the commonwealth," passed the twenty-second day of April, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four, as is altered and supplied by the foregoing section, and no more, be and the same is hereby repealed.

JOHN WEBER, Speaker

of the House of Representatives. P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate

APPROVED the first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eleven.

SIMON SNYDER.

CHAPTER CXVIII.

An ACT to enable Robert Clark, administrator of the estate of James Lang, late of the town of Brownsville, in the county of Fayette, deceased, to sell and convey certain lots of ground therein mentioned.

WHEREAS it has been represented to the legislature that James Lang, late of the town of Brownsville, in the county of Fayette, died intestate, and without issue, being seized in his lifetime in fee simple of two and one half lots of ground, known on the general plan of said town by number eleven and twelve, and the half of lot number ten; that the personal estate is insufficient to discharge all the authenticated claims against said estate, and that there is a deficiency of upă wards of nineteen hundred dollars, and there being no provisions in the existing laws of this commonwealth to enable the administrators under such circumstances to sell and convey real estates; Therefore,

authorized to

of ground.

SECT. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa» ives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly net, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Ro- Administrators. Dert Clark, administrator to theastate of James Lang, late of of James Lang the town of Brownsville, in the county of Fayette, deceased, sell certain lots s hereby authorized and empowered to sell and convey for he highest and best price that can be had for the same at pubic sale, two and one half lots of ground lying and being in the town of Brownsville, in the county of Fayette, known on he general plan of said town by number eleven and twelve, and one half of lot number ten, and to make such deed or leeds or other conveyance as shall sufficiently secure to the purchaser or purchasers all the right, title and interest which conveyance. he said James Lang had in his lifetime, and at the time of his lecease had in and to the same and every part thereof; and hat the money arising from such sale be appropriated as folows; first, to the payment of all legal demands against the proceeds, state of the said James Lang, deceased, and the residue, if

And to make

Appropriation of

R. Clark (the

any there be, shall be placed by the administrator aforesaid out at interest on good real estate security for the benefit of the heirs respectively, agreeably to the intestate laws of this commonwealth.

SECT. II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, administrator) to That Robert Clark before he proceeds to sell and convey give security,

&c.

Proviso.

the

aforementioned lots, shall enter into recognizance with sufficient security before the orphans' court for the county of Fayette for the faithful performance of the duties and powers hereby granted; And provided always, That the legal rights of all other persons shall be, and they are hereby saved and reserved, and shall remain as fully and effectually as if this act had not been passed.

JOHN WEBER, Speaker

of the House of Representatives. P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED the first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eleven.

SIMON SNYDER.

Commissioners authorized to

change the route

CHAPTER CXIX.

A SUPPLEMENT to the act, entitled, " An act to enable the governor to incorporate a company for making an artificial road from Anderson's ferry, on the Susquehanna, to intersect the turnpike road from the borough of Lancaster to Columbia at or near the five-mile stone."

SECT. I. 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 the commissioners named in the act to which this is a supplement, of the "Ander- be, and they hereby are authorized and empowered to change the route of the turnpike road mentioned therein, and lay out and construct the same so as to intersect the Lancaster and Columbia turnpike in or near the borough of Lancaster, any thing in the act to which this is a supplement to the contrary notwithstanding

son's ferry," &c. turnpike road.

JOHN WEBER, Speaker

of the House of Representatives. P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED-the first day of April, one thousand eight hun

dred and eleven.

SIMON SNYDER.

CHAPTER CXX.

An ACT to establish an academy in the borough of Williamsport, in the county of Lycoming, and to grant a sum of money thereto.

SECT. I. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen tatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly

Williamsport.

met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That there Academy to be shall be, and hereby is established in the borough of Williams- established at port, in the county of Lycoming, an academy or public school for the education of youth in the English and other languages,

in the useful arts, sciences and literature; by the name and style Style of. of, The Williamsport academy."

poration.

SECT. II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, First trustees That the first trustees of the Williamsport academy shall consist named. of the following persons; to wit, William Wilson, Ellis Walton, Thomas Caldwell, Samuel E. Greer, Thomas Hays, William Brindle, James Stewart and Robert McCure, which said Who, with their trustees and their successors to be elected as is hereinafter direct- successors shall ed, shall be and hereby are declared to be one body politic and be a body politic. corporate, by the name, style and title of, "The trustees of the Style of the corWilliamsport academy;" and by the same name shall have per- Powers and pripetual succession, and shall be able to sue and be sued, plead and vileges of. be impleaded in all courts of record and elsewhere; and shall be competent and capable in law and equity, to take and to hold to them and their successors for the use of said academy, lands, tenements, hereditaments, goods and chattels of whatsoever kind, nature or quality, real, personal or mixed, by gift, grant, bargain, sale, conveyance, assurance, will, devise or bequest, from any person or persons capable of making the same; and the same from time to time to grant, bargain, sell, demise, alien or dispose of, for the use of said academy; and to erect such buildings as may be necessary; and generally to do all and singular the matters and things which shall be lawful for them to do, for the well being of the said academy, and the due management and ordering the affairs thereof; Provided, That the clear Limitation of the yearly income shall at no time exceed two thousand dollars.

income.

SECT. III. And be it further enacted by the authority afore- seal to be used. and their successors shall have

said, That the said trustees

full power and authority to use one common seal, and the same to alter and renew at their pleasure.

tees.

SECT. IV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, Number of trus That the number of trustees shall be eight as aforesaid, and shall be so changed as that none of them shall continue in office Term of service. for a longer term than four years without being re-elected by the people of said county, and for that purpose it shall be the duty of the said trustees at their first meeting, which shall be on the first Tuesday in May next when not less than five of them

Lots to be cast

for changing

their members.

When and how elections to be

held.

How vacancies

are to be supplied.

Five members to be a quorum.

Powers of.

Proviso.

Proceedings to be entered in a

book.

shall be present, which number shall be a board, or quorum to do business and they are hereby authorized and required to cast lots for ascertaining the members to be changed each year; until the whole number shall be changed, and in order annually to supply the vacancy as the same may take place the citizens of the said county of Lycoming, on the second Tuesday of October next and annually thereafter forever, at the same places, in the same manner, and under the same laws, rules and regulations as members of the state legislature shall be chosen, shall elect two trustees to supply the place of the trustees so going out of office; Provided always, That in case a vacancy or vacancies shall happen by the death, resignation or otherwise of any of the trustees appointed or elected as aforesaid, the remaining trustees or a majority of them, who having met for that purpose, due notice thereof being first given, shall appoint a trustee or trustees to supply such vacancy or vacancies as the case may be.

SECT. V. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said trustees and their successors, any five of whom shall constitute a quorum, may and shall transact all the business of said academy, such as making and enacting ordinances and by-laws for the government of said academy, and appointing masters and tutors for said academy; and at their pleasure removing the same; appointing a secretary, treasurer and other necessary officers for taking care of the funds and managing the concerns of the corporation; and determining all matters and things necessary to the good order and well being of the same; Provided always, That no ordinance or by-law shall have any force or effect which shall be contrary to the constitution or laws of this State or of the United States.

SECT. VI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all by-laws, ordinances, and proceedings of the corporation No misnomer to shall be fairly and regularly entered in a book or books to be defeat any gift, &c. kept for that purpose, and no misnomer of the said corporation shall defeat or annul any gift, grant, devise or bequest to the same where the intent of the party or parties shall sufficiently appear on the face of the gift, grant, will or other writing whereby any estate or other interest shall have been intended to pass to the said corporation; nor shall any nonuser of the rights, liberties, privileges, jurisdictions and authorities hereby granted to the said corporation, create or in any-wise cause a forfeiture of the same.

Nor any nonforfeiture.

user to cause a

2,000 dollars granted to said academy.

How to be paid.*

And applied.

SECT. VII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of two thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby granted out of any unappropriated money which shall be in the treasury of this commonwealth, to be paid on the order or orders of the said trustees or any five of them herein before mentioned, one thousand dollars thereof to enable them to erect suitable buildings for the said academy or public school, or to be

Proviso as to number,

otherwise applied under their direction in such manner as they shall believe to be most advantageous for promoting the object of the said institution; and the remaining one thousand dollars shall be placed in some safe, productive fund or funds, and the income thereof shall be forever annually applied in aid of other revenues, to compensate a teacher or teachers in said academy; and there shall be admitted into said academy in consequence of the aforesaid grant, any number of poor children that may at poor children to any time be offered in order to be taught gratis; Provided, The be taught gratis. number so admitted and taught shall at no time be greater than five, and that none of the said children so admitted shall continue in said academy to be taught gratis should others apply, longer than two years; And be it further provided, That before any part of the appropriation aforesaid shall be paid on the order or orders of the trustees as aforesaid, they or a majority of them shall duly certify that subscriptions to the amount of one thousand dollars have been obtained and secured to be paid for the use of said academy, and that the said trustees have proceeded to erect the buildings aforesaid.

Trustees to extheir books, ac

counts, &c.

SECT. VIII. And be it further enacted by the authority afore said, That the said trustees under the penalty of forty dollars each, hibit annually. to be recovered as debts to that amount are by law recoverable, shall annually exhibit all their books, accounts and vouchers of every kind to the auditors of the said county of Lycoming, to be settled and adjusted in the same manner as the accounts of of settlement. the county commissioners are by law directed to be settled and

adjusted, and published every third year at the expense of the and publication. county aforesaid.

JOHN WEBER, Speaker

of the House of Representatives.

P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED the second day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eleven.

SIMON SNYDER.

CHAPTER CXXI.

An ACT to incorporate an academy or public school in the borough of Erie, and for other purposes therein mentioned.

SECT. I. 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 there Academy estashall be, and hereby is established in the borough of Erie, in blished in Erie. the county of Erie, an academy or public school for the edu cation of youth in the English and other languages, in the use