Commissioners. No. 173. AN ACT To incorporate the Hollidaysburg and Altoona Plank Road company; relative to the boundary line between the counties of Lycoming and Tioga; to the borough of Covington, and supervisors, in the county of Tioga; to the fourth and eighteenth Judicial districts; changing the name of Daniel Hoyett Hogmire; annexing part of Blair township to Allegheny township; legitimating Rebecca Longnecker; relative to the duties of Justices of the Peace, and the sale of the poor house farm, in the county of Blair. 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 James Gardner, Joseph Dysart, Elias Baker, Robert Lowry, George C. Ferree, Thomas McNamara, George R McFarland, Henry Lloyd, Joseph Smith Jaggart, Jonathan Lias, James Londen, and Thomas Bingham, or any five of them, be, and they are hereby ap pointed commissioners to open books, receive subscriptions, and orga nize a company by the name, style, and title of "The Hollidaysburg and Altoona plank road company," to locate and construct a plank road from the borough of Hollidaysburg, in the county of Blair, to the Subject to pro- town of Altoona, in the county of Blair, subject to all the provisions, and restrictions of an act regulating turnpike and plank road companies, approved the twenty-sixth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, and the several supplements thereto, so far as the same are not inconsistent with this and the following sections in this act. Style. visions of certain act. Capital stock. of said road. SECTION 2. That the capital stock of said company shall consist of one thousand shares, of twenty-five dollars per share: Provided, That said company may, from time to time, at a meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose, increase the capital stock to such an amount as in their opinion may be required to complete the same, according to the true intent and meaning of this act. Commencement SECTION 3. That if the said company shall not commence the conand completion struction of said road within four years from the passage of this act, and complete the same within eight years thereafter, this act shall become null and void, except so far as to wind up the affairs of said company and pay the debts of the same. 1st section of act in force. Proviso. SECTION 4. That the first section of the act entitled "An Act ap29th May, 1849, appointing commissioners to run and mark the boundary line between declared to be Lycoming and Tioga counties, and for other purposes," approved the twenty-ninth day of May, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, is hereby declared to be in full force until the first of January, eighteen hundred and fifty-three: Provided, That the daily pay of said commissioners shall be three dollars and fifty cents in lieu of two dollars and fifty cents, and the daily pay of chain carriers, markers, and assistants, shall be one dollar and twenty-five cents in lieu of one dollar, mentioned in the first [section] of the act above referred to. SECTION 5. That Edwin Dyer, George Knox, and Nathan P. Case, authorized to of Covington, in the county of Tioga, be, and the same are hereby make a survey authorized and required to make a survey and map or plot of the vil and map of the lage and borough of Covington, as nearly as possible to the original Commissioners plot or map of the same, and when so made, to cause said survey and borough of map or plot to be recorded in the office for recording of deeds, in the Covington. county aforesaid, which said survey and map or plot, or a certified copy thereof, shall be evidence in all suits respecting any lot or lots in said village or borough, in all future time, and they are further required to Further duties. make and establish a center post or corner stone, which shall be permanently fixed, as evidence of such survey and map or plot; said com missioners shall be entitled to receive two dollars per day for all time Compensation. necessarily spent in making said survey and map or plot, to be paid out of the funds of the borough of Covington. SECTION 6. That the second section of an act entitled "An Act re- 2d section of lating to the Wellsboro' and Mansfield plank road company and relative certain act exto county bridges, in the county of Tioga," is hereby extended to and tended to supervisors of Tioga construed to apply to supervisors of the several townships in said county. county. cial district. SECTION 7. That from and after the first day of June next, the Clearfield county of Clearfield shall be attached to and form a part of the eigh- county attached teenth judicial district, and from henceforth the president judge of said to the 18th judieighteenth judicial district, shall hold the several courts therein, in the same manner, and with the like effect as the same are now held by the president judge of the fourth judicial district. cial district. SECTION 8. That from and after the first day of July next, the Term of courts regular terms of the several courts in the fourth judicial district of in the 4th judithis Commonwealth, shall be holden as follows, to wit: in the county of Tioga on the first Monday of September, December, February, and May, to continue two weeks; in the county of Potter on the third Mondays of September, December, February, and May, to continue one week; in the county of M'Kean on the fourth Monday of September, December, February, and May, to continue one week; and in the county of Elk on the first Monday after the fourth Monday of September, December, February, and May, to continue one week. SECTION 9. That from and after the passage of this act, Daniel Daniel Huyett Huyett Hogmire, of the county of Huntingdon, shall be called and Hogmire, known by the name of Daniel Hogmire Huyett, and by that name shall be capable of suing and being sued, and of taking any real or personal estate by descent, devise, or purchase, and of granting or devising the same in the same manner as if he had always been known by the name of Daniel Hogmire Huyett. change of name. tached to Alle SECTION 10. That that part of Blair township, in the county of Part of Blair Blair, lying north of the Juniata river, and bounded on the east by the township atmain road leading from Hollidaysburg to Allegheny Furnace, is hereby gheny township, attached to, and shall form part of the township of Allegheny, and the Blair co. qualified voters thereof shall hold their general and township elections at the place now fixed by law for holding clections in Allegheny town ship. SECTION 11. That Rebecca Longnecker, an illegitimate child of Rebecca LongSusanna Mock, of North Woodbury township, Blair county, is hereby necker legiti constituted a legitimate heir of said Susannah Mock, and entitled to mated. all the rights, privileges, and advantages of a child born in lawful wed lock. SECTION 12. That the justices of the peace for the county of Blair, Time for jusshall be required to return to the district attorney of the said county, tices of the all the recognizances entered into before them by any person or persons peace of Blair charged with the commission of any crime or offence (except such as county to make may be settled and ended before a justice of the peace under existing trict attorney. laws), at least seven days before the commencement of the term to which they are made returnable respectively, and in all cases where returns to dis Sale of the poor house farm in Blair county authorized. Deeds of property sold by directors declared valid. any recognizances are entered into less than seven days before the first day of the term to which they are returnable, the said justices are required to return the same forthwith, as aforesaid, and any justice of the peace, who shall refuse or neglect to comply with the provisions of this act, shall be liable to a fine of ten dollars, to be recovered as debts of like manner are recoverable by existing laws. SECTION 13. That it shall be lawful for the court of Common Pleas of Blair county, on application by the directors of the poor and of the house of employment for the county of Blair, by petition setting forth their reasons therefor, to order and direct said directors to sell such parts of the farm now held by said directors, in parcels best calculated to produce the highest price or sum, if in the opinion of said court it would be for the interest of said directors of the poor and of the house of employment as aforesaid, and to invest the purchase money in real security or otherwise, as the said court shall direct, to and for the uses and purposes for which said farm is or was held by said directors. SECTION 14. That all deeds and conveyances made and executed by said directors of the poor and of the house of employment, for the county of Blair, for any part or parcel of said farm, in pursuance of said order of court, shall be good and effectual in law to convey all the title and interest of the directors of the poor and of the house of employment for the county of Blair, in and to said farm. APPROVED-The fifth day of April, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two. WM. BIGLER. Corporators. Style. Privileges. No. 174. AN ACT To incorporate the Odd Fellows' Hall Association of McVeytown. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa tives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Charles Bower, M. D., William Swartz, William C. MeFalls, Adam W. Brimmer, Thomas F. McCoy, John M. Jacobs, Martin L. Stehley, Isaiah L. Waters, Joseph Coulter, John Gray, and Charles Cauflin, and their successors, and all persons who now are or may be hereafter associated with them, be, and they are hereby created and erected into a body politic and corporate in deed and in law, by the name, style and title of "The Odd Fellows' Hall Association of McVeytown," and by that name shall have perpetual succession and be able to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered, defend and be defended in all the courts of law or equity within this Commonwealth, and elsewhere, and also to be able to take and hold to them, and their successors, either by gift, grant, devise, or lease, any lands or real estate for the use of the SECTION 3. That the government of the Odd Fellows' hall associa- Board of trus tion of McVeytown, and the management and disposition of its affairs tees. and property shall be vested in a board of trustees, who shall be elected annually, by ballot, by the association, who shall serve until their successors shall be elected; a majority of the whole number of votes polled shall constitute a choice, and in the event of a failure to elect any of the said trustees at any regular election, or in case of death, resignation or inability to serve, growing out of any other cause, there shall be a vacancy or vacancies in the board of trustees, then, and in such cases, special elections shall be held on ten days' notice of the same in at least Vacancies. one newspaper in the county of Mifflin: Provided, That the trustees Proviso. and officers now managing the affairs of the Odd Fellows' hall association of McVeytown, et cetera, shall continue in office as trustees and officers of the corporation hereby created till the regular election shall be held as herein before provided. SECTION 4. That it shall and may be lawful for the said corporation Seal. to have a common seal, and the same at will and pleasure to change, alter, and renew, as they may think proper, and shall have and exercise all the rights and privileges and immunities necessary for the purposes of the corporation hereby constituted and as herein expressed. SECTION 5. That the said corporation shall have power and authority By-laws. to make by-laws, conformable to this charter, and not in violation of the laws of the United States or of this Commonwealth. SECTION 6. That the Legislature hereby reserves the right to alter, Reservation. revoke, or annul the charter of the said the Odd Fellows' hall association of McVeytown, whenever in their opinion it may be injurious to the citizens of this Commonwealth, in such manner, however, that no injustice shall be done to the corporators. APPROVED-The fifth day of April, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, WM. BIGLER. Supervisors to give bond. Division of into two election districts. No. 175. AN ACT Requiring the supervisors of Allegheny township, in the county of Westmoreland, and Schuylkill township, in Schuylkill county, to file a bond to insure a more faithful performance of their duties; to an election district in said county; to authorize the trustees of Anna Keen Reeves to mortgage real estate; and relating to the Northern Dispensary, in the county of Philadelphia. 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 supervisors of Allegheny township, in the county of Westmoreland, and Schuylkill township, Schuylkill county, shall, on entering upon the duties of the office of supervisor, file a bond to the township auditors, in the office of the clerk of the Court of Quarter Sessions, with approved security, for double the amount of their duplicate, for the faithful discharge of the duties of said office. SECTION 2. That from and after the passage of this act, the township Mount Pleasant of Mount Pleasant, in the county of Westmoreland, shall be divided township, West- into two election districts, and all that part of said township laying moreland co., south of the clay turnpike, shall hold their general and township elections hereafter at the brick school house east of the borough of Mount Pleasant, and that Andrew Roberson is hereby appointed judge, and Jacob Byers and William Reynolds, inspectors, to hold the next general and township elections, and all that part of said township laying north of the clay turnpike, shall hold their general and township elections hereafter at the house of William Fisher, now occupied by David Newingham, in the village of Pleasant Unity, and that Joseph Jack is hereby appointed judge, and Adam Fisher and Thomas Brown, inspectors, to hold the next general and township elections. Meeting of the judges of elec tions. Preamble. SECTION 3. That on the next day following the township elections, the judges of the two election districts, shall meet at the house of the heirs of Christian Lobengier, deceased, of said township, and then and there cast up the whole number of votes polled in the township, for the several candidates, and make out the returns according to the election laws of this Commonwealth, and any former act to which this is a supplement, and is herein supplied, is hereby repealed: one WHEREAS, By deed, dated the second day of February, A. D., thousand eight hundred and twenty-five, recorded at Philadelphia, in deed book G. W. R., number twenty-nine, page two hundred and fortythree, Anna Keen Reeves (then Anna Keen) conveyed certain premises therein described, viz.: a brick messuage and lot of ground, on the east side of Delaware Fourth street, between High and Chestnut streets, in said city, to Charles Keen and John Buntis, and their heirs and assigns, in trust for said Anna, during her life, and afterwards for her children, as therein more particularly mentioned: And whereas, It is proposed to improve said premises, by tearing down the present old and dilapidated building, and erecting a new store thereon, and for that purpose the said trustees should be authorized to raise a certain sum by a mortgage of said premises, inasmuch as it seems that under said deed they have not power to do so; therefore, |