transmit it, with a certificate, thereon indorsed, testifying also the opinion of the said court touching the lawfulness of the objects, articles and conditions, therein set forth and contained, unto the governor of the commonwealth, and if the said attorney-general and the said court shall certify their opinion as aforesaid, to be, that the objects, articles and conditions, in such instrument set forth and contained are lawful, then the said governor (but not otherwise) shall transmit the same to the master of the rolls, with an order, thereon indorsed, requiring him to enroll the same, at the expense of the applicants; and upon the enrollment thereof, the persons so associated, or meaning to associate, shall, according to the objects, articles and conditions, in the said instrument set forth and contained, become and be a corporation or body politic in law and in fact, to have continuance, by the name, style and title, in such instrument provided and declared.

[Section II.] (Section II. P. L.) And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That as often as the corporations established by virtue of this act, and the successors thereof, respectively, shall be desirous of improving, amending or altering the articles and conditions of the instrument, upon which the said corporations, respectively, are as aforesaid formed and established, it shall and may be lawful for such corporation, respectively, in like manner to specify the improvements, amendments or alterations, which are or shall be desired, and the same to exhibit and present to the attorney-general and supreme court, who shall in like manner, successively certify their opinion to the governor of this commonwealth, touching the lawfulness of such improvements, amendments and alterations, and the same being certified as aforesaid, to be lawful, shall in like manner be directed by the governor to be enrolled by the master of the rolls, at the expense of the applicants, and upon enrollment thereof, shall be taken and deemed to be a part of the instrument, upon which such corporations, respectively, were formed and established, to all intents and purposes, as if the same had originally been made a part thereof.

[Section III.] (Section III. P. L.) And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the corporations established by virtue

of this act and the successors thereof, respectively, shall have full power and authority to make, have and use one common seal, with such device and inscription, as they shall respectively deem proper, and the same to break, alter and renew at their pleasure; and by the name, style and title, by them respectively provided and declared as aforesaid, shall be able and capable in law to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in any court or courts, before any judge or judges, justice or justices, in all manner of suits, complaints, pleas, causes, matters and demands, whatsoever, and all and every matter or thing therein to do, in as full and effectual a manner as any other person or persons, bodies politic and corporate, within this commonwealth, may or can do; and shall be authorized and empowered, and they are hereby respectively authorized and empowered, to make rules, by-laws and ordinances, and to do everything needful for the good government and support of the affairs of the said corporations respectively. Provided, always, That the said by-laws, rules and ordinances, or any of them, be not repugnant to the constitution and laws of the United States, to the constitution and laws of this commonwealth, or to the instrument upon which the said corporations, respectively, are as aforesaid formed and established.

[Section IV.] (Section IV. P. L.) Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the corporations esatblished by virtue of this act, and the successors thereof, respectively, by the name, style and title, by them respectively provided and declared, as aforesaid, shall be able and capable in law, according to the terms and conditions of the instrument, upon which the said corporations, respectively, are as aforesaid formed and established, to take, receive and hold all and all manner of lands, tenements, rents, annuities, franchises and hereditaments, and any sum and sums of money and any manner and portion of goods and chattels, given and bequeathed unto them, respectively, to be employed and disposed of according to the objects, articles and conditions of the instrument, upon which said corporations, respectively, are as aforesaid formed and established, or according to the articles and by-laws of the said corporations, respectively, or of the will and intention of the

donors. Provided always, nevertheless, That the clear yearly value or income of the messuages, houses, lands and tenements, rents, annuities or other hereditaments, and real estate of the said corporations, respectively, and the interest of money by them respectively lent, shall not exceed the sum of five hundred pounds.

[Section V.] (Section V. P. L.) And whereas bequests and legacies may be made to public institutions, of which such institutions may not derive the benefits intended, from a want of due information: Therefore:

[Section V.] Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when any last will and testament is brought to be recorded in any of the register's offices of this state, which shall contain any bequest or legacy to a public corporate body, the register is hereby enjoined and required, that, within six months, he shall make known by letter addressed to the corporate body in whose favor such bequest or legacy is made, the nature and amount of the same, together with the names of the executors of such last will and testament.

Passed April 6, 1791. Recorded L. B. No. 4, p. 156.

CHAPTER MDXLVIII.

AN ACT FOR THE RELIEF OF BLACKALL WILLIAM BALL.

Whereas it hath been represented by Blackall William Ball, late a lieutenant in the line of this state belonging to the armies of the United States, that he has lost a certificate, number ninety-four, for the sum of two hundred and twenty pounds, twelve shillings and seven pence, given to him for the depreciation due on his pay. And whereas it is just and right that the commonwealth should not be benefited by the accidental misfortune of individuals:

[Section I.] (Section I. P. L.) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Penn

sylvania, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That upon sufficient security being given by the said Blackall William Ball, for the use of the state, to the secretary of the commonwealth, and approved by the governor to indemnify the commonwealth against the said certificate, and on the same being duly certified to the comptroller-general, the said comptroller shall, and he is hereby authorized and directed to certify, in favor of the said Blackall William Ball, or his legal representatives, to the state treasurer, the interest accrued, and to accrue, on the said sum of two hundred and twenty pounds, twelve shilling and seven pence, up to the time the first certificate of interest shall be made on the said sum of money; and from the date of such certificate, yearly and every year to certify the interest that may thereafter accrue on the said sum, which said respective certificates of the comptroller-general for the time being, so to be made, of the interest as aforesaid, shall be sufficient authority to the state treasurer for the time being to pay the same respectively, to the said Blackall William Ball, or his legal representatives, and the treasurer aforesaid is hereby enjoined and required to pay the same accordingly.

[Section II.] (Section II. P. L.) And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said interest money so to be paid to the said Blackall William Ball, or his legal representatives, shall, as often as it shall be so paid, be deemed and taken, and it is hereby declared to be to the same uses as he held the said certificate immediately before the loss thereof; and the said Blackall William Ball, and such his legal representatives, who may receive such interest money, shall be accountable to the person or persons, respectively, who had any legal or equitable interest in the said certificate, for his or their proportional parts of such interest money.

Passed April 6, 1791. Recorded L. B. No. 4, p. 158. The Act in the text was repealed by the Act of Assembly passed March 5, 1794, Chapter 1717.

CHAPTER MDXLIX.

AN ACT FOR ERECTING THE REMAINDER OF SHAUCHAN'S AND PART OF BENTLY'S DISTRICT, IN WASHINGTON COUNTY, INTO A SEPARATE ELECTION DISTRICT.

Whereas the freeman within the remainder of Shauchan's election district, and part of Bently's, or the second district of Washington county, have represented by their petitions, that it is inconvenient for them to attend at the house of John Hill, at the general election.

[Section I.] (Section I. P. L.) 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 and may be lawful for the freemen within that part of Shauchan's district, beginning on the river Monongahela, thence along the line of Allegheny and Washington counties, to the boundary of the fourth district, thence along the boundary of the fourth district to the head of Peter's creek, thence, by the boundary of Washington district, to the road leading from the town of Washington to Swearingen's upper ferry, thence, along said road to the road leading to Chester's ferry on the river Monongahela, thence down said river to the place of beginning, to hold their general and other elections, at the present dwelling house of David Hamilton.

Passed April 6, 1791. Recorded L. B. No. 4, p. 159.