No. 244. AN ACT Legitimating Nancy Jane Haslet of Mifflin county; relative to the borough of Mifflinburg, Union county; to the sale of real estate in Armstrong county; to the Court of Quarter Sessions of Mifflin county; to incorporate the New Castle and Centreville plank road company; relative to the directors of the poor of Blair county; to a school district in Cumberland county; to authorize William Walton, trustee of Melissa L. Moore, to sell certain ground rents; relative to an election district in Armstrong county; to the poor house of Mifflin county; to the sale of a school house in Sadsbury township, Chester county; to King street in the borough of Pottstown, and to an independent school district in Lancaster county. 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 Nancy Jane Haslett, of Mifflin county, illegitimate daughter of Andrew Nancy Jane Haslett and Mary his wife, shall have and enjoy all the rights, privi- Haslett legitileges, benefits, and advantages of a child born in lawful wedlock, and mated. shall be able and capable in law to inherit and transmit any estate whatsoever as fully and completely to all intents and purposes as if she had been born in lawful wedlock. borough of Mif SECTION 2. That the fifth and sixth clauses of the second section of Provisions of the act of the third of April, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and certain act exfifty-one, entitled "An act regulating boroughs," be and are hereby ex- tended to the tended to the borough of Mifflinburg, Union county, and that any part flin, Union co. of the act incorporating said borough, conflicting with this provision is hereby repealed. WHEREAS, John Diable and Catharine Diable, his wife, formerly Preamble. Catharine Heckman, one of the heirs and legal representatives of Philip Heckman, late of Allegheny township, in Armstrong county, deceased, by a contract in writing, bearing date the twelfth day of March, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and forty, did with others, for the consideration and covenants therein mentioned, covenant and agree to grant, bargain and sell to a certain Henry Clingelsmith in fee simple, all the interest and estate of the said Catharine Diable, of, in, and to a certain piece, parcel and tract of land situate in the township and county aforesaid, in the State of Pennsylvania, adjoining land of John Riggle, Alexander Gordon, William Hickenlooper, Jr., G. T. Crawford's heirs, and lands belonging to Stoop's heirs, containing two hundred acres, more or less, with the allowance, late the estate of the said Philip Heckman, deceased: And whereas, the said Catharine Diable is since deceased, leaving minor heirs, and without having made a deed in pursuance of said recited contract to the said Henry Clingelsmith, and without having made any provision for the performance of the said contract. SECTION 3. That the said John Diable of the township of Allegheny, John Diable anin the county of Armstrong aforesaid, be, and he is authorized and em- thorized to exepowered to make, execute and deliver in pursuance of the said recited cute a certain contract to the said Henry Clingelsmith a deed, in fee simple, for all deed. the interest and estate of his said late wife Catharine Diable, of, in and to the said described tract of land at the time of the making of the said recited contract, on compliance by the said Henry Clingelsmith, with the covenants and agreements contained in the said recited con John Diable to tract to be done and performed on his part, with the said Catharine Diable, and that such deed shall be valid and effectual to transfer to the said Henry Clingelsmith, and his heirs and assigns, all the interest and estate of the said Catharine Diable, of, in, and to the said described tract of land at the time of the making of the said recited contract, clear of all incumbrances and claims, of the heirs and legal representatives of the said Catharine Diable, deceased, except the balance of purchase money, which may remain unpaid to the said Catharine Diable at the time of her decease, which said balance shall remain a lien on the said described land until paid. SECTION 4. That before the said John Diable shall be authorized to be first appoint- receive any portion of the purchase money as aforesaid remaining uned a guardian of paid to the heirs and legal representatives of the said Catharine Diable, certain minors. deceased, on said recited contract, he shall procure himself to be ap pointed by the Orphans Court of Armstrong county aforesaid, guardian of the said minor heirs of the said Catharine Diable, deceased, or otherwise qualify himself according to law to receive the same. Application of SECTION 5. That the Court of General Quarter Sessions of Mifflin James S. Woods county, are hereby authorized and directed to permit James S. Woods for damages. to make application for damages done to his property in the borough of Lewistown, by the opening of an alley in said borough, with the same effect as though application had been made to said court within one year from the opening of the same; Provided, The said Woods make affidavit that application was not made in time through a misunderstanding of the true meaning of the act of one thousand eight hundred and thirtysix, relating to roads and bridges. Commissioners. Style. Subject to provisions of cer tain act. Capital stock. SECTION 7. That Joseph Kissick, David Emery, L. L. McGuffin, J. N. Euwen, Robert Cochran, William Dickson, R. W. Cunningham, J. W. Johnston, R. H. Peebles, Wm. J. McKee, A. Henderson, S. Wilder, James Leslie, J. S. Quest, Wilson Falls, James Henderson, Robert Reynolds, Cyrus Clarke, John C. Tidboll, Wm. Kerr, Thomas Fisher, Joseph McCaslin, James Hunt, Michael Jordan, James McCune, Robert Bently, John Elder, Samuel Stewart, A. Graham, Henry Jordan, John Stewart, James P. Elliott, and Hutchison Borard, of Lawrence county, and John McClymonds, John Hays, E. Kingsbury, William Moore, Alexander McBride, Robert Glenn, Robert McCoy, Wm. McClelland, and Thomas Stevenson, of Butler county, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners to open books and receive subscriptions, and organize a company by the name, style and title of "The New Castle and Centreville plank road company," with power to construct a plank road from New Castle, Lawrence county, by way of Harlinsburg, Lawrence county, to Centreville, Butler county, by the nearest and best route or routes as the stockholders may determine upon, subject to all the provisions 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, excepting that portion of the thirteenth section of said act relating to tolls, which discriminates in favor of wheels of the width of four inches and upwards; and the company hereby incorporated shall have power to regulate their tolls within the limits prescribed by the said thirteenth section, without reference to the width of wheels in any case. SECTION 8. That the capital stock of said company shall consist of one thousand shares, at twenty-five dollars per share: Provided, That 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 complete the road or roads, and to carry out the true intent and meaning of this act. SECTION 9. That if said company shall not commence the construc- Commencement tion of their road within two years after the granting of this charter, of said road. and completion and complete the same within five years thereafter, the two previous sections of this act shall be null and void, except so far as the same may be necessary to wind up the affairs and pay the debts of said company. SECTION 10. That from and after the passage of this act, the direc- Compensation tors of the poor in Blair county shall receive one dollar and fifty cents, each, per day, for every day necessarily employed in the discharge of poor in Blair co. the duties of their office. of directors of trict Cumberland co. erected. SECTION 11. That the parts adjacent the Pine Grove school house, New school disin the township of West Pennsboro', in the county of Cumberland, now embraced in the Walnut Grove school district, shall be erected into a separate school district, and be entitled to all the rights and privileges now allowed by law to the several school districts of this Commonwealth. SECTION 12. That William Walton, trustee of Melissa L. Moore, late William Walton Melissa L. Warwick, appointed by the Court of Common Pleas for the authorized to city and county of Philadelphia, on the thirtieth day of April, Anno sell certain real estate. Domini, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, under the deed of trust dated the twelfth day of April, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, and recorded at Philadelphia, in deed book G. W. R., number ten, page two hundred and ninety-five, et cetera, made between the said Melissa, then Melissa L. Warwick, of Spring Garden, in the county of Philadelphia, widow of the one part, and Mary Brown, then of the Northern Liberties, in the county aforesaid, of the other part (since deceased), shall have power and he is hereby authorized by, and with the consent of the said Melissa L. Moore to sell and convey in fee simple, or to release and extinguish all, or any, or either of the following mentioned yearly ground rents, part of the said trust estate, viz.: No. one. A yearly ground rent or sum of three pounds fifteen shillings, payable yearly by John Ridy, his heirs and assigns. No. two. A yearly ground rent or sum of four pounds ten shillings, payable yearly by Philip Shroder, his heirs and assigns. No. three. A yearly ground rent or sum of ten pounds, payable halfyearly by George Link, his heirs and assigns. No. four. A yearly ground rent or sum of seven pounds ten shillings, payable yearly by Philip Walker, his heirs and assigns. No. five. A yearly ground rent or sum of four pounds, payable yearly by Peter Hauns, his heirs and assigns. No. six. A yearly ground rent or sum of one pound, payable yearly. by Andrew Stoleberger, his heirs and assigns. No. seven. A fyearly ground rent or sum of five pounds, payable yearly by Henry Fauns, his heirs and assigns. No. eight. A yearly ground rent or sum of six pounds, payable yearly by George Hookey, his heirs and assigns. No. nine. A yearly ground rent or sum of six pounds fifteen shillings, payable yearly by William Baker, his heirs and assigns. No. ten. A yearly ground rent or sum of seven pounds ten shillings, payable yearly by Abraham Coats, his heirs and assigns. No. eleven. A yearly ground rent or sum of two pounds, payable yearly by Owen M'Carty, his heirs and assigns, and appropriate and apply the proceeds of said sale or sales to the repairing of such of the trust estate, and to the erection of such back buildings on the same, as she, the said Melissa L. Moore, shall direct, and to invest the overplus money (if there should be any) for the uses in the said deed of trust mentioned, the purchasers in no case to be responsible for the ap H Proviso. Elections in North Buffalo township, Armstrong co. Repeal of act relating to poor of Mifflin co. School directors of Sadsbury tp., Chester co., to sell certain school house. plication of the purchase money: Provided, That said sale or sales shall be approved by the said Court of Common Pleas, and that the said William Walton, trustee aforesaid, shall give security, to be spproved of by the said court, for the faithful application of the proceeds of said sale or sales. SECTION 13. That hereafter the qualified voters of North Buffalo township, in Armstrong county, shall hold their general and township elections at the house of Patrick Black, in said township. SECTION 14. That so much of the first section of the act of twentysecond of April, one thousand eight hundred and fifty, entitled "An Act for the erection of a house for the support of the poor, in the county of Mifflin," &c., as provides for the election of directors of the poor and of the house of employment for the county of Mifflin, be, and is hereby repealed, so far as relates to the election by districts, as in the said section recited, and that hereafter the said directors shall be elected by the citizens of the county generally, or at large, for three years, each; the election for the first to fill the vacancy which will occur by the termination of the period for which Augustine Wakefield was elected; the second at the termination of the period for which James M. Brown was elected; the third at the termination of the period for which Robert Mathews was elected; and in all other respects the election of said directors to be held annually, and conducted as heretefore; and also that the said directors are hereby empowered to purchase a piece or parcel of land adjoining the present poor house farm, not exceeding five acres. SECTION 15. That the school directors of Sadsbury township, in Chester county, be authorized and empowered to sell and convey a certain school house and lot of ground on which it is situated, in said township, entitled number six school district, and that they have power to appropriate the proceeds of such sale to the purchase of a site in a more central position in said township, and in the erection of a new school house for the purpose of a public school. Width of King SECTION 16. That the width of all that part of King street, in the street in Potts- borough of Pottstown, Montgomery county, lying east of Washington town borough, street, to the borough line, shall henceforth be fifty-four feet, and that Montgomery co. the line of the same be six feet south of the north side of said King Litiz school dis. Do., erected. street. SECTION 17. That all that part of Warwick and Penn townships, trict, Lancaster Lancaster county, known as the property belonging to the Moravian Society of Litiz, and delineated as such on the several editions of Scott's maps of Lancaster county, and lying within the following bounds: beginning at a stone in the road from Litiz to Manheim, and from thence by lands of Messrs. Widder, John Kemper, Christian Longnecker, Daniel Brubaker, Augustus Hall, W. A. Shelley, Henry Rickett, David Bricker, the town of Warwick, John Huber, Samuel Strunk, Daniel Burgholder, Samuel Keller, John Pfautz, Senior, John Pfautz, Junior, Martin Bollinger, Christian Steman, William Ranch, and Jacob Miller, to the place of beginning, be, and the same is hereby erected into a separate and independent school district, to be called the Litiz district, and as such shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges, and subject to all the restrictions contained in the school laws of this Commonwealth. Election in said district. SECTION 18. That immediately after the passage of this act, upon at least six days' public notice given by five citizens of Litiz, an election shall be held at such time and place as shall be designated in such notice, when six school directors shall be elected; two to serve one year; o to serve two years, and two to serve three years, from the third iday of March, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two. APPROVED-The twenty-first day of March, A. D., one thousand ght hundred and fifty-two. WM. BIGLER. No. 245. AN ACT o incorporate the Spring Garden Soup Society in the county of Philadelphia; regulating certain election districts in Chester county; relating to the Union dragoons in Bucks and Northampton counties, and to the American Life and Health Insurance Company. الله SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly et, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That ohn H. Dohnert, Thomas Thompson, James D. Whetham, William Corporators. Stockton, Joseph H. Collins, William Warner, Thomas Hargrave, ames Peters, James Chambers, Isaac Shunk, Thomas Evans, John Baird, Alexander V. Murphy, David Vanderveer, Charles Bacon, Andrew Rhoads, Hiram Miller, Daniel R. Eardman, Frederick B. Atmore, Charles E. Clark, Philip M. Price, William Campbell, John Ginnodo, James Steel, and Henry Warner, and their successors, and persons who may hereafter be assoicated with them in accordance with the conditions hereinafter named, are hereby created a body politic and corporate, in deed and in law, by the name of "The Spring Garden Style. Soup Society," and by that name shall have perpetual succession, and be able to sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded in any court of law or elsewhere, and shall be able to receive, take, have, hold, and enjoy, to them and their successors, for the use of the said society, any estate in lands, messuages, tenements and hereditaments, goods, chattels, money Privileges. or effects of whatsoever nature, by gift, grant, bargain, sale, assurance, devise, or bequest, from any body corporate or person whatsoever, and the same or any part thereof to sell or dispose of at pleasure, and to make, have and use a common seal, and to break, alter and renew the same at pleasure, and generally to do all and every other matter or thing which any corporation or body politic lawfully may or can do to carry into effect the object and purposes set forth in the succeeding sections: Provided, That the clear yearly income or profits of all estate had and Proviso. enjoyed by the said society shall not exceed the sum of three thousand dollars per annum. |