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Certificates.

Qualifications of druggists and of assistants.

Application of amendment.

sons as may be qualified, certificates of competency or qualification, which shall entitle the holders thereof to conduct or carry on the business, or to act as a qualified assistant therein, as may be expressed upon the said certificate; and such certificate, together with its renewals, shall be good and sufficient evidence of registration under this act.

All persons applying for examination for certificate, to entitle them to conduct and carry on the retail drug or apothecary business, must produce satisfactory evidence of having had not less than four years' prac tical experience in the business of retailing, compounding or dispensing of drugs, chemicals and poisons and of compounding of physicians' prescriptions, and of being a graduate of some reputable and properly chartered college of pharmacy. And those applying for examination for certificates as qualified assistants therein, must produce evidence of having not less than two years' experience in said business.

Section 2. That the amendment provided for by this act shall become operative and in force on and after the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and six.

APPROVED-The 24th day of March, A. D. 1905.
SAML. W. PENNYPACKER.

Real estate, etc.

No. 38.

A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT

To an act of Assembly, approved the eleventh day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, entitled "A further supplement to an act, entitled 'An act for the regulation and continuance of a system of education by common schools,' approved the eighth day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four," authorizing the board of school directors in any school district to sell and convey any real estate, buildings and property, the title to which shall have been acquired from the trustees of any academy or seminary in the Commonwealth, under and by virtue of said acts of Assembly, whenever such real estate, buildings and property shall have become useless to such school district, by reason of dilapidation and decay, or otherwise; and providing for the disposition of moneys or funds received from such sale and conveyance; and ratifying and confirming any sales of such property heretofore made on account of and for similar reasons, provided no litigation or question of title, now pending and undetermined, shall be affected hereby.

Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That in all cases where the trustees of any academy or seminary in this Commonwealth, which received money or land therefrom for educational purposes, have conveyed the real estate, buildings and property, and funds of or belongBoards of school ing thereto, to the board of directors and their successors in office of the common schools of the district

Lectors.

in which the main building thereof was situated, in pursuance to the authority contained in section sixteen of the act of April eleventh, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two; and said school directors or their predecessors in office of any such district shall have acquired title, by conveyance as aforesaid, to any such real estate, so held by trustees or others for the general use of a neighborhood, under and by virtue of said last above recited act, and in pursuance to the provisions of section eighteen, placitum second, of the act approved the eighth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four; and any of such real estate, buildings and property, by reason of the falling into dilapidation and decay thereof, or the purchase of or acquiring title to other real estate, buildings or property by said district, better adapted to the purposes of education; and the said original real estate, buildings and property have become useless to the said district by reasons as aforesaid, or from any cause whatsoever, for the purposes of common school education; and the same or any thereof shall no longer be necessary for the purposes of the establishment and support of the schools, and for the use according to the intendment and purposes of the grant and conveyance thereof by said trustees or others to such district, under and by virtue of said act, that, in such cases, it shall be lawful for the said school directors, their survivor or survivors, or successors, to sell any such real estate, buildings and property, as aforesaid, at public sale, for the best price which shall or may be obtained for the same; a majority of said school directors first having, by resolution duly passed and adopted at a regular meeting of said school board, sanctioned such sale; and the same to grant, convey and assure to the purchaser or purchasers, the heirs and assigns thereof, by deed or deeds and conveyances, duly executed, according to the provisions of the law relating to the sales of real estate and property of any school district; and the title, thereby Title freed from vested in such purchaser or purchasers thereof, shall tion. be held and enjoyed absolutely, freed and discharged of and from any trust or condition as to the use there of, or charge or claim of any nature or kind whatsoever thereon, forever.

sale of real es

tate, buildings,

etc.

Resolution.

trust or condi

Section 2. That in all cases where such sale and conveyance shall be made of said real estate, buildings and property, under the provisions of section one hereof, the purchase money or consideration arising Purchase money. from such sale shall be paid over to the treasurer of the said school district, for the use of said district; and the same shall and may only be used, expended and employed by the board of school directors for the Employment and erection of new school buildings, the purchase of

use of.

school furniture, the necessary equipment of any new school building, erected in place of the buildings or property so sold, or for the making of additions or alterations to any school building erected, or the improvement and beautifying of the school grounds appurtenant to any school building in said district.

Section 3. That in case any real estate, buildings and property, conveyed to any school district by the trustees of any academy or seminary by virtue of the acts of Assembly hereinbefore recited, and providing for such sale, shall or may have been heretofore sold or disposed of by the board of directors of such school district, so having acquired title thereto, such sale or sales and disposition of said real estate, buildings and property, so heretofore made, and the purchaser or purchasers thereof, their heirs or assigns, being now in the possession and enjoyment thereof, shall be Sales ratified and and the same is and are hereby ratified and confirmed; and the title, so vested in any purchaser or purchasers thereof, shall be and remain firm and stable in such purchasers, their heirs and assigns, freed and discharged of and from any trust, condition as to the use thereof, or charge or claim of any nature or kind whatsoever thereon, forever: Provided, That the provi sions of this act shall not affect or apply to any suit, action, or other proceeding in law or equity, now brought, or pending and undetermined, which shall or does relate thereto, or may or could be affected hereby.

confirmed.

Proviso.

Repeal.

Section 4. That all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed. APPROVED-The 24th day of March, A. D. 1905. SAML. W. PENNYPACKER.

Preamble,

No. 39.

A SUPPLEMENT

To an act, entitled "A supplement to an act, entitled 'An act to provide for the incorporation and regulation of certain corporations,' approved the twenty-ninth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, further amending the twelfth section thereof so as to permit corporations organized thereunder, either for the purpose of carrying on any manufacturing business, or for the supply of water, or for the manufacture or supplying of light, to purchase bonds or stock of other corporations of the same character, or to guarantee the payment of interest and principal of such bonds, or either principal or interest, or to lease and operate corporate property," approved the twenty-sixth day of June, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, correcting errors therein and validating all acts done in pursuance thereof.

Whereas, By the title of the act above mentioned, it is apparent that it was intended to relate to corpora

tions organized under the corporation act of one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, either for the purpose of carrying on any manufacturing business, or for the supply of water, or for the manufacture or supply of light;

And whereas, Said supplement to said act reads as follows: "The stock of every corporation created under the provisions of this statute shall be deemed personal property and no shares shall be transferable until all previous calls thereon shall have been fully paid in, or shall have been declared forfeited for the non-payment of calls thereon. No note or obligation given by a stockholder, whether secured by pledge or otherwise, shall be considered as a payment of any part of the capital stock. It shall and may be lawful for any company, organized under the provisions of this act, either for the purpose of carrying on any manufacturing business, or for the supply of water for manufacturing and supplying light, of this Commonwealth or elsewhere, to subscribe for, take, purchase, hold and dispose of the bonds or stock in any company of the same character, incorporated under the provisions of this act or its supplements, or guarantee the payment of said bonds and the interest thereon, or either principal or interest, or to enter into contracts for the use or lease of the corporate property, real, personal or mixed, of such company, upon such terms as may be agreed upon with the company or companies owning the same, and to run, use and operate such property in accordance with such contract or lease;"

And whereas, The intent and meaning of the said act as amended, respect being had to the title and the main body thereof, is not well and clearly expressed; therefore,―

Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That section one of the said act of Assembly, herein before recited at length, be amended to read as follows:

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Stock to be

deemed personal

property.

tions not to be payments.

The stock of every corporation created under the provisions of this statute shall be deemed personal property; and no shares shall be transferable until all previous calls thereon shall have been fully paid in, or shall have been declared forfeited for the nonpayment of calls thereon. No note or obligation given Notes or obligaby a stockholder, whether secured by pledge or otherwise, shall be considered as a payment of any part of the capital stock. It shall and may be lawful for any corporation, organized under the provisions of this act either for the purpose of carrying on any manufacturing business, or for the supply of water, or for the manufacture or supplying of light, to subscribe for, take, purchase, hold, and dispose of the bonds or stock in any company of the same character,

Lawful for one bonds or stock of

company to hold

another company.

May guarantee principal and interest.

Contracts made and entered into

Validating.

Proviso.

incorporated under the provisions of this act or its supplements, or guarantee the payment of said bonds and the interest thereon, or either principal or interest, or to enter into contracts for the use or lease of the corporate property, real, personal or mixed, of such company, upon such terms as may be agreed upon with the company or companies owning the same, and to run, use and operate such property in accordance with such contract or lease.

Section 2. All contracts heretofore made and entered into, since the passage of the above recited act, for the use or lease of their corporate property, real, personal or mixed, by companies incorporated under the corporation act of one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, for the purpose of carrying on any manufacturing business, or for the supply of water, or for the manufacture or supplying of light, and, generally, all things lawfully done in pursuance of said recited act, are hereby validated, with like effect as if the said recited act were in the words of this supplement: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall apply to or affect pending litigation.

APPROVED-The 24th day of March, A. D. 1905.
SAML. W. PENNYPACKER.

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No. 40.

AN ACT

To further amend an act, entitled "An act relating to marriage licenses, providing for officers herein indicated to issue licenses for parties to marry," approved the twenty-third day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, empowering notaries public to inquire of parties intending to marry, touching the legality of their contemplated marriage, and administer oaths to them.

Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That so much of section three of an act, entitled "An act relating to marriage licenses, providing for officers herein indicated to issue licenses for parties to marry," approved the twenty-third day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, which, as amended by an act approved the twenty-seventh day of March, Anno Domini nineteen hundred and three, reads as follows:

"The clerk of the court shall inquire of the parties applying, either separately or together, for marriage license as aforesaid, on oath or affirmation, relative to the legality of the contemplated marriage, for the age of the parties, the consent of parents or guardians of such as are under the full age of twenty-one years, and any prior marriage or marriages and its or their dissolution; and if there be no legal objection thereto,

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