No. 312. An Act Entitled "An Act to authorize the Commissioners of Carbon county to borrow money." 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 commissioners of the county of Carbon are hereby authorized to borrow the sum of twelve thousand dollars, for the purpose of building a bridge over the river Lehigh, at the borough of Mauch Chunk, and to issue bonds for the same, bearing interest not exceeding six per cent. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The fourth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. No. 313. An Act For the sale of a certain school lot in Lurgan township, Franklin 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, That the school directors of the Lurgan school district, Lurgan township, in the county of Franklin, be and the same are hereby authorized to sell, at public, or private, sale, a certain lot, or piece of ground, lying and being situate in the village of Roxbury, in said school district, township and county aforesaid, and bounded by an alley, on the south; by lands of William W. Tennison, on the west; by lands of Samuel L. Sentman, on the north; and by lands of Thomas Pomeroy, on the east; containing sixty-one perches, neat measure, and for many years known as the Roxbury school lot; and to make, execute and deliver, to the purchaser, or purchasers, a good and sufficient deed for the same, clear of all incumbrances, and to apply the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The fourth day of April, Anno Domini one thouand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. Corporators substituted. Part of enroment tax. No. 314. Supplement To an act to incorporate the Daguscahonda Improvement Company, ap proved the twelfth day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hun dred and fifty-seven. 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 Albert Willis, Henry Souther, George Dickinson, Lyman Wilmarth, Charles R. Earley and Henry W. Earley, be and they are hereby substituted corporators, in the place of those mentioned in said act to which this is a supplement, who shall have the same power, and authority, as if they had been originally named as corporators in said act. SECTION 2. That the provisions of an act of assembly to repeal certain acts of assembly upon non-payment of the enrolment tax, approved the twenty-second day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, shall not be applicable to the act to which this is a supplement: Provided, That the enrolment tax upon said act shall be paid within one year from the date hereof; and the bonus of one-half of one Bonus and tax per centum on the capital stock, provided for in the sixth on dividends to section of said act, shall be paid in four equal annual instalbe paid. ments, the first payment to be made in one year from the date hereof; and shall pay such tax on dividends as is, or may be, provided by law. Authorized to connect with SECTION 3. That the said company shall have the power to connect their railroad with any railroads now constructed, or other railroads. hereafter constructed, within the counties of Elk and M'Kean, and shall be governed, in the construction of their railroads, by an act regulating railroad companies, approved the nineteenth day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred Subject to. and forty-nine, and the several supplements thereto, so far as the same may be applicable. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEORGE V. LAWRENCE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The seventh day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. No. 315. An Act To incorporate the Springhouse and Penllyn 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 Adam F. Hoover, Philip Hoover, William Foulke, Nathan Commissioners. Cleaver, Jr., Thomas P. Rowlett, Andrew J. Hoover and Robert Scarlett, or any five of them, be and are hereby appointed commissioners, to open books, receive subscriptions, and organ ize a company, by the name, style and title, of the Springhouse Name. and Penllyn Turnpike Road Company, with power to construct a turnpike road on, or near, the bed of the present road, to be Location of road thirty-six feet wide, and stoned not less than eighteen feet. SECTION 2. That when the road is finished, the company may Tolls. erect gates thereon, and have the power to collect toll, and shall not be liable for a fractional part of a cent in making change: Provided, That said road shall be subject to all the provisions, Subject to. and restrictions, of an act regulating turnpike and plank road companies, approved the twenty-sixth day of January, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, except so far as they are altered, or supplied, by this act. SECTION 3. That the capital stock of said company shall con- Capital stock. sist of sixteen hundred shares, of twenty-five dollars each. SECTION 4. That in case the company should fail to commence When road to the construction of said road within one year, and complete the be commenced same within two years, after the approval of this act, then this and completed. act shall be null and void, except so far as may be necessary to settle the affairs, and pay the debts of this company. APPROVED-The seventh day of April, Anno Domini one thou sand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. No. 316. An Act Supplementary to an act to incorporate the Foster Coal and Iron Company, passed April sixteenth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty. 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 it shall be lawful for the directors, with the consent of the thorized to issue stockholders, to make any portion of the increased capital stock, preferred stock. provided for in the proviso to the third section of the act to which this is a supplement, a preferred stock, as to dividends, upon such terms of preference as may be assented to by a majority of the stockholders. Directors au May purchase lands and coal rights in West moreland co. SECTION 2. That the authority to purchase and hold additional lands, and coal rights, granted in the fourth section of the act to which this is a supplement, is extended to Westmoreland county. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEORGE V. LAWRENCE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The seventh day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. No. 317. An Act Supplementary to an act, entitled "An Act to incorporate the Mahoning Navigation Company," passed the twenty-second day of April, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight. 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, Additional com- That so much of an act, entitled "An Act to incorporate the missioners ap- Mahoning Navigation Company," passed the twenty-second pointed. day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, as names Harrison M. Conn, James I. Mitchell, and Isaac C. Jordan, as commissioners, be and the same is hereby repealed; and William E. Bell, Charles Kremer and Irvin Gil lespie, be and are hereby appointed additional commissioners, for the purposes mentioned in said act. SECTION 2. That the president and managers shall have power May levy tolls to levy tolls upon the tributaries of Mahoning creek, mentioned upon the tribuin the third section of the act to which this is a supplement, taries of Mahoand to collect the same at the mouth of each of said tributa- ning creek. ries. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEORGE V. LAWRENCE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The tenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. No. 318. A Supplement To an act for the sale of the State Canals, approved the twenty-first day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight. rized to lease 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 North Branch Canal Company be and are hereby au- The North thorized and empowered to lease all, or any portion, of the Branch canal Junction canal, with its lock-houses, and all property belong- company authoing thereto, for such length of time, and upon such terms, as the Junction cathe two companies may agree upon, or they may purchase that nal, or purchase portion of the Junction canal extending up from its connection a portion therewith the North Branch canal, at the state line, in Athens town- of. ship, to the state line crossing at, or near, Buck's lock, in Chemung, Chemung county, New York, with all its dams, locks, houses, embankments, bridges, lock-houses, quarries, and all property and fixtures, real estate, aqueducts, ferries, ferry-boats, tools and tool-houses thereunto belonging. tion. SECTION 2. That the said North Branch Canal Company be May construct a and are hereby authorized and empowered to construct a canal canal or slackof the same size and capacity as their present canal, or slack- water navigawater navigation, beginning at the pool above the Chemung dam, at Athens, in the county of Bradford, thence by the near- Route of. est and best route to form a connection with the Chenango Extension canal, at, or near, the line dividing the states of New York and Pennsylvania, on the west side of the Susquehanna river; and that it shall be lawful for said company to erect such |