typewritten copy of such notes; which copy, when ap-
proved in writing by such officer and filed in the office
of the proper court wherein any such suit is pending,
or a copy of the copy so filed, duly certified by the clerk
or prothonotary of the proper court, shall be taken
and held to be prima facie correct, and shall be admis-
sible in evidence, without the necessity of calling as
a witness the stenographer who made the original
stenographic report to prove the same.
The compen-
sation for said services shall be such as may be agreed
upon between the official stenographer and the parties
or their counsel; and, in the absence of agreement,
then the compensation shall be at the per diem rate of
section six, and the transcript rate of section eight,
of this act, together with all travelling and hotel ex-
penses of the official stenographer necessarily incurred
in pursuance of such employment in such proceeding,
to be paid by the unsuccessful party as costs in the
cause, or as the court may direct.

Section 10. That the act, entitled "An act directing the appointment of official stenographers in the several civil courts of this Commonwealth; authorizing the appointment of official stenographers in the several courts of oyer and terminer and general jail delivery and courts of quarter sessions of the peace of this Commonwealth; authorizing the appointment of stenographers by examiners, masters, referees, commissioners, and auditors; authorizing the appointment of assistant stenographers; repealing 'An act to authorize the appointment of stenographers in the sev eral courts of this Commonwealth, prescribing their duty and fixing their compensation,' approved May fifteenth, one thousand eight hundred and seventyfour; repealing 'An act to authorize the appointment of stenographers in the several courts of this Commonwealth, prescribing their duties and fixing their compensation,' approved May eighth, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six, and repealing 'An act defining the duty of court stenographers in the sev eral counties of this State,' approved June tenth, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one," approved the twenty-fourth day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, is hereby repealed; but this repealing clause shall not be construed to revive or have the effect or reviving any law heretofore repealed by the act of twenty-fourth May, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven.

APPROVED The 1st day of May, A. D. 1907.

EDWIN S. STUART.

Insane.

Transfer of.

Expenses.

Liability.

No. 110.

AN ACT

Authorizing and empowering the Committee on Lunacy to transfer inmates from one State hospital for the insane to another State hospital for the insane.

Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That the Committee on Lunacy are hereby authorized and empowered, in their discretion, upon being satisfied that any of the State hospitals for the insane are overcrowded, to transfer patients or inmates from one State hospital for the insane to another.

Section 2. That the cost of such transfer shall be paid out of the general appropriation for the care of the insane, and upon certificate of the Committee on Lunacy that such transfer has been made, and of its cost.

Section 3. The municipalities or persons liable to the institutions in which the commitment was made shall, after this transfer, be liable to the State hospital for the insane to which such transfer shall be made.

APPROVED--The 1st day of May, A. D. 1907.

EDWIN S. STUART.

Charitable corporations.

Division of corporate entity.

Petition.

No. 111.

AN ACT

To provide for the division of charitable corporations having more than one place where their operations are carried on, and of their property; and providing for the performance of public duties of such corporations.

Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That whenever any charitable corporation, having more than one hospital building or other place where its operations are carried on, shall desire a division of its corporate entity and property, so that thereafter the charity shall be administered by two or more separate corporations, it shall be lawful for such charitable corporation to present its petition to any court of common pleas of the county in which the principal office of such corporation is situate, praying for such di vision; and thereupon such court shall appoint a day for hearing said petition, of which hearing notice shall be given by advertisement, once a week for three successive weeks, in two newspapers of general circulation printed in such county.

Decree of court.

Section 2. Upon said hearing, it shall be lawful for said court to decree the division of said corporation and of its property and franchises into two or more parts, and that the petitioning corporation shall thereafter consist of two or more corporations, as many as there shall be parts. One of said parts of its property shall be awarded to one of the new corporations, which shall continue under the title of the petitioning corporation, and the other part or parts of said property to the new corporation or corporations, to which said court shall give such title or titles as the petitioning corporation may elect. The court shall fix the number of the directors or trustees of said new corporations, and shall appoint such persons, citizens of Pennsylvania, as the petitioning corporation may nominate, to serve as directors or trustees until the next annual meeting of said corporations. The said new corporation shall be governed by the provisions of the charter of the petitioning corporation, unless the petitioning corporation shall pray for different provisions for the government of the new corporations, Government. in which case it shall be lawful for the court to decree that such new charter provisions shall govern said new corporation; provided, such provisions be lawful and not injurious to the community; and provided Proviso. also, that no vested rights of contributors or other parties shall be impaired.

ties, etc.

Section 3. All moneys, securities, and endowments Moneys. of the petitioning corporation shall be equitably divided amongst the new corporations: Provided always, That no gift or legacy shall be diverted from the purpose of the donor.

securi

Section 4. When the reception of any person or per- Reception of sons, or class of the community, or other specific pub- Inmates, etc. lie duty, is enjoined upon said petitioning corporation by any act or acts of Assembly, it shall be lawful for said court by its decree to direct which of said new corporations shall thereafter receive such person or persons, or class of the community, or perform such other public duty; and thereafter it shall be the duty of the new corporation, so charged, to do and perform the duty as aforesaid, and the other new corporation or corporations shall be released and discharged therefrom.

transfers, etc.

Section 5. It shall be lawful for the court to decree Conveyances, such conveyances, assignments, and transfers of the property and effects of the petitioning corporation as it may deem proper to be made to the new corporation or corporations, and such conveyances, assignments, and transfers shall thereupon be made; and thereupon each of the corporations, so created, shall hold the property as decreed and conveyed to it as its own

property, as fully and completely as said petitioning corporation held the same.

APPROVED-The 1st day of May, A. D. 1907.

EDWIN S. STUART.

Prothonotaries of the courts of common pleas.

Fees.

No. 112.

AN ACT

To ascertain and appoint the fees to be received by the several prothonotaries of the courts of common pleas of this Commonwealth, in counties having a population of over one million.

Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That the fees to be received by the several prothonotaries of the courts of common pleas of this Commonwealth shall be as follows:

Issuing every writ of summons, capias, certiorari, or other original writ, except those which are herein specifically provided for, together with services at the first court, entering pleadings and appearance, one dollar and fifty cents.

Issuing every writ of fieri facias, scire facias, vendi. tioni exponas, levari facias, habere facias, mandamus execution, or other writ of execution not herein specifically provided for, seventy-five cents.

Stationery, fifty cents.

Services at every subsequent court previous to trial, twenty-five cents.

All services during the trial of a cause, including swearing of jury and witnesses, one dollar.

Taking a recognizance, twenty-five cents.

Entering motion and filing reasons in arrest of judg ment, for a new trial, or for judgment non obstante veredicto, twenty-five cents.

Entering satisfaction of judgment, or discontinuance of suit, or marking suit or judgment to use, fifty cents. Issuing subpoena under seal, twenty-five cents. Issuing attachment in contempt and motion therefor, each name, one dollar.

Copy of record or paper filed, for every ten words, two cents.

Certificate and seal, fifty cents.

Certified copy of rule, including seal and certificate, seventy-five cents.

Drawing special jury, striking same, and copies for parties, seventy-five cents.

Every search, where no other service is performed to which any fee is attached, fifteen cents.

Certificate and seal to search, twenty-five cents.

Locality search, including certificate and seal, forty

cents.

Each lien or judgment certified, and each additional name on general or locality search, ten cents.

Entering judgment on bond and warrant of attor ney, upon confession of defendant, for want of appearance, plea, or want of an affidavit of defence, or sufficient affidavit of defence, on verdict, demurrer, including judgment index entry, and statement of plaintiff, one dollar and twenty-five cents.

Entering judgment on single bill, seventy-five cents. Entering amicable action, filing papers, stationery, and services at first court, one dollar and twenty-five cents.

Entering transcript of judgment from justice of the peace or magistrate, including docket entry, fifty

cents.

Taxing bill of costs other than prothonotary's, twenty-five cents.

Retaxing bill of costs and report thereon, fifty

cents.

Taking testimony thereon, for every ten words, two

cents.

Making return to writ of error, one dollar.

Entering proceedings of Supreme or Superior court, fifty cents.

Citation and seal, and motion therefor, one dollar and fifty cents.

Suggesting death of party, or diminution of record, or substituting a party, each party, fifteen cents.

Administering oath other than on trial of cause, twenty-five cents.

Amending record on motion, twenty cents.

Entering appointment of guardian ad litem, twenty cents.

Subpoena or alias subpoena in divorce, one dollar. Filing and docketing libel in divorce, one dollar. Application for maintenance or alimony, one dollar. Filing and docketing motions and rules and other pleadings in divorce, each, fifty cents.

Proclamation, one dollar and fifty cents.

Certificate of divorce, under seal, three dollars and fifty cents.

Order of publication, one dollar.

Entering decree in minute book and docket, each, fifty cents.

Indexing in divorce index, twenty-five cents.

Docketing and filing bill to perpetuate testimony. order of court thereon, and recording same, one dollar and thirty-five cents.

Commission to take testimony, and entering return, one dollar.

Notifying each party of return of commission, when required, twenty-five cents.