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Of1 THE
FRANKFORD & BRISTOL TURNPIKE COMPANY,
AND
THE SUPPLEMENTS THERETO.
ALSO,
LAWS
RELATING TO OR AFFECTING THE SAID COMPANY.
PHILADELPHIA:
CRISSY AND MARKLEY, PRINTERS, NO. 4 MINOR STREET.
1848.
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WASHINGTON. D. C.
ACT OF INCORPORATION
OP THE
FRANKFORD & BRISTOL TURNPIKE COMPANY,
AND
THE SUPPLEMENTS THERETO.
ALSO,
LAWS
RELATING TO OR AFFECTING THE SAID COMPANY.
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PHILADELPHIA:
CRISSY AND MARKLEY, PRINTERS, NO. 4 MINOR STREET.
1848.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Act of March 24, 1803, 3
" March 7, 1805, .15
" March 17, 1806, 18
" February 15, 1808, . . . . 19
" April 3, 1809, . . . . . .20
" March 20, 1810, . . . . . . 21
" March 24, 1812, 23
" January 11, 1816, 24
" February 19, 1828, ^ . .. . . .25
" April 6, 1830, . . . . . 26
" April 6, 1833, . 27
GENERAL LAWS.
Act of April 4, 1807, 29
" March 19, 1828, 30
" March 16, 1833, . . . . . 31
" March 21, 1833, . . . . . , 32
" April 14, 1835, ...... 33
" March 6,1847, 34
attt act
To enable the Governor of this Commonwealth to incorporate a
Company for making an artificial Road, from the intersection
of Front street and the Germantown Road, in the Northern
Liberties, of the City of Philadelphia, through Frankford and
Bristol, to the Ferry at Morrisville, on the river Delaware.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re- ^ t of
presentatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General March 24,
Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the 1803.
same, That Joseph Clunn, John M'Elroy, Derrich Peterson, Isaac Commis-
Worrell, Nathan Harper, James C# Fisher, Richard Gernon, be, sioners.
and they are hereby appointed Commissioners to do and perform
the several duties hereinafter mentioned; that is to say, they shall,
on or before the first day of May next, procure two books, and in
each of them enter as follows ; "We, whose names are hereto sub- Subscrip-
scribed, do promise to pay to the President, Managers and Com-tion-
pany of the Frankford and Bristol Turnpike-Road Company, the
sum of one hundred dollars for every share of stock in the said
Company, set opposite to our respective names, in such manner
and proportions as shall be determined by the said President and
Managers, in pursuance of an Act of the General Assembly of this
Commonwealth, entitled, " An Act to enable the Governor of this
Commonwealth to incorporate a company for making an artificial
road from the intersection of Front street and the Germantown
road, in the Northern Liberties, of the city of Philadelphia, through
Frankford and Bristol to the ferry at Morrisville in the county of
Bucks. Witness our hands, the day of in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and and
shall give notice, in three of the public newspapers in the city of
Philadelphia, (one whereof shall be in the German language) for
one calendar month at least of the times when, and places where,
the said books will be open to receive subscriptions of stock for the
said Company, at which times and places, three of the said Com¬
missioners shall attend, and shall permit and suffer all persons who
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Patent of
incorpora¬
tion to be
issued.
Corporate
title of
Company.
Privileges
and powers
of the Cor¬
poration.
shall offer to subscribe in the said books, which shall be kept open
for the purpose at least four hours in every juridical day, for the
space of three days, if three days shall be necessary ; and if, at the
expiration of the said three first'days, the said books shall not have
five hundred shares therein subscribed, the said Commissioners
may adjourn, from time to time, until the said number of shares
shall be subscribed, of which adjournment, public notice shall be
given in at least two public papers; and when the said subscrip¬
tions, in the said books, shall amount to the number aforesaid, the
same shall be closed : Provided always, That every person offer¬
ing to subscribe in the said books in his own name, or in the name
of any other person, shall previously pay to the attending Commis¬
sioners fifteen dollars for every share to be subscribed, out of which
shall be defrayed the expense attending the taking such subscrip¬
tions and other incidental charges, and the remainder shall be paid
over to the Bank of Pennsylvania, for the use of the Company in¬
tended to be incorporated by this Act, as soon as the same shall
be organized and the officers chosen as hereinafter mentioned.
Sect. 2. And be it farther enacted, by the authority aforesaid,
That when forty persons or more shall have subscribed two hun¬
dred and fifty shares, or more, of the said stock, the said Commis¬
sioners may, or when the whole number of shares aforesaid shall
be subscribed, they shall certify under their hands and seals the
names of the subscribers and number of shares subscribed by each,
to the Governor of this Commonwealth, and thereupon it shall and
may be lawful for the Governor, by letters patent, under his hand
and seal of the State, to create and erect the subscribers; and if
the said subscription be not full at the time, then also those who
shall after subscribe to the number aforesaid, into one body politic
and corporate in deed and in law, by the name, style, and title of
" The President, Managers and Company of the Frankford and
Bristol Turnpike Road;" and by the said name, the said sub¬
scribers shall have perpetual succession, and all the privileges and
franchises incident to a corporation, and shall be capable of taking
and holding their said capital stock and the increase and profits
thereof, and of enlarging the same, from time to time, by new sub¬
scriptions, in such manner and form as they shall think proper, if
such enlargement shall be found necessary to fulfil the intent of this
Act, and of purchasing, taking and holding, to them and their suc¬
cessors and assigns, in fee simple, and for any lesser estate, all
such lands, tenements, hereditaments and estate, real and personal,
as shall be necessary to them in the prosecution of their works,
and of suing and of being sued, and of doing all and every other
matter and thing which a corporation or body politic may law¬
fully do.
Sect. 3. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid,
That the Commissioners herein before named shall, as soon as con¬
veniently may be, give thirty days notice, in three public news¬
papers in Philadelphia, one whereof shall be in the German lan¬
guage, of the time and place by them appointed for the said sub-
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scribers to meet, in order to organize the said corporation and to
choose, by a majority of votes of the said subscribers, by ballots to
be delivered in person or by proxy duly authorized, one President, ^PP01"4"
twelve Managers, one Treasurer, and such other officers as shall 0fficers.
be deemed necessary to conduct the business of the said Company;
until the second Monday in January next, and until like officers shall
be chosen, and may make such by-laws, rules, orders and regula¬
tions as do not contravene the Constitution and Laws of this Com¬
monwealth, and may be necessary for the well governing the affairs
of the said Company : Provided always, That no person shall have Method of
more than five votes at any election, or in determining any ques- votlnS-
tion arising at such meeting, whatever number of shares he may
be entitled to; and that each person shall be entitled to one vote
for every share by him held under the said number.
Sect. 4. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid,
That the said Company shall meet on the second Monday of Stated time
November in every year, at such place as shall be fixed by their °[gtettj!ng
by-laws, for the purpose of choosing such other officers, as afore- holders an-
said, for the ensuing year, in manner aforesaid, and at such other nually.
times as they shall be summoned by the Managers, in such manner
and form as shall be prescribed by their by-laws, at which annual
or special meetings they shall have full power and authority to
make, alter or repeal, by a majority of votes in manner aforesaid,
all such by-laws, rules, orders and regulations, made as aforesaid,
and to do and perform any other corporate act.
Sect. 5. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid,
That the President and Managers first chosen, as aforesaid, shall Script cer-
procure certificates for all the shares of the stock of the said Com- tificatesjo
pany, and shall deliver one such certificate, signed by the Presi- trea5ra-
dent, and countersigned by the Treasurer, and sealed with the com- bleat the
mon seal of the said Corporation, to each person, for every share pleasure of
by him subscribed and held, he paying fifteen dollars for each the iloltlers'
share; which certificate shall be transferable at his pleasure, in
person or by attorney, duly authorized, in the presence of the Pre¬
sident or Treasurer, subject, however, to all payments due and to
grow due thereon ; and the assignee, holding any certificate, having
first caused the assignment to be entered in a book of the Company,
to be kept for the purpose, shall be a member of the Corporation;
and for every certificate assigned to him, as aforesaid, shall be en¬
titled to one share of the capital stock, and of all the estate and
emolument of the Company, and to vote as aforesaid at the meet¬
ings thereof.
Sect. 6. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid,
That the said President and Managers shall meet, at such times and President,
places as shall be ordained by their by-laws, and when met, seven and Mana-
members shall form a quorum, and who, in the absence of the Pre- ^^to.
sident, may choose a chairman, and shall keep minutes of all their [^^ap-
transactions fairly entered in a book, and a quorum being formed, they point Sur-
shall have full power and authority to appoint all such surveyors, veyors,&c.
engineers, superintendents and other artists and officers, as they
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shall deem necessary to carry on their intended works, and to fix
^emanner their s£daries and wages, to ascertain the time when, and manner
and times and proportion in which the stockholders shall pay the moneys due
of payment on their respective shares, to draw orders on the Bank of Pennsyl-
«hares vania for all moneys necessary to pay the salaries or wages of per-
Paymentofsons by them employed, and for the materials provided; which
salaries and orders shall be signed by the President, or in his absence, by a
wages. majority of a quorum, and countersigned by their clerk ; and gene¬
rally to do all such other acts, matters and things as by this act,
and by the by-laws, rules, orders and regulations of the Company
they shall be authorized to do.
Sect. 7. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid,
Penalties That if any stockholder, after thirty days notice in three of the pub-
when pay- He newspapers, printed in the City of Philadelphia, of the time and
meats ot p[ace appointed for the payment of any proportion or dividend of
snares are * j j i i
neglected. the said capital stock, in order to carry on the work, shall neglect
to pay such proportion or dividend at the place appointed, for the
space of thirty days after the time so appointed, every such stock¬
holder or his assignee shall, in addition to the dividend so called
for, pay after the rate of five per cent, per month for every month's
delay of such payment, after the time first appointed for it to be
made; and if the same and the said additional penalty shall remain
unpaid for such space of time as that the accumulated penalties
shall become equal to the sums before paid in part, and on account
of such shares, the same shall be forfeited to the said Company,
and may and shall be sold to any person or persons, for such price
as can be obtained for the same.
Sect. 8. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid,
The route That the said road shall be made in, over and upon the present
of the road, road, beginning at the intersection of Front street and the German-
town road, and extending through Frankford and Bristol to the
ferry at Morrisville on the river Delaware, in the county of Bucks,
as nearly as may be consistently with economy and utility.
Sect. 9. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid,
Form and That the said President, Managers and Company shall cause a road
structure ot to be laid out, sixty feet wide, and at least twenty-six feet thereof to
t e roa . ^ macje an artificial road, bedded with wood, stone, gravel or any
other hard substance, well compacted together, and of sufficient
depth to secure a solid foundation ; and the said road shall be faced
with gravel, or stone pounded, or other small hard substance, in
such manner as to form a firm, and as near as the materials will
admit of, an even surface and nearly so level in its progress, as that it
shall in no place rise or fall more than will form an angle of four
degrees with a horizontal line, and shall forever hereafter maintain
ever kentTn anc* keeP the same in good and perfect order, from the beginning
repair. thereof, by the route or tract aforesaid, to the ferry at Morrisville-
Tower to af°resaid, and the said President, Managers and Company shall
erect have power to erect permanent bridges over all the waters crossing
bridges. the said road.
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Sect. 10. And be it further enacted, by the authority afore-
said, That the bridge which the said President, Managers and Com- Neshaminy
pany shall erect over Neshaminy creek, shall be so constructed BriJge-
that one part thereof, not less than twenty-four feet, shall hoist or
draw for the free passage of such masted vessels as shall, from
time to time, have occasion to pass up and down the said creek;
and the draw shall be set and placed in such part of the said bridge
as will render the passage of masted vsssels through the same, most
easy, safe and convenient: which draw shall be ten feet above the
surface of the creek at common tides at time of high water, and
so as to be most conducive to the free navigation of the said Nesha¬
miny creek; and, for the accommodation of travellers as well as
the safety of the navigation, a lamp shall be placed, by the said
President, Managers and Company, on the said bridge, near or ad¬
joining to where the said draw shall be constructed; which lamp
shall be lighted, before dark, every evening after the building the
said bridge so long ns the said bridge shall stand, and continue
lighted until day-light in the ensuing morning; and the said Pre¬
sident, Managers and Company shall give good and faithful attend¬
ance, by some sufficient person or persons at the draw of the said
bridge, and as speedily as the nature of the thing will permit, hoist
or raise the said draw for all masted vessels for which a passage
through the same may be required, without any toll or exaction
whatever therefor, and on neglect or failure of the said President,
Managers and Company to support, maintain and uphold the said
bridge when built, and at all times to keep it in good repair, on
presentment of the said President, Managers and Company, by the
grand inquest enquiring for the county of Bucks, and conviction
thereupon at the general quarter sessions for said county, they shall
be fined at the discretion of the said court, in any sum not exceed¬
ing two hundred dollars.
Sect. 11. And be it further enacted, by the authority afore¬
said, That the said President, Managers and Company shall, for Penalties
every neglect or failure in lighting or giving attendance at the said
draw aforesaid, forfeit and pay the sum of twenty dollars; one mfny CS
moiety to be equally divided between the poor of the townships of Bridge.
Bensalem and Bristol, and the other moiety to the party complain¬
ing, or who shall sue for the same.
Sect. 12. And be it further enacted, by the authority afore¬
said, That so soon as the said President, Managers and Company When five
shall have perfected five miles of the said road, beginning at the mi,es are
intersection of Front street and the Germantown road, and also
when they shall have completed each succeeding five miles, they fixed,
shall give notice thereof to the Governor of the Commonwealth,
who shall thereupon forthwith nominate and appoint three disin¬
terested and skilful persons to view and examine the same, and
report to him in writing, whether the same is so far executed in a
masterly and workman-like manner, according to the true intent
and meaning of this act; and if their report shall be in the affirma¬
tive, then, and in either case, the Governor shall, by license, un-
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der his hand and the lesser seal of the Commonwealth, permit and
suffer the said President, Managers and Company to erect and fix
so many gates or turnpikes upon and across the said road as will
be necessary and sufficient to collect the tolls and duties herein¬
after granted to the said Company, from all persons travelling on
be°fixed in same horses, cattle, carts and carriages : Provided always,
Frankford That nothing in this act contained, shall authorize the said Presi-
and Bristol dent, Managers and Company to erect or fix any gate or turnpike,
To°&f from as al^oresa^i upon or across the said road within the bounds of the
funerals & borough of Frankford, or within the bounds of the borough of Bris-
places of tol: And provided also, That all persons attending funerals or
worship plaCes of worship, their horses and carriages, shall be exempt from
fromtoU. payment of tolls, in going to and returning therefrom.
Sect. 13. And be it further enacted, by the authority afore-
Rate of said, That the said Company, having perfected the said road,
Tolls. or such part thereof, from time to time, as aforesaid, and the
same being examined, approved and licensed in manner aforesaid,
it shall and may be lawful for them to appoint such and so
many toll-gatherers as they shall think proper to collect and re¬
ceive, of and from all and every person and persons using the
To stop said road, the tolls and rates hereinafter mentioned, and to stop any
any travel- person riding, leading or driving any horses, cattle, hogs, sheep,
[gr to11 coachee, sulkey, chair, chaise, phseton, cart, wagon, wain, sleigh,
sled, or any other carriage of burden or pleasure, from pas¬
sing through the said turnpikes, until they shall respectively have
paid the same, that is to say, for every five miles in length of
the said road, the following sums of money, and so in propor¬
tion for any lesser distance, or for any greater or lesser number
of sheep, hogs or cattle, to wit: for every score of sheep, six cents ;
for every score of hogs, six cents; for every score of cattle,
twelve cents; for every horse and his rider, or led horse, three
cents; for every sulkey, chair or chaise, with one horse and two
wheels, six cents; for every chariot, coach, phseton or chaise, with
two horses and four wheels, twelve and one-half cents. For either
of the carriages, last mentioned, with four horses, twenty cents.
For every other carriage of pleasure, under whatever name it may
go, the like sums according to the number of wheels and horses
drawing the same. For every stage-wagon with two horses, twelve
cents, and for every such wagon with four horses, twenty cents.
For every sleigh, three cents; for each horse drawing the same,
and for every sled, two cents for each horse drawing the same.
For every cart or wagon, whose wheels do not exceed the breadth
of four inches, five cents for each horse drawing the same. For
every cart or wagon, whose wheels shall exceed in breadth four
inches and not exceed seven inches, three cents for every horse
drawing the same. For every cart or wagon, the breadth of whose
wheels shall be more than seven inches and not more than ten
inches, or being of the breadth of seven inches shall roll more than
ten inches, two cents for every horse drawing the same. For every
cart or wagon, the breadth of whose wheels shall be more than
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tea inches, and not exceed twelve inches, or being ten inches shall
roll more than fifteen inches, one cent for every horse drawing the
same. For every cart or wagon, the breadth of whose wheels shall
be more than twelve inches, one cent for every horse drawing the
same. And if any person or persons shall represent to the said
Company, or any of their officers, that he, she, or they have tra-
veiled a less distance than he, she, or they have actually travelled punishable.
along the said road, with intent to defraud the said Company of its
toll or any part thereof, such person or persons shall, for every
such offence, forfeit and pay to the use of the said Company, any
sum not exceeding sixteen dollars; and if any toll-gatherer shall Toll-gath-
demand and receive toll for a greater distance than the person, oferer
whom such toll is demanded, shall have travelled along the said toll
turnpike road, or shall demand and receive greater toll from any
person or persons than such toll-gatherer is authorized to demand
and receive by virtue of this act, such toll-gatherer shall forfeit and
pay the sum of twenty dollars for every such offence to the use of
the overseers of the poor, of the township in which the forfeiture is
incurred, and for the payment of which, the said Company shall be
responsible.
Sect. 14. And be it farther enacted, by the authority afore¬
said, That no wagon or other carriage with four wheels, the The load to
breadth of which wheels shall not be four inches, shall be drawn be drawn
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along the said road, between the first day of November and the first °"certea|r°®j
day of May following, in any year, with a greater weight thereon from No-
than two tons and a half, or with more than three tons the residue vember to
of the year: that no such carriage, the breadth of whose wheels
shall not be seven inches, or being six inches or more, shall not
roll at least ten inches, shall be drawn along the said road, between
the said first days of November and May, with more than three
tons and a half, or with more than four tons during the residue of
the year : that no such carriage, the breadth of whose wheels shall
not be ten inches or more, or being less, shall not roll at least
twelve inches, shall be drawn along the said road between the first
days of November and May, with more than five tons, or with
more than five tons and a half during the residue of the year: that
no cart or other carriage, with two wheels, the breadth of whose
wheels shall not be four inches, shall be drawn along the said road
with a greater weight thereon than one ton and a quarter, between
the said first days of November and May, or with more than one
ton and a half during the residue of the year; that no such car¬
riage, whose wheels shall not be of the breadth of seven inches, shall
be drawn along the said road, with more than two tons and a half,
between the first days of November and May, or with more than
three tons during the residue of the year; that no such carriage,
whose wheels shall not be of the breadth of ten inches, shall be
drawn along the said road between the said first days of November
and May, with more than three tons and a half, or with more than
four tons during the residue of the year: that no greater weight
than seven tons shall be drawn along the said road in any carriage
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whatever, between the said first days of November and May, nor
more than eight tons during the residue of the year: and that if
any cart, wagon or carriage of burden whatsoever, shall be drawn
along the said road, with a greater weight than is hereby allowed,
the owner or owners of such carriage shall forfeit and pay four
times the customary toll, to the use of the Company: Provided
by-laws of always, That it shall and may be lawful for the said Company, by
the Com- their by-laws, to alter any or all of the regulations herein contained,
pany. respecting the burdens on carriages to be drawn over the said road,
and to substitute other regulations, if, upon experience, such altera¬
tions shall be found conducive to the public good: Provided
always, That such regulations shall not lessen the burdens of car¬
riages above described.
Sect. 15. And be it further enacted, by the authority afore-
Oxen, said, That all such carriages as aforesaid, to be drawn by oxen in
horses and the whole, or partly by horses and partly by oxen, two oxen shall
rated5 est^mate(^ as eclual to one horse, in charging all the aforesaid
tolls, and every mule as equal to one horse.
Sect. 16. And be it further enacted, by the authority afore-
Proceed- said, That if the said Company shall neglect to keep the said road
ings in case jn g00d and perfect order, for the space of five days, and informa-
not keVfn ^on hereof shall be given to any justice of the peace of the neigh-
good order. borhood, such justice shall issue a precept to be directed to any
constable, commanding him to summon three disinterested free¬
holders to meet at a certain time, in the said precept to be men¬
tioned, at the place in the said road which shall be complained of,
of which meeting notice shall be given to the keeper of the gate or
turnpike nearest thereto, and the said justice shall, at such time and
place, by the oaths or affirmations of the said freeholders, enquire
whether the said road, or any part thereof, is in such good and per¬
fect order and repair as aforesaid, and shall cause an inquisition to
be made, under the hands of himself and a majority of the said free¬
holders, and if the said road shall be found by the said inquisition
to be out of order and repair, contrary to the true intent and mean¬
ing of this act, the said justice shall certify and send one copy of
the said inquisition to each of the keepers of the turnpikes or gates,
between which such defective place shall be, and from thenceforth
the toll hereby granted to be collected at such turnpikes or gates
for passing the interval of road between them, shall cease to be
demanded, paid or collected, until the said defective part or parts
of the said road shall be put in good and perfect order and repair as
aforesaid, and if the same shall not be so put into good and perfect
order and repair before the next general court of quarter sessions of
the peace, to be held for the counties of Philadelphia or Bucks, the
aforesaid justices shall certify and send a copy of the inquisition
aforesaid, to the justices of the said court; and the said justices shall
thereupon cause process to issue, and bring in the body or bodies of
the person or persons entrusted by the Cnmpany with the care and
superintendence of such part of the said road as shall be found de¬
fective, and shall proceed upon such inquisition in the same manner
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and form as upon indictment found by the grand inquest for the
body of the county against supervisors of the highways, for neglect
of their duty; and if the person or persons entrusted by the said
Company as aforesaid, shall be convicted of the offence, by the said
inquisition charged, the said court shall give such judgment, accord¬
ing to the nature and aggravation of the neglect, as, according to
right and justice, would be proper in the case of supervisors of the
highways neglecting their duties; and the fines and penalties so to
be imposed shall be recovered in the same manner as fines for mis¬
demeanors are usually recovered in the said court, and shall be paid
to the supervisors of the highways of the township wherein the
offence was committed, to be applied to repairing such highways as
the township or county is bound to maintain and repair at the pub¬
lic expense thereof.
Sect. 17. And be it further enacted, by the authority afore¬
said, That if any person or persons whosoever, owning, riding in, Penalty on
or driving, any sulkey, chair, chaise, phseton, cart, wagon, wain, persons at-
sleigh, sled, or other carriage of burden or pleasure, or owning, evadeThe10
riding, leading, or driving any horse, mare, gelding, hogs, sheep, payment of
or other cattle, shall therewith pass through any private gates or the tolls,
bars, or along or over any private passage, way or other ground
near to, or adjoining any turnpike or gate erected, or which shall
be erected in pursuance of this act. with an intent to defraud the
Company, and avoid the payment of the toll or duty for passing
through any such gate or turnpike; or if any person or persons
shall with such intent, take off, or cause to be taken off, any horse,
mare or gelding, or other cattle from any sulkey, chair, chaise,
phseton, cart, wagon, wain, sleigh, sled, or other carriage of bur¬
den or pleasure, or practise any other fraudulent means or device,
with the intent that the payment of any such toll or duty may be
evaded or lessened, all and every person or persons in all or every
or any of the ways or manners aforesaid offending, shall, for every
such offence, respectively forfeit and pay to the President, Mana¬
gers and Company of the Frankford and Bristol Turnpike Road,
any sum not exceeding ten dollars, to be sued for and recovered,
with costs of suit, before any justice of the peace, in like manner
and subject to the same rules and regulations, as debts under
twenty pounds may be sued for and recovered.
Sect. 18. And be it further enacted, by the authority afore¬
said, That the President and Managers of the said Company shall Accounts
keep fair and just accounts of all moneys received by them from ^be kept
or rnonpv^
the said commissioners and from the subscribers to the said under- received by-
taking, on account of the several subscriptions, of all penalties for President
delay in the payment thereof, and of the amount of the profits on a"^s^0a^g~
the shares which may be forfeited as aforesaid, and also all moneys submitted6
by them expended in the prosecution of their said work, and shall annually to
once at least in every year submit such accounts to a general meet- the Stock¬
ing of the stockholders, until the said road shall be completed and hoI<lers-
until all the costs, charges and expenses of effecting the same shall
be fully paid and discharged, and the aggregate amount of such
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If the mo¬
neys re¬
ceived are
inadequate
to complete
the road,
President,
&c. to in¬
crease the
number of
shares, &c.
Times of
making di¬
vidends.
Accounts
annually to
be laid be¬
fore the Ge¬
neral As¬
sembly.
President,
&c. to in¬
crease the
tolls after
the road
has been
completed
two years,
if the divi¬
dend does
not amount
to six per
cent.
Excess of
profit above
nine per
cent, ap¬
propriated.
expenses shall be liquidated and ascertained, and if upon such
liquidation, or whenever the capital stock of the said Company
shall be nearly expended, it shall be found that the said capital
stock will be insufficient to complete the said road, according to the
true intent and meaning of this act, it shall and may be lawful for
the said President, Managers and Company, at a stated or special
meeting to be convened according to the provisions of this act or
their own by-laws, to increase the number of shares to such extent
as shall be deemed sufficient to accomplish the work, and to receive
and demand the moneys subscribed for such shares in like manner,
and under the like penalties, as are herein before provided for the
original subscriptions, or as shall be provided by their by-laws.
Sect. 19. Ami be it further enacted,, by the authority afore-
said, That the said President, Managers and Company shall also
keep a just and true account of all and every the moneys received
by them, and make and declare a dividend of the clear profits and
income thereof, among all the subscribers to the said Company's
stock, all contingent costs and charges being first deducted, and
shall, on every the first Monday in November and May, in every
year, publish the half-yearly dividend to be made of the said clear
profits among the stockholders, and of the time and place when and
where the same will be paid, and shall cause the same to be paid
accordingly.
Sect. 20. And be it further enacted, by the authority afore¬
said, That the said President and Managers shall, at the end of
every year, from the date of the incorporation until the whole road
shall be completed, lay before the General Assembly of this Com¬
monwealth an abstract of their accounts, showing the whole
amount of capital expended in prosecution of the said work, of the
income and profits arising from the said tolls, for and during the
said respective periods, together with an exact account of the costs
and charges of keeping the said road in repair, and all other con¬
tingent costs and charges, to the end that the clear annual income
and profits thereof may be ascertained and known; and if at the
end of two years after the said road shall be completed from the
beginning to the end thereof, it shall appear from the average pro¬
fits, at the end of the said two years, that the said clear income
and profits thereof will not bear a dividend of six per cent, per
annum on the whole capital stock of the said Company so expended,
then it shall and may be lawful to and for the said President,
Managers and Company, to increase the tolls herein above allowed
so much upon each and every allowance thereof, as will raise the
dividend up to six per cent, per annum, and at the end of every
year after the said road shall be completed, they shall render the
General Assembly a like abstract of their accounts, and if at any
time the said clear income and profits thereof shall exceed a divi¬
dend of nine per cent, per annum, the surplus above that amount,
when sufficient shall arise, shall be appropriated by the said Presi¬
dent and Managers to the purchase of such share or shares of the
said stock as the money arising from the said surplus will be found
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adequate to purchase, until all the said shares shall be so purchased,
and the said subscribers shall determine by lot, from time to time,
whose share or shares shall be paid off by the money arising as
aforesaid, for which shares, the said Company shall pay the sums
which were originally paid for each respective share, and when the
whole number of shares shall be purchased, then the said road shall
be free.
Sect. 21. Jhid be it further enacted, by the authority afore¬
said, That the said Company shall cause posts to be erected at the Indexes to
intersection of every road falling into and leading out of the said 1,6
turnpike road, with a board and index hand pointing to the direc¬
tion of such road, on both sides whereof shall be inscribed, in legi¬
ble characters, the name of the town, village or place to which such
road leads, and the distance thereof in computed miles
Sect. 22. And be it further enacted, by the authority afore'
said, That the said Company shall cause mile stones to be placed MiIe-stone»
on the side of the said road, beginning at the intersection of Frontt0 ^placed
street and the Germantown road, and extending thence to the ter¬
mination of the turnpike aforesaid, whereon shall be marked in plain
legible characters, the respective number of miles which each stone
is distant from the commencement of the said turnpike road, and at
every gate or turnpike, by them to be fixed on the said road, shall
cause the distance from Philadelphia, and the distance from the^
nearest gates or turnpikes, in each direction, to be marked in legi- m^ked°
ble characters, designating the number of miles and fractions of a
mile on the said gates, or some other conspicuous place, for the in¬
formation of travellers and others using the said road ; and if any Indexes,
person shall wilfully destroy the said posts, boards, index-hands, or
mile-stones, or deface the same, or deface the directions made on punishable,
the said gates or other conspicuous places as aforesaid, or shall,
without permission of the acting superintendent of the said road,
throw out upon the road, or within the limits of the same, and suf- Throwing
fer to remain for the space of one day, any mould, dirt, shavings,
weeds or rubbish of any kind, such person being convicted thereof t|Je road°n
by the evidence of one or more credible and disinterested witnesses, fine five
before any disinterested justice of the peace of the county, he or dollars,
she shall be adjudged, by the said justice to pay a fine not exceed¬
ing five dollars, to be recovered with costs as debts under forty shil¬
lings are by law recoverable, which fine when recovered shall be
paid by the said justice to the Treasurer of the said Company, for
the use of said Company.
Sect. 23. And be it further enacted, by the authority of ore'
said, That all wagoners and drivers of carriages of all kinds, Carriages
whether of burden or pleasure, using the said road shall, except to keep the
when passing by a carriage of slower draught, keep their horses "S*11 hand,
and carriage on the right-hand side of the said road, in the passing
direction, leaving the other side of the road free and clear for other
carriages to pass and to repass; and if any driver shall offend
against this provision, he shall forfeit and pay any sum not exceed¬
ing two dollars, to any person who shall be obstructed in his pas-
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sacre and will sue for the same, to be recovered with costs before
any justice in the manner as debts under forty shillings are by law
recoverable.
Sect. 24. And be it further enacted, by the authority afore-
Road to be said, That if the Company shall not proceed to carry on the said
completed work within two years after the passing of this act, or shall not
within ten ten years afterwards complete the said road, according to the
true intent and meaning of this act, then in either of those cases,
all and singular, the rights, liberties, privileges and franchises
hereby granted to the Company, shall revert to this Common¬
wealth.
Sect. 25. And be it further enacted, by the authority afore-
Terms up- saiy^ That if the Legislature should, at any time after the year one
the Lewis- thousand eight hundred and twenty, think proper to take posses-
lature may sion of the said road, three persons shall be chosen by the
purchase Governor of the Commonwealth, and three by the President and
pike^after" Managers of the said Company, and three by the judges of the
the year Supreme Court, who, or any six or more of them shall proceed to
1820. examine and estimate the value of the property which the said Com¬
pany have therein, and certify the amount thereof to the Governor,
who shall cause the same to be laid before the Legislature at their
next session, and whenever the amount so certified shall be paid,
the right of the said Company to take toll on the said road, together
with all their right, title, claim and interest therein, shall cease and
determine.
SIMON SNYDER,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
ROBERT WHITEHILL,
Speaker of the Senate.
Approved the Twenty-fourth day of March, One Thousand Eight
Plundred and Three.
THOMAS McKEAN,
Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
[Pamphlet Laws, page 418.]
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& Su^jJlement
7b the Act, entitled " Act to enable the Governor of this Com-
monweaUh to incorporate a Company for making an Artificial
Road from the intersection of Front Street and the Germantown
Road in the Northern Liberties of the City of Philadelphia,
through Frankford and Bristol, to the Ferry at MorrisviUe, on
the river Delaware
Whereas the President, Managers, and Company of the Frank- Act of
ford and Bristol Turnpike Road, and sundry citizens of Bucks March 7,
county, by their petitions to the Legislature, have represented that
it would be beneficial to the public to have a permanent bridge
erected across Neshaminy creek, and that further legislative provi¬
sions are necessary for the speedy accomplishment of such a mea¬
sure, Therefore,
Section. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre¬
sentatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General As¬
sembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same,
That the said President, Managers, and Company, shall, within The bridge
the space of four years, erect, or cause to be erected, in a perma- to be erect-
nent workman-like manner, a good substantial bridge of stone, y"ar"from
wood, or iron, or other such materials as to them shall seem ade- jan. 18th,
quate and proper, over the said Neshaminy creek, at the place 1805.
where the present road now passes over said creek, or as near
thereto as may be consistent with economy and public utility, the Thirty feet
said bridge to be at least thirty feet wide, and to consist of one or wide,
more arch or arches, with stone abutments and one or more pier or
piers if necessary, and to have a draw therein agreeably to the pro- abut"
vision of the tenth section of the act to which this is a supplement.
Sect. 2. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid,
That so soon as the said President, Managers and Company,
shall have perfected the said bridge they shall give notice thereof
to the Governor of this Commonwealth, who shall thereupon forth¬
with nominate and appoint three disinterested and skilful persons to Three
view and examine the same, and report to him in writing, whether gjo^rsto
the same is executed in a masterly and workman-like manner, view it
according to the true intent and meaning of this act, and if their when built,
report shall be in the affirmative, then the Governor shall, by
license under his hand, and the lesser seal of the Commonwealth, Governor
permit and suffer the said President, Managers and Company to to grant a
erect and fix such gate, or gates, upon or near the said bridge, as
will be necessary and sufficient to collect the tolls and duties here¬
inafter granted to the said Company, from all persons passing over
the same, with horses, cattle, carts, and carriages, or on foot.
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Fee in Pre¬
sident, Ma¬
nagers and
Company.
Rates of
toll.
Penalty on
exacting
greater tolls
than herein
granted.
Militia ex¬
empt when
training.
Two oren
equal to one
horse.
Accounts
to be laid
before the
Legislature
Sect. 3. And be it further enactedby the authority aforesaid,
That when a good and complete bridge is erected over the said
Neshaminy creek, in manner aforesaid, the property of said bridge
shall be vested in the said President, Managers and Company of
the Frankford and Bristol Turnpike Road, and their successors, who
may demand and receive toll, agreeably to the following rates,
which shall be written, or printed and published, or placed on or
near the said bridge for the information of passengers : viz., for every
coach, landau, phaeton, stage-wagon, or other pleasurable carriage,
with four wheels, drawn by four horses or mules, the sum of
twenty cents; and for any such carriage, drawn by two horses or
mules, the sum of twelve cents ; and for any such carriage drawn
by one horse or mule, the sum of nine cents; for every wagon
with four horses or mules, the sum of seventeen cents ; and for
every carriage of the same description, drawn by two horses or
mules, the sum of twelve cents ; for every chaise, riding-chair,
sulkey, cart, or other two-wheel carriage, or a sleigh or sled, with
two horses or mules, the sum of nine cents, and so in proportion if
more horses or mules are added to the number herein mentioned ;
and for such carriage drawn by one horse or mule, the sum of six
cents; for a single horse or mule and rider, the sum of three cents ;
for every led horse or mule, the sum of two cents; for every foot-
passenger, the sum of one cent; for every head of horned cattle the
sum of one cent; for every sheep and swine the sum of one half
cent; and if any toll-gatherer shall demand and receive greater
toll from any person or persons than such toll-gatherer is authorized
to demand and recive by virtue of this act, such toll-gatherer shall
forfeit and pay the sum of twenty dollars for every such offence,
to be equally divided between the poor of the townships of Bensa-
lem and Bristol, and for the payment of which the said Company
shall be responsible ; provided that no toll shall be demanded from
any militia man in going to or returning from training in the
militia.
Sect. 4. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid,
That in fixing the toll of all carriages drawn wholly or in part by
oxen, two oxen shall be estimated as equal to one horse.
Sect. 5. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid,
That when the said bridge shall be erected and completed, and all
the costs, charges, and expenses of effecting the same, shall be fully
paid and discharged, and the aggregate amount of such expenses
shall be liquidated and ascertained, the said President and Mana¬
gers shall lay before the General Assembly of this Commonwealth,
an abstract of their accounts, showing the whole amount of capital
expended in the erecting of said bridge, and also the income and
profits arising from the said tolls, together with an exact account
of the costs and charges of keeping the said bridge in repair, and
all other contingent costs and charges, to the end that the clear
annual income and profits may be known ; and at the end of every
year after the said bridge is completed, they shall render to the gene¬
ral assembly, a like abstract of their accounts, and if at any time, the
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said clear income and profits thereof shall exceed a dividend of Applica-
nine per centum per annum, the surplus above that amount shall ^en*it°1!
be appropriated by the said President and Managers, to the pur- shall ex-
chase of such share or shares of the Frankford and Bristol Turn- ceed nine
pike stock, as the said surplus will be found adequate to purchase, Per cent*
until all the shares shall be so purchased, and the subscribers toPerannum'
the said Frankford and Bristol Turnpike stock, shall determine by
lot, from time to time, whose share or shares shall be paid off by q'0 free tjje
the money arising as aforesaid, for which shares the said persons bridge, &c.
shall receive the sums which were originally paid for each respec¬
tive share, and when the whole number of shares shall be pur¬
chased, the said bridge, together with the road, shall be free.
Sect. 6. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid,
That if any person or persons shall wilfully pull down, break, or pena]ty for
destroy, with intent to injure any part or parts of the abutment or injuring
abutments, pier or piers, or any part or parts of a toll-house, gate the bridge,
or bar, or other property of the said Corporation, appurtenant to, &c*
or erected or made for the use and convenience of the said bridge,
or for the use of the person employed for the conducting the busi¬
ness thereof, or shall wilfully without the orders and consent of the
said Corporation, or any person or persons authorized by them,
obliterate, deface, or destroy the letters, figures, or other charac¬
ters, in any written or printed list of the rates of tolls affixed or to
be affixed, in any place or places, for the information of passengers
and others, or who shall wilfully and maliciously obstruct or im¬
pede the passage over the said bridge, or any part or parts thereof,
he, she, or they, so offending, shall each of them forfeit and pay
to the President, Managers and Company, the sum of twenty
dollars, to be sued for and recovered before any justice of the
peace, in like manner, and subject to the same rules and regula¬
tions as debts of the like amount may be sued for and recovered,
and he, she, or they, so offending, may and shall remain liable to
actions at the suit of the said President, Managers and Company,
for further damages for such wrongs, if the said sum or sums here¬
in mentioned be not sufficient to repair and satisfy said damages.
SIMON SNYDER,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
ROBERT WHITEHILL,
Speaker of the Senate.
Approved the Seventh day of March, Anno Domini, One Thou¬
sand Eight Hundred and Five.
THOMAS McKEAN,
Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
[Pamphlet Laws, page 98.]
18
m act
7b extend to certain Turnpike Companies, therein mentioned, the
same Powers, Rights and Privileges that are now possessed by
the President, Ma?iagers and Company of the Philadelphia and
Lancaster Turnpike Road.
Whereas experience has discovered sundry defects in several of
Act of the acts authorizing the Governor of the Commonwealth to incor-
Porate Companies for the purpose ol making artificial or turnpike
roads, and it is expedient that they should be amended, and the
said acts rendered more uniform, Therefore,
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre¬
sentatives 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 President, Mana¬
gers and Company of the Germantown and Perkiomen Turnpike
Road, the Cheltenham and Willow Grove Turnpike Company, the
President, Managers and Company of the Bustleton and Smithfield
Turnpike Road, the Chesnut Hill and Springhouse Turnpike Com¬
pany, and the President, Managers and Company of the Frankford
and Bristol Turnpike Road, shall be entitled to receive tolls in the
same manner and on the same principles as the President, Mana¬
gers and Company of the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike
Road* are at this time by law entitled to receive, except that the
relative rates of toll on carriages as the same are mentioned in the
several acts to which this is a Supplement, shall not be changed;
and all fractional parts of toll, not answering to any denomination
of coin in circulation, the said Companies shall nevertheless be en¬
titled to receive for the same, the next highest denomination of
coin; and that teams hauling blocks of marble, and drawn by more
than five horses, shall be subject to double tolls: Provided, That
the said Companies, respectively, shall not have the benefits of this
act, unless they relinquish their right of taking tolls from any per¬
son, when passing from one part of his or her farm to the other,
along the said road.
Sect. 2. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid,
That so much of each and every of the incorporating acts of the
before recited Companies, as subjects them, severally, to a penalty
* See Bioren's Laws, vol. 3, pages 82, 329, 392.
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for receiving tolls in advance, and as is hereby further altered and
supplied, shall be, and the same is hereby repealed.
CHARLES PORTER,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
JAMES BRADY,
Speaker of the Senate.
Approved the Seventeenth day of March, Anno Domini, One
Thousand Eight Hundred and Six.
THOMAS McKEAN.
[Pamphlet Laws, page 527.]
En Ect
To allow further time for completing the Frankford and Bris¬
tol Turnpike Road, and erecting a Bridge over Neshaminy
Creek.
Whereas it has been represented, that the times allowed by law Act ofFe-
for completing the Frankford and Bristol Turnpike Road, and for
erecting a bridge over Neshaminy creek, are insufficient, and that
adequate subscriptions to carry on the said road, or to erect the
said bridge cannot, for that reason, be obtained : Therefore,
Sectiox 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and Blouse of Repre¬
sentatives 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 twenty-fourth section of the Act, entitled, " An Certain
Act to enable the Governor of this Commonwealth to incorporate a Parts °f
Company for making an Artificial Road from the intersection of ^pealed
Front street and the Germantown road, in the Northern Liberties of
the City of Philadelphia, through Frankford and Bristol, to the
Ferry at Morrisville, on the river Delawarepassed on the
twenty-fourth day of March, in the year of our Lord, one thousand
eight hundred and three, as declares that the rights, liberties, privi¬
leges and franchises granted to the said Company, shall revert to
the Commonwealth, if the Company shall not complete the said
road within the time in the said section prescribed, and so much of
the first section of the supplement to the said act, passed on the
seventh day of March, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight
hundred and five, as directs that the President, Managers and Com¬
pany of the Frankford and Bristol Turnpike Road, shall, within the
space of four years, erect or cause to be erected a bridge over Nesli-
3
20
aminy creek, be, and the same hereby are, as to the limitations of
time for completing the said road and erecting the said bridge,
wholly annulled and repealed.
Sect. 2. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid
Further That it shall and may be lawful for the said President, Managers
e Mbr^rect" ant* Company Frankford and Bristol Turnpike Road, to erect,
intr a i,rid<re or cause to be erected, the said bridge over Neshaminy creek, at
over NeslI- any time within five years; and to carry on and complete the said
aminy road, at any time within ten years from and after the passing of
for'com-1 ^is act, subject however, (excepting only as to the said limitations,)
pletinw the to all the conditions, restrictions and provisions in the said recited
Frankford act and supplement contained.
Turn S01 SIMON SNYDER,
Road. Speaker of the House of Representatives.
P. C. LANE,
Speaker of the Senate.
Approved the Fifteenth day of February, in the year One
Thousand Eight Hundred and Eight.
THOMAS McKEAN.
[Pamphlet Laws, page 43.] >
aw act
To encourage and facilitate the completion of the Frankford and
Bristol, and the Bustleton and Smithfield Turnpike Roads.
/•
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
ot the roads sentatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General
are com- Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the
plctcd com-
pa,ties to same, That so soon as " the President, Managers and Companies
receive toll, of the Frankford and Bristol" and of the " Bustleton and Smith-
Sections al- field Turnpike Roads," shall have perfected two miles and a half of
ready com- the said roads, beginning at the end of the section or sections
tice thereof a'ready completed, they shall give notice thereof to the Governor
shall he of the Commonwealth, who shall thereupon forthwith nominate and
{liven to the appoint three disinterested and skilful persons to view and examine
G™. the same, and report to him in writing, whether the same is so far
thereupon executed in a masterly and workmanlike manner, and agreeably to
opp'iut law; and if their report shall be in the affirmative, the Governor
Who "hull l,ceilscS under his hand and the lesser seal of the Corn-
report to monwealth, permit and suffer the said President, Managers and
him in Companies to erect and fix a gate or turnpike upon and across the
Act of
April 3,
180'J.
When
miles
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said roads, to collect the tolls and duties granted to the said Com- writing,
panies, and the like proceedings shall, from time to time, be had as .
often as a like distance shall have been so completed. well exe-
' Sect. 2. And be. it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, cuted.
That so much of the twelfth section of an act of the General Assem- If in the
bly, passed on the twenty-fourth day of March, in the year of our
Lord, one thousand eight hundred and three, and of the tenth sec- or shall is-
tion of an act, passed the fifth of March, one thousand eight hun- sue his li-
dred and four, to enable the Governor to incorporate the said Com- j^nse fo^Qn
panies, as is hereby altered or supplied, he, and the same are here- ^/gates110"
by repealed ; and the said President, Managers and Companies Qertajn
shall, from and after the date of this act be entitled to and enjoy all sections of
and every the rights, privileges and emoluments on every section of former acts
two miles and a half of the said roads that shall be completed and rePealetl-
licensed as aforesaid, that they now might or could do by law on o^heffom
the same as part of five miles so completed and licensed, any thing pany as t0
in the said act or acts to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding, the road so
completed.
JAMES ENGLE,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
P. C. LANE,
Speaker of the Senate,
Approved the Third day of April, One Thousand Eight Hun¬
dred and Nine.
SIMON SNYDER.
[Pamphlet Laws, page 150.]
^ SitpjJltwcwt
To an Act, entitled " An Act to enable the Governor of this Com¬
monwealth to incorporate a Company for making an Artificial
Road, from the intersection of Front street, and the German-
town Road, in the Northern Liberties, of the City of Philadel¬
phia, through Frankford and Bristol to the Ferry at Morris-
ville, on the river Delawareand the several Acts supple¬
mentary thereto. ,
I y _ .
Wftereas, the several Acts of the General Assembly, relative to Act of
the Turnpike Road from the intersection of Front street and the
Gerrnantown Road, in the Northern Liberties of the City of Phila¬
delphia, through Frankford and Bristol, to the Ferry at Morrisville,
on the river Delaware, do not provide a mode for ascertaining and
paying a just compensation to individual citizens, whose property,
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rights and privileges it may be necessary to purchase, take and
hold for the uses of the President, Managers and Company of the
Frankford and Bristol Turnpike Road, authorized by the said acts
to make the said road, and to erect a bridge over the Neshaminy
creek: And whereas, however desirable it may be to encourage
and promote the prosecution of the public objects of the said Presi¬
dent, Managers and Company of the Frankford and Bristol Turn¬
pike Road, it was not, and is not intended by the Legislature to im¬
pair or to destroy the property, rights and privileges of one set of
citizens merely for the purpose of transferring the same, with all
the emoluments thereof, to another set of citizens : And whereas, it
appears to the General Assembly that to empower the said Presi¬
dent, Managers and Company of the Frankford and Bristol Turn¬
pike Road, to make a road on the said route, or to erect a bridge
over the said creek for the emolument of the said Company, by
taking and possessing any private estate, property or privilege here¬
tofore established, sanctioned and enjoyed by law, custom or usage,
without paying a reasonable compensation therefor, would be an
infraction of constitutional and equitable principles : Therefore,
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre¬
sentatives of the Commonicealth of Pennsylvania, in General 2I5-
sembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same,
President, That whenever the said President, Managers and Company of the
Managers Frankford and Bristol Turnpike Road, shall be desirous, for the pur-
a"n ^of the P.ose makinS tke sa^ Turnpike Road, leading from the intersec-
F^ankforcT ^on °f Front street and the Germantown road in the Northern
and Bristol Liberties of the City of Philadelphia, through Frankford and Bristol,
Turnpike to the Ferry at Morrisville, on the river Delaware, or for the pur-
to0;Xy pose of erecting the said bridge over Neshaminy creek, to take, pos-
tender of sess and hold any private estate, property or privilege heretofore
the value of established, sanctioned and enjoyed by law, custom or usage, they
tl^heid by° shall cause value of such private estate, property or privilege,
them. to he first valued and fixed, and the amount of the valuation thereof
shall be first paid or tendered to the owner or claimant of such
estate, property or privilege, in the manner hereinafter specified,
How said that is to say, if the parties cannot agree upon any three persons,
be a seer- tken Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas, of the proper
tained. county in which the estate, property or privilege shall lie or be
enjoyed, upon application made to him by either party; of which
application the party applying, shall give the opposite party notice,
shall appoint three respectable and disinterested free holders,residents
of the proper county in which the estate, property or privilege shall
lie and be enjoyed, and the three freeholders so agreed upon by the
parties, or appointed by the Prothonotary, shall, after being first
sworn or affirmed, proceed to value any such estate, property or
privilege, conformably to the principles of equity and justice, and
Award of tke valuation of the said freeholders, or any two of them, certified
tlm rofrrcos to the said court of Common Pleas, a copy of which shall be deli-
to Lefinal, vorcd to the parties, shall be conclusive; and the said President,
Managers and Company of the Frankford and Bristol Turnpike
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Road, having first made or tendered the payment of the amount of
such valuation to the proper party (but not otherwise) shall be
entitled to enter upon, take, hold, possess and enjoy forever, the
estate, property or privilege so valued, and therefrom to eject and
remove the previous owner or claimant.
JOHN WEBER,
Speaker of the House of Representatives«
P.C.LANE,/ '
Speaker of the Senate.
Approved the Twentieth day of March, One Thousand Eight
Hundred and Ten.
SIMON SNYDER.
[Pamphlet Laws, page 181.]
St iFurtfjcr SuvpUmcut
To an Act, entitled "An Act to enable the Governor of this Com¬
monwealth to incorporate a Company for making an Artificial
Ro <d from the intersection of Front street and the Germantown
Road, in the Northern Liberties, of the City of Philadelphia, ■
through Frankford and Bristol, to the Ferry at Morrisville, on
the river Delaware. ,
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- Act of
sentatives cf the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General
sembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same,
That the President, Managers and Company of the Frankford and ^d "Bristol
Bristol Turnpike Road, and their successors, be, and they are Turnpike
hereby authorized to construct and carry on the said turnpike road, Road to be
in, over and upon Smith street and Bridge street, so as to terminate extended,
at the bridge erected over the river Delaware, near Trenton, in¬
stead of making it to the Ferry, at Morrisville, on the said river, as
directed by the Act to which this is a further supplement; and for
the purpose of so constructing and carrying on the said road, they powers
shall have, all and singular, the rights, powers, privileges and au- granted for
thorities, and be subject to all the duties and restrictions to which, effecting
at any time previous to the passage of this act, they were entitled sanle•
or subjected, in carrying on the said road to the Ferry, at Morris¬
ville : Provided always, That nothing in this act, contained, shall pr0viso.
authorize the said President, Managers and Company, to construct,
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erect, or make the said artificial or turnpike road, over or upon the
dam or bridge that is constructed from the main land to Morrisville
island, without first obtaining the consent and approbation of the
owner or owners of the Morrisville island, mill-dam and mills, as
well as the Delaware Bridge Company; And provided also, That
the said Managers and Company shall not erect or fix a gate or
gates upon or across said road, within the limits of the borough of
Morrisville.
Sect. 2. And be it farther enacted, by the authority aforesaid,
Repealing That so much of the act to which this is a further supplement, or
of any supplement thereto, as is hereby altered and supplied, and
no more, be, and the same is hereby repealed.
JOHN TOD,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
P. C. LANE,
Speaker of the Senate.
Approved the Twenty-fourth day of March, One Thousand
Eight Hundred and Twelve.
SIMON SNYDER.
[Pamphlet Laws, page 167.]
St Supplement
To an Act entitled " An Act to enable the Governor of this Com¬
monwealth to Incorporate a Company for making an Artificial
Road from the intersection of Front Street and the Germantown
Road, in the Northern Liberties of the City of Philadelphia,
through Frankford and Bristol, to the Ferry at Morrisville, on
the river Delaware."
Act of Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re-
January 11, presentatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General
181G. Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same,
Tolls au- That the President, Managers and Company of the Frankford and
thorizcd Bristol Turnpike Road, be, and they hereby are authorized, when-
tohe raised ever it shall appear bv the abstract of the accounts of the said road
in certain an(j permanent bridge, where the same crosses the Nesha-
cases. *11 .
miny creek, that the clear annual income of both, will not bear a
dividend of six per centum per annum on the whole capital stock
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expended on it, to increase the tolls on the whole, or on the said
bridge, so much upon every allowance thereof as will raise the
dividend up to six per centum per annum on the whole, or on the
capital stock of the said bridge.
REESE HILL,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
JOHN TOD,
Speaker of the Senate.
Approved the Eleventh day of January, Anno Domini, One
Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixteen.
SIMON SNYDER.
[Pamphlet Laws, page 3.J
mn &ct
«
Vesting the Jurisdiction of Maiden Street, between Front Street
and the Cohocksink Creek, in the Commissioners and Inhabi¬
tants of the Incorporated District of the Northern Liberties.
Whereas the President, Managers and Company of the Frank- ActofFe-
ford and Bristol Turnpike Road, and the Commissioners and inha- 19'
bitants of the incorporated District of the Northern Liberties, have
jointly petitioned the Legislature of this Commonwealth, setting
forth that an agreement has been entered into between them; viz.
that the said Turnpike Road Company agrees to cede and relin¬
quish to the said Commissioners and inhabitants of the incorporated
District of the Northern Liberties, all their right and jurisdiction
over that part of said turnpike road on Maiden street, which lies
between Front street and the Cohocksink creek, and praying an
act, vesting the same in said Commissioners: Therefore,
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre¬
sentatives 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 passage of this act, the Commissioners
and inhabitants of the incorporated District of the Northern Liber¬
ties shall have and exercise full power and jurisdiction over that
part of Maiden street which lies between Front street and the Co¬
hocksink creek, to be regulated, repaired, improved and otherwise
governed by the said Commissioners and inhabitants, as other
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streets in said district; and the said road so ceded to, and accepted
by the said Commissioners shall cease to be the property ot the
said Turnpike Company.
NER MIDDLESWARTH,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
DANIEL STURGEON,
Speaker of the Senate.
Approved the Nineteenth day of February, Anno Domini, One
Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty-Eight.
J. ANDREW SHULZE.
[Pamphlet Laws, page 110.]
To the Act entitled " An Act to enable the Governor of this Com•
monwealth to bicorporate a Company for making an Artificial
Road from the intersection of Front Street and the Germantown
Road, in the Northern Liberties, of the City of Philadelphia,
through Frankford and Bristol, to the Ferry at Morrisville, on
the river Delaware," and to authorize the Governor to Incor¬
porate the Bedford and Frankstown Turnpike Road Com¬
pany, and for other purposes.
Act of Whereas the location of the Delaware division of the Pennsyl-
1830' ^ van^a Canal has materially interfered with the rights and privileges
of the " President, Managers and Company of the Frankford and
Preamble. Bristol Turnpike Road," by changing at certain points the route of
the said road: Therefore,
Section. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre¬
sentatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General As¬
sembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same,
Power f ^at an<^ singular, the rights, powers and privileges heretofore
Frarfkford giyen a°d granted to the said " President, Managers and Com-
and Bristol pany of the Frankford and Bristol Turnpike Company," by the
Company several acts to which this is a supplement, passed twenty-fourth
tb^new'lo0 March, one thousand eight hundred and three, and the seventh
cations. March, one thousand eight hundred and five, be, and the same are
hereby extended to ail and every part and parts of the new turn¬
pike road, made in consequence of any change or changes in the
route thereof, by reason of the location of the Delaware division of
Proviso. Pennsylvania Canal: Provided, That this act shall not in any
way, whatsoever, be so construed as to render the said President,
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Managers and Company of the Frankford and Bristol Turnpike Company
Company," responsible for any damages whatever to the owner or ^l/foTda-
owners of property, over or near which the said new road passes. mages
thereon.
[The other sections of this act do not apply to this turnpike com-
pany.]
FREDERICK SMITH,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
WM. G. HAWKINS,
Speaker of the Senate.
Approved the Sixth day of April, Anno Domini, One Thousand
Eight Hundred and Thirty.
GEORGE WOLF.
[Pamphlet Laws, page 289.]
Mn £lct
Supplementary to an Act entitled " An Act to enable tlue Governor Act of
of this Commonwealth to Incorporate a Company for making an April 6,
Artificial Road from the intersection of Front Street and the
Germantown Road, in the Northern Liberties, of the City of
Philadelphia, through Frankford and Bristol, to the Ferry at
Morrisville, on the river Delaware."
Whereas it has been agreed between the President, Managers Preamble,
and Company of the Frankford and Bristol Turnpike Road, and the
Commissioners and the inhabitants of the Kensington district of the
Northern Liberties, that the former shall cede and the latter accept,
and forever keep in repair a portion of the said turnpike road :
Therefore,
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re¬
presentatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in Ge?ieral
Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same,
That from and after the passage of this act, the President, Managers Frankford
and Company of the Frankford and Bristol Turnpike Road, shall
cede to the Commissioners and inhabitants of the Kensington dis- Company
trict in the Northern Liberties, and their successors, all their right, authorized
title and interest, privileges and jurisdiction, into and over so much t0^|e
of their said turnpike road as is within the present limits of the said {hciJ°road
Kensington district, to be kept open as a public highway, and used, to district
levelled, regulated, repaired and otherwise governed as other streets otKenaing-
are in the said district, by the Commissioners thereof, without any ton'
4
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expense whatever to the said Turnpike Road Company, and so
much of said road so ceded to said Commissioners, shall cease to
be the property of or under the jurisdiction of the said turnpike
company.
Sect. 2. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid,
District That the said Commissioners and inhabitants shall be bound to keep,
Commiss rs at jjjejr own expense, so much of the said turnpike road as is
to out sec- • .
tion ceded hereby ceded to them under the provisions of this act, in perfect and
in complete complete order and repair: and that so soon as the said Commis-
order, &c. si0ners and inhabitants of the Kensington district aforesaid, shall
pave or cause to be paved, as streets are now usually paved, so much
of the said turnpike road hereby ceded and relinquished to them, as
is included between the south-western line of the said Kensington
district and Masters street; then the President, Managers and Com-
Tumpike pany of the Frankford and Bristol Turnpike Road aforesaid, shall
Company thenceforth cease to ask, demand and receive tolls for so much of
t0 ish toll sa^ roac^ as *s w^n hmits of the said Kensington district,
remove ' and shall within one month thereafter, remove all gates, cranes or
gates, &c. other obstructions erected or placed by them across the said turn¬
pike road, south of the lane known by the name of the Hart lane.
Sect. 3. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid,
Repealing That so much of any act of Assembly, as is hereby altered or sup-
clause. plied, be, and the same is hereby repealed.
SAMUEL ANDERSON,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
THOMAS RINGLAND,
Speaker of the Senate.
Approved the Sixth day of April, Anno Domini, One Thou¬
sand Eight Hundred and Thirty-three.
GEORGE WOLF.
[Pamphlet Laws, page 190.]
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GENERAL LAWS.
Stn Ect
Imposing certain penalties upon Persons defrauding Incorporated Act of
Turnpike Companies of their legal tolls, and also upon Gate- 4>
keepers, for demanding or receiving in advance, greater tolls ''
than in proportion to the distance travelled.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre¬
sentatives cf the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General .As-
sembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same,
That from and after the first day of June next, no gate-keeper or Penalty on
toll-gatherer of any incorporated turnpike company, within this Gate-keep-
Commonwealth, shall at any gate, fixed or to be fixed on any such roads"
road, knowingly and wilfully take or receive from any person or receiving a
persons passing through the same, a greater toll in advance, than greater ad-
shall be in proportion to the distance such person or persons shall thanVau-
travel or pass on said road between such gate and the gate next thorized by
thereto, under the penalty of ten dollars for every such offence, to law.
be recovered to and for the use of the party aggrieved ; and if any Appropria-
person or persons shall defraud any such company, by travelling
or using such road for a greater distance than in proportion to the penalty.
toll he, she or they shall have so paid at any such gate, such per- penalty on
son or persons, so offending, shall forfeit and pay for the use of the persons de-
proper Company, for every such offence, the sum of ten dollars, to Lauding
be recovered in like manner as other penalties in the proper act of Companies
incorporation, upon due proof thereof, are recoverable. of their toll.
SIMON SNYDER,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
P. C. LANE,
Speaker of the Senate.
Approved the Fourth day of April, Anno Domini, One Thou¬
sand Eight Hundred and Seven.
THOMAS McKEAN.
[Pamphlet Laws, page 130.]
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&n act
Act of Relative to the Election of Officers of Turnpike Road and Bridge
March 19, Companies.
1828.
Whereas it has been represented to the Legislature, that impo¬
sitions have been committed in the election of officers of various
Turnpike Roads and Bridge Companies of this Commonwealth, in
consequence of the default of the persons conducting such elections
to produce the stock books, so as to ascertain who are, by law,
rightfully entitled to vote. For remedy whereof,
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre¬
sentatives of the Commonicealth of Pennsylvania in General
Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same,
That from and after the passage of this act, it shall be the duty of
the Treasurers or Secretaries, as the case may be, of the several
turnpike and bridge companies incorporated within this Common¬
wealth, to produce at the several places of holding the elections for
officers of said companies, the stock books belonging to their com¬
panies, respectively, and to open the said books during the con¬
tinuance of such election, to the inspection of any stockholder or
stockholders, demanding the same ; and in case the said Trea¬
surers or Secretaries, as the case may be, shall neglect to produce
the said stock books belonging to their Companies, respectively, at
the place of holding their elections for officers, or shall refuse to
open the same to the inspection of any of the stockholders of the
Companies at the time of holding the elections, such Treasurer or
Secretary, as the case may be, shall, for every such neglect or
refusal, forfeit and pay the sum of One Hundred Dollars, to be
recovered at the suit of any stockholder or stockholders, in like
manner as sums of the same amount are by law recoverable within
this Commonwealth: and every election held after the first day of
August next, where the stock books of the Company holding such
election, shall not be produced and opened to the inspection of the
stockholders, in manner aforesaid, shall be deemed null and void.
NER MIDDLESWARTH,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
DANIEL STURGEON,
Speaker of the Senate.
Approved the Nineteenth day of March, Anno Domini, One
Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty-eight.
J. ANDREW SHULZE.
[Pamphlet Laws, page 195.]
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m Sttpplemwt
To an Act passed the Twenty-second March, A. D., One Thou- Act of
sand Eight Hundred and Seventeen, entitled " An Act relative
to Suits brought by or against Corporations
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre¬
sentatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General ./4s-
sembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same,
That the service of any civil process upon the toll-gatherer of any Process
incorporation, in the proper county, and next to the place where
the damage or damages shall have been committed, shall be held as Up0n toll-
good and valid in law, as if served on the President or other prin- gather,
cipal officer, or the cashier, treasurer, secretary or chief clerk of
any corporation, as aforesaid; and upon such service, the like pro¬
ceedings shall be had, as is directed by the aforesaid act, to which
this is a supplement: Provided, That where a suit shall be com- Proviso,
menced, and the process served on the toll-gatherer, it shall be the Notice ^
duty of the plaintiff, his agent or attorney, to cause reasonable Company,
notice to be given to some one of the officers of the Company, afore¬
said, of the commencement of any such suit, before trial and final
judgment,
SAMUEL ANDERSON,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JESSE R. BURDEN,
Speaker of the Senate,
Approved the Sixteenth day of March, Anno Domini, One
Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty-three.
GEORGE WOLF.
[Pamphlet Laws, page 78.]
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Act of ^ lb prevent Obstructions being placed on Turnpike "Roads.
1833
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre¬
sentatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General
Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same,
Companies That frQna and after the first day of September next, any turnpike
liable to a company who shall permit large and unbroken stones, or heaps of
penalty stones which may endanger the passage of any wagon, stage or
after the other carriage, to remain on the paved or artificial parts of their
1st of Sept. respective roads for a period exceeding twenty-four hours after in-
for offence, formation being given that such obstructions do exist, shall be lia¬
ble to pay a fine not exceeding forty dollars, nor less than ten dol¬
lars for every such offence, to be recovered on conviction thereof,
before any justice of the peace of the proper county, as debts of like
amount are by law recoverable, with costs of suit; the one-half to
£uul°a effo- use Prosecutor5 ar)d the other half to and for the repair of
priatfon™ the roads within the township where such obstructions are found.
Sect. 2. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid,
Process That information given to, and the service of any summons upon
servecTu one 01^ gate"heepers or toll-gatherers of any turnpike company,
next to where such obstructions may be found, shall be as good and
keepers. valid in law as if given to or served upon the President or other
principal officer, or the treasurer, secretary or chief clerk of any
turnpike company, as aforesaid.
Sect. 3. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid,
Carters lia- That no carter or teamster shall leave his wagon or team stand,
ble to a pe- during the night, within less than ten feet of the centre of the turn-
fol: pike road, under a penalty of five dollars for each and every offence,
roads at to he recovered on conviction thereof, before any justice of the
night. peace, of the proper county, with costs of suit; the one half for the
use of the prosecution, and the other half to and for the repairs of
the roads in the township where such offence may be committed.
SAMUEL ANDERSON,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JESSE R. BURDEN,
Speaker of the Senate.
Approved the Twenty-first of March, Anno Domini, One
Thousand Eight Plundred and Thirty-three.
GEORGE WOLF.
[Pamphlet Laws, page 91.]
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at Sui)i)ltwetit
To an Act entitled " An Act authorizing the Governor to Incor- Act of
for ate a Company to make an Artificial Road, commencing April 14,
where the Schuylkill Canal Road intersects the Ridge Turn-
pike Road, near Robinson's Mill, thence along the bed of said
road to the Flat Rock Bridge, and for other purposes.
[Section 1, not applicable.]
Section 2. From and after the first day of July next, any turn¬
pike company within the county of Philadelphia, except the Frank-
ford and Bristol, who shall permit stones or heaps of stones, which
may endanger the passage of any wagon, stage or other carriage,
to remain within the incorporated limits of their respective roads,
after sun down, shall be liable to pay a fine not exceeding fifteen
dollars, nor less than five dollars for every such offence, to be reco¬
vered on conviction thereof, before any justice of the peace of the
county of Philadelphia, as debts of like amount are, by law, reco¬
verable, with costs of suit, the one half to and for the use of the
prosecutor, the other half to and for the repair of the roads within
the township where such obstructions are found.
[Sections 3 and 4, not applicable.]
JAMES THOMPSON,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
THOMAS S. CUNNINGHAM,
Speaker of the Senate.
Approved the Fourteenth day of April, Anno Domini, One
Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty-five.
GEORGE WOLF.
[Pamphlet Laws, page 261.]
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A 4 C
March 6 Requiring Banks and other Corporations to give1. Notice of TJn-
1847. ' claimed Dividends, Deposites and Balances, in certain cases.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre¬
sentatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General
Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same,
^publish1' "^at ea°h °f the Banks, Saving Institutions, Loan Companies and
annual Insurance Companies, and each and every other of the Companies,
statement Institutions or Associations incorporated by, or under any law of
otdivi- Commonwealth, and legally authorized to declare and make
denes or , 7 o j t
profits dividends of profits amongst the stockholders thereof, shall, in the
unclaimed, month of December, of the present year, and annually thereafter,
cause to be published for four successive weeks, in one or more
public newspapers, having the largest circulation, printed in the city
or county in which such Bank, Savings Institution, Loan Company,.
Insurance Company or other Company, Institution or Association
may be located, or in which its principal office or place of business
may be situated, a true and accurate statement, verified by the oath<
or affirmation of the Cashier or Treasurer thereof, of all dividends
or profits declared on its capital stock, which at the date of suchi
settlement, shall have remained unclaimed by the person, copart¬
nership or corporation authorized to receive the same, for the period
of three years, then next preceding; which said statement shall set
forth the names, and, if known, the residence and business of the
persons, copartnerships or corporations, in whose favor said divi¬
dends or profits may have been declared, the amount of such divi¬
dends or profits and the number of shares in the capital stock, upon
which the same had accrued,
[Section 2d, is not applicable to the Turnpike Company.]
Penalty for Sect. 3. If any such Bank, Savings Institution, Loan Company,
neglect or Insurance Company or other banking institution or association, in-
r * J L corporated as aforesaid, shall neglect or refuse to publish the state¬
ment hereinbefore required to be published, the same, and the Cashier
or Treasurer thereof, in his individual capacity, shall be liable to
the party in whose name such unclaimed dividend, profit, deposite
or balance may stand, or to his, her, or their legal representatives,,
for the amount thereof, with interest thereon, at the rate of twelve
per cent, per annum, from the date of such dividend, profit, depo¬
site or balance, until paid, recoverable by action of debt, as in other
cases: Provided, That nothing herein contained, shall be so con¬
structed as to require the publication of any such unclaimed divi¬
dends or profits amounting to less than five dollars, nor such un¬
claimed deposites or balances, amounting to less than ten dollars.
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Sect 4. That at the expiration of three years after the first pub- When un-
lication of any particular dividend or profits, balance or deposite, dl"
with the interest that has accrued thereon, as provided for by the profits 'ox
first and second sections of this act, such dividend or profit, bal- deposites
ance or deposite, with the interest that has accrued, if not demanded s^ail es*
within that time by the rightful owner or owners thereof, or their Qorcimon-6
legal representatives, shall escheat to the Commonwealth, and shall wealth,
be paid into the Treasury thereof, without discount or deduction for
commissions, fees or expenses of any description, by the Cashier,
Treasurer, or other proper officer of said Bank, Savings Institution,
Loan Company, Insurance Company, Saving Fund Society or other
Company, Institution or Association, in which such dividend or
profit, balance or deposite shall have remained without being de¬
manded, as aforesaid, or without being increased or diminished for
the length of time aforesaid; and the said Bank, Savings Institution,
Loan Company, Insurance Company, Saving Fund Society or other
Company, Institution or Association, as the case may be, shall
thereupon be discharged from any obligation or liability to pay over
such dividend or profit, balance or deposite, or interest thereon, to
the owner or owners thereof, that the said owner or owners, or their
legal representatives, upon application to the State Treasurer, for
the time being, and producing satisfactory proof to that officer of
his, her or their right to such dividend or profit, balance or deposite,
with the interest thereon, paid into the Treasury, as aforesaid, or
any part thereof, shall receive from the Commonwealth the amount
he, she or they shall be found legally or equitably entitled to : Pro¬
vided, That the expense of the publication or publications required
by this act, shall be paid out of such dividend or profit, balance or
deposite, so published.
JAMES COOPER,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
CHARLES GIBBONS,
Speaker of the Senate.
Approved the Sixth day of March, Anno Domini, One Thou¬
sand Eight Hundred and Forty-seven.
FRANCIS R. SHUNK.
[Pamphlet Laws, page 222.]
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INDEX.
*
Pages.
Accounts, how to be kept, 11, 16.
annually to be laid before Legislature, 12, 16.
Bridges, authority to erect 6.
Bridge over Neshaminy creek. . . . . . . . 7, 15, 19, 20.
tolls, , . 15, 16, 17.
penalty for injuring, . . , . , .17.
By-laws may be made, ............ 5.
Commissioners, names of, 3.
Carriages to keep to the right when passing, 13.
Damages to persons injured by road, how ascertained, ...... 22,
Dividends, when to be made, . ......... .12.
unclaimed to be advertised, 34.
escheated when, 35.
Elections of officers, 5.
stock books to be produced at, ...... 30.
Funerals, and places of worship, persons attending exempt from toll, ... 8.
Index posts to be erected at cross roads, ,13.
Kensington district, part of road ceded to, 27,
to repair part ceded, 28.
Licenses to erect gates and take tolls, 8,15, 20,21.
Loads, what weight allowed, 9.
Maiden street ceded to Northern Liberties, 25.
Milestones to be placed along road, 13.
Miles, number of from Philadelphia marked on gates, 13.
Mules, toll for how estimated, 10.
Name of Corporation, 4.
Officers, number of, and how elected, 5, 30.
Oxen, toll for how estimated, 10, 16.
Patent, when to be issued, &c., 4.
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Pages:
Penalties for evading payment of tolls, • . 9, 11, 29.
for taking excessive toll, . . 9, 29.
for injuring milestones and index posts, 13.
for throwing dirt, &c. into road, 13.
for injuring Neshaminy bridge, 17.
for leaving heaps of stones in road, .32.
leaving carts on road at night, . 32.
Pennsylvania Canal, location of road changed by, 26.
Process may be served on tollgatherers, when, 31.
Road, route, form and structure, 6.
proceedings when out of repair, 10.
when to be completed, . 14.
time for completing extended, 19. 20.
extended, 23, 24.
portion of, ceded to Kensington district, 27.
may be bought by State, when, 14.
Stock, subscription for, 3.
instalments on shares, 6.
penalty for non-payment, 6.
certificates how issued, .5.
number of shares may be increased, .12.
Stockholders, annual meeting of, 5.
Tolls, * . . . . . 8, 12,17,24,25,28,29.
rate of^ ....... ...... 8.
penalty for evading, . . 9,11,29.
may be raised, 12.
may be collected as those of Lancaster Turnpike Company, . . .17.
relinquished over part of road, ......... 28.
Viewers, to report to Governor, how appointed, &c , ...... 7.
JAN 3 0 1925