therefor, and secure the same by mortgage of their road and franchises. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEORGE V. LAWRENCE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The fourteenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundrded an sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. No. 416 An Act To change the boundary line between the townships of Adams and Cranberry, in the county of Butler. 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 boundary line between the townships of Adams and Cranberry, in the county of Butler, from and after the passage of this act, shall be as follows: commencing at the point on the line dividing the counties of Allegheny and Butler, at the point where the line, dividing the farms of William Nesbit and Samuel Marshall, intersects said county line; thence north seven degrees, west ninety perches; thence north fifty-five degrees, east fifty perches; thence by the line at present dividing said townships, to the point where said line intersects the line dividing the townships of Jackson and Forward, in said county. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEORGE V. LAWRENCE, APPROVED The fourteenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. No. 417. An Act To repeal an act for the better preservation of game, so far as the same relates to the county of Indiana. 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 so much of an act, passed the twenty-first of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, as prevents the killing, and destroying, or carrying away, of rabbits, pheasants, woodcock and partridges, be and the same is hereby repealed, so far as the same relates to the county of Indiana. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED The fourteenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. No. 418. An Act To incorporate the Young Men's Christian Association of Erie, Pennsyl vania. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen latives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, Incorporation. That the members of the Young Men's Christian Association of Erie, and such other persons as may, hereafter, become members of the same, shall be, and are hereby declared to be, a body politic and corporate, by the name, style and title of the Young Men's Christian Association of Erie, Pennsylvania, and, by that name, to have perpetual succession, and power to take, hold and dispose of, for the use of the said Young Men's Christian Association, any, and all kinds of, property, real estate, goods, chattels, or sums of money, by gift, grant, bargain, sale, devise, bequest, or otherwise, from any person, or persons, capable of Title. Privileges. making the same, and the same to grant, bargain, sell, and a good in general. SECTION 2. That such officers, as said corporation may deem Election and necessary, shall be chosen from the members, by ballot, when, qualifications of and in such manner, as its rules and by-laws may direct: Pro- officers. vided, That no person shall be eligible to office therein, other than a male member, in good standing, of an evangelical church, that recognizes, in its doctrines, the divinity of Jesus Christ, the Lord and Saviour of mankind, and a future state of eternal reward and punishment; such member being, at least, eighteen, and not more than forty-five, years of age. SECTION 3. That members entitled to vote, at election of offi- By-laws and cers, shall have power to make all needful rules and regulations regulations. to govern and promote the objects of said association: Pro- Proviso. vided, That no act, rule, or by-law, of said corporation, shall be valid, if inconsistent with this act, the constitution, or laws, of this state, or of the United States. SECTION 4. That the objects, officers and rules, of said asso- Objects, officers, ciation, shall remain, as heretofore, until changed, superseded, &c. or abrogated, by the corporation. SECTION 5. That the property of said corporation shall be Property exexempt from taxation, except for state purposes. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The fourteenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. empt from taxation. A. G. CURTIN. No. 419. An Act Declaring portions of Coal run and Beaver run, in Clearfield county, public highways. 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 from and after the passing of this act, the following portions of the streams, herein mentioned, in Decatur township, Clearfield county, are hereby declared to be a public highway; that is to say, the Beaver Dam branch of the Moshannon creek, from its mouth to where Coal run empties into said Beaver Dam branch, and said Coal run, from its mouth to Daniel Albert's saw-mill, and Beaver run, from its mouth to the mill now owned by John L. Cuttle. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The fourteenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. Preamble. Corporators. Name. Privileges. No. 420. An Act To incorporate the Nazareth Hall boarding school, at Nazareth, Penn sylvania. WHEREAS, The church of the United Brethren (commonly called Moravians) has established, and maintained, a boarding school, for boys, at Nazareth, Northampton county, since the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five: And whereas, It is deemed by the authorities of said church to be advisable and necessary, for the more convenient management of the concerns of said school, to have said school incorporated; therefore, 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 Right Reverend John Christian Jacobson, Bishop, and the Reverend Francis Florentine Hagen, and the Reverend Sylvester Wolle, all of the borough of Bethlehem, duly elected, by the synod of the Northern district of the American Province of the United Brethren, a board of direction of the ecclesiastical affairs of said church, in said district, and likewise constituted, by virtue of their office, the board of trustees of said boarding school, and such other persons as may be hereafter appointed their associates, or successors, according to the rules and regulations of said branch of the church of the United Brethren, be and they are hereby constituted a body corporate and politic, in fact and in law, by the name and style of Nazareth Hall boarding school, and by that name, shall be capable of perpetual succession, may sue and be sued, may have, and use, a common seal, and alter and change the same at pleasure, and shall also be capable to ac cept and take, by devise, grant, bargain, sale, or otherwise, any estate, or property, real, or personal, and the same to hold and enjoy, or to sell, and convey, lease, or mortgage, as fully and absolutely, in all respects, as any natural person might do: Provided however, That the clear annual income of the estates and properties of said corporation, exclusive of any lands, or tenements, that may be occupied by said school for its accommodation, or that of its officers, or professors, and exclusive of income from students, shall not exceed the sum of ten thousand dollars. Income. SECTION 2. That the trustees and overseers, already appointed, Powers and du or who shall hereafter be appointed, in accordance with the fun- ties of trustees. damental statutes, which govern the church of the United Brethren aforesaid, shall have the care and management of said school, and of its estates and properties, and shall have power to make all needful by-laws and regulations, for the appointment of competent professors and teachers, for the fixing and payment of all salaries, for the fixing of prices of the board and tuition of students, for the studies and exercises of the students, and for the general well-being of said school: Provided, That the said Proviso. statutes, by-laws, and regulations, shall not be inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this commonwealth, or of the United States. SECTION 3. That no misnomer, or misdirection, of the said Misnomer. corporation, in any will, deed, grant, or other instrument of writing, shall vitiate, or defeat, the same, but that the same shall take effect in the same manner as if said corporation were rightly named therein: Provided, It is sufficiently described Proviso. to ascertain the intention of the parties. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The fourteenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. No. 421. Ju Sct To create the Cochranville school district, out of parts of West Fallowfield and Highland townships, in the county of Chester. 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, |