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Auditors.

School directors.

SECTION 5. That at the next spring elections for said township, there shall be three persons elected to serve as auditors of said township, one of whom shall hold said office for one year; one for two years; and one for three years; and it shall be the duty of the persons so elected, at their first meeting, to determine by lot, the length of time that each shall remain in office.

SECTION 6. That at the elections aforesaid, there shall also be six persons elected to serve as a board of school directors of said township, two of whom shall continue in said office for one year; two for two years; and two for three years; and it shall be the duty of the persons so elected at the first meeting of the said board, to determine by lot, the length of time that each shall remain in office.

JAMES ROSS SNOWDEN, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

WILLIAM BIGLER,

Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED-The twenty-sixth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and forty-four.

DAVID R. PORTER.

Preamble.

No. 46,

A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT

To the act, entitled "Act Act authorizing the governor to incorporate a company for making an artificial road from the bank of the Susquehanna river, opposite Harrisburg, to Pittsburg."

WHEREAS, By an act supplementary to the act above recited, passed the tenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, the number of managers to be elected and appointed for each and every turnpike road, and bridge company, within this commonwealth, in which the said commonwealth held a moiety, or more of bona fide stock, was reduced to five, three of whom were to be elected by the stockholders in such turnpike and bridge companies, and two appointed by the auditor general: And whereas, The commonwealth hath sold her stock in the Greensburg and Pittsburg turnpike road company, to bona fide purchasers, who claim the rights and immunities of original subscribers; therefore,

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 from and Greensburg and after the passage of this act, it shall be lawful for the stockholders of Pittsburg turnthe Greensburg and Pittsburg turnpike road company, at the time and pike road com- place heretofore fixed by law, to elect five managers, to manage the conpany, to elect cerns of the said company, whose term of office shall continue one year managers. from the first Monday of March, and until a new board of managers shall be duly elected and qualified.

SECTION 2. That the bona fide holders of the stock in said company, Privileges of sold by the commonwealth, shall have and enjoy all the privileges and stockholders by immunities of holders of stock originally subscribed by individuals, and purchase. the same may be assigned and transferred on the stock books of said company, with the like effect as by law is allowed to individual subscribers of stock in said company: Provided, That no person shall have more than five votes at any election to be held by said company, under and pursuant to their charter; so much of any law relating to said company as is altered or supplied, is hereby repealed.

JAMES ROSS SNOWDEN,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.

WILLIAM BIGLER,

Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED-The twenty-eighth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and forty-four.

DAVID R. PORTER.

No. 47.

AN ACT

Authorizing the electors of Conneaut township, Crawford county, to elect an additional constable in said township.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa tives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, the qualified electors of the township of Conneaut, in the county of Crawford, be and they are hereby authorized to elect an additional constable in said township, at the annual spring elections, subject to the same rules and regulations as constables are now by law regulated.

JAMES ROSS SNOWDEN,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.

WILLIAM BIGLER,

Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED-The twenty-eighth day of February, one thousand eight

hundred and forty-four.

DAVID R. PORTER.

No. 48.

AN ACT

To confer on Catharine Hines, John, Mary, Barbara, Ann and Martha Hart, the rights and privileges of children born in lawful wedlock.

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 the said Catharine Hines, John, Mary, Barbara, Ann and Martha Hart, shall have and enjoy all the rights and privileges of children born in lawful wedlock; and shall be able and capable in law, to inherit and transmit any estate whatsoever, as fully and completely, to all intents and purposes, as if they had been born in lawful wedlock.

JAMES ROSS SNOWDEN, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

WILLIAM BIGLER,

Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED The twenty-eighth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and forty-four.

DAVID R. PORTER.

Preamble.

No. 49.

AN ACT

Authorizing Francis Patrick Kenrick to convey to Michael O'Connor certain properties, for the uses and trusts therein mentioned.

WHEREAS, Certain lands, tenements and other property, being within this commonwealth, have been heretofore conveyed to the Right Reverend Henry Conwell, late the Roman Catholic bishop of Philadelphia, and his successors; and also unto the Right Reverend Francis P. Kenrick, the now bishop of Philadelphia, and his successors, upon the trust, express or implied, to hold and transmit the same to the successors of either of them, for the use and benefit of various religious congregations of Roman Catholics, and for the religious, charitable and literary purposes of such congregations: And whereas, Since the making of the said conveyances, the said bishopric of Philadelphia has been divided, and the Right Reverend Michael O'Connor has been appointed bishop of Pittsburg, which bishopric includes the western parts of the state, and is entitled in equity and justice, to such of the said lands, tenements and other property, as be therein: And whereas, Doubts have arisen whether the said the Right Reverend Francis P. Kenrick, the

now bishop of Philadelphia, can well and sufficiently convey such lands, tenements and other property, to the said the Right Reverend Michael O'Connor, now bishop of Pittsburg, and his successors, and also whether the successors of the said Francis P. Kenrick, bishop of Philadelphia, and Michael O'Connor, bishop of Pittsburg, can take and hold the legal title of, and to the portions of the same which respectively belong to them: And whereas, By the thirty-second section of an act of the general assembly, passed on the second day of August, eighteen hundred and forty-two, entitled "An Act annexing the counties of Schuylkill, &c., &c.," it was enacted that it should be lawful for any religious society or denomination within this commonwealth, to purchase, take, receive and hold, by deed, grant, gift or otherwise, lands or tenements, for certain religious, charitable and literary purposes, as therein specified, and to have and to hold the same according to the respective rules and disciplinary regulations of such religious society; therefore,

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly
met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That all
gifts, grants, deeds, wills and other conveyances, wherein or whereby
any lands, tenements or other property within this commonwealth, have
been or hereafter may be given, devised or granted, or in any manner
conveyed by any person or persons whatever, unto any person, by
name, style and title of Roman Catholic bishop of Philadelphia, and
his successors, or Roman Catholic bishop of Pittsburg, and his succes-
sors, upon the trust, express or implied, to take, hold and receive the
same for the use and benefit of any religions congregation of Roman
Catholics, or for the support, aid or maintenance of any hospital, alms-
house, seminary, church or parsonage, or other religious or charitable
purpose within this commonwealth, are hereby confirmed, and declared
to be good, sufficient and effectual in law, to vest the legal title or estate
in fee simple, of, in and to the said lands and tenements, and other pro-
perty in such grantee or devisee, being at the time Roman Catholic
bishop of Philadelphia or of Pittsburg; and in such persons as shall be
in future the successors of the same, as Roman Catholic bishops of
Philadelphia or Pittsburg, for ever, and in no other person or persons
whatever: Provided however, That nothing in this act shall be taken Proviso.
or construed, to give or grant, to the said Roman Catholic bishops or
their successors, the right to hold real estate in trust for any religious
society, except for charitable, religious and literary purposes, as provi-
ded for by the above cited act.

JAMES ROSS SNOWDEN,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.

WILLIAM BIGLER,

Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED The twenty-eighth day of February, one thousand eight

Certain trusts confirmed.

hundred and forty-four.

DAVID R. PORTER.

No. 50.

A SUPPLEMENT

To the acts of assembly relating to the real estate of Charles Wharton, late of the city of Philadelphia, deceased.

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 William Wharton, the remaining trustee appointed by the will of Charles Certain powers Wharton, late of the city of Philadelphia, deceased, for that part of his vested in trustee. real estate which was devised by him, in trust, for his daughter Hannah Hollingsworth, her husband and children, and every person who may hereafter be lawfully appointed his successors in the said trust, shall have and hold all the estate in the premises, and shall be invested with, and be competent to execute all the powers and authorities given to or conferred upon the two trustees named in the said will, either by the said will, or by the present or any act of assembly heretofore passed in relation to the estate so devised as aforesaid.

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SECTION 2. AND WHEREAS, By the second section of an act passed on the twentieth, day of January, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and forty-one, entitled An Act relating to the estate of Frederick Holman and Charles Wharton," as explained and amended by the eleventh section of an act passed on the twenty-third day of April, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and forty-one, entitled "An Act to authorize Isaac Davis, and others, trustees, &c., to sell and convey certain real estate, and for other purposes;" it was enacted that the trustee or trustees for the time being, of that part of the real estate of said Charles Wharton, which was devised by him in trust, for his daughter, Hannah Hollingsworth, her husband and children should have power to sell and convey, on ground rent, all or any of the lots of ground so devised.

Now, it is further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the trustee aforesaid, for the time being, during the lives of the said Hannah, and her present husband, and of the survivor of them, shall have the like and as full power and authority to sell and convey, in fee simple, upon ground rent, from time to time, any lot or lots of ground, upon which buildings may have heretofore been, or may hereafter be erected, as are given by the said acts in the case of vacant lots; and all the clauses and provisos in the said sections of the said acts relative to the sale of lots, shall be taken and deemed to apply to the sales authorized by this act, as if herein inserted and re-enacted.

SECTION 3. That for the purpose of enabling the trustee for the time Power to repair being, of the said estate, to repair or improve such parts of the said and improve pro- estate as may require repair or improvement, it shall be lawful for the said trustee, during the lifetime of the said Hannah Hollingsworth, and of her present husband, and of the survivor of them, with their consent and approbation, or with the consent and approbation of the survivor, as the case may be, to be testified by them, or his or her joining in the execution of the deed to sell and convey from time to time, in fee simple, for the best price that he can obtain for the same at public

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