Area History: 1830-39: Acts of the General Assy pertaining to Lebanon Co, PA Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Linnea T Miller ltmiller@geocities.com USGENWEB NOTICE: Printing this file by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. ____________________________________________________________ "Laws of the General Assembly of the State of Pennsylvania, Passed at the Session of 1830 '31, in the Fifty-Fifth Year of Independence." Published by Authority. Harrisburg: Printed by Henry Welsh. 1831. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Page 132. No. 82, A Supplement to an act entitled An act appointing commissioners to run and mark certain lines, dividing the counties of Lebanon and Dauphin, passed the twenty-third day of March, Anno Domini, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine. SECT. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That to supply the place of John Weidman, Esq. of Lebanon county, deceased, John Harrison, Esq. of the same county, be and he is hereby appointed a commissioner to run and mark, in conjunction with the surviving commissioners, the division lines between the counties of Dauphin and Lebanon, in the manner pointed out by the act, entitled "An act appointing commissioners to run and mark certain lines, dividing the counties of Lebanon and Dauphin." passed the twenty-third day of March, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine. FREDK. SMITH, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. G. HAWKINS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The fourteenth day of March, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one. GEO. WOLF. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Page 280. No. 142. An Act to confer on Sarah Jones, the rights, privileges and benefits of a child born in lawful wedlock. SECT. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Sarah Jones, of the borough of Lebanon, in the county of Lebanon, the illegitimate daughter of Elizabeth Hubler, late of Tulpehocken township, Berks county, deceased, shall have and enjoy all the rights, privileges, benefits and advantages, of a child born in lawful wedlock, and shall be able and capable in law, the inherit and transmit any estate whatsoever, as fully and completely to all intents and purposes, as if she had been born in lawful wedlock: Provided, That nothing in this act contained, shall be construed to interfere with the claim of the commonwealth, under and act, entitled "An act relating to collateral inheritances," passed the seventh of April, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six. FREDK. SMITH, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. G. HAWKINS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The thirteenth day of March, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one. GEO. WOLF. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Page 298. No. 148. An Act to establish a Bank at Northumberland, in Northumberland county, and to revive the act incorporating a bank at Lebanon, in Lebanon county.t SECT. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the act entitled "An act to establish a bank in the county of Lebanon, and for other purposes," passed the eleventh day of April, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven, except so much of the first section as regards the appointment of commissioners, and the time allowed to carry into effect the establishment of said bank; and also, so much of the second section as fixes the time at which the stockholders shall meet to choose directors, be revived, and continued in force until the first day of November, one thousand eight hundred and forty-one, and no longer: And it is hereby provided, That John Harrison, Jacob B. Weidman, Peter Shulze, Michael Selzer, Thomas B. Coleman, Peter Horst, John W. Gloninger, Abraham Rex, John Ley, John Shertzer Jr. Thomas Harper, George W. Kline, Henry Bawer, Christian Snavely, and Adam Kettering, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners to carry into effect, from and after the first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, the establishment of the said bank: And provided further, That it may be lawful for the stockholders to meet at any time previous to the third Monday in November, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, and choose, by ballot, thirteen directors, to serve till that time, or until others are elected, notice of the election being given agreeably to the provisions of said act. FREDK. SMITH, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. G. HAWKINS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The first day of April, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one. GEO. WOLF. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Page 321. No 156. An Act authorizing John Shindle and Henry Wingert, executors of the last will and testament of Peter Shindle, to sell and convey certain real estate. WHEREAS, it is represented that Peter Shindle, late of Lebanon county, deceased, by his last will and testament, dated the fourteenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five, ordered and directed, that the stone house, where his son Jacob keeps tavern, should be appraised by three men, appointed by the court of Lebanon county, and what those three men should value the said house, Jacob might take it at the valuation; that the house where the testator then resided, should be appraised by the same three men, and whatever they would appraise the same at, Conrad might take it at the appraisement: Whereas, in pursuance of the directions of said will, the court of Lebanon county, appointed three men, who appraised said property, and after the appraisement thereof, the guardians, (to wit: Adam Richter and John Entress,) of the children of said Jacob Shindle, (he being dead,) refused to take the said house at the appraisement, and that the said Conrad Shindle refused to take the said house where the testator resided at the appraisement, that no provision has been made by the said will, for the disposal of said property, if the said Jacob and Conrad should refuse to take the same: Whereas, it is further represented, that the said Peter Shindle, dies seized of another house and lot, situate in the borough of Lebanon, adjoining lots of John Gloninger Jacob Arndt, and the Lebanon academy lot, that no provision was made by said will for the disposal of said house and lot. Therefore, SECT. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That John Shindle and Henry Wingert, executors of the last will and testament of Peter Shindle, late of Lebanon county, deceased, be and they are hereby authorised and empowered to sell all the right, title and interest, late of the said Peter Shindle, deceased, of, in and to a certain stone house and lot of ground, situate in the borough of Lebanon aforesaid, where the said Peter Shindle, in his lifetime, and immediately before his death resided; also a certain house and lot of ground, situate in the borough of Lebanon aforesaid, adjoining lots of John Gloninger, Jacob Arndt, and a lot belonging to the Lebanon academy, and to convey the same in fee simple, by deed or deeds, to the purchaser or purchasers thereof, which shall have the same force and effect as if the said Peter Shindle has sold and conveyed the same in his lifetime: Provided, That before the said John Shindle and Henry Wingert, shall make sale as aforesaid, they shall give bond in such sum and with such surety as the orphans' court of Lebanon county shall direct, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties enjoined upon them by this act, and the proper application of the money rising from the said sale. FREDK. SMITH, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. G. HAWKINS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The first day of April, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one. GEO. WOLF. ---------------------------------------------------------------- "Laws of the General Assembly of the State of Pennsylvania, Passed at the Session of 1831 '32, in the Fifty-Sixth Year of Independence." Published by Authority. Harrisburg: Printed by Henry Welsh. 1832. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Page 290. No. 125. An Act authorizing John Ley, Christian Ley and Peter Batdorf, administrators of Christian Ley, late of Myerstown in the county of Lebanon, deceased, and Daniel Esterly, administrator of Daniel Drenkle, deceased, to sell and convey certain real estate. SECT. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That John Ley, Christian Ley and Peter Batdorf, administrators of the estate of Christian Ley, late of Myerstown, in the county of Lebanon, deceased, be, and they are hereby authorized to sell at public or private sale, for the purpose of paying the debts of the said Christian Ley, deceased, all the rights, title and interest which the said Christian Ley, at the time of his death, had or held in lands and real estate, in the counties of Schuylkill, Dauphin and Clearfield, owned by the said Christian Ley, and any other person or persons, as joint tenant or tenants in common, and to make good and sufficient deeds of conveyance for the same to the purchaser or purchasers thereof: Provided, The said administrators shall give such sufficient security for the faithful and proper appropriation of the proceeds of the sale or sales of said lands and real estate, as the Orphans' court of Lebanon county shall direct: And provided, That said court shall approve of such sale or sales. SECT. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Daniel Esterly, administrator of the estate of Daniel Drenkle, deceased, be, and he hereby is authorized to sell and convey, at private or public sale, all the right, title, interest and estate which the said Daniel Drenkle, at the time of his death, had or held, in any messuage or messuages, tenement or tenements, and the lands in this commonwealth, owned by the said Daniel Drenkle, in his own right, and to make good and sufficient deeds of conveyance for the same to the purchaser or purchasers: Provided, That before executing a deed or deeds to the purchaser or purchasers, for the said property, or any part thereof, the said Daniel Esterly shall enter into satisfactory security, to be approved of by the Orphans court of the said county of Berks, conditioned for faithful application of the money arising from said property, according to law: And provided, That the said sale or sales shall also be approved of by the said court. JOHN LAPORTE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. G. HAWKINS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The fifth day of April, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two. GEO. WOLF. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Page 397. No. 162. An Act to authorize the Orphans court of Lebanon county, to direct John Forney to execute a deed of conveyance to Michael Gingrich. SECT. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the Orphans court of Lebanon county be, and is hereby authorized and empowered, on the application of Michael Gingrich, one of the executors of the last will and testament of John Gingrich, deceased, who was the administrator of Mary Gingrich, deceased, setting forth the fact, manner and terms of sale of a certain house and lot of ground, late the property of said Mary Gingrich, deceased, situate in Millerstown, Anville township, in the county of Lebanon, to order and direct a deed to be executed by John Forney, one of the executors of the said John Gingrich, deceased, to Michael Gingrich, upon sufficient evidence being furnished to the said court, that the said Michael Gingrich was the purchaser of the said property, and the consideration therefor was fully paid and satisfied. JOHN LAPORTE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. G. HAWKINS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The third day of May, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two. GEO. WOLF. ---------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------  "Laws of the General Assembly of the State of Pennsylvania, Passed at the Session of 1832 '33, in the Fifty-Sixth Year of Independence." Published by Authority. Harrisburg: Printed by Henry Welsh. 1833. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Page 22. No. 17. An Act for the relief of Jacob Bastian and others, soldiers of the revolutionary war. SECT. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the State Treasurer be and is hereby authorized and required to pay to .....Peter Berry, of Lebanon county, Daniel Strohl, of Northampton county.....soldiers of the revolutionary war, or to their respective orders, forty dollars each immediately, and to each of them an annuity of forty dollars during life, payable half yearly, to commence on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three. SAM'L ANDERSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JESSE R. BURDEN, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The fifth dayx of February, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three. GEO. WOLF. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Page 93. No. 57. An Act for the relief of Robert Campbell, Frederick Baum, James M'Dowell, Michael Rager, Job Helms, and Samuel Shaw, soldiers, and Justina Weiser, and Margaret Dentsler, the widows of soldiers of the revolutionary war. SECT. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the State Treasurer be and he is hereby authorized and required to pay.....Margaret Dentzler, of the county of Lebanon, the widow of a soldier of the revolutionary war, of to their respective orders, forty dollars immediately, and an annuity of forty dollars to each, payable half yearly during life, to commence on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three. SAM'L ANDERSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JESSE R. BURDEN, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-fifth day of March, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three. GEO. WOLF. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Page 251. No. 129 An Act to enable John Christ to exchange certain real estate, and for other purposes. SECT. 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Harriet B. Grubb, guardian of the minor children of Henry B. Grubb, late of Lancaster county, deceased, be, and she is hereby authorized to sell and convey, in fee simple, the following tracts of land, viz: one containing two hundred and seventy-four acres, situate in Londonderry township, Lebanon county, and adjoining lands of James Kelly and others, one containing one hundred acres, situate in Dauphin and Lancaster counties, and adjoining lands of Christian Hoffert and others, one containing two hundred and eight acres, situate in Rapho township, Lancaster county, and adjoining lands of Christian Brubaker and others, and one containing one hundred and thirty acres, situate in Warwick township, Lancaster county, and adjoining lands of Daniel Gibble and others, which said four tracts were the property of said Henry, in his life time, or have been purchased by his administrators since his death, and vested in said Harriet, guardian as aforesaid, and the said Harriet shall do and perform all other acts and things necessary to the sale and conveyance as aforesaid of said tracts, for and in behalf of said minors, in as full, ample, binding manner, as if they were at the time of full age, and had themselves performed the same, and shall apply the proceeds, thereof, in such manner as will be most conducive to the best interests of said minors; the purchaser or purchasers whereof shall hold the same forever, free, and discharged of all claims and demands by said minors, or any person from or under them: Provided, That the said Harriet B. Grubb, guardian as aforesaid, shall, before making sale of the said real estate, enter into bond or recognizance in such sum, and with such sufficient security as the Orphans Court of Lancaster county shall determine, for the faithful execution of the trust hereby confided to her. SAM'L ANDERSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THO'S. RINGLAND, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The eighth day of April, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three. GEO. WOLF ---------------------------------------------------------------- "Laws of the General Assembly of the State of Pennsylvania, Passed at the Session of 1834 '35, in the Fifty-Ninth Year of Independence." Published by Authority. Harrisburg: Printed by Welsh & Patterson. 1835. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Page 14. No. 15. An Act for the relief of sundry soldiers and widows of soldiers of the revolutionary was. SECTION. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the State Treasurer be and is hereby authorized and required to pay to.....Catharine Wolbarn, of Lebanon county, the widows of revolutionary soldiers, or to their respective orders, forty dollars to each immediately, and an annuity of forty dollars to each during life, payable half yearly, to commence on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five. JAMES THOMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JACOB KERN, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-sixth day of January, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five. GEO. WOLF. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Page 35. No. 27 An Act for the relief of sundry soldiers and widows of soldiers of the revolutionary was. SECTION. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the State Treasurer be and is hereby authorized and required to pay to.....John Kochenderfer, of Lebanon county, soldiers of the revolution, or to their resTpective orders, forty dollars to each immediately, and an annuity of forty dollars to each during life, payable half yearly, to commence on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five. SECTION. 3. The State Treasurer be and he is hereby authorized and required to pay to.....George Wolf, of Lebanon county, revolutionary soldiers, or to their respective orders, forty dollars to each immediately, and an annuity of forty dollars to each during life, payable half yearly, to commence on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five. SECTION. 5. The State Treasurer be and he is hereby authorized and required to pay to.....John Kormony, of Lebanon county.....John Shultz, of Lebanon county.....revolutionary soldiers, a gratuity of forty do6llars each, as full compensation for their respective claims against the Commonwealth; the foregoing gratuities and pensions to be paid in conformity to existing laws. JAMES THOMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JACOB KERN, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The sixteenth day of February, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five. GEO. WOLF. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Page 71. No. 51. An Act for the relief of sundry soldiers and widows of soldiers of the revolutionary was. SECTION. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the State Treasurer be and is hereby authorized and required to pay to Philip Whitmyer of Lebanon countyA.....soldiers.....of the revolution, or to their respective orders, forty dollars to each immediately, and an annuity of forty dollars to each during life, payable half yearly, to commence on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five. JAMES THOMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JACOB KERN, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The fourteenth day of March, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five. GEO. WOLF. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Page 373. No. 180. An Act for the relief of sundry soldiersT and widows of soldiers of the revolutionary was. SECTION. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the State Treasurer be and is hereby authorized and required to pay to.....Mathias Der of Lebanon county/.....soldiers and widows of soldiers of the revolutionary war, or to their respective orders, forty dollars to each immediately, as a gratuity, and an annuity of forty dollars to each during life, payable half yearly, to commence on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five. JAMES THOMPSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS S. CUNNINGHAM, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The fifteenth day of April, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five. GEO. WOLF. ----------------------------------------------------------------  "Laws of the General Assembly of the State of Pennsylvania, Passed at the Session of 1835 '36, in the Sixtieth Year of Independence." Published by Authority. Harrisburg: Printed by Theo Fenk. 1836. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Page 34. No. 20. An Act for the relief of sundry soldiers and widows of soldiers of the revolutionary war. SECTION. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the State Treasurer is hereby authorized and required to pay to.....Henry Cook of Lebanon county, soldiers of the revolutionary war.....or to their respective orders, forty dollars each immediately, as a gratuity, and an annuity of forty dollars to each during life, to commence on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six. NER MIDDLESWARTH, Speaker of thhe House of Representatives. THOMAS S. CUNNINGHAM, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twelfth day of February, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six. JOS. RITNER. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Page 81. No. 36. An Act for the relief of Robert Boyd, and other soldiers and widows of soldiers of the revolutionary war. DSECTION. 2. The State Treasurer is authorized and required to pay toT.....Eve Kechly of Lebanon county, a gratuity of forty dollars each, immediately, in full for the services performed by them, and also the widows above named, for the services performed by their late husbands in the revolutionary war; the foregoing pensions and gratuities to be paid in conformity to the existing laws. NER MIDDLESWARTH, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS S. CUNNINGHAM, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twelfth day of March, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six. JOS. RITNER. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Page 207. No. 64. An Act for the relief of George Long, and other soldiers and widows of soldiers of the revolutionary war. SECTION. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the State Treasurer is hereby authorized and required to pay to.....Henry Weber of Lebanon county, sold$iers and widows of soldiers of the revolutionary war, or to their respective orders, forty dollars to each immediately, as a gratuity, and an annuity of forty dollars to each during life, payable half yearly, to commence on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six." NER MIDDLESWARTH, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS S. CUNNINGHAM, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-eighth day of March, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six. JOS. RITNER. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Page 297. No. 90. An Act for the relief of Thomas Russel, and other soldiers and widows of soldiers of the revolutionary war, and an act supplementary to an act regulating tin and clock pedlars. SECTION. 4. The State Treasurer is authorized and required to pay John Karmony of Lebanon county, or order, an annuity of forty dollars, annually, to commence on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, payable half yearly. NER MIDDLESWARTH, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS S. CUNNINGHAM, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The thirty-first day of March, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six. JOS. RITNER. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Page 320. No. 102. An Act for the relief of Jacob Wise, and other soldiers and widows of soldiers of the revolutionary war. SECTION. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the State Treasurer is hereby authorized and required to pay to.....John Gasser of Lebanon county.....soldiers.....of the revolution war, or to their respective orders, a gratuity of forty dollars each immediately, and an annuity of forty dollars to each during life, payable half yearly, to commence on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six. NER MIDDLESWARTH, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS S. CUNNINGHAM, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The thirty-first day of March, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six. JOS. RITNER. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Page 385. No. 123. To incorporate the Lebanon Valley railroad company. SECTION. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That John Moss, Simon Gratz, William H. Keating, Edward R. Biddle, Elihu Chauncey, Henry Nixon, Coleman Fisher, Mathew C. Ralston, Thomas Biddle, William D. Lewis, A.G. Jaudon, John F. Stump, William H. Orr, Henry White, Alexander Lardner, and George W. Edwards of Philadelphia, Daniel H. Boas, Samuel Bell, and William Darling of Reading, George Lineaweaver, John S. Shertzer, George W. Kline, George F. Miller, Jacob Wise, Samuel S. Rex, John W. Gloninger, Peter Herst, Thomas Harper, William Moore, John Krause, John George, Edward P. Pearson, Thomas B. Coleman, Jacob B. Weidman, and Jefferson Sherk of Lebanon county, Simon Cameron, George Mish, Abraham Bombaugh, William M'Clure, Samuel Shoch, William Ayers, and David Krause of Dauphin county, Jacob Gehr, George M. Keim, George Gernand, Joseph Smucker, John Miller, Samuel Adams, Adam Ruth, John Hain, John Seltzer, Jos. D. Biles, John B. Trevor, John Cadwalader of Berks county, or any five of them, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners to do and perform the several things hereinafter mentioned, that is to say: they shall procure a sufficient number of suitable books, in each of which they shall enter as follows: "We whose names are hereunto subscribed, do promise to pay to the president and managers of the Lebanon Valley railroad company, the sum of fifty dollars for every share of stock set opposite to our respective names, in such manner and proportions, and at such times as shall be determined by the president and managers of the said company, in pursuance of an act of the general assembly of this commonwealth, entitled 'An act to incorporate the Lebanon Valley railroad company;' Witness our hands this - day of - , in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and - ;" And shall thereupon give notice, in two newspapers printed in each of the counties of Dauphin, Lebanon and Berks, and two daily papers in the city of Philadelphia, three weeks at least, of the times and places when and where the said books shall be kept open to receive subscriptions for the stock of the said company, at which respective times and places, one or more of the commissioners shall attend, and permit all persons of lawful age who shall offer to subscribe in the said books, in their own name or the name of any other person who shall authorize the same, for any number of shares in the said stock, and the said books shall be kept open respectively for the purpose aforesaid, at least six hours in every juridical day, for the space of six days, or until there shall have been subscribed fifteen thousand shares, and if at the expiration of six days, the books aforesaid shall not have the number of shares aforesaid therein subscribed, the said commissioners may adjourn from time to time, and transfer the book or books elsewhere, until the whole number of fifteen thousand shares shall be subscribed, of which adjournment and transfer, the commissioners aforesaid shall give such public notice as the occasion may require, and when the whole number of shares shall be subscribed, then the books shall be closed; but no subscription shall be valid, unless the person so subscribing, shall pay to the said commissioners at the time of making the same, the sum of five dollars on each share, for the use of the company. SECTION 2. When four thousand shares or more of the said stock shall be subscribed, and five dollars on each share paid to the commissioners, the said commissioners, or a majority of them, may certify the same, under oath or affirmation, to the Governor, whereupon the Governor shall, by letters patent, under his hand and the seal of the commonwealth, create and erect the subscribers, and if the subscription not be full at the time, then also those who shall thereafter subscribe to the number of shares aforesaid, into a body politic and corporate, in deed and in law, by the name, style and title of "The Lebanon Valley railroad company;" and by the same name the subscribers shall have perpetual succession, and be able to sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, in all courts of record and elsewhere, and to purchase, receive, have, hold and enjoy, to them and their successors, lands, tenements and hereditaments, goods, chattels, and all estate, real, personal, or mixed, of whatever kind or quality soever, and the same from time to time to sell, mortgage, grant, alien or dispose of, to make dividends of such portions of the profits as they may deem proper; and also to make and have a common seal, and the same to alter or renew at pleasure, and also to ordain, establish and put in execution such by-laws, ordinances and regulations, as shall appear necessary and convenient for the government of the said corporation, not being contrary to the constitution and laws of the United States or of this commonwealth, and generally, to do all and singular, the matters and things which to them it shall lawfully appertain to do for the well being of the said corporation, and the due management and ordering the affairs of the same: Provided , That nothing therein contained shall be considered as in any way giving to the said corporation any banking privileges whatever, or any other liberties, privileges or franchises, but such as may be necessary to incident to the making and maintaining of the said railroad. SECTION 3. The president, managers and company of the said railroad company, shall have power to survey, lay down, ascertain, mark and fix such route as they shall deem expedient for a double or single railroad, beginning at a point on the Philadelphia and Reading railroad, at or near Reading, to a point at Schaefferstown, in Lebanon county, thence through Lebanon, to intersect the Harrisburg, Portsmouth, Mountjoy and Lancaster railroad, at or below Harrisburg, having due regard to the situation or nature of the ground, and of the buildings thereon, the public convenience, and the interest of the stockholders, as so as to do the least damage to private property, and the said road shall not pass through any burying ground nor place of public worship; the said president, managers and company shall, within six months after ascertaining the route of the said railroad, cause an accurate survey of the lines of the said road to be made, a map or plot of which survey they shall cause to be filed in the Secretary's office of this state, which map or plot, or a certified copy thereof, shall be sufficient evidence of the course of said road, which may then be opened, and all the expenses incurred thereby shall be defrayed by said company. SECTION 4. That the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth, fifteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth, twentieth, twenty-first, twenty-second, twenty-fourth, and twenty-fifth sections of the act passed the fourth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, entitled "An Act to authorize the Governor, to incorporate the Philadelphia and Reading railroad company, and be the same are hereby made a part of this act, as fully and effectually as if it had been enacted section by section: Provided , That the mode of ascertaining damages provided for in the twelfth section above referred to, shall be made in the county where they occur. SECTION 5. The president and managers of the aforesaid company, shall annually, on the first Monday in December, transmit to the Auditor General a full statement of their affairs, under oath, and shall annually pay into the treasury of this commonwealth, a tax of eight per cent. on all dividends which may exceed six per cent. on the capital stock paid in. SECTION 6. The legislature reserves the right to reduce and regulate the tolls hereby authorized, and also the right of purchasing the said railroad, with all its appurtenances, at any timer after the expiration of twenty years from the time of completing said road, by paying to said company the costGs and expenses of constructing said road, and keeping the same in repair, together with eight per cent. per annum interest thereon, after deducting the amount of tolls collected by said company. NER MIDDLESWARTH, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS S. CUNNINGHAM, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The first day of April, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six. JOS. RITNER. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Page 472, No. 150. An Act for the relief of George Dannenhower, and other soldiers and widows of soldiers of the revolutionary war. SECTION. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the State Treasurer is hereby authorized and required to pay to.....Abraham Doebler of Lebanon county.....soldiers or widows of soldiers of the revolutionary war, or to their respective orders, forty dollars each, immediately, as a gratuity, and an annuity of forty dollars each, during life, to commence on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six. NER MIDDLESWARTH, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS S. CUNNINGHAM, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The first day of April, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six. JOS. RITNER. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Page 808. No. 196. An Act for the relief of Thomas Davis, and others, soldiers and widows of soldiers of the revolutionary war. SECTION. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the State Treasurer is hereby authorized and required to pay to.....Peter Baney of Lebanon county.....soldiers, and Margaret Jamison of Lancaster county.....of the revolutionary war, a gratuity of forty dollars each, immediately, and an annuity of forty dollars each during life, to commence on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six. NER MIDDLESWARTH, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS S. CUNNINGHAM, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The sixteenth day of June, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six. JOS. RITNER. --------------------------------------------------------------  "Laws of the General Assembly of the State of Pennsylvania, Passed at the Session of 1836-37, in the Sixty-First Year of Independence." Published by Authority. Harrisburg: Printed by Theo Fenn. 1837. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Page 14. No. 15. An Act for the relief of William Hall and others, soldiers of the revolutionary war. SECTION 2. The State Treasurer is authorized and required to pay to Peter Witmyer of Lebanon county.....or their respective orders, forty dollars to each immediately, as a gratuity, in full for their revolutionary services; the foregoing pensions and gratuities to be paid in conformity to the existing laws. LEWIS DEWART, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS S. CUNNINGHAM, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The ninth day of February, Anno Domini, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven. JOS: RITNER. ------------------------------------------------------------ Page 76. No. 50. An Act authorizing William Adams and Michael Haak of the county of Berks, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, committee of John Haak of said county, a lunatic, and Elizabeth Haak, wife of said John Haak, to sell and convey certain real estate, and for other purposes. SECTION 8. William Coleman, the administrator of Thomas B. Coleman, late of Cornwall Furnace, Lebanon county, deceased, and John Reynolds, the guardian duly appointed over the persons and estates of Ann C. Coleman, Margaret C. Coleman, Sarah H. Coleman, Isabella Coleman, Robert C. Coleman, and William Coleman, his minor children and heirs at law, and the survivor of them, be, and they are hereby authorized and empowered to sell, either publicly or privately, for such price as they or the survivor of them may deem proper, such parts of the real estate whereof the said Thomas B. Coleman dies seized, as they or the survivor of them may deem proper, excepting only the whole of his Cornwall, Speedwell, and Colebrook estates, unless it be such parts of his Colebrook estate as may with propriety and without injury to the establishment be separated from it, and the same and every part thereof to convey and assure to the purchaser or purchasers thereof, be good and sufficient conveyances and assurances in law, for such estate or estates as the said Thomas B. Coleman had and held in the same, at and immediately before the time of his death: Provided, That neither the said William Coleman and John Reynolds, nor the survivor of them, shall make any sale or sales under or by virtue of this act, until they or the survivor of them, shall have given such security as the Orphans court of Lebanon county shall direct, for the faithful execution of the power committed to them, or the survivor of them, and for the due application according to law, of the proceeds of such sale or sales. SECTION. 9. It shall and may be lawful for John Reynolds, the guardian of the said minor children of Thomas B. Coleman, deceased, to purchase, when and so often as his judgement shall direct, such lands and tenements as he may think requisite and necessary for carrying on the several iron works belonging to his said wards, and the same to pay for out of their moneys in his hands, and a deed or deeds in his own name, but in trust for the heirs and legal representatives of the said Thomas B. Coleman, to take, and the said lands and tenements, or any part or parts thereof so by him purchased, again to sell, if in his judgment such sale shall be advantageous to the interests of his wards: Provided however, That no sale shall be made by him until he shall have given such security as the Orphans court of Lebanon county shall direct, for the faithful execution of the power committed to him, and for the due application according to law, of the proceeds of such sale or sales. LEWIS DEWART, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS S. CUNNINGHAM, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-fourth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven. JOS: RITNER. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Page 81. No. 51. An Act to authorize Joseph B. Lapsley, and David Lapsley, trustees under the will of David Lapsley, deceased, to sell and convey certain real estate, and for other purposes. Page 90. WHEREAS, the Lutheran congregation, and the Calvinist congregation, worshiping at the Hill or Berg church, in Annville township, Lebanon county, are the owners of two certain tracts or pieces of land, situate in said township and county, containing in the whole about sixty acres, each of the said congregations being the owners of one distinct half thereof, with the exception of a piece of the said tract immediately round the church, containing about six acres, which piece the two congregations hold together as a burying ground; And whereas, the said congregations are desirous of selling the same, with the exception of the said piece of about six acres, and have appointed Henry Hileman and John Keller for the purpose of effecting the sale; Therefore, SECTION. 20. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Henry Hileman, trustee of the Calvinist congregation, is hereby authorized and empowered to sell at public sale, the part of the said tract of land belonging to the said congregation, with the exception of said six acres, and make a deed of conveyance to the purchaser or purchasers, and the proceeds thereof, after deducting the one half of the expenses of building a new church on said reserved six acres, to be disposed of by a majority of said congregation; and the said John Keller, trustee of the Lutheran congregation, is also authorized and empowered to sell at public sale, the part of said tract of land belonging to said congregation, with the exception of said six acres, and make a deed of conveyance to the purchaser or purchasers, and the proceeds thereof, after deducting the one half of the expensed of building a new church on said reserved six acres, to be disposed of by a majority of said congregation. LEWIS DEWART, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS S. CUNNINGHAM, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven. JOS: RITNER. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Page 165. No. 71. An Act for the relief of George Hughes, and other soldiers and widows of soldiers of the Revolutionary and Indian wars. Page 166. SECTION 5. The State Treasurer is hereby authorized and required to pay the pension and gratuity granted to Elizabeth Derr, the widow of an old soldier, by an act of the present session, passed the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, in the same manner as if the said act did originally set forth her place of residence as being in the county of Lebanon, and not in the county of Lancaster, as is therein expressed. LEWIS DEWART, Speaker of the House of Representatives. J.R. BURDEN, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The third day of April, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven. JOS: RITNER. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Page 306. No. 98. An Act of divorce of David Ralston and Mary his wife and others. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the marriage contract by and between David Ralston, and Mary his wife, late Mary Hamilton, both of Lebanon, in the county of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, be, and the same is hereby annulled, and the parties released and discharged from said contract, as fully and effectually as if they never had been joined in marriage. LEWIS DEWART, Speaker of the House of Representatives. J.R. BURDEN, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The fourth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven. JOS: RITNER. ---------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------  "Laws of the General Assembly of the State of Pennsylvania, Passed at the Session of 1837-38, in the Sixty-Second Year of Independence." Published by Authority. Harrisburg: Printed by Theo: Fenn. 1838. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Page 375. No. 63. An Act for the relief of Thomas Wilt and others, soldiers and widows of soldiers of the Revolutionaryo and Indian wars. SECTION 4. That the State Treasurer be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to pay to.....Peter Steager of Lebanon county.....or to their respective orders, forty dollars each immediately in full for their military services during the Revolutionary and Indian wars; the foregoing gratuities and pensions to be paid in conformity with the existing laws. LEWIS DEWART, Speaker of the House of Representatives. CHARLES B. PENROSE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The thirteenth day of April, A.D., one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight. JOS: RITNER. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Page 428. No. 73. An Act to incorporate the Washington Coal company, and for other purposes. Page 447. SECTION 5. The State Treasurer is hereby required to pay to the commissioners hereafter named the following sums, to be appropriated to opening and putting in repair the following State Roads: Page 452. For the state road leading from Friedensburg in Schuylkill county, to Harper's in Lebanon county, eight hundred dollars, to be expended on that part of said road north of the mountain, running through Bethal and Swatara townships, in Lebanon county; commissioners to be Henry Miller, and Christian Spitler: Three thousand two hundred dollars towards constructing a bridge over the Swatara where the Lebanon road crosses the same near harper's; commissioners to be George Miller and Jacob Harper: Eight hundred dollars towards constructing a bridge over the Quitapahilla at Raiguel's mill; commissioners to be John D. Beaver and Philip Imboden: Eight hundred dollars towards constructing a bridge over the Tulpehocken, below Myerstown, near Bridenbach's; commissioners to be Daniel Stine and John Bassler: Twelve hundred dollars towards constructing a bridge over the Swatara at Bindnagle's church; commissioners to be William Early and Peter Killinger: LEWIS DEWART, Speaker of the House of Representatives. CHARLES B. PENROSE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The fourteenth day of April, A.D., one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight. JOS: RITNER. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Page 475. No. 79. An Act to encourage the destruction of foxes and wildcats, in the counties of Lebanon, Luzerne, Wayne, Pike, Monroe, Susquehanna and Tioga. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act any person or persons who may kill any fox or foxes, wild cat or wildcats, within the bounds of the county of Lebanon, in this commonwealth, and who shall produce the scalp or scalps, having the ears thereon, before any justice of the peace in and for said county, as aforesaid, it shall be the duty of such justice to examine such person or persons, on oath or affirmation, touching the time when and the place where such fox or foxes, wild cat or wild cats, was or were taken and killed, and if the place or places of such taking and killing shall be found to be within the bounds of the aforesaid county, it shall be the duty of such justice to give the person or persons a certificate of the facts to the commissioners of said county, together with the scalp or scalps as aforesaid, and the said commissioners, upon the receipt thereof, shall immediately have such scalp or scalps destroyed; and thereupon draw their warrant on the county treasurer, if for the scalp of a full grown fox, the sum of fifty-cents, and for those that are not full grown, the sum of twenty-five cents. and if for the scalp of a full grown wild cat, the sum of one dollar and fifty cents, and for those that are not full grown the sum of seventy-five cents for each and every scalp so produced as aforesaid; and it shall be the duty of such treasurer, and he is hereby directed to pay the amount of said order. SECTION 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That so much of any former act or acts, as are hereby altered and supplied, be and they are hereby repealed. LEWIS DEWART, Speaker of the House of Representatives. CHARLES B. PENROSE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The sixteenth day of April, A.D., one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight. JOS: RITNER. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Page 614. No. 95. An Act to authorize the president judge of the District Court of Allegheney county, to hold special courts in Fayette county, in certain cases, and for other purposes. Page 616. SECTION 6. There shall be and are hereby established, for the education of female youth in the arts, sciences and useful literature the following Female Seminaries: Page 618. The Lebanon Female Seminary, in the borough of Lebanon, in the county of Lebanon; and Reverend Henry Wagner, Reverend Wm. G. Ernst, Reverend Jonathan Ruthroff, George Reidenour, and John W. Gloninger, are trustees. LEWIS DEWART, Speaker of the House of Representatives. CHARLES B. PENROSE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The sixteenth day of April, A.D., one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight. JOS: RITNER ---------------------------------------------------------------- Page 626. No. 96. An Act granting certain powers to the authorities of the cities of Lancaster and Philadelphia, and for other purposes. Page 634. SECTION 32. That the sale made to George W. Harris, of any portion of the estate of Christian Ley, late of the county of Lebanon, deceased, by John Ley and Christian Ley, surviving administrators of said deceased, since the death of Peter Batdorff, one of the administrators of the said deceased, after having been approved by the Orphans court of Lebanon county, as directed by the act of the fifth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, shall be as valid and effectual, and of like effect to pass the title of Christian Ley, deceased, as if the said Peter Batdorff, deceased, had been a party to such sale; and that Augustus Holmes, the administrator de bonis non of the aforesaid Christian Ley, deceased, is hereby authorized and empowered, under the direction of the Orphans court of the proper county, to sell, at public sale, upon thirty days notice given in one or more newspapers printed in the counties of Berks, Dauphin, Lebanon and Clearfield, the remaining parts of the real estate of the said Christian Ley, deceased, situate in the counties aforesaid: Provided, That the said administrator de bonis non shall give sufficient security for the faithful and proper application of the proceeds of the sale or sales of said lands or real estate as the Orphans court of Lebanon county shall direct; and all sales of real estate so made, as aforesaid, shall vest in the purchaser or purchasers thereof, the same titles which Christian Ley, in his lifetime, had and held in the same, the Orphans court of said county of Lebanon, first approving of such sale or sales. LEWIS DEWART, Speaker of the House of Representatives. CHARLES B. PENROSE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The sixteenth day of April, A.D., one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight. JOS: RITNER. ---------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------  "Laws of the General Assembly of the State of Pennsylvania, Passed at the Session of 1838-39, in the Sixty-Third Year of Independence." Published by Authority. Harrisburg: Printed by Packer, Barrett and Parks. 1839. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Page 106. No 53. A Supplement to an act entitled "An act to provide for the erection of a house for the employment and support of the poor in the county of Lebanon." SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the directors of the poor and house of employment for the county of Lebanon, shall from time to time receive, provide for and employ any such poor and indigent persons as shall be entitled to relief, or shall have gained a legal settlement in the county of Lebanon, shall be admitted into the house of employment, on an order for that purpose granted by any one of said directors, or by one justice of the peace of the county of Lebanon, or by a legal order of removal from any other county within this commonwealth, and in all cases where orders shall be granted by one of the directors, no fee or reward shall be allowed for the same: and that the board of directors shall have authority to grant such order of relief as they may judge right, and to discharge from said house of employment of the county of Lebanon, every pauper whom they shall deem to possess sufficient mental and bodily ability to take care of himself or herself, and to provide for his or her maintenance and support; but such paupers so discharged, may at any time hereinafter be re-admitted in manner aforesaid. SECTION 2. That any one of the directors, or their clerk, are hereby authorizes and empowered in the examination of any pauper, as to the place of legal settlement, to administer the requisite oath of affirmation for such purpose, and the said directors shall have full power and authority to bind out, agreeably to law, poor children, without the consent of two justices of the peace. SECTION 3. That in all cases, where two or more paupers of the same family shall be removed by order of a justice of the peace, the names of all shall be included in one and the same order. And that the officer or constable who shall execute such order, for the relief and removal of a pauper or paupers shall be entitled to receive twenty-five cents for the same, five cents circular for mileage, and no more, unless at the discretion of the directors. SECTION 4. That so much of the act to which this is a supplement, which is altered or amended be, and the same is hereby repeald. WM. HOPKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. CHARLES B. PENROSE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The sixteenth day of March, A.D., one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine. DAVID R. PORTER ---------------------------------------------------------------- Page 216. No. 100. An Act for the relief of Adam Kenar, and others, soldiers and widows of soldiers of the Revolutionary and Indian Wars. SECTION 4. That the treasurer is hereby authorized and required to pay to......Anna Maria Behney, of Lebanon county.....widows of soldiers of the revolutionary and Indian wars, or to their respective orders, forty dollars immediately as a gratuity and an annuity of forty dollars each, during life, payable half yearly, to commence on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine. WM. HOPKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. CHARLES B. PENROSE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twentieth day of May, A.D., one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine. DAVID R. PORTER ---------------------------------------------------------------- Page 312. No. 134. An Act to incorporate the Myerstown Academy. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the association formed at Myerstown, in the county of Lebanon, under the articles hereinafter set forth, by the name and style of the Myerstown Academy, shall be, and hereby is enacted into a body corporate, by the same name and style, and under the same articles; and by the said name and style shall have perpetual succession, and be capable in law and equity, to sue and be sued, and to take and hold the stock heretofore subscribed, or which may hereafter be subscribed, and all property, real and personal, which may be granted, and in any wise transferred to the said academy, for the purposes of education, and the same to alien and dispose of, or to hold and use for the purpose aforesaid; and may have a common seal, and the same alter, break, or renew at pleasure: Provided, That said academy shall not be entitled to the annual appropriation to academies, provided for in the fourth section of the act of the twelfth of April, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, entitled "A supplement to an act to consolidate and amend the several acts relative to a general system of education by common schools, passed the thirteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six." And the following articles of association, shall regulate said corporation; the legislature reserving the right to alter or modify the same at pleasure. First - The institution shall be called "The Myerstown Academy." Second - It shall be governed by seven trustees, who shall be elected from among the stockholders annually on the last Monday in March, four of whom shall constitute a quorum to transact business. Third - Three of the stockholders shall be appointed trustees, to whom the title of the lands and buildings shall be made, with authority to sell or convey at the desire of the holders of two-thirds of the stock. Fourth - The officers of the institution shall consist, (in addition to the trustees above named,) of a treasurer and secretary, who may be chosen from among the trustees. Fifth - It shall be the duty of the treasurer to collect and disburse all moneys belonging to the institution; keep a regular account of receipts and payments, and receive donations; but pay no moneys except to the order of the president of the board of trustees. Sixth - It shall be the duty of the secretary to keep minutes of the proceedings of the board of trustees; notify the stockholders of special and stated meetings, and keep the books and accounts of the institution. Seventh - Each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote for every share he may hold either in person or by proxy. Eighth - In elections of trustees, those candidates who shall receive the greatest number of votes, shall be considered duly chosen. Ninth - The stock shall be transferrable only on the books of the institution. Tenth - A superintendent shall be selected from among the trustees, whose duty it shall be to examine into the progress of the scholars, and enjoin more distinctly the necessary regulation of the institution, by which the teacher is to be governed. Eleventh - The secretary shall issue certificates to the stockholders, for as many shares as they may possess, (on payment of all arrearages,) signed by himself, and the president of the board of trustees. Twelfth - It shall be the duty of the trustees to engage the teacher, lease the room, attend examinations, and do all things necessary for the welfare of the institution. Thirteenth - It shall require the consent of a majority of the trustees to discharge a teacher. Fourteenth - The trustees may sell sufficient quantity of stock, at the original cost per share, to finish the buildings, and pay the debts of the institution; and may also effect an insurance on the premises against fire, either temporary or perpetual, out of the funds of the institution. Fifteenth - A majority of the trustees may loan or let the buildings, for the accommodation of the Sunday schools, or for other purposes. Sixteenth - The trustees may enact their own by-laws. Seventeenth - In all business relative to the affairs of the academy, it shall require a majority of the trustees to act, with the exception of the provisos before made; and a majority of the quorum present, shall be considered a majority of the trustees. Eighteenth - It shall require the consent of the holders of two-thirds of the stock, to alter or amend this constitution. SECTION 2. This act shall not take effect till the board of trustees of the said association shall signify to the governor in writing their acceptance thereof. WM. HOPKINS, Sp)eaker of the House of Representatives. CHARLES B. PENROSE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The seventeenth day of June, A.D., one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine. DAVID R. PORTER ---------------------------------------------------------------- Page 381. No. 150. An Act for the relief of William Mooreland, and others, soldiers and widows of soldiers of the Revolutionary and Indian Wars. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the state treasurer, be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to pay to......Anna Maria Behny, of Lebanon county, soldiers and widows of soldiers, of the revolutionary and Indian war, or to their respective orders, forty d;ollars immediately as a gratuity and an annuity of forty dollars each, during life, payable half yearly, to commence on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine. SECTION 2. That the state treasurer is hereby authorized and required to pay to Magdalena Moore, of Lebanon county, or to her order forty dollars immediately, as a gratuity, in full for military services rendered by her late husband during the revolutionary war, the aforesaid gratuities, and annuities, to be paid in conformity with the existing laws. WM. HOPKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. CHARLES B. PENROSE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-first day of June, A.D., one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine. DAVID R. PORTER ----------------------------------------------------------------