No. 573. An Act To validate the title to real estate, late of William H. James, in the county of Chester, sold to Wellington C. James. 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 the title of Wellington C. James, to a tract of land in West Town township, Chester county, containing ninety-six acres, more or less, conveyed to him by T. Morris Perot, trustee of William H. James, and others, by deed dated November twenty, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, and recorded in the recorder's office of said county, in deed book S, sixth page, one hundred and fifty-eight, is hereby validated and confirmed, as effectually as if the said land had been sold to him, by the said trustees, at public sale. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEORGE V. LAWRENCE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The eighteenth day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. No. 574. 3 Supplement To an act to incorporate the Jamestown and Franklin railroad company, approved April fifth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two. 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 Jamestown and Franklin Railroad Company shall be Authorized to able, and capable in law, to purchase, take, receive and hold purchase or in fee simple, or for less estate, or to lease, coal and mineral lease coal and lands and rights, with their appurtenances, in the counties of in Mercer and Mercer and Venango, or either of them, not exceeding five Venango counthousand acres, and shall have power to mortgage, sell, lease, ties. mineral lands, Privileges. May construct lateral railroads. Limitation. or otherwise dispose of, the same, or any part thereof, and shall have the right to open mines, to mine, and prepare for market, coal, iron ore, limestone, fire-clay, and other minerals, to transport to market, and dispose of the same, and to do all such other acts and things as may be necessary, and proper, for the development of the said coal and mineral lands and rights. SECTION 2. That the said company shall have power to construct, equip and work, branch or lateral railroads, not exceeding ten miles in length, from any part of their road, and in doing so, shall have all the powers, rights and privileges, contained in their original charter: Provided, That no such branch, or lateral road, shall be extended north of the French creek, or to the Oil creek. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEORGE V. LAWRENCE, APPROVED-The ninth day of March, Anno Domini one thou sand eight hundred and sixty-three. Authorized to dead therefrom. No. 575. An Act To allow the trustees of the First Presbyterian congregation of the city of 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 trustees of the First Presbyterian congregation, of vacate a certain the city of Allegheny, be and they are hereby authorized, and burial ground allowed, to vacate the ground purchased by them, from Thomas and remove the Sample, and wife, known as the grave yard lot, and lately used for purposes of burial, situate on Juniata street, in the city of Allegheny, aforesaid, and remove the dead therein buried, and for the purpose of being again properly buried elsewhere, they Other ground to are hereby authorized to purchase any other ground that may be purchased. be found necessary to that end, or for the further purpose of burial by said congregation: Provided, That the grave-stones or monuments, that now designate, or mark, any particular &c., relative to. graves, shall also be removed, and erected upon the corresponding graves of such new burial ground, unless otherwise directed by their surviving friends and relations. Removal of grave stones, Notice of removal to be published. SECTION 2. That before any bodies shall be removed, as provided in the preceding section, the said trustees shall publish notice of such intended removal, for at least thirty days, in two newspapers in the city of Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny; and the costs of such removals, and re-interments, Cost to be paid shall be paid by the surviving relatives, or friends, making the by relatives or same, except in cases hereafter provided for. friends. sold. SECTION 3. That the said trustees shall have authority to The ground vaimprove or sell the ground or grave yard, hereby vacated, and cated may be apply the proceeds of said sale, in such way, and for such pur- improved or poses, as may seem most expedient to them, and for the best interests of said congregation; and the title of all the lot-holders, How proceeds in such grave yard, shall vest in said trustees, who are au- to be applied. thorized to settle with the lot-holders for their value, to be determined by agreement or arbitration; and wherever no friends expense relative to. or relatives are found, to remove the remains from any lots, Title to lots, and the same are removed by the said trustees, at the of the church, the title to such lots shall revert to, and vest in, said trustees, in fee simple. APPROVED-The eighteenth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. No. 576. 3 Supplement To the act to incorporate the Southern Mutual Fire Insurance Company of York county, approved the twenty-sixth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty. 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 operations of the Southern Mutual Fire Insurance Company, of York county, be and the same are hereby extended to the townships of Lower Windsor and Shrewsberry, in said county. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The first day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. Preamble. Corporators Title. Powers and privileges. Managers. No. 577. An Act To incorporate the Brookville Cemetery Company, of Brookville, Jefferson county. WHEREAS, Certain eitizens of this commonwealth, hereinafter named, have purchased certain lands adjoining the borough of Brookville, Jefferson county, to be used, and occupied, for the burial of the dead; 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 Isaac G. Gordon, John S. King, Orlando Brown, John P. Wann, Wm. Dickey, Christopher Fogle, Daniel Fogle, Enoch Hall, H. Matson, Uriah Matson, Joseph E. Hall, John J. Y. Thompson, Thomas K. Litch, H. R. Fullerton, E. H. Darrah K. L. Blood, Samuel Craig, William C. Evans, W. D. J. Marlin, G. W. Andrews and Doctor A. M. Clark, and their successors, are hereby created, and erected, into a body politie and corporate, in deed and in law, by the name, style and title of the Brookville Cemetery Company, and by that name shall have perpetual succession, and be able to sue and be sued, in any court of law, or equity, and may have, and use, a common seal, and the same, at their pleasure, to alter, or renew; and shall have power to hold, and enjoy, to them and their suc cessors, all such land as they now own, or may hereafter purchase, not exceeding thirty acres; and they shall have authority to receive gifts, and bequests, for the purpose of ornamenting, and improving, said cemetery; and to hold such personal property as may be necessary for the purpose of carrying out the object of this act. SECTION 2. That the affairs of the said corporation shall be conducted by a board of managers, to be composed of a presiElection of off- dent, secretary, treasurer, and three of an executive committee, who shall be elected by a majority of the votes of said corporators, or stockholders, present, in person, or by proxy, at the time and place of such election; which time and place shall be fixed by the said corporators, or a majority of them; and the officers, so elected, shall hold their offices for one year, and until others are elected to fill their places. Vacancies. SECTION 3. The president, secretary, treasurer, and executive committee, shall have power to fill all vacancies which may occur in their own body; and shall have power to lay out and Powers and du- ornament the ground belonging to said company; to erect such ties of mana gers. By-laws. buildings thereon, as may be necessary for the enjoyment of the same; to lay out, sell, and dispose of the burial lots; to appoint all necessary officers, and their several duties, and to make such by-laws, rules and regulations, as they may deem proper, for conducting the affairs of said corporation, for the government of the members and visitors to said cemetery, for the regulation of the grounds, and the burial of the dead therein, SECTION 4. That every lot conveyed, in said cemetery, shall Lots to be held be held by the proprietor, for the purpose of sepulture alone, for sepulture transferable only with the consent of the managers, or a ma- only. jority of them, and shall not be subject to attachment, or exe- Transferable. cution; and all the grounds held by the corporation, and actually Exempt from inclosed for burial purposes, shall be exempt from attachment, attachment and or execution, and from all taxes, while so used, for the purposes of sepulture. taxation. tors to act, court successors. SECTION 5. That upon a failure, by death, removal, or other- In case of failwise, of the foregoing named corporators, or in case, at any are of corporatime, they should neglect, or refuse, to exercise their corporate powers, then, and in that case, the court of common pleas of may appoint the county of Jefferson, upon petition of any person, or persons, interested, shall have power to appoint any number of persons, not exceeding twenty, who shall have all the powers of the original corporators. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The first day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. No. 578. An Act To incorporate the Jersey Shore Cemetery. WHEREAS, Mark Slonaker, late of Lycoming county, deceased, by his last will and testament, bearing date October twenty-second, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, duly proven and entered of record, in the register's office at Williamsport, in the said county of Lycoming, did, among other things make the following devise, to wit: Item five-I give, devise and bequeath unto James Gamble, John J. Sanderson, John H. Humes, George P. Nice and Joseph Ruffhead, or the survivors of them, in trust to, and for the sole Preamble. |