this common

&c.

Written consent

SECTION 11. All deeds executed and acknowleged, or which may here- Deeds executed, after be executed and acknowledged by married women out of this com- &c., by married monwealth, shall be deemed good and sufficient, if executed and acknow- women out of ledged according to the requisitions of acts of assembly in such case made and provided, in the same manner as if the act of the eleventh of wealth, to be deemed good, April, eighteen hundred and forty-eight had not been passed. SECTION 12. That in all cases of the sale, conveyance, mortgage or transfer of the property of any married woman, or of any powers of of married woattorney to make and execute such sale, conveyance, mortgage or trans- men may be acfer, made and executed out of the United States, the written consent of knowledged besuch married woman, as required by the act relating to the rights of fore any minister, married women, may be acknowledged before any minister, ambassador, ambassador, &c., in cases of sales, charge d' affairs, consul or vice consul of the United States; and such transfers, &c., of acknowledgment so made shall be equally valid as if made before a real estate. judge of a court of common pleas of this commonwealth.

ment, &c.

SECTION 13. That in all actions now pending in any of the courts of Actions not to this commonwealth, or which hereafter may be brought, in which execu- abate in consetors or trustees, appointed by or under the authority of any last will and quence of the testament, with power over the real or personal estate of the testator, death of execuare plaintiffs, and any one or more of such plaintiffs shall have died or tors or trustees, resigned, or been removed, or shall die, resign or be removed, such appointed by any action shall not thereby abate, but it shall be the duty of the court in last will or testawhich such action is or shall be pending, to substitute upon the record in place of the executor or executors, trustee or trustees, whose death, resignation or removal shall have caused the vacancy, any executor or executors, trustee or trustees, who shall have been or shall be legally appointed to supply the same, and the suit or action shall be proceeded in to trial, judgment and execution, in the same manner as if the plaintiffs had been originally entitled to maintain the action.

good evidence.

SECTION 14. That all assignments of mortgages and letters of attorney. Assignments of authorizing the satisfaction of mortgages duly executed and acknow mortgages and ledged, in the manner provided by law for the acknowledgment of deeds, letters of attorney may be recorded in the office for recording of deeds, in the county in may be recorded, which the mortgage assigned or authorized to be satisfied may be or and certified coshall have been recorded; and the record of such instrument, or a duly pies thereof to be certified copy thereof, shall be as good evidence as the original assignment or letter of attorney, when duly proved in any court of justice. SECTION 15. That the commissioners appointed or hereafter to be appointed by the governor of this commonwealth, under the authority take acknowledgof the act, entitled An Act to authorize the appointment of commis- ment of deeds, sioners to take the acknowledgment of deeds and instruments of writing pay of. under seal," approved the fourteenth day of April, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, be hereby authorized to demand as their compensation for taking each acknowledgment, the fee of one dollar and no more.

Commissioners to

SECTION 16. That in all cases of bona fide sales under the order of Sales under the and confirmed by the orphans' court, the title of the purchaser shall order of and connot be affected by the subsequent revocation of the letters testamen- firmed by the ortary, or of administration of the executor or administrator making such phans' court, not sales; and that purchasers of real estate sold under orders of the or- to be affected by phans' court shall, after the confirmation of the sale, and the execution the subsequent and acknowledgment of the deed, have a right to proceed to obtain revocation of letpossession of the purchased premises, in the same manner as is now &c. provided in relation to purchasers at sheriffs' sales.

ters testamentary,

Controllers of the

SECTION 17. That the controllers of the public schools of the First First school disschool district of Pennsylvania, shall have and possess power to confer trict of Pennsylacademical degrees in the arts, upon graduates of the Central high school, vania empowered

to confer academ- in the city of Philadelphia, and the same and like power to confer deical degrees. grees, honorary and otherwise, which is now possessed by the University of ennsylvania.

APPROVED-The ninth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and

forty-nine.

WM. F. JOHNSTON.

Farm of Charles P. Cumming at tached to the borough of Brookville, Jefferson county, for school

purposes.

Property of Wilson M'Donald annexed to the township of

No. 355.

AN ACT

Relative to certain school districts in Jefferson, Indiana, Cambria, Westmoreland, Blair, Carbon, Schuylkill, Bedford, Chester, Delaware, Washington and Northampton counties; relative to supplying the several schools of the commonwealth with the state maps; and providing for a public high school, and for the education of colored children in the city of Pittsburg.

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 the farm and premises of Charles P. Cumming, in Pine Creek township, Jefferson county, and which adjoins the borough of Brookville, on the east, be hereafter attached to the borough of Brookville, in Jefferson county, for school purposes; and that the same be subject to the same taxation for the purposes aforesaid, as other property now in said borough of Brookville, is now subject.

SECTION 2. That the property of Wilson M'Donald, situate part in Centre and part in White townships, in the county of Indiana, be and the same is hereby annexed to the said township of White, for school purposes; and that the same be subject to the same taxation for the White, for school purposes aforesaid, as other property in said township of White, is now subject.

purposes.

constituted a

separate school district.

SECTION 3. That hereafter that part of the townships of Allegheny Part of the town- and Clearfield, in the county of Cambria, embraced within the followships of Allegheny and Clearfield ing described boundaries, to wit: commencing at a birch tree near the Clearfield creek, in Allegheny township; thence north thirty-six degrees west one hundred and fifty nine and six-tenths perches to a spruce tree; thence north thirty-five degrees east two hundred and seventy-five perches to a post in Clearfield township; thence south forty-six and half degrees east one hundred and eighty perches to a post; thence south thirty-eight degrees west three hundred and sixteen perches to the place of beginning, be and is hereby constituted a separate school district; and the fifth section of an act relative to the Towanda academy, the Union academy of Doylestown, the Reading academy, and to

certain school districts in Indiana, Clearfield, Union and Westmoreland counties, shall be and the same is hereby repealed.

SECTION 4. That the farm of Thomas Elder, now composing a part Farm of Thomas of the Harmony school district, in Westmoreland county, shall hereafter Elder to be attachbe attached to and compose a part of the Union school district, in West- ed to Union school district, in moreland county. Westmoreland SECTION 5. That the farm of James A. M'Cahan, in Blair town- county. ship, Blair county, be hereafter attached to the borough of Gaysport in Farm of James said county, for all school purposes.

A. M'Cahan at

purposes.

SECTION 6. That from and after the passage of this act, all that part tached to the boof Lausanne and Bank townships, in the county of Carbon, included rough of Gayswithin the following boundaries, namely: beginning at a point on the port, for school Lausanne and Packer township line; thence north sixty degrees east Parts of Lausansix hundred and twenty-five perches to a post; thence south thirty de- ne and Bank grees east five hundred and sixty perches to Quakeake creek; thence townships, Carup Quakeake creek, to the said Lausanne and Packer township line; bon county, constituted a separate thence along said line to the place of beginning, shall and is hereby school district, to declared to be a separate school district, to be called the Weatherly to be called

school district.

Weatherly.

SECTION 7. That all that part of West Brunswick township, Schuyl- Part of West kill county, lying within the boundaries hereinafter mentioned, to wit: Brunswick townbeginning at the south-west corner of William H. Moyer's planta- ship, Schuylkill tion; thence eastwardly including the same, and along the boundary county, erected lines of the following plantations, viz: George and Andrew Kimmel, into a separate Daniel Miller, William and Daniel Fegely, Joseph Albright, Andrew school district. Kimmel and Charles Fegely, to intersect the township line of West and East Brunswick townships; thence along said township line northwardly including the following plantations, to wit: Lewis Marburger, Rev. Philip Moyer, Peter Albright and Charles Jones, to the north-east corner of the said Charles Jones' plantation; thence westwardly including the same and the following plantations, to wit: Joseph Kramer, the heirs of John Marburger, deceased, Abraham Albright and Samuel Kimmel, to intersect the boundary line of the borough of Orwigsburg; thence southwardly along said borough line and the plantations of the said Samuel Kimmel and William K. Moyer, to the place of beginning, be and the same is hereby erected into a separate school district, to be called Centre school district.

SECTION 8. That the farm and premises of John Baron, in Aire Farm and premitownship, Bedford county, and which adjoins the borough of M'Con- ses of John Baron ellsburg, be hereafter attached to the borough of M'Conellsburg, in attached to the Bedford county, for school purposes, and that the same be subject to borough of M'the same taxation for the purposes aforesaid, as other property now in said borough of M'Conellsburg is now subject.

SECTION 9. That the farm and premises of Levi Bull shall hereafter be attached to East Nantmeal township, Chester county, for school purposes.

Conellsburg, for school purposes. Farm and premises of Levi Bull attached to East Nantmeal, Chester county,

Part of Salem

SECTION 10. That all that part of Salem township, in the county of for school purWestmoreland, within the following boundaries, to wit: commencing poses. on Pittsburg street on the west; thence along the township line to the Freeport road, including Jack and Hugus' farms; thence to Beaver run, township, Westmoreland county, up said run to Waugaman's farm, including said farm together with erected into a sepRobert A. Shields; thence along the Manor road to the Franklin town- arate school disship line, including S. Young, J. Wagerman, J. Richards, and part of trict. J. D. M'Quilkin's farms; and thence along said line to the place of beginning, be and the same is hereby erected into a separate and independent school district, with the name and title of "Salem borough district,"

into a separate school district.

with full power to elect school directors, collect school tax, et cetera, conforming in all respects to the school laws of this commonwealth.

SECTION 11. That the village of Crookville, in the township of Village of Crook- Nether Providence, in the county of Delaware, be and the same is ville, in Delaware hereby erected into a separate school district, to be called Crookville county, erected district, and as such shall have power to elect all such officers, and have all the rights and privileges granted by law to other school districts; and the elections thereof shall be held at the school house in the said village, and on the day and in the manner provided by law for holding the elec tions in the adjoining districts; and the qualified citizens of said village shall at their first election elect six school directors for the said district. two to serve for one year, two to serve for two years, and two to serve for three years; the said election to be conducted by two qualified citizens chosen by such citizens qualified to vote as shall be present at the time for opening said elections, and the successors of the said directors shall hereafter be elected in the manner provided by law in other school districts.

Sub-school district, Hanover township, Washington county.

Proviso.

borough of Blairsville, Indiana county.

SECTION 12. That from and after the passage of this act, the terri tory within the bounds herein described shall form a sub-school district. which district shall be under the supervision of the directors of Hanover township, Washington county, viz: Commencing at the farm of William Gilliland, Robinson township, Washington county; thence to to the farm of Jane M'Cartney, Findley township, Allegheny county thence to the farm of David Gilliland, of the township and county aforesaid; thence to the farm of John Hammond, in Hopewell township, Beaver county; thence to the farm of William Patton, Hanover township, Beaver county; thence to the farm of James Hood, Hanover township, Washington county; thence to the farm of Thomas Bigger. esquire, Robinson township, and county aforesaid; thence to the place of beginning, including the above mentioned farms, and shall be subject to the same rules and regulations as are now in force governing subdistricts in other cases; and all school tax levied in said district shal be collected by the collector of the township of Hanover, Washington county, and distributed as is provided in similar cases by law: Provided, That the tax required to be paid by any person or persons under the act of twenty-seventh April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-four, relating to schools in Washington county, shall only include that levied on the property on which such person or persons

reside.

SECTION 13. That from and after the passage of this act the follow Additions to the ing described territory, contiguous to the borough of Blairsville, in the county of Indiana, viz: beginning at the south-west corner of sal borough; thence south by Greer's lot and the Conemaugh river to Moorhead's line; thence east by said line to the south-east corner o Brainard's lot; thence north by Wynn's line to the line of said borrough; and again beginning on the north side of said borough, on Walnut street, at the north-east corner of Royer and Hammill's lot; north by Walnut street sixty feet to the corner of the Lutheran grave yard; thence west two hundred and twenty-two feet to Royer and Hammill's line; and thence south sixty feet to the line of said borough. shall be included within the limits of said borough, which are hereby extended so as to embrace the territory aforesaid.

Part of East

thence

SECTION 14. That all that part of East Brunswick township, i Schuylkill county, lying within the boundaries hereinafter mentioned Brunswick townto wit: beginning on the Blue mountain at a spruce, corner of the ship, Schuylkill Berks county line; thence by a straight line to a corner of John Selt county, erected into a separate zer's land; thence along the line of said land to a corner on the Re school district, to mountain; thence by a straight line to the house now occupied by

Wi

district.

liam Bolig, including the same; thence by the same course until it be called South intersects the line of the East Brunswick school district; thence along Brunswick school said line to the West Brunswick township line; thence along the said township line to the Berks county line; thence along said line to the place of beginning, be and the same is hereby erected into a separate school district, to be called the South Brunswick school district.

Treasurer of

SECTION 15. That the treasurer of York county, be and he is hereby authorized and directed to pay to the treasurer of the Manchester school York county audistrict, in said county, for the use and support of the schools therein, thorized to pay all or any moneys now remaining in said county treasury, under and certain moneys to by virtue of the provisions of the act of April first, one thousand eight the treasurer of hundred and thirty four, entitled "An Act to establish a general system the Manchester of education by common schools:" Provided, Said school directors school district. produce proof to the commissioners of said county, that said township assessed a school tax, and became an accepting district in pursuance of

the act of eleventh day of April, one thousand eight hundred and fortyeight.

SECTION 16. It shall be lawful for the school directors of Hopewell Directors of township, York county, to levy and assess a tax for school purposes, Hopewell townwhich, when added to the state appropriation, shall be sufficient to keep ship, York counopen the schools in said townshp, not less than four nor more than eight months in each year.

ty, authorized to assess tax, &c.

SECTION 17. That on the second Tuesday of June next, (if this act Public high shall be adopted as hereinafter provided,) the school directors of each school, Pittsburg. ward in the city of Pittsburg, shall elect one of their own number as controller of an institution, to be called "The public high school of

Controllers, du

ties of.

Pittsburg," and to be a body corporate by that name; said controllers Controllers to dishall assemble on the Thursday next succeeding their election, and vide themselves divide themselves into three classes; the first class to serve for one into classes. year, the second class for two years, and the third class for three years, so that at each subsequent election of controllers, which shall take place annually, on the first Monday of the next month after the regular election for school directors, there shall be a third part of the whole number of controllers chosen to serve for three years, unless the term of service of either of such controllers as school director shall sooner expire, in which event his term of office as controller shall also expire, and the vacancy thus occurring shall be filled by an election of the directors of the board from which such controller was originally chosen. SECTION 18. That the said controllers shall perform the following duties they shall purchase real estate and erect thereon a suitable building or buildings for said school, or rent or hire the same; they shall receive into said school such pupils, resident in said city, as are found on examination properly prepared, and who desire to prosecute a thorough business education in arts or sciences, not generally taught in the ward schools, or to qualify themselves for employment as teachers in such schools; they shall also examine such persons as shall present themselves for teachers in any of the public schools of said city, and upon examination found worthy, shall give certificates of their qualification; they shall appoint the teachers of the public high school, and prescribe and regulate the course of study to be pursued therein; they shall determine what books of instruction shall be used in all the public schools of said city; the said controllers shall also provide one school or more when necessary, without reference to the boundaries of the wards, for the separate education of the colored children, to be located in a suitable situation, and appoint the teachers therefor.

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SECTION 19. For the purpose of ascertaining the sense of the citizens Election as to the on the questions hereinafter mentioned, a special election shall be held rejection of a