House when com rectors. Their duties. Admission. the erection of said house and purchasing a lot; and it shall and may be lawful for said commissioners to secure the money so borrowed by bond of said commissioners and mortgage upon the real estate of said district or otherwise, as said commissioners may deem proper. SECTION 7. That when said house shall be completed, the said pleted to be deliv. commissioners shall deliver the same to the board of directors ered to school di- of the said district, whose duty it shall be to maintain and support, at least ten months in each year, a school for the education of all the youth in said district from five to twenty-one years of age, in the branches of a complete English and classical education; but all students pursuing classical studies may be required to pay the prices usual for such branches in academies or private schools, also for those branches denominated ornamental, such as painting and drawing and instrumental music; foreign modern languages may also be taught in said school, but to be considered extra and to be paid for by the persons receiving instruction in them. Charges. ment SECTION 8. That the female department in the higher branches Female depart shall be under the separate superintendence of a competent fe male principal, and shall be subject to the visitation and control of the executive committee of the Mercer female institute as now organized; the said principal to be appointed and her salary fixed by said committee, her salary not to exceed the sum that would be derived from the proceeds of tuition if all the scholars in her department were charged at present rates in said seminary. Statement of re ditures. SECTION 9. That after the said commissioners shall have comceipts and expen- pleted the building aforesaid, they shall submit a statement of their receipts and expenditures to the county auditors, to be audited and published by them at the time of auditing and publishing the accounts of the county treasurer, and such rea sonable allowance as shall be approved by the court of quarter sessions, shall be retained by said commissioners for their neces sary expenses and services. Location of building. Schools may be discontinued. Regulations until first election. Repeal. SECTION 10. That the said commissioners are hereby authorized and empowered, by and with the advice and consent of the county commissioners, to use so much of the public square in the borough of Mercer as may be necessary for the erection and use of the house, for the purposes of said school: Provided, That the erection and use of said house made in such manner as not to interfere with the free and convenient use of the court house and other public buildings. SECTION 11. That it shall and may be lawful for the school directors of the borough of Mercer, and the directors of the ad joining districts lying between the east boundary of the borough of Mercer and Neshanock creek, now existing within the limits of the district erected by this act, to discontinue the schools in the said two districts during the school year commencing on the first Monday of June, Anno Domini one thousand eight hun dred and fifty-six, or in their discretion, as shall be in accord ance with the wishes and interests of the citizens. SECTION 12. That the parts of other districts enclosed within the limits of the districts erected by this act, shall continue in the respective districts of which they are parts for school pur poses, until the first election of directors under this act. SECTION 13. That the act incorporating the Mercer academy, and all supplements thereto, are hereby repealed: Provided however, That the repeal is not to take effect until the business of said corporation has been fairly closed, and its property placed in the hands of the board of the commissioners mentioned in this act, and said commissioners shall have power to fill, by appointment, any vacancy that may occur in their board. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. To provide for the settlement of a certain Trust in the case of Benjamin directed to re 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 Edward D. Martin, the present trustee under a certain deed of Former trustee trust, bearing date the seventeenth day of January, one thou- convey trust acsand eight hundred and thirty-two, between Benjamin Bond, count. late of the Northern Liberties, now of the city of Philadelphia, of the first part, and Edward D. Martin, of the same place, of the other part, be and he is hereby directed and required to reconvey and deliver to the said Benjamin Bond, his heirs and assigns, the property, money and estate conveyed to and received by him under and by virtue of the said deed of trust or otherwise, belonging to the said Benjamin Bond; and the said Estate again inproperty, money and estate shall, from and after the passage of vested in Benja this act, revert to and become re-invested in the said Benjamin Bond, to all intents and purposes, subject, nevertheless, to all liens and incumbrances thereupon, and to all rights, title and interest therein vested, in any other person or persons in law or equity. min Bond. der oath. SECTION 2. That it shall be the duty of the said Edward D. Trustee to file ac Martin, trustee as aforesaid, to file in the court of common pleas count of trust unof the said city of Philadelphia, a full and accurate account, under oath or affirmation, of all moneys or other property received by him as trustee as aforesaid, and of his management of the said money and property not already filed; and the said court shall have full power and authority to cite the said parties Court authorized to appear before them, and to require them to answer, under to cite parties to oath or affirmation in writing, all such interrogatories as shall answer and make be put to them touching said trust; and generally to make all crees. orders and de such orders and decrees in the premises as justice and equit may require for the hearing and final settlement of said trus: RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. M. PIATT, APPROVED-The thirteenth day of thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. Speaker of the Senate. May, Anno Domini or JAMES POLLOCK. RESOLUTIONS PASSED SESSION OF EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY SIX. No. 1. RESOLUTION Relative to the purchase of certain Books for the Legislature. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the mmonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, That e clerks of the Senate and House be authorized to procure a py of Purdon's Digest, Sutherland's Legislative Manual, and railroad map of this commonwealth and adjoining states, for ch member and the chief and assistant clerks of the respecve houses; and the clerk of the Senate is further authorized purchase eight hundred copies of a diagram of the Senate amber, at a price not exceeding eight dollars per hundred; e accounts for the purchase of said books, maps and diarams, and of diagrams heretofore ordered by the House of epresentatives, to be settled and paid in the usual manner. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. APPROVED The fifteenth day of January, Anno Domini one housand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. No. 2. RESOLUTION Of thanks to Dr. Kane, his officers and crew, for the successful result of the recent expedition to the Polar regions. WHEREAS, Doctor Elisha Kent Kane, a citizen of the state of Pennsylvania, by his explorations and discoveries in the Arctic regions, and by the energy, intrepidity, perseverance and other qualities exhibited by him in conducting the recent expedition under his command, has not only made valuable additions to human knowledge, but has attested the benevolence which prompted and the skill which guided said expedition, in such manner as to call forth official acknowledgments and honorable mention from foreign governments; therefore, be it Resolved, That the Senate and House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania do also recognize the ser vices rendered by said expedition, and the gallant conduct dis played in its management, and do hereby tender their thanks to Dr. Kane and to the officers and crew under his command. Resolved, That we concur with the secretary of the navy commending the results of these explorations as worthy the attention and patronage of government; and further, that the governor be requested to transmit a copy of these resolution to Dr. Kane and to each of the officers who served in said er pedition, and to the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. M. PIATT, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-fifth day of January, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. No. 3. RESOLUTION Relative to the supply of double tubed Gas Burners. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, That the sum of ninety-six dollars be and the same is hereby appro priated for the purpose of furnishing double tubed gas burners for the public buildings. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. APPROVED-The thirtieth day of January, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. |