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son, of Harrisburg, for extra inconvenience and service, during illness of deceased, thirty dollars.

JOHN M. THOMPSON, Speaker of the House of Represent at ives pro tem.

ROBERT M. PALMER,

Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-- The third day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty.

WM. F. PACKER.

No. 20.

RESOLUTION

To pay the expenses of forwarding the bound copies of the Legislative

Record.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatires of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, That there be appropriated the sum of seventy-five dollars to defray the expenses of packing and forwarding the bound copies of the Legislative Record, to the members of the Senate and House, to be paid on the order of the clerk of the House.

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

ROBERT M. PALMER,

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

WM. F. PACKER.

APPENDIX-1854.

No. 653.

AN ACT

To incorporate the Middle Coal Field Tunnel and Railroad Company.

asso.

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 Henry Donnel, David Longnecker, William L. Helfenstein, De- Corporators. catur E. Nice, Henry K. Strong, Samuel Hipple, John Henry Adam, John C. Kunkel, William Frick, George H. Hart, J. W. Quiggle and John Hendricks, and such persons as may

be ciated with them, be and they are hereby constituted and made a body politic and corporate, in deed and in law, by the name, style and title of the Middle Coal Field tunnel and railroad com- Style.) pany, with authority to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in all courts of law and equity, to have a corporate seal, to purchase and hold real estate, to construct a tunnel and railroad as hereinafter provided, and to have all the rights, powers and pri- Powers. vileges now

conferred upon and existing in the Philadelphia and Sunbury railroad company, not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, so far as relates to making loans and securing the same, liability to taxation, charges for toll and transportation, holding and conveying of real estate, and other necessary or usual incidents of a corporation; and that the capital of said company shall be three millions of dollars, to be divided into shares of fifty dollars each ; and the directors of said company shall have authority to increase said capital from time to time, as they shall deem expedient.

SECTION 2. That the special objects of said corporation shall Objects. be the making and construction of a tunnel through the Broad mountain, or any part thereof, from any point in the Mahanoy or Middle Coal Field, so as to connect the same with, and afford an outlet for, the products thereof, to the market in the city of Philadelphia, without the use of inclined planes, and for the purpose of laying down a railroad track or tracks thereon, and the extension thereof, and the construction of lateral branches, as shall be hereinafter provided.

Tolle.

Section 3. That the Middle Coal Field tunnel and railroad company, hereby created, shall have authority to charge a rate of toll, for the passage through their said tunnel of coal, iron and other merchandise, not exceeding twenty cents per ton, and

for each passenger, not exceeding twenty-five cents each; and Further powers. that said company shall further have the power and authority

to make such special contract or contracts as they shall deem expedient or proper, with any or all the owners of real estate through whose property the tunnel of said company may pass, and which shall be developed as a mineral estate thereby, so as to secure the development of the coal and other mineral de posits of any or all of such real estate, and the water drainage of the same, and to stipulate for and receive from any such owner or owners, respectively, any tonnage or other compensation that may be agreed upon, to be paid as the coal or other minerals shall be mined, or to be paid for in a gross sum, as may be agreed upon with any or all of said owners, respectively, as aforesaid, as well as to stipulate for and to make all such necessary or proper arrangements as shall promote the rapid developing and mining of said real estate, or any part thereof, as aforesaid; and to contract further with such owners, respectively, for the outlet for the coal or other minerals taken from said real estate, or any part thereof, through said tunnel, or any part

thereof, at such rate per ton above the sum of twenty cents, as Proviso. aforesaid, as may be agreed upon : Provided however, That if

said company, and said owner or owners, as aforesaid, shall de sire to contract so as to secure the development of their said lands or real estate, and to provide that a compensation per ton, or otherwise, may be secured to said company for all coal or other minerals mined or taken from said lands or real estate, and which it may be stipulated shall pass through the whole or any part of the tunnel of said company, or over any portion of the works of said company, it shall and may be lawful for said company to loan or pay to said owner or owners, respectively, such sum of money or amounts of capital stock as may be agreed upon as a compensation for the purposes aforesaid, and for the erection of machinery, fixtures and other improvements on said lands by said owner or owners, respectively, necessary or conve nient in the development or working of the same, and to stipulate and require that all such coal and other minerals which are taken from said lands shall pay to said company such compensation per ton, or otherwise, as may be agreed upon; and that all contracts or agreements, entered into in pursuance of the provisions of this section, shall be regarded as covenants running with the land, and upon being recorded in the proper recording office in Schuylkill and Northumberland counties, respectively, shall be regarded as notice to all purchasers of said lands, who shall thereafter take and hold the same, subject to

the covenants aforesaid. May extend road Section 4. That said company may extend their railroad so as to connect through said tunnel any distance, in a north-westerly direction, with Sunbury and Erie railroad so as to connect with the road of the Philadelphia and Sunbury

railroad company, and in a south-easterly or southerly direction, so as to connect with any other railroad, as well as with any canal, that will thus give a connection with the city of Philadel.

phia, and with authority to make as many branches as shall be deemed expedient by said company, not exceeding six miles in length; and that said company shall have all the power and authority to enter upon and take lands, and provide for payments of damages, as is provided for by the general railroad laws of this commonwealth.

E. B. CHASE,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
M. M'CASLIN,

Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED—The eighth day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four.

WM. BIGLER.

APPENDIX-1858.

No. 654.

A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT

To an act to incorporate the Lackawanna and Susquehanna Railrcad

company.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represente tatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly

met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Corporate rights the purchasers at any legal sale made under the bonds, mort. of purchasers at

gages, or coupons for interest on said bonds, which are secured any legal sale, relative to. by said mortgages, made by the Lackawanna railroad company

of the lands, railroad and franchises of the said company, as de scribed in said mortgages, shall be entitled to all the corporate rights and powers conferred by law upon said company; and the said purchasers may arrange the stock to be by them held in said company, not exceeding twenty thousand shares of fifty dollars per share, according to the interests held by said pur

chasers therein. Succeeding com.

SECTION 2. That the company thus succeeding to said corpopany, rights of, rate rights, shall be governed and controlled by, and be subject

to all the provisions of the laws relating to the said LackaProviso. wanna railroad company: Provided, That the officers of said

company may be resident of any other state, and that said com.

pany shall at no one time have a floating debt of more than ten Proviso. per cent. upon the amount of their stock : And provided further,

That said company shall pay all debts of the Lackawanna rail. road company due to miners, laborers and employees of said company, and for materials, goods and provisions furnished, for carrying on the business of said company, and all debts contracted to persons resident in the county of Luzerne, whether secured by the notes and acceptances or by judgments against

said company; Corporate powers Section 3. That upon such sale and conveyance of said lands, vested in pur. railroad and franchises aforesaid, the corporate powers vested ebssern.

in the stockholders of the Lackawanna railroad company sball

cease and determine, and be vested in the purchasers aforesaid, Name obanged. by the name, style and title of " The Grassy Island coal and Proviso railroud company:" Provided, That nothing herein contained

shall be construed 10 iinpair the rights of the said Lackawanna railroad company, to bold, sell and convey any lands and pro

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