Repeal. Stockholders subject to. Individual liability. No. 524. A SUPPLEMENT To an act to incorporate the Butler Coal Company, approved the eighteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen tatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the thirteenth section of the act to which this is a supplement, be and the same is hereby repealed. SECTION 2. That the stockholders and corporation shall be subject to all the provisions and liabilities contained in the eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth sections of an act to incorporate the Lackawanna iron and coal company, approved the fifth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and fiftythree: Provided, That no stockholder shall be individually liable, in person or estate, for any loan or loans made to said company. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. M. PIATT, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED The twenty-first day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. No. 525. A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT To an act relating to the Lien of Mechanics and others upon Buildings passed the sixteenth day of June, Anno Domini, eighteen hundred and thirty-six. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen tatives 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 provisions of the act, entitled "An Act relating to the lien of mechanics and others, upon buildings," passed the sixteenth day of June, Anno Domini, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, and the supplements thereto, be and the same are hereby extended as fully as the same are now applicable to buildings, to every steam engine, coal breaker or parts thereof, pump gearing, hoisting gearing, ixture or machinery in and about mills of any kind, iron or RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, APPROVED-The twenty-first day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. No. 526. A SUPPLEMENT To an act relating to a Burial Ground in the borough of Pottsville. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represenatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assemly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That he school directors of the borough of Pottsville are hereby uthorized to take charge of the burial ground and school house hereon erected in the said borough, laid out by John Potts, for he erection of a school house and as a burial ground, and to nake rules and regulations for the proper management of the round and the interments therein, and perform the same duties vhich is required of the trustees under an act of assembly, enitled "An Act vesting the title of a school house and burial round in the corporation of the borough of Pottsville," approved farch sixteenth, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, nd that so much of the second and third sections of said act, s is inconsistent herewith, be hereby repealed. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, WM. M. PIATT, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-firt day of April, Anno Domini one housand eight hundred and fifty-six. 1 JAMES POLLOCK. No. 527. AN ACT Authorizing Benjamin Parvin, one of the executors of the last will and testament of John Yeich, late of Bern township, Berks county, deceased, to execute and deliver Deeds for a part of the Real Estate of said deceased. WHEREAS, The last will and testament of John Yeich, late of Bern township, Berks county, deceased, was duly proven and admitted to probate on the twentieth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-four, and letters testamentary thereon in due form of law granted to George Fox and Benjamin Parvin, the executors named in the will, who took upon themselves the burden of administering the estate of said deceased, and discharging the duties of executors: that by the said will the said John Yeich, among other things, ordered and directed as follows: "Item. I also give and bequeath unto my dear wife Catharine, during her natural life, all the income of my farm whereon I now live, situate in Bern township, Berks county, adjoining Daniel L. Beaver, Daniel Althouse, Samuel Reeser, Jacob Shack, Daniel Dundore, and my other land, containing one hundred and seventy-five acres, more or less, which farm I give my wife the right to occupy, or lease the same to whom she pleases, as long as she lives and remains my widow; but after her decease, I ordain that the proceeds of said farm be and fall unto my brothers and sisters, or their children or heirs at law, but all outstanding crops at the time of my decease, with all hay, straw and manure, shall go to the use of my wife Catharine, and the hay, straw and manure always to remain on the land during the lifetime of my wife: Item. It is my will, and I do hereby ordain and give authority unto my hereinafter named executors to sell by public sale my farm whereon I now reside, containing about one hundred and seventy-five acres, more or less, immediately after the death of my wife Catharine, with all outstanding crops that may then be thereon; and I also empower my said executors to give title papers unto the purchaser or purchasers of the land, to be sold either in the whole or in part, as soon as may be found most advantageous: And lastly. I nominate, constitute and appoint my friends Benjamin Parvin and George Fox to be the executors of this my last will and testament:" And whereas, The said farm in point of fact contains one hundred and ninetyseven acres and ten perches: And whereas, The said Catharine Yeich died in the year one thousand eight hundred and fiftyfive, and the said executors, on the nineteenth day of October one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, exposed the said farm, in three separate pieces, to public sale or outcry, and sold the same, as follows: One hundred and two acres and ninety eight perches thereof to Daniel Loos and John H. Spatz, for the sum of four thousand six hundred and seventeen dollars and fifty-six cents; and forty-eight acres and eleven perches thereof to William H. Clymer and company, for the sum of two thos sand two hundred and eleven dollars and sixteen cents; and the residue thereof, being forty-six acres and sixty-one perches, to Michael Staudt, for the sum of two thousand and ninety-eight dollars and seventy-five cents; the purchase money to be paid on the first day of April, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, when the several deeds were to be delivered: And whereas, Nearly one-half of the purchase moneys have already been paid to the said Benjamin Parvin, and the said George Fox has absconded and left the county of Berks to parts unknown, and did so before the first day of April, without executing deeds jointly with the said Benjamin Parvin, as directed by the last will and testament aforesaid; therefore, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen tatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Benjamin Parvin, one of the executors of the last will and testament of John Yeich, late of Bern township, Berks county, deceased, be and is hereby authorized to execute and deliver deeds to Daniel Loos and John H. Spatz, William H. Clymer and company, and Michael Staudt, purchasers of part of the real estate of said John Yeich, deceased, sold under the authority and directions in the will of said deceased, by George Fox and Benjamin Parvin, the executors named in the said will, with like effect, and to all intents and purposes, as if the said George Fox were joined with him in the execution and delivery of the deeds. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. M. PIATT, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-first day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. No. 528. AN ACT Requiring the Deputy Surveyor of M'Kean county to transcribe the survey book of said county. 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 it shall be the duty of the deputy surveyor of the county of M'Kean to provide a proper and substantial book, into which he shall copy all the original surveys made and entered by his predecessors in office in said county of M'Kean, and that the said book, when duly certified to be a correct and true copy of the original, shall be received in evidence in all cases, the same as the original book: Provided, That the original survey book shall be preserved and lodged in the county commissioners' office for safe keeping and reference: Provided further, That the county commissioners shall inspect the book copied by the deputy surveyor, and if they approve thereof they shall pay him out of the county funds a reasonable compensation, to be by them fixed, the same being first approved of by the associate judges of the county. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. M. PIATT, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-second day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. No. 529. A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT Relating to special courts. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen. tatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assem bly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That whenever a president judge shall be a party in any suit, prosecution or proceeding in any court over which he presides, such suit, prosecution or proceeding shall be tried and heard before the president judge residing nearest the place of such trial who shall be disinterested. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. M. PIATT, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-second day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. No. 530. AN ACT For the relief of Mary Wilson, widow of Thomas Wilson, an officer of the war of one thousand eight hundred and twelve. WHEREAS, Thomas Wilson, late of Erie, deceased, served as a brigade major in the first brigade, sixteenth division, Penn |