Proviso. tive to. a contributor to its support, shall be entitled to the rights of an elector, and not otherwise: Provided always, That the pastor, for the time being, shall be entitled to vote equally with any member of said congregation. SECTION 12. That congregational meetings shall be composed Congregational meetings, rela- of those who are qualified to be electors of members of council; that those meetings shall be convened at the call of the council, either of their own accord, or upon the written request of any six members; that the object of the meeting shall be mentioned in the call therefor, and at least three days shall intervene between the notice given and the time of meeting, and that the pastor of the church shall have a vote, as well at all congregational meetings, as at the election of trustees. SECTION 13. That the said congregation shall have full power Election of pas- and authority, from time to time, to elect their pastor; which tor. elections shall always be held by ballot, by the members of the congregation, qualified as aforesaid; two-thirds of the votes cast, in all such cases, shall be conclusive; and no pastor, of the said congregation, elected in manner as above mentioned, shall be dismissed, except by a vote, finally taken, of the qualified members of said congregation; and no minister of the gospel shall ever be elected as pastor of said congregation, unless he is in full communion with the Evangelical Lutheran church, agreeably to the tenets, rights and ceremonies thereof. JOHN ROWE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. LOUIS W. HALL, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The fifth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two. A. G. CURTIN. No. 611. An Act To incorporate the Lackawaxen Bridge 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, Commissioners. That Moses Brink, William Westfall, William Kirkum, Patrick Saxton, Almanser Griswold, George H. Rowland, and John M. Williamson, of Pike county, be and they are hereby ap pointed commissioners, to open books, receive subscriptions, and organize a company, under the name, style and title of the Lackawaxen Bridge Company, for the purpose of erecting a Name. bridge across the Lackawaxen river, at, or near, lock number Location of ten, of the Delaware and Hudson canal, in Pike county. bridge. SECTION 2. That the capital stock of said company shall be Capital stock. one thousand five hundred dollars, to be divided into shares of ten dollars each, with power to increase the said capital stock, and number of shares, to an amount sufficient for the erection of said bridge. SECTION 3. That said company shall be organized under, and Subject to. subject, to all the provisions and restrictions of the act regulating bridge companies, approved the twelfth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five. JOHN ROWE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. LOUIS W. HALL, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The fifth day of April, Anno Domini one thou. sand eight hundred and sixty-two. To incorporate the Jamestown and Franklin Railroad Compatry. 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 William Gibson, John P. Vincent, George A. Bittenban- Commissioners. ner, W. L. Scott, Henry C. Hickok, Thomas Hoge, A. W. Raymond, and David Hadley, 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 Jamestown and Franklin Railroad Company, with Style. all the powers, and subject to all the restrictions, of an act, entitled "An Act regulating railroad companies," approved Subject to. the nineteenth day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, and the several supplements thereto. SECTION 2. That the capital stock of said company shall be Capital stock five hundred thousand dollars, to be divided into shares, of fifty dollars each; and the said company shall have power, by a vote of a majority of the stockholders, at a meeting, called for that purpose, to increase said capital stock, to such an amount as may be necessary to complete said railroad; and the said com Authorized to borrow money and issue bonds. Proviso. Construction road. May connect with other pany are hereby authorized to borrow any sum of money, not exceeding the sum of five hundred thousand dollars, and to issue bonds therefor, with, or without, coupons attached; and the directors of said company shall have power to give such bonds such preference, or security, by mortgage, or otherwise, as they may deem advantageous: Provided, That no bond shall be for a less sum than one hundred dollars, and that such rate of interest, not exceeding seven per centum, per annum, as may be agreed on, shall be lawful. SECTION 3. That said company shall have the right to build and location of and construct, a single, or double, track, railroad, from the borough of Jamestown, in the county of Mercer, to the borough of Franklin, in the county of Venango, and shall also have the right to connect the said railroad with other railroads, now built and constructed, or to be, hereafter, built and constructed, at either end, or at any intermediate point thereof; and the said company shall, also, have the right to purchase, hold, finish, equip and use, any unfinished railroad, within the counties of Mercer and Venango. roads, and purchase any unfinished road. Damages, asaessment and payment of. Board of managers. Corporations may subscribe to capital stock. Repeal. SECTION 4. That in all cases, where said company, and the owners of lands, and materials, cannot agree upon the amount of damages claimed, either for land, or materials, the said company may tender a bond, with sufficient security, to the party claiming damages, the condition of which shall be, that the company will pay, or cause to be paid, such amount of damages as the party shall be entitled to receive, after the same shall have been agreed upon, by the parties, or assessed, according to law; and that, in case the party, or parties, claiming damages, refuse to accept the bond, or bonds, tendered by said company, the said company may cause the same to be presented to the court of common pleas, of the county in which the said land shall lie, or to any judge thereof, in vacation, and the said court, or judge, if the amount, and security, be deemed sufficient, shall endorse thereon, approved, and ordered to be filed; and, thereupon, the said company shall have the like rights and privileges, as they would have, by this section, if such bond had been accepted by the owner, or owners, of the lands, or materials. SECTION 5. That the board of managers, of said company, shall consist of a president, and six directors. SECTION 6. That it shall be lawful for corporations, other than municipal corporations, to subscribe to the capital stock, and to purchase the bonds of the said company, and to receive, hold, and sell the same, in the same manner, as other property belonging to said corporation. SECTION 7. That all acts, and parts of acts, inconsistent with the provisions of this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. JOHN ROWE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. LOUIS W. HALL, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The fifth day of April, Anno Domini one thou sand eight hundred and sixty-two. A. G. CURTIN. No. 613. An Act To extend the act incorporating the Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Society of Warminster, in Bucks 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 act, entitled "An Act to incorporate the Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Society of Warminster, in Bucks county," approved the twenty-fourth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-three, be and the same is hereby extended, and continued, until the same be repealed by law. JOHN ROWE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. LOUIS W. HALL, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED The fifth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. No. 614. An Act Supplementary to an act, entitled "An Act to incorporate the Goshenhoppen Mutual Fire Insurance Company," approved the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-three. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate und 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 act to incorporate the Goshenhoppen Mutual Fire Charter extendInsurance Company, approved March third, Anno Domini one ed. thousand eight hundred and forty-three, be and the same is hereby extended, and continued, in full force and virtue, for the term of twenty years, from the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. SECTION 2. That the board of managers, of said company, By-laws may shall have the power to amend the by-laws of the same, to amended. take effect upon the commencement of the period, for which the charter of said corporation is hereby extended, subject to the Proviso. Policies to be continued in force. Proviso. Authorized to assessments. same restrictions, as is provided in the act to which this is a supplement: And provided, That the amendments to said by. laws shall be published once a week, in at least one newspaper, in each of the counties of Montgomery, Berks, Lehigh and Bucks, respectively, during six weeks before the same shall go into effect. SECTION 3. That all policies of insurance, heretofore issued by said company, shall be extended, and continue in full force and effect, on and after the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three: Provided, The holders thereof shall, before that date, renew the notes deposited by them, under the seventh section of the act of assembly referred to, and incorporated in the act to which this is a supplement, and shall, in all other respects, comply with the by-laws of said company, as the same may be amended, under the authority of this act. SECTION 4. That it shall be lawful for the board of managers, raise a fund by of said company, by assessments, to be made upon its members, in the mode now provided in its charter, for the assessments, for the payment of losses by fire, to raise, and, from time to time, to renew, and keep on hand, for the same purpose, a fund not to exceed, at any one time, the sum of five thousand dollars. SECTION 5. That any officer, or member, of said company, bers to be com shall be a competent witness for, or against, said company, in any petent witness- action, or legal proceeding, to prove the service upon another officer, or member, of said company, of any notice which may be required by the charter, or by-laws, of said company. Officers or mem es in certain cases. JOHN ROWE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. LOUIS W. HALL, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The fifth day of April, Anno Domini one thou sand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. No. 615. An Act Incorporating the Pleasant View Church, in Fayette county. WHEREAS, The members of the Pleasant View church, in Fayette county, have prayed for an act of incorporation, for the better management of their affairs; 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, |