That the said corporation shall be called, and known, by the Incorporation. name, style and title of the Pleasant View church, of Fayette Title. county, and, by the same name, shall have perpetual succes- Privileges. sion, and be able to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in all courts of law, and elsewhere, and shall be capable, in law and equity, to take, hold, and receive, to them and their successors, for the use of the said church and congregation, lands, tenements, goods and chattels, of whatsoever kind, nature or quality, real, personal or mixed, which are now, or shall, or may, at any time hereafter, become the property of said church, or congregation, to be held for their use, by gift, grant, bargain, sale, conveyance, devise, bequest, or otherwise, from any person, or persons, whomsoever, capable of making the same, and the same to grant, bargain, sell, mortgage, improve, or dispose of, for the support of a pastor, or pastors, and other officers, and charitable purposes, of the said congregation: Provided, That Income. the clear yearly value, or income, of the said estates, shall not exceed the sum of two thousand dollars. SECTION 2. That the business of said congregation shall be Election of trus conducted by five trustees, who shall choose, from their number, tees and officers a president and secretary, and may appoint a treasurer, and such other officers as the said trustees may, from time to time, deem necessary, for the better government of said congregation; and until others are, or shall be, elected, as is hereinafter provided, the following named persons shall be the trustees, viz: John C. M'Cormick, Samuel Brown, Emanuel Campbell, John Trustees to act G. Hornbeck and Benjamin Hill, to continue in office until the until election. first Monday of November next, on which day, the members of said congregation shall elect five persons, to serve as trustees, for one year, or until their successors are elected, by ballot; and their places shall be supplied at the annual election, to be held, for that purpose, in each year, on the first Monday of November: Provided, That, in case of vacancy, by death, or Vacancies. otherwise, the remaining trustees shall appoint a person to supply the same, until the next election. By-laws. SECTION 3. That the said trustees, and their successors, shall have full power to enact, and enforce, all such by-laws, and ordinances, as they shall think proper, for the regulation and transaction of business of the said congregation; to change the time, and place, of holding their annual election, as the same may be found convenient; and, if the congregation neglect, on the day of annual meeting, to hold their election, the trustees may appoint any subsequent time, at which such election shall be held; the time, and notice, thereof, to be regulated by the by-laws: Provided, That all by-laws be in accordance with Proviso. the constitution of the United States, and the constitution and laws of this commonwealth. JOHN ROWE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. LOUIS W. HALL, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The seventh day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two. A. G. CURTIN. Corporators. Name. Objects. Membership. Privileges. Income. Election of trustoes. Votes. No. 616. An Act To incorporate the Presbyterian Parsonage Association of Leacock Congregation. 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 Nathaniel E. Slaymaker, Jonathan Leidigh, Henry Eckert, Thomas S. Woods, Robert M'Ilvaine, Sylvester Kennedy, Jas. M'Ilvaine, Molton R. Sample and Nathaniel Gillespie, and such other persons as shall be associated with them, and their successors, be and the same are hereby erected into a body corporate and politic, by the name, style and title of the Presbyterian Parsonage Association of Leacock Congregation, with a capital stock of twenty-five hundred dollars, with power to increase the same to four thousand dollars, to be divided into shares of twenty-five dollars each; and the object of the association shall be to purchase a lot of ground, and erect thereon suitable buildings, and necessary improvements, for a residence of the pastor of the Leacock Presbyterian congregation. SECTION 2. Each member of this association subscribing, and paying over to the treasurer, twenty-five dollars, will be entitled to one share of stock, and to his share of the rents, profits, or incomes, of said property, in proportion to the amount of his stock, after deducting expenses for taxes, repairs, &c. SECTION 3. This association, and their successors, shall be able, and capable, in law, to take, receive, hold and enjoy, all, and all manner of, lands, tenements, rents, annuities, hereditaments, franchises, and any sums of money, and any manner, and portion, of goods, and chattels, bequeathed to them, to be employed, and disposed of, according to the objects, articles. and conditions hereof, or according to the by-laws of this corporation, or the will, and intention, of the donor: Provided always, That the clear yearly value, or income, of the real estate of said association, shall not exceed the sum of five hundred dollars. SECTION 4. That the affairs of said association shall be managed by a board of trustees, consisting of nine members, to be elected, by the stockholders, on the third Saturday in March, in each year, to serve for one year, or until others are elected, unless removed for cause, by a vote of two-thirds of the stockholders, at a special meeting called for that purpose, by any five of said stockholders, they giving public notice, of said meeting, at least two weeks prior to holding the same. SECTION 5. Each stockholder, who shall have paid in his amount of stock subscribed, or so much as may be required of him, from time to time, shall be entitled to vote as follows, viz: each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote, and for each additional share, one vote; but no member shall be entitled to more than eight votes. SECTION 6. No loss, or impediment, to the association, shall Failure to hold take place, by reason of any omission to elect trustees, at the an election, retime specified; but the same officers shall continue to enjoy lative to. all the power, and authority, vested in them by this act, until an election shall be duly held, at a succeeding annual meeting of the association, for electing officers. SECTION 7. The board of trustees shall have power to fill Vacancies. vacancies in their own body, and the persons, by them chosen, or elected, shall continue to be officers until the next annual election; and nothing in this section, or act, shall be so construed to prevent the re-election of such officers. SECTION 8. That this corporation, or association, shall have Seal. authority to have, hold and use, a common seal, and the same to change, alter, or amend, at pleasure; and by the name, style and title aforesaid, shall be capable, in law, to sue and be sued, before any court in this commonwealth; and may do, and make, all needful rules, regulations and by-laws, for the well ordering By-laws. of the business affairs of the corporation, so that the same in no wise conflict with, or be contrary to, the laws and constitution of this commonwealth, or of the United States. SECTION 9. That the stock may be transferred, agreeably to Stock may be the by-laws which may be adopted by the corporation. transferred. SECTION 10. The board of trustees, elected each year, shall Officers. choose, from their own number, one person as president, one person as secretary, and one person as treasurer; and a majority of the board of trustees shall constitute a quorum to do business. Quorum of trustees. SECTION 11. The secretary shall keep a book of the minutes Duties of secreof the proceedings of said association. tary. SECTION 12. The treasurer of the association shall, at least Duties of treaonce in each year, render a statement of the finances of the surer. association, if required to do so, and shall pay over, to each stockholder, on demand, once in each year, his pro rata proportion of any moneys, for incomes, or rents, which he may have received for said association. SECTION 13. That the stockholders of said association shall Individual liabe jointly, and severally, liable, in their individual capacities, bility. for debts due mechanics, workmen and laborers, employed by said company. SECTION 14. That the legislature hereby reserves the right to Reservation. amend, alter, or repeal, this charter, at any time; in such manner, however, as shall do no injustice to the corporators. SECTION 15. That the said N. E. Slaymaker, Jonathan Lei- Trustees to act digh, Henry Eckert, Thomas S. Woods, Robert M'Ilvaine, until election. Sylvester Kennedy, James M'Ilvaine, Molton R. Sample, and Nathaniel Gillespie, shall have full power to act as trustees, under this charter, until the time fixed for the first election of trustees, by this act, or until their successors be legally elected under this act. JOHN ROWE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED The eleventh day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two. A. G. CURTIN. No. 617. An Act To incorporate the Citizens' Gas Light Company. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen atives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That James Parke, junior, Wm. M. Bell, John Birmingham, R. T. Kennedy, James H. Childs, Josiah King, Dewitt C. Clapp, Charles A. Howe, Nathaniel Holmes, junior, John Otterson, John F. Jennings, and William Little, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners, and they, or a majority of them, are hereby authorized, to carry into effect the establishment of a gas company, to be called the Citizens' Gas Light Company. and to be located in the city of Allegheny, in the county of Allegheny, with a capital stock of thirty thousand dollars, to be divided into shares, of twenty-five dollars each; to be organized, managed and governed, as provided by an act, entitled "An Act to provide for the incorporation of gas and water companies," approved the eleventh day of March, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, and be subject to all the restrictions and provisions, together with all the immunities, rights and privileges, contained in said act: Provided however, That the price to be charged for the gas, manufactured, and furnished by said company, shall not exceed the sum of one dollar and fifty cents, per every one thousand cubic feet. JOHN ROWE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. LOUIS W. HALL, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The eleventh day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two. A. G. CURTIN. No. 618. An Act To incorporate the Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank, at Shippensburg. Corporators. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represenatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assemsly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That John Greason, John Wunderlich, Thomas P. Blair, P. A. Ahl, Abraham Myers, junior, A. G. Miller and Joseph M. Means, who do now constitute the stockholders of the firm of Greason, Wunderlich and Company, Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank, at Shippensburg, or such persons as shall, hereafter, beeome stockholders of the same, shall be, and are hereby, created a corporation and body politic, as a bank of discount and deposit, by the name and style of the Farmers' and Mechanics' Name. Bank, of Shippensburg, and shall so continue, until the first Tuesday of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven; and, by that name, shall, and may, sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, defend and be defended; and, Privileges. by that name, are hereby made able and capable, in law, to have, purchase, receive, possess, enjoy and retain, to them and their successors, such real estate as may be necessary for the transaction of their business, not exceeding, in value, ten thousand dollars, except such as may be held, by said company, as security for debts, and the same to sell, grant, mortgage or demise; also, to make, have and use, a common seal, and the Seal. same to alter and renew, at pleasure; and, also, to establish, and put in execution, all such by-laws and regulations, as they By-laws. shall deem necessary, for the governing and regulating said company. ferred to this. corporation. SECTION 2. That the joint stock, and all the goods, chattels, Stock and other money, debts, and other property, real and personal, now be- property of cerlonging, or due, and payable to, or to become due, and payable tain banking to, or held in trust, for the said company, shall, and the same company transare, hereby, transferred to, and vested in, the corporation hereby created; and all contracts made with the said company, or any person, or persons, for their use, shall enure and operate for the benefit of, and be performed to, and with, the said corporation; and the said corporation shall be liable for all contracts Liable for all entered into by said company, before the passage of this act: Provided, That this section shall not be construed so as to ed into by com. exonerate the stockholders from their liability for all debts contracted previous to the passage of this act: Provided further, Proviso. That the stockholders of said company, or corporation, in addition to the corporate liability, shall be jointly and severally Liability of contracts enter pany. liable, to the creditors of said bank, in their individual capaci- stockholders. ties, for the amount of all deposits made with said company, or corporation, whether the same be interest, or transient deposits. |