hereby extended to the twentieth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four. W. C. A. LAWRENCE, Speaker of the House of Represent atires. JNO. CRESSWELL, JR., Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED—The tenth day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine. WM. F. PACKER. No. 658. A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT To the act to incorporate the Erie City Railroad Company, approved the sixth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and fitty-three. 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 term within which the Erie City railroad company shall complete and open their road for use, shall be and the same is hereby extended for the term of four years from the passage of this act. W: C. A. LAWRENCE, Speaker of the Senate APPROVED—The tenth day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine. WM. F. PACKER. No. 659. AN ACT To incorporate the Union Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Montgomery county. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen. tatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Asser:bly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Richard Roberts, William M. Buckman, Henry P. Birchall, Ja- SIMEON B. CHASE, JNO. CRESSWELL, JR., Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED—The twenty-third day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine. WM. F. PACKER. No. 660. AN ACT To incorporate the North-West Portage 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 A. S. Arnold, T. L. Kane, A. I. Wilcox, Sobiesk Ross, T. B. Commissioners. Overton, A. G. Olmstead, Joseph Mann and C. J. Medberry, or any six of them, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to open books, receive subscriptions, and organize a company, by the name, style and title of the North West Portage Style. railroad company, with all the powers, and subject to all the subject to. provisions and restrictions prescribed by an act, entitled “ An Act regulating railroad companies,” approved the nineteenth day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, except as may be herein otherwise provided. Section 2. That the said company shall have power to con- Route. struct a railroad from a point upon the Allegheny river, in the ney, &c. township of Eldred, in the county of M’Kean, to the Sunbury and Erie railroad, in the county of M'Kean aforesaid, by such route or routes as to the president and directors shall seem best, May construct with the privilege to construct such lateral roads or branches, branch roads. in the counties of M'Kean, Elk and Potter, as they may deen necessary for the transportation of the products of said counties, and to connect the said road with any other adjacent rail road in this commonwealth. Capital stock. Section 3. That the capital stock of said company shall be five hundred thousand dollars, divided into shares of one burdred dollars each, with privilege to increase the same, from time to time, to an amount sufficient to complete their road, and provide the same with all the necessary cars, locomotives, ma chinery, depots, water stations, &c. May borrow mo- Section 4. That the president and directors of the said com pany may borrow money, to an amount not exceeding three hundred thousand dollars, and issue their bonds therefor, either with or without coupons, in sums not less than one hundred dollars each, and secure the payment of the principal and interest of said bonds by a mortgage or mortgages on the road, property and franchises of the said company; and the said president and directors may make the said bonds convertible into stock, at par, if such course shall be deemned advantageous to the company. May create pre Section 5. That the president and directors of the said comferred stock. pany shall have power to create, by resolution of the board, a preferred stock, to the amount of two hundred thousand dollars ; said stock to bear such interest as the board may determine, pot exceeding six per centum per annum; and to issue certificates of said stock to parties entitled thereto, obligating said company to the regular semi-annual payment of said interest, in preference to and before payments shall be made to the other stock. holders. Mineral lands Section 6. That the said commissioners named in the first may be taken for section of this act shall have power, respectively, each and every stock from com- of them, to subscribe any amount of their mineral lands or min . eral rights in lands, not exceeding ten thousand acres, at a price to be agreed upon by said commissioners, and not to exceed twenty dollars per acre, and to be incorporated as capital stoek of the said company. W. C. A. LAWRENCE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JNO. CRESSWELL, Jr., Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The first day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine. WM. F. PACKER. No. 661. AN ACT To incorporate the Mount Olivet Cemetery Association of York county. The persons hereinafter named, with others, have Preamble. 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 Daniel Q. Albright, G. W. Welsh, Horatio W. Emmert, Wil- Corporators. liam Wirt, F. M. Baughman, Joseph Slagle, Henry Kurtz, L. F. Melsheimer and James I. Naille, with such other persons as they may associate with them, and their successors, be and they are hereby created a body politic and corporate, in law, by the name, style and title of the Mount Olivit cemetery association, and by Style. that name shall have perpetual succession, and to be able to sue and be sued, in any court of law or equity; and may have and use a common seal, and the same at their pleasure alter and re. Seal. new; and shall have power to purchase, have, hold and enjoy, to them and their seccessors, any real estate which they may purchase in the vicinity of Hanover for such cemetery: Pro. Proviso. vided, That the whole quantity of real estate, to be held by them as a corporation, shall not exceed twenty-five acres; and the said corporation shall have authority to receive gifts or bequests, for the purpose of ornamenting or improving said cemetery, and to hold personal property, such as may be deemed necessary to carry out the pbject of this act. Section 2. That the affairs of said corporation shall be con- Managers, elecducted by nine managers, who shall be elected by a majority of tion of. the votes of the members of the corporation, on the first Monday of January of each year; and in case no election shall be held at the time aforesaid, the officers of the preceding year shall continue in office until an election shall be held ; the said managers shall fill all vacancies which may occur in their own Vacancies, how body, by selecting a lot-holder to fill such vacancy; and shall filled. have power to lay out and ornament the grounds purchased for Duties and pow. said cemetery ; to erect such buildings thereon as may be proper ers of managers. and necessary for the enjoyment of the same; to lay out, sell and dispose of burial lots; to appoint all necessary officers, and fix their several duties and compensations; and to make such by-laws, rules and regulations as they may deem proper for conducting the affairs of the corporation, for the government of lot-holders and visitors to the cemetery, and for the transfer of lots and the evidence thereof; and each of said board of managers, each year elected as aforesaid, shall, as soon after said election as may be, organize themselves by electing from their Votes. Officers. own number a president, a secretary and a treasurer, whose ser eral duties shall be such as the by-laws shall prescribe; the treasurer shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, gire adequate and approved security for the faithful discharge of his duties, in such sum as may from time to time be fixed by the board. Purpose for Section 3. That ever lot conveyed in said cemetery shall be which lots are to held by the proprietor for the purpose of sepulture alone, transbe held. ferable with the consent of the board of managers, and shall not be subject to attachment or execution. Conveyance of SECTION 4. That a certificate under seal of the corporation, of lots, relative to. the ownership of any lot, shall in all respects have the same effect as any conveyance from the said corporation, of such lots, would have if executed, acknowledged and recorded as convey. ances of real estate are required to be. Corporators to Section 5. That the corporators thus created shall derire no derive no pecu• personal or pecuniary advantage or profit thereby, and shall not niary profit. receive any pay or compensation for the performance of any duties that shall devolve upon them as such ; the board of managers shall not be entitled to receive any pay or compensetion as such ; the whole proceeds of the sale of lots and other income are hereby declared and directed to be appropriated to cemetery purposes alone, and to such outlays and expenditures as are incident thereto. Section 6. That at all elections held under this act, each mem ber of the corporation, whether natural or artificial, shall be en. Proviso. titled to one vote and no more: Provided, That until an election shall be held under the provisions of this act, the persons hereby incorporated shall be managers of the corporation; any five of them shall be a quorum, capable of transacting business. No street or road Section 7. That no street, lane or alley, road or caual, of any to be opened sort, shall ever be opened through that part of the property of through. said corporation, so to be exclusively appropriated to the purProviso. poses of a cemetery: Provided, Nothing herein contained shall authorize said corporation to obstruct any public road or street, lane or alley, now actually opened and used as such. Shooting upon Section 8. That any person or persons who shall carry, shoot grounds, penalty off or discharge any gun or fire-arms, or any fire-works, within the limits of said cemetery grounds, shall be subject to the same pains and penalties as are incurred by those who hunt game in cemeteries or burial grounds, under the provisions of the act, entitled “ An Act to protect burial grounds," approved May seventh, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five. Driving over Section 9. That any person or persons who ride or drive grounds, relative over or upon any foot way or side walk, belonging to or appropriated to the use of such cemetery, whether within or without the said cemetery grounds, shall be subject to the like pains and penalties as are incurred by those who violate the preceding section. W. C. A. LAWRENCE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. INO. CRESSWELL, JR., Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The third day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine. WM. F. PACKER. to. |