May increase capital stock. Section 2. That the said Hestonville, Mantua and Fairmount Passenger railroad company shall have the privilege of increas. ing their capital stock to an amount not exceeding five thousand shares. JOHN M. THOMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem. WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED— The eighth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No. 140. AN ACT To incorporate the Middletown Market Company. 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 Corporators. John Monaghan, C. W. King, Jeremiah Rohrer, Samuel Landis, John E. Carmany, H. B. Kaufman and Solomon Swartz, and their associates, and all persons who may now or hereafter be holders of the stock hereinafter mentioned, shall be and they are hereby declared to be constituted a body politic or corporate, Style. by the style of the Middletown market company, to have per: petual succession, to be capable in law of suing and being sued, Powers and privi- to have a common seal, and the same to alter and renew at plealeges. sure; and also to establish and execute such by-laws and regulations as shall appear to be necessary and convenient for the government of said corporation, and not being contrary to the constitution and laws of the United States or of this state, and generally to do and perform all and singular the matters and things which to them it shall lawfully appertain to do for the well being of said corporation, and the proper management of the affairs thereof; and to have, hold, receive, enjoy and take, in fee simple or upon ground rent, such real and also such personal estate as may by them be deemed necessary and proper for the ownership, and for the construction, and for the proper use and management and maintenance of a market house in the borough of Middletown, in the county of Dauphin, and for the accommodation and use of any parties who may be desirous of renting and occupying the same, with full power to sell, mortgage, create the necessary ground rent deeds, or convey the said real and personal estate. of. Section 2. 'That the object and purpose of said corporation Objects and pur. shall be to erect and maintain suitable building or buildings and poses. stalls, with all things necessary for the use thereof, at any place within the aforesaid borough, the same to be appropriated and used as a public market house, and for the sale and vending of meats and vegetables, and all other kinds of victuals and provisions whatever, as the board of managers may deem proper; the said market buildings, the stalls, or any one or more or all of the same, to be leased, rented or disposed of in such manner and upon such terms and conditions as the managers shall determine: Provided, That this act shall not be construed to pro- Proviso. hibit persons renting stalls in said market, who may send or carry the produce of their farms to market, from selling or exposing for sale, beef, mutton, veal, pork and poultry, in such quantities as they may desire, which may have been slaughtered on their farms or premises, or butter, or cheese, or other articles manufactured or produced thereon for market. Section 3. That the capital stock of said corporation shall not Capital stock. exceed three thousand dollars, divided into six hundred shares of five dollars each, and shall be in such form, and be issued and transferred in accordance with such by-laws as the said managers may establish. SECTION 4. That the government and control of the Middle- Management and town market company, and the management of its property, to. controi, relative shall be vested in, and the corporate powers of said company shall be exercised by, a board of seven managers, who shall be Managers, namelected by ballot from among the stockholders. They shall con. ber and election tinue in office until their successors be elected; they shall elect a president, secretary and treasurer from among themselves, oficers. shall supply all vacancies in their number, however occasioned, and shall have the general and entire control of the affairs of the company; and that until other officers be duly elected, the persons named in the first section of this act shall be held to be managers of the said corporation, and shall have power and authority as such. Section 5. That a general meeting of corporators shall be Election, when held annually on the second Monday of March, for the election heid. of seven managers and the transaction of other business; but if such meeting or election shall not then take place, the corporation shall not for that cause be dissolved, but another time shall be appointed for said purpose, according to the by-laws of said company, not more than two months later than said date, one week's public notice being first given in the newspaper of said Notice of. borough, or by written or printed handbills put up in said borough; and special meetings of the corporation shall be called and held as may be provided by the by-laws thereof; and that in the enactment of by-laws for the government of the corpo: ration and its officers, and in the election of officers and the decision of all questions, and at all the meetings of the corporation, the corporators present, either in person or by proxy, shall severally vote one for each share of stock held by them; but no Votes. stockholder, whether original subscriber or assignee, shall be entitled to vote at any election or meeting of said company, unless the whole sum due and payable on the share or shares by him or her held, at that time, 'shall have been fully paid and dis Limitation. charged; and the privileges hereby granted shall not extend for a period longer than thirty years, unless otherwise granted by the legislature of this commonwealth. JOHN M. THOMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem. WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. Approved–The sixteenth day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No. 111. AN ACT To incorporate the German Eldersbip of the Church of God. Corporatore. Sigie. Powers 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 J. M. Hebler, J. F. Weishampel, Sen., George Ross, George Kimmel, Sen., J. K. Moyer, George Hebler, J. R. Knerr and their successors in office, elected by the said eldership at its regular annual sessions, to fill the offices of speaker, clerks and treasurer, the board of missions and the standing committee, shall be and they are hereby made and constituted a body politie and corporate, in law and in fact, to have perpetual succession, by and under the name, style and title of the board of trustees of the German Eldership of the Church of God; and by the name, style and title aforesaid, shall be capable in law to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in any court or before any judge or justice of the peace, in all and all manner of suits, complaints, pleas and demands of whatsoever name or nature, and all and every matter and thing to do in as full and effectual a manner as any other person or persons, body politic or corpo. rate, within this commonwealth, may or can do. Section 2. That the said corporation, and their successors, shall be and are hereby authorized and empowered to make, ordain and establish such by-laws and ordinances as shall be necessary and proper for the regulation of the temporal and financial concerns of the said eldership, and for the promotion of religion: Provided, That nothing shall be done, in pursuance of the powers and privileges herein granted, repugnant to this act, to the constitution and laws of this commonwealth, or to the usages, principles and doctrines of the Church of God. Section 3. That the business of the said corporation shall be managed and conducted by the said corporation, at the times By-laws. Proviso. How managed sad conducted. and during the annual sessions of the said eldership, or at any Section 4. That the said corporation, and their successors, Seal. Section 5. That the said corporation, or their successors, by Further powers. the name, style and title aforesaid, shall be able and capable, in law and equity, to take and to hold, to themselves and their successors, for the use and objects set forth as aforesaid, lands, tenements, goods and chattels of whatever kind, nature and quality, real, personal and mixed, which now is or shall hereafter become the property of the said eldership, by gift, grant, bargain, sale, conveyance, devise, bequest or otherwise, from any person or persons whatsoever capable of making the same, and the same to grant, bargain, sell or otherwise dispose of, for the use of the said eldership: Provided, That the yearly value Proviso. or income of said estate shall not at any time exceed twenty thousand dollars, and shall not be appropriated to any other than the financial and religious purposes of the said eldership, as before named, or for any similar objects of the General Eldership of the Church of God. Section 6. That no misnomer of the said corporation shall Misnomer. JOHN M. THOMPSON, WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED—The fifteenth day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No. 142. AN ACT For the relief of James Mitchell, former Treasurer of Lawrence county. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of RepresenI atives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly tre, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the commissioners of Lawrence county are hereby authorized and required to open the accounts of James Mitchell, former treasurer of Lawrence county, and with the approval of the county auditors, to re-settle the same, allowing the same right of appeal to the courts that is provided for by law in the settle. ment of treasurers' accounts. JOHN M. THOMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem. WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED— The eighth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No. 143. AN ACT Fixing the place of holding Elections in the borough of Armagh, Indiana county. WHEREAS, The house fixed by law as the place for holding the elections for the borough of Armagh, Indiana county, has been taken down: And whereas, The court of quarter sessions of Indiana county will not hold a session until after the time for holding the next spring election will have elapsed; therefore, Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assem. bly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the general, special and borough elections in the borough of Armagh, Indiana county, shall be hereafter held at the town hall in said borough. JOHN M. THOMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem. WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The eighth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. |