increase. How organized and managed. Limited to certain class of risks Business upon mutual principle. Additional privileges granted. H. K. Richardson, James M. Preston, David Hamaker, Wil liam A. Steelman, William M. Bull, William W. Watt and Samuel B. Jones, of the city of Philadelphia, are hereby ap pointed commissioners, and any five of them shall have power, from and after the passage of this act, to establish an insurance company, by the name and title of the Etna insurance company, to be located in the city of Philadelphia, with a capital stock of fifty thousand dollars, divided into shares of fifty dollars each, with the privilege to increase the said capital stock to two hundred thousand dollars, and to be organized and managed according to the provisions of an act to provide for the incorporation of insurance companies, approved the second day of April, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, and shall be limited to risks designated in the first clause, in the seventh section of said act, and transact its business upon the mutual principle, in connection with its capital stock, as aforesaid. SECTION 2. In addition to the general powers and privileges, as conferred in the foregoing section, the corporation hereby created shall have power and authority to make insurances on the payments of rents accruing or to accrue from the leasing or letting, or hiring of real or leasehold estate, and the use and occupation thereof, and to make all and every insurance or guarantee appertaining to the rents, profits or income, as aforesaid, and to let or re-let any premises, the rent or income whereof may have been insured, according to the provisions of this act; and also to insure the prompt and punctual payment of interest on bonds secured by mortgage or otherwise; and also to insure the prompt and punctual payment of promissory notes of individuals or corporations, according to the tenth condition thereof. JOHN M. THOMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem. WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The third day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No. 729. AN ACT To incorporate the Susquehanna Bridge Company, at Safe Harbor, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. 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 erecting a bridge over the Susquehanna Commissioners. river, at Safe Harbor, Jacob F. Fry, Abraham Peters, J. K. Sheak, C. B. Herr, C. Brenneman Herr, W. W. Miller, Edward Hess, C. J. Rhodes, Henry Baumgardner, Thomas Baumgardner, M. E. Millinger, M. Lefevre, A. G. Bowers, Jacob Erb, Jacob Fehl, Abraham Miller, Christ. Good, Martin Good, Benjamin Good, Amos Lowbeer, J. B. Warfel, Benjamin Eshelman, Adam Miller, A. E. Roberts, D. F. Young, Jonas Harnish, George W. Murphy, John Reed, William Reed, Alexander Graham, William Taylor, Daniel Kline, William M'Dowell, John Bear, William Murphy, Wm. Jome, Wm. Thompson, Jacob Poist, Abraham Gibbs, A. Bortsfield, Peter Campbell, G. H. Hise, Isaiah Brenner, C. Malhorn, I. Sourbeer, R. Sourbeer, I. M. Hess, or a majority of them, be and the same are hereby Duties of. appointed commissioners to do and perform the several duties hereinafter mentioned; that is to say, they shall, on or before the first Monday of July next, procure a book or books and enter therein as follows: "We whose names are hereunto subscribed, Subscriptions to do promise to pay to the president, managers and company to capital stock. erect a bridge over the Susquehanna river, at Safe Harbor, in the county of Lancaster, for the use of said company, the sum of fifty dollars for each share of stock set opposite our names respectively, in such manner and proportions, and at such times and places as shall be determined by the president and managers, in pursuance of an act of the general assembly of this commonwealth, entitled 'An Act authorizing the governor to incorporate a company to erect a bridge over the Susquehanna river, at Safe Harbor, in the county of Lancaster.' Witness our hands this- day of one thousand eight hundred and sixty;" and shall thereupon give notice in two newspapers, Notice to be one in Lancaster county and one in York county, for three given. weeks at least, of the time and places when and where such book or books shall be opened to receive subscriptions for the stock of said company; at which time and places some one or more of the said commissioners shall attend, and shall keep open said book or books at least six hours in every day, for at least two successive days, if so many shall be necessary, and allow any one above the age of twenty-one years to subscribe therein, in his or her own name, or in the name or names of any other person or persons by whom he or she may be authorized to do so, for any number of shares of said stock, until two Number of shares thousand shares shall be subscribed, when the books shall be to be subscribed. closed. But if the whole number of shares shall not be subscribed, the said commissioners may adjourn to such time and places as they shall think necessary, to receive subscriptions as aforesaid, and give such further notice as they shall think proper; and when the subscription shall amount to two thousand shares as aforesaid, the books shall be closed: Provided always, That every person offering to subscribe in said book or Proviso. books, in his or her own name, or in the name of any other person, shall, at the time of subscribing, pay to the attending commissioner or commissioners two dollars on every share so subscribed, out of which shall be defrayed the expenses of taking such subscription, and other incidental charges, and the remainder, if any there be, shall be paid over to the treasurer When letters pa of the corporation, as soon as the same shall be organized and the officers thereof chosen as hereinafter directed; such first payment on each share to be taken and considered as part payment on each share subscribed. SECTION 2. That as soon as five hundred shares shall have tent may issue. been subscribed, the said commissioners, or a majority of them, may certify the same, together with a list of the subscribers and the shares subscribed by each, in writing to the governor, who thereupon shall constitute the said subscribers, and also all those who may in future subscribe under the provisions of this act, a body corporate or politic, by the name and style of Style. the President, Managers and Company of the Susquehanna bridge; and by the said name the subscribers shall have perPowers and pri petual succession, and shall be capable of holding their capital vileges. stock, and the increase and profits thereof, and increasing the same, from time to time, by new subscriptions, in such manner and form as they shall think proper, if such increase be thought necessary to fulfil the intent and meaning of this act, and of purchasing and holding to them and their successors and assigns, and of selling, transferring, and conveying, in fee simple or any less estate, all such lands, tenements, hereditaments and estates, real, personal and mixed, as shall be necessary to them in the prosecution of their work, and of suing and being sued, and of doing all and everything which a body politic and corporate may lawfully do. Organization. Officers. By-laws. Votes. Proviso. Annual meeting and election. SECTION 3. That any ten of the persons named in the letters patent of incorporation shall, as soon as conveniently may be after the sealing of the same, give notice in one newspaper printed in the city of Lancaster, and one newspaper printed in the borough of York, of a time and place to be appointed, not less than twenty days from the time of giving said notice; at which time and place the said subscribers shall proceed to organize the corporation, and shall choose by a majority of votes of the said subscribers present, by ballot, to be delivered either in person or by proxy duly authorized, one president, ten managers and one person for secretary and treasurer, and such other officers as they may think necessary to conduct the business of the company during one year, and until other officers be chosen, and shall have power to make such by-laws, rules and regula tions, not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this state or of the United States, as may be necessary for the well ordering of the affairs of the company: Provided always, That no stockholder shall have more than one vote for each share not exceeding five shares, and one vote for every two shares above five and not exceeding eleven shares, and one vote for every three shares above eleven and not exceeding twenty shares, and one vote for every five shares above twenty: Provided also, That no person shall have more than twenty votes at any election, in determining any question arising at such meetings, whatever number of shares he may have subscribed. SECTION 4. That a public meeting of said stockholders shall be held on the first Monday in January next following the first election had as aforesaid, and on the first Monday of January in every succeeding year, at such place as shall be fixed by the rules and orders of the said company, for the purpose of choos |