Lancaster Examiner and Herald

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Sic year.
Vol. ¥iai«--Mo. SI
L.AMCAST^Sl, FAo THUHSBAl^ M.
S, 183®,
NEW SERIES, Vol. .lE-Ao. ^8.
Ti!cm§ Of Poiblicsdoifi.
g:j»Tho EXAMirVETt & HERALD will bo piih Hshod weekly, on an e.xlra imperifil sheet, al twh DOLLAiis, por iinniirn, payable witbin 3 monlhs from tho timo of Huhscrilung; or two hollaub AXi) FiFTT CKSTM, at tbc iMul uf tbc ycor.
No suliscription will bc taken for Ions (hun si.t months, ami no p:iper discontinueil unli) itll arronnigcy ar(» p'liil, cccept nt lb« opt ior of Ibc pul)Iisher;   und;
faiiuro to notify a (li-si-ontinu'ince, will ' —"
croJ .1 now cni^agcniont.
Ailvertif^ini; will he done on the usunl terms.
Letters, to insure attention, musthc ]io?<l-p;ii<'
be coijsic
FKESll GAUDEN SKF.ns.
A b'irgo nnd  ijeiieriil ussoi tiiienl of fresh Gardon Seeds,just roceiveil nnd lor snle by
Dr. WASHINUTON h. ATLKE
Nil. yr. North Quoeii Slrect. Fobninry 18, 183G.
UEGISrKlt'Ss NOTiCE-
Uj-^JjIIE udiiiiiiis riiti.iii yceoiiiils tnlioii upon the ^JLi cstntcs of tbc respeclive ddi-eilpnts bercuiiloa... noKod, uro lileJ in lho Rc^iHl.r'snIlicc of l.ancnsier counly, for cuiifiriiuiii'.n nnri allnvvnnce, ul rin Or. plinn's court of soid couuly, coininonciii}r on Monday the ai.-.tibiy of Alarch nexl, ul the Court House, in tlio city (if Luncnsler, as Ibllows to wil:
Martin Eckman, Sup'j'. Strasburg.    By
Henry Zercher. nilin'r.
Rev. Will. P. Maclviiiglit, Lexington, Ken-
tuclty.    liy   I{.il;ili Jaclison   and'rhonius Sover¬ eign, c.voculors.
Isaac Martin, Elizabelh.    By Peler Mar¬ tin, .liiiiV. itdiiiiiii.-trii!nr.
.Tfiscpli Erb, <S()|)'y. Clizahctli.    By Henry
•Sbeper, ailui'r. or.Viicbncl S'li'idei',   (iec'd.  who was lho adm'r. of snid Jiisciili I'lrli, deceased.
John Smith, 8u|j'y. Coonlico.    By  John
Wnllor and Willi-run Uebhurd, uUmVs. with the Will niiiiexeil.
Peter yiiinior, Cociiiicn.
pel, .^(liii'r.
.Tohn Hastings, Culeraino.
Jeroiiiiib ll.i-^iiiiirs, iidmb's.
Getirgc and Daniel tSidus
Jiieiib Siib!", surviviii..; cc'r
George Lober, IVJariclla.
I'mnli, nilm'r,
George  Ross,    Esq.  City.     By  Patton
Itoss, ndm'r, ivilb lho Will ntinp.ititd.
Hev. I'i. K. Dare,  Colcraiim,    By John
While-iidc, ndm'r.
Peter  Meiilzer,  Warwick.      By
iM'.'iitzer.nibii'r.
Strasburg.   By Jo
SHERIFFS SAI.E.
ICrRy virluo ol a writ of Venditioni Esponas lo mo directed vvill be sold hy I'ublic Vonduo, on Snt¬ urdny tbe I'Jlh dny iiflVl.ireh no..!i, ol the publii' houso of Richnrd Kerns,in Ibirt towiialiiji, lho follow¬ inir real prO|ieily, viz :—.\liinit Iwenty sovon acres of land III Burt township, Lnncnslcr ciniuty, with n lvvo stilly Lni; House nml a Log Sluble ihoreon creeled, adjuining lands of 'VVilliam Ferguson and Olber...-.
Salo III ciiiiiine:;ce nil o'clock in the afternoon.,^ -^i-/.cd I'lid tnken in E.-veenlion as lho pro[inrty o. Sniiiilel Good, uud to bo sold by
DAViU MILLER, Sbcriir. Sbcri(l"s Oilice, Lnncniicr (
f'obrunry, 11, 18.5li.        (
Estate of Sophia App, deceased. rfl-i "IT tf^  BTi
By Ilenry Ap- By John nnd Martick. By By Frederick
^11 persons linviuj; nuy clnims nuninst the ostnlu of Sophia A|ip, bilo cfibocilyof Lniicnster, dec'd nro requesled lo produce iheir iircoiinls, propeily aiitbeniicnleil ou or b.ibne lho 1st dny ol April next, and nil persons indebted to the oslale oftho said dc censed ore rcquosled ;o muliO payment of Ihn tnnie provious to said doy .to
WLlSAIiETII SHUUUOOKS or JOIIN W. HU13LEY,
.'Vdiiiiiiislralors ofsaid docoased. February 4  I«"i 44-6ts.
TllO  liii|>rov<!iiivi>t Bill,
AS IT PASSED   BOTH UllANCIIEiil OV  THE    STATE LEGISLATUBII.
VVe have llie ple.isnre of presenting lo onr readers  un e.Kuct  cnpy  of llie Improvement Bill, passed hy the Legislniure nf Pennsylva¬ nia.    It possesses sirniic  interest for the eil- izens of tins cniniiinnily, and, indeed, for eve-1 ry cilizen of Peniisylvunia. AN ACT. 'I'll repeal ihe stale lax, on real and personal properly, and   lo toiiliniie and extend the iinpruvenit'iils nf  the   slate by   rail   roads and eanals, and lo oliarler  a  slale liaiik lo be called tlie "Uniied Slates Bunk." Sk'ition I.    Be il enaclL'd  by ilin Senale and Ilnuse of Represenlalives of the Conmion- weullh nf Pennsylvania, in General Assembly mel, and il is liureby enacled by llie aulhnri- ly nt die same,  Ibat all and  every provision Polor .of tlie Acls of Assembly passed  die twenly- 'lifih (lay nf Maridi, in die year one lliniisaiid eight linndri'd and  tliiriy-one,   respectively, .enlilleil An aci asse-'ssing a  lax on personal Henry   i^rcy,  ('ocalico.    By  John Frey; property, lo   be   cnllecied   witli   the county nmi iMicbaol Weiuhiild, Lw'rs.^ rales anil levies, for the use of the coinmnn-
Wiiiiam Linville, Su|)'v.  Strasburg.    By  xvealib, and an  ac.i lo  increase ilic couniy lieiij uuin and-lolin Linville, u.i'rs. rviles and levies fnr the use of  iheeommon-'
Samuel Spring,  hampeter.    By   bamuel; ^^^al,!,^ I^e .„„! iHesame are hereby ropeided,
Jo.sepli Lefever, Esq.
sniih S. Lefever, niliu'r.
except so  fur as relates  lo llie  eolleclion nf laxea assessed before the lirst day ofOctober
I'niker. ndm'r. deboiii-. non
Abraham Brennenian,  Columbia,  Sup'y.
Hv' tiiliii   I'lirrv.  iriiardiuii  nf  I'lIni,   Eli'/.nbelh, i, ,-       - ,    ,   ,,,,      ., - i       '    ,    ,    ,,
Mni'iiii! nud  Ilni'iiirrn, minor ebiidreli of .iid A.!''«'••  Pri.viided, 1 I'd llie said repeal shall nnt H'e.iiicimin, docniiaeW.  - j go into ellecl uniil all die lerms and  provis-
Jiiliii Krevie, -'ocalico.    Bv Peter Stock,'""ns Inieiiial'iFr set forth shall be fully cotn- iiciii.'t: e.^'r. * . i plied with.
Chrisiiiin   Slicliy.  Sup'y. Mounijoy.    By      Skctjon 2. Thn present stockholders,  of Ai'riili .111 H.ir>i, c.v'i'. tile bank nf die Uniied  States, excepUng ihe
Jdiin ('rouiwell, Conestoga.    By Rud.ilph ' United States and llie'I'ieasuref oflhe United
IJnriiib, udm'r. '     ,     '
David   Gidli;   .Sup'y.   Larl.     By   John
KciiplirniKl IKviil Sumo; adiii'r.-:. cum tostniiioii-
Eli:'-.i'i;!U!i Kan.ninaii, -West Doiicgai.    By
C 1' i-il.iii  KniiiV.11111, iidui'r.
Fi'.iilorifi:':   I'luliii,  Marlick.     By  Henry
li.i.'l.i.ilm'r.
Dii'i.ir  ."\l.ir;j:a!i Rawlins, Martick.    By
Ja.ii"s fenny,   'i.ii'r. ii:'.In-n,ili I'eiiiiy, ducM, who wn- iiil.iiiiii-li.ilur iifsiid Kivvliii.s.
.liiliii ['ciliciilici', (.'ocalii.'d.    r5y.Iohn I'et-
ib; .;l'.ir. .Ir. nud liicbtt'd IL Il-'iilir, ndm'r.-i.
Slales, and uniili other persons as may be¬ come sldckliiililcrs agreeably lo the by-laws made for thai purpnse, Ui an ainnunt nol ex
shall confer a righl nf vnling, unless iho same shall have been held lliree calender months befnre the day of election.
Arliclo 11. ^¦ot more than lliree fourths of the ilireuiiirs who shall be in office al the lime of an aiiiinul eleclion, shall be £lecteil fnr the succeeding year, and no ilirecior shall hnld his office for inure than three years nut of I'niir in siicccssinn, bul the director who shall be die presidenl may always be re-elec- Kid ; and previuus to each election of direc¬ tors, the board of direclors shall appoint three stockholders, not dircclnro, to be judges of the eleclion, who shall conilnct and regulate the same, after haviiinr severally laken anil subscribed an O'dili or aninnaiinn, before snme juslice of the pe^ce or alderman, well and faillifully and lawfully lu condncl the election, and who after the conclusion of ibe ballnl sball decide and 0|ieiily declare who are cho¬ sen direclors for ihe ensuing year. No di- reeior of any oilier biiik shull be, al llie same lime, a direcinr of diis bank ; nor shall llie govern'ir, or any e.xecniive nr judieial olRcer of lllis commonweallll, or member nf cnn- gress, or of the slale legislature, be a director. Article III. Nol less than seven direclors shall conslilule a board for the Iransaclion of business, of whom llie presidenl shall always he one, except in case of sickness or neces¬ sary absence, iu which case his place rnay he supplied by any other director whom he by wriling under his hand shall depute for lliai purpose ; and in rase the president shall nol sn depute, llie board of direclors may elecl a director to acl during the absence of llie pres¬ ident.
Arlicle IV. A^eneral meeling of the siock. holders fnr purposes relalive lo Uie insiiiuiion, may at uny linie be called, eilber by the board of direclors, or by sixty or more stockh.ilders owing one thousand nr more shares ofthe capital Slock, on giving al least six weeks notice in two public newspaper, published in ihe cily of Philadelphia, and Sfiecifying in such nolice llie objeel or objecls of such ineel¬ ing. And lliere shall be a general meeting of the stockholders al the banking house, in the cily of Philadelphia, un ihe lirst Mnnday of .lanuary in every year, al which time the directors shall lay before lliem a general and parlicular staiemenl of the alfairs oflhe com¬ pany.
Arlicle 'V. The lands, lenemeiils, and he- reditamenls which ii sball be lawftil fur die said corporation lo hold, shall be only such as shall bc requisite for its immediale accom- modalioa in iransacling ils business, and such as shall have been bona lide morlgaged to il by way of seeuriu', or conveyed to it in sat- isfaetion of debls previously eoniracied in ihe course of ils dealings, or pnrcl'.ased at sales upon judgmenls winch shall have been obtain¬ ed for such debls, or purchased for iho pur¬ pose of securing such debts. The snid cor- pnralion shall not direcily, or indirectly, deal or trade in any thing except bills of exchange, gold and silver bullion, or in the sale of goods
len days luiiire to ilie president or cashier of said bank, (if llie lime and place of making .snch priiof, in nrder that aii opporlunily may be aH'ordcil fur reliuuiiig the same by tesli- nniny, anil if Ihe facts be substanlialed, it hliall be die duty of the said judge lo reduce the same in writing, and lo transmitlhe same to ihe Gorornor. And itshall be the duty ofthe Governor, imincdiulely on the receipt of the wrilten proof above specified, lo issue his prochiinaliun, declaring the charier ofthe said bank In 'je forfeited. And from and af¬ ier die lentil day afier the dale of ihe said pruclamaiiiui, die charier of llie said bank shall bii absolutely null and void and of no eflect vhalsnever —except that the said bank shall be liable in its cnrpnraie capacity, for llie l'iil|ilmeiil ofall conlracls previously made and eniered inlo by il, and the siockholders hereof sliall have power lo elecl direclors as usual, and be capable of compeliing the fullil¬ ment of any contract entered Inlo wilb said bank, previously lo die dale of the said for- leiluie.
Arlicle 'VIII,    Dividends of so nincli ofthe profits as the Direclors   may tleem advisable shall be declared Iwice a year,  on   ihe lirsl Mondays of January and July in each year, and [laid to   the stockholders  on   demand at any   lime  afiqr  the expiralion of len  days therefrom.    But such dividends shall in no case exceed the amount of the  neil profits, aeuially acqu red  by the bank, so   thai   ihe capital  Slock nftho   said Bank,   shall never thereby be in laired.    If die direclors of the Bank shall m ke  any dividends which shall impair the ca ilal slock ofsaid Bank, ihe di¬ reclors conse ling   iherelo shall be liable  in dieir individijal capaeiiies lu snch cnrporaiion for the amnujii of die stock so ilivided ; and each direcloii preseni   when   such  dividend shall be inadl], shall be   adjudged lo be cnn¬ senling iliereio, unless he forlhwiUi enler bis prolesi on lli^ niiiuiiRS nf die board and give Jiublic nolice lo die siockholders of llie decla¬ ring ofsuch Jivideiid.
Arlicle IX, The salary of the president shall he estalilislied and allowed by the stock¬ holders al a general meeling, and no compen¬ sation shall lie allowed lo any person for his services as ii direcior. 'I'he board of direc¬ tors shull apioint a cashier, and such oilier olficers, clerks, and persons as sball be neces¬ sary fur iraiisacting the business of die bank anil shall lake from each such security as the by-laws shall prescribe, and sball make to each a jusl compensalion for his services.
Anidu X, '1'he said bank shal! make to the Auiliior General monthly returns of ils condiliun, shewing die delails of iis cpera- lions, acconling lo the form oflhe returns the Bank of ihe Uniied Slales now makes to die Secretary of the Treasury, or according to such form as muy be eslablislicd by law.
Section 5. ll shall at all times be lawful for a cominillee of the LegislaUire appoinled fur that purpose lo inspect ihe books and ex¬ amine into   Die prnceetUngs  of die corpora-\
ahull be bound, whenever required hy luw,- lo advanco lo llio eoinmonwcalih as .i loin- IKirury loan any soni of inoney nol cxcendini; one million of dollars in any one year, nt nn intereal of four por cenl. a year, rciinlinrs.i. ble at the pleasure of the cnininonwcullli. witilin Iwelve monllis from Ihe dale of Ihc loiin ; and llie suid corporalion shall furllier pay lo lho treasurer for the use of llic com. nionweullli, the sum of five hundred ihousiind dollars on the third day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred und lliiily-scven, and shall pay the furllier sum ol one hniidrcd thousand dollars on llin lir.-sl Monilay uf June ncxl, and the liko sums of onu liiindred thousand tlollars on each suc¬ ceeding first IMonday of June, fur nineleen years ihoreuflcr, lo bc added lo and paid over with annual appropriation provided by the noinmonwcallli for common sehnol ptirpnses, und bo dislriliiilcd according to tho si3Veral laws of Ihe commonweallll regulating llie dislribuliou of such apprnprialions ; and llie said corpoiillion shall further bo fnuiid lo suliscribo' lho following sums to capital slock oflhe following named companies, if request¬ ed so 10 dn by the direclors of the said com¬ panies, or either of llicni, williin one year from lho
slale ofMuryliinil, nr nl wisl uf    VVilliams- finrl : iiinl  lo inil  iiiidcr ciuiiriiclnol less than livcniy nnr ninrc lliun liiiny miles Ihereof, lo wards  whicll  Ihn tiiiin uf twn hundred thous- nrid   doll.-irs i.i lii'ri'by siiccilicnlly nppropri- .ilcd :   Piovidc'd,    'J'lial   no   snch  contrncl slinll he onlercd iMn,  iinloi^s   the Baltimore und Ohio rail roud riiinpany  sliull have   con¬ senled lo a fiaiiifuclory   conneclion  of llieir road wilh lliut licrcliy  auUiorized ,   and tho said cunal coniinissioncrs nre hereby requir¬ ed 111 cause  lo hu snrvrycil by a  competent engineer, llie rnnic nf a cunal and  slackwa¬ ter navigalion frnin the  head   of    Iho   west liruncli division lu the Allegheny river,   and if in llis opinion a snnicinnt sujjply of   walcr cniinni bu oblained fnr Ihnt purpose, then he shnll ascerlain Ihc mnsl eligible  route for a rail mail hnlwr.'cn  the said    jminls,   or   of {a Cdininniiicalini; partly by canal    and   partly by rail rnad,   us he niuy dcctn   most   advisa-i ble    Tin: snid surveys to icrminale opposilo the town of Franklin,   Venango counly ; of which surveys ucciirale and  lull repnrls and eslimates shall he made lo the said Commis¬ sioners, and by them Inid beforo Ibc  legisla¬ ture nt ils next session ,   and  for the expen- sosofwliicli Um suni of nine    thousand  and issage of this act, namely,   lo   Ibo   (ive hundred dii!luis   is   hereby   specifically capilal slock oflhe Bnlliinoro and Ohio   rail   iipproprialcd.    And llic snid canal  coinmis- lOiiil C'jiniiany, llie sum of iwu   hundred dnl-  sioners shall nlso cause lo be made by a com- lais ; To'thai of Ihu SVilliamspori and Elini-  pcleni engineer, a survey, csiimnle and   re- ra rail rnad company, lho sum oflwo hundred   |i.irt lo the next Icgisliilnrc,  oflho  praclica-; thousund dollars ; To Ihe Monongalicl.i Nuv-; bility and imporlance r.( constructing   a rail illation Coiii|)uiiy, fitly lliousand ilollars, iflhc ¦ rnad from Ihe lown of Lew isliurg, in   Union same be incorporled, nl llie opening   of lliu j coiiniv, to or near Wuler slreel in  Hunting- books of subsoriptiou for   the capilul siock : don connly, fnr wjiicli Iwo thousand   dollars thereof, and the further sum of filiy tiiousund j is   hereby   sfieeifically  appropriated.     And dollurs as soon as one hundred thousniid (lol-; llie said cnnal cominissiontrs shall also cause larssuliscribed by olher persons  or  bodies ^ lobe made by a cntn|ioteiit engineer, a sur- corporale shall have been bana fide expended j vey, eslimale and reporl u|ioii  ihe   praciica- in the conslruclion ofthe said work ; To ihe | biiily and imporlance of connecling   by rail Cumberland valley rail   road  company, one j road ihe Pennsylvnnia cannI al or near Free- hundred thousand dollars ; 'J'o  the   VVarren  port, by way ofIJitler, with the  Pennsylva- and Pine Grove rail road  company,  twenty   niu cnnal nl or ncnr New Cuslle,  for which ihonsnnd dollars ; To the Warren and Frank-, tlio sum nf five   hundred  dollars  is   hereby lin turnpike road company, fifieen  lliousand |spccificnlly npproprialed. dollars, iflhc .liaid companies be incorpnraled I    Sv.cTwy 10.    The this sOMsinii of Ihe Legislulnre ; J'o llie War-'
leully and truly pledged for money lenl, aad  lion liereby   created,  and io  reporl whether not redeemed in due lime,—or goods   which   llie provisions  of  ihis charter  iiave been liy
ceedi'nu- in die wlinlo the present capital nf die i ^!'"1! .^^ ''',''' l"""'-''-'e'Js "'' '=3 'ands.     Neilher ' the same abused or violated,  or   nol;
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ill hank, iheir successurs and assigns, be and are hereby crealed a corporation and body p'llilic, by llie name and slyle of "ibe Presidcnl, Direcinrs and Compan}' of the lia'ik nfllie United States," and sball so eon- tiiiiie tiiiiil the third day of Manh, in ihe year inln llnnii-anil cisilil hundreil and sixty- six ; and by dial iiiiiiih shall be and are hcre-
now city of Lnncnslcr.    Jty /imunuol C. Koiglirt ndiii'r. do bonus non cum leilnme'ito.
Jnhn Spenne, Martick.    By Martin Mil¬ ler, .'liliii'r. pend-nt.! liU".
A bnth.' m  Shaup,   West Donegal.     By
I'brislian Gnod, ndm'r.
Gathariiic Beidv,  Llizabelh.    By.Samuel
Eberlv, Ksq.  niliii'r. Jacob Beck, Blizabclll.     B.V   Samuel Eb¬ erly, K-q. ndni'i. wiih ibe will nniio.\ed.
John  .Meyer, VVcst Donegal.    By John
iMoyer,ni'lin!; i d ii'r.
Frederick llixo(;ker, Warwick.    By Chas.
A. llri'sh, ndm'r. _    _      j
Frederick Swentzel, city.    By Christian
Swcni'/.'l, e.x'r. ' '       -r,     -x
Christian I,ichly. East Donegal.    By Da-
Dnvid Zo.ik, adm'r.
.Tacrib  Molzgar,   Jr. Cily.     By   Jacob
iMoIrirnr   adm'r.
Jacob Hershey, East Donegal.    By John
Herslioy nnd ".Iiu'oli Merhhey, rx'rf,
Abraham   IJosleltor,  Manor.    By  John
Liiitunr, -idiiiV. peiidoiiU lite, SfC.
Mary Gerber, Cocalico.   By John Len-
licr, e.\'r.
iSusanna'^Gni'ga.s,   Cocalico.    By  Joseph (i'oi',','.is, ndm'r.
Jobn Yenixer, jr. Conestoga,  By James
rcniiypni'lver, ndrn'r
Luiiwijr Lauman, lale oflhe then borough i by made capable in law, to have, purchase,
' and receive, possess, enjoy and retain, to ibem and their, successors, lands, renls, lene- menls, heredilamenis, goods, chaltels, and efl'ecls, nf whatsoever kind, iialnre and qual¬ ity, and the same lo sell, grant, lieinise, alien nr dispose of, lo sue and be sued, lo use a Rommoii seal, and the same in alter and renew and 10 make such by-laws and ordinances as they shall deem n-cessary, nol being contra¬ ry to this ncl, llie coiisruminn of ibe Unileil •Stales, or lo die constilution and laws of diis coinnioiiwpidth ; and also lo prescribe rnles^ for lh« transfer of slock nf said corporation,' and generally lo do all ihe acls which lo ihem il shall or may iipperlain lo do, and.lo enjoy ihe same privilegtfs und auihorily given by law lo any bank wiihin ihis eommonwealib, subjecl lo llin rnles and resiriclioiis hereinaf¬ ter prescribed.
Sectio.v 3. For the manngompnl of ihe af¬ fairs of the said corporalion, lliere shall be aiinniilly elected al die banking house, in llic city of Philadelphia, on ihe first Monday in Jamniry in each year, by a plurality of voles, which shall be giveii by the qualified siock¬ holders of Ihe said bank in person or by proxy, Iwenly direcinis, who shall be capa¬ ble of serving for one year, and who shall, al
(Christian IlerVncy, Ilapho.    By Abraham; "•« "f«' '"^^'"'g: ''''¦"•¦f ""'''• «!«f i"" '" ead
llersbev nnd David Knull'man, ex'rs.
David Bender, Sup'y.  Leacoek.    By Jo¬ seph Heller, nurviviiij,' ex'r. Israel llcynidds, {.coil county, Maryland.
liy Jn^ojih Pnxloll, ndu'r.
Jane Tijite, East Donegal.    By George
Kerreo, e.\'r.
Chrisiian i''riedriok, Warwick.    By Fe¬ tor Weiilner, tx'r.
John Brown, sup'y. Manheim,   By John
llostoitor, one .iftho executors.
Jacob  Viinneida,   Cocalico,    By Philip
'Vimneida and llonry Vo/imMa, ndiiiVii.
John  Spickkr,   Warwick.    By Samuel
8|iicklor,DavidS|i|el(ler <Sc Siiiuucl Dyer,nlm'rn.
Mary   Larshy.   Strasburg,      By   John
Mclfnifrht, ndm'r.
J'jhn -Meixel, sup'y.   Leacoek.   By John
Herslioy, Burvivin!,r executor.
Susanna   Meixel,   Leacoek,    By    John
Ilorslicy, udiiiinistialnr.
H. MEHAFFY, Register.
Koijislnr's Oliice, l.nrcnrler, February 16, 183G.
February 18.
Hoiice is Hereby Given,
To the Creditors of Ad<ain Stock, deceased,
Ami all olhera infrcstcd, tlmt Adam Sheaffer, eurvi- vin" Trustee ofthe sni.l Adnm Stock, under the will of Ms father Adnm Stock, exhibited hia su|i(ileinenln. ry account to the Court afVomnion I'leas of Lnnr la¬ ter counly on tho 1st. ultimo, which ia filed in the Prutb'in.ilary's olfice; and that lho samo will be al- I.iweil and confirmed bv tho eiid court on Monday llio2lBidnv of Mnrch noxt, unlesa rea-.oii9 shall Ihen 1,0 L'iven why the snmo iiughtni.t ho allowed, of which nil porsons interested will lake notitss. "   ' Z. .McLI'iNEGAN, Prolh'y,
Prnlhonolnry's tWice, Lancaslor, ? February 11, IHoO. 5 'IS-Sts.
year, proceed in elect one of iheir direclors to he the president iif llie corporalion, who shall hold the saiil oflice during ihe same pe¬ riod for which direclors are elecled; but if an election of direcinrs or of the presidenl should n(i( be made on that day, the said cor¬ poration shall nnt for that cause be dissolved, bul il shall be lawful al any oilier lime to hnld such elections ; and unlil such eleclions lie made, the diieclnrs and president for the time being shall conlinue in nflice; and in case of the doath or rcsignalinii of the presi¬ dent, lho directors sli'jil elecl another presi¬ dent from iheir own number; and in case of the death or resignation ofa (lireclor, the va¬ cancy may be supplied by the remaining di¬ rectors.
Suction 4. The followingshall be the fun¬ damental arliclos of Ihe said corporation, lo will- Article I. None but a stockholder who isa ciiiien of the United Slates sliall be a direc¬ tor, or vote at an election for direclors, either in person or by proxy ; and all proxies shall he dated within sixty days before ihe day of each eleclion. The nuinber of voles to which each stockholder shall be enlilled in voting for directors ahall bo ks follows: for one sharo and nol more than two shares, one vole; for every two shares above iwo, and iini ex¬ ceeding ten shares, one vole ; for every four shares above ton, and nol exceeding thirty, one vole; for every six shares above thirty, ami not exceeding sixiy, one vote ; for every eigbl shares ahove sixty, and nnt exceeding one bandred, one vote ; bul no parson, co- parinersbip, or body politic, shall bo onlilled lo a grealer number llian thirty voles ; and afier the first election, uo  share  or ohares
shall il make any loan to any foriegn prince the oflicers ofsaid corporalion should refuse o'r slale unln-ss previously auiliorized by law. lo be sworn or allirmed, or give evidence, or '1'he snid corpnraiion shall nol be al liberly lo produce all snch of llieir books or papers to purchase any slock whaiever, e.xcepl their as may be deniandcd belore any such coinmil- owa Slock, treasury noles, or public stocks | lec, lliea the legislalure may by law declare cre.iled. by ihe goveriiinent of ihe United ¦ the said charier void, and repeal die same ; Slates, or of this Stale, or slock of, or loans ; and whenever any commillee as nfoi-esaid tn any ofthe incorpomled companies of this shidl lind and reporl, or the Governor shall Stale, for the conslruclion and improvemenl have reason lo believe, thai the charier has of roads, bridges, canal or inland navigation, been violated, it may be lawful for tbe legisla- or other Slocks which maybe bona tide pledg- lure to direcl, or die Governor lo ordera ed as security for debls lo the bank, and not, Seire Facias lo be issued oul of ibe Supreme duly redeemed. Courl ol Pennsylvania, (which shall be exe-
Arlicle VI. The rate ofdiscountal whicli culed on the pre-iident oflhe corporalion for loans mav be mado by said bank within this ihe litne being, ai east ten days before the commonwealih, shall nol exceed one halfnf commencemenl oflhe term ofsaid court) cal- one per cenUim for thirty davs. And tbe hag oa said corporalion lo show cause where- nuies aad bills which shall be issued by order ft'i" 'I'e charier hereby granled shall not be ofsaid corporalion, or under its auihorily, declared forleiled ; andn shall be lawlul for shall be binding upon il, and those made pay- said oourl aiinn the return ofsanlScae Facias able lo order shall be assignable by endorse- menl, bul none shall be issued of a denomi¬ nation less llian ten dollars; and if the bank shall negloct or refuso in pay ils noles or bills or moneys deposiled when dne, on demand made at the bank during banking hours, the person or persons enlilled   lo ihe same slia
receive inlercsl thereon al the rale of iwelve per cenl a year until payment be made. And the notes of die corporalion in circulalion, shall never e.-cceed the capilal actually paid in. Tbe tolal amount of debls which the said corporalion may at any lime owe, wheth¬ er by bond, nole or other conlracl, excepiing the amount of inoney due lo depositors, shall nol alany limo exceed double die amouni of cnpilal slock actually paid in ; and ia case of excess, die directors under whose adminislra¬ lion it shall happen, shall be liable in their individual capacities, and an aciion of debl may in such case be brought against ihem, nr any of ihem, or any of their heirs, execu¬ tors or -ddininisiralors, in any courl baving competent jurisdiction, by any crediior or credilors of such corporalion, and may be prt'seculed lo judgment and execulinn, any condiliun, eovenanl or agreement to ihe con¬ trary nolwiibslanding; bul lllis sliall not be construed to exempt die said corporalion, or the lands, tenemenls, goods and chattels of the same, from being also liable for and chargeable wilb the said excess. Such of the said direclors as may have beeu abseni when the said excess was eoniracied or crea¬ led, shall nol be considered as consenting iberclo, or liable therefor, and ihoso wl;o may have dissented from the resolution or act whereby the same was so eoniracied or crea¬ led, and who shall enler iheir dissent upon minules   of die board,   may   exonerate
ihe
ihemselves from being so liable, by forlhwilh giving nolice of the fact to ihe siockholders at a general ineeling whicb Ihey shall have power 10 call for Uiat purpose.
Article VIL If the said bank should al any litne refuse lo pay any ofils notes, bills, obligalions, or deposited moneys, in gold or silver, Uien at or after the expiration of ihree months from the time of llie first refusal of said bank to pny as aforesaid, itshall and may he lawful for ihe holder or proprietor of the same, lo mako application in wriUng to anv judge of any courl in the proper counlv lb allow him or her to make proof of said refu¬ sal on oath or aflirmalion, by one or more disniieresicd witness or wiinesses, before said judge, whose duty itshall bo to give at least
' to exiinine inlo the irulh of die alleged viola¬ tion, and if such violalion be made lo appear llien 10 pronounce or adjudge that such char¬ ter is fnrfeiled and annulled : Provided, how¬ ever, every issue of facls which may be joined belween the commonwealth or the corpnraiion such issue shall ho tried by jury ; and on ihe trial ihereof, the commonwealih shall have the righl lo change the venire frnm the coun¬ ty ofPhiladelpliia to any adjoining cnunly.— And it shall be lawful for the ciiurt aforesaid lo require ihe produclion ofsuch of the books or papers oftlie corporation, as il mny deem necessary for the ascerlain menl of ihe conlro- verled facls, and the final judgment of said courl shall be subject to all the usages of law in olher cases.
Skctiojj G. In eonsideralion of the privi¬ leges granled by this act, and in line of all taxes on (lividonds,llie suid eorporiition shall pay inlo the Treasury of llic Commoiiwealih llic sum of two millions of dollars al such limu and in such instalments ns lho gover¬ nor may icquire : Provided, That at least Ihirly days nolice shall bc given by the gov¬ ernor of the lime when each inslulmont will bn required : And provided aino, That for all sums the gnveriior shall not so require lo be paid within liircc monlhs alter llie accep- tinco of ihis charier by llie siockholders, in¬ lerest al Ihc rale of five per cenl. a year shull bo puid by the corporalion, commen¬ cing at ihecxpirnlion oflhe snid llirco months, und Icrminnting thirly days before the lime lined for the pnyinenl of each sum ; and the snid cnr/inration shall also, whenever requir¬ ed by law, advance on permanent loan any sum or sums, not exceeding in ihe whole six millions of dollars, and for each sunt of money so loaned shall receive from ihe common- ivcallh n ncgoliablu certificate of slock, re- iinhursablc on the third dny of Mnrch, ono lliousand eight hundred and sixly-cighl, iransferrnlilc nl the hank of Pennsylvania, or such olhcr place a.s,thu legislature may here¬ afier designulc, bearing nn inlorcst of cither four or five per cent, perannum, payablo half yenrly al ihe bank of Pcnn.sylvania, or snch oilier place as the legislature may hereafier designate, ns the law requiring such loan inuy'' delermino, and in ^caso lho interest shall he fivo per cent, shall pay lo tho com¬ monwealih ono hundred and len dollars in money .""or each hundred dollars ofstock, or if the interest he four per cenl. shall pay one hundred dollars in money fnr oach hundred dollara of atock ; and   the   said corporation
ren und Ridgeway turnpike road compnny, five thousniid dollars; To the Jobnslnwn' and Lcgioneer lurninke road company, Kn thousund dollars ; 'I'o the Snow Shoe and Puckerville turn|iikecompany,Iwenly thous¬ and dollars ; To ihe Rosehurg und Mercer turnpike company, five thousand dollars.— All of which subscriptions shnll placo the said bank on the same fooling ns lo llie rights and liabililies wilh lho  original subsciibers
10 said companies respec'.ively ; Proviued, That such subseriplion shall nni bc made lo Ihc slock oflhe Bnltimore and Ohio rail road company until a lavv of Marylnnil shall be pasiscd, and assented to by said company, enabling Ihe commonwealih of Pennsylvania, ond any company or companies duly author¬ ised by Ihc said commonwealih ; lo intersect by rail ruad und unile with Ihe Baltimore .-ind.Ohio rail road, at nny puint 'in Ihe slate of Murylund ; and Ihal liie whole amount so lo bc subsciihed by the snid bank, shall he appropriated exclusively lo Ihe conslruclion ofllie ruil road from Cumberrand to Pillshuru; and llial no pnyinenl shall be called for by the direclors of die Baltimore and Ohio rnil load company on account of said subscriji- lioii, unlil at least twenly miles of Ihe rail road wiihin llic slate of Pennsylvnnia shall have been bonn fide placed under conlracl, and the conslruclion thereof actually  begun.
Si'X'T/o.v 7. Si.< hundred Ibousand duliars oflhe nmonnt to be paid inlo the treasury as aforesaiil, sball bc appropriated in lieu oftho recoipls from the slate laxes hereby repealed, lu puy Ihu iiiteresl on the public debl, and olhcr just demands upon the commonwealih.
SiScrioN 8- For the purpose of enabling the several turii|iike companies herein afler mentioned lo improve the condition of said roads, the following sums are specificallj nppropiinled lo ho pnid to the  suid   conipn-
11 ics rospecl ively, (or the aforesaid mention¬ ed purposes, which said sums shall be dis¬ lribulcd ill the following manne.-; To the Chambersburg and Bedford lurnpike road company, Ihe sum of twonly thousand dollars: To tne Somerset and Mounlple.tsnnt turn¬ pike road   company,   twenly   thousniid   dol-
sum of six huhdred and fifty-one thousand soven hundred eigh¬ ty dollars and scvcnly-fonrcoiils he, and Ihc siiine is hereby npfiroprinlcd specifically, for llie following purposes, lowil : To complete the Columbia rail rnad,twelve thousand five hundred and fifly two dollars : To complelo ihe porlage rail road, forty Uvo thousand four hundred and sixty one dollars : To complete the extension ofthe west branch division (o the mouth of Ihe 'J'angascul.-iek, one hundred and Uvelve Ihonsatid and seventeen dollnrs : For a resorvoir.at Jolinslowiij thirty thousand doll«rs,'if Ihc cnnal commissioners shall deem it udvisnhle (o comnicnco the same within the present year : For Ihe ropes on the Columbia rail rond, Uiree thousand ihree hun¬ dred dollars : For moneys duo on locomo¬ lives conlracted for on the Columbia rail way fivo lliousand four hundred and forly threo dollarsand fifty nine cenls : For four new locomolive engines, and for ropes, repairing, inucliiiicry, and debts due for motive power on lho Poilng^c rti'il road, sixty ono thousand one hundred nnd, sevenleen dollars : For neiv ivork, and for pnying debts due on fin¬ ished lines, and for pay ol canal contnis' sioners; appraisers, supcrinlcndenls, and en¬ gineers ; Ihirly lliousand tlul/ars: For the repairs of canal and rail roads, Ihree hun¬ dred lliousand dollars .• For the payment of dnniages, twenty thousand dollnrs : For the payment o( damages, twenly thousand dol- urs : For the payment ofrelnined per ccn- inge due lo contraelors. twenty five thousand lyllars : To pay the award ofarbilrators for lamages sustained by the owners ofthe land through which Ihc Grants Hill tunnel passes, nino thoiisanil eight hundred eighty nine dollars Ihirly seven nnd i half cents.
Section 11. The sums appropriated as aforesaid by llie three preceiliiig sections of this acl, shall be respectively paid ont of the balance of the Iwo millinns of dollars 10 be paid ns aforesaid by the said bank inlo the treasury of llie coininontvealth, nfler de¬ ducting the nmount appropriated by the sev- cnlh section of ibis ncl.
Section 12. 'J'he cnnal commissioners shall not be aulhorised lu incur any debl on
lars: To Ihc Jlolibstown and ftloniilpleas-i'he failh of Ihe co.iimonwcallh, in any w,iy ant turnpiko road ininpany eight ibousand ! "'¦.';i''"'"e!'beyond the approprialions afore- dollnrs: To Uie Wushiiigion and Williains- puri turnpike roud company, eight thousand ilollars : 'I'o the Muunipleao.iiit and I'ills¬ burg turnpike road company, five thousand dollurs: To the Washington and PiUsburg rond company, fifteen thousand dollars : 'i'o the Bedford and Stoystown turnpike ruad company, ten ibousand dollurs : To the |Stnysiowii   and  Greensburg lurnpike   ruad
company, iwelve thousand dollars :  'I'o   Ihe               ^_            -,.,„u|ii luicn   lo
Greensburg and Pittsburg lurnpike road ' the payment of dnmnges by the lenlh seclion company, twelve thousand dnllnrs : To lhc^„f ibis not, shnll be pnid ns speedily as pos- slule road from lho Whito Hnrse tavern on ! sible, in the order ns lo tiiiin in which the the top oflhn Allegheny inouiuain to the Vir-j said clnims for damages have been awarded, giiiin stale line in Greene couAy, nine llious- nsscssed and confirmed, and afterwards to nnddidlurs, one third to'be expended by the such as may hereafier be awarded, assessed conimissioners of Somerset counly, one third . .ind confirmed, or mny be agreed upon as duo by Ihe conimissioners of Fnyelle counly, | by prior acls, nnd ono third byllho commissioners of Greene counly.
Section  9.    Itshall be the   duly of llie canal commissioners lo put   under  contract
.said : And Prnvided, 'J'hnl as part of the said approprinlioii shall be applied to nnv olhcr Ihan ihe severnl specific purposes lo whicll it is appropriated by this act, nor shall any conlrucls be enlered inlo for any new line ofcnnnl or mil ruad'nol meniioncd ill Ihis ncl, or for ,iny exiension oflhe lines lienin named beyond the liniits- prescfihod by this act.
Section  la.     The sum   opproprialed  to
Sectiom   :4.    'J'he snid bank may   estab¬ lish Iwo ofiices of discount and    deposite in hnll   ho   at  such
Ihis stale, one of tvhich
not less than twentv miles, nOr more than ! I''"'-'*' '"""-''^°""'>'"'"^^eavcr as Ihc direc- foity miles, oflhe North Brnnch division of '"" """y ^'='^'^' '<"' "'« Purpose, the Pennsylvnnia cnnnl during the ensuing i Section 1.5. Nothing in this act con- year, coinincncing al noar the New York i'"ined shall lako eflect until the several sec- .slate line, lownrds whicll the sum of one ! tions nnd provisions relnting to'lhe bankof hundred and fifty thonsand dollars is hero- 'be Uniied Slales shull have boen accepted by specihcally appropriated. And the snid by llie stuckliolders thereof, at a general canal commissioners are hereby further di-^ meeling, which ncceplnnce shall be made reeled lo pul ui'der"contract   not  less than'known lo the   Governor nn   or   before   the
ihirty-six, nor more than sixty inilcs, of the Pennsylvania canal, extending the same by canal or slnck water towards ihe harbour of Erie, from such point or points as will best atlvance the intere.ils of the stale, having due regard lo distance, lockage cost and commer¬ cial inleresls : Provided, Thut no (part of said dislance is on the Ohio or Allegheny rivers, towards the completion of which the sum ofi two hundred thousand dollars is hereby specifically approprialnd. And lho said canal commissioners are hereby furlhor authorised mid required, wiihout (lelay, to survey and hicale the most advantageous line for a railroatl from the borough of Geliys- burg, lo cross tbo route ofthe Baltimore anil Ohio railroad, and connect with the Chcse- pcako and Ohio canal, at some point in the
third day of Mnrch next ; whereupon overy preceding section ofthis act shall bo in full force. And within thirty days after the ac¬ ceptance by the stockholders oflhe existing bnnk ofthe Uniied Slates, nniice shall ba given by tho diroctors llicrcof, that on a dny named, not exceeding Ihirly days there¬ after, an election shall bo held for direclors under tho charier so accepted, which elec¬ lion shall bo held in liko manner ns electiona are now held in said bnnk : and Ihe direclors 60 elecled shall elect n presidenf, and shall serve until the first annual election: Pio¬ vided, 'J'hat from the said third dny ofMarch lo the holding ofthe eleclion authorised by this section, the president and direclors in ollice at tho time of suoh acceptance may continue to act.