entitled to have one vote for every share of stock owned by

him. Powers and duty SECTION 4. That the president and directors for the time being, of president and or a majority of them, shall have power to call for payment of

a the subscriptions to the capital stock as they may deem necessary, under the penalty to the subscribers forfeiting all previous payments, due notice thereof being given; to appoint all officers and agents to manage the business and affairs of the company; to purchase and lease property, and to erect thereon all suitable buildings and works of the company; to manufacture gas, and dispose of the same, for the purposes hereinbefore stated ; to excavate the earth, and lay pipes for gas, in the said borough and its precincts, provided no injury is done thereby, and the burgess and council of the said borough assent thereto; to receive subscriptions for the whole or any part of the capital stock remaining unsubscribed, in such manner and at such tiraes as they may deem proper; to make and pay over to the stockholders, from time to time, dividends of the net profits of the said company; to make rules, regulations and by-laws for the government of said company and its agents and officers, and to take such bonds from them for the faithful performance of their duty, as are deemed necessary; to borrow money, if required by the company, and secure the same by a mortgage on its pro

perty. Terms of officers. Section 5. That the president and directors shall continue in

office for one year, and until the election and qualification of Election, when to their successors; the election shall take place annually, on the be held.

first Monday of March, from among the stockholders, by ballot, of which due notice shall be given ; and if such election do not then take place, the said corporation shall not thereby be dissolved, but an election may be held on any other day, due dotice thereof being given in one or more of the newspapers printed

in the borough of Hanover. Stock to be Section 6. That the stock of this corporation shall be deemed deemed personal personal estate, and shall, with all the effects of the company, property.

be liable for its debts; and the stockholders individually shall Individual lia- be liable for all debts due to mechanics, laborers and workmen, bility.

and for material furnished to said company, to be sued for and recovered as provided in the twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth sections of an act incorporating the Lackawanna coal and iron company, approved April fifth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three; and the service of any judicial process on the presi

dent shall be sufficient service on the company; and the said Tax on dividends company shall pay such tax upon its capital stock and dividends.

as is now or may hereafter be required by law. Injury to works, Section 7. That if any person or persons shall injure the penalty for.

works of this corporation, they shall forfeit and pay the damages sustained therefrom, to be recovered, with costs of suit, in the name of the said corporation, before any justice of the peace

having cognizance thereof. Construction and SECTION 8. That nothing herein contained shall be construed reservation.

to give to the said company any banking privileges; and the legislature hereby reserves the right to alter, amend or repeal the charter hereby created.

SECTION 9. That this act to take effect from the day of its Whon this act to passage.

take effect.
W. C. A. LAWRENCE,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JNO. 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,

No. 673.

AN ACT

To incorporate the Trustees of the Synod of the German Reformed Church

in the United States.

WHEREAS, The ministers and elders forming the synod of the Preamble. German Reformed church in the United States, consisting of citizens of the state of Pennsylvania, and of others of the United States of America, have represented that, by donations, bequests, or otherwise, of charitably disposed persons, they are possessed of moneys for benevolent and pious purposes, and the said ministers and elders have reason to expect farther donations for similar uses, but from the scattered situation of the said ministers and elders, and other causes, the said ministers and elders find it very difficylt to manage the said funds in the way best calculated to answer the intention of the donors; 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 Rudolph F. Kelker, Thomas H. Leinbach, William Heyser, Amos Corporators. H. Kremer and Daniel W. Gross, and their successors, duly elected and appointed in manner as is hereinafter directed, be and they are hereby made, declared and constituted a corporation and body politic and corporate, to have continuance forever, by the name, style and title of “Trustees of the synod of the Style. German Reformed church in the United States ;” and by the name, style and title aforesaid, shall forever hereafter be per- Powers and privi. sons able and capable in law, as well to take, receive and hold, leges. all and all manner of lands, tenements, rents, annuities, franchises and other hereditaments which, at any time or times heretofore, have been granted, bargained, sold, enfeoffed, released, bequeathed, devised, or otherwise conveyed to or acquired by the said ministers and elders of the synod of the German Reformed church in the United States, or any other person or persons, to their use, or in trust for them; and the same lands, tenements, repts, annuities, liberties, franchises and other hero

Misnomer.

Seal.

Further powers.

By-laws.

ditaments, including personal property, are hereby vested and established in the said corporation, and their successors, forever, according to the original use and intent for which such devises, bequests, gifts and grants were respectively made; and the said corporation, and their successors, are hereby declared to be seized and possessed of such estate and estates therein as in and by the respective grants, bargains, sales, enfeoffments, release, bequests, devises and other conveyances thereof, is or are declared limited or expressed; also, that the said corporation, and their successors, at all times hereafter, shall be capable and able to purchase, have, receive, take, hold and enjoy, in fee simple, or of less estate or estates, any lands, tenements, rents, annuities, franchises and other hereditaments, by the gift, grant, bargain, sale, alienation, enfeoffinent, release, confirmation or devise of any person or persons, bodies politic and corporate, capable and able to make the same; and further, that the said ministers and elders, under the corporate name aforesaid, and their successors, may take and receive any sum or sums of money, and any portion of goods and chattels that have been given to the said ministers and elders, or that hereafter shall be given, sold, leased, devised or bequeathed to the said corporation by any person or persons, bodies politic or corporate, that is able or capable to make a gift, sale, bequest or other disposal of the same; such money, goods or chattels to be laid out and disposed of for the use and benefit of the aforesaid corporation, agreeably to the intention of the donors, and according to the objects, articles and conditions of this act.

SECTION 2. And be it further enacted by the authority afore said, That no misnomer of the said corporation, and their successors, shall defeat or annul any gift, grant, devise, bequest to or from the said corporation: Provided, The intent of the party or parties shall sufficiently appear upon the face of the gift, will, grant or other writing, whereby any estate or interest was intended to pass to or from the said corporation.

SECTION 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said corporation, and their successors, shall have full power and authority to make, have and use one common seal, with such device and inscription as they shall think fit and proper, and the same to break, alter and renew at their pleasure. SECTION 4. And be it further enacted by the authority afore said, That the said corporation, and their successors, by the name, style and title aforesaid, shall be able and capable in law to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in any court, or before any judge or justice, in all and all manner of suits, complaints, pleas, matters and demands of whatsoever nature, kind and form they may be, and all and every matter and thing to do in as full and effectual a manner as any other person or persons, bodies politic and corporate, within this commonwealth, may or can do.

SECTION 5. And be it further enacted by the authority afore said, That the said corporation, and their successors, shall be and hereby are authorized and empowered to make, ordain and establish by-laws and ordinances, and do everything incident and needful for the support and due government of the said corporation, and managing the funds and revenues thereof: Pro

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vided, The said by-laws be not repugnant to the constitution and Proviso. laws of the United States, to the constitution and laws of this commonwealth, to this act, or to the constitution, laws and regulations of the synod of the German Reformed church in the United States.

Section 6. And be it further enacted by the authority afore- Members of corsaid, That the said corporation shall consist of five persons, members of the

poration to bo neither more nor than less, who shall be members of the Ger- German Reformman Reformed church, and continue to be members of the said ed church. corporation for the term of five years each, the term of office to Terms of office. end always on the first day of January; and the said synod of the German Reformed church shall annually change one-fifth of the said board or corporation, in such manner as to the said synod shall seem proper ; but the same person may not be reelected until after he shall have ceased to be a member of the said board or corporation for at least one year: Provided how- Proviso. ever, That the aforesaid trustees, namely: Rudolph F. Kelker, Thomas H. Leinbach, William Heyser, Amos H. Kremer and Daniel W. Gross, shall continue in office as follows: One of them until the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, one until the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, one until the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and sixtythree, one until the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, and one until the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five; these different terms of office to be distributed by lot or otherwise by the said corporation among themselves, at their first meeting; and further, if the place of any member of the said corporation be made vacant, by death, resignation or otherwise, it shall be the duty of the remaining members of the said corporation, at the first meeting held at which such vacancy shall become known, to elect and appoint a person who is a member of the German Reformed church to the office of trustee, or a member of the said corporation, who shall, however, hold office only for the unexpired term of the member creating such vacancy; and the person thus elected by the said corporation shall not be re-eligible by the synod aforesaid, until after he has ceased to be a trustee for the -period of at least one year; and further, if the synod aforesaid fail, during any year, to change ope-fifth of the members of this board or corporation, then the vacancy occurring on the first day of January, according to the provisions and restrictions of this act, shall be filled by the said corporation; and the person thus elected and appointed shall be a member of the said corporation for the term of five years.

Section 7. And be it further enacted by the authority afore- Further powers said, That the corporation aforesaid shall have power and ay- and duties. thority to manage and dispose of all moneys, goods, chattels, lands, tenements and hereditaments, and other estate whatsoever, committed to their care and trust by the said synod of the German Reformed church; but in cases where special instructions for the management and disposal thereof shall be given by the said synod, in writing, under the hand of their clerk, it shall be the duty of the said corporation to act according to such instructions: Provided, The said instructions shall not be repug- Proviso.

&.

nant to the constitution and laws of the United States, or the constitution and laws of this commonwealth, or to the provisions

and restrictions in this act contained. Oficers.

Section 8. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the said corporation shall and may have a president, a vice president, who shall also be the secretary or clerk, and a treasurer; the president and vice president to be chosen by the said corporation, out of their own number, as often as they shall

see proper, and according to the rules by them to be prescribed; Treasurer to be but the treasurer to be elected annually by the said synod, from elected annually among the members of the said corporation, in such manner as

to the said synod shall seem proper; and the same person shall be re-eligible to the office of treasurer by the said synod, from year to year, so long as he continues to be a member of tbe said

corporation; and the said corporation shall have authority to Appointment of appoint such other officers and servants as shall by them, the oficers , servants, said corporation, be deemed necessary; to all which officers the

said corporation may assign such a compensation for their services, and such duties to be performed by them, to continue in office for such time, and to be succeeded by others in such way, the treasurer being excepted, conformably to the provisions of

this act, as the said corporation shall direct. Quorum. Section 9. And be it further enacted by the authority afore

said, That three members of this board or corporation, whereof the president, or in his absence the vice president, shall be one,

shall be a sufficient number to transact the business thereof, and Proviso. to make by-laws, rules and regulations: Provided, That previous

to any meeting of the board or corporation for such purposes, not appointed by adjournment, ten days' notice shall be previously given thereof, by a circular sent by mail or otherwise to

each member of the corporation. To keep regular Section 10. And be it further enacted by the authority aforeand fair entries said, 'That the said corporation shall keep regalar and fair entries of proceedings.

of their proceedings, and a just account of their receipts and disbursements, in a book or books to be provided for that purpose ; and their treasurer shall, once in every year, exhibit to the synod of the German Reformed church in the United States,

an exact state of the accounts of the corporation. Yearly income, SECTION 11. .And be it further enacted by the authority aforerelative to.

said, That the said corporation may take, receive, purchase, possess and enjoy messuages, houses, lands, tenements, rents, annuities and other hereditaments, real and personal estate of any amount, not exceeding ten thousand dollars yearly value; but the said limitations not to be considered as including the annual collections and voluntary contributions made in the churches under the care of the said synod of the German Reformed church.

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

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

WM. F. PACKER.