the right to transact its business upon the mutual principle, in JOHN M. THOMPSON, WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED—The twenty-sixth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No. 629. AN ACT To provide for the erection of a Boom in Crooked creek, Armstrong county, and to improve the Navigation thereof, 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 it shall and may be lawful for W. A. Burleigh, his heirs and Boom may be assigns, to erect and maintain, at their own expense, a boom in erected. Crooked creek, Armstrong county, at any point in said stream between Ross's mill and the mouth. Section 2. That it shall also be lawful for the parties afore- To remove obsaid to clear out and remove any and all obstructions in said stractions in creek. creek, so far as the same is a navigable highway; but in doing 80, it shall not be lawful to enter upon private property, unless by the owner's consent. TION 3. That it shall be lawful for the parties mentioned Charge on logs in the first section, to demand and charge for every saw-log or or other timber. stick of other timber run into said boom, or floated down said stream, ten cents, which shall be applied towards the keeping up and attending said boom, and the improvement of navigation as aforesaid, and to no other purpose whatsoever: Provided, Proviso. That no such tolls shall be demanded or paid until such navigation shall have been first materially improved by the persons mentioned in the first section of this act: Provided also, That Proviso. all logs designed to be run below said boom shall be passed through said boom free from charge, and with as little delay as possible. JOHN M. THOMPSON, WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED— The thirteenth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No. 630. AN ACT To empower Edward D. Trump to maintain a Sheer Boom and to erect a Harbor Boom in Pipe Creek. 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 Edward D. Trump, of Porter township, Lycoming county, and his legal representatives, be and are hereby authorized to keep and maintain his present sheer boom or booms, at the point in Pine creek, in said township of Porter, known as Trump's Rocks, so as to admit at all times, a free, safe and easy passage for rafts and other crafts floating upon said creek, and to erect and maintain a harbor boom or booms, from the lower point of said Trump's island, down said Pine creek, a distance not ex. ceeding one mile, and to erect piles, piers and guards along said creek, sufficient to make said harbor boom or booms sale and secure: Provided, That all laws now in force relating to the manner of declaring dams unsafe for navigation, public nuisances, and providing remedies for injuries to personal property thereby sustained, be and the same are hereby extended to the said sheer and harbor boom or booms: Provided also, That all logs designed for the booms below, shall be passed through said booms free of charge, and with as little delay as possible, but in no case shall logs be detained longer than twenty-four hours; and the said Edward D. Trump shall have the right to charge and collect the same tolls upon all loose logs that shall come into said boom or booms, excepting those logs destined for the booms below, that the Susquehanna boom company is authorized to charge by their act of incorporation. JOHN M. THOMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem, WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The thirty-first day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty, WM. F. PACKER. No. 631. A SUPPLEMENT To an act to incorporate the Pittston Gas Company, approved the four teenth day of April, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine. 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 from and after the passage of this act, it shall be lawful for the said company to increase their capital stock to the sum of fifty thousand dollars. JOHN M. THOMPSON, 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. 632. A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT To an act to incorporate the Penn Haven and White Haven Railroad 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 instead of a president and twelve directors, as required by the Election of offfourth section of the act, entitled “An Act regulating railroads," cers. it shall be lawful for the stockholders of the Penn Haven and White Haven railroad company to elect a president and six managers, for managing the affairs and business of the said company; and at the time for electing a president and managers, the stockholders shall also elect a treasurer and secretary of the said company; and the said election shall be held on the fourth Monday in January, in every year. Section 2. That the Penn Haven and White Haven railroad To constract company shall have authority to construct a railroad from any road. point along the valley of the Lehigh, at or below the mouth of Route. the Quakake creek, in the county of Carbon, to any point upon part thereof. the Lehigh and Susquehanna railroad, in Luzerne county, with authority to connect the same with any adjacent railroad ; and for the purpose of completing the communication, the said company shall have authority to purchase any such railroad, or any JOHN M. THOMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tetr. 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. 633. AN ACT For the relief of Hibernia Fire Engine Company, of Philadelphia. WHEREAS, The said Hibernia fire engine company was duly incorporated by the court of common pleas of the city and county of Philadelphia, on the twentieth day of September, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and forty-one : And whereas, The charter granted by the said court was not recorded until the third day of June, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, in miscellaneous book RDW, number one, page six hundred and eighty-four, between which dates the said company acquired certain real estate by purchase, subject to a mortgage, and entered into other contracts, and doubts are entertained as to their legality, by reason not only of the omission to record said charter before such purchase, but that it does not contain sufficient power for that purpose; 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 all the contracts of the said company, since its incorporation by the court aforesaid, shall be deemed to be as good and available in law, and the title to said real estate as perfect as if done and obtained after the recording of the said charter, and as if said charter contained sufficient authority therefor; and that the said company shall be able to sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded in all courts of record or elsewhere; and to purchase, receive, have, hold and enjoy, to them, their successors, lands, tenements, rents, annuities, privileges and hereditaments, goods and chattels, of what nature, kind or quality soever, real, personal or mixed, or choses in action, and the same from time to time to sell or mortgage, grant, alien or dispose of: Provided, That the clear yearly value or income of the real and personal estate of said corporation shall not exceed the amount of two thousand dollars, as is provided by said charter. JOHN M. THOMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem. WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED— The twenty-serenth day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. No. 634. AN ACT To authorize the Trustees of the Greenville Academy, in the county of Montgomery, to sell 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 the trustees of the Greenville academy, in the county of Montgomery, are hereby authorized and empowered to sell at public or private sale, the academy building and lot of ground, in the village of Greenville, with the appurtenances, for the best prices that can be obtained, and convey the same to the purchaser in fee simple. JOHN M. THOMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem. WM. M. FRANCIS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED --The thirty-first day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM. F. PACKER. |