stock. cers as they shall deem necessary to conduct the business of SECTION 4. That the president and directors first chosen shall Certificates of issue certificates of stock to the several stockholders, signed by the president and countersigned by the treasurer of said company, each share of stock being entitled to one vote, and shall Votes. be transferable, subject to the by-laws which may be adopted. Section 5. That the stockholders shall meet on the second Annual olection Wednesday of January, in every year, at such place as shall be of officers. fixed on by the president and directors, for the purpose of electing officers for the ensuing year; and at said meeting the said president and managers, also the treasurer, shall make a state- Treasurer to ment of the transactions of the preceding year. make statement. Section 6. That no enumeration of powers, duties and pri. Powers, daties vileges herein contained, shall be so construed as to exclude and privileges, others, not enumerated, which are necessary for the proper ful- relative to. filment of the designs and purposes of this corporation, and not inconsistent with the express provisions and limitations thereof, or of the constitution and laws of this commonwealth or of the United States. Section 7. That the stockholders of said company shall be Individual liajointly and severally liable, in their individual capacities, for bility. all debts due mechanics, workmen and laborers employed by, and materials furnished to, said company, to be sued for and collected as provided in the twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth Bubjoot to. sections of an act incorporating the Lackawanna iron and coal company, approved April fifth, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three. Section 8. That the said company shall pay a bonus of one- Bonus. half of one per centum on the capital stock of said company, and upon any increase thereof, payable in four equal annual instalments, the first payment to be made in one year from the date hereof; and the said corporation shall also pay such taxes Taxon dividends upon dividends as are or may be provided by law. JOHN M. THOMPSON, WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate, APPROVED-The twenty-first day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No. 310. AN ACT To confirm the revised grade and survey regulations of the fourth section of the survey of West Philadelphia, and a part of the late township of Blockley. 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 plan, number one hundred and sixty-six, now on file in the office of the department of surveys of the city of Philadelphia, being “the revised grade regulations of the fourth section of the survey of West Philadelphia, together with the survey and regulation of a portion of the late township of Blockley adjoining,” as ordered by councils of the city of Philadelphia, and approved by the board of surveyors of said city, February twentieth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty, be and the same is hereby confirmed, and all the street lines, heights and grades marked thereon established: Provided, That Fortieth street, between Baltimore avenue and the Darby plank road, or Woodland street, shall be laid out parallel with forty-first street; but the same shall not be opened, nor shall the Old Darby road, (otherwise called Old Tell street,) leading from said avenue to said plank road, between the said Forty and Forty-first streets, and which has been in use for many years, be closed up and vacated, without the consent of a majority in interest of the owners of the land bounding on both sides thereof being first had and obtained, or the same shall have been ordered and decreed to be done by the proper court of the city and county of Philadelphia, and proper damages awarded according to law; but this proviso shall not be so construed as to delay the operation of the said plan until the opening and closing of the said streets; but in all other respects whatever the said plan shall take immediate effect. JOAN M. THOMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem. WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED—The twenty-eighth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No. 311. AN ACT Authorizing the Executor of John Wragg, late of Luzerne county, deceas ed, to sell and convey certain real estate. 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 Richard Drinker, executor of the last will and testament of John Wragg, late of Luzerne county, deceased, be and is hereby authorized, from time to time, as occasion shall require, to sell at public or private sale, by parcels or otherwise, as may be most convenient, all the lands and real estate of which the said John Wragg died seized or possessed, situate in the county of Luzerne aforesaid, and to make and execute a deed or deeds for the said land and real estate, to the purchaser or purchasers, for all the right, title and interest which the said John Wragg had or held in the same at his death: Provided, That before any such sale shall be valid, the same shall be approved by the orphans' court of the county of Luzerne aforesaid, and the said Richard Drinker, executor, et cetera, shall file in the said court, a bond in such sum and with such sureties as shall be approved by said court, conditioned for the proper and legal distribution of the proceeds of said sale. JOHN M. THOMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem. WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED—The twenty-eighth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No. 312. AN ACT To establish a House of Correction in the city of Philadelphia. 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 House of correo- there shall be established a house of correction and employ. tion established. ment for the city of Philadelphia. Direction and Section 2. That the said house of correction shall be under management the control and direction of twelve managers, to be appointed on the third Monday in June next ensuing, after the passage of this act, or on the third Monday of any succeeding month in the present year, or in any year hereafter, as follows, to wit: Four Appointment of said managers shall be appointed by the judges of the court of managers. of quarter sessions of the city and county of Philadelphia ; four by the judges of the district court for the city and county of Philadelphia, and four by the mayor of the city of Philadelphia; Terms of. the managers shall serve for the terms hereinafter provided, To receive no without any pecuniary compensation for their services; the said compensation. managers, on the first Monday of the month succeeding their appointment, or after two weeks' personal notice in writing, or after public notice in two daily newspapers in the city of Phila delphia, for two weeks prior thereunto, given or published by Meeting of. order of the said court of quarter sessions, shall meet at four o'clock in the afternoon, at the county court house, and elect a president and treasurer to serve for the ensuing year, and they Divided into shall also divide themselves into four classes of three members classes, and terms of each; the first class of whom shall serve for one year, the second for two years, the third for three years, and the fourth for four years; and whenever a vacancy shall exist in said board, the same shall be supplied by the court who appointed Vacancies. the individual who has caused the vacancy, or the mayor as the case may be, upon notice of such vacancy from the board of managers; and thereafter the said board of managers shall be a body politic, incorporate in law, under the style and title of Btyle. the Philadelphia house of correction, and under that title shall have all the rights and liabilities of corporations, and may make any by-laws for their own government, or the government of Proviso. said house of correction and employment: Provided, That the same shall not be inconsistent with the constitution and laws of the United States or of this commonwealth ; And provided furProviso. ther, That not less than seven managers shall form a quorum. Broction of build Section 3. That as early as practicable, the aforesaid manainge, &o. gers shall cause to be prepared plans and estimates for the erection of suitable buildings, on and within the farm land now occupied by the Philadelphia and Blockley almshouse, or any other site which the aforesaid managers, by and with the consent of the select and common councils of the city of Philadel phia, may deem most appropriate. Bsponses of site Section 4. That as soon as the site, plans and estimates are and buildings , approved, the managers shall certify the same to the mayor and relative to. councils of the city of Philadelphia; and the said councils from time to time, as necessary, shall have authority to cause to be borrowed upon loan, at a rate of interest not exceeding six per centum per annum, redeemable after thirty-five years, said loans to be exempt from taxation, a sufficient sum of money to defray the expenses of said site and buildings, or future extensions thereof; and it shall be the duty of said city authorities to assess the amount necessary to pay the annual interest on said loan, and one per centum per annum, which one per centum shall form a sinking fund for the redemption of said loan; and the moneys gers. thus raised shall be known as the fund for the use of the house of correction of the city of Philadelphia, and shall not be applied to any other purpose whatsoever. SECTION 5. That as early as practicable thereafter, the said When site to be managers shall proceed, with the moneys procured as aforesaid, purchased. to purchase the site chosen as aforesaid, and to erect and complete thereupon the necessary buildings, the title to the whole to be vested in the city of Philadelphia: Provided, That in the Proviso. construction, or in any future extension of the said buildings, ar of any other constructions for county purposes, upon the same or any neighboring property, the managers may, at any and all times, use and employ the labor of the persons committed to the said house of correction; and as soon as the said buildings Buildings to be shall be sufficiently ready for occupation, they shall be delivered delivered to board of manainto the custody of the board of managers, by whom the fact of sach delivery shall be certified to the court of quarter sessions, and to the board of guardians of the poor of the city of Philadelphia ; which court and guardians, respectively, shall thereafter commit to the said house of correction such able-bodied paupers and vagrants as may have been committed, or sentenced to be confined in the county prison or Blockley almshouse, for a period of less than three months; and it shall be the duty of the said judges of the court of quarter sessions, and inspectors Court of quarter of the Philadelphia county prison, to commit to the said house sessions and in spectors of coun. of correction all vagrants, habitual drunkards and disorderly per- ty prison, duty of sons whom they may deem best so to confine; and it shall be the duty of the guardians of the poor of the city of Philadelpbia to transfer, within twenty-four hours after entrance into said almshouse, all able-bodied paupers, except such as may be necessary to employ in the service of said almshouse. Section 6. The managers of the house of correction, or any Who anthorised one of them, may commit thereto any and all persons who are to commit per willing to be so committed ; and the mayor of the city of Phila- Sonse to house of oorrection. delphia, the inspectors of the county prison, and all committing magistrates in the city and county of Philadelphia, may and they are hereby authorized to commit to said house of correction and employment, for any period of time not less than three por more than i welve months, all or any person or persons who, under existing laws, are liable to be committed to places of confinement, who shall apply to them for such purpose; all persons that may hereafter be convicted according to the existing laws of this commonwealth, before the mayor, recorder or any alderman of the city of Philadelphia, as a vagrant or disorderly person, shall be sentenced to suffer confinement in the said house of correction for the terms and in the manner hereinafter mentioned ; there shall be elected annually, at the first stated meet- Superintendent, ing of the board of managers, or at any other time if required, election of. a person who shall be designated by the title of the superintendent of the Philadelphia house of correction, who shall have the control and superintendence of the said house of correction, shall hold his office during the pleasure of the board of managers, and shall receive such compensation as they shall deem fit; the said board shall elect such other officers, keepers and servants as may be necessary for the management of the institution, and shall determine their several salaries; but no person |