Trustees to call meetings. Wilkesbarre tp. divided. To elect three of the congregation shall be at liberty to withdraw at any time he or she may see proper, and the trustees shall neither buy nor sell any property for the use of the congregation, nor levy any tax on pews for the payment of the minister's salary without the consent of a majority of the members present at an annual or public meeting of the same. SECTION 8. That the trustees shall have power to call meetings of the congregation when they may think necessary, and every such meeting shall be published from the pulpit, or otherwise, at least two weeks previous to such meeting, and not less than nine members, exclusive of the board, shall form a quorum to do business, and the said corporation shall not appropriate any part of its surplus funds to any object other than those of a charitable or religious purpose. SECTION 9. That from and after the passage of this act the township of Wilkesbarre, in the county of Luzerne, shall be divided into two school districts by the line of the Easton and Wilkesbarre turnpike extended to the Susquehanna river (excluding the borough of Wilkesbarre), and all that portion of said township north of said line shall be called the district of North Wilkesbarre, and all that portion of said township south of said line shall be called the district of South Wilkesbarre. SECTION 10. That it shall be the duty of the qualified electors of school directors. each district to elect three school directors at the usual time of electing directors, under the provisions of existing laws, and in case of neglect or failure to elect, under the provisions of this act, it shall be the duty of the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace, to appoint in each dis trict three competent men to serve for the ensuing year, and until the next election. Directors subject to provi SECTION 11. That the said directors in each district shall be vested with all the powers, and be subject to all the duties and liabilities which sions of certain are now imposed upon school directors under the provisions of the laws of this Commonwealth, and all laws inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. laws. East branch of SECTION 12. That the east branch of the Tionesta creek is hereby Tionesta creek declared a public highway from the forks in Warren county, to the declared a pub- south line of Sergeant township, in M'Kean county. Additional powers con lic highway. SECTION 13. That the Western insurance company of Philadelphia. shall have all the powers conferred on or exercised by the Mercantile ferred on West- mutual insurance company of Philadelphia under the provisions of an act entitled "An Act to extend the boundary line of the borough of Newton Hamilton, and for other purposes," passed the ninth day of April, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine. ern insurance company. Alteration of SECTION 14. That the charter of the Jackson beneficial society of charter of Jack Pennsylvania, incorporated twentieth of February, one thousand eight son beneficial hundred and sixteen, is hereby altered in such manner as to constitute nine members of said society a quorum to do business. society. Road taxes in SECTION 15. That from and after the passage of this act the supervisors of their respective townships in Butler county, shall have power to collect five per cent. in cash, on the amount assessed for road purposes. Summit Branch SECTION 16. That the Summit Branch railroad company, in Dauphin railroad co. au- and Schuylkill counties, incorporated by the act of the twentieth of thorized to bor- March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six, shall be authorized row money. A to borrow on mortgage of their road fixtures, and any land they may acquire, such sum of money to finish their road and carry into effect the objects of their charter, as may be necessary: Provided, Such loan shall not exceed three hundred thousand dollars, and shall be convertible into the capital stock of the company at the pleasure of the holders thereof. delphia gas co. SECTION 17. That the words "that the supplement to the act to Correction of incorporate the West Philadelphia gas company," in section third of act incorporat"An Act for the relief of Joseph Jackson, of Chester county; to va- ing West Philacate Schuylkill alley in the city of Philadelphia; and relative to the West Philadelphia gas company," approved March eighteenth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, shall read "that the act to incorporate the West Philadelphia gas company." SECTION 18. That the common school directors of Alsace township School directors school district, in the county of Berks, are hereby authorized to sell at of Alsace tp., public sale a certain school house and lot of ground in said district, sell school Berks co., to named Shade school house, and to convey the same by deed in fee sim- house. ple to the purchaser thereof, and the proceeds of said sale, together with any sum of money not exceeding five hundred dollars, which the said directors are hereby authorized to borrow, is to be expended in the erection of a new school house in lieu of the one hereby directed to be sold, and in the payment of debts already incurred in the erection of school houses in said district. SECTION 19. That the Perrysville and Zelienople plank road com- Perrysville and pany, be, and it is hereby authorized to borrow money in amount not Zelienople plank road co. authoexceeding twenty-five thousand dollars, for the construction of the said rized to borrow plank road from Perrysville to Zelienople, at any rate of interest not money. exceeding six per cent. per annum, and upon the said loan, or any part thereof, in amounts not less than one hundred dollars being taken by any person or persons, the president of the company is authorized to issue bonds in amounts of not less than one hundred dollars for said loan, or so much as may be taken thereof, payable at any time before the first day of January, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and sixty; said bonds shall be made negotiable, if desired, and shall be signed by the president of the said plank road company, and the interest thereon shall be paid semi-annually by the treasurer on demand, and the treasurer is authorized to pay the principal at the maturity of the bonds. Lawrence co. made valid. SECTION 20. That the spring election held in the township of Ne- Election in Nesshannock, in Lawrence county, on the nineteenth of March, one thous- hannock tp., and eight hundred and fifty-two, is hereby made legal and valid, as if said election had been held at the usual place of holding general and township elections in said township. JOHN S. RHEY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN H. WALKER, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The third day of May, A. D., one thousand eight hun dred and fifty-two. WM. BIGLER. West Lebanon school district, Indiana co., erected. Place of holding election. School tax. Additional can life and health insu No. 325. AN ACT Erecting a part of Young township, in the county of Indiana, into a separate and independent school district; to the North American Life and Health Iasurance Company, to laying out a State road from Jacksonville, in Indians county, to the Pennsylvania railroad in Westmoreland county; to the Girty's Run Plank Road Company; and to an election district in Potter 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 all that part of Young township, Indiana county, lying within the following bounds, to wit: Beginning at a corner in Armstrong township, on the farm of A. J. Hollstein; thence by said line to the Armstrong county line; thence by said line to the farm of Samuel Klingensmith; thence to the farm of R. K. McCurdy; thence to the farm of John Reed, including the widow Hart in said district; thence by line to the house of David Mears owned by Joseph Harbison; thence by the line of the adjoining sub-district to the place of beginning, including the persons above named, be, and the same is hereby erected into a separate and independent school district to be called the West Lebanon school district. SECTION 2. That the qualified electors of said district shall hold an election at the school house in said district on the first Monday of June, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, and every year thereafter, to elect six school directors, and all proceedings relative to the organization and management of said school district shall be in conformity with the existing school laws, and such as shall hereafter be enacted. SECTION 3. That all school taxes assessed upon persons residing in said district shall be collected and paid over to the treasurer of the school fund in said district to be by him kept for the separate use and maintenance of the school district hereby organized. SECTION 4. That in addition to the powers and privileges heretofore powers granted granted to the North American life and health insurance company of to North Ameri- Philadelphia, the said company shall have and enjoy the same powers and privileges which are granted to the Western insurance company of the city of Pittsburg, by an act entitled "An act incorporating the Western insurance company of the city of Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny," passed the thirteenth day of March, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine. rance company. Commissioners. Location. SECTION 5. That William McFarland (of Jno.), and Samuel Mar shall (river), of Indiana county, and James Rutlidge, of Westmoreland county, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view and lay out and mark a State road, beginning at Jacksonville, in Indiana county, thence by way of the valley of Altman's run, and the bridge across the Conemaugh river at Livermore, to a point on the turnpike road leading from Blairsville to Pittsburg, at or near the house of Jacob Alter, in Westmoreland county, and that said State road be extended by the best route from Alter's tavern to Aker's mill, on the Pennsyl railroad, in Derry township, Westmoreland county, by the easiest and most practicable route, having reference to the distance of the route, surface of the country, and cost of construction. SECTION 6. That the said commissioners, after taking and subscribing Duties of coman oath or affirmation before some justice of the peace, to perform the duties missioners. enjoined on them by this act with fidelity and impartiality, shall proceed to view the ground and lay out the road between said points, so that the vertical departure from a horizontal line shall at no point exceed four degrees, except at crossing ravines and streams, where by a moderate excavation, filling, or bridging, the declination of said road may be preserved within that limit. SECTION 7. That the said commissioners shall meet on or before the Meeting of comfirst day of September next, and proceed to complete the view of said road, missioners. and they are hereby authorized to employ one surveyor, at a per diem not exceeding two dollars, two chain-carriers, and one axe-man, at a per diem of one dollar each, and the said commissioners shall each receive a per diem not exceeding one dollar and fifty cents, for each day necessarily spent in the discharge of the duties enjoined by this act, and the accounts of the said commissioners for their own pay and the pay of the surveyor, chain-bearers, and axe-men shall be paid by the commissioners of the counties of Indiana and Westmoreland, by warrants drawn on the county treasurer, in proportion to the time spent in locating said road within each county respectively. filed. SECTION 8. That it shall be the duty of the said commissioners to Drafts to be make out a fair and accurate draft of the location of said road, noting made out and courses and distances, improvements, roads, township lines, and waters, one copy whereof shall be deposited in the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, on or before the first day of January next, and one copy in the office of the clerk of the Court of Quarter Sessions of each county, in which said road may be laid out, on or before the day aforesaid, and from thenceforth the said road shall be a public highway, and shall be opened and repaired in all respects as roads are opened and repaired which are laid out by order of the courts aforesaid, and if any of the said commissioners shall refuse to act, or if any vacancy shall happen by resignation or any other cause, the Court of Quarter Sessions, of Indiana county, is hereby authorized to supply such vacancy or vacancies by a suitable appointment, and in the event of a difference of opinion, a majority of the commissioners shall determine, and report of such majority shall be conclusive and as available as if made by all. of them. SECTION 9. That the Girty's Run plank road company be, and they Girty's Run are hereby authorized to collect tolls upon their road so soon as two plank road co. miles of the same is completed. election district. to collect tolls. SECTION 10. That the township of Abbott, in the county of Potter, be, Abbott tp., Potand is hereby created an election district, the special, general, and town- ter co., erected ship elections, for said township, shall hereafter be held at the house of into a separate Thomas B. Abbott, in said township, and Thomas B. Abbott is hereby appointed judge, and David Conway and George Wran, inspectors, to hold all elections under the laws of this Commonwealth, until the third Friday of February next, then and thenceforth the qualified voters of said township shall elect such townships officers, and at such times as is now provided for by law in other townships in said county of Potter. JOHN S. RHEY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN H. WALKER, APPROVED-The third day of May, A. D., one thousand eight hun dred and fifty-two. WM. BIGLER. No. 326. AN ACT To incorporate the Wilsonville, Hawley, and Paupac Eddy Plank Road Com pany; and relating to roads in Tioga 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 Commissioners. David Bishop, Joseph Atkinson, William Shouse, Henry B. Haye, Byle. Location. Subject to provisions of cer lain act. Proviso. Capital stock. Width of track. Commencement of road. John N. Thomas, John Shouse, and Thomas V. Taft, or any three of them, be, and the same are hereby appointed commissioners, to open books, receive subscriptions, and organize a company, by the name, style, and title of "The Wilsonville, Hawley, and Paupac Eddy Plank Road Company," to locate and construct a plank road, commencing & Wilsonville, in Pike county, and continuing on or near the bed of the old road to the most practicable point of separation; and thence on the bed of the present public roads, or otherwise, as said company may direct, one branch extending to the village of Hawley, and the other leading to Paupac Eddy, both in the county of Wayne, 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 supplements thereto, as far as the same be not inconsistent with this and the subsequent sections of this act: Provided, It shall be lawful for said company to construct said plank road at a grade not exceeding five degrees. SECTION 2. That the capital stock of said company shall consist of two hundred shares, of twenty-five dollars each, but the said company may, from time to time, by a vote of the stockholders, at a meeting called for that purpose, increase the capital if it be deemed necessary to carry out the true intent and meaning of this act. SECTION 3. That the road shall consist of a track not less than eight nor more than twelve feet wide, with power to lay a double track if the company shall see proper so to do. SECTION 4. That if the said company shall not commence the con and completion struction of the said road within two years and complete the same within three years from the passage of this act, the same shall be null and void, except so far as may be necessary to wind up and settle the affairs of the said company and pay the debts of the same. Duties of Court SECTION 5. That it shall be lawful for the Court of Common Pleas of Common in the county of Tioga, on the application of any person or persons Pleas of Tioga so., in relation setting forth that any township in said county is indebted to him, to the debts of her, or them, to direct notice of such application to be given to the supertownships. Money, how paid out. visors of such township, and after hearing said applicant and supervisors at a time named by the said court, of which time all parties shall have due notice, may order said supervisors to levy a tax upon the last adjusted valuation for road purposes, not exceeding one per cent. on such valuation, to be collected in the same manner as county rates and levies are now by law collected. SECTION 6. That the money collected in pursuance of the foregoing section, shall be paid out upon orders drawn upon the township treasurer by the supervisors thereof, for the debts of the township, and the debts of the longest standing shall be paid first, as far as practicable. |