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 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. 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 presi dent, 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. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED The third day of April, Anno Domini one tho sand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. No. 284. An Act To amend the charter of the Gettysburg and Petersburg Turnpike Road SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represenalives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assemly met, and is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the thirteenth section of an act of assembly, incorporating the Susquehanna and Lehigh Turnpike Road Company, approved the nineteenth day of March, Anno Domini one thou sand eight hundred and four, be so amended, so far as the same refers to the incorporation of the Gettysburg and Petersburg Turnpike Road Company, as to enable the president, and managers, of said company, to recover the same penalty, from any person, or persons, whomsoever, owning, riding in, or driving, any carriage of burthen, or pleasure, as aforesaid, or owning, riding, leading, or driving, any horse, or mule, or driving any hogs, sheep, or cattle, as aforesaid, shall, with an intent to defraud the said company, or to evade the payment of any of the tolls, or duties, aforesaid, pass therewith, through any public gate, or over any public road, or highway, as is now provided for in said act, against any person, or persons, passing through, along, or over, any private passage, or way, in the manner, and for the purposes, in said section named. 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. 285. An Act To prevent injury to side-walks, in the township of Wilkesbarre, Luzerne county. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assem oly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same That from and after the passage of this act, any person, who shall ride, drive, or lead, any horse, mare, or gelding, or mule, on any side-walk, in the township of Wilkesbarre, in the county of Luzerne, made for the accommodation of foot passengers, except riding, or driving, across said side-walk, going on or off from adjoining property, shall forfeit and pay the sum of five dollars, for every such offence; which penalty shall go to the supervisor of the district, in said township, where the offence was committed, to be expended in making, or mending, said side-walks; the said penalty may be recovered, in an action of debt, in the name of said township, before any justice of the peace in said county, by any person who shall sue for the same. 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 286. An Act Changing the lines of Mount Pleasant township, Washington county, school purposes. for SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen tatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assem bly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same That the farms, now occupied by William Lindsay, James K. Robb, Joseph Denny, of Mount Pleasant township, in the county of Washington, be and they are hereby annexed to, and shall form a part of, Cecil township, in said county, for school purposes; and all persons, now, or hereafter, residing on the same, shall have the privilege of sending their children, or inmates of their families, to the nearest school in the district to which they are hereby annexed: Provided, That all taxes levied on said farms, for school purposes, shall be paid into the treasury of Cecil township school district. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEORGE V. LAWRENCE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The third day of April, Anno Dmoini one thou and eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. No. 287. A Supplement To the act to provide for the payment of the interest on the state debt, approved thirtieth of January, one thousand eight hundred and sixtythree. 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 provisions of the first section of the act, entitled "An Act requiring the resumption of specie payments by the banks," approved the eleventh day of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, be and the same are hereby extended and continued to all banks that have been, or may hereafter be chartered, under the provisions of the act, entitled "An Act to establish a system of free banking in Pennsylvania, and to secure the public against loss from insolvent banks," approved March thirty-first, one thousand eight hundred and sixty, and the supplement thereto, approved May first, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, until the first Monday of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixtyfoar. APPROVED-The third day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. No. 288. A Supplement To an act, approved the first day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, entitled "An Act to incorporate the Powelton Coal and Iron 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 the powers and privileges conferred upon the Powelton Coal and Iron Company, by their act of incorporation, approved the first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and sixtyone, shall be extended to Centre, Westmoreland, Clearfield and Carbon counties: Provided, That the quantity of land that may be held and owned, by said company, in any one of said counties, shall not exceed six hundred acres: Provided further, That the said company shall pay, into the state treasury, a bonus of one-half of one per centum on their capital stock, if not already done, and upon any increase thereof; and shall also be liable to the payment of such taxes, upon dividends, as is, or may be, required by law; and that the stockholders, of said company, shall be, individually, liable, to an amount not exceeding the amount of stock held by each, for all debts due mechanics, workmen and laborers, employed by said company; and that so much of their act of incorporation, as is inconsistent herewith, be and the same is hereby repealed. 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. Preamble. No. 289. An Act To authorize the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad Company to issue, to the county of Erie, the stock of said railroad company, in lieu of the stock of the Sunbury and Erie Railroad Company. WHEREAS, The commissioners of the county of Erie have subscribed two hundred thousand dollars to the capital stock of the Sunbury and Erie Railroad Company, and have issued bonds of the county of Erie for that amount: And whereas, The stock, so subscribed for, is specifically pledged for the redemption of said bonds, and cannot be transferred, unless in liquidation of said bonds: And whereas, It may be to the mutual interest of the county of Erie, and the holders of the said bonds, that the restriction to transfer the same be removed; 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, |