No. 83. A.SUPPLEMENT To the act to incorporate the Eastern Iron Company. 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 sixth section of the act to incorporate the Eastern iron com- Construction of pany, be so construed as to require the said company to pay into certain act. the treasury of the state a bonus of one-half of one per centum upon the capital stock actually subscribed at the organization of the said company, and upon any increased subscription thereafter; and so much of said section as is inconsistent with this act, be and the same is hereby repealed. SECTION 2. That the corporate name and title of said company Name changed. be and the same is hereby changed to that of the "Allentown rolling mill company," under which name it shall have and enjoy all the rights and privileges, and be subject to all the restrictions of the original act, and of this supplement. JOHN M. THOMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem. APPROVED-The twenty-second day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No. 84. A SUPPLEMENT To an act to provide for the erection of a Poor House for the employment and support of the Poor in the county of Greene, approved the thirteenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fiftyeight. 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 commissioners mentioned in the first section of the act to which this is a supplement, are empowered and authorized to contract for the erection of the necessary buildings on said farm, and to proceed to the erection thereof, and to draw their orders on the treasurer of said county for the payment of said JOHN M. THOMPSON, WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED—The twenty-fourth day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No. 85. AN ACT To establish the Fogelsville Male and Female Academy, in the county of Lehigh. School estab. lished. Name. Trustees. 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 there shall be and is hereby established in the village of Fogeisville, in the county of Lehigh, an academy or public school for the education of youth in the English or other languages, and in the useful arts, sciences and literature, by the name, style and title of the Fogelsville male and female academy; the said academy to be under the direction, management and government of a board of trustees, not exceeding seven in number, a majority of whom shall form a quorum for the transaction of business; and the said trustees and their successors shall be and they are hereby erected, established and declared to be a body politic and corporate, with perpetual succession, with all the incidents of a corporation in deed and in law, to all intents and purposes what. soever, by the name, style and title of the Fogelsville male and female academy; by which name and title the said trustees and their successors shall be able, in law and equity, to take for them. selves and their successors, for the use of the said academy and estate, messuages, lands, tenements, hereditaments, goods, chattels, moneys or other effects, by gift, grant, bargain, sale, conveyance, assurance, will, devise or bequest of any person or persons whatsoever ; and the same messuage, lands, tenements, hereditaments, goods, chattels, moneys and estates, real or personal, to grant, bargain, sell, convey, assure, demise, and to farm, let or otherwise dispose of, or invest in such manner as to Powors. them, or a quorum of them, shall seem most beneficial to the SECTION 2. That the said trustees shall cause to be made for Seal SECTION 3. That William A. Helfrich, Henry J. Haberacker, Trustees. Simon Troxell, Willoughby Fogel, Henry Helfrich, Solomon Peter, John H. Fogel, John F. Seiberling, Jonas Meyer, Edwin Kromlich, Henry Stine, William C. Lichtenwalter, Levi Kromlich, John H. Lichtenwalter, Thomas Litzenberger, Henry Stetler, Samuel Kuntz, Solomon Fogel, Daniel Meyer, Harman Rupp, Alfred Steinberger, Benjamin Rupp, Solomon Stetler, David Eisenhard, William B. Fogel, Isaac Humel and Elias Lichtenwalter, who shall, by a majority of them, elect by ballot seven of them to serve as appointed trustees of said corporation, who shall have power to fill all vacancies which shall occur in their body; and on the last Saturday in the month of December, one thousand eight hundred and sixty, at which time, and on the same day of each year annually thereafter, the stockholders of said academy shal elect by bal!ot, by a majority of the votes Election. present, to be given in person, duly authorized, seven trustees instead of those above named, who shall continue in office for one year, or until others are duly chosen and qualified. The said board of trustees shall always, and at all times, have power to fill vacancies in their body, as above mentioned; and no per- Vacancies, how son shall be permitted to serve as trustee who is not a share- filled. holder in said institution; and the said trustees shall, on their first meeting after every subsequent election, choose out of their number one person to act as president, one person to act as sec. Officers. retary, and one treasurer, who shall serve as such during said year, and until others are appointed by said trustees: Provided, Proviso. That no person shall have more than five votes at any election, Votes. whatever number of shares he or she may be entitled to, and that each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote for each share of stock by him or her held under said number : And provided, Proviso. That such election may be held at the place, and conducted according to the rules that may be prescribed by the by-laws and ordinances of said academy. SECTION 4. That the said trustees herein named, or any seven Trustees to open of them, are hereby authorized to open books on or before the books, receive subscriptions to first Saturday of October next, and enter therein as follows: stock, de. We whose names are hereunto subscribed, do promise to pay to the trustees of the Fogelsville male and female academy, the sum of ten dollars for every share of stock set opposite to our respective names, in such manner and proportions, and at such time or times, as shall be required by said trustees, the whole of said stock by each of us subscribed to be paid within one year from the time of subseribing the same. And shall thereupon proceed to receive subscriptions for the stock of the said corpo. ration, not exceeding in the whole the sum of five thousand dollars, divided into shares of ten dollars each, at such times and places as they may deem advisable; and it shall be lawful for any person or body politic or corporate to subscribe for as many shares as he, she or they may think proper; he, she or they pay. ing, at the time of subscription, to the attending trustees, one dollar for every share of stock subscribed. Stock. Section 5. That the said trustees shall procure written or printed certificates, and deliver to each stockholder a certificate, signed by the president of the board of trustees, countersigned by the secretary, and sealed with the seal of the said corporation, for the share or shares of stock by him, her or them held or subscribed, upon the payment to the treasurer of the full sum due thereon; and such certificates of stock sball be transferable at pleasure, in person or by attorney, in presence of the president or treasurer of said corporation ; and the assignee holding any certificate, first having caused the assignment to be entered on the book to be kept for that purpose by the said trustees, shall be deemed a member of the said corporation, and entitled to all the rights and privileges of an original subscriber to said stock. When buildings Section 6. That as soon as in the opinion of said board of to be erected. trustees a sufficient amount of stock is subscribed, the trustees herein named, or any seven of them, or their successors, shall erect, or cause to be erected, in a substantial and workmanlike manner, such building or buildings, of brick, stone or other materials, as they may deem necessary and proper, to be located by them in sone suitable and convenient place in the village of Fogelsville, in the county of Lehigh, aforesaid. ly-laws. SECTION 7. That the said trustees, or any seven of them, shall have power to enaet such ordinances and by-laws, not ineonsistent with the laws and constitution of the United States or of this commonwealth, as may be necessary and proper for the government of said academy. Quorum. Section 8. That a majority of the board of trustees shall form a quorum, who, in the absence of the president, may appoint a president pro tempore. Trustees to re- SECTION 9. That said trustees shall be authorized to receive eive subsorip- subscriptions, in sums of any amount, for the purpose of purvions, ko. chasing real estate, books, philosophical apparatus, or other property necessary for the affairs of the said corporation, and to give such subscribers, provided the subscription amounts to ten dollars, a certificate under the seal of said corporation, which eertificate shall constitute the holder thereof a shareholder; and the said trustees may, if they deem it expedient, after having collected and received the rents and compensations for the real and personal estate belonging to said corporation, to divide rateably among the shareholders, after having first deducted all necessary charges and expenses for repairs, taxes and the due management of said academy. a a SECTION 10. That no misnomer of said corporation shall de- Misnomer. feat or annul any gift, grant, devise or bequest to the said corporation : Provided, That the intent of the parties shall suffi. Proviso. ciently appear in said gift, grant, will or other writing, whereby any estate, or interest in anything real or personal, was intended to pass to the said incorporation. JOHN M. THOMPSON, WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED—The twenty-fourth day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No. 86. AN ACT Authorizing the laying out of a State road beginning at the town of Mo shanon, in Centre county, to Kylertown, in Clearfield county. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly ne, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That James Gilliland, John T. Hoover, of Centre county, and John Commissioner. B. Kyler, of Clearfield county, be and the same are hereby appointed commissioners to view, lay out and mark a state road, beginning at the town of Mosbanon, in Snow Shoe township, Route. in Centre county, thence by the best route, crossing the Big Moshanon, to Kylertown, Morris township, Clearfield county. Section 2. That it shall be the duty of said commissioners, Duty of commisor a majority of them, after taken and subscribing an oath or sioners. affirmation before a justice of the peace, to perform the duties enjoined upon them by this act with fidelity and impartiality, to carefully view the ground on which the said road may pass, and lay out and mark the same upon the ground, or the route agreed opon by them for the road aforesaid, in such manner as to enable the supervisors readily to find the same; and for the purpose of fulilling the duties in this act enjoined, the said commissioners, or a majority of them, are hereby enjoined to employ me surveyor at a per diem allowance not exceeding three dol. lars, two chain carriers at a per diem allowance not exceeding Compensation. qe dollar and fifty cents each ; and the said commissioners, respectively, shall receive a per diem allowance not exceeding two dollars and fifty cents for each day necessarily employed in the discharge of the duties enjoined by this act, which shall be paid by the treasurers of the counties through which the road may How paid. |