Tolls. Capital stock. Proviso. When road to be commenced and completed. turnpike and plank road companies, approved January twentysixth, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fortynine: Provided, That said company shall have power to erect gates, and collect tolls, on said road, when it shall have been completed between the points before named. SECTION 2. That the capital stock of said company shall consist of nine hundred shares, of twenty-five dollars each: Provided, That said company may, from time to time, by a vote of the stockholders, had at a meeting called for that purpose, increase the capital stock, if it shall be deemed necessary, in order to carry out the true intent and meaning of this act. SECTION 3. That if said company shall not commence the construction of their road within two years, and complete the same within five years, from the date of this act, then the same shall be null and void, except so far as the same may be necessary to settle up the business and pay the debts of the company. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The eleventh day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. No. 327. A Supplement To an act to prevent cattle, horses, sheep and hogs, from running at large in the county of Delaware. 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 act to prevent cattle, horses, sheep and hogs, from running at large in the county of Delaware, approved the twenty-second day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty, be and the same are hereby extended to the county of Chester, and the TwentyFourth ward of the city of Philadelphia: Provided, That in cases of persons whose real and personal property does not exceed, in the whole, the sum of three hundred dollars, and who own no more than one cow and two sheep, the provisions of this act shall not apply to such cattle and stock. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEORGE V. LAWRENCE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The eleventh day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. No. 328. An Act To authorize the Shickshinny Coal and Iron Company to borrow money. 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 Shickshinny Coal and Iron Company be and they are hereby authorized to borrow the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, and to execute, and issue, their bonds for the same, ander their corporate seal, in sums of not less than two hundred dollars each, bearing interest at a rate not exceeding seven per cent. per annum, payable semi-annually, and secure the payment of the same, by a mortgage of the lands of the said company, to be executed to trustees, and recorded in the county where the said lands are situate. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEORGE V. LAWRENCE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED The first day of April, Anno Domini one thou sand eight hundred and sixty-three. No. 329. An Act For the relief of Catharine Sheppard, the widow of an old soldier. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represenatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assemoly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the state treasurer be and he is hereby authorized and directed to pay to Catharine Sheppard, of East Huntingdon township, in the county of Westmoreland, the widow of Paoli Sheppard, an old soldier, or to her order, an annuity of forty dollars, during her natural life, commencing with the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and payable half yearly thereafter, on the first day of July and of January. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The eleventh day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. Company ex No. 330. Supplement To the act incorporating the Cream Hill Turnpike Road Company, passed the second day of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixty. 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, Privileges of the That the rights and privileges contained in the act incorporating the Cream Hill Turnpike Road Company, passed the second tended over cer- day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty, and the supplements thereto, subsequently passed, are hereby extended westward, from the Jefferson and Clearfield county lines, along and over the old and abandoned Susquehanna and Waterford turnpike road, to a point, in said road, opposite the old tavern house, at Port Barnett, in the county of Jefferson; and that said company are hereby empowered to exercise, over tain abandoned road. said road, all of the corporate rights of said company, as fully and effectually as if it had been embraced in the original char ter. SECTION 2. That whenever it shall become necessary, and Authorized to the company shall re-build a good and substantial bridge over re-build certain the Sandy Lick, on the farm of the late Woodward Reynolds, bridge. deceased, it shall be lawful for the said company to demand, and receive, the same rates of toll, for crossing the same, as is Tolls may be reallowed for crossing the Anderson's creek bridge, when it shall ceived. be re-built; and that the laws, now in force for the protection of toll bridges, are hereby extended to said bridge. tive to. SECTION 3. That whenever it may become necessary to build Erection of toll houses, erect gates, or other buildings, necessary for the gates or other convenience and management of said roads, the said company buildings, rela are hereby authorized to take, use and occupy, for that purpose, seventy feet in width of ground, and to use all of the spare ground, not broken by the construction of the road, on the side of said road, on which the said buildings are erected: Provided, Said privilege shall not extend more than five hundred Proviso. feet along said road, at any one place. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEORGE V. LAWRENCE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The eleventh day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. No. 331. An Act To incorporate the Chesnut Hill and Whitemarsh Turnpike Road Company. 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 John Welsh, Silas Cleaver, William Yeakle, Charles Commissioners. Williams, William Coulston and Daniel Williams, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to open books, receive subscriptions, and organize a company, by the name, style and title, of the Chesnut Hill and Whitemarsh Turnpike Road Company, with power to construct a turnpike road, commencing at a point on the Chesnut Hill and Springhouse turnpike Route. road, at, or near, the foot of Chesnut Hill, and thence, by the most practicable route, to a point on the Plymouth and Upper Title. Subject to. Tolls. Capital stook. Time for com mencement and completion of road. Dublin turnpike road, at, or near, where the Blue Bell road crosses the same, subject to all the provisions, and restrictions, of an act regulating turnpike and plank road companies, approved the twenty-sixth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, and the supplements thereto : Provided, That said company shall have power to erect gates, and collect tolls, on said roads, when one or more miles are completed. SECTION 2. That the capital stock of said company shall consist of two hundred shares, at fifty dollars per share: Provided, That the said company, may, from time to time, by a vote of the stockholders, at a meeting called for that purpose, increase their capital stock so much as, in their opinion, may be necessary to complete the road, and to carry out the true intent and meaning of this act. SECTION 3. That if said company shall not commence the construction of their road within three years, and complete the same within five years, from the passage of this act, it shall be null and void, except so far as the same may be necessary to settle up the the affairs of said company. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The eleventh day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. Preamble. No. 332. An Act To widen, re-survey and establish the lines and width of a public road in the township of Wilkesbarre, in the county of Luzerne, and to appoint commissioners for that purpose. WHEREAS, Upon the petition of sundry inhabitants of the township of Wilkesbarre, in the county of Luzerne, setting forth that they labor under great inconvenience for want of a proper width in a public road, starting at a point on the river road leading from the borough of Wilkesbarre to Nanticoke, at and near the Lockhart house, and running to a point on the main road leading from the borough, aforesaid, to Hanover, near where said main road crosses the Wyoming division of the North Branch canal, and praying the court to appoint proper persons to view and ascertain the proper width of the same, |