established. Boundaries. School district That from and after the passage of this act, the parts of West Fallowfield and Highland townships, in the county of Chester, embraced within, and to include, the farms of James Cloud, William Rutherford, Jesse J. Smith, Amos Strickland, senior, James H. Baldwin, the farm lately occupied by Enoch C. Gray, James Williams, Lorenzo Gibson, Robert N. Brown and Adam Ferree, in West Fallowfield township, and James Cochran, Amos Thompson and William A. Patrick, in Highland township, and all others within those bounds, which includes the village of Cochranville, shall be, and constitute, a school district, to be known as the Cochranville school district, and as such shall be subject to the several laws of this commonwealth relating to common schools. Subject to. Election of directors. Proviso. SECTION 2. That the election for school directors, of the said Cochranville school district, shall be held at the time, and place, of the township election for the said township of West Fallowfield, and be conducted by the officers of said township election: Provided, That this section shall not apply to the election of the first board of directors, that are required to be elected under the provisions of the general school law. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The fourteenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. Qualifications of voters for No. 422. A Further Supplement To the act incorporating the town of Newville, in Cumberland county, into a borough, approved the twenty-sixth February, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen. 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 qualified voters of the borough of Newville, who are entitled to vote for members of the legislature, shall vote for borough officers borough officers for said borough: Provided, They have resided in said borough ten days immediately preceding said election, and paid a borough tax within two years, which shall have been levied, at least ten days before said election. Proviso. after the first SECTION 2. That the president of the town council, of said President of borough, is hereby authorized, and required, annually, to levy councils to levy a tax upon all persons, who shall remove into said borough on, tax upon peror after, the first day of April, in each and every year, equal to sons moving in the tax levied on other citizens of similar circumstances: Pro- of April. vided, Said persons are not regularly taxed, and are omitted to Proviso. be taxed for borough purposes; and the said president shall, eight days before the said election, return a list of said persons To return list of so taxed, together with their respective taxes set opposite their such persons to names, to the treasurer of said borough, who shall receive the treasurer. tax, and give a receipt to each person paying their tax, which shall entitle them to vote for borough officers: Provided, That the said treasurer shall, within five days after the said elec- Treasurer to tion, make out a list of all delinquents, who shall neglect, or give burgess refuse, to pay their tax, and hand it over to the chief burgess quents. of said borough, and he shall issue his warrant to collect the same, and direct it to the collector, or constable, of said borough, Collection. to be collected as other taxes. list of delin SECTION 3. All laws hereby altered, or supplied, be and the Repeal. same are 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. Authorizing the construction of a macadamized road on part of the Wash. ington and Middletown road, in the county of Washington. 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 Willim Clark, William Wiley, David M'Clay, William Commissioners. Cundall, James M'Bride, Aaron Miller and John Stewart, or a majority of them, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners, to open books, receive subscriptions, and organize a company, by the name and style of the Washington and West Title. Middletown Turnpike Company, with power to construct a macadamized road from the borough of Washington, along the road Route. leading to West Middletown, to a point opposite the house of William Wiley; said pike to begin at the point where said West Middletown road intersects the National road, in the borough Subject to. Tolls. Capital stock. Extension of of Washington, and from thence along said road to the residence of said William Wiley, by the nearest and best route, either along the old road, or on such new route as the president and directors shall designate and lay out; subject to the provisions and restrictions, so far as the same are not, by the extent of the road, inapplicable, of an act regulating turnpike and plank road companies, passed the twenty-sixth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, and the several supplements thereto, except that the said company shall only have power to erect a single gate, on said road, at which, tolls may be collected, for all travel over said road, in such manner, and in such sums, as may be fixed by the president and directors, except that such tolls shall not exceed those fixed by the thirteenth section of said act, for travel on roads for five miles, and that in all other respects, except the distance traveled, the said tolls shall be subject to the said act. SECTION 2. That the capital stock of the said company shall consist of twelve hundred shares, of twenty-five dollars each share: Provided, That the said company may, from time to time, by a vote of the stockholders, at a meeting called for that purpose, increase their capital stock, so much, as in their opinion, may be necessary to complete the said road, and improvements thereto belonging: And provided further, That, subject to the road authorized act of assembly aforesaid, being an act regulating turnpike and plank road companies, as aforesaid, said company shall have power, and are hereby authorized, to extend their said road toward West Middletown, at such times as they, by a meeting held for said purpose, may determine; and that said road, when so extended, shall, in all respects, be subject to the provisions of existing laws regulating turnpike road companies. 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. 424. 3 Supplement To the act incorporating the Clearfield Gas Company, passed twenty-fourth 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 said company are hereby authorized to borrow money for the construction of said works, not exceeding twelve thousand dollars, at a rate of interest not exceeding ten per centum, for such term as shall be agreed upon between the parties, and to pledge the property, and corporate franchises, of said company, for its payment: Provided, That they shall issue no bonds for the same, for a less sum than twenty-five dollars. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The fourteenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. No. 425. An Act Incorporating the United Presbyterian Board of Publication. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represenlatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Reverend David R. Kerr, D. D., Reverend James Prest- Corporators. ley, D. D., Reverend James Rodgers, D. D., Reverend John G. Brown, Reverend George C. Vincent, Charles Arbuthnot, James M'Candless, James Robb and William Stevenson, and their successors in office, be and they are hereby constituted, and created, a body politic and corporate, in deed and in law, by the name, style and title of the United Presbyterian Board Name. of Publication, and by that name to have perpetual succession, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in all the courts of Privileges. law and equity, or before any alderman, or justice of the peace, in all manner of suits, complaints, pleas, matters and demands, of whatever nature, or kind, the same may be; and to adopt, and use, a common seal, and the same to change at pleasure. Seal. SECTION 2. That said corporation shall have power to take Powers. hold, receive and possess, goods, chattels, rights, credits, moneys and bequests, and use, sell, convert and dispose of the same, for the objects and purposes hereinafter set forth; all convey- How conveyances of real estate shall be made to the trustees of the general ances to be made assembly of the United Presbyterian Church of North America, in trust, for said United Presbyterian Board of Publication: Provided, That the net annual income shall not exceed twenty Income. thousand dollars. Objects. Bible fund created. Subject to control of general assembly. Reports to be made. Organization. cers. SECTION 3. That the object of said corporation shall be twofold; first to purchase, or print, and circulate, the Holy Scriptures, or parts of the Holy Scriptures, in the authorized version, together with the Psalms, in metre, according to the version, approved by the United Presbyterian church; second, to select, and publish, such tracts, papers, periodicals, and books, as shall be a sound and suitable religious literature for Sabbath schools, ministers, congregations, and the community at large, and to take such measures as may be necessary for the distribution, and circulation, of the same. SECTION 4. That besides the general publication fund, said corporation shall keep a separate fund, to be known by the title of the Bible fund, and all donations, and bequests, made to that fund, shall be so credited, and applied to no other object than that specified in the first part of section third. SECTION 5. That said board of publication shall be under, and subject to, the control of the general assembly of the United Presbyterian church; and it shall be their duty to report, annually, at the meeting of the said assembly, for their approval, the amount of donations, and bequests, made throughout the year to the Bible fund, as well as to the general publication fund, what amount has been expended in each of those departments, and how expended, the state of the treasury, stock on hand, and any other items of information, which it may be important for the assembly to know. SECTION 6. That the persons, herein designated as corporators, shall, as soon as practicable, organize, and elect, a board of managers, not exceeding nine in number, who shall determine Election of offi- the manner of electing members and officers of the board, when the term of such members and officers shall expire, how vacancies of members and officers shall be filled, and the time of meeting, the number necessary to constitute a quorum, and make rules, regulations and by-laws necessary to carry out the objects herein set forth: Provided, That said rules, regulations and by-laws be not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this commonwealth, and the constitution and laws of the United States. By-laws. Proviso. 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. |