to Phillipsburg, in the county of Beaver, subject to all the provisions Subject to pro- and restrictions of an act regulating turnpike and plank road companies, passed the twenty-sixth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, and the supplements thereto. visions of cer tain act. Capital stock. Proviso. Use of county or township roads. Tolla. SECTION 2. That the capital stock of the said company shall consist of one thousand shares of twenty-five dollars each: Provided, That the said company may, from time to time, by a vote of the stockholders, at a meeting called for the purpose, increase their capital stock so much as in their opinion may be necessary to carry out the true intent and meaning of this act. SECTION 3. That it shall be lawful for the said company to occupy with their road the line or location of any county or township road already laid out and opened from Saw Mill run to Chartier's creek, and thence to Phillipsburg, or so much thereof as may be eligible for that purpose. SECTION 4. That it shall and may be lawful for the said company to erect and set up a gate or gates, and to levy and collect tolls from persons traveling along or otherwise using the said road, at the rates prescribed in the act to regulate turnpike and plank road companies, already referred to, and without further license, as soon as they shall have completed so much of the said plank road as lies between Saw Mill run and Chartier's creek as aforesaid. APPROVED-The fourth day of February, one thousand eight hun dred and fifty-two. WM. BIGLER. Preamble. No. 32. AN ACT Authorizing the recording of a power of attorney, executed by Hamilton Beckett. WHEREAS, Hamilton Beckett, formerly of the city of Philadelphia, but now in the Bombay Presidency, East Indies, by power of attorney, bearing date the twenty-ninth day of May, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one, constituted and appointed his father, Henry Beckett, his true and lawful attorney, with power of substitution, with full general power and authority with regard to his real and personal estate, in his name to enter upon and take possession, collect, recover, and receive, obtain the conveyance and transfer of, unite in proceedings in partition, and sell and dispose of the same, whether owned by him in whole or in part; and make and execute deeds, assurances, or writings, and do and perform all necessary matters and things whatsoever, in or about all his estate affairs and business in the United States of America, without exception of any sort, which he, the said constituent might, or could do or perform, if acting in his own person: And whereas, The said power of attorney was duly signed, sealed, and delivered in the presence of subscribing witnesses, and verified by an acknowledgment before Henry Brown, who, in the certificate represents himself to be the Judge of Poona, in the Bombay Presidency, East Indies; and that he has in witness thereto, set his hand and the official seal of the said court to the said certificate, which seal attached contains on it the words, "Court of the Zilla of Poona:" And whereas, A question may arise whether the said acknowledgment is such as to entitle the said power of attorney to be entered upon record; therefore, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represensatires of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly record. met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Power of attorthe said power of attorney from Hamilton Beckett, dated the twenty-ney from Hamninth day of May, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and ilton Beckett to fty-one, and authenticated and acknowledged as aforesaid, may be ad- be admitted of mitted to record in any one, or all of the offices for the recording of deeds, &c., within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; and when so recorded, whether the same shall have been before, or shall be subsequent to the passage of this act, shall be equally operative and efficacious for all the purposes of the said power, as if the same had been duly acknowledged by the said Hamilton Beckett, before a Consul of the United States, or any other proper officer authenticated in the manner recognized by the acts of Assembly in such case made and provided, and was in every respect in conformity to the laws of this State. JOHN S. RHEY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN H. WALKER, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The fourth day of February, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two. WM. BIGLER. No. 33. A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT To an act entitled "An Act enabling the Governor to incorporate a company for making an artificial road from the State line, near the town of Emmetsburg, in the State of Maryland, through Waynesbroo', Greencastle, and Mercersbarg, to intersect the Chambersburg and Bedford turnpike road at or near the east end of M'Connellsburg," approved January twenty-ninth, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen. 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 not hereafter be lawful for any person or persons to travel free.› of toll over the said Waynesboro', Greencastle, and Mercersburg turnpike road, when going to or from any place of public worship, except on the Sabbath day; any provision in the act incorporating said company to the contrary notwithstanding. SECTION 2. That the exemption contained in the first section of this act, and the eleventh section of the act to which this is a supplement, shall not be construed to embrace vehicles carrying or hauling passengers for pay or hire. JOHN S. RHEY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. We do certify that the bill entitled "A further supplement to an act entitled 'An Act enabling the Governor to incorporate a company for making an artificial road from the State line near the town of Emmetsburg, in the State of Maryland, through Waynesboro', Greencastle, and Mercersburg, to intersect the Chambersburg and Bedford turnpike road at or near the east end of M'Connellsburg,' approved January twentyninth, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen," was presented to the Governor on the twenty-first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, and was not returned within ten days (Sundays excepted) after it had been presented to him; wherefore it has, agreeably to the provisions of the Constitution of this Commonwealth, become a law in like manner as if he had signed it. WM. JACK, Clerk of the House of Representatives. Harrisburg, February 4, 1852. Clerk of the Senate. Preamble. No. 34. AN ACT To alter and amend the charter of incorporation of "The St. John's Orphan Asylum," and relating to elections in Richmond township, Tioga county, and authorizing the commissioners of the district of Moyamensing to borrow money. WHEREAS, On the sixteenth day of January, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four, a charter of incorporation, under the great seal of the State, was granted to "The St. John's Or phan Asylum:" And whereas, By an act of the General Assembly, passed the eighth day of April, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and thirty four, entitled "An Act for the relief of the St. John's Orphan Asylum, in the city of Philadelphia," the house and lot then owned by the said the St. John's Orphan Asylum, on Chestnut street, in the city of Philadelphia, was exempted from taxation so long as they should continue to be the property of that charitable institution, and used for an asylum 23 aforesaid, and no longer : And whereas, The said corporation have recently sold said premises so exempted, and purchased other ground in the district of West Philadelphia, upon which they have erected, and are now having finished, a building, to be occupied and used as the St. John's Orphan Asylum: And whereas, By an act of the General Assembly, passed the twentysecond day of April, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six, entitled "An Act to enable the St. John's Orphan Asylum to hold real estate," the said charter was altered, amended, and conirmed: And whereas, It is deemed necessary further to alter and amend the said charter so that certain by-laws, rules, and regulations of the said the St. John's Orphan Asylum, may be lawfully made by the said corporation, as they from time to time shall be found expedient; therefore, 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 Powers. said corporation shall have power from time to time to make by-laws, rules, and regulations, relative to the addition and admission of corporators and members, the election duties, times of service, and number of managers and their successors, and the appointment of suitable offieers, excepting the president, who shall be the Roman Catholic bishop of Philadelphia, or other ecclesiastical superior exercising Episcopal jurisdiction, for the time being, in the diocess of Philadelphia. SECTION 2. That the provisions of the said act of the eighth day of Present properApril, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four, ex- ty exempted empting the said house and lot on Chestnut street, lately owned by the from taxation. said the St. John's Orphan Asylum, from taxation, be, and the same are hereby re-enacted, so as to extend to and exempt, in like manner, from taxation, the present property of the said corporation, so long as the same shall be used for any asylum as aforesaid, and no longer. SECTION 3. That no misnomer of said corporation shall defeat or annul any gift, grant, conveyance, devise, or bequest thereto : Provided, That the intent shall sufficiently appear therein. Misnomer. SECTION 4. That the said charter and the act of Assembly last above recited, entitled "An Act to enable the St. John's Orphan Asylum to old real estate," so far as they conflict or are inconsistent with this Repeal. act, be, and the same are hereby altered and repealed, but in all other respects confirmed. SECTION 5. That from and after the passage of this act, the qualified Richmond townelectors of the township of Richmond shall hold their general and town- ship, Tioga ship elections at the house of Oliver H. Phelps, in said township, in holding electhe county of Tioga. county, place of tions. Commissioners SECTION 6. That "the commissioners and inhabitants of the district of Moyamensing, in the county of Philadelphia," be, and they are and inhabitants hereby authorized and invested with full power to borrow, upon the faith of Moyamensing of the said corporation, the sum of thirty thousand dollars, to enable authorized to them to pay certain temporary loans and other debts now due by said borrow money, corporation. to pay debts of corporation. Time of redemption and rate per cent. to be fixed by Board of commission ers. SECTION 7. That the time at which said loan of thirty thousand shall be redeemable, and the rate per cent. to be paid for the loan of the same, provided always, that the same shall not exceed six per cent. per annum, shall be regulated and determined by a majority of the board of commissioners of said district: Provided, That no certificate of loan shall be issued of a less denomination than one hundred dollarg. JOHN S. RHEY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN H. WALKER, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED The fourth day of February, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two. WM. BIGLER. No. 35. AN ACT Relative to the collections of school tax in Peachbottom township, York county. 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 school directors of Peachbottom township, in the county of York, shall be required to issue their warrant, with a duplicate, for the collection of school tax to the collector of county rates and levies in said township, whose duty it shall be to collect the same, together with the balance of outstanding school tax not collected in said township; and said collector shall give a bond, with approved security, to the school directors, in a sum not exceeding twice the amount of said school tax, for the faithful performance of his duty, and retain on final settlement of his accounts with the school directors, five per cent. on the amount of school tax by him collected, as a compensation for his services. APPROVED-The fifth day of February, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two. WM. BIGLER. |