to said corporation.

vey

or

is conveyed gregation of Carmichaelstown aforesaid, or a majority of the sur vivors of them, or those to whom the same may belong, shall con make over in fee simple to the aforesaid institution or body politic, and corporate the right and title which said congregation have, or are now vested with, to a certain church or stone building in Carmichaelstown aforesaid, erected by said society as a place for worship, together with the lot of ground on which the building stands, for the use and purpose of an Academy or Schoolhouse to be under the care and direction of said institution agreeably to their offer of Donation, on condition, that the State would endow the same with a grant of money from the treasury.

Penalty on trustees not

submitting their books,

&c. to the auditors of Greene county.

SECT. VI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said trustees under the penalty of twenty dollars each, to be recovered as debts to that amount, are by law recoverable, one half for the use of the poor, who may be taught in the said institu tion, and the other half for the use of the person or persons who may sue for the same, shall annually exhibit all their books, accounts and vouchers of every kind, to the auditors of the said county of Greene, if the said auditors or any two of them shall require the same to be settled, adjusted, and published in the same manner as the accounts of the county commissioners are, or shall be by law directed to be settled, adjusted, and published. JOHN WEBER, Speaker

of the House of Representatives. P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED the twentieth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ten.

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SIMON SNYDER.

tain acts repealed.

CHAPTER CXXI.

An ACT to repeal parts of certain acts of Assembly therein mentioned, and to provide a mode of investing in stock the surplus money in the treasury and for other purposes.

SECT. I. BE E 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, Parts of cer- That so much of the following acts of Assembly, to wit: "An act to encourage the patenting lands and for other purposes," passed the fourth of April, one thousand eight hundred and five, the act entitled, "A supplement to an act entitled an act to enable the Governor of this commonwealth, to incorporate a company for opening a Canal and Lock navigation between the rivers Schuylkill and Susquehanna, by the waters of Tulpehoccon, Quittapahilla, and Swatara, in the counties of Berks and Dauphin," passed the fourth of March, one thousand eight hundred and seven, and

the act entitled "An act for the improvement of the State," passed the twenty-first March, one thousand eight hundred and eight, as authorizes and requires the Governor to invest any sum or sums of money in Bank or other stock be, and the same is hereby repealed.

SECT. II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in lieu of the provisions of the eighth Section of the act entitled, "A supplement to an act entitled, "An act to enable the Governor of this commonwealth to incorporate a company for opening a Canal and Lock navigation, between the rivers Schuylkill and Susquehanna, by the waters of Tulpehoccon, Quittapahilla andSwatara, in the counties of Berks and Dauphin," there is hereby appropriated and pledged, an amount of the stock already purchased and held by the commonwealth in the Stock of the Bank of Pennsylvania, sufficient to discharge the obligations of state in the the state expressed in the said act, and in lieu of the provisions Pennsylvaof the third and fourth sections of the act entitled, "An act for nia bank the improvement of the state," there is hereby appropriated and certain enpledged for pledged, an amount of stock held by the State in the bank afore- gagements. said, sufficient to satisfy the demands which may be made on the State treasury, under the said act.

SECT. III. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Governor be, and he is hereby authorized and required The goverfrom time to time, to sell so much of the stock hereby pledged, nor authoas will satisfy the demands which may be made under the said rized to sell acts, or to negociate a loan or loans (if in his opinion the sale of said stock or said stock will be injurious to the interest of the Commonwealth) loan. for such sum or sums of money as may be sufficient to satisfy the said demands.

negociate a

be vested in

SECT. IV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That whenever the money in the treasury shall exceed thirty Surplus mothousand dollars, the Governor is hereby authorized and required nies in the to vest the surplus in subscriptions of stock in the bank of Penn- treasury to sylvania, under the privileges reserved in the act entitled, " An stock of the act to continue an act entitled "An act to incorporate the subscri- Bank of bers to the bank of Pennsylvania, and for other purposes" pro- Pennsylvavided however, that no investment be made at any one time, of a less sum than five thousand dollars. And it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Commonwealth to give information to the Legislature from time to time, of the investments made in pursuance of this act.

JOHN WEBER, Speaker

of the House of Representatives. P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED the twentieth day of March, one thousand eight

nia.

hundred and ten.

SIMON SNYDER.

certain acts

of assembly repealed.

CHAPTER CXXII.

An ACT to repeal certain acts therein mentioned.

SECT. I. 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 following acts, to wit: The act entitled, " An act about boats and canoes;" The act entitled "An act for the appraisement of goods" The act entitled, "An act against wears cross creeks and rivers," The act entitled, " An act for ascertaining the dimensions of casks, and for the true packing of meat, for transportation," The act entitled, "The law against persons judging in their own cause," The act entitled, "An act for the destruction of black birds and crows," which said acts were passed in the year one thousand seven hundred, The act entitled, "An act for Mariners not to be trusted, passed in the year one thousand seven hundred and five," The act entitled, "An act about arrests and making debtors pay by servitude,” passed in the same year, The act entitled, "An act for the well tanning and currying of leather, and regulating of Cordwainers, and other artificers using and occupying leather within this province," passed the twenty-sixth of August, in the year one thousand seven hundred and twenty-one, The act entitled, "An act for encouraging the making of good Beer, and for the consumption of grain in this province, passed the twelfth day of May, in the year one thousand seven hundred and twenty two, and the supplement to said act passed the thirtieth day of March, one thousand seven hundred and twenty three, and the act entitled, "An act to im prove the breed of Horses, and regulate rangers, passed the ninth of May, in the year one thousand seven hundred and twenty-four, and the act entitled, "A supplement to an act entitled "An act to improve the breed of Horses, and regulate rangers," passed ninth December, one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine, and the act entitled, "A further supplement to the act entitled, " An act to improve the breed of Horses and regulate rangers," passed twenty-second April, one thousand seven hundred and ninety four, be, and the same hereby are repealed.

JOHN WEBER, Speaker

of the House of Representatives. P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate,

APPROVED the twentieth day of March, one thousand eight

hundred and ten.

SIMON SNYDER.

CHAPTER CXXIII.

A supplement to an act entitled, " An act to incorporate a company for making an artificial road from Harrisburg through "Lewistown and Huntingdon, to Pittsburg."

SECT. I. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in Ge

neral Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority

of the same, That for the purpose of making a turnpike road Commisover the Allegheny Mountain, from the south east side in sioners apHuntingdon county, in the best direction from the borough pointed. of Huntingdon to Pittsburg, to the foot of Laurel-Hill, on the west, as an important part of the great road contemplated by the act to which this is a supplement, the following persons viz. John Brown, George M'Clelland, George Mulholland and James Criswell of Mifflin county, George Anshutz, Martin Rahm, Andrew Henderson, John Blair, Lazarus Lowry, David Stewart, Thomas Provines, Michael Wallace, Lewis Mytinger, William Moore, Patrick Guinn and Samuel Steel, of Huntingdon county, Philip Benner, John Dunlap, James Harris and Benjamin Patton of Centre county, James Maloy, James Elder, James C. Maguire and Samuel White, of Cambria county, Charles Campbell, Isaac Rogers, Conrad Lintoner, Edward Howard and Samuel Talmage, of Indiana county, Nicholas Day, Nicholas Chapman, James Kelly, Jeremiah Murray and William Johnston of Westmoreland county, Nathaniel Irish, James Martin, Anthony Beelen and James Gibson of Allegheny county, shall be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners, to do and perform the duties hereinafter mentioned, viz. They shall procure a certain number of books, Who shall and in each of them, enter as follows, "We whose names are procure books. hereunto subscribed, do promise to pay the President and Managers, of the Huntingdon, Cambria and Indiana turnpike therein. road company, the sum of fifty dollars for every share by us subscribed for, in such manner and proportions, and at such times and places, as shall be determined on by the said president and managers, in pursuance of an act entitled, A supplement to an act entitled, "An act to incorporate a company for making an artificial road from Harrisburg through Lewistown and Huntingdon, to Pittsburg." Witness our hands this day of in the year of our

And enter

time and

Lord one thousand eight hundred and and shall give notice in at least, one public newspaper, printed Notice to be in the city of Philadelphia, Huntingdon, Greensburg and given of the Pittsburg, for one calendar month, of the time when the said places of books shall be opened, in the towns of Lewistown, Huntingdon, opening the Bellefont, Ebensburg, Indianatown, New-Alexandria and Pitts- books. burg, to receive subscriptions of stock, to the aforesaid company, at which respective times and places, some one or more

of the commissioners

to attend.

If said books have not the

full number

One or more of the aforesaid commissioners, shall attend and receive subscriptions from all persons of lawful age, who shall offer to subscribe in the said book, which shall be kept open for the How long to purpose aforesaid, at least six hours in every juridical day, for be kept open the space of six days, or until the book or books, shall have subscribed therein respectively as follows, viz. In Huntingdon, four hundred shares, in Bellefont, two hundred shares, in Lewistown, one hundred and fifty shares, in Ebensburg, one hundred shares, in the town of Indiana, one hundred shares, in New-Alexandria, one hundred and fifty shares, in Pittsburgh, two hundred shares, and if at the expiration of of shares the said six days, the books aforesaid, or any of them, shall subscribed not have the respective number of shares as aforesaid, therein therein subscribed, the said commissioners respectively may adjourn within 6 from time to time, and transfer the said books from place to days, they may be trans- place, until the whole number of shares for the company aforesaid, shall be subscribed, of which adjournments and Notice of transfers the commissioners aforesaid, shall give public notransferring tice, as the occasion may require, and every person offering to subscribe in any of the aforesaid books, in his, or her own, or any other name, shall previously pay to the attending commissioners three dollars for every share to be subscribed, out of which, shall be defrayed the expences attending the taking such subscriptions, and all other incidental charges, and the residue shall be paid over to the treasurer of the corporation, as soon as the same shall be organized.

ferred.

the books to

be given.
$3 to be
paid on sub-

scribing.

How appro

priated.

When 50

persons or more, shall have sub.

SECT. II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when fifty persons or more, shall have subscribed one third of the shares aforesaid, the commissioners may, or when the whole number of shares aforesaid, shall be subscribed, the scribed, they shall certify under their hands and seals, the of the subscribers, and the number of shares subscribed by each, to the Governor of this commonwealth, and when the one-third of the whole number of shares shall be sub

one third of the whole

number of

shares required, the

same to be certified to

the gover

nor.

Who shall erect the

subscribers

into a body politic.

names

scribed, it shall, and may be lawful for the Governor by letters patent under his hand, and the seal of the State, to create and erect the subscribers into one body politic, and corporate, in deed and in law, by the name, style and title of "The President, Managers and Company of the Huntingdon, Cambria and Indiana turnpike road," and by the said name, the said subscribers shall have succession, and all the privileges and franchises incident to a corporation, and shall be capable of taking and holding their said capital stock, and the increase and proAnd privile. fits thereof, and of enlarging the same, from time to time, by new subscriptions, in such manner and form as they shall think proper, if such enlargement shall be found necessary to fulfil the intent of this act, and of purchasing, taking and holding to them and their successors and assigns, and of selling, transferring and conveying in fee simple, or for any less estate,

Style and title of.

ges.