ty, erected into Earl township, SECTION 32. That the township of Earl, in the county of Lancaster, Lancaster coun- is hereby erected into a separate election district, and the qualified electors thereof shall hold their general, township, and all other elections at the public house now occupied by Anthony E. Roberts, in the village of New Holland, in said township. a separate election district. East Earl township, Lancaster co., erected into SECTION 33. That the township of East Earl, in the county of Lancaster, is hereby erected into a separate election district, and the qualia separate elec-fied electors thereof shall hold their general, township, and all other tion district. elections at the public house now kept by Henry Yundt, in said township. Chappell attach- Farm of Ed'w. SECTION 34. That the farm and premises of Edward Chappell, of Air township, Fulton county, shall hereafter be attached to the M'Connellsburg bor- nellsburg borough school district for school purposes, and all the school ough school dis- tax for which he is annually liable, shall be paid into the M'Connellsburg trict, Fulton co. borough school district as aforesaid. Borough of SECTION 35. That the electors of the borough of Philipsburg, in the county of Beaver, shall hereafter hold their general election at the Beaver county. public brick school house in said borough. Gaines township, Tioga county. SECTION 36. That from and after the passage of this act, the quali fied voters of the township of Gaines, in the county of Tioga, shall hold their township and general elections at the public house of Benjamin Barse, in said township. JOHN S. RHEY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN H. WALKER, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The sixth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two. WM. BIGLER. Preamble. No. 38. AN ACT To authorize William Montelius, John Donaldson, and Henry G. Freeman, trustees, to sell and convey certain real estate. WHEREAS, William Montelius, John Donaldson, and Henry G. Freeman, trustees for the proprietors of the Walnut street theatre, are now seized in fee of certain real estate, and possessed of certain personal estate belonging to the said proprietors, and the term for which the said unincorporated association was formed expired on the first day of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty, and has only since been continued to enable the trustees to procure authority to sell and dispose of their property: And whereas, The said trustees have filed a bill in the Court of Common Pleas, in the city and county of Philadelphia, praying that they may be authorized to sell and convey the said property, to which bill an answer has been filed by all the present stockholders of the said association, agreeing that the same may be sold, and the Court have accordingly made an order and decree in conformity with the prayer of the petition: And whereas, Doubts have arisen as to the power of the said trustees, under the order of the said Court, to convey a good and perfect title to the purchasers of the said premises, freed from the trusts under which they are now held, and it will be for the benefit of all parties in interest that these doubts should be removed; now 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 said William Montelius, John Donaldson, and Henry G. Freeman, Trustees for the trustees for the proprietors of the Walnut street theatre, shall be, and proprietors of are hereby authorized to sell and convey, under the directions of the the Walnut Court of Common Pleas of the city and county of Philadelphia, all the street Theatre, estate, real and personal, of the said the proprietors of the Walnut authorized to street theatre, of which they are now seized or possessed, and to sell certain real make, execute, and deliver to the purchaser or purchasers thereof such and personal esdeeds, instruments, and conveyances as may be necessary to vest in tate. the said purchaser or purchasers, their heirs, executors, or administrators a full, clear, and absolute title thereto, freed from all trusts what ever. Philadelphia, and sufficient re SECTION 2. That the said trustees shall be, and hereby are autho- Trustees authorized to receive and give full and sufficient receipts and acquittances rized to give full for the purchase moneys of the said estates, real and personal, as afore- ceipts for pursaid, and to pay over and distribute the same under the orders and chase moneys. directions of the said Court of Common Pleas, without any obligation on the said purchaser or purchasers thereof to see to, or be in anywise responsible for the application of the same. SECTION 3. That if the said sale shall have been made in accord trustees. ance with the orders of the said Court of Common Pleas before the Further powers passage of this act, the said trustees shall have full power and authority conferred on to grant and convey the said premises and to receive the purchase moneys, as if such sale had been made after the passage of this act, under the provisions of the first and second sections thereof. JOHN S. RHEY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN H. WALKER, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The ninth day of February, one thousand eight hun dred and fifty-two. WM. BIGLER. No. 39. AN ACT Authorizing the holding of a special court in the county of Somerset by one of the judges of the Supreme Court. 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 one of the judges of the Supreme Court is hereby authorized and required to hold, at the Court House, in the county of Somerset, on the second Monday of March next, a Special Court of Common Pleas and Oyer and Terminer and General Jail Delivery, Quarter Sessions of the Peace and Orphans' Court, to hear and determine all process, pleas, suits, actions, indictments, or proceedings whatsoever pending in the said several Courts of Common Pleas, Oyer and Terminer and General Jail Delivery, Quarter Sessions of the Peace and Orphans' Court of the county aforesaid, and the courts hereby directed to be held shall have. all the powers and authorities which the several courts aforesaid of this Commonwealth now hold and possess. SECTION 2. That certified copies of the record of all process, pleas, suits, actions, indictments, or other proceedings pending as aforesaid, shall be transmitted to the special court aforesaid by the clerks of the several courts aforesaid, and the clerks of the several courts aforesaid shall act as clerks of the said special court. APPROVED-The tenth day of February, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two. WM. BIGLER. No. 40. A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT To an not entitled "An Act to incorporate the Sunbury and Erie, and Pittsburg and Susquehanna railroad companies," passed the third day of April, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven. 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 other corpora it shall be competent for the corporate or constituted authorities of any Municipal and municipal, or other corporation in the Commonwealth, to subscribe for tions authorized shares in the capital stock of the Sunbury and Erie railroad company, to subscribe to and to borrow money to pay therefor, and to make provisi n for the the stock of the payment of the principal and interest of the money so borrowed; the Sunbury and Erie railroad. certificates of loan or bonds which may be issued by said corporations bearing an interest of six per centum per annum, payable half yearly, may be received as cash by the Sunbury and Erie railroad company, in payment of any part or the whole amount of the shares subscribed by the corporations issuing said certificates or bonds; and any corporation holding shares of stock, may be represented at elections and meetings of the said company, by agents duly authorized by, and acting under resolutions passed by the constituted authorities thereof: Provided, Proviso as to That any corporation that shall be possessed of five thousand shares, or corporations. more, in the capital stock of said company, shall, in lieu of voting at the general elections of said company, be entitled to elect by the constituted authorities thereof, one manager for each and every five thou shareholders six and shares held by said corporation: Provided, That no corporation Proviso as to shall elect more than three managers, and a majority of the board of managers. managers shall at all times be elected by the private stockholders; if at any time corporations shall be entitled under this provision to more than six managers, then the number of managers which such corporations are entitled to, shall be reduced in such manner as shall be determined upon by the managers in office: Provided, That no certificates Proviso as to of such loans shall be issued for a less sum than one hundred dollars. certificate. SECTION 2. That the president and managers of the Sunbury and President and Erie railroad company be, and are hereby authorized to pay to share- managers reholders entitled to receive the same, in the months of January and quired to pay to July in each year, interest at the rate of six per centum per annum on all instalments paid by them after the passage of this act, and continue est on instalto pay the same till the road shall be completed; all the profits or earn- ments. ings of the said railroad within the same time, shall be credited to the cost of construction, and all interest paid shall be charged to the cost of construction: Provided, That interest shall not be paid upon any Proviso. share of stock upon which any instalment which has been called for, remains unpaid: Provided further, That the stock of the said company shall not be subject to any tax in consequence of the payment of the interest hereby authorized, nor until the net earnings of the company shall realize at least six per centum per annum upon the capital invested. JOHN S. RHEY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN H. WALKER, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The tenth day of February, one thousand eight hun per cent. inter dred and fifty-two. WM. BIGLER. No. 41. AN ACT To authorize the sale of the East Salem Church of Rostraver township, Wes:moreland county. WHEREAS, The German Reformed church, together with the Evangelical Lutheran congregation, were seized and possessed of a certain piece of land situate in Rostraver township, Westmoreland county, containing one acre, more or less, upon which, some years since, they erected a church, called the "East Salem Church;" that there is a debt due on behalf of the German Reformed church to John Snyder, the building committee on the part of said church, and which the said church are unable to pay, and that the said church has ceased to be used by the said German Reformed congregation as a house of worship; therefore, 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 Bela B. Smith, of Rostraver township, in said county, is hereby autho rized and empowered to sell at public sale, and convey the undivided one-half of the said church, and the lands and appurtenances thereto belonging (being the interest of the said German Reformed church therein), and make a good and sufficient deed for the same, and out of the proceeds of said sale, after deducting costs of sale and so forth, pay to John Snyder, of said township, the sum of two hundred and twentytwo dollars, with interest from the first September, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one, and the residue of the proceeds of sale to be distributed, under the direction of the Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland, to the persons who subscribed to the building of said church as members, or on behalf of said German Reformed church: Provided, That the said Bela B. Smith, before he shall make such sale, shall give security, to be approved by the court aforesaid, that he will faithfully apply the proceeds of sale as directed by the act, and said court shall direct the time and place of sale: Provided further, That if the said Bela B. Smith should refuse or decline to make sale, that the Court of Common Pleas aforesaid shall appoint a suitable person to make said sale, who shall have the same power, and be subject to the same liabili ties as that of the said Bela B. Smith. APPROVED-The tenth day of February, one thousand eight hun dred and fifty-two. WM. BIGLER. |