No. 280. An Act To incorporate the Moravian College and Theological Seminary, at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. WHEREAS, The church of the United Brethren (commonly Preamble called Moravians) had, for a long time, a collegiate and theological institute connected with the boarding school at Nazareth, but in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, removed the same to the borough of Bethlehem, and established, in the said borough, a college, for the education of male persons in the various branches of science, literature, and the ancient and modern languages, as likewise a department of the same for the training and preparing of young men for the gospel ministry: And whereas, It is deemed, by the authorities of said church, to be advisable and necessary, for the more convenient management of the concerns of said college, to have said college incorporated; therefore, Corporators. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represenatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assemsly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the Right Reverend John Christian Jacobson, Bishop, and the Reverend Francis Florentine Hagen, and the Reverend Sylvester Wolle, all of the borough of Bethlehem, duly elected by the synod of the Northern district of the American Province of the United Brethren, a board of direction of the ecclesiastical affairs of said church, in said district, and likewise constituted, by virtue of their office, the board of trustees of said college, and such other persons as may be hereafter appointed, their associates, or successors, according to the rules and regulations of said branch of the church of the United Brethren, be and they are hereby constituted a body corporate and politic, in fact and in law, by the name and style of the Moravian Col- Style. lege and Theological Seminary, and by that name, shall be capable of perpetual succession, may sue and be sued, may have Privileges. and use a common seal, and alter and change the same at pleasure, and shall also be capable to accept, and take, by devise, grant, bargain, sale, or otherwise, any estate, or property, real or personal, and the same to hold and enjoy, or to sell and convey, lease, or mortgage, as fully and absolutely, in all respects, as any natural person might do: Provided however, That the Proviso. clear annual income of the estates and properties of said corporation, exclusive of any lands, or tenements, that may be occupied by said college for its accommodations, or that of its officers, or professors, and exclusive of income from students, shall not exceed the sum of ten thousand dollars. SECTION 2. That the trustees already appointed, or who shall Powers and du hereafter be appointed, in accordance with the fundamental ties of trustees. By-laws. Proviso. Misnomer. Proviso. May confer degrees and grant diplomas. statutes, which govern the church of the United Brethren in said Northern Province of the United States of America, shall have the care and management of said college, and of its estates and properties, and shall have power to make all needful bylaws and regulations, for the appointment of competent professors and teachers, for the fixing and payment of all salaries, for the fixing of the prices of board and tuition of students, for the studies and exercises of the students, and for the general well-being of said college: Provided, That the said statutes, by-laws and regulations, shall not be inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this commonwealth, or of the United States, or the enactments of the synod of said church of the United Brethren. SECTION 3. That no misnomer, or misdirection, of the said corporation, in any will, deed, grant, or other instrument of writing, shall vitiate, or defeat, the same, but that the same shall take effect in the same manner as if said corporation were rightly named therein: Provided, That it is sufficiently described to ascertain the intention of the parties. SECTION 4. That the trustees, in connection with the faculty of the college, shall have power to grant and confer such degrees in the liberal arts and sciences, or such branches thereof, to such students of the college, or others, as from their proficiency in learning, they may deem justly entitled to such honors, and such as are usually granted by institutions of a similar kind, and to grant diplomas, or certificates, under their common seal, as may authenticate and perpetuate the memory of such graduation. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The third day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN No. 281. A Supplement To an act, entitled "An Act to incorporate the Conestoga and Big Spring Valley Turnpike Road Company," passed April seventeenth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. 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 the time for commencing the construction of the Cones- Time for comtoga and Big Spring Valley turnpike road is hereby extended mencement and for a period of four years, from and after the seventeenth day completion of of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and the road extended. completion thereof, from its beginning, to Conestoga creek, to five years from that date. SECTION 2. That William Sales, Henry Miller and James C. Additional comCarpenter, of the city of Lancaster, are hereby appointed ad- missioners. ditional commissioners, for the purposes prescribed in section first of the act to which this is a supplement. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEORGE V. LAWRENCE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The third day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. No. 282. An Act To incorporate the Moravian Seminary for Young Ladies, at Bethlehem, WHEREAS, The church of the United Brethren (commonly Preamble. And whereas, The course of studies pursued in said institution embraces the various branches of the arts, sciences, literature, and the ancient and modern languages, usually pursued in the highest institutions of a similar kind: And whereas, It is deemed, by the authorities of said church, to be advisable, and necessary, for the future well-being, and the more convenient management, of the concerns of said school, to have said school incorporated; 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 the Right Reverend John Christian Jacobson, Bishop, Corporators. and the Reverend Francis Florentine Hagen, and the Reverend Sylvester Wolle, all of the borough of Bethlehem, duly elected by the synod of the Northern district of the American Province of the United Brethren, a board of direction of the ecclesiastical affairs of said church, in said district, and likewise constituted, by virtue of their office, the board of trustees of said boarding school, and such other persons as may be hereafter Name. Privileges. Proviso. Powers and du By-laws. appointed their associates, or successors, according to the rules and regulations of said branch of the church, of the United Brethren, be and they are hereby constituted a body corporate, and politic, in fact, and in law, by the name and style of the Moravian Seminary for Young Ladies, at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and by that name, shall be capable of perpetual succession, may sue and be sued, may have and use a common seal, and alter and change the same at pleasure, and shall also be capable to accept, and take, by devise, grant, bargain, sale, or otherwise, any estate, or property, real, or personal, and the same to hold and enjoy, or to sell, or convey, lease, or mortgage, as fully and absolutely, in all respects, as any natural person might do Provided however, That the clear annual income of the estates, and properties, of said corporation, exclusive of any lands, or tenements, that may be occupied by said school, for its accommodations, or that of its officers, or professors, and exclusive of income from students, shall not exceed the sum of ten thousand dollars. SECTION 2. That the trustees, already appointed, or who shall ties of trustees. hereafter be appointed, in accordance with the fundamental statutes, which govern the church of the United Brethren aforesaid, shall have the care and management of said school, and of its estates, and properties, and shall have power to make all needful by-laws, and regulations, for the appointment of competent professors, and teachers, for the fixing, and payment, of all salaries, for the fixing of prices of the board, and tuition of students, for the studies, and exercises, of the students, and for the general well-being of said school: Provided, That the said statutes, by-laws, and regulations, shall not be inconsistent with the constitution, and laws, of this commonwealth, or of the United States, or the enactments of the synod of said church of the United Brethren. Proviso. Misnomer. Proviso. Degrees, diplomas, &c. SECTION 3. That no misnomer, or misdirection, of the said corporation, in any will, deed, grant, or other instrument of writing, shall vitiate, or defeat, the same, but that the same shall take effect in the same manner as if said corporation were rightly named therein: Provided, That it is sufficently described to ascertain the intention of the parties. SECTION 4. That the trustees, in connection with the president, or principal, of said seminary, and his assistants, shall have power to grant, and confer, such degrees, in the liberal arts and sciences, or such branches thereof, to such students of the seminary, or others, as, from their proficiency in learning, they may deem justly entitled to such honors, and such as are usually granted by institutions of a similar kind, and to grant diplomas, or certificates, under their common seal, as may authenticate and perpetuate the memory of such graduation. APPROVED-The third day of April, Anno Domini one thou sand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN No. 283. An Act To incorporate the Linden Hall Seminary, at Litiz, Lancaster county. WHEREAS, The church of the United Brethren (commonly Preamble. called Moravians,) has maintained a boarding school for young ladies, at Litiz, Lancaster county, since the year one thousand eight hundred: And whereas, The course of studies pursued in said institution embraces the various branches of the arts, sciences, literature, and the ancient and modern languages, usually pursued in the best institutions of a similar kind: And whereas, It is deemed by the authorities of said church to be advisable and necessary, for the further well-being and the more convenient management of the concerns of said school, to have said school incorporated; 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 the Right Reverend John Christian Jacobson, Bishop, Corporators. and the Reverend Francis Florentine Hagen, and the Reverend Sylvester Wolle, all of the borough of Bethlehem, duly elected, by the synod of the Northern district of the American Province of the United Brethren, a board of direction of the ecclesiastical affairs of said church, in said district, and likewise constituted, by virtue of their office, the board of trustees of said boarding school, and such other persons as may be hereafter appointed their associates, or successors, according to the rules and regulations of said branch of the church of the United Brethren, be and they are hereby constituted a body corporate and politic, in fact and in law, by the name and style Style. of the Linden Hall Seminary, at Litiz, Pennsylvania, and by that name, shall be capable of perpetual succession, may sue and be sued, may have, and use, a common seal, and alter and Privileges. change the same at pleasure, and shall also be capable to accept and take, by devise, grant, bargain, sale, or otherwise, any estate, or property, real, or personal, and the same to hold and enjoy, or to sell, or convey, lease, or mortgage, as fully and absolutely, in all respects, as any natural person might do: Provided however, That the clear annual income of the estates Proviso. and properties of said corporation, exclusive of any lands, or tenements, that may be occupied by said school for its accommodations, or that of its officers, or teachers, and exclusive of income from students, shall not exceed the sum of ten thousand dollars. SECTION 2. That the trustees already appointed, or who shall Powers and du hereafter be appointed, in accordance with the fundamental ties of trustees statutes, which govern the church of the United Brethren aforesaid, shall have the care and management of said school, and |