Thomas Camp bell &c. to ac one thousand eight hundred and eleven, which annuity shall be expended by the said Thomas Campbell, his executor or execucount to the or- tors, administrator or administrators, his, or their lawful attorphans court, for the execution of ney, in providing necessaries for the said Thomas Hill. And it the trust &c. shall be and hereby is made the duty of the said Thomas Campbell, his executor or executors, administrator or administrators, or his, or their lawful attorney to make an annual return to the orphans' court of York county, on oath or affirmation, in what manner he or they have executed the trust reposed in him or them by this act, JOHN WEBER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED the twentieth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eleven. SIMON SNYDER. Academy es tablished at Meadville. Its style.. Erected into a CHAPTER LXVI. An ACT establishing an academy in the town of Meadville in SECT. I. 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 there shall be, and hereby is established in the town of Meadville, in Crawford county, 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, style and title of the "Meadville Academy," under the care, Trustees named, direction and government of six trustees, viz. David Mead, Thomas Atkinson, T. R. Kennedy, Henry Hurst, William McArthur and John Brooks; which said trustees and their successors to be elected as herein mentioned, shall be and hereby body politic and are declared to be one body politic and corporate in deed and in law, by the name, style and title of the "Trustees of the Meadville Academy," and by the same name shall have perpetual succession, and shall be able to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in all courts of record and elsewhere, and shall be Their privileges. competent and capable in law and equity to take and to hold to then 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 whomsoever 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 corporate, buildings as may be necessary and generally to do all and sin- Number of trus SECT. II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, tees to be six. That the number of trustees shall be six as aforesaid, and shall be so changed as that none of them shall continue in office for not to be more less reelected. members to be a longer time than three years without being re-elected by the Term of office people of the said county, and for that purpose it shall be the than 3 years un duty of the said trustees at their first meeting when not less than four of them shall be present, (which members shall be a Four to constiboard or quorum to do business,) and they are hereby autho- tute a quorum. rized and required to cast lots for ascertaining the two mem- To cast lots to bers to be changed each year until the whole number shall be ascertain the changed, and in order annually to supply the vacancy as the changed. same may take place, the citizens of the county of Crawford, on the second Tuesday of October, one thousand eight hundred and eleven, and annually thereafter, at the same places and in the same manner, and under the same laws, rules and regulations as members of the state legislature shall be chosen, shall be chosen annual elect two trustees to supply the place of the trustees going out ly of office; Provided always, That in case the places of any of Provisc, the trustees shall become vacant by death, or resignation, or otherwise, the remaining trustees shall appoint a person or persons to fill such vacancy or vacancies, until the next general for election, when the class in which such vacancy, or vacancies may happen are to be chosen. Two trustees to for filling vacan meeting. SECT. III. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid Time of first That the first meeting of the said trustees shall be at Meadville on the third Tuesday of August next. point a treasurer annually, his duty, give bond &c. SECT. IV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, Trustees to apThat the trustees shall appoint a treasurer annually, who shall receive and hold all monies belonging to the institution, and pay the same on orders signed by the board, he shall keep fair accounts thereof, to be open at all times to the inspection of the trustees, and before he enters upon the duties of his office, shall give bond in any sum at their discretion with two or more sufficient sureties conditioned for the performance of duties enjoined and the repayment of the monies received by him. SECT. v. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, 1000 dollars granted to the That the sum of one thousand dollars be and the same is hereby institution. granted out of any unappropriated money in the treasury of this commonwealth to be paid to the treasurer of the institution by the state treasurer, on the order of the said trustees, or any four of them herein before mentioned, to be vested under their direction in some productive fund or funds, and the income How to be appro- thereof shall be annually forever applied in aid of other reve priated. nues to compensate a teacher or teachers in said academy, and there shall be admitted into said academy in consequence of the aforesaid appropriation, any number of poor children of said county that may at any time be offered, in order to be provided 5 poor children with books and stationary and taught gratis; provided the numto be taught gra- ber 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. tis. Trustees to ex hibit their ac a penalty of 40 dollars. ment. SECT. VI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, counts &c. under That the said trustees and their successors, under the penalty of forty dollars each, to be recovered for the use of the said corporation 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 Crawford to be setMode of settle- tled and adjusted in the same manner as the accounts of the county commissioners are, or shall be by law directed to be setTo be published tled and adjusted, and moreover said accounts shall be published on every third year at the expense of the county aforesaid.. SECT. VII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforethe 1000 dollars said, That on the receipt of the one thousand dollars herein betrustees to cease fore mentioned by the trustees aforesaid, the powers of the the corporation. trustees shall cease and determine and the corporation hereby established shall be substituted in their place and stead in relation to any and all the transactions which may at that time have arisen under the former charter. triennially. On the receipt of powers of the and be vested in JOHN WEBER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate.. APPROVED the twentieth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eleven. SIMON SNYDER. CHAPTER LXVII. An ACT providing for the settlement of certain disputed titles to lands north and west of the rivers Obio and Allegheny, and Conewango creek. WHEREAS the improvement of the lands lying north and west of the rivers Ohio and Allegheny, and Conewango creek, has been and still is impeded by certain disputes which have arisen concerning the titles to the said lands under the ninth section of an act of the general assembly, passed the third day of April, one thousand seven hundred and ninety two, entitled, "An act for the sale of vacant lands within this commonwealth;" And whereas an opinion is entertained that certain persons calling themselves the Holland land company, the population company, and the North-American land company, and also other persons who claim lands by warrants obtained from this commonwealth have forfeited their title and claim thereto by reason of non-performance of, the conditions as to settlement, improvement and residence contained in the section aforesaid, and that the title to the said lands is still vested in this commonwealth : And whereas other persons generally denominated actual settlers, have made settlements and resided on the same lands, in virtue whereof they claim the same under the provisions of the act aforesaid: And whereas ejectments have been issued against some of the persons last aforesaid who have suffered judgment to be rendered against them by default, on account of their inability to make defence to the said ejectments, and have been dispossessed by certain process, and it being of importance to this commonwealth that the disputes aforesaid should be settled as speedily as possible; Therefore, tered into be legal representas tler taking pos ed, 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 in Agreements enall cases where an agreement has been entered into between an tween warrant original warrant-holder or his legal representative and an actual holders, or their settler, to settle and improve a tract of land, previous to such tives, with autual settlers previsettler taking possession of said tract of land lying north and ously to the setwest of the rivers Ohio and Allegheny, and Conewango creek, session confirmsurveyed on an original warrant, and said settler or his legal representative has made such actual settlement, continued residence and improvements thereon as are described in the ninth section of the act of the third of April, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, although after the time required by said act in such cases, the commonwealth doth hereby ratify and confirm the title to such tract to the parties aforesaid according to their said agreement, Provided, That the claim of any other Proviso. person or persons who hold adverse to such contracting parties, shall not be affected by any thing herein contained. tween actual set warrantee re tler his claim to 150 acres, SECT. II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid. Compromises he That in all cases where an actual settler has, adverse to the ori- tiers and warran ginal warrantee, taken possession of a tract of land surveyed on 1st of June, 1813, tees prior to the an original warrant, and has made such actual settlement, resi- in which the dence and improvements as are described in the said ninth sec- leases to the settion of said act, and an agreement or compromise shall take place at any time after the passing of this act, and before the first day of June, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, between such actual settler or his legal representative and the original warrantee or his legal representative, either by the warrantee or his legal representative releasing his claim to one hundred and fifty acres with the usual allowance of said tract, to be surveyed and Or in case either party purchases the claim of the other, the claim of the common wealth to cease, and the title be confirmed o the parties espectively as the case may be. Where settler has made an improvement and residence gree 3d April, 1793, part of the tract leases his claim to 150 acres to the settler, the monwealth to cease. laid off by the proper deputy-surveyor to said settler or his legal representative, including said settler's improvements, clear of expense or consideration, excepting the consideration of said settlement, or in cases where either party shall, between the dates foresaid, purchase the right or claim of the other to said tract of land, that in such case the commonwealth shall cease to have any further claim to said tract, and the title to the same shall be confirmed to such warrantee and settler or their legal representatives accordingly. SECT. III And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in all cases where an actual settler has, adverse to the oriabiy to the act of ginal warrantee, taken possession of any tract of land heretofore and purchased a surveyed on any original warrant, and who has made on the of the warrantee Same such actual settlement, residence and improvement as is and the latter re- required in the ninth section of the said act of the third of April, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, and who claim of the com- has purchased any part of the said tract of the warrantee to include and secure his said improvement, that in all such cases, where the said warrantee or his legal representative, on or before the first day of June, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, shall release to the said actual settler or his legal representative his claim to one hundred and fifty acres and allowance of six per cent. of said tract, clear of expense, as a consideration for making said improvement, settlement and residence to be surveyed and laid off by the proper deputy-surveyor, in such case the commonwealth shall cease to have any further claim to such tract An actual settler having abandon before it was completed, SECT. IV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, ed his settlement That all actual settlers who had, adverse to the warrantees, commenced an actual settlement and residence on any tract of land heretofore surveyed on original warrants, and who have resided thereon two years, and in that time cleared, fenced and cultivated three acres of said tract of land, and have abandoned their settlements on said tracts at any time before the whole of the settlement, residence and improvements required by said ninth section of said act of one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, were fully and completely made and ended, and who shall either himself or his legal representative return to said tract before the said first day of June, one thousand eight huncomplete it shall dred and thirteen, and settle and reside on the same so long as be entitled to the with the residence and improvements aforesaid made thereon actual settler un- shall amount to what is required by said ninth section of said that of 3d April, act, such settler or his representative so returning and residing and shall resume it prior to the year 1813, and benefits of an der this act and 1792. as aforesaid, shall be entitled to all the benefits of an actual settler under this act and the act of the third of April, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, but should he or his legal representative neglect to return or fail to re-commence said setwithin the time tlement within said time and perform the conditions herein But if he does not recommence his settlement limited, |