the joint owners of certain tracts of land, situate in Tremont, Frailey and Pinegrove townships, Schuylkill county, Pennsyl. vania : And whereas, The said lands have since, by descent and otherwise, become vested in about fifty persons, and the management and leasing of the same and the coal veins thereon, has become a matter of great complication and difficulty; therefore, 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 Thomas Adams, George N. Eckert, William S. Vaux, Charles Corporators. Dutilh and Robert S. Hollins, and their associates and successors, be and they are hereby incorporated and made a body politic and corporate, in fact and in name, by the name of the Rausch Creek company; and by that name shall have prepetual Name and object succession, and be capable in law of holding and conveying such real and personal property as may be necessary for the objects of this incorporation, may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in all courts of law and equity, may have a common seal, which they shall have power to alter and renew at pleasure. Section 2. That the lands to be conveyed to said company Lands to be conin fee simple by the parties owning the same, who are hereby veyed to com. authorized and empowered to make conveyance of their respec- pany, relative to. tive interests therein to the said company, shall form a common stock, and be divided into a convenient number of shares, and apportioned by the said company among the subscribers according to their respective interests, for which certificates of stock shall be issued, and shall be assignable and transferable in such way, and subject to such conditions, as the by-laws of said company may from time to time prescribe; and the said shares of stock so created, shall be for all legal purposes whatever deemed and treated as personal estate : Provided, That the quantity of Proviso. land which shall be held by said company, at any one time, shall not exceed twenty-five hundred acres. SECTION 3. That the stockholders shall meet as soon as prac- Meeting of stock ticable after the passage of this act, notice of the time and holders. place of such meeting having been first given by advertisement in one newspaper, published in the county of Schuylkill, and in one daily paper published in the city of Philadelphia, and annually thereafter at such time and place as shall be fixed upon, and shall then and there proceed to elect by ballot eight direc• Election of directors, to serve for the term of one year, and until others are tors. chosen in their places; and said election shall be made by such of the stockholders of said company as shall attend for that purpose, either in person or by proxy ; each share of stock to Votes. entitle the holder thereof to one vote; the directors so chosen shall elect one of their number to be president of the board of Prosident. directors of said company; and in case of vacancy or absence, the office shall be filled by such person or persons as the remainder of the directors or a majority of them may appoint. Section 4. That the president and directors, or a majority of Powers and privithem, shall have full power to make by-laws, and to appoint such leges, officers and agents as they shall deem expedient for the well conducting and transacting the business of the company; to Provigo. declare and provide for the payment of dividends to the stockholders; and may receive, execute and deliver all such instruments of writing, and do such acts and things necessary to promote the objects and designs of said company as authorized by this act, viz: From time to time to make leases of the coal veins which may be found in the tracts of land belonging to said company, and to effect sales of the same or of portions thereof, and to do such other acts as may be necessary for the development and improvement of said lands: Provided, That such by-laws shall not be repugnant to the constitution and laws of this state or of the United States: And provided, That the said company shall have the same rights and privileges over the property, real and personal, which may be conveyed to them, as the present owners of the same now have and enjoy: And provided, Tbat this act shall not be construed to confer upon said company mining or banking privileges: Provided further, That the capital stock and dividends of the said company shall not be taxable : And provided, That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to exempt the lands which may be held by the said company from taxation. JOHN M. THOMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem. WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED—The second day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER, No. 510. AN ACT Supplementary to an act incorporating the town of Lawrenceville into a borough, approved the thirteenth day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four. 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 Paving streets, whenever the town council of the borough of Lawrenceville, in alloys, &c. the county of Allegheny, shall consider the paving of any street, lane or alley in said borough necessary for the convenience of the citizens thereof, it shall and may be lawful for said council to ordain, enact, repeal or amend all such by-laws, ordinances, rules and regulations as shall be deemed expedient for paving such street, lane or alley, subject to the following provisions. a Section 2. That immediately after the completion by said Cost of paving. borough of the pavement of any street; lane or alley, for a dis- relative to apo tance not less than one square, pursuant to existing laws, the among lotowners portioning of cost of materials furnished and paving done on such street, lane or alley, shall be ascertained by the burgess of said borough, and equally apportioned among the owners of any lots bounding and abutting on said street, lane or alley, in proportion to the feet front thereon, and comprised and bounding and abutting as aforesaid; and the burgess of said borough shall give to such owner or owners, or his, her or their agent, of any lot or lots before which any paving is done as aforesaid, a certificate in writing of the amount so ascertained to have been expended by the said borough in paving in front of his, her or their lot or lots; and if, within thirty days after said notice is given, he, she or they, or either of then, shall refuse or neglect to pay to the treasurer of said borough the amount specified in such cer- Amount claimed tificate, in the manner hereinafter provided, then it shall and for paving, bow oollected may be lawful for the council in said borough to collect the amount claimed, of the owner or owners of any lot or lots, by an action of debt, in the corporate name of said borough, as debts of like amount are at law collected, and the same shall be a lien on such lot or lots from the time such work is done as aforesaid; but if the owner or owners of any such lot or lots does not reside in the said borough, then and in that case a certificate put up on such lot or lots shall be notice to the owner or owners thereof; and after default for the space of thirty days, it shall and may be lawful for the said burgess to file a certifcate of the amount of such material and paving, signed by him, and attested by the clerk of the council, in the office of the prothonotary of the court of common pleas for the county of Allegheny, setting forth the amount due by the said owner or owners, and it shall be the duty of the prothonotary to enter the same on his docket; which certificate shall have the same operation and effect as a judgment of the said court, and execution may issue thereon, in like manner as in judgments, for the amount remaining unpaid, with costs: Provided, That if any Protino. owner or owners of any lot or lots, against whom any certificate shall be filed as aforesaid, shall make an affidavit before the prothonotary of the said court, or any magistrate, that he, she or they may have a just defence to a whole or a part of the amount so claimed in such certificate, and file the same in the office of said prothonotary within thirty days of the filing of said certificate, and not after, then the prothonotary of said court shall put the cause on the trial list of the next regular term of said court, to be there tried and determined by the court and jury as cases of appeal to said court: Provided further, That this act Proviso. shall not be so construed as to require the Citizens' Passenger railway company to pave more than one-half of any street in said borough. Section 3. That upon the payment, by the owner or owners Per contago alof any lot or lots, of the amount of the paving done, within lowed for prompt thirty days after the same is completed, he, she or they shall be payment, '&o. entitled to a credit of five per centum from the amount thereof, or at his, her or their election shall pay the one-fifth of said amount at the time of the completion of the work as aforesaid, and the remainder in four equal annual instalments from the time the paving is done as aforesaid, with interest. Corner lots, rela- Section 4. That the owner or owners of any corner lot or tive to paving of. lots shall be charged with the paving done to the point where the centres of the cross streets, lanes or alleys shall intersech the costs of which shall be paid as aforesaid; and that the costs and expenses of the paving and curbing already done by the said borough, on Butler street, shall be ascertained, paid and collected as hereinbefore provided. Portion of cor Section 5. That portion of the street or wharf fronting on the tain street or Allegheny river, along the northern boundary line of said bowharf declared a public landing." rough, and within the limits thereof, is hereby declared a public landing; and the councils of said borough shall have full power and authority to make, alter and amend all such rules, regulaConnolls to regu- tions and ordinances, regulating the use of the same, as they late the use of shall and may deem proper, and shall not be inconsistent with the existing laws of this commonwealth; to direct and enforce the collection of such fees, tolls and duties, in the nature of wharfage, as they may deem just and expedient; and that the existing ordinances of said borough, for the regulating of said wharf, and the collecting of wharfage thereon, which are not inconsistent with the laws of this commonwealth, are hereby declared legal and valid, and the same be and remain in force until altered, amended or repealed by the councils of said borough, as though they had been ordained and enacted after the passage of this act. JOHN M. THOMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem. WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED—The second day of April, Anno Domini one thonsand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No. 511. SUPPLEMENT To the third section of the act of April six, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, entitled “ An Act for the levy and collection of taxes apon proceedings in courts," et cetera. 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 the prothonotaries of the courts of common pleas, of the district court of the city and county of Philadelphia, and supreme court, upon all original suits brought in the city of Philadelphia, shall, in addition to the sums they are now entitled to receive by the third section of the act of April six, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, to which this is a supplement, demand and receive for the use of the law association of Philadelphia, in each of the cases in the said section of the said act named, the sum of twenty-five cents; the said prothonotaries shall be responsible for the said moneys, and shall render accounts and make payments monthly, to the treasurer of the said association, whose written receipts for the said moneys shall be the only legal discharge to the said prothonotaries; and the secretary of s JOHN M. THOMPSON, WM, M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED--The second day of April, Anno Domini one thou82nd eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER, No. 512 AN ACT Incorporating the Allegheny Male and Female Seminary at kainsburg, Pennsylvania. Section 1. Beit 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 there shall be and is hereby established, in the village of Rains- Seminary estabburg, in the county of Bedford, a seminary for the education of lished. youth in the learned languages, useful arts and sciences, and general literature, by the name, style and title of the Allegheny Male and female seminary, at Rainsburg, Pennsylvania. Section 2. That the said institution shall be under the man- Management. agement, direction and government of a number of trustees, not exceeding nine; and until others shall be elected as hereinafter provided, the trustees of the said academy shall consist of the following persons, to wit: Samuel Williams, Andrew J. Pen- Trustees. nell, Peter M. Cessna, William P. Morgart, Samuel James, E. J. Osbourne, Abraham M'Clellan, A. C. James and John Fil |