each succeeding election, two persons qualified as aforesaid, shall be elected for members of the town council to serve for three years; but previously to opening the first election, the inhabitants of said borough qualified to vote for borough officers as aforesaid, who may be present at the place where the election is to be held, shall choose two persons as inspectors, one as judge, and two clerks of said election, and said election shall be conducted according to the general election laws of this Commonwealth.

SECTION 3. That the borough of Hughesville shall be subject to the Subject to proprovisions of the act entitled "An Act regulating boroughs," approved visions of certhe third day of April, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one.

tain act.

SECTION 4. That the borough of Hughesville shall hereafter form a Separate elecseparate election district, and the qualified voters thereof shall hold their tion district. general and township elections at the house lately occupied by Edward Wise, in said borough.

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

JOHN S. RHEY,

APPROVED-The twenty-third day of April, one thousand eight hun

dred and fifty-two.

WM. BIGLER.

No. 258.

AN ACT

To erect a new election district out of parts of Coal Brook and Chapman townships, in Clinton county; to extend the limits of the borough of NorthEast, in the county of Erie; erecting the borough of Centreville, Butler county, into a separate election district; regulating certain election districts in the counties of Cumberland and Lawrence; incorporating the Philadelphia Institute; fixing the time and place for the election of officers to conduct the affairs of the Lackawanna and Susquehanna railroad company, and relative to the collection of State and county taxes in Spring township, Berks 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

all those parts of the townships of Coal Brook and Chapman, in the Grugan election County of Clinton, beginning at the mouth of Furney's run, thence to district, Clinton the line of Gollouher township, where the eastern line of a tract of co., erected. land in the warrantee name of Joseph Feron, number four thousand eight hundred and forty, strikes said line; thence along the line of Gollouher township, until it strikes the line between Coal Brook and Chapman townships; thence in a straight direction southerly, until it strikes the northern line of a tract of land in the warrantee name of Robert Fleming; thence so as to include the land of William White, to the Susquehanna river; thence in the same direction across the

Limits of the

borough of

North East,

ded.

river until it intersects the line between Chapman and Bald Eagle townships; thence along said line until it reaches the line of Coal Brook township; thence in a straight direction to the place of beginning, shall form a separate election district, to be called the Grugan district, and the qualified voters therein shall hold their general, presidential, and special elections in said district, at the house of James Grugan.

SECTION 2. That from and after the passage of this act, the limits of the borough of North East, in the county of Erie, be, and the same are hereby extened so as to include the territory embraced in the following Erie co., exten- boundaries, to wit: beginning at the south east corner of said borough; thence south extending the east line of the same to the south line or boundary of the Erie and North East railroad; thence westerly along the said southern boundary of said railroad, including lands purchased of Osee Selksgys, by the Erie and North East railroad company, for the North east station, until it reaches a line drawn parallel to the west line of said borough; thence along said line to the south west corner of said borough, including in all about fifty acres of land, and being a part of the township of North East, and the territory so included shall constitute a part of the election and school district of the borough of North East, and shall be subject to all laws relating to said borough.

Taxes in the borough of Meadville.

tion district.

SECTION 3. That the burgess and town council of the borough of Meadville in the county of Crawford, be, and they are hereby autherized and empowered to levy, for ordinary borough purposes, under existing laws, any amount of taxes necessary therefor, not exceeding in any one year ten mills upon the dollar, of the valuation in the assessments for county purposes.

SECTION 4. That the borough of Centreville, in the county of ButBorough of Centerville, Butler ler, is hereby erected into a separate election district, and the qualified eo., constituted electors thereof shall hereafter hold their borough and general elec a separate elec- tions at the public school house in said borough, and that John Pisor, is hereby appointed judge, and Samuel Curren and William R. Blair, inspectors, to hold the general election for the year eighteen hundred and fifty-two, and the spring election of eighteen hundred and fifty-three, and in all other respects said elections shall be conducted agreeably to the general election laws of this Commonwealth.

Place of holding elections in

Slippery Rock tp., Butler co.

Repeal.

Elections in

SECTION 5. That the qualified electors of the township of Slippery Rock, in the county of Butler, shall hereafter hold their general and township elections at the house of James Clark, in said township, and William Bingham is hereby appointed judge, and William Hines and John Kelly, inspectors, to hold the general eletion for the year eighteen hundred and fifty-two, and the spring election of eighteen hundred fifty-three.

SECTION 6. That the act approved the eighteenth March, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, changing the holding of township as well as general elections in Newton township, in the county of Cumber land, be, and the same is hereby repealed, so far as relates to the holding general elections in said township.

SECTION 7. That the qualified electors of Neshannock township, in Neshannock tp., the county of Lawrence, shall hold their general and township elections at the house of John Shoaff in said township.

Luzerne co.

Corporation.

Style.

SECTION 8. That the subscribers to the association called the Philadelphia Institute, and all such persons as may hereafter be admitted as members of the same, shall be, and they are hereby declared to be a body politic and corporate in law, by the name and style of the "Philadelphia Institute for the promotion of the mechanic arts," to have perpetual succession, and take, hold, and enjoy lands, tenements, and heredi

taments: Provided, That the clear yearly income of the real estate held by them shall not exceed three thousand dollars.

SECTION 9. That the object of the said corporation shall be the pro- Object. motion and encouragement of the mechanic arts; and the members shall

consist of manufacturers, mechanics, artizans, and persons friendly to

the mechanic arts.

SECTION 10. That the affairs of the said corporation shall be managed Affairs of Corby a board of thirteen managers, who, together with a treasurer, shall poration, how be elected annually by the members; a majority of the board shall con- managed. stitute a quorum for the transaction of business; they shall have authority to adopt such by-laws as may be necessary for the proper management of the institution, and regulate the terms of admission to membership, and the mede of electing officers: Provided, That the rules Proviso. and by-laws of the said institute shall be in force until the same shall be superseded by other by-laws adopted under the provisions of this

act.

officers.

SECTION 11. That the first election of officers under the provisions First election of of this act shall take place on the fourth Tuesday in November next, until which time the present managers and treasurer of the said institute shall continue in office.

Lackawanna

SECTION 12. That from and after the passage of this act, the annual Annual election election for choosing officers to conduct the affairs of the Lackawanna of officers of the and Susquehanna railroad company, shall be held at the house of Wil- and Susqueliam W. Bronson in the city of Carbondale, on the third Wednesday of hanna railroad September, annually.

company.

SECTION 13. That from and after the first day of January, one thou- Collection of sand eight hundred and fifty-three, the collection of State and county taxes in the taxes in the township of Spring, in the county of Berks, shall be given township of Spring, Berks to the lowest bidder; proposals thereof to be presented to the commis- co., to be given sioners of said county, at least three weeks prior to the giving out said to the lowest collection of taxes, and the difference between the commissions now al- bidder. lowed by law for the collection of such taxes and the bids obtained under the provisions of this act, shall be paid into the school fund of said township, to be appropriated for the purpose of education: Provided, That the said collector shall give good and sufficient security to the said commissioners for the true and faithful performance of his duty as collector of said township.

JOHN S. RHEY,

APPROVED The twenty-third day of April, A. D., one thousand

eight hundred and fifty-two.

WM. BIGLER.

No. 259.

AN ACT

For the relief of Robert of Robert Culbertson of Beaver county, a soldier of the Indian war; and to the collection of taxes in Mount Joy and Elizabeth townships, 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 Robert Culbert- the State Treasurer be, and he is hereby authorized and required to pay son, annuity. to Robert Culbertson (or his attorney), of Beaver county, a soldier of the Indian war, an annuity of forty dollars, payable half-yearly, during life, to commence on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two.

Provisions of

Joy and Eliza

SECTION 2. That the provisions of the seventh section of an act enticertain act ex- tled "An Act authorizing the sale of certain real estate, and relative tended to Mount to the collection of taxes in certain townships in Monroe, Berks, and beth townships, Lancaster counties, and certain school districts in Butler, Franklin, Mifflin, Indiana, and Schuylkill counties," approved the tenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, be, and the same is hereby extended to Mount Joy, and Elizabeth townships, Lancaster county.

Lancaster co.

JOHN S. RHEY,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

JOHN. H. WALKER.
Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED-The twenty-third day of April, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two.

WM. BIGLER.

No. 260.

AN ACT

For the relief of Catharine McElroy, widow of a soldier of the Revolutionary war.

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 the State Treasurer be, and he is hereby authorized and required to pay to Catharine McElroy, of Philadelphia county, or to her order, an annuity

of forty dollars, commencing on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, payable on the first day of January and July.

JOHN S. RHEY,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

JOHN H. WALKER,

Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED-The twenty-third day of April A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two.

WM. BIGLER.

No 261.

AN ACT

To incorporate the Wyalusing plank road company; relative to the Sullivan and Bradford plank road company; to the place of holding elections in Cherry township, Sullivan county; and Choconut township, Susquehanna county; requiring the Lackawanna and Western railroad company to erect sign boards in certain places; to the Tunkhannock borough school district; to township treasurers of Sullivan county; and to the trustees of the contingent fund of the Asylum company.

Style.

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 Henry Commissioners. J. Champion, N. D. Snyder, Henry Dewers, David Post, Leonard Learle, Henry Drinker, Asa Olmstead, William Jessup, Isaac L. Post, Benjamin S. Bentley, Jesse T. Birchard, Walton J. Sherwood, Nelson Ross, Justus Lewis, John Taylor, Charles F. Wells, George H. Wells, Bascom Taylor, Berton Edwards, John H. Black, Harvey B. Ingham, William Camp, Junior, and L. P. Stalford, of Susquehanna and Bradford counties, or any six of them, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners, to open books, receive subscriptions, and organize a company, by the name, style, and title of "The Wyalusing Plank Road Company," with power to construct a plank road from at or near the court house in the borough of Montrose, by the nearest and best route, to the north branch of the Susquehanna river, at or near the mouth of the Wyalusing creek, subject to the regulations and restrictions of an Subject to the act regulating turnpike and plank road companies, passed the twenty- provisions of sixth day of January, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and certain act. forty-nine, and the several supplements thereto, excepting that portion Exception. of the thirteenth section of said act relating to tolls, which discriminates in favor of wheels of greater width than four inches; and the said company hereby incorporated shall have power to regulate their tolls within the limits prescribed by said thirteenth section, and the provisions of the supplement to said act, without reference to the width of wheels in

any case.