all persons going and returning from funerals, whether by car. riages or otherwise, shall pass free of all toll over or on any road .in said city of Philadelphia, on which tolls are now col. lected or received in accordance with any act of assembly by which the same is authorized to be collected and received. JOHN M. THOMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem. WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED— The fifth day of April, Anno Domini one thou sand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No. 581. A SUPPLEMENT To an act incorporating the Oxford Park Association, approved March twenty-nine, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. 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 Assessments on the board of directors of the said Oxford Park association shall shares of stock, have power to assess, on each share of stock, a sum not exceedrelative to. ing twenty dollars per annum, and if the same shall not be paid at such time as the board of directors may direct, the privileges of membership of the non-paying member, and the right of transferring his stock, shall be suspended until his assessment shall be paid ; and if any assessment shall not be paid within six months after such assessment shall become due, then (except in case of absence during the entire six months, the share of stock on which the said assessment shall remain due and unpaid, may be forfeited by the board of directors and sold at auction for the benefit of the association; and any excess of net proceeds arising from said sale, shall be paid to such person, his heirs or assigns, on whose account the share has been sold: Proviso. Provided, That at least sixty days' notice shall be given of an assessment being payable, and at least sixty days' notice to a non-paying member, his heirs and assigns, before any sale shall be made under a forfeiture. Exhibitions for Section 2. That for the improvement of the breed of horses, the development the said association are authorized to hold exhibitions for the of speed may be development of their speed or other desired qualities, and to held. encourage and incite competition therein, may offer and give premiums for superiority in objects sought for; such premiums, however, not to exceed the surplus net revenue of the associa. a tion in any one fiscal year: Provided, That if any person or Proviso. Section 3. That this act shall not go into effect unless ap. When this act to proved by a majority of members, present at a meeting called go into effect. for that purpose, notice of which shall have been given to each member at least one week previous to such meeting, which notice shall distinctly state the object for which such meeting has been convened. JOHN M. THOMPSON, WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED—The fifth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No. 582. AN ACT Relative to the removal of the Tracks of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com pany from a portion of Liberty street, in the city of Pittsburg. 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 to enable the Pennsylvania railroad company to remove their Authorized to aprailroad tracks from that portion of Liberty street, in the city propriate certain of Pittsburg, lying between Carson and Washington streets, or road purposes. property for rail. for any portion of this distance, that they be and are hereby fully authorized to enter in and upon, take, use and appropriate, for general railroad purposes, the whole or any portion of all that certain property, situate in the Third, Fifth and Ninth wards of the city of Pittsburg, bounded and described as follows: That part situate in the Third and fifth wards, being bounded on the north by Liberty street, on the south by Quarry street and Perry street, and by a straight line drawn from the intersection of Quarry and Elm streets to the intersection of Washington and Fountain streets, and on the east by the line of a vacate streets the Ninth ward, and on the west by Washington street; that part lying in the Ninth ward, being bounded on the north by the Pennsylvania railroad, on the south by a line parallel to the said railroad, and not exceeding one hundred feet therefrom, on the east by Lumber street, and on the west by the line of the Fifth ward; and for the entry upon the whole or any portion of said 1 Assessment of property, and for the assessment of damages resulting from the damages. appropriation thereof, the said railroad company are hereby clothed with all the rights, powers and privileges granted in their charter of incorporation, and its supplements; and shall be subject to all the limitations, conditions and restrictions therein contained, except that the viewers appointed under this act shall be residents of the city of Pittsburg. Citycouncils may Section 2. That full power and authority be and is hereby given to the select and common councils of the city of Pittsand alleys. burg, upon the application of said railroad company, to vacate any street or alley crossing said property, and the whole or any portion of any street or alley adjoining the same. Repeal. Section 3. That so much of the charter of said railroad company, and its supplements, or of any other law of this commonwealth, as forbids the taking of property for railroad purposes used as a place of public worship, or as a dwelling house or homestead, without the consent of the owner or owners thereof, is hereby repealed, so far as relates to the property described in the first section of this act. To remove track Section 4. That if the said company shall enter upon or take from Liberty possession of the said property, or any part thereof, under the provisions of this act, it shall be the duty of said company, as soon as conveniently may be thereafter, to remove the track of said road from that part of Liberty street described in the first section of this act, in such manner as to leave the street in good Proviso. repair: Provided, That such removal shall be completed within three years after the passage of this act; and at the expiration of that time, the right of said company to enter upon or take possession of said property, or any portion thereof, without the consent of the owners, shall cease. JOHN M. THOMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem. WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED—The fifth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. PACK street. No. 583. AN ACT To authorize James A. Nesbit to sell and convey certain Real Estate of Samuel Nesbit, a Lunatic. WHEREAS, Since the death of James Nesbit, late of Mercer county, deceased, the widow and heirs of said James Nesbit entered into a contract with Frederick Snyder to sell and convey to him a tract of land of the estate of said James Nesbit, situate in South Shenango township, Crawford county, Pennsylvania, containing about one hundred and thirty acres, at eight dollars per acre : And whereas, Before the payment of the purchase money and the delivery of the deed for said land, Samuel Nesbit, one of the said heirs, became and remains hopelessly insane, by reason of which it has become impossible for said widow and heirs to make the requisite conveyance of said land in compliance with their said contract; therefore, 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 James A. Nesbit, elder brother of Samuel Nesbit, a lunatic, be and he is hereby authorized to sell and convey to Frederick Snyder, his heirs and assigns, all the right, title and interest of the said Samuel Nesbit, in and to a certain tract of land, part of the estate of James Nesbit, deceased, situate in South Shenango township, Crawford county, Pennsylvania, and containing one hundred and thirty acres, more or less; and that the said sale and conveyance by the said James A. Nesbit, shall operate to vest the said right, title and interest of the said Samuel Nesbit in said land, in said Frederick Snyder, his heirs and assigns, as fully and effectually as if the said Samuel Nes. bit were competent to sell and convey, and did actually sell and convey the said land : Provided, That before making and delivering any conveyance of said land, the said James A. Nesbit shall file in the court of common pleas of Mercer county, a bond, in such form and amount as the said court shall order and direct, and with security, to be approved by said court, conditioned for the faithful application of the purchase money of said land to the use and benefit of said Samuel Nesbit, and to pay any balance of the said purchase money, remaining at the decease of the said Samuel Nesbit, to and among his legal heirs according to law. JOHN M. THOMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem. WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The fifth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No. 58+. AN ACT Authorizing the Orphans' Court of Centre county to order satisfaction on a certain Mortgage. Whereas, James Foster died, without issue, in Centre county, in eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, leaving an estate to be distributed to and amongst collateral heirs, some of whom were said to be residents in the southern states, and where all his real and personal estate was sold and the proceeds distributed, and his administrators and trustees discharged by the orphans' court of Centre county : And whereas, Four hundred dollars of the money in the hands of said administrators and trustees was paid to T. M. Hall, by order of the orphans' court, the day of May, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, for certain heirs of said James Foster, whose residence could not be ascertained, and who are believed to be dead, for which the said T. M. Hall executed a mortgage on real estate situated in Centre county. 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 orphans' court of Centre county is hereby authorized and empowered to order the mortgage, executed by T. M. Hall to the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the ninth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, and recorded in the recorder's office, in Centre county, in book E, page five hundred and sixty-seven, for four hundred dollars, to be satisfied, the said money having been paid into the orphans' court by the administrators and trustees of James Foster, deceased, for certain heirs of said James Foster, whose residence cannot now be ascertained : Provided, That the distribution of said money shail be made to the persons known to be interested in the same, under the direction of the orphans' court of Centre county. JOHN M. THOMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem. WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED—The fifth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. |