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Reserve fund, Section 9. That said company shall appropriate one-third of purposes of.

its annual profits to establish and maintain a special reserve fund, for the following purposes, viz:

1st. For the discharge of all losses, exceeding the ordinary available receipts of said company.

2d. By the annual balances of said reserve fund, and the interest accruing thereon, to pay for so much of the stock of said company, as shall have been subscribed for but not called in, which stock, when so wholly provided for, shall be converted into capital stock; and thereupon the whole subscribed capital stock of the said company be declared paid in full, and certifcates, to that effect, shall be delivered to the stockholders.

3d. Whenever the whole capital stock of the said company subscribed for, shall have been paid for in full, said company may reduce the annual appropriation to said reserve fund, to not less than one-tenth part of its annual net profits, until the said fund amounts in all to twenty-five thousand dollars, at which amount said special reserve fund shall be maintained from year to year; and all annual net profits over said amount, may be

paid, pro rata, as additional dividends to the stockholders. Prohibited from

Section 10. That said company is hereby expressly prohibmaking certain ited, under penalty of forfeiture of its charter, from entering contracts or &greements.

into any contract or agreement with any railroad, steamer or steamboat company, or the officers or the employees thereof, for the purpose or object of exonerating or relieving such railroad, steamer or steamboat company, in full or in part from any legal responsibility for which said companies, their officers or

employees, may be liable in case of accident or disaster. Subject to cor- SECTION 11. That the general laws of this state relating to tain general laws frauds, forgeries, thefts and illegal transfers of tickets issued by

railroad and steamboat companies, shall apply to the tickets and policies issued by said company, and said company shall be subject to the general laws of this state, in relation to moneyed corporations, both as to its powers, privileges and franchises, and as to all general regulations, restrictions and obligations, so far as the same shall be applicable, and not conflicting with this act; and upon a dissolution of said company at any period, the liquidation of its affairs shall be subject to the general laws of this state then existing, relating to the liquidation of moneyed

corporations or their dissolution. Claims and de

Section 12. That all claims and demands against said commands against pany by its stockholders or by the assured, if not admitted by the company, relative to.

said company, shall, at the option of the claimant, be forth with referred to the decision of two arbitrators, one of whom shall be named in writing by the claimant, and the other by the company, or upon the neglect of the company to name its arbitrator, within ten days after the claimant shall, by written potice, personally served upon its president, have named his arbi. trator, then the claimant shall have power to name an abitrator also for the company, and the arbitrator so appointed, shall in case of disagreement, have power to select an umpire, and their

award thereupon made, shall be final and conclusive. Bopas.

Section 13. That the said company shall pay into the treasury of the commonwealth, a bonus of one half of one per cen

tum on the capital stock of said company, and upon any increase
thereof, payable in four equal annual instalments, the first pay-
ment to be made in one year from the date hereof.

JOHN M. THOMPSON,
Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem.

WM. M. FRANCIS,

Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED—The second day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty.

WM. F. PACKER.

No. 598.

AN ACT

Erecting parts of Clinton, Elk, M'Kean and Potter counties into a county,

to be called Cameron.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That all that part of the counties of Clinton, Elk, M'Kean and Potter, Boundaries of lying and being within the following boundaries, to wit: Be- Cameron county. ginning at the south-east corner of warrant number four thousand one hundred and fifty-six, in Grove township, Clinton county; thence north on warrant lines to the north line of Clinton county ; thence west along the said north line of Clinton county to the west bank of the Sinnemahoning creek, on warrant number four thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight; thence in a northwesterly direction to the north-east corner of Shippen township, in M'Kean county; thence west to the north-west corner of Shippen township, M'Kean county ; thence southerly along the western boundary of said Shippen township to the north-west corner of Benezet township, Elk county ; thence east along the northern boundary of Benezet township to the north-east corner of the same; thence southerly along the dividing line between Benezet and Gibson townships to the county line of Clearfield; thence easterly along said county line to the south-east corner of Gibson township; thence in a north-easterly direction to the place of beginning ; containing about four hundred and eighty square miles, shall be and the same is hereby erected into a new county to be called Cameron, on the conditions hereinafter expressed, and subject to the provisions of article twelfth of the last amendments to the constitution; and that B. W. Morrison, Commissioners. J. B. Johnson and Joseph S. Hyde are hereby appointed commissioners, whose duty it shall be, after having first been duly Daties. sworn or affirmed, before any justice of the peace of the county of

M'Kean, to discharge their duties with fidelity, to run, correctly ascertain and mark, or causc to be run, correctly ascertained and marked, the boundary line of said county of Cameron; and that the said commissioners, or a majority of them, having run, ascertained and marked the boundary lines aforesaid, or caused the same to be done, shall, on or before the first day of August next, by a written report, under the hands and seals of them, or a majority of them, make out a correct plot or draft of the said county of Cameron, together with the number of square miles within said boundaries, and the number of inhabitants according to the census of one thousand eight hundred and fifty, cut off the counties of Clinton, Elk, M'Kean and Potter counties, and shall transmit the said report and draft to the secretary of the commonwealth, and shall, also, make out and deliver a like report and draft to the commissioners of said county of Cameron, when the same shall have been elected; and the said boundary commissioners shall receive three dollars per day, together with their reasonable expenses in performing the duties hereby enjoined upon them; and for the purpose of enabling said commissioners to fulfil said duties, they are hereby authorized to employ two chain carriers and one axe-man, at a per diem of two dollars each, which, together with the pay of said commissioners, shall be paid out of the funds of Cameron county, by warrants drawn by the commissioners of said county on the treasurer thereof; and if the report of said commissioners shall show that the said county of Cameron will be found in accordance with the aforesaid article of the constitution, then this act shall take effect, upon the conditions and in manner hereinafter

provided, otherwise it shall be null and void. Courts, offices,

Section 2. That the inhabitants of the said county of Camrights, privi- eron, from and after the second Tuesday of October, in the year leges, &c.

of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty, shall be entitled to, and at all times thereafter have all and singular the courts, jurisdictions, offices, rights and privileges to which the inhabitants of other counties of this state are entitled by the constitution and laws of this commonwealth.

Section 3. That the several courts in and for the said county be held until of Cameron shall be opened and held at such house as may be court house erected.

designated by the commissioners of said county, to be elected at the general election in one thousand eight hundred and sixty, until a court house shall be erected in and for said county, as is hereinafter directed, and shall be then held at the said court

house. Proceedings in Section 4. That all suits and cases which shall be pending pending suits and undetermined in the several courts of Clinton, Elk, M'Kean regulated.

and Potter counties, on the second Tuesday of October, one thousand eight hundred and sixty, wherein the defendants shall at that time be resident in the said county of Cameron, shall be transferred, with all things pertaining thereto, to the proper courts of said county, to be proceeded on in like manner as if the same had been originally commenced in said courts, except that the fees on the same, due to the officers of Clinton, Elk, M'Kean and Potter counties, shall be paid to them by the officers of Cameron county; and the prothonotaries of Clinton, M'Kean, Elk and Potter counties shall, on or before the first day of De

Where courts to

cember, one thousand eight hundred and sixty, purchase dockets and copy therein all the docket entries, respecting the said suits and causes, which shall be transferred as aforesaid, and on or before the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and sixty.one, have the said dockets, together with the records, declarations and other papers respecting the said suits and cases, ready to be delivered to the proper officers of the county of Cameron, the expenses thereof to be paid by said county.

Section 5. That all the taxes and arrears of taxes laid or Taxes and arwhich become due within the said county of Cameron before the rears of taxes,

how collected passage of this act, and all sums of money due to this common- and recovered. wealth for militia fines in said county of Cameron, shall be collected and recovered as if this act had not been passed : Pro. vided always, That the moneys arising from county taxes, as- Proviso. sessed or to be assessed within the limits of the county of Cameron, subsequently to the first of November, one thousand eight hundred and sixty, shall from time to time, as the same may be collected or be paid into the treasury of the counties of Clinton, Elk, M'Kean and Potter, for the use and benefit of the county of Cameron, until a treasurer shall be elected and qualified in the county of Cameron ; and the treasurers of the counties of Clinton, Elk, M'Kean and Potter shall keep account thereof and pay the same to the treasurer of the county of Cameron, as soon as he shall have been elected and qualified; and whatever part of said taxes may be assessed after the first day of November, one thousand eight hundred and sixty, may remain uncollected in the county of Cameron, at the time of the election and qualification of the treasurer thereof, the same shall be collected in the usual manner, and paid into the treasury of the said county of Cameron.

Section 6. That the treasurer, sheriff, prothonotary, and all Certain officers such officers as are by law required to give security for the to be qualified in faithful discharge of the duties of their respective offices, who as in the county shall hereafter be appointed or elected in the said county of of Elk. Cameron, before they or any of them shall enter on the execution thereof, shall give sufficient security in the same manner and form, and for the same uses, trusts and purposes as such officers, for the time being, are obliged by law to give in the county of Elk.

Section 7. That the sheriff, coroner, and other officers of the Certain officers counties of Clinton, Elk, M'Kean and Potter, shall continue to of Clinton, Elk, exercise the duties of their respective offices as heretofore, with

ter counties to in that part of Cameron county which, before the passing of continue duties, this act, was within the counties of Clinton, Elk, M'Kean and &c. Potter, until similar, officers shall be elected and qualified, agreeably to law, within the county of Cameron; and the persons who shall be elected and qualified associate judges of the county of Cameron, shall take and subscribe the requisite oaths and affirmations of office, before the prothonotary of the court of common pleas of the county of Elk, who shall file a record of the same in the office of the prothonotary of the court of com. mon pleas of the county of Cameron, who may be elected and qualified at any time after the passing of this act.

Section 8. That the inhabitants of the county of Cameron shall elect members of Congress, senators and members of the

the same manner

M'Kean and Pot.

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To elect members House of Representatives, in the same manner as if this act had of congress, &c., not passed ; and it shall be lawful for the commissioners of the as heretofore.

county of Cameron, who shall be chosen at the general election

in one thousand eight hundred and sixty, to take assurances to Court house, jail them and their successors in office, of such lot or lots of ground and offices, rela. as may have been designated by three commissioners, who shall to

be chosen by the governor upon the passage of this act, for the purpose of locating the county seat, for erecting thereon a court house, jail, and offices for the safe keeping of the records; and

the county commissioners are hereby authorized to receive, by Subscriptions subscriptions or donations, money and materials towards defray. and donations, ing the expenses of said lot and buildings, and hereby are

authorized to assess, levy and collect a sufficient sum to defray the expenses thereof, and for building a court house and prison, or so much as shall be needful to supply deficiencies, in case there shall not be a sufficiency given and subscribed, as aforesaid ;

which court house and prison they are authorized to erect. Annexed to the Section 9. That the judges of the supreme court shall have Eastern distriot like powers, jurisdiction and authorities, within the said county of the supreme of Cameron, as by law they are vested with, and entitled to .

have and exercise in other counties of this state; and the said county is hereby annexed to the Eastern district of the supreme

court. To compose part

SECTION 10. That the county of Cameron shall be annexed to of the fourth ju- and compose part of the fourth judicial district of this common. dicial district.

wealth ; and the courts in said county of Cameron shall be held on the Monday next succeeding after the courts are held in Elk county, to continue one week at each term, if necessary; the first court to be held on the second Monday of January, one

thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. Proceedings of

Section 11. That the certioraries directed to, and appeals from courts regulated. the judgment of, any justice of the peace of the said county of

Cameron, and all criminal prosecutions which may originate in said county before the test day hereinafter mentioned, shall be proceeded in as heretofore in the courts of common pleas and quarter sessions of the county of Elk; and all process to issue from the courts of the said county of Cameron, returnable to the first term in said county, shall bear test on the last Monday

of December, one thousand eight hundred and sixty. Use of jail of Clin

Section 12. That in all cases where it would be lawful for the ton county. sheriff, jailor or prison-keeper of the county of Cameron to hold

in close custody the body of any person in the common jail of the said county, if such jail were at this tiine erected in and for the said county, such person shall be delivered to and kept in close custody by the sheriff

, jailor or prison-keeper of the county of Clinton, who, upon delivery of such prisoners to him or them, at the common jail in said county of Clinton, shall safely keep him, her or them until they be discharged by the due course of law, and shall also be answerable in like manner, and liable to the same penalties and pains as if the persons so delivered were liable to confinement in the common jail of Clinton; and the parties aggrieved shall be entitled to the same remedies against them, or any of them, as if such prisoner had been committed

to his or their custody by virtue of legal process issued by proProviso. per authority of the said county of Clinton: Provided always,

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