as such soldiers, and were mustered into said service, in company B, in the Fifty-second regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers, and it is right and proper that the said money should be raised by the taxable inhabitants of said township, in proportion to their taxable property; therefore,

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate und House of Represen tatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, Supervisors au- That the supervisors of the township of Meshoppen, in the thorized to levy county of Wyoming, be and they are hereby authorized and a special tax. required to levy and assess a special tax upon all persons, subjects, and things, within said township, made taxable for county purposes, the sum of twelve hundred and eighty dollars, upon the basis of the last adjusted valuation for county purMode of collec- poses; and to cause a duplicate to be made, in the usual form, for the collection of the same, with a warrant thereto attached, similar to that authorized by law for the collection of taxes for school purposes, which shall be directed to some suitable person, as collector, from whom the said supervisor shall take a bond, with sufficient surety, for collection, and payment over to the treasurer of said moneys, according to the requirements of said warrant; and it is hereby made the duty of said collector to collect the said taxes, in the manner, and within the time provided by law for the collection of taxes for school purposes; for which purpose the warrant aforesaid shall be sufficient authority.

tion.

Exonerations may be made. Compensation of treasurer and

collector.

Duties of treasurer.

SECTION 2. The said supervisors are hereby authorized to make exonerations from said taxes, for sufficient cause, as in other cases, and to allow the treasurer and collector, not exceeding five per centum on the sum collected, for their services, to be divided between them as shall be directed by said supervisors; and they are, hereby required to draw their warrant upon the treasurer of said township, for the payment of seventy dollars, in favor of each of said volunteers, or of their legal representatives, respectively; payable out of said fund as soon as the same shall be collected.

SECTION 3. That the treasurer shall keep the moneys collected under this act, as a special fund to pay said warrants, and shall render a separate account therefor, in his settlement with the township auditors.

Surplus to be SECTION 4. That in the event that the above fund, mentioned appropriated to in the second section of this act, shall amount to more than the support of seventy dollars each, of said volunteers, and interest on the the poor. same, from the time that they were mustered into service, together with expenses of collection, et cetera, that the remainder of said fund shall be applied to the support of the poor of said township.

JOHN CESSNA,

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

Speaker of the Senate.

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

A. G. CURTIN.

No. 95.

An Act

To provide for repairing the side-walks in the borough of Coudersport. 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 to enable the burgess and town council of the borough Owners of lots of Coudersport, to keep the side-walks of said borough in good repair, the said burgess and town council are authorized to require the owners of lots, or reputed owners, in said borough, to repair the side- walks in front of their respective lots, or parts of lots, by a specified day, and in accordance with the regulations and specifications of council.

required to repairside-walks.

notice.

SECTION 2. That the secretary of the said burgess and town Secretary of council shall give personal notice to each person, whose side- council to give walk is required to be repaired, or the reputed owner, or tenant of said property, stating therein what repairs are to be made, the kind of material to be used, the grade of side-walk, and the day when the work is required to be done; which notice shall be served at least twenty days before the work is required to be completed.

SECTION 3. That should any property owner neglect to make In case of nethe repairs required by the said burgess and town council, in glect to comply, accordance with section one of this act, on the notice required street commisby section two having been given, the said burgess and town sioners to make council of the borough of Coudersport, are hereby authorized repairs.

to direct the street commissioners of the said borough to make

the repairs so required; and a duplicate of the cost of all such Collection of repairs shall be made, charging each property owner, reputed cost, relative to. owner, or tenant, with the cost of repairing the side-walk in front of their respective lots or parts of lots, and adding twenty per centum to the amount of said repairs; which duplicate shall be placed in the hands of the borough collector, and collected the same as county and state taxes are now by law collected

SECTION 4. That if the collector shall be unable to collect If not paid, to the amount so charged to any property owner, reputed owner, be collected as or tenant, he shall make return of the same to the county com- unseated taxes. missioners, who shall enter the amount on the treasurer's duplicate, stating the number of the lot, the name of the owner, or reputed owner, and the charge against the same for the repairs aforesaid; and the county treasurer shall collect the said charges the same as unseated taxes are by law collected.

SECTION 5. That if there is no person occupying any lot, the Notice may be side-walk in front of which is in need of repairs, and the served on the owner, or reputed owner, is a non-resident, then in that case agents of ownthe notice required by the second section of this act may be ers, or posted served on the agent of the owner, or reputed owner, of said up on lots. lots; or if neither the owner nor an agent resides in the said

borough, then notice may be posted up on the lot or lots, with the same effect as if personal notice were given.

JOHN CESSNA,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

GEORGE V. LAWRENCE,

Speaker of the Senate.

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

A. G. CURTIN.

No. 96.

A Further Supplement

To the act incorporating the Manheim, Petersburg and Lancaster Turn-. pike or Plank Road Company.

WHEREAS, There is now a debt due and owing by the Manheim, Petersburg and Lancaster Turnpike or Plank Road Company, amounting to about ten thousand dollais; 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 the treasurer of said company be and is authorized by this act, to receive, on or before the first day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, or such other time as the directors may designate, for the purpose of paying said debt, of each and every one of the stockholders, ten dollars for every share that may be held and owned by him, or her, or any corporation, at the time of the passage of this act; and said treasurer shall give notice to the stockholders, at least twenty days previous to the day fixed for making payment, in at least two newspapers of Lancaster county, or otherwise; no stockholder of said corporation, after the passage of this act, shall be allowed to transfer his or her stock, until the debt due on it is paid, or security for the amount given, and approved by the directors; and any sum due and unpaid on stock, on the day fixed for payment, the company shall be allowed to charge interest, at the rate of six per cent. per annum, and no dividends shall be paid to such stockholders, until such time that the dividends will amount to the principal and interest due the company; should there be any stock for which full settlement and payment is not made, on the first day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, such stockholder shall be released from any further payment, and all such stock, by whomsoever held, forfeited to the company, for its use and benefit;

from and after the passage of this act, said company shall be known by the name and title of the Manheim and Lancaster Turnpike Company.

JOHN CESSNA,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

GEORGE V. LAWRENCE,

Speaker of the Senate.

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

A. G. CURTIN.

No. 97.

An Act

To correct the act, entitled "An Act to incorporate the Loan association of the city of Philadelphia."

WHEREAS, The legislature, during the session of eighteen hundred and sixty-one, passed an act, entitled "An act to incorporate the Loan association of the city of Philadelphia," and which act was approved the first day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one :

And whereas, In transcribing said act, the words, "one and," were omitted, after the word "exceed," where it occurs in the second section of said act; therefore,

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 secretary of the commonwealth be and he is hereby required to publish said act, in the appendix to the laws enacted at the present session of the legislature, correcting said. second section, by inserting after the word "exceed," where it occurs in said section, the words, "one and."

JOHN CESSNA,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

GEORGE V. LAWRENCE,

Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED-The second day of March, Anno Domini one

thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.

A. G. CURTIN.

No. 98.

A Supplement

To an act, entitled "An Act to incorporate the Mifflin County Bank, passed March twenty-sixth, 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 Assem bly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, Other securities That from and after the passage of this act, instead of the for note holders securities now required by the act to which this is a supple

authorized.

Conditions

upon which capital stock may

be increased or reduced.

Notes to be is

sued by auditor general, relalive to.

Majority of

votes of directors sufficient.

ment, it shall and may be lawful for the president and directors of the Mifflin County Bank, to deposit with the auditor general of this commonwealth, as security for the note holders of said bank, either Pennsylvania state stock, or United States stock, at five per cent. below their market value, to any amount and sum the said president and directors of said bank, or a majority of them, may desire, not exceeding the amount of the capital stock of said bank.

SECTION 2. That said president and directors may, by a majority of votes of the stock which is not now in dispute, in equity, which stock so in dispute shall not be voted by either party claiming the same, until said dispute is finally adjudicated or settled, increase said capital stock, at their pleasure, to any amount not exceeding their capital stock, to wit: five hundred thousand dollars, upon depositing the securities with the auditor general, as required by this act, or the act to which this is a supplement, and complying with the provisions of said acts, in all other respects; and may also, at their pleasure, by a majority of votes, as aforesaid, reduce said capital stock to any amount, not less than one hundred thousand dollars, by delivering up an equal amount of said notes to the auditor general, to be cancelled, and receive in lieu thereof the deposited securities to an equal amount of said notes, so as aforesaid given up to be cancelled.

SECTION 3. That it shall be the duty of the auditor general to issue notes of said bank, from time to time, whenever required by said bank, and to deliver the same to the cashier, or the proper officer, duly authorized by said bank to receive the same, to any amount not exceeding its capital stock, and not exceeding the amount secured by the provisions of this act, or the act to which this is a supplement; and upon all such notes as shall or may, from time to time, be secured by a pledge of stock, or stocks, as aforesaid, the said auditor general shall cause to be engraved and stamped, the words, "secured by a deposit of the public stock, and the joint and several liability

of the stockholders."

SECTION 4. That instead of two-thirds of all the votes being necessary to a decision, a majority only of all such votes as aforesaid, shall be necessary in all elections, matters, and busi