of money it is advisable that each class of laborers in, around and about the coal mines shall contribute to maintain this Miners' Home or Homes, then the trustees of such Home or Homes shall have blanks Blanks. prepared for the said miners and others working around the coal mines to sign, whereby said employe shall assent to the amount to be collected from his Contributions from employes. earnings by the said employer and forwarded to the State Treasurer of Pennsylvania. Section 6. That after it is determined between the representatives of the employers and the trustees what amount will be contributed for each ton of coal mined and marketed, then blanks for all contracts between Contracts, the trustees and the employers are to be furnished to the employers, whereby the employers, for a period of at least one year, are to contract with the trustees that they will send to the State Treasurer, quarterly, the amount that is agreed upon shall be charged on each ton of coal, for the Miners' Home or Homes, and Contribution per each succeeding year such amount shall be determined in the same way, and new contracts made. ton. Eligibility of In case of injury. Section 7. That only those are eligible to this Home who are, first, citizens of the State of Pennsylvania, miners. and, second, who have worked in, around and about the coal mines of Pennsylvania for a period of at least twenty-five years, and have reached the age of sixty years; unless, (a) an employe has been so seriously injured in, around and about the mines as to be physically incapacitated for further labor, in which event application can be made in writing, setting forth his physical condition, and such application shall be sent to the secretary or one of the trustees of the said Home; then the said trustees shall authorize the physician of the Miners' Home, and one other, to ascertain the condition of the said applicant; and if it is proven that the injury has incapacitated said applicant, and it is so certified by the said examining physicians, then the certificate shall admit him into the Home; or, unless, (b) an employe has become a victim of what is commonly called "miner's asthma;" then such person "Miner's asthma." can apply to the secertary or one of the trustees of the said Home for admission into the said Home because of such affliction; whereupon the trustees shall name a Home physician, and one other, to examine such applicant; and if it is found that such applicant is suffering from said miner's asthma, in such a way as to physically incapacitate him from earning his livelihood in the mines, or otherwise, and the physicians so certify, then such certificate shall admit him into the Home: Provided, That no insane, demented Proviso. or degenerate person shall be admitted into the said Home, and where they are already admitted and become insane, demented or degenerate, a board of inquiry, composed of two physicians connected with Insane, dement ed, etc. Board of inquiry. Eligibility of miners' wives. Assignment of property by inmates. In case of death of inmate. Proviso. Burial. Purchase of land for farm. State sanitariums, together with the Home physician, shall act upon such case or cases; and in all such case or cases, on petition of the trustees to the Governor, he, the Governor, shall then designate what other two physicians from the State sanitariums shall act with the Home physician as the said examining board. And when such board shall determine that such member of the Home is either insane, demented or degenerate, then such member, upon the report of the board, shall be sent to some State institution, as is best suited for his or her affliction. Section 8. That the wives of all the men who are eligible to this Home, by reason of the provisions of section seven, and who have attained the age of fiftyfive years, are eligible to live in this Home. Section 9. That each person, upon entering the said Home, shall make an assignment to the said trustees of all his or her personal and real estate, with power in the said trustees to collect rents, issues and profits of all his or her estate; and the said trustees and their successors shall hold said property for the following uses and purposes: first, the rents, issues and profits to be turned into the State Treasury for the common fund of the Home or Homes; second, if any inmate of the Home desires to sever his or her connection with the said Home, he or she can make application of the said trustees, and then at the end of six months, if the application is not withdrawn, the trustees shall reconvey to the said inmate the property conveyed to the trustees. If, though, the said inmate dies within the said six months, then the property is to remain the common property of the Home. After the death of any inmate, the trustees shall convert all such person's real and personal property into money, and turn the same into the State Treasury as part of the Miners' Home fund: Provided, That one hundred and twentyfive dollars of such money or property as came through any particular inmate's estate shall be used for his or her burial, in any such manner as such inmate may have directed, or as the nearest of kin suggest in the event the deceased has not given directions. Section 10. That all inmates of this Home may be as well occupied as circumstances will permit, the trustees are directed to buy sufficient lands, from time to time, to be farmed by such inmates, and if there is more than enough farm-produce raised for use at the Home, then the surplus is to be sold at market prices, and this profit is to be used to the best advantage to get such extras or necessaries, either in the way of apparel, edibles or home comforts, as is deemed best by the trustees. Approved-The 22d day of April, A. D. 1903. No. 185. AN ACT Regulating the change of corporate titles. change of. filed. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That it shall be lawful for any corporation of this Commonwealth, heretofore or hereafter created by any general or special law, to Corporate title, change its corporate title by resolution of its Board of Directors, adopted by a two-thirds vote thereof, approved at any annual meeting, or special meeting duly called, of the stockholders by a two-thirds vote thereof. Upon such approval by the stockholders, it shall be the duty of the President of said corporation to file Certificate to be in the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth a certificate, under the seal of the company, setting Contents of. forth the resolution adopted by the Board of Directors and approved by the stockholders, the date of the adoption of such resolution by the Board of Directors and the date of its approval by the stockholders, the date of the original incorporation of the company, the act of Assembly under which the said corporation was created, the name under which the said corporation was originally incorporated and all subsequent changes therein, and the name which the corporation desires to adopt. The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall examine the records in his office, and, if he find that the name desired by said corporation does not conflict with the name of any corporation appearing upon said records, he shall require the said certificate to be recorded, and shall issue to the said corporation a certificate, under his hand and the seal of New corporate his office, granting to said corporation the use of said new corporate title. The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall, upon the issuing of any such certificate, require the same to be recorded in a book kept for that purpose, and certify the said change in the corporate title to the Auditor General of this Commonwealth: Provided, That any corporation, required to record Proviso, the original certificate of incorporation in the office for the recording of deeds, shall, before being entitled to use the new corporate title, record in the office for the recording of deeds, where the original certificate of incorporation was recorded, the said certificate granted by the Secretary of the Commonwealth au thorizing the use of the new corporate title: Provided Proviso, also, That this act shall not apply to corporations not for profit. Section 2. That all general or special acts inconsistent herewith be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved-The 22d day of April, A. D. 1903. SAML. W. PENNYPACKER. Recording of. title. Repeal. Section 2, act of ment. No. 186. AN ACT To amend sections two and six of an act, entitled "An act to establish a Department of Agriculture, and to define its duties, and to provide for its further administration," approved the thirteenth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five; increasing the number of bulletins which it shall be lawful to publish, and to provide for the reapportionment of the annual reports published by the Department of Agriculture. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That section two of an act, entitled "An act to establish a Department of Agriculture, and to define its duties, and to provide for its proper administration," approved the thirteenth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, which reads as follows: "Section 2. That it shall be the duty of the Secrecited for amend- tary of Agriculture, in such ways as he may deem fit and proper, to encourage and promote the development of agriculture, horticulture, forestry and kindred industries; to collect and publish statistics and other information in regard to the agricultural industries and interests of the State; to investigate the adaptability of grains, fruits, grasses and other crops to the soil and climate of the State, together with the diseases to which they are severally liable and the remedies therefor; to obtain and distribute information on all matters relating to the raising and care of stock and poultry, the best methods of producing wool and preparing the same for market, and shall diligently prosecute all such similar inquiries as may be required by the agricultural interests of the State, and as will best promote the ends for which the Department of Agriculture is established. He shall give special attention to such questions relating to the val uation and taxation of farm land, to the variation and diversification in the kinds of crops and methods of cultivation and their adaptability to changing markets, as may arise from time to time in consequence of a change of methods, means and rates of transportation, or in the habits or occupation of the people of the State and elsewhere, and shall publish, as frequent as practicable, such information thereon as he may deem useful. In the performance of the duties prescribed by this act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall, as far as practicable, make use of the facilities provided by the State Agricultural Experiment Station, the State Board of Agriculture, and the various State and county societies and organizations maintained by agriculturalists and horticulturalists, whether with or without the aid of the State, and shall, as far as practicable, enlist the aid of the State Geological Survey for the purpose of obtaining and publishing useful information respecting the economic relations of geology to agriculture, forestry and kindred industries. He shall make an annual report to the Governor, and shall publish, from time to time, such bulletins of information as he may deem useful and advisable. Said report and bulletin shall be printed by the State Printer, in the same manner as other public documents, not exceeding five thousand copies of any one bulletin," be amended so as to read as follows: Agriculture. Statistics. Grain, fruits, etc. Section 2. That it shall be the duty of the Secre- Duties of the Sectary of Agriculture, in such ways as he may deem fit retary. and proper, to encourage and promote the development of agriculture, horticulture and kindred industries; to collect and publish statistics and other information in regard to the agricultural industries and interests of the State; to investigate the adaptability of grains, fruits, grass and other crops to the soil and climate of the State, together with the diseases to which they are severally liable, and the remedies therefor; to obtain and distribute information on all matters relating to the raising and care of stock and Stock. poultry, the best methods of producing wool and pre- Wool. paring the same for market, and shall diligently prosecute such similar inquiries as may be required by the agricultural interests of the State, and as will best promote the end for which the Department of Agriculture is established. He shall give special attention to such questions relating to the valuation and taxation of farm land, to the variation and diversification taxation of farm in the kinds of crops and the methods of cultivation, crops. and their adaptability to changing market, as may arise from time to time in consequence of a change of Valuation and lands. methods, means and rates of transportation, or in Transportation. the habits and occupation of the people of the State, and elsewhere; and shall publish, as frequently as Publication of inpossible, such information thereon as he may deem formation. useful. In the performance of the duties prescribed by this act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall, as far as practicable, make use of the facilities provided by the State Agricultural Experiment Station, the State Board of Agriculture. and the various State and county societies and organizations maintained by agricul turalists and horticulturalists, whether with or without the aid of the State; and shall, as far as practicable, enlist the aid of the State Geological Survey, for the purpose of obtaining and publishing useful information respecting the economic relations of geology to agriculture and kindred industries. He shall make an annual report to the Governor, and shall publish bulletins. from time to time such bulletins of information as he may deem useful and advisable. Said report and bulletins shall be printed by the State Printer, in Annual report and |