No. 194. An Act To authorize the school directors of Downingtown school district, Chester county, to borrow money. 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 directors of the school district of Downingtown, Chester county, for the time being, or their successors in office, be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to borrow any sum of money, not exceeding two thousand dollars, at a rate of interest not exceeding six per centum per annum, for the purpose of building a school house, or houses, for said district, and issue bonds therefor, in sums not less than one hundred dollars each; and that the said loan, which may be made in pursuance of this act, shall be exempted from taxation. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The thirty-first day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. No. 195. A Further Supplement To the act, entitled "An Act relating to the sale and conveyance of real estate," passed the eighteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three. 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 in all cases of sales, mortgages, leasing, and letting on ground rent, of any real estate authorized by the act to which this is a further supplement, when the trustees, executors, administrators, guardians, committees, or other persons authorized to make such sale, mortgage, or lease, shall reside out of the state where such real estate is situate, the deed, mortgage, or lease thereof, may be acknowledged in the manner prescribed by the third section of the act of assembly, entitled "An Act relating to the authentication of letters of attorney, protest of notaries public, and assignments made out of the state, and to the acknowledgment of deeds," approved the fourteenth day of December, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fiftyfour: Provided, That such sale, mortgage, or lease, et cetera, be first approved by the court, when such approval is necessary. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEORGE V. LAWRENCE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The first day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. Recording of deeds and other instruments of writing required. Courts autho No. 196. An Act Authorizing the courts of common pleas to compel the recording of deeds and other instruments of writing. 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 in all cases in which any of the former owners, or any other person, or persons, shall have, in his or their possession, any bargains of sales, deeds, conveyances, or other instruments in writing, concerning any lands, tenements or hereditaments, in this commonwealth, he, or they, shall, upon six months' notice being given to him, or them, by the present owner of such premises, or by any other person, or persons, in any manner interested in any such bargains of sales, deeds, conveyances, or other instruments of writing, place the same upon record in the proper county, or deliver the same into the hands, or possession, of the present owner, if such application be made by him. SECTION 2. That the courts of common pleas of this commonrized, upon pe- wealth shall have power, upon petition and affidavit, setting tition, to grant forth that the petitioner believes that any person, or persons, a rule upon per- has in his, or their, possession, any such bargains of sale, sons having deeds, &c., undeeds, conveyances, or other instruments of writing, that the recorded. petitioner is the present owner of the premises, or that he is ' interested in such bargains of sales, deeds, conveyances, or other instruments of writing, and that six months' notice has been given to the defendant, or person, or persons, in whose possession the same is, or are alleged to be, to deliver up, or record the same, to grant a rule upon such person, or persons, to show cause why the same should not be delivered up, or recorded; upon the hearing of said rule, unless the defendant, or defendants, in the same, show, to the satisfaction of the court, why the same should not be delivered up, or recorded, the said court are hereby authorized and required to decree Decree to be isand direct the said defendant, or defendants, to deliver up, or sued. record, such bargain of sale, deeds, or conveyances, or other instruments, in said petition described; which decree shall be enforced by attachment. costs. SECTION 3. That the court may, in their discretion, order Court to order the costs of recording such deeds, or other instruments of payment of writing, to be paid by the defendant, or by the party asking for such rule and decree, and make such further order, in regard to the costs of proceeding, as they may deem proper. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives." GEORGE V. LAWRENCE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The first day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN No. 197. An Act Authorizing Samuel Small, guardian of the minor children of Willian estate. estate. 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 Samuel Small, guardian of the estate of Robert H. Cole- Authorized to man and Anna C. Coleman, minor children of William Cole- sell certain real man, late of Lebanon county, deceased, be and is hereby authorized and empowered to sell, subject to the approval and confirmation of the orphans' court of Lebanon county, either publicly or privately, for such prices, and on such terms, as he may deem proper and advantageous, such parts of the real estate whereof the said William Coleman died seized, as he may deem proper, excepting only the whole of his estate and interest in the Cornwall ore banks and mine hills, situated in the aforesaid county of Lebanon, and his interest in the Corn wall anthracite furnace estate, and the same, and every part thereof, to convey and assign to the purchaser, or purchasers, thereof, by good and sufficient conveyances and assurances, in law, for such estate, or estates, as the said William Coleman had and held, in the same, at, and immediately before, the time of his death: Provided, That no sale shall be made by the said Samuel Small, under, or by virtue of, this act, Security to be 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 of the due application, according to law, of the proceeds of such sale, or sales. given. May purchase lands, &c., and execute mort gage. Proviso. SECTION 2. That it shall and may be lawful for the said Samuel Small, the guardian of the said minor children of the said William Coleman, deceased, to purchase, when, and as often, as his judgment shall direct, and to mortgage the same for the purchase money, or part thereof, such lands and tenements, and interests, and estates therein, as he may think requisite, necessary for carrying on the furnace and iron works belonging in whole, or in part, to his said wards, and the same to pay for out of their money in his hands, and a deed, or deeds, in his own name, but in trust for the heirs and legal representatives of the said William Coleman, deceased, to take, and the said lands and tenements, interests and estates therein, or any part, or parts thereof, so by him purchased, again to sell, subject to the approval and confirmation of the orphans' court of Lebanon county, if, in his judgment, such sale will be advantageous to the interest of his wards, and the same to convey and assign to the purchaser, or purchasers, thereof, by good and sufficient conveyances and assurances in law: Provided, That no sale shall be made, or mortgage executed, 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 proceeds of such sale or sales. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEORGE V. LAWRENCE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The first day of April, Anno Domini one thou sand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. No. 198. A Further Supplement To an act, entitled "An Act to encourage manufacturing operations in the commonwealth," approved the seventh day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine. 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 provisions of the act to encourage manufacturing operations in the commonwealth, approved the seventh day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fortynine, and of the supplement thereto, are hereby extended so as to embrace all companies hereafter formed, for the purpose of carrying on the manufacture and preparation of lubricating oil, and material out of, and from, mineral oils, and any other oils, or fatty substances, whether mineral, animal, or vegetable. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED The first day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. No. 199. An Act To provide for the distribution of State documents among the different 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 state printer be authorized and required to furnish State prin the state librarian with as many bound copies of the journals furnish Stat of the Senate and House of Representatives, and of the Legisla- Librarian with tive and Executive Documents, as will be necessary to furnish certain docueach loyal state of the Union, that can be reached, with copies bution. of the same, and that the state librarian be required to send ments for distri |