and restoration of the property destroyed or injured as above; and members of said corporation, or the lot owners, shall not thereby be prevented from testifying in any case at law to which

said corporation shall be a party. No ect or road Section 9. That no street, lane or road shall ever be laid out to be laid out

through the lands, so occupied as a cemetery, except under the through grounds. authority of the corporation.

JOHN M. THOMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro ten.

WM. M. FRANCIS,

Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED—The seventh day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty.

WM. F. PACKER.

No. 647.

AN ACT

Preamble.

Corporators.

To incorporate the Home for Friendless Children for the city and county of

Lancaster. WHEREAS, A number of citizens of this commonwealth hare formed an association for the laudable and benevolent purpose of educating and providing for friendless and destitute children:

And whereas, The general assembly of this commonwealth are willing to encourage such purposes; 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 Dr. F. A. Muhlenberg, Dr. P. Cassidy, James Black, Horace Rathvon, G. Taylor Lane, C. Widmyer, John Deaner, James H. Barnes, Henry Wentz, John Bomberger, Rudolph F. Rauch, Dr. John L. Atlee, Charles M. Howell, James Evans, H. E. Slay. maker, Jacob Griel, Samuel W. Taylor, Thomas E. Franklin, W. B. Fordney, Hiram B. Swarr, Benj. F. Shenk, Daniel Heitshu, John Ditlow, Christian Shenk, J. E. Hiester, G. M. Kline, A. Herr Smith, George Calder, Jr., John A. Aiestand, Reuben Baer, S. S. Rathvon, W. Carpenter, John Wise, Albert Sanderson, William Diller, John D. Skiles, John Lippincot, W. L. Peiper, John R. Russel, Louis Herford, John Erben, Nathaniel Ellmaker, Bartram A. Shaeffer, J. F. Steinman, Michael Carpenter, Godfried Zahn, Dr. Eli Parry, Peter M'Conomy, John W. Jackson, John R. Bitner, S. A. Wylie, John R. Bitner, Jacob.M. Long, Doctor John Miller, John Trissler, Henry Scherf, George Spurrill, John Rankin, Dr. Henry Muhlenberg, Dr. John Long. necker, Anthony E. Roberts, Watson H. Miller, John Michael,

David Reese, Michael M'Grann, William Miller, Frederick
Cooper, David Jeffries, Henry Blickensderfer, Henry Frank,
Emanuel Gast, G. M. Steinman, Christopher Hager, Peter G.
Eberman, John P. Myer, Joseph Ehrenfried, Carpenter M'Cleary,
John A. Sheaff, George R. Reed, Dr. Henry Carpenter, J. J.
Cochran, William P. Brinton, 0. J. Dickey, Isaac Diller, H. F.
Pinkerton, Henry C. Locher, Jacob Bowers, Philip Fitzpatrick,
John H. Pearsol, and their associates, be and they are hereby
incorporated and made a body politic in law, by the name, style
and title of " The Home for Friendless Children for the city and style.
county of Lancaster;" and by that name, style and title shall
have perpetual succession, with power to have a common seal, Powers.
and the same to change at pleasure, to make contracts relative
to the institution, to sue and be sued, to plead and be impleaded;
and by that name, style and title be capable of purchasing, hold-
ing, taking and conveying any estate, real or personal, for the
use of the said corporation: Provided, The annual income of Proviso.
said estate shall not exceed ten thousand dollars, nor be applied
to any other purposes than those for which this association is
formed ; to fix the quorum of the board of managers and of the
board of trustees, and appoint such officers as may be requisite;
to establish such other by-laws, rules and regulations as the said
corporation shall judge necessary or expedient for the due man-
agement of the concerns of the said corporation: Provided, That Proviso.
the same be not repugnant to the constitution of the United
States or of this commonwealth.

Section 2. That every person who shall annually pay to the Qualification for treasurer of the Home for Friendless Children, on or before the membership. first day of May, the sum of one dollar or upwards, shall be a member of the said Home for Friendless Children for the city and county of Lancaster, while such person so contributes; and every person who shall pay ten dollars at one time, shall be a member for life. Section 3. The affairs and concerns of the said Home for

Management. Friendless Children for the city and county of Lancaster shall be conducted by a board of managers, consisting of twenty-four Managers and ladies, and a board of trustees, consisting of sixteen gentlemen ; and the members of the said corporation shall meet on the first Tuesday in May next, at such hour and place as the board of trustees shall designate, and elect a board of twenty-four man- Election. agers, six of whom shall be elected to serve for one year, six to serve for two years, six to serve for three years, and six to serve for four years; and also a board of sixteen trustees, four of whom Terms. shall be elected to serve for one year, four for two years, four for three years, and four for four years; and the members of the said corporation shall annually thereafter, on the first Tuesday in May, at such hour and place as the said board of trustees shall designate, elect six managers and four trustees, to serve for four years; and shall then and there also elect a manager or managers, trustee or trustees, to fill any vacancy or vacancies that may be occasioned by the death, resignation, removal or neglect, or refusal to act, of any manager or trustee : Provided, Proviso. That in case an election should not be held at the time provided, the board of trustees shall give at least ten days' notice that another election will be held, which said election shall be held

trustees.

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Proviso.

within one month after the said first Tuesday in May: And pro-
vided further, That notice of any election shall be given at least
twice a week for two weeks, in two of the newspapers of the

city of Lancaster, prior to the time of holding said election. Guardianship, Section 4. That it shall and may be lawful for the said man. care and manage- agers and trustees, in their discretion, to take under their guarment of children.

dianship all children who may be placed under their care and
management, in either of the following modes:

Firstly. White children under twelve years of age, who shall
be voluntarily surrendered by their father, or in case of his death
or absence, by their mother, or by their guardians, to the care
of the said managers and trustees.

Secondly. White children under twelve years of age, wbo may be committed to the care of the said managers and trustees by either of the judges of the court of common pleas of the county of Lancaster, or by the mayor of the city of Lancaster, on account of vagrancy, or of the exposure, neglect or abandonment of said children by their parent or parents, guardian or other persons having custody of said children ; and it shall be the duty of any judge or mayor, so committing any child to the care of said managers and trustees, to annex to the said commitment an abstract of the evidence taken by him, and on which his adjudication was founded; which said evidence shall be under oath or affirmation, and taken in the presence of said

child. Care and man- Section 5. That the said managers and trustees shall have the agement during guardianship of the said children, so placed under their care and minority.

management, during their minority, shall cause them to be edu

cated and instructed in a proper manner, and may, when in their To be bound out discretion it shall appear proper, bind the said children, with as apprentices. their consent, as apprentices, during their minority, to such per

sons, and at such places, and to learn such trades and employ-
ments as, in the judgments of said managers and trustees, will be

most conducive to the benefit and advantage of said children: Proviso. Provided, The charge and power of said managers and trustees

over and upon the said children, shall not, in the case of females,
extend beyond the age of eighteen years; or the said managers
and trustees may, in their discretion, return the said children to
their parents, or surviving parent or guardian.

JOHN M. THOMPSON,
Speaker of the House of Representatives pro temp.

WM. M. FRANCIS,

Speaker of the Senate APPROVED-- The twenty-ninth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty.

WM. F. PACKER.

No. 618.

AN ACT

To incorporate the West Harrisburg Market House 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 W. K. Verbeke, Charles Swartz, John B. Tomlinson, William Corporators. Sayford, Theo. Fenn, Michael Durkee, Elijah Wise, James Porter, Augustus Sayford, and their successors, and all persons who may hereafter be associated with them, be and they are hereby created and erected into a body politic and corporate, in deed and in law, by the name, style and title of the West Harrisburg Stylo. market house company, and by that name shall have perpetual succession, and be able to sue and be sued, plead and be im- Powers. pleaded in any court of law or equity or elsewhere, and shall be able and capable in law and equity, to take and hold to them and their successors, either by grant and conveyance in fee simple, gift, devise or lease, any land or real estate, for the purpose only of erecting thereon, a suitable building or buildings, for the use of said company; and also to take and hold, for the use of said company, any goods and chattles, sum or sums of money, by grant, bargain or sale, and generally to do all and singular, the matters and things which shall be lawful for them to do, for the well being and due management of the affairs of said company : Provided, That the capital stock of the said Proviso. company shall not exceed the sum of fifty thousand dollars, divided into five hundred shares, of one hundred dollars each.

Section 2. That the certificates of stock of the capital stock Certificates of of said company, under the corporate seal, signed by the presi- stock. dent and attested by the secretary, shall be issued to the person or persons who subscribe for the same, which stock shall be transferable under such regulations as may be provided for in the by-laws..

Section 3. That the object and purpose of said corporation, Objects and purshall be to erect suitable building or buildings and stalls, at any poses. place within the limits of the village of West Harrisburg, the same to be appropriated and used exclusively as a public market house, for the sale and vending of meats, vegetables, and all other kinds of victuals and provisions whatever, and such other articles as the board of directors may deem proper; the said market buildings, the stalls or any one or more, or all of the same, to be leased, rented or disposed of, in such manner and upon such terms and conditions as the directors shall determine.

Section 4. That the government and control of the West Government and Harrisburg market house company, and the management of its control. affairs and property, shall be vested in a board of nine directors,

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five of whom shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, who shall be elected annually, at such time and place, and in such manner as the said company shall, by its by-laws, provide; the officers of said company shall be a president and secretary, who shall also be the treasurer of the company ; the president and secretary shall be elected by the board of direc

tors from among their number for the time being. When letters pa.

Section 5. That the persons named in the first section of this tent to issue.

act, upon certifying to the governor under their hands and seals, that fifty shares have been subscribed, and twenty-five dollars paid on each share of the same, that at least three of wbom shall make oath or affirmation, that the facts set forth in said certificate as just and true, that then and in that case, the gor. ernor shall thereupon, by letters patent, under his hand and the seal of the state, create and erect the subscribers and stockholders into one body politic and corporate, in deed and in law, by the name and title of the West Harrisburg market house

company, as authorized and provided for in this act. Seal.

Section 6. That said corporation may make and have a com

mon seal, and the same to break, renew and alter at pleasure, By-laws. and also to ordain, establish and put in execution, such by-laws,

ordinances and regulations, as shall appear necessary and convenient for the government of said corporation, not being con

trary to this charter, or the constitution and laws of the United Proviso. States or of this commonwealth : Provided, That all by-laws

for the government and management of said corporation must be submitted to the stockholders at an annual meeting, or at a special meeting called for that purpose, of which fifteen days' public notice must be given in one weekly or daily paper printed

in the borough of Harrisburg, signed by a majority of the diProviso. rectors for the time being : Provided, That all by-laws must

be approved by a vote of two-thirds of the members present, which fact must be recorded upon the minutes kept by the sec

retary. Subscriptions to Section 7. 'That the opening of books and receiving of substock.

scriptions to the capital stock of said company, shall be regulated

in such manner as a majority of the persons named in the first Proviso. section of this act shall determine: Provided, That at least ff.

teen days' notice shall be published in one daily or weekly paper printed in the borough of Harrisburg, of the time and

place where subscriptions will be received. First election of Section 8. That the first election for directors shall be held at directors. such time and place as shall be agreed upon, after receiving the

charter from the governor of this commonwealth, of which due

notice shall be given, as directed in the seventh section of this Proviso. act: Provided, That each stockholder shall be entitled to one

vote for each and every share of stock held in said company, Not to enjoy

Section 9. That nothing contained in this act shall be deemed banking privi. and taken to authorize the said company to engage, either dileges.

rectly or indirectly, in any banking, commercial or manufacturing business, or act in any way or manner than for the purpose of erecting and leasing, or otherwise disposing of a market house and stall or stalls, for the purpose specified in this act.