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No. 392.

A Further Supplement

To the charter of the Allentown Iron Company, incorporated April twelfth, one thousand eight hundred 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 in addition to the land, authorized to be held by the Allentown Iron Company, by its charter of incorporation, and its several supplements, in the state of Pennsylvania, the said com-. pany is hereby authorized, empowered, and deemed capable, in law: Provided, A concurrent law shall be passed by the legislature of New Jersey; to receive, hold and take, in fee simple, lands, in the said state of New Jersey, not exceeding five hundred acres, and to lease, sell and mortgage, or otherwise dispose of, their interest in the same; and also, to lease other lands, and tenements, in said, last mentioned, state, and to sell, and otherwise dispose of, and convey, their interest in the same, as the said Allentown Iron Company may deem expedient.

JOHN CESSNA,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

GEORGE V. LAWRENCE,

Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED-The fourteenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three..

A. G. CURTIN.

No. 393.

An Act

Relative to the Bustleton and Somerton Turnpike Road Company.

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 it shall be lawful for the managers of the Bustleton and Stones for reSomerton Turnpike Road Company to place stones, necessary pairs may be for the repairs of said road, on the sides thereof: Provided, placed on sides That the same shall not be placed within twelve feet of centre of the road, or more than eighteen inches high.

of road.

Votes.

SECTION 2. That at all elections for officers, after the passage of this act, each and every share of stock of said company shall entitle the holder, or holders, thereof, to one vote, with the privilege of voting by proxy.

JOHN CESSNA,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
GEORGE V. LAWRENCE,

Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED-The fourteenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.

A. G. CURTIN

No. 394.

An Act

To increase the pay of county auditors of Lawrence county.

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 from and after the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, each of the county auditors, for Lawrence county, shall receive two dollars per day, for each and every day they may be necessarily engaged in auditing the accounts of the county offices of said county; and all acts, or parts of acts, inconsistent with this, are hereby repealed.

JOHN CESSNA,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

GEORGE V. LAWRENCE,

Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED-The fourteenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.

A. G. CURTIN.

Declaring Morgan's run,

No. 395.

An Act

in Clearfield county, a public highway.

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 from and after the passage of this act, Morgan's run, in Clearfield county, from where it empties into Clearfield creek, up to where the road, leading from M'Clarren's farm to Clearfield creek, crosses the road at, or near, Powell's saw mill, be and the same is hereby declared to be a public highway, for the passage of lumber, rafts, boats, and other vessels; and it shall, and may, be lawful for the inhabitants, desirous of using the navigation of said creek, to remove all natural obstructions to said creek, or the bed, or channel, thereof.

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APPROVED-The fourteenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.

A. G. CURTIN.

No. 396.

An Act

To incorporate the Edgely Cemetery Company of Philadelphia.

WHEREAS, In order to remove the many objections, made by Preamble. the community, in reference to burying the dead in the populous parts of the city, as also, to lessen the expenses which necessarily attend on all interments of deceased persons:

And whereas, Several citizens of this commonwealth, hereinafter named, have associated for the purpose of establishing a cemetery, at Edgely Point, Twenty-First ward, city of Philadelphia, intending that the tract of land, known by that name, containing, in the whole, about forty-four acres, lying westwardly from Ridge avenue, and extending to the river Schuylkill, shall be used, only, for the purpose of interment, with convenient buildings, necessary for the establishment, and have desired that they, and their successors, may be incorporated for establishing such cemetery, with the necessary powers for that object:

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And whereas, It is necessary to provide for the permanent protection of the cemetery, so that those who bury therein may be assured of continued safety, from molestation, to the remains of relatives, and friends, who have been committed to the earth, and of the decent preservation of the ground; therefore,

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 William B. Mann, Gustavus Lembert, Frederick C. Kroff, James W. Martien, Christian D. Frick, Julius C. Sterling, Rudolphus Stahl, and their successors, be and they are hereby made a body politie, and corporate, in law, under the name, style and title of the Edgely Cemetery Company of Philadelphia, and by that name shall be able and capable, in law, to have, and to use, a common seal, to sue and be sued, plead and be inpleaded, and to do all such other things as are incident to a corporation.

SECTION 2. That the first four persons, named above, shall be managers of the said Edgely Cemetery Company of Philadelphia, and shall have power to lay out, and ornament, the grounds; to remove, or alter, the old buildings, and erect new ones; to dispose of, and arrange, burial lots, and to make such by-laws, rules and regulations, relative to elections and duties of managers, and their successors, the appointment of suitable officers and agents, and their several duties and compensations, and to make such rules and regulations, from time to time, for the government of lot-holders, and visitors to the cemetery, as they may deem necessary: Provided, That the extent of said ground, to be appropriated under this act, shall in no case exceed sixty

acres.

SECTION 3. That the said Edgely Cemetery Company of Philadelphia shall be able, and capable, in law, if it shall seem, to them, expedient, to purchase, and hold, the said land, and to sell, and dispose of, the same; and also, to have, and to hold, so much personal estate, and no more, as may be necessary for the purpose of this incorporation: Provided, That the land shall never be granted but for burial lots, and that the burial lots, so granted, shall be subject to the powers of this act: And provided further, That the said Edgely Cemetery Company of Philadelphia shall have full power to square their land with the owners of land adjacent thereto, and to make good, and sufficient, deeds of conveyance for the same; and shall be able, and capable, in law, to receive deeds of conveyance of the land, so taken in exchange; and the same shall be held, by the said cemetery company, for the purposes of this act.

SECTION 4. That no streets, or roads, shall, hereafter, be opened through the lands of the said corporation, occupied as a burial ground, except by, and with, the consent of this corporation.

JOHN CESSNA,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
GEORGE V. LAWRENCE,

Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED-The fourteenth day of April, Anno Domini one

thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.

A. G. CURTIN.

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To attach lands of Edward Osman, in Lower Mahantango school district, to Hegins school district, in Schuylkill 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 that portion of the real estate of Edward Osman, now situate within the school district of Lower Mahantango, Schuylkill county, on which the said Edward Osman now resides, be and the same is hereby annexed to, and shall form a part of, Hegins school district, in said county of Schuylkill.

JOHN CESSNA,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
GEORGE V. LAWRENCE,

Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED-The fourteenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.

A. G. CURTIN.

No. 398.

A Further Supplement

To the several acts incorporating the city of Erie, in the county of Erie.

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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 mayor and councils of the city of Erie, in the county Mayor and of Erie, are hereby authorized to provide, by an ordinance, for councils to prothe pavement of the side-walks of all the streets in said city, vide, by ordiwhich ordinance shall be published, and recorded, as is now ving of sideprovided by law; and when said ordinance shall be so recorded walks. it shall, and may, be lawful for said councils to order, by resolution, the paving of the side-walks on any street, or streets, in said city, specifying, in said resolution, the kind of pavement that shall be made, and the manner in which the same shall be made, in all respects, and the time within which said pavement shall be commenced, and finished; and it shall be the duty of the

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