same manner as is now, by law, required in the settlement of the estates of decedents. 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. 347. An Art To authorize the Auditor General and State Treasurer to settle the accounts of E. C. Wilson, late Adjutant General. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen tatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the auditor general and state treasarer be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to settle and adjust the accounts of E. C. Wilson, late adjutant general, for moneys drawn out of the treasury and expended in, and on account of, the encampment held at Williamsport, in September, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, and for other expenses of the said adjutant general, incurred under the act of April twenty-first, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight. 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. 348. An Act To incorporate the Mantua Hook and Ladder Company, in the county of Style. 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 all and every the persons that shall, at the time of passing Corporators. this act, be members of the association called the Mantua Hook and Ladder Company, in the city of Philadelphia, shall be, and they are hereby elected and declared to be, one body politic and corporate, by the name, style and title of the Mantua Hook and Ladder Company of the city of Philadelphia, and by the same, shall have perpetual succession, and shall be able to sue and be Privileges. sued, implead and be impleaded, in all courts of record, or elsewhere; and also, the said corporation, and their successors, at all times hereafter, be able to purchase, receive, have, hold and enjoy, to them and their successors, all, and all manner, of lands, tenements, rents, annuities, liberties, franchises, and other hereditaments, goods and chattels, of whatsoever nature, kind, or quality sover, real, personal, or mixed, or choses in action, and the same, from time to time, to sell, alien, grant, demise and dispose of: Provided, That the clear yearly value and income, of the said Income. corporation, shall not exceed two thousand five hundred dollars; and also, to make and have a common seal, and the same to Seal. break and renew, at pleasure; and also, to ordain, establish and put in execution, such by-laws, ordinances and regulations, as By-laws. shall appear necessary and convenient for the government of the said corporation, not being contrary to this charter, or 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 of the affairs thereof: And provided further, That said company Subject to. shall, at all times, be subject to such rules and regulations, for the government of the fire department of the city of Philadelphia, as are now, or may hereafter be, enacted, by the corporate authorities of the said city. SECTION 2. That nothing, in this act contained, shall be deemed Prohibition. to authorize the said company to engage, either directly, or indirectly, in any banking, moneyed, commercial, or manufacturing concern, or to act in any other way than as a fire company. SECTION 3. That the legislature reserves the power to alter, Reservation. revoke, or annul, the privileges and charter hereby granted, whenever, in their opinion, the same may be injurious to the citizens of the commonwealth, in such manner, however, that no injustice shall be done to the corporators. Authorized to SECTION 4. That said corporate body shall have the right to build a market build upon any portion of their premises, now, or hereafter to house. be, occupied by them, a market house for the accommodation of farmers. 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. 349. An Act For the relief of Wunderlich and Nead, and Wunderlich, Nead and Company. WHEREAS, The authorities of the state of Pennsylvania did, on, or about, the day of September, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, take possession of the warehouses of Wunderlich and Nead, in the borough of Chambersburg, and use the same, in connection with the national authorities, for the purpose of storing arms and munitions of war, which led to the entire destruction, by fire, of said warehouses, and the destruction of a large amount of private property owned by, or in charge of, Wunderlich, Nead and Company, as com mission men, by the rebels, under the command of General Stewart, on the eleventh day of October, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two; 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 court of common pleas, of Dauphin county, is hereby authorized and directed, upon petition of the claimants named in the preamble, setting forth, under oath, the amount and value of the personal and real property lost by the burning of their warehouse, to appoint three competent and disinterested appraisers, who shall be sworn, or affirmed, and shall examine, equitably, into the loss actually sustained by the petitioners, and report the same to said court, together with the evidence; when the said court shall confirm the same, if it is deemed satisfactory and just; if not, the said court may reduce the amount reported by the appraisers, and confirm the same for such amount as, in the discretion of the court, shall be a just compensation, to the petitioners, for actual loss; and upon the confirmation of said report, by the court, the treasurer of the state shall pay, to the claimants, out of any money not other- Payment of wise appropriated, the amount of such report, which shall be claim, relative received, by the claimants, as in full of all claim, or demand, to. whatsoever, against either the state, or national, government, for losses by reason of the burning of their property by the rebels; and the accounting officers of the state shall, in settlement of claims against the general government, arising out of the war, present and make claim, for reimbursement, for the sum paid to Wunderlich and Nead, and Wunderlich, Nead and Company: Provided, That the attorney general of this common- Attorney Genewealth shall be notified before the confirmation of said report. ral to be notified SECTION 2. That the commissioners, appointed under the pro- Compensation visions of this act, shall receive a compensation, respectively, of commissionof four dollars per day, for each and every day they may be ers. employed in the discharge of their duties. 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. 350. An Act To fix the compensation of the directors of the poor of the county of 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 hereafter the directors of the poor of the county of Cambria shall each be entitled to receive, from the treasury of said county, as a compensation for their services, respectively, the sum of sixty dollars per annum. 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. No. 351. An Act To repeal so much of the eighth section of the act, approved the twentieth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ten, as relates to filing interrogatories, on rule to take depositions before justices of the peace. 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 so much of the eighth section of the act, approved the twentieth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ten, as requires interrogatories to be filed in taking depositions on rules issued by justices of the peace, within this commonwealth, be and the same is hereby repealed, except so far as relates to depositions taken without the state. 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. 352. An Act To incorporate the Catholic Home for Destitute Children. WHEREAS, By reason of the improvidence of some parents, and the absence of many fathers in the army, or their death, great numbers of Roman Catholic children are uncared for, and when committed to the care of the existing Roman Catholic asylums, there are no adequate means for their reception, or custody: And whereas, A number of citizens of this commonwealth have formed an association, for the purpose of founding and maintaining a home for friendless children: And whereas, The general assembly of this commonwealth are willing to encourage such purposes; therefore, |