Meeting. Tolls. directors shall have power to fill such vacancy for the remainder of the term. SECTION 4. That any five stockholders shall have the power of calling a meeting of the company, by the publication of a notice to that effect, for twenty days previous to the day appointed for such meeting, in one daily newspaper of the city of Philadelphia. SECTION 5. That the said corporation shall receive from persons paz sing over said ferry such toll as is customarily paid at other ferries of the like nature, on the Delaware river, and in case of default of pay ment of such toll, the said corporation is hereby authorized to ask, demand, sue for, recover, and receive all sums of money due to them by way of ferriage. JOHN CESSNA, APPROVED-The eleventh day of March, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one. WM. F. JOHNSTON. No. 219. AN ACT To change the name of Patrick Gannon to Francis Patrick Gannon; Incorpo rating the Mount Joy Academy; and authorizing the guardians of the minor children of Jane Strickier, of Lancaster county, to sell certain real estate. 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 Patrick Gannon, from and after the passage of this act, Patrick Gannon, of the borough name changed. of Columbia, Lancaster county, shall be called and known by the name of Francis Patrick Gannon, and by that natie shall be capable of suing and being sued, and of taking any real or personal estate by decent, 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 Francis Patrick Gannon. Academy. Style. Management of affairs. SECTION 2. That there be, and hereby is crected and established in the borough of Mount Joy, in this Commonwealth, an academy for the education of male persons in the various branches of science, literature, and the ancient and modern languages, by the name, style, and title of the Mount Joy Academy, in the State of Pennsylvania. SECTION 3. That the said academy shall be under the management, direction and control of five trustees, who shall appoint a president, faculty, treasurer, and secretary; a majority of said trustees shall con stitute a quorum, and competent to fill vacancies in their own body, and to prescribe the duties authorized and required to be performed by the different officers and faculty which they may select. E SECTION 4. That the first trustees of said academy shall consist of Trustees. he following persons, viz.: S. S. Patterson, J. L. Zeigler, I. E. Cassel, ames A. Patterson, and Henry Eberle, which said trustees and their uccessors, to be elected by the stockholders of said academy, shall forver hereafter be, and they are hereby erected into and declared to be body politic and corporate, with perpetual succession, and with all inidents to a corporation in deed and in law, to all intents and purposes whatsoever, under the name, style, and title of "The Board of Trustees Style. of the Mount Joy Academy," by which name and title the said trusees and their successors shall be able and capable at law and equity to ake to themselves and their successors, for the use of the said academy, Privileges. ny estate, in any messuages, land, tenements, hereditaments, goods, chatles, money, or other effects, by gift, grant, bargain, sale, conveyance, Assurance, will, devise, or bequest, of any person, or persons, or corporation whatsoever: Provided, The annual income of the same, exclusive of the income of the students, does not exceed the yearly value of five thousand dollars, and the same messuages, lands, tenements, hereditaments and estates, real and personal, to grant, bargain, sell, convey, assign, devise, rent, lease, and to farm let and to place out on interest otherwise dispose of or invest for the use of said academy or the stockholders, and to erect the necessary buildings thereon for the use of said academy, in such manner as to them shall seem most beneficial, and to receive the rents, issues, profits, and income of the same, and to apply the same in dividends among the said stockholders, in proportion to the amount of stock held by each person, and to other purposes as the said trustees shall deem expedient, and by the same name to sue, commence actions, prosecute, and defend, implead and be impleaded, in any courts of law and equity, and in all manner of suits and actions whatsoever, and to transact all matters incident hereto, as fully and effectually as any natural person or body politic or corporate have power to manage their own concerns. SECTION 5. That the said corporation may cause to be made for their Seal. use a common and corporate seal, by and with which all deeds, certificates, appointments, and acts of the said corporation shall pass and be authenticated, and the same seal at their pleasure to break, alter, or renew. SECTION 6. That said trustees shall be, and are hereby authorized to Certificates of issue certificates of stock in shares of twenty-five dollars cach, to the stock. amount respectively subscribed and paid, and which may be hereafter subscribed and paid, by individuals to and for the use and benefit of said academy, which certificates, signed by the president and secretary of the said board of trustees, shall be issued to the persons, or the heirs and legal representatives of persons who have so as aforesaid subscribed and paid, or who may hereafter subscribe and pay, and shall be entered in a book kept by said secretary for that purpose, in which also shall be entered every transfer of such certificates which may be duly made in the presence of and attested by the president of said board of trus tees. SECTION 7. That there shall be held an election of trustees of said aca- Election of demy in the place appointed by the board of trustees, of which place trustees. the trustees shall give ten days' previous notice by at least five advertisements to be posted up in public places in said borough of Mount Joy, on the first Tuesday in January, next ensuing the passage of this act, and on the same day, in each year hereafter, which said election shall be conducted by any two of the existing trustees appointed by the board for the purpose, and every stockholder shall be allowed to vote at such elections in the ratio of one vote for each share of stock by him held, and standing in his name on the books of the corporation at the Election of auditors. Preamble. dians. time of such election: Provided, however, That if from any cause said election for trustees shall not be held at the time designated in this section, then it will be proper and in the power of any six of the stockholders to hold the said election upon giving ten days' previous publie notice of the time and place of holding the same, and it shall be in the power of the existing trustees to retain their authority until their sutcessors are properly elected as aforesaid; the secretary of the board of trustees shall keep a correct record of the proceedings of the board in a book provided for the purpose, and it shall be the duty of the board of trustees to present a detailed written report of their proceedings, and of the condition and operations of the treasury, to a public meeting of the stockholders within thirty days of the expiration of the term for which the said trustees may have been elected. SECTION 8. That at the same time and place for the annual election of trustees, the stockholders shall also elect three auditors, whose duty it shall be to investigate and audit the accounts of the out-going trustees, and present a written report of their proceedings to a meeting of the stockholders, which meeting shall be the same called to hear the annual report of the trustees. WHEREAS, Hugh M'Clung, late of the borough of Strasburg, in the county of Lancaster, deceased, in and by his last will and testament, bearing date the fifth day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, among other things therein contained, did give, devise, and bequeath a certain farm or tract of land situate in Lampeter township, Lancaster county, and all the rents, issues and profits thereof unto his niece Jane, intermarried with Jacob Strickler, during her natural life, and after her death, when her youngest child shall have arrived at lawful age, did further order and direct that the said farm or tract of land should be sold, and the amount of the purchase money should then be divided equally amongst her heirs or their legal representatives: And whereas, It appears that the said Jane Strickler, now being a widow, is desirous of releasing her life estate in the said farm or tract of land unto her children as aforesaid, or to their legal representatives, so that the said farm or tract of land may be sold in fee for their benefit: And whereas, Several of the said children are still minors, so that by the provisions of the will of said Hugh M'Clung, deceased, the same cannot be sold without special enactment; therefore, Orphans' Court SECTION 9. That whenever the said Jane Strickler shall hereafter to appoint guar-execute a release of her life estate to her children or their legal representatives, in the farm or tract of land given, devised, and bequeathed to her for life as aforesaid, by Hugh M'Clung, deceased, in his last will and testament, it shall be the duty of the Orphans' Court of Lancaster county, upon application made, to appoint one or more guardians of the minor children of the said Jane Strickler, or of the minor children who may be deceased, and such guardian or guardians so appointed, having first given bond, to be approved by the Orphans' Court as aforesaid, conditioned for the faithful accounting and paying over any and all moneys which shall or may come into his, her, or their hands belonging to such minor child or children, to unite with all the other children of . said Jane Strickler who may be of age in selling the said farm or tract of land to any person or persons, either in whole or in part, and thereupon to make, sign, seal, execute, and deliver a deed or deeds in fee simple for the whole, or such part or parts unto the purchaser or purchasers thereof, who shall from thenceforward take and hold the same to his, her, or their heirs and assigns as fully discharged from all claim or demand of such minor child or children of said Jane Strickler, to all 慶 ntents and purposes as if such minor child or children had been of full ge, and as if such deed or deeds had been duly executed by such minor child or children being of full age. SECTION 10. That the guardian or guardians of such minor child or Guardians to hildren as aforesaid, shall have full power and authority, and he, she, execute bonds. or they are hereby empowered and authorized, upon the sale of the said real estate, and the receipt of the money, belonging to such ward under the care of such guardian or guardians, arising from the sale of such real estate, after deducting all expenses, to make, sign, seal, execute, and deliver unto the said Jane Strickler, bond or bonds, in the name or names of such minor child or children, for such sum or sums of money as may be agreed upon by and between said Jane Strickler and her children being of full age, and the guardian or guardians of such as are minors, conditioned for the payment to her the said Jane Strickler, or to her certain attorney, executors, administrators, or assigns, the amount thereof, together with interest upon the same, and payable at such time and times, rate and rates, not exceeding that allowed by law, as may be stipulated for in the release of the said Jane Strickler, to be executed as aforesaid, or as may be afterwards agreed upon between them, and the said bond or bonds so executed as aforesaid, by the guardian or guardians in the name or names of such minor child or children, shall be held, taken, and deemed, to all intents and purposes, to be the act and acts, deed and deeds, of such minor child or children, when he, she, or they shall attain to and arrive at full age, and proper credit shall be allowed therefor, and for the interest paid thereon, in the account of such guardian or guardians: Provided, That before any such sale or sales shall be valid, the Orphans' Court of the county of Lancaster shall approve and confirm the same. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. BENJAMIN MATTHIAS, APPROVED-The twenty-ninth day of March, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one. WM. F. JOHNSTON. No. 221. AN ACT To incorporate the Woodward Hill Cemetery; and relative to Cherry street in the borough of Columbia. 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 present owners of lots, and those who shall hereafter become owners Corporation, of lots in Woodward Hill cemetery grounds, Lancaster, are hereby cre Election of auditors. Preamble. dians. time of such election: Provided, however, That if from any cause election for trustees shall not be held at the time designated in this section, then it will be proper and in the power of any six of the stockholders to hold the said election upon giving ten days' previous public notice of the time and place of holding the same, and it shall be in the power of the existing trustees to retain their authority until their suc cessors are properly elected as aforesaid; the secretary of the board of trustees shall keep a correct record of the proceedings of the board ins book provided for the purpose, and it shall be the duty of the board of trustees to present a detailed written report of their proceedings, and of the condition and operations of the treasury, to a public meeting the stockholders within thirty days of the expiration of the term fet which the said trustees may have been elected. SECTION 8. That at the same time and place for the annual election of trustees, the stockholders shall also elect three auditors, whose duty it shall be to investigate and audit the accounts of the out-going trus tees, and present a written report of their proceedings to a meeting of the stockholders, which meeting shall be the same called to hear the annual report of the trustees. WHEREAS, Hugh M'Clung, late of the borough of Strasburg, in the county of Lancaster, deceased, in and by his last will and testament, bearing date the fifth day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, among other things therein contained, did give, devise, and bequeath a certain farm or tract of land situate in Lampeter township, Lancaster county, and all the rents, issues and profits thereof unto his niece Jane, intermarried with Jacob Strickler, during her natural life, and after her death, when her youngest child shall have arrived at lawful age, did further order and direct that the said farm or tract of land should be sold, and the amount of the purchase money should then be divided equally amongst her heirs or their legal representatives: And whereas, It appears that the said Jane Strickler, now being a widow, is desirous of releasing her life estate in the said farm or tract of land unto her children as aforesaid, or to their legal representatives, so that the said farm or tract of land may be sold in fee for their benefit: And whereas, Several of the said children are still minors, so that by the provisions of the will of said Hugh M'Clung, deceased, the same cannot be sold without special enactment; therefore, Orphans' Court SECTION 9. That whenever the said Jane Strickler shall hereafter to appoint guar- execute a release of her life estate to her children or their legal representatives, in the farm or tract of land given, devised, and bequeathed to her for life as aforesaid, by Hugh M'Clung, deceased, in his last will and testament, it shall be the duty of the Orphans' Court of Lancaster county, upon application made, to appoint one or more guardians of the minor children of the said Jane Strickler, or of the minor children who may be deceased, and such guardian or guardians so appointed, having first given bond, to be approved by the Orphans' Court as aforesaid, conditioned for the faithful accounting and paying over any and all moneys which shall or may come into his, her, or their hands belonging to such minor child or children, to unite with all the other children of . said Jane Strickler who may be of age in selling the said farm or tract of land to any person or persons, either in whole or in part, and thereupon to make, sign, seal, execute, and deliver a deed or deeds in fee simple for the whole, or such part or parts unto the purchaser or purchasers thereof, who shall from thenceforward take and hold the same to his, her, or their heirs and assigns as fully discharged from all claim or demand of such minor child or children of said Jane Strickler, to all |