No 231. An Act To extend an act to authorize the burgess and town council of the borough of Kittanning to grade, curb and pave certain side-walks. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen tatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assem bly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same That the provisions of an act, entitled "An Act to authorize the burgess and town council of the borough of Kittanning to grade, curb and pave certain side-walks," approved sixteenth March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fiftynine, be and the same are hereby extended so as to embrace the following streets in said borough, namely: Arch and Jacob streets, from Water street to Back street, and all that portion of M'Kean street, and the west side of Back street, lying between Arch and Jacob streets. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. APPROVED-The first day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. No. 232. A Supplement To an act relative to the collection of State and county taxes in the township of Maxatawny, in Berks 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 provisions of the sixth section of the act passed the twenty-fourth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one, relative to the collection of state and county taxes of Greenwich and Maxatawny townships, Berks county, be and are hereby extended to Robeson township, in said county: Provided, That the provisions of this supplement shall be of effect until from and after the next assessment of taxes in and for said township of Robeson. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEORGE V. LAWRENCE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The first day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. Deputy escheator authorized to sell. Costs and commission to be paid by State. Rights of parties not to be affected by sale. To authorize the sale of a certain ground rent belonging to the escheated estate of Maria Boyle, deceased, late of the city of Philadelphia. 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 T. Pratt Potts, the deputy escheator in the matter of the escheated estate of Maria Boyle, late of the city of Philadelphia, deceased, be and he is hereby authorized and directed to sell, in the manner provided by the fifth section of the act, entitled "An Act to declare and regulate escheats," passed twenty-ninth of September, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, that certain yearly ground rent of sixty dollars, issuing and payable half yearly, on the first days of May and November, out of all that certain lot or piece of ground, situate on the east side of Seventh street, at the distance of thirty-one feet eight inches northward, from the north side of Thompson street, in the city of Philadelphia, fifteen feet eight inches front, and in depth sixty feet to a three feet wide alley, and on return of said sale being made, and the purchase money paid into the state treasury, a deed for the said ground rent shall be made to the purchaser, as provided by the act aforesaid, in other cases of sales of escheated real estate. SECTION 2. That all necessary costs and expenses of said said sale, and a commission of ten per cent. to the said deputy escheator on the amount thereof, shall be allowed by the accounting officers, and paid by the state treasurer, to the said deputy escheator, on warrant drawn by the auditor general. SECTION 3. That the rights of all persons who shall claim and maintain their right, by law, to the proceeds of said ground rent, shall be reserved and protected as though the said sale thereof had been deferred until after the lapse of seven years after the holding of the inquisition in escheat thereon. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEORGE V. LAWRENCE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The first day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. No. 234. A u Act To incorporate the Philadelphia Military College. 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 members of the Philadelphia Military College, and Incorporation. such other persons as may hereafter become associated with them, shall be and they are hereby declared to be a body politic and corporate, by the name, style and title of the Phila- Name. delphia Military College; to have perpetual succession, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in all courts of record, and elsewhere; to have and use a common seal, and break, Seal. alter and renew the same, at pleasure; to take, hold, receive Privileges. and enjoy lands, tenements and hereditaments, to them and their successors, and generally do all other acts, and enjoy all other powers and privileges incident to similar corporations, under the laws of this commonwealth. SECTION 2. The objects of the said corporation shall be the Objects. promotion and encouragement of military pursuits, and they shall be empowered to devise, adopt and execute all such measures as they may deem proper and expedient for the accomplishment of these objects. SECTION 3. That the said corporation shall have full power By-laws. and authority to make such rules and by-laws as they shall consider necessary for the regulation and government of said corporation, and promotion of its interests, and to alter, add to and amend the same, in such manner as they may deem expedient: Provided, That no rule, or by-law, as aforesaid, Proviso. shall be repugnant to, nor inconsistent with, the constitution or laws of the United States, or of this commonwealth. SECTION 4. That the officers of said corporation shall be a Officers. president, vice president, corresponding secretary, recording Elections Misnomer. Proviso. secretary, treasurer, and such other officers as the said corpora tion shall deem expedient, and shall, from time to time, create; the said corporation shall have power, also, to abolish any of said officers which they shall, at any time, consider useless and unnecessary; the said officers shall be elected at such times, and in such manner, as the constitution and rules of said corporation may direct; and if an election shall not be held at the time appointed for that purpose, the corporation shall not, for that cause, be dissolved, but an election shall be held as soon afterwards as may be, and until such election, the officers in place shall continue to act; the present officers of the said college are hereby constituted the officers of the corporation hereby created, and shall continue to hold their respective offices in accordance with the provisions of the constitution. SECTION 5. No misnomer of said corporation shall defeat, or annul, any gift, grant, conveyance, devise, or bequest, to or for the use of said corporation: Provided, It shall appear, upon the face of the instrument, that it was the intention of the party, or parties, making or executing the same, that the estate, or interest, therein mentioned, should pass to said corporation. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The first day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. No. 235. An Act For the relief of John A. Nash, treasurer of Huntingdon county. WHEREAS, By an act, entitled "An Act appropriating the military tax of the several counties of the commonwealth to the relief fund of said counties," approved the eighth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, it is provided, that from and after the passage of said act, the military tax, collected in the several counties of this commonwealth, except the city of Philadelphia, be appropriated and applied to the relief fund, for the benefit of the families of volunteers in said counties, and to be paid over as directed by said act: And whereas, John A. Nash, the treasurer of Huntingdon county, did, by mistake, pay into the state treasury, on the ninth day of January, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, two hundred and fifty dollars, military tax, the whole, or a part, of which should have been appropriated and applied to the relief fund of said county, and paid on the orders of the commissioners of the relief fund, and not into the state treasury; 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 state treasurer and auditor general be and they are hereby directed to examine into and ascertain if any, and how much, of said sum of two hundred and fifty dollars, so as aforesaid paid into the state treasury, was collected since the eighth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, and applicable to the relief fund of Huntingdon county, and certify the same to the state treasurer, and the state treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to pay to John A. Nash, as treasurer of Huntingdon county, for the use of the relief fund of said County, whatever sum of money shall be by the said state treasurer and auditor general certified to have been paid by mistake, as aforesaid, into the state treasury. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The first day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. No. 236. An Act To settle and pay the claim of John P. Ashcom. 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 state treasurer be and he is hereby authorized and required to pay to John P. Ashcom, of Bedford county, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of seven hundred and eighty-four dollars and sixteen cents, for services, clothing, forage and subsistence of the said. John P. Ashcom, as surgeon in the one hundred and sixteenth regiment, Pennsylvania volunteers; and for services, clothing, forage and subsistence of two servants, provided by him in said service: Provided however, That before this payment shall be made, the said John P. Ashcom shall produce, and file |