cipal or interest of any loan contracted under the authority of this act, or for the payment of any money due contractors, in the construction of the improvements hereby authorized, further than the faithful application of the fund authorized to be applied for that purpose, arising out of the extra tolls authorized to be charged by this act. JAMES COOPER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. WILLIAMSON, APPROVED-The fifteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven. FRS. R. SHUNK. No. 296. AN ACT To annul the marriage contract of James G. Wilson and Sarah Catharine Wilson 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 marriage contract entered into between James G. Wilson and Sarah Catharine Wilson, his wife, be and the same is hereby annulled and made void, and the parties released and discharged from the said contract, and from all legal duties and obligations arising therefrom, as fully and effectually as if they had never been joined in marriage. JAMES COOPER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. CH. GIBBONS, I do certify that the bill, entitled "An Act to annul the marriage contract of James G. Wilson and Sarah Catharine Wilson," passed on the tenth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, which has been disapproved by the governor, and returned with his objections, to the House of Representatives, in which it originated, was agreed to by two-thirds of the House of Representatives, on the thirteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and fortyseven, and that the foregoing is the act so agreed to by the said House. JAMES COOPER, ATTEST:-D. FLEMING, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Clerk of the House of Representatives. I do certify that the bill, entitled "An act to annul the marriage contract of James G. Wilson and Sarah Catharine Wilson," passed on the eleventh day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, which has been diapproved by the governor, and returned with his objections, to the House of Representatives, in which it originated, was approved by two-thirds of the Senate, agreeably to the constitution, on the fifteenth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, and that the foregoing is the act so ap proved by the Senate. ATTEST-GEO. W. HAMERSLY, WM. WILLIAMSON Speaker of the Senate. Clerk of the Senate. Preamble. certain sum of No. 297. AN ACT For the relief of James W. Guthrie. WHEREAS, James W. Guthrie, of Clarion county, Pennsylvania, did, on the twentieth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and thirtyseven, apply for a warrant for four hundred acres of land, situate in Ridgway township, Jefferson county, on account of which he paid into the treasury of Pennsylvania one hundred and eleven dollars and seventeen cents, as per receipt, dated February twentieth, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, signed by the honorable Daniel Sturgeon, state treasurer: And whereas, The said warrant was, by mistake, located by the deputy surveyor of Jefferson county, on land then already warranted and appropriated; 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 Secretary of land the secretary of the land office be and he is hereby authorized and dioffice to place a rected, to place to the credit of James W. Guthrie, the sum of one hundred and eleven dollars and seventeen cents, being the amount paid into the treasury office, and receipted for as above stated, for which sum the said secretary shall grant and issue a warrant or warrants on other unappropriated lands or patents, as the said James W. Guthrie may desire, until the said amount of one hundred and eleven dollars and seventeen cents is satisfied. money to credit J. W. Guthrie. of JAMES COOPER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. WILLIAMSON, APPROVED-The fifteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven. FRS. R. SHUNK. No. 298. AN ACT Supplementary to an act, entitled "An act authorizing the laying out of a state road from Haverling's mills, in West Buffalo township, in Union county, to Elk creek, Miles township, Centre county, and for other purposes." 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 Michael Kleckner, Robert G. Hays, of Union county, and John Kre- Commissioners mer, (farmer) of Centre county, are hereby appointed commissioners appointed to reto review, and if in their judgment the public good require it, vacate view that part of that part of a state road laid out in pursuance of an act of assembly, in West Buffalo. state road lying passed the ninth day of April, eighteen hundred and forty, as lies within the township of West Buffalo, and re-locate the same so as to do the least damage to private property; and said commissioners shall receive the same compensation, and be subject to the same provisions as are Compensation. contained in the act to which this is a supplement; the said commissioners shall enter on the discharge of their duty on or before the second Tuesday of April next, and report their proceedings within ten days thereafter. "Philadelphia, Reading and SECTION 2. That the twelfth section of an act, entitled "An Act to incorporate the Philadelphia, Reading and Pottsville telegraph company,' passed March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, be and the same is hereby repealed, and the legislature reserves the right to alter, graph company. revoke or annul the privileges and powers conferred by said act, whenever it shall appear that they have been misused or abused by said com- Reservation. pany. SECTION 3. That nothing in the act passed at the present session, for Limerick and incorporating the Limerick and Colebrookdale turnpike road company, Colebrookdale shall be so construed as to authorize the said company to take private turnpike road property, without first making compensation or giving security therefor. company re JAMES COOPER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. WILLIAMSON, APPROVED-The fifteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred stricted. and forty-seven. FRS. R. SHUNK. May construct a road to connect with Pennsylvania railroad. Authorized to construct road the Ohio state line. Proviso. No. 299. A SUPPLEMENT To" An Act to incorporate the Pittsburg and Connellsville railroad company," passed April third, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven. 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 Pittsburg and Connellsville railroad company be and they are hereby authorized to make and construct a railroad, with one or more tracks, from the city of Pittsburg to any point within this state, suitable to form a connection with the Pennsylvania railroad company, at such point or place as may be mutually agreed upon by the president and directors of the said Pennsylvania railroad company, and the president and directors of the Pittsburg and Connellsville railroad company: And be it further enacted, That the Pittsburg and Connellsville railroad company be and they are hereby authorized to construct a railroad, with one or more tracks, from any point at or near the city of Pittsburg, to such point on from Pittsburg to the line of the state of Ohio, as may be determined upon by the president and directors of said company; and the commencement of the construction of said road, in the direction of the state of Ohio, within two years after the passage of this act, shall be construed to be a compliance with the conditions contained in the seventeenth section of the act to which this is a supplement: Provided, That if a connection shall be agreed upon, as provided for in this act, between the said Pittsburg and Connellsville railroad company and the Pennsylvania railroad company, then the said Pennsylvania railroad company shall be released from any obligation to commence their road at the city of Pittsburg, and from constructing that portion of their line lying between the said point of connection and the said city of Pittsburg; but if the said companies do not mutually agree to connect their said railroads, as aforesaid, then and in that case the said Pennsylvania railroad company Connections may may connect their railroad, or any branch thereof, in, at or near the city of Pittsburg, or other suitable point or points in the county of Allegheny, with any railroad made by the said Pittsburg and Connellsville railroad company, in pursuance of this act; the said connections to be made in such manner and form as may be proper and convenient to con. stitute a continuous and uninterrupted line of railroad; and the tolls, motive power and other charges on any railroad made, as aforesaid, by the Pittsburg and Connellsville railroad company, when the cars or other vehicles used thereon are furnished by others, shall not exceed the rates authorized to be charged in like cases by the Pennsylvania railroad company; nor shall any charge be made on any such railroad, exceeding three cents per mile for each through passenger, and three and one-half cents per mile for each way passenger: And provided further, That if the provisions of this act shall be accepted by said Pittsburg and Connellsville railroad company, and they shall commence either of the roads hereby authorized, they may, within sixty days after due public notice shall have been given of the same, permit any stockholder, who shall be dissatisfied thereby, to withdraw his subscription. and refund to such withdrawing subscriber the amount of instalment he be formed. Tolls. Proviso. may have paid, after deducting his pro rata share of the expenses heretofore incurred; and they shall have power, at any general meeting of May change the stockholders, to change the corporate name of the company to any name. name they may consider appropriate: Provided further, That if the Proviso. Pittsburg and Connellsville railroad company shall commence the construction of a railroad, under authority of this act, from the city of Pittsburg to the Ohio state line, then the sixth section of the act of third of April, eighteen hundred and forty-six, entitled "An Act to authorize the court of quarter sessions of Allegheny county to vacate Delaware lane, in said county, and for other purposes," shall be null and void, and confer no right or privileges upon said Pittsburg and Connellsville railroad company: And provided further, That if the Pennsylvania Proviso. railroad company shall find it their interest to commence the construction of their road from some point on the Cumberland Valley railroad, then the said Pennsylvania railroad company shall be released from the obligation imposed by the act of incorporation, to commence their work at Harrisburg. JAMES COOPER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. CH. GIBBONS, APPROVED The fifteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven. FRS. R. SHUNK. No. 300. AN ACT To require corporations to give bail in certain cases, and relative to the commencement of suits against foreign corporations, to the accounts of John Sloan, late treasurer of Lycoming county, and Pittsburg and Connellsville railroad company. "Preamble. WHEREAS, Doubts have arisen in regard to the effect of the first secion of the act, entitled "An Act concerning bail and attachments, passed twentieth March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five, and as to the bail required to be given by corporations in cases of apDeal and writs of error, since the passage of said act; therefore, Corporations to SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representaives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly net, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That rom and after the passage of this act, when any corporation, (municial corporations excepted,) being sued, shall appeal or take a writ of error, the bail requisite in that case shall be taken absolute, for the pay- Nature of bail. nent of debt, interest and costs on the affirmance of the judgment. give bail. SECTION 2. That in all cases where any company has been incor- Mode of proceedorated by this commonwealth, and the principal office for the transac- ing in cases of ion of business thereof shall be located out of this state, or where the foreign corporapresident, treasurer, cashier or other principal officer of such company tions. |