Theodore Strong, Miles Jacobs, R. D. Lacoe and David More gan be and they are hereby appointed commissioners, and ther. or a majority of them, are hereby authorized to carry into effect the establishment of a gas company, to be located within the boroughs of Pittston and West Pittston, and county of Luzerne, under the name, style and title of the Pittston gas company, with a capital stock of thirty thousand dollars, to be divided into shares of twenty-five dollars each ; to be organized, man aged and governed as provided by an act, entitled “An Act to provide for the incorporation of gas and water companies," ap proved the eleventh day of March, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, and be subject to all the restrictions and prorisions, together with all the immunities, contained in said aet.

W. C. A. LAWRENCE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JNO. CRESS WELL, JE.,

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

WM. F. PACKER.

No. 705.

AN ACT

To incorporate the Harrisburg Park Association, in Dauphin county,

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, Tha! Corporators. William H. Kepner, D. J. Unger, William Metzger, Richard

Fox, Anthony King, John H. Ziegler, B. G. Peters, Philip Lion,
Wm. F. Murray, Fred’k P. Haehnlin, Isaac G. Updegrove, H.
W. Hoffman and John Hoffer, their associates and successors,

be and they are hereby created a body politic and corporate, in Style.

law, by the name, style and title of the Harrisburg park associa.

tion, and by that name shall sue and be sued, and shall generally Powers. possess the powers and privileges of a corporation, with power

to purchase, hold, sell, transfer or lease real or personal property

in their corporate capacity. Objects and pur.

SECTION 2. That the object of said association shall be to pro. poses.

vide, keep and maintain, in the county of Dauphin, grounds and other real and personal estate, of a net yearly value not exceeding five thousand dollars, suitable for gymnastic and other healthiul and amusing exercises, and to hold exhibitions in the manner here. tofore exercised by the state and county agricultural societies,

bers.

for the improvement of the breed of horses, cattle and live stock
generally, under such arrangements as may be prescribed by the
board of directors; and to offer and pay such premiums, for
stock so exhibited, and their performances, as they may deem
necessary to promote the object of said exhibitions: Provided, Proviso.
That the right of admission to such exhibitions shall be confined
to the annual subscribers, authorized by this act, and to all other
persons, on such terms as may be prescribed by the by-laws.

Section 3. That so much of the profits of said association as Profits and divishall be deemed expedient by the directors, shall, from time to dends

, relative time, be divided among the stockholders; but no dividend shall be declared which will impair the capital stock of said association.

Section 4. That the capital stock of said association shall be Capital stock. five thousand dollars, divided into shares of twenty-five dollars each, with the privilege of increasing the same to any amount not exceeding twenty thousand dollars: Provided, That two- Proviso. thirds of the stockholders consent to the same.

Section 5. That at all meetings or elections, held by said association, the scale of voting shall be as follows: each shall en• Votes. title a member to one vote per share of stock held, and stockholders shall have the privilege of voting by proxy, given to stockholders in the association, at all elections for members and officers.

Section 6. That said association to have annual subscribers, Annual subscri. not exceeding one thousand in number, each of whom shall

pay to the treasurer thereof such sum as may be prescribed by the board of directors: Provided, That no person shall be received Proviso. as a subscriber under the provisions of this act, without the approbation of the board of directors; and the privileges of a subscriber shall at all times be subject to such rules and regulations as the board of directors may from time to time adopt.

Section 7. That the officers of the association shall consist officers. of a president, a board of nine directors, a secretary and a treasurer, who shall be elected by ballot, at such time and place, and in such manner as shall be prescribed by the corporators or by-laws.

SECTION 8. That no public or private road or alley of any kind No public road or shall be laid out or opened in or through the grounds or enclo- alleyto be opened

through grounds. sures, occupied by this association for the exhibition of cattle, horses or other live stock, without the consent of two-thirds of the stockholders thereto.

SECTION 9. That the said association shall have the right and Further powers. power to enact and enforce by-laws, prohibiting all prize fighting, betting, gambling of any description, selling, bringing or using intoxicating drinks upon or near the premises of the as. sociation, and to eject from the premises all persons committing these or any other nuisance or disorder : Provided further, That Proviso. the provisions of this section shall apply to any person or per. sons who shall erect or keep stands, or offer for sale or exhibit any description of articles, near the said premises, which may be deemed injurious to their exhibitions.

Section 10. That every original subscriber shall be a member, Membership. but no transfer of stock shall confer the right of membership upon the transferee, or entitle him to vote at any meeting or

election of said association, except' such transfer shall be approved of by the board of directors, in such manner as the by

laws shall provide. Further powers.

Section 11. That the board of directors of said association shall have the power to assess upon each share of stoek a sum not exceeding five dollars per annum; and if the same shall not be paid at such time as the board of directors may direct, the privilege of membership of the defaulting member shall be suspended until his assessments shall be paid ; and if said assessment shall not be paid within one year after it shall have become due, then the share or shares of stock, on which said assessment

remains due and unpaid, may be forfeited by the board of direcProviso. tors, and sold for the benefit of the association : Provided, That

at least thirty days' notice shall be given of such assessment, and at least sixty days' notice to a defaulting member, before any sale shall be made.

Section 12. That the members of said association shall bare

the right, at the first or any subsequent meeting, to establish By-laws. and enforce such by-laws for the government of the association,

as they may deem expedient, which by-laws shall not be ineonsistent with the constitution of the United States, the constitu

tion of this state, or the provisions of this act. Commissioners to Section 13. That William H. Kepner, John H. Ziegler and receive subscrip. Philip Linn, shall be and are hereby appointed commissioners to

open books and obtain subscriptions to the stock of said association, at such time and place and under such regulation, as they may deem expedient.

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

Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The fourteenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.

WM. F. PACKER.

No. 706.

AN ACT

To incorporate the Spring Garden Fire Engine Company, of the city of

Philadelphia. 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 all and every the persons who shall, at the time of the passage of this act, be members of the association called the Spring Garden fire engine company, in the city of Philadelphia, and such

Corporators.

as shall hereafter be associated with them, shall be and they are
hereby created and declared to be one body politic and corpo-
rate, by the name, style and title of the Spring Garden fire en-Style.
gine company; and by the same name shall sue and be sued,
plead and be impleaded, in all courts of record or elsewhere; Powers.
and to purchase, receive, have, hold and enjoy, to them and to
their successors, lands, tenements, rents, annuities, franchises,
hereditaments, goods and chattels, of what nature, kind or qual-
ity soever, real, personal or mixed, or choses in action, and the
same, from time to time, to sell, grant, alien, mortgage, demise,
lease or dispose of: Provided, That the clear yearly value or Proviso.
income of the real or personal estate of the said corporation
shall not exceed the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000 ;) and
also to make and have a common seal, and the same to break,
alter and renew at pleasure; and also to ordain, establish and
put in execution such by-laws and ordinances and regulations
as shall appear necessary and convenient for the government of
said corporation, not being contrary to this charter, or to the
constitution and laws of the United States or this common-
wealth ; and generally to do all and singular the matters and
things which to them it shall lawfully appertain to do for the
well being of said corporation, and the due management and
ordering the affairs thereof.

SECTION 2. That the following shall be the fundamental arti. Articles of corpocles of the said corporation:

ration. Article I. The object of this company shall be the promotion of public good by the extinguishment of fires.

Article II. The funds of the company shall be appropriated to no other objects than those for which the association was instituted.

Article III. The legislature reserves the right to amend or alter this charter at any time hereafter; and the same shall not, directly or indirectly, be considered as conferring any other privileges than as a fire company.

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

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

WM. F. PACKER.

No. 707.

AN ACT

To incorporate the Elm Tree Fire Insurance Company, to be located in the

city of Philadelphia. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen. tatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, Thai John B. Myers, S. Morris Waln, Robert Ewing, Paul T. Jones, William Trimble, Stephen Coulter and Gilbert S. Sterling are hereby appointed commissioners, who, or any five of whom, are authorized and empowered, from and after the passage of this act, to establish an insurance company, by the name and title of the Elm Tree fire insurance company, to be located in the city of Philadelphia, with a capital stock of one hundred thousand dollars, divided into shares of twenty-five dollars each, with the right to increase said capital at any time to five hundred thousand dollars; and to be organized and managed according to the provisions of an act to provide for the incorporation of insurance companies, approved the second day of April, Addo Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, and shall be limited to risks designated in the first class, in the seventh section of said act, with the right to transact its business upon the mutual principle, in connection with its capital stock, as aforesaid.

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

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

WM. F. PACKER.

No. 708.

AN ACT

To incorporate the Wilkesbarre and Kingston Passenger Railway Company.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen. tatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That