last above mentioned, and so that the same may hereafter be until otherwise ordered, as follows, to wit: First. That the time for holding the annual election for and annual meeting of the trustees of the institution be fixed for the Wednesday next preceding the Friday immediately preceding the 4th day of July in each and every year, instead of the Wednesday next preceding the last Friday of July, as at present established. Second. That the number of trustees of said institution be fixed at twenty-three, instead of thirteen, as provided in the second section of the act of Assembly, approved the 22d day of February, A. D. 1855, and that the said board of trustees be constituted as follows: The Governor, the Secretary of the Commonwealth, the Secretary of Internal Affairs, the Adjutant General, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the president of the State Agricultural Society, the president of the Franklin Institute of Pennsylvania, and the president of the institution, shall be ex-officio members of the board; the remaining members, to wit, fifteen, shall be elected in manner following, to wit: Three by the alumni of the institution, and the remaining twelve by a body of electors, composed of the execu tive committee of the Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society, the managers of the Franklin Institute of Pennsylvania, three representatives duly chosen by each county agricultural society in this Commonwealth which shall have been organized at least three months preceding the time of election, and three representatives duly chosen by each association, not exceeding one in each county of the Commonwealth, which shall have for its principal object the promotion and encouragement of the mining and manufacturing interests of the Commonwealth, and the mechanic and useful arts, and which shall, in like manner, have been organized at least three months preceding the time of election. Third. That at the election to be held under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, in the year A. D. 1876, the alumni be authorized to elect three trustees-one to serve for one year, one for two years, and one for three years and that annually thereafter the said alumni be authorized and empowered to elect one trustee in place of the one whose term of office shall expire, to serve for the period of three years; and that the other electors referred to in the second paragraph, or so many of them as shall be present at the institution at the annual meeting in the year A. D. 1876, be authorized and empowered to elect three trustees in addition to the three whose term of office shall then expire, one of which additional trustees to be elected to serve one year, one for two years, and one for three years; and that annually thereafter the said electors be authorized and empowered to elect four trustees, instead of three, as at present, to serve for the period of three years, and that all elections be directed to be held at the institution by so many of the electors and alumni, above mentioned, as shall be present at the regular time for holding elections, under the direction of the board of trustees and by ballot, as now provided by law. Fourth. That in addition to the annual meeting of the board of trustees at the institution, such other meetings be authorized as may be fixed by the board by their adjournment from time to time, or be called by authority of the president and secretary; in which latter case, printed or written notice shall be given to each and every member of the board at least ten days prior to the time of meeting, which said meetings shall take place and be in lieu of those provided by the sixth section of the act of the 22d of February, A. D. 1855; also, that all meetings of the board of trustees as aforesaid, five members thereof shall constitute a quorum for the trans action of business, as now provided by the first section of the act of Assembly, approved the 17th day of March, A. D. 1859. Fifth. That so much of the seventh section of the act of Assembly, approved the 22d day of February, A. D. 1855, as provides "that the pupils shall themselves, at such proper times and seasons as shall be prescribed by the board of trustees, perform all the labor necessary in the cultivation of the farm, and shall then be instructed and taught all things necessary to be known by a farmer, it being the design and intention of this act to establish an institution in which youth may be so educated as to fit them for the occupation of a farmer," be so changed and modified as to require the students of the said institution to perform so much labor as shall, from time to time, be prescribed by the board of trustees, and shall best carry out the design of the institution in promoting "the liberal and practical educational of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions in life." On behalf of the board of trustees of the Pennsylvania State College. JAMES A. BEAVER, 5 Seal of Pennsylvania State College, 1859. ( President of the Board. JAMES CALDER, Secretary of the Board. And now, this 18th day of October, 1875, the court having perused and examined the within instrument, and it appearing to us that the improvements, alterations, and amendments therein set forth and contained are lawful, beneficial, and not injurious to the community, said instrument is directed to be filed in the office of the prothonotary of the court of common pleas, and notice is ordered to be given, by publication in one newspaper in said county for at least three weeks, setting forth that application has been made to the said court to grant the improvements, alterations, and amendments founded thereon, and that if no objection be made thereto, the same shall be deemed and taken to be a part of the instrument upon which said corporation was formed and established, to all intents and purposes as if the same had originally been made a part thereof. By the Court. C. A. M., IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF CENTRE. In the matter of the petition of the board of trustees of the Pennsylvania State College, for the amendment of their charter: And now, this twenty-second day of November, A. D. 1875, the petition of the board of trustees of the Pennsylvania State College, for the amendment of the charter of the said institution, having been heretofore, to wit, on the eighteenth day of October, A. D. 1875, filed in the office of the prothonotary of the said court, and due notice having been inserted in a newspaper printed in said county, in due conformity to the law, therefore, on motion of MeAllister and Beaver, it is declared and decreed that the several changes, alterations, and amendments in the said petition set forth and contained, shall become and be a part of the charter of the said institution. * * And it is further ordered and decreed that the said charter, as amended, shall be recorded in the office for recording of deeds in and for said county, and on said instrument being so recorded, the several alterations and amendments shall be deemed and taken to be a part of the charter of the said institution. By the Court. 3-LEG. Doc. No. 18. C. A. M., P. J. An Act appropriating money for the payment of a mortgage given by the Agricultural College of Pennsylvania, and of the bonds secured thereby. SECTION 1. Be it enacted, &c., That the sum of eighty thousand dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated out of the State treasury, for the purpose of paying off and extinguishing the mortgage given by the Agricultural College of Pennsylvania to Edward C. Humes and A. O. Hiester in trust, and to secure the payment of eighty thousand dollars of bonds therein specified; said mortgage being dated the thirty-first day of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and recorded in Centre county, in mortgage book F, one hundred and nineteen to one hundred and twenty-four, inclusive; Provided, That but forty thousand dollars shall be paid in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, and the other forty thousand in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-nine. SECTION 2. That upon the payment of the said sum of eighty thousand dollars, as aforesaid, it shall be the duty of the State Treasurer, without delay, to certify the fact of such payment, under his hand and seal of office, to the recorder of deeds of said county of Centre, who shall thereupon enter satisfaction on said mortgage, and record said certificate as evidence of his authority therefor. SECTION 3. The State Treasurer shall not disburse any of the moneys herein appropriated until satisfactory proof has been made to him that the following reductions have been made in the salaries of all officers and employés engaged in said institution, namely: Ten per centum on all salaries between eight hundred dollars and fifteen hundred dollars, and fifteen per centum on all salaries over fifteen hundred dollars. APPROVED-The twelfth day of June, A. D. 1878. J. F. HARTRANFT. STATE COLLEGE, CENTRE COUNTY, PA., TUESDAY, 10 o'clock, a. m., October 4, 1881. The committee appointed under the resolution of the Legislature of the State of Pennsylvania, approved April 28, 1881, met as above, upon the call of the chairman. The following members were present: Messrs. C. T. Alexander, Amos Mylin, and Evan Holben, of the Senate; and Messrs. George W. Hall, W. B. Roberts, Alfred Slack, James Millham, and John Fenlon, of the House of Representatives. On motion, C. T. Alexander was elected chairman, and George W. Hall was elected Secretary, when the preamble and resolution of April 28, 1881, and the act of Congress July 2, 1862, and the various acts of Assembly passed in reference to the State College, were read, and, on motion, the committee took a recess to view the college building, class-rooms, waterworks, experimental farm, and out-buildings, &c. Upon reconvening, the committee heard several of the professors in regard to the method of teaching, etc., and examined Prof. John Hamilton, the treasurer, as to the ac counts. On motion of G. W. Hall, it was agreed, that, inasmuch as the preamble accompanying the original resolution, under which the committee has been appointed, contemplated a very searching and complete investigation of the State College, the revenues and expenditures, courses of study, &c., the subject of the experimental farms, etc., and as the subject would detain the members of the general committee for many days, at great personal inconvenience to themselves, as also to the officers and professors of the college, mainly owing to the lack of accommodations for visitors, it was resolved that the subject matter be referred to a sub-committee of four, to whom should be added the chairman (Mr. Alexander) of the general committee, and they to report to the committee, at a meeting to be called by the chairman of the general committee. On motion, at 9.40, p. m., the committee adjourned to meet in the Bush House parlor, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, at 9 o'clock, a. m., to-morrow, Wednesday, October, 5, 1881. GEO. W. HALL, Secretary. BUSH HOUSE, BELLEFONTE, PA., WEDNESDAY October 5, 1881, 9, a. m. Committee met. Present, viz: Messrs. Alexander, chairman, Mylin, Newmyer, Roberts, Slack, Fenlon and George W. Hall, secretary. Messrs. Holben and Millham, having left on early trains for their homes, being excused; Senator Newmyer, of the committee having arrived during the previous evening, was excused from further attendance at the meeting of the committee, to allow him to visit the State College during the day. The chair then appointed the following as the sub-committee, under the resolution of last night: Messrs. Mylin, chairman, Roberts, Newmyer and Hall, along with Senator C. T. Alexander. On motion, adjourned to meet at the call of the chairman. GEO. W. HALL, Secretary. The sub-committee met, and agreed to meet at the State College, on Tuesday, November 15, 1881, or at the call of the chairman of the subcommittee. HARRISBURG, PA., SENATE COMMITTEE-ROOM, The sub-committee of the Pennsylvania State College investigating committee, appointed at Bellefonte, Pa., October 5, 1881, met as above, in pursuance to the call of the chairman, Senator Mylin. Present, Messrs. Mylin, Newmyer, Alexander, Roberts, and Hall. On motion, Mr. George W. Hall was elected secretary of the sub-committee. Mr. John Hamilton, treasurer of the State College, being present with his account books, vouchers, &c., he was examined at some length in regard to the expenditures of the institution. (Recess until 3.30 o'clock, P. M.) 3.30 o'clock, p. m. All members present, when, after a free discussion as to the powers and duties of the general committee, and on motion of Senator Newmyer, it was Resolved, that the sub-committee agree to at once wait upon and confer with the Attorney General of the State, Hon. H. W. Palmer, upon the subject of the authority of the general committee to incur expenses to be paid out of the State Treasury. After leaving the Attorney General, the subcommittee unanimously agreed that the sub-committee had an interview with the Attorney General in regard as to whether the expenses incurred by the general committee in the prosecution of the investigation authorized by concurrent resolution of the General Assembly, as Pamphlet Laws of 1881, pp. 180 and 181, could be paid by the State under the provisions of the said resolution, to which he replied in substance as follows: That the resolution itself did not provide for the payment of any expenses incurred by said committee, but that the spirit, the intent of the preamble and resolution, authorized the necessary means to carry into effect its spirit and purpose, and furthermore that any subsequent Legis |