Section 4. That the said named persons, or a majority of Organization. them, shall, as soon as one hundred shares of stock are subscribed, give at least two weeks' previous notice, in two newspapers published in said borough, of the time and place by them appointed for the subscribers to meet, in order to organize the said company, and to choose, by a majority of votes of the said subscribers, by ballot, to be given in person or by proxy, duly authorized, six managers, to serve until their successors shall be duly elected, which shall be annually, on the first Monday in March thereafter ; and said managers shall have power to select one of their number as president, and also a secretary and Officers. treasurer, to serve for the same term; and the manner of conducting said election shall be prescribed in the by-laws of said corporation ; and at all elections the stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for such share of stock bona fide held by him, Votes. her or them, either as trustees, executors or administrators, at the time of holding said election : Provided, That in case of a Proviso. vacancy in the board of managers, the same may be supplied by an election, held by the residue of the board, until the next annual election.

Section 5. That the board of managers of this corporation Powers. shall have power to make by-laws for their own regulations, not inconsistent with the laws of this commonwealih, and shall keep minutes of their proceedings, which shall at all proper times be open to the inspection of the stockholders, and all such acts and things, for the proper regulation and government of the corporation, as they may deem necessary; they shall bave power to declare dividends of so much of the net profits of the corporation as shall appear to them to be advisable, and at such times as the by-laws may fix, which shall be paid to the stockholders, on demand, ten days after the same shall have been declared.

Section 6. That if any person or persons shall open a com. Penalty for asias munication into the gas or water pipes of the said company, gas or water with

out authority. without authority from the proper officer thereof, or shall let on the gas or water after it has been stopped by order of the company or its authorized agent, or use any gas without drawing it through the metres put up for the purpose of measuring the same, or shall put up any pipes or burners without having them inspected and approved by the proper officer appointed by the corporation to inspect at proper times and under circumstances, the pipes, metres and burners, et cetera, put up in any building, he, she or they, so offending, shall be subject to a penalty of not less than twenty nor more than eighty dollars, to be recovered before any justice of the peace, as debts under one hundred hundred dollars are recovered, one-half to go to the informer, who shall be a coinpetent witness, the other half to the company.

SECTION 7. That if any person shall wilfully or maliciously Penalty for injado or cause to be done any act or acts whatever, whereby any ry to worke. building, construction or works of said company, or any gas or water pipe, gas post or water hydrant, gas burner or reflector, or any matter or thing appertaining to the same, shall be stopped, obstructed, injured or destroyed, the person or persons, so offending, shall be considered guilty of a misdemeanor, and may

be therefor indicted in the court of quarter sessions, and on conviction thereuf shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars, or be

imprisoned for a period of time not less than ten days por more Proviso. than one year, or both, at the discretion of the court: Prorided,

That such prosecution shall in no way impair the right of said

company to a full compensation in damages by a civil suit. Payment of stock Section 8. That if any subscriber for stock to said company,

or his, her or their assigns, shall refuse or neglect to pay any instalment called for by the said company, at the place appointed, and the same shall remain unpaid for thirty days after the time appointed, he, she or they shall, in addition to the instalment called in, pay at the rate of five per centum per month for delay; and if the same shall remain so long that the penalty shall amount to the sum actually paid in by the said stockholders, it shall be in the power of the said company to forfeit said stock, and the amount paid thereon may be disposed of by the

said company as will best promote their objects. May issue cer- Section 9. That the managers of said company are hereby tificates of credit

authorized to issue certificates of credit or evidences of indebtedness for any sum or sums of money, not exceeding twenty thousand dellars at any one time, for the purpose of aiding them in the construction of their works and managing the business of the company; said certificates shall be signed by the president and attested by the secretary, and shall have such interest as may be agreed upon, not exceeding eight per centum per annum; said certificates shall be made payable at the office of the com

pany, within twenty years from the time of issuing thereof: Proviso.

Provided, That said certificates shall not issue for a less sum than one hundred dollars; and, to secure the payment of said certificates, there shall be a general mortgage given upon the real estate and all the effects of the said company, for the benefit

of such person or persons as may at any time hold certificates: Individual lia. Provided, That stockholders of said company shall be jointly bility.

and severally liable, in their individual capacities, for all debts due mechanics, workmen and laborers employed by, and for material furnished to, said company, to be sued for and collected as provided in the twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth sections of an act incorporating the Lackawanna iron and coal company, approved April fifth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three; and that the said company shall pay such taxes upon dividends as is or may be required by law.

W. C. A. LAWRENCE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JNO. CRESSWELL, JR.,

Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED--The twenty-sixth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.

WM. F. PACKER.

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No. 670.

AN ACT

To incorporate the New Castle Water 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

No. 671.

AN ACT

To incorporate the Mahanoy and Broad Mountain 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, Thal Commissioners. John M. Bickel, A. W.Juvenal and William Bowers, of the city

of Philadelphia ; and F. W. Hughes, Frank Pott, Wellington Kline, Peter Seitzinger, Jacob Huntzinger, Jr., Emanuel J. Fry, John D. Deibert and F. B. Kaercher, of the county of Schuylkill, are hereby appointed commissioners, a majority of whom

are hereby authorized to open books, receive subscriptions, and Style.

organize a company, by the name, style and title of the Mahanoy and Broad Mountain railroad company, with power and au

thority to construct a railroad, beginning at a point in Mahanoy Route.

or Butler townships, in the county of Schuylkill; thence by the most expedient and practicable route to connect with the Philadelphia and Reading railroad, or any of its tributaries, with the privilege of making lateral roads into the Mine Run, Shannan

doah, Mahanoy and New Boston coal basins, subject to all the Subject to. provisions and restrictions of the act, entitled “An Act regu

lating railroad companies," approved the nineteenth day of Feb ruary, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, so far as the same is not altered or supplied by this act ; and the said Mabanoy and Broad Mountain railroad company shall have the right subject to the provisions and restrictions of the act aforesaid, to

connect their railroad, by lateral or branch roads, with the ShaMay connect mokin Valley and Pottsville railroad, in Northumberland county, with certain

and to connect with any other railroad, constructed or to be constructed, in either of the counties aforesaid, which the said com

pany may intersect upon the line of their route. Capital stock. SECTION 2. That the capital stock of said company shall conProviso. sist of five thousand shares of fifty dollars each : Provided, That

the said company may, from time to time, by a vote of the stockholders, at a meeting called for that purpose, increase their capital stock as much as, in their opinion, may be necessary to complete and equip the suid railroad and extensions, laterals and branch roads authorized by this act, and to carry out the true intent and meaning thereof.

W. C. A. LAWRENCE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. INO. CRESSWELL, Jr.,

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

WM. F. PACKER.

other road.

No. 672.

AN ACT

To incorporate the Hanover Gas Light 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 Jacob Wirt, H. W. Emmert, F. E. Metzgar, George W. Welsh, Corporator. Stephen Keefer, Doctor John Colbertson, F. M. Baughman, Joseph E. Cremer, John R. Stine, William Grumbine, Abner W. Forney, L. F. Melsheimer, Henry Eichelberger, and all such persons as shall associate with them by becoming stockholders in the manner hereinafter provided, their successors and assigns, are hereby made and constituted a body politic and corporate, by the name, style and title of the Hanover gas light company ; Stylo. and by that name shall have perpetual succession, and shall be capable in law to sue and be sued, to plead and be impleaded, Powers. to answer and be ans

nswered, in any court of law or equity; to make and use a common seal, and to alter the same; and gen-, erally to do and perform all such acts, and make all such agreements and contracts, and to purchase, lease, hold, use and possess such lands, tenements and hereditaments, goods and chattels, as may be necessary for carrying on the manufacture of, or procuring or collecting gas or inflammable air, and preserving, using and distributing the same, as the means of lighting the public and private houses, streets, squares, lanes, alleys and other places in the borough of Hanover and its precincts, or for carrying on any manufacture necessary for converting to useful purposes the products of any substances which may be employed in making or procuring gas, and for disposing of the same, and such other powers as may be necessary to carry into effect the purposes of this act: Provided, That the said company shall not Proviso. possess or hold, at any one time, real and personal estate together, above the value of one hundred thousand dollars, without the consent of the legislature.

Section 2. That the aforenamed persons, or a majority of Subscriptions to them, may cause books to be opened at such times and places as capital stock. . they may direct, giving public notice thereof, for the purpose of receiving subscriptions to the capital stock of the said company, which shall be divided into shares of twenty dollars each, and be limited to two thousand shares.

Section 3. That as soon as four hundred shares of capital Election of oshi stock shall be subscribed as aforesaid, the persons above named, cers. or a majority of them, shall call a general meeting of the stockholders, at such time and place as they may appoint, and at such meeting the stockholders shall elect a president and four directors, by ballot, to manage the affairs of the company; each stockholder, at every election and at every voting, shall be

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