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No. 460.

An Act

Relative to the claim of James Dignam, of Allegheny 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 the auditor general, attorney general and state treasurer be hereby authorized to examine the claim of James Dignam, for loss of time, and detention, occasioned by locomotives, et cetera, passing through the state tunnel, when employed at the same, and ascertain, and determine, what amount of damages, if any, he may have sustained thereby, and report the same to the next legislature.

JOHN CESSNA,

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

Speaker of the Senate.

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

A. G. CURTIN.

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No. 461.

3 Further Supplement

To the act to incorporate the East Pennsylvania Railroad Company.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assem bly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That it shall, and may, be lawful for the East Pennsylvania Railroad Company to extend their road to the river Delaware, and construct a bridge over the same, in conjunction with any other railroad company, having authority, from the state of New Jersey, to bridge said river, and make branch, or lateral, railroads, not exceeding nine miles in length; and in making the same, the said railroad company shall be entitled to all the privileges, and be subject to all the provisions, and restrictions, of the act of assembly incorporating said East Pennsylvania Railroad Company, under the name of the Reading and Lehigh Railroad Company, approved the ninth day of April, Anno Domini one

thousand eight hundred and fifty-six: Provided, That in case the extension, hereby authorized, should be located, and constructed, by way of the Monocacy creek, along the route of the Bethlehem Railroad Company, then, and in that case, it shall not be lawful for the East Pennsylvania Railroad Company to transport local freight, or passengers, to, or from, any point, on such portions of said route, where it may be located along said Bethlehem railroad, without the consent of said railroad company.

JOHN CESSNA,

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

Speaker of the Senate.

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

A. G. CURTIN.

No. 462.

A Supplement

To an act to incorporate the Plymouth and Wilkesbarre Railroad and Bridge Company, approved the twelfth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.

WHEREAS, The requirements of the act of incorporation have been complied with, and the charter has been obtained, dated the thirtieth day of November, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, but owing to the financial embarrassment, and the other difficulties, in which the country has been involved, the construction of the proposed railroad has not been commenced, within the three years limited by the general railroad law of the nineteenth of February, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and forty-nine; the said company are now desirous to commence the construction of the said road, and complete the same, as soon as it can be done.

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 time for the commencement of the construction of the proposed railroad and bridge, by the said Plymouth and Wilkesbarre Railroad and Bridge Company, is hereby extended for the period of two years, from the passage of this act; and the charter of the said company is hereby declared to be valid, and with the same force and effect, as if the commencement of the construction of the proposed railroad had been commenced,

within the three years from the date of the act of incorporation.

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. 463.

An Act

Requiring Canal Companies to make yearly reports to the Auditor General.

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 provisions of the act, entitled "An Act requiring railroad companies to make uniform reports to the auditor general," approved April fourth, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, be and the same is hereby extended to all canal companies, whose works in whole, or in part, lie within the limits of this commonwealth; and that the reports, required by this act, shall be transmitted, by the auditor general, to both branches of the legislature on, or before, the fifteenth day of January, in each and every year.

JOHN CESSNA,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

GEORGE V. LAWRENCE,

Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED-The fifteenth day of April, Anno Dmoini one

thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.

A. G. CURTIN.

No. 464.

An Act

To incorporate the American Association for promoting social science.

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 Alfred L. Kennedy, James W. White, John P. Verree, D. Corporators. Francis Condie, B. Frank Palmer, Thomas P. Stotesbury, T. S. Arthur, Stephen Colwell, Samuel S. White, Henry C. Carey, Edward W. Clark, Evans Rogers, William D. Kelley, Robert Morris, Morton M'Michael, Joseph H. Marshall, William H. Allen, Henry D. Moore, and such other persons as may, hereafter, be associated with them, under this act, are hereby created a body politic, and corporate, in fact and in law, by the name, style and title of the American Association for promo- Title. ting social science.

SECTION 2. That the said corporation, by that name, shall Powers and have, and enjoy, perpetual succession, and be able to sue and privileges. be sued, plead and be impleaded, in all courts of law, or elsewhere, and shall be able and capable, in law and in equity, to take, purchase, hold and receive, to them and their successors, for the use of said association, any lands, tenements, grounds, chattels, sum, or sums, of money, by gift, grant, bargain and sale, will, devise, or bequest, from any person, or persons, bodies corporate, or association, whatsoever, and the same to grant, bargain, sell, mortgage, improve, or dispose of, for the use of said association, and, in general, to do all things which may be lawful, or necessary, for the well-being and management of the said association: Provided, That the real estate, of which the said corporation shall, at any time, be possessed, shall not exceed the clear annual value of ten thousand dollars.

SECTION 3. That the object, of said association, shall be the advancement of social science, by uniting the friends of the several sanitary, criminal, educational and other social reforms, and, by means of this union, to give greater power and efficiency to reformatory measures, through home and foreign correspondence, public meetings and conventions, lectures, addresses and discussions, the publication of memoirs and proceedings, and such other agencies and instrumentalities as may, from time to time, be found best calculated to increase, and diffuse, the benefits of social science.

Proviso.

Objects.

SECTION 4. That the said association shall have power to Seal. make, and use, a common seal, and the same to alter, destroy,

or renew, at pleasure; to make by-laws, and provide for its By-laws. organization, and for the qualification, and election, of officers and members, so as to secure its own perpetuity and good

government: Provided, That no by-law shall be valid, if in- Proviso..

consistent with the constitution, or laws, of this commonwealth, or of the United States.

JOHN CESSNA,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

GEORGE V. LAWRENCE,

Speaker of the Senate.

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

A. G. CURTIN.

No. 465.

In Act

To fix the location of the farm of John Lantz, in relation to certain township lines, in Greene 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, hereafter, the farm of John Lantz, in the county of Greene, shall be considered as, and taken to be, a part of the township of Gilmore, in Greene county, for school, election, tax, and all other purposes, as fully and effectually, as if the township lines, between the townships of Wayne and Gilmore, had originally taken, and included, the said farm within the limits of Gilmore township.

JOHN CESSNA,

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

Speaker of the Senate.

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

A. G. CURTIN.

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