35. From and after the passage of this act, the number of jurors summoned by coroners and justices of the peace in cases of inquests upon the bodies of deceased persons as now required to be held by law, shall not be more than six to attend any one inquest.

36. All persons hereafter summoned or notified to serve as coroners' jurors, in this commonwealth, shall be entitled to receive as compensation the sum of one dollar per day, when the time employed does not exceed six hours, and in all cases where the time employed exceeds six hours, the compensation shall be one dollar and fifty cents per day, and the same compensation for all additional days, and no mileage; these fees to be paid in the same manner that the fees of coroners' jurors are now paid.

XI. Fees.

37. Viewing a dead body (w)

Summoning and qualifying an inquest, drawing and returning
inquisition

Summoning and qualifying each witness

To be paid out of the goods, chattels, lands or tenements of the

Dolls. Cts.

275

137

25

slayer (in case of murder or manslaughter), if any he hath, otherwise, by the county, with mileage from the court-house to the place of viewing the body.

Executing any process or writs of any kind, the same fees as are allowed to the sheriff, and the same mileage.

38. It shall be the duty of every sheriff, his deputy or agent, and of every coroner acting as sheriff, if a demand for that purpose shall be made, immediately after receiving any of his fees, or any written security therefor, to deliver a bill of particulars, specifying the several items contained therein, and the amount thereof, and to give the party paying such fees a receipt in full therefor, or to indorse on such written security, when taken, that the same was given for fees, and to sign the indorsement so to be made; and if any sheriff, his deputy or agent, or coroner acting as aforesaid, shall refuse or neglect to give such bill of particulars or receipt, or to make such indorsement, he shall forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding fifty dollars to the commonwealth. (x)

powered to appoint deputies in such sections of the county as he may deem necessary. P. L. 560. So is the coroner of Lancaster county, by act 3 April 1852, P. L. 246; the coroner of Schuylkill, by act 14 February 1863, P. L. 30; and the coroner of Chester, by act 17 March 1864, P. L. 21. The act 19 April 1856, provides that, in Allegheny county, justices shall not hold inquests, except it be impracticable to obtain the personal attendance of the coroner, after notice given to him, or reasonable and proper efforts made to give him notice of the death. P. L. 470. A justice's return of inquest must show on its face his jurisdic

tion; either by reason of the absence or inability of the coroner, or that his office was more than ten miles distant. In re Coroner's Inquest, 2 Del. 446.

(w) The fees of the coroner of Allegheny county are fixed by the act 9 March 1867, P. L. 382. And this has been extended to the counties of Schuylkill, Bucks, Lycoming, Beaver and Berks. And see act 21 March 1868, as to the fees of the coroner of Cambria county. P. L. 412.

(x) The act 12 June 1878, P. L. 187, which was intended to supply this act, was held to be unconstitutional in Morrison v. Bachert, 112 P. S. 322.

CORPORATIONS.

See ASSIGNMENTS FOR CREDITORS; BOURSES AND EXCHANGES; CANAL COMPANIES; CHARITIES; CO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATIONS; ESCHEAT; FOREIGN CORPORATIONS; GAS AND WATER COMPANIES; HOTEL COMPANIES; INSURANCE; IRON MANUFACTURING COMPANIES;

LUMBER; MANUFACTURING COMPANIES; MARKET AND DROVE YARD COMPANIES; OIL MINING COMPANIES; OPERA COMPANIES; PROXIES; RAILROADS; REAL ESTATE COMPANIES; SAFE-DEPOSIT COMPANIES; SHIP-BUILDING COMPANIES; TITLE INSURANCE COMPANIES; TRACTION COMPANIES; TRADING COMPANIES; TURNPIKE AND PLANK-ROAD COMPANIES.

XV. OFFICE AND MEETINGS.

52. Change of location of principal office. 53. Election to be held. Removal out of county not authorized.

54. Principal office and time of meetings may be changed. Not authorized out of state.

55. Certain corporations may hold meetings out of the state, but annual elections to be held in this state. 56. Quorum of directors, where number is increased.

57. Quorum of stockholders to be determined by the corporation.

XVI. CORPORATE ELECTIONS.

58. Stockholders may fix the time of holding their elections and the number of their directors. Number of directors to be not less than three nor more than fifteen.

59. Election officers to be sworn. Penalty for violation. Courts may set aside election.

60. Certificate of stock and transfer books primâ

142. In executions against a bank, current coin may be levied on.

143. When real estate may be levied on.

144. Attachment execution against corporations.
145. Title of purchaser at sheriff's sale.
146. Fieri facias against corporate franchises.
147. Levy may include property in other counties.

XXXIII. TRANSFER OF FRANCHISES. 148. Rights of purchasers at sheriff's sale under a mortgage.

149. Purchasers constituted a body politic. Powers. Meeting of purchasers. Public notice. Organization.

Name and seal. Stock. Bonds and mortgages. Acceptance of constitution.

150. Certificate to be transmitted to secretary of state.

151. New constitution to be accepted.

152. Power of purchasers to issue bonds and stock. Acceptance of the constitution.

153. Prior issues of stock ratified.

154. Corporation to first accept the provisions of the new constitution.

155. Purchasers from assignees for creditors to be invested with the franchises of the corporation.

156. Purchasers under a power of sale to be so invested.

I. Erection of corporations. (?)

P. L. 73.

1. Corporations may be formed under the provisions of this act (2) by the vol- 29 April 1874 § 1. untary association of five or more persons, for the purposes and in the manner mentioned herein, and when so formed, each of them by virtue of its existence as How corporations such, shall have the following powers, unless otherwise specially provided: may be formed.

I. To have succession by its corporate name, for the period limited by its charter, and when no period is limited thereby, or by this act, perpetually: subject Corporate powers. to the power of the general assembly, under the constitution of this commonwealth.

II. To maintain and defend judicial proceedings.

III. To make and use a common seal and alter the same at pleasure.

IV. To hold, purchase and transfer such real and personal property as the purposes of the corporation require, not exceeding the amount limited by its charter or by-law.

V. To appoint and remove such subordinate officers and agents as the business of the corporation requires, and to allow them a suitable compensation.

VI. To make by-laws not inconsistent with law, for the management of its property, the regulation of its affairs and the transfer of its stock.

VII. To enter into any obligation necessary to the transaction of its ordinary affairs.

2. The purposes for which the said corporations may be formed, shall be as follows, and shall be divided into two classes. (a)

3. The first class those for

I. The support of public worship.

II. The support of any benevolent, charitable, educational or missionary undertaking.

III. The support of any literary, medical or scientific undertaking, library association, or the promotion of music, painting or other fine arts.

IV. The encouragement of agriculture and horticulture. (b)

V. The maintenance of public or private parks, and of facilities for skating, boating, trotting and other innocent or athletic sports, including clubs for such purposes, and for the preservation of game and fish.

VI. The maintenance of a club for social enjoyments. (c)
VII. The maintenance of a public or private cemetery.(d)
VIII. The erection of halls for public or private purposes.

IX. The maintenance of a society for beneficial or protective purposes to its members from funds collected therein. (e)

X. The support of fire-engine, hook and ladder, hose or other companies for the control of fire.

XI. For the encouragement and protection of trade and commerce.
XII. For the formation and maintenance of military organizations.

Ibid. § 2.
Classification.
First class.

See cl. XIII. in amendment 25 June 1895, P. L. 313, Supp. 2554.

4. Each of said corporations may hold real estate to an amount, the clear yearly Power to hold real value or income whereof shall not exceed twenty thousand dollars. 5. The second class those for

(y) See acts 6 April 1791, 3 Sm. 20; 8 April 1883, P. L. 238; 13 Oct. 1840, P. L. 5; 20 Feb. 1854, P. L. 90; 8 May 1854, P. L. 674; 7 May 1855, P. L. 477; 9 April 1856, P. L. 293; 24 Feb. 1859, P. L. 78; 26 March 1867, P. L. 40; 20 April 1869, P. L. 82; and 4 April 1872, P. L. 40, which have never been in terms repealed. By the act 13 June 1883, § 7, P. L. 124, it was enacted that the act 29 April 1874 should be known and cited as The Corporation Act of 1874," and that the act of 13 June 1883 should be known and cited as "The Corporation Amendment Act of 1883.”

(z) See Ahl v. Rhoads, 84 P. S. 319; Lewis's Appeal, 86 Ibid. 340.

(a) So amended by act 17 April 1876, P. L. 30. (b) See act 29 March 1859, § 4, P. L. 290. (c) The courts will not incorporate a mere political club. Union League of Delaware County, 1 Del. Co. R. 21. An application for a charter to maintain a club

estate.
Second class.

for social enjoyments must set forth the character of
such enjoyments and how they are to be conducted.
Jacksonian Club, 11 C. C. 19. This act does not au-
thorize the courts to grant a charter of incorporation
for the purpose of the cultivation and improvement
of German manners and customs. Germania Sanger-
bund, 12 C. C. 89.

(d) This act is mandatory and the court has no
right to refuse a charter for a cemetery company, if
the instrument is in proper form and the purpose not
injurious to the community. Oakland Cemetery Co.,
12 C. C. 145.

(e) A "short term " association is not a beneficial association within this paragraph, and its incorporation by the court is absolutely void, and the order of the court may be revoked even after business has been commenced under the charter. National Indemnity Co., 142 P. S. 450.

29 April 1874 § 2. P. L. 73.

See amendment

24 June 1895, P. L. 253, Supp. 2672.

See amendment

25 June 1895, P. L. 295.

Supp. 2554.

See amendment
25 June 1895,

P. L. 311,
Supp. 2694.

I. The insurance of the lives of domestic animals.

II. The insurance of human beings against death, sickness or personal injury. III. The prevention and punishment of theft, or wilful injuries to property, and insurance against such risks.

IV. The grading, curbing, paving or macadamizing, construction and maintenance of any species of street, road or highway, and the furnishing of the materials and labor therefor, or the construction and maintenance of any species of road, other than a railroad, and of bridges in connection therewith.(g)

V. The construction and maintenance of a bridge over streams within this state.
VI. The construction and maintenance of a telegraph line.

VII. The establishment and maintenance of a ferry.

VIII. The building of ships, vessels or boats, and carriage of persons and property thereon.

IX. The supply of water to the public, or the supply, storage or transportation of water and water power for commercial and manufacturing purposes.(h) X. The supply of ice to the public.

XI. The manufacture and supply of gas, or the supply of light, heat and power by means of electricity, or the supply of light, heat or power to the public by any other means. (i)

XII. The transaction of a printing and publishing business.

XIII. The establishment and maintenance of an hotel and drove-yard, or boarding-house, opera and market-house, livery or boarding-stable, or either.

XIV. The creating, purchasing, holding and selling of patent rights for inventions and designs, and the purchasing of copyrights for books, publications and registered trade-marks, with the right to issue license for the same and receive pay therefor.(k)

XV. Building and loan associations.

XVI. Associations for the purchase and sale of real estate, or for holding, leasing and selling real estate, for maintaining or erecting walls or banks for the protection of low-lying lands, and for safe-deposit companies.

XVII. The manufacture of iron or steel, or both, or of any other metal, or of any article of commerce from metal or wood, or both, and the manufacture and production of silverware, plated ware, jewelry, works of ornament and art, and pictures, and the buying and selling of such articles. (1)

XVIII. The carrying on of any mechanical, mining, quarrying or manufacturing business, including all of the purposes covered by the provisions of the acts of the general assembly, entitled "An act to encourage manufacturing operations in this commonwealth," approved April seventh, one thousand eight hundred and fortynine, (m) entitled "An act relating to corporations for mechanical, manufacturing, mining and quarrying purposes," approved July eighteenth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, (n) and the several supplements to each of said acts, including the incorporation of grain elevators, storage-house and storage-yard companies, and also including companies for the storage, transportation and furnishing of water, with the right to take rivulets and land and erect reservoirs for holding water for manufacturing and other purposes, and for the creation, establishing, furnishing, transmission and using of water power therefrom, the construction of dams in any stream, and the driving and floating of saw logs, lumber and timber on and over any stream not exceeding thirty-five miles in length, and the heads of all streams not exceeding thirty-five miles in length from their source, by the usual methods of driving and floating logs, timber and lumber on streams, and so as not to obstruct the descending navigation by rafts and boats, (o) and also including the manufacture and brewing of malt liquors, but excluding the distilling and manufacture of spirituous liquors.(p)

XIX. The insurance of owners of real estate, mortgagees and others interested in real estate, from loss by reason of defective titles, liens and incumbrances.

XX. The re-chartering of corporations of either of these classes, the charters whereof are about to expire.

XXI. The construction and maintenance of a wharf or wharves for public and private use, and the maintenance of any unincorporated wharf or wharves, already constructed.

XXII. The construction, erection and maintenance of observatories for public use or scientific purposes.

XXIII. The formation and operation of stage and omnibus lines.

XXIV. The formation and operation of inclined planes for the transportation of passengers and freight.

XXV. The construction and maintenance of sewers, culverts, conduits and pipes, with all necessary inlets and appliances for surface, under-surface and sewage drainage for the health, comfort and convenience of inhabitant, and sanitary im

(g) As amended by the act 24 May 1887, P. L. 186. (h) As amended by the act 16 May 1889, P. L. 226. (i) As amended by the act 8 May 1889, P. L. 136. (k) As amended by the act 16 May 1889, P. L. 241.

(1) As amended by the act 3 June 1893, P. L. 287.
(m) See tit. "Manufacturing Companies."
(n) See tit. "Trading Companies.'

(0) See tit. "Lumber."

(p) As amended by the act 10 June 1893, P. L. 412.