lative to the court, for the faithful application of the purchase money aris ing from such sale, to make and execute any deed or deeds which may be requisite and necessary for completing the said sale and conveyance. WHEREAS, Thomas Willing, late of the city of Philadelphia, did by indenture, duly executed and recorded, grant to Thomas M. Willing nine several annuities or rent charPreamble re- ges, issuing out of certain lots of ground in the city of Philannuities of adelphia, in trust for Mary Willing, now Mary Clymer, T. Willing, during her natural life, and after her decease to such child late of Phil. or children of the said Mary as may be then living, and as shall arrive at the age of twenty one years, their heirs and assigns forever; and in case the said Mary shall die without leaving such child or children, or in case such child or children shall die in his, her or their minority, then in trust for others; And whereas, the said Thomas M. Willing died after the execution and delivery of said deed of trust; And whereas, Thomas M. Clymer was duly appointed trustee by the Supreme court of Pennsylvania, under the said indenture, in the room of Charles Willing, upon whom the said trust devolved as the heir at law of the said Thomas Willing; And whereas, it is deemed conducive to the best interests of the cestui que trusts, that said annuities or yearly rent charges should be sold, and the proceeds of the same invested more profitably for all concerned; Therefore, Thomas W. Clymer, trustee, au thorized to sall. berland oo. SECTION 2. The said Thomas W. Clymer be, and he is hereby authorized to sell, at public or private sale, the before mentioned annuities or yearly rent charges, to such purchaser or purchasers as are willing to pay the highest and best price for the same, and to execute and deliver such a deed or deeds of assurance for the same as may be sufficient in law to transfer the interests of the said cestui que trusts, and to invest the proceeds thereof in the stocks of such public or private corporations, or in such real securities, as to the said Thomas W. Clymer may seem proper. SECTION 3. Mitchell Gilmore of Allen township, CumMitchell berland county, is hereby authorized to sell and dispose of Gilmore au- at public sale, all that lot of ground situate in the township thorized to and county aforesaid, which James Gilmore granted and sell real es conveyed, by deed dated the fourteenth day of February, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, to the said Mitchell Gilmore, in trust for the education and support of John Gilmore, Samuel J. Gilmore, James William Gilmore, Nancy Gilmore, Eliza Gilmore, and Sarah Gilmore, children of the said Mitchell Gilmore, together with all and singular, the appurtenances, and to make a good and sufficient conveyance for the same to the purchaser or purchasers thereof, in fee simple: Provided, That the Proviso. Preamble re lative to es tate of M. WHEREAS, Michael Meisner and Theodosia his wife, by deed of assignment, bearing date the sixth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two, did convey unto Meisner and William Stroud, his heirs and assigns, together with other wife, of Monestates, a certain tract of thirty-eight acres of land, situated roe county. in Hamilton township, in the county of Northampton, (now Monroe.) in trust for the benefit of his creditors, which said tract of thirty-eight acres was not disposed of by the trustee, the residue of the property proving sufficient to pay and discharge all the debts of the assignor; And whereas, the said deed contained no provision authorizing the said trustee upon payment of his said debts, to reconvey the property undisposed of to the assignor, and the said trustee is now deceased; Therefore, SECTION 4. James H. Stroud, acting administrator of the James H. said William Stroud, the trustee aforesaid, deceased, be, of William Stroud, adm and he is hereby authorized to make, execute and deliver a Stroud, audeed conveying unto the said Michael Meisner and to his rized to make heirs and assigns, the said tract of thirty-eight acres of land, deed, &c. to have and to hold the same in as full and ample a manner as he held and enjoyed the same at and immediately preceding the date of the deed of assignment aforesaid. WHEREAS, it is represented that Rebecca Harlan, the present wife of Lewis Harlan, in consequence of the want of mental capacity, is disqualified from joining with her husband in the sale and conveyance of real estate; Therefore, SECTION 5. It shall be the duty of the court of Common Pleas of Cumberland county, and they are hereby empow- Com. Pleas of ered to appoint some judicious person as a trustee to act for Cumberland Rebecca Harlan, the wife of Lewis Harlan; and whenever county, to apthe said Lewis Harlan shall contract for the sale of real es- point a trus tee for Re Court of tate, it shall be the duty of the said trustee so appointed, to becca Hara examine the same, and if it shall appear to the said trustee lan, &c. that the said contract is made in good faith, and not with the design to prejudice the interests of the said Rebecca Harlan, he shall signify his assent thereto in writing, upon any deed or deeds hereafter to be made by the said Lewis Harlan, and the deed so made and assented to by the said trustee so appointed, and acknowledged by him in the manner now required by law for the acknowledgment of deeds, Court may the estate thereby granted by the said Lewis Harlan, shall be vested in the purchaser as fully, and to all intents and purposes, as if the said Rebecca Harlan were competent and had legally executed and acknowledged the same. SECTION 6. The said court shall have power, whenever remove trus- they deem it necessary, to remove the said trustee ; and in tee & appoint case of his death, absence, inability or unwillingness to act, another. to appoint another in his place, and as often as in their opinion occasion may require. Trustees Presbyterian church SECTION 7. John Dysart, James Corbit, Hugh Wilson, ohn M'Nair, and Jonathan J. Cunningham, trustees of the Presbyterian church in the town of Newton Hamilton, Mifflin county, are hereby authorized and empowered to sell and convey a certain lot of ground belonging to said church, in the town aforesaid, with all the appurtenances thereunto beto sell a lot longing, to William Hamilton and Jonathan J. Cunningham, or either of them. in Newton Hamilton, Mifflin co. empowered of ground. man, & John sell certain real estates. SECTION 8. William Coleman, the administrator of ThoWm. Cole-mas B. Coleman, late of Cornwall Furnace, Lebanon counman, adm'r.ty, deceased, and John Reynolds, the guardian duly appointof T.B. Cole-ed over the persons and estates of Ann C. Coleman, Margaret Reynolds, C. Coleman, Sarah H. Coleman, Isabella Coleman, Robert guardian of W. Coleman, and William Coleman, his minor children his minor and heirs at law, and the survivor of them, be, and they are children, au- hereby authorized and empowered to sell, either publicly or thorized to privately, for such price as they or the survivor of them may deem proper, such parts of the real estate whereof the said Thomas B. Coleman died seized, as they or the survivor of them may deem proper, excepting only the whole of his Cornwall, Speedwell, and Colebrook estates, unless it be such parts of his Colebrook estate as may with propriety and without injury to the establishment be separated from it, and the same and every part thereof to convey and assure to the purchaser or purchasers thereof, by good and sufficient conveyances and assurances in law, for such estate or estates as the said Thomas B. Coleman had and held in the same, at and immediately before the time of his death: Provided, That neither the said William Coleman and John Reynolds, nor the survivor of them, shall make any sale or sales under or by virtue of this act, until they or the survivor of them, shall have given such security as the Orphans' court of Lebanon county shall direct, for the faithful execution of the power committed to them, or the survivor of them, and for the due application according to law, of the proceeds of such sale or sales. Proviso. SECTION 9. It shall and may be lawful for John Reynolds, the guardian of the said minor children of Thomas B. purchase lands, &c. Coleman, deceased, to purchase, when and so often as his J. Reynolds, judgment shall direct, such lands and tenements as he may guardian, authink requisite and necessary for carrying on the several iron thorized to works belonging to his said wards, and the same to pay for out of their moneys in his hands, and a deed or deeds in his own name, but in trust for the heirs and legal representatives of the said Thomas B. Coleman, to take, and the said lands and tenements, or any part or parts thereof so by him purchased, again to sell, if in his judgment such sale will be advantageous to the interests of his wards: Provided Proviso. however, That no sale shall be made by him until he shall ́ have given such security as the Orphans' court of Lebanon county shall direct, for the faithful execution of the power committed to him, and for the due application according to law, of the proceeds of such sale or sales. LEWIS DEWART, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-fourth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven. JOS: RITNER. No. 51. An Act To authorize Joseph B. Lapsley, and David Lapsley, trustees under the will of David Lapsley, deceased, to sell and convey certain real estate, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in Gen- Relative to eral Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority the sale of of the same, That Joseph B. Lapsley, and David Lapsley, the estate of trustees named in the last will and testament of David David LapsLapsley, late of the city of Philadelphia, merchant, deceas- ley, late of ed, for the use of Sarah Campbell, for and during her life, Philadelphia and at and after her decease for the use of her children, and such other person or persons as may hereafter become trustees, be, and they are hereby authorized and empowered to sell and dispose of at public sale, the messuages or tenements and lot of ground on the west side of Delaware Se dec'd. Proviso, cond street, in the said city, between High and Chesnut streets, and on Strawberry street, so devised to them in trust as aforesaid, in and by said will of David Lapsley, deceased, and therein described, and to make good and sufficient deeds of conveyance therefor to the purchaser or purchasers thereof, in fee simple: Provided, That the whole proceeds of such sale shall be invested in other real estate within the city or county of Philadelphia, and the investment held by said trustees upon the said trusts, as are expressed in said will, of and concerning the estate so devised in trust : 2d. Proviso. And provided further, That the same shall be taken and held by the purchaser, discharged from the trusts aforesaid, and without any liability on the part of the purchaser as to the application of the purchase money. Relative to the sale of the estate of Peter An ilton village, SECTION 2. The executors of Peter Antoine Blenon, late of Hamilton village, in the county of Philadelphia, be, and they are hereby authorized and empowered to sell the real estate of the testator, by public sale, at such time or times, toine Blenon, and upon such terms of cash or credit, as to them shall seem late of Ham best, and to convey the same to the purchaser or purchasers, and to distribute the proceeds according to the dispositions of the will of the testator: Provided, That such sale shall be sanctioned and approved by the Orphans' court for the county of Philadelphia, which said court is hereby authorized to direct, and also to sanction and approve the same as in other cases of sales under its orders, save and except that no security shall be required. Phila. co. Authority to SECTION 3. Humphrey Atherton, Lawrence Lewis, James the trustees Henry Blight, and William P. Blight, executors and trusof George tees named in the last will and testament of George Blight, Blight, late of Philad'a to late of the city of Philadelphia, Gentleman, deceased, and pull down & the survivors and survivor of them, be, and they are hereby rect certain authorized to pull down the dilapidated buildings on all that buildings. lot or piece of ground situate on the east side of Water street, at the distance of about thirty eight feet southward from the south side of High street, in the said city of Philadelphia, containing in front on the said Water street, twenty, one feet six inches, more or less, and in length or depth eastward, about sixty seven feet, bounded southward by other ground of the said George Blight, northward by a ten feet wide alley, and westward by Water street aforesaid, and to erect new buildings thereon, and to extend the same over the said alley, or any part thereof, upon such plan as they may think proper, and therefor to appropriate so much of the funds of their testator as may be necessary for that purpose. SECTION 4. Andrew Burke and David King, administra |