No. 331. AN ACT For the relief of William Johnston, James Hepburn and E. G. Heylman. 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 canal commissioners are hereby authorized and instructed to examine the claims of William Johnston, James Hepburn and E. G. Heylman, for work done on section twenty-two, Tioga line of the North Branch division of the Pennsylvania canal, and report the amount due, if any, to the legislature. APPROVED-The seventh day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine. WM. F. JOHNSTON. No. 832. A SUPPLEMENT To an act to incorporate the Whitemarsh and Plymouth turnpike road company, passed the eighth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight. WHEREAS, By the act to incorporate the Whitemarsh and Plymouth turnpike road company the road is required to be twenty-five feet in width, to be composed of limestone, or marble stone when the same is to be had: And whereas, Such width will be very expensive, and not required by the travel, and the depth of stone required is one foot in depth, which depth is insufficient on part of the road; therefore, in order to improve the said road, 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 said road, if made twenty-two feet wide, instead of twenty-five feet wide, a good and substantial road, to be composed of limestone or marble stone, when the same is to be had, well broken and firmly compacted together, and the depth of stone, on the mile nearest the Schuyl 2 kill, to be eighteen inches instead of twelve inches in depth; said company may be permitted to collect toll as is directed by the act of the eighth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight. APPROVED-The seventh day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine. WM. F. JOHNSTON. No. 333. A SUPPLEMENT To an act, entitled "An Act authorizing the governor to incorporate the Williams Valley railroad and mining company, in Dauphin and Schuylkill counties," passed the twenty-fifth day of May, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine. 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 president and directors of the Williams Valley railroad and mining Authorized to company, shall be authorized to borrow on loan any sum, not exceeding borrow money. fifteen thousand dollars, for the purpose of constructing railroads; and to secure the payment of the same, the president of said company, by a resolution of the board, approved by the stockholders holding a majority of the stock, shall execute and deliver to the person or persons May mortgage who may loan to said company, a mortgage upon the lands of said com- their lands. pany, securing to said persons their debts and interest, agreeably to the time stipulated between the parties. stock, &c. SECTION 2. That the president and directors of the said company Power to levy shall have power to levy and assess, from time to time, under the au- and assess any thority of the stockholders as aforesaid, upon the several shares of stock sum or sums of of the said company in the hands of the owner or owners of the same, money not exsuch, sum or sums of money, not exceeding one dollar per share per several shares ceeding, &c., on annum, as may be necessary to pay debts, taxes, and defray the ex- of penses of said company; and in case any of the person or persons holding stock in said company, shall neglect or refuse to pay any such sum or sums as may be assessed by the board of directors upon their several shares of stock, after sixty days' notice of such assessment, published in two newspapers, one in the city of Philadelphia, and one in the borough of Harrisburg, the board shall have the right to forfeit such stock to the company, and to offer the same again for sale if they should think proper: Provided, That if any person or persons hold- Proviso. ing any of the stock of the aforesaid company which may have been forfeited, shall come forward, within six months after the forfeiture, and Proviso. pay to the treasurer of the said company the amount of the assessment which had been levied on his or her stock, and for which the same had been forfeited, together with one per cent. per month interest on the same, the said stock shall be forthwith re-transferred to such owner or owners upon the books of the said company: And provided further, That all stockholders who have heretofore made advances for said company, shall be entitled to a credit on the books of the company for the same, and shall be paid out of the moneys in the treasury of the said company. SECTION 3. That this act shall not go into effect until the assent, in When this act to writing, of three-fourths of the stockholders in number and interest go into effect. shall be obtained thereto. WILLIAM F. PACKER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEORGE DARSIE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The seventh day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine. WM. F. JOHNSTON. Corporators. No. 334. AN ACT To incorporate the Hebrew education society 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 Solomon Solis, Simon Elfelt, Abraham Hart, Moses A. Dropsie, Solomon N. Carvalho, Isidore Binswanger, Marcus Cauffman, Lewis J. Cohen, Simon M. Klosser, Jacob Langsdorff, Isaac Leeser, Moses Nathans, Joseph Newhouse, Hyman Polock, Julius Stern, Herman Van Beil, Abraham S. Wolf, Lewis M. Allen, Mayer Arnold, Simon W. Arnold, David Barnett, Leon Berg, A. J. H. Bernal, Bernard Blum, Myer D. Cohen, Julius Davidson, Zadock A. Davis, Henry De Boer, Solomon Eckstein, David Eger, William Florance, P. Freidenberg, Solomon Gans, J. Geissenberg, M. Gertsley, Jacob Gumpel, Selig Hohenfels, Aaron Isaacs, Solomon Isaacs, Julius Jacobs, Israel Jacobs, B. Klein, Henry Lazarus, David Levin, N. E. Nelson, Joseph A. Levy, George Phillips, Michael Reinhard, Joseph Schoneman, M. Seidenbach, Henry Simson, David H. Solis, Myer Sternberger, L. Sulzberger, David Van Beil, Simon Sternberger, Moses Vanderslice, Abraham Wolff, Isaac Tassner and doctor Samuel Wolf, and all and every other person or persons who shall hereafter become members of the Hebrew education society of Philadelphia, be and are hereby created and made a corporation or body politic and corporate, by the name and style of The Hebrew education society of Philadelphia," and Style. SECTION 2. The object and design of the said corporation shall be the establishment of a school or schools within the limits of the city and county of Philadelphia, in which are to be taught the elementary branches of education, together with the sciences and modern and ancient languages, always in combination with instruction in Hebrew language, literature and religion, in the manner that may be determined from time to time, by the proper officers of the society, and as the same may be set forth in their constitution, by-laws and school regulations: Provided, Said constitution, by-laws and regulations are not inconsistent with this charter, or with the constitution of the United States, or the constitution and laws of this commonwealth. Object. Proviso. May establish a superior seminary SECTION 3. It shall also be lawful for said corporation to establish, whenever their funds will permit the same to be done, a superior seminary of learning within the limits of this commonwealth, the faculty of of learning. which seminary shall have power to furnish its graduates and others, the usual degrees of bachelor of arts, master of arts and doctor of law and divinity, as the same is exercised by other colleges established in this commonwealth. SECTION 4. The society shall have power to adopt a constitution and By-laws. make by-laws, and the same to amend, alter or repeal at pleasure. SECTION 5. The said society shall not at any time have, hold, enjoy Clear yearly inor receive a clear yearly income exceeding twelve thousand dollars, come not to exwithout first obtaining authority from the legislature of this common- ceed $12,000. wealth. SECTION 6. The legislature shall have power at any time when the privileges hereby granted shall appear injurious to the public, to repeal, Reservation. alter or amend this act; but no such repeal, alteration or amendment shall affect any engagement to which the said corporation shall have become a party previous thereto; and in case of such repeal, the said corporation shall have a reasonable time to bring their accounts to a final settlement and termination. APPROVED-The seventh day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine. WM. F. JOHNSTON. No. 335. AN ACT To incorporate York Springs and Berlin turnpike road 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 Commissioners. William Wolf, C. Spangler, C. J. Deninger, B. Hildebrand, J. B. Backman, Samuel King, J. W. Krafft, George King, D. Mellinger, Arnold Gardner, Daniel Sheffer, Thomas Stephens, George Swartz, H. B. Raber and J. S. Hildebrand, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to open books, receive subscriptions and organize a company by the name, style and title of "The York Springs and Berlin turnpike road company," with power to construct a turnpike road, commencing at a point on the Carlisle and Hanover turnpike, at or near Philip Myers' tavern, in Adams county, by the town of Berlin, Subject to all the to a point on the Gettysburg and York turnpike, at or near Stambaugh's provisions and tavern, in York county, subject to all the provisions and restrictions of an act regulating turnpike and plank road companies, approved the twenty-sixth of January, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine. Style. restrictions of a certain act. Capital stock. Commencement and completion of road. SECTION 2. The capital stock of said company shall consist of four hundred shares at fifty dollars each. SECTION 3. That if said company shall not commence the construction of this road within three years, and complete the same within seven years from the passage of this act, then it shall be null and void, except so far as the same may be necessary to wind up the affairs and pay debts of the company. WILLIAM F. PACKER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEORGE DARSIE, Speaker of the Senate. the APPROVED-The seventh day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine. WM. F. JOHNSTON. |