When interest to Section 7. That on and after the first day of January, in each be paid to stosk. year, the treasurer of the Library hall company shall pay over holders. to the stockholders, pro rata, the sum of money which shall have been received during the preceding year, for interest from the Mercantile Library and Mechanics' Institute. Reservation. Section 8. That the legislature hereby reserves the right to repeal, alter or amend this act, in such manner as shall do no injustice to the corporators. W. C. A. LAWRENCE, Speaker of the House of Representatires. JNO. CRESSWELL, JR., Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED— The eighteenth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine. WM. F. PACKER. No. 666. AN ACT To change the name of the Keystone Lancers. SIMEON B. CHASE, JNO. CRESSWELL, Jr., Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The nineteenth day of March, Anno Domini one ihousand eight hundred and fifty-nine. WM. F. PACKER. No. 667. AN ACT a To incorporate the village of Corsica, in the county of Jefferson, into a borough, 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 village of Corsica, in Jefferson county, and the territory ad- Boundaries, jacent thereto, comprised within the following boundaries, to wit: Beginning on the county line dividing Clarion and Jefferson, at the south-west corner of Samuel Hindman's farm ; thence souch eighty-eight and a half degrees east by lands of Samuel, Hindman and Samuel Willson one hundred and ninety-four perches to a post; thence south fifty-one and a half degrees east by land of Samuel Willson eighty-four perches to a post; thence south one and a half degrees west by land of William H. Barr one hundred and thirty-two perches to a post; thence north eighty-eight and a half degrees west by land of Ledwick and others two hundred and sixty perches to a post on county line; thence along said line north one degree east one hundred and eighty-two perches to the place of beginning, containing two hundred and eighty-six acres and five perches, be and the same is hereby erected into a borough, to be called the borough of Corsica, and shall enjoy the privileges, and be subject to the limitations and restrictions not herein otherwise provided for by the general laws of this commonwealth relating to boroughs. SECTION 2. That said borough shall form a separate election Separate clec, school and school district. district. Section 3. That the qualified electors of said borough shall, Annual borough on the fourth Friday of March next, and on the day established olection, when and where held. by law for township elections in Union township, Jefferson county, every year thereafter, meet at the school house in said borough, and then and there, between the hours of one and six o'clock in the afternoon, elect, by ballot, one reputable person to be styled burgess, and four other persons to be members of Officers. the town council, one assessor and two assistant assessors, when required by the laws of this commonwealth, one justice of the peace, one person for constable, who shall act as high constable, one judge and two inspectors of elections; and at the first election, six school directors, two to serve for one year, two for tivo years, and two for three years, and two school directors annually thereafter, to serve for three years; all of which said officers must be citizens of said borough, and have resided therein at Qualification of least six months next preceding such election; the said election oficers. shall be conducted in the same manner as is provided for the election of township officers of this commonwealth, except that the certificates of the election of burgess, councilmen and school directors, shall be filed among the records of the corporation: Provided, That the officers elected at the first election to be held Proviso. under this act, shall hold their respective offices only until their successors shall be duly qualified to act. First election. Section 4. That the first election under this act shall be held by a judge and two inspectors, to be chosen by the qualified electors of said borough present at the opening of the election; and the inspectors thus chosen shall each appoint a clerk; and the constable of Union township is hereby required to attend at the school house of said borough, on the said fourth Friday of March next, at one o'clock in the afternoon, and open said election, and to give at least five days' previous notice, by at least five written Proviso. advertisements, in said borough: Provided, That if the said con stable should fail to be present at the time aforesaid, the said election may be opened by any qualified elector of said borough. Care of the poor. Section 5. The burgess and town council of said borough shall have the care of the poor of said borough, and all the powers and duties of overseers of the poor shall be exercised and performed by them, subject to such penalties for neglect of duty as is provided by the laws of this commonwealth for the care of the poor. Samuel Tind. Section 6. That the farm and premises of Samuel Hindman, man's farm to be in Union township, Jefferson conty, and which joins said boschool purposes. rough on the north, be attached to the borough for school por poses, and that the same be subject to the same taxation for the purposes aforesaid, as other property in the borough of Corsica is now subject. School directors, SECTION 7. That the school directors elected under this act duties of, &c. shall perform the same duties, and possess the like powers, in all respects, as school directors elected agreeably to the general laws of this commonwealth ; and those first elected shall, immediately after their election, cause to be made an enumeration of the taxable inhabitants of said borough, and the president of the board of directors shall certify the same to the superintendent of the common schools, who is hereby directed to adopt the number of taxables, so certified, as a basis of distribution to said borough of its share of the state appropriation. Section 8. That the corporation aforesaid shall have power to purchase and hold such real and personal estate as the purposes of the borough shall require, not exceeding the yearly value of one thousand dollars, and to convey the same, when the interest of the borough will be promoted by it. SIMEON B. CHASE, JNO. CRESSWELL, JR., Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED— The twenty-second day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine. WM. F. PACKER. Real estate. No. 669. AN ACT Changing the name of Prescott Packard Peck. WHEREAS, Daniel B. Packard and Celestia, his wife, of the borough of West Greenville, in the county of Mercer, having by consent of and agreement with Orrin Peck and Priscilla, his wife, of the same place, adopted Prescott Packard Peck, son of said Orrin and Priscilla, and being desirous that he should enjoy all the rights and privileges as if he were their own child; 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 the name of said Prescott Packard Peck be and hereby is changed to Daniel Prescott Packard, by which name he shall henceforth be called and known, and by that name shall be able and capable, in law, of suing and being sued, grant, receive, take and inherit any estate, real and personal, and to do all other acts as effectually as if he had always been known by that name; and that the said Daniel Prescott Packard shall be ntitled to have and enjoy all the rights and privileges to which he would be entitled if he were a child of said Daniel B. and Celestia Packard; and that the said Daniel Prescott Packard shall be able and capable, in law, to take, hold, inherit and possess, pass and transmit all and every estate, real and personal whatsoever, of the said Daniel B. and Celestia Packard, and to all intents and purposes as if he were a child born of the said Daniel B. and Celestia Packard, in lawful wedlock. W. C. A. LAWRENCE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JNO. CRESSWELL, JR., Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED— The twenty-third day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine. WM. F. PACKER. No. 669. AN ACT Corporators. Style. Powen. Gan to be supplied. To incorporate the Uniontown Gas and Water Company. Section 1. Beit enacted by the Senate and House of Represente tives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Eleazor Robinson, John K. Ewing, Ellis B. Dawson, William Skiles, Daniel Dawner, John S. Harrah, Daniel Kaine, Ewing Brownfield, John W. Barr, and their successors and associates, be and the same are hereby made and constituted a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of the Uniontown gas and water company, and by the said name, they and their successors shall and may have perpetual succession, and shall be, in law, capable of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded in all courts and judicatories whatever, and also of contracting and being contracted with, relative to the business and objects of said corporation as hereinafter declared ; and they and their successors may have a common seal, and may change and alter the same at pleasure; and shall have power to lease and purchase, in fee simple, or otherwise, such real estate as may be necessary for carrying on the business of said corporation, and in their corporate name to borrow money, and to make and execute obligations for the liabilities created in the transaction of said business of the corporation. Section 2. That the said corporation shall hare exclusive authority to supply with gas light or water the borough of Uniontown and its vicinity, in the county of Fayette, and such persons, partnerships and corporations, residing therein, as may desire the same, at such price as may be agreed on; and also to make and erect, within or adjacent to said borough, the neces. sary buildings, machinery and apparatus for manufacturing and distributing the same, with the right to enter upon any public street, lane, alley or highway, for the purpose of laying down pipes, altering, inspecting and repairing the same, doing as little damage to said streets, lanes, alleys or highways, and impairing the free use thereof as little as possible. Section 3. That the capital stock of said corporation shall be thirty thousand dollars, to be divided into shares of twenty fire dollars each, and may be increased from time to time, not to exceed seventy thousand dollars, as the managers thereof shall deem necessary; for all of which stock certificates shall be issued, signed by the president and countersigned by the secretary, and sealed with the common seal of said corporation, which certificates shall be transferable only by the owner thereof, or by attorney, duly authorized for that purpose, in the presence of the president or secretary, in a book kept for that purpose by said corporation : Provided, That a majority of the managers are satisfied said transfer shall be made. Capita stock. Proviso. |