No. 74. An Act To confer on Catharine Miller, of Fayette county, all the rights and privi-leges of a child born in lawful wedlock. 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 Catharine Miller, an illegitimate child of Jesse Miller and Christiana Baker, now Christiana Shallenberger, of the county of Fayette, shall have and enjoy all the rights and privileges of a child born in lawful wedlock, and shall be able and capable, in law, to inherit and transmit any estate whatsoever, as fully and effectually as if she had been born in lawful wedlock. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-seventh day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN Preamble. No. 75. An Act Relative to the Orphans' Home and Asylum for the aged and infirm of the WHEREAS, The court of common pleas of the city and county of Philadelphia, on the fourth day of June, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty, by authority of the thirteenth section of an act of assembly, approved October thirteenth, one thousand eight hundred and forty, entitled "An Act relating to orphans' courts, and for other purposes," did decree and declare that the persons named in a certain instrument of writing, puporting to be the constitution of the Orphans' Home and Asylum for the aged and infirm of the Evangelical Lutheran church, which instrument was afterwards recorded in the office for recording deeds, et cetera, for the city and county of Philadelphia, in miscellaneous book A D B, number one, page one hundred and ninety, should, according to the objects, articles, and conditions in said instrument set forth and contained, become and be a corporation or body politic, in law and in fact: And whereas, The said corporation is desirous that the provisions of the said constitution, or charter of incorporation, shall be supplied or re-placed as hereinafter set forth; therefore, 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 said corporation, or body politic, is hereby continued Incorporation. in its corporate existence, under its corporate name or style of the Orphans' Home and Asylum for the aged and infirm of Name. the Evangelical Lutheran church, for the purpose of affording a home and support to destitute orphan children, without Objects. SECTION 2. That the corporation shall consist of the present Management. board of trustees, and their successors, duly qualified and elected. SECTION 3. That the terms of the present board of trustees Trustees, elecshall expire on the first Monday of April, Anno Domini one tion and terme thousand eight hundred and sixty-three; that the board of lady of. managers of the said the Orphans' Home and Asylum for the aged and infirm of the Evangelical Lutheran church, shall, on the first Monday of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, elect nine trustees, to be selected as -equally as possible, from the several Lutheran churches of the city of Philadelphia; one-third to serve for a term of one year; another third for the term of two years; and the remaining third for the term of three years, from the said first Monday of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixtythree; that thereafter, on the first Monday of March, in each and every year, the said board of lady managers shall elect three trustees, to serve for the term of three years, from the ensuing first Monday of April, and that any vacancy occurring in Vacancies. the said board of trustees, through any other cause than the expiration of the term of a member, shall be filled for the unexpired term of the late member, by an election to be held by the said board of lady managers, at their monthly meeting held next after the occurring of the said vacancy. SECTION 4. That the board of lady managers of the said the Board of lady Orphans' Home and Asylum for the aged and infirm of the managers, how Evangelical Lutheran church shall consist, as heretofore, of two delegates from each Lutheran church in the city of Philadelphia, that may desire to be represented in the said board; that the said delegates shall be appointed by the board of officers of their respective churches, and shall continue members of the said board of lady managers, until withdrawn Present managers. Meetings and election of offi cers. Powers of managers. Privileges of corporation. Proviso. Indenture of orphan children to the corpora tion. How indentures 1 or re-placed by the same authority, for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or removal from the church which they represent. SECTION 5. That the present lady managers shall remain in office until withdrawn or re-placed for any of the causes aforesaid, by the churches which they respectively represent, and that each Lutheran church, in the said city, not now represented in the said board, and any Lutheran church that may hereafter be established in the said city, shall be entitled to elect, through their boards of officers, two members of the said board of lady managers. SECTION 6. That the said board of lady managers shall meet at least once in each month; that on the first Monday in the month of March, in each year, they shall elect, from among themselves, a directress, treasurer, and secretary, for the ensuing year, and that until the next election, to be held as required by this act, the present directress, treasurer, and secretary, shall continue in their respective offices. SECTION 7. That the said board of lady managers shall control and direct the domestic economy and discipline of the institution, without any interference on the part of the board of trustees, except so far as may be necessary to carry out and execute the resolutions of the said board of lady managers. SECTION 8 That the said corporation shall continue to have all the powers, authority, rights and privileges, which it now possesses, under the charter granted by the court of common pleas of the city and county of Philadelphia, or which, under the existing laws of this commonwealth, are conferred upon any charitable or religious association, when incorporated by the decree of the court of common pleas: Provided always nevertheless, That the clear yearly income from the real and personal estate, that may be held by the said corporation, may amount to, but shall not exceed, the sum of ten thousand dollars. SECTION 9. That any poor orphan child may be bound, by indenture, to the said the Orphans' Home and Asylum for the aged and infirm of the Evangelical Lutheran church, to be maintained and educated under the rules and regulations which may lawfully be made by the said corporation, as long as the said corporation shall deem it advisable to retain said child; that said indenture, if not otherwise determined, shall expire when the child indentured, if a female, shall have attained the age of eighteen years; and if a male, the age of twenty-one years; that the said indenture shall be as valid and binding as an ordinary indenture of apprenticeship, and shall confer upon the said corporation the same authority over the child, that a master can, by law, exercise over his apprentice; and that the respective rights and duties of the parties to the said indenture shall be determined and enforced, according to the laws regulating the relation of master and apprentice. SECTION 10. That indentures, binding poor orphan children o be executed. to the said corporation, as aforesaid, may be executed by any officer or officers, person or persons, authorized by existing laws to bind any minor to an apprenticeship, or by the mothers, guardians, or next friends of such poor orphan children: Provided, That when any poor orphan child shall Proviso. SECTION 11. That it shall be lawful for the said corporation Indenture of to bind, by indenture, any poor orphan child, so as aforesaid children as apbound to the said corporation, to any person, to serve as an prentices. apprentice, in any art, mystery, occupation, or labor; and such orphan child shall be bound to serve the time in his or her indenture provided, which, in the case of a male, shall expire on or before his attaining the age of twenty-one years, and in the case of a female, on or before her attaining the age of eighteen years; and that the respective rights and duties of the parties to such indentures shall be determined and enforced, according to the law regulating the relation of master and apprentice. SECTION 12. That all provisions, contained in the charter, Repeal. under which the Orphans' Home and Asylum for the aged and infirm of the Evangelical Lutheran church was incorporated by the court of common pleas of the city and county of Philadelphia, and not enacted and confirmed in the preceding sections of this act, are hereby repealed JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEORGE V. LAWRENCE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-seventh day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. Relating to the selling of the repairing of the Public Roads in the township of Texas, in the county of Wayne. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represenlatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this act, it shall be the Supervisors au- duty of the supervisors of said township, after having given thorized to sell at least two weeks' public notice of the time and place, in one repairing of roads and bridges. Cash tax to be levied. newspaper in the borough of Honesdale, before the second Monday in April, in each and every year, to give out, by public out-cry, to the lowest and best bidder, the repairing, and keeping in repair, all the public roads and bridges in said township, for the term of one year, and all new roads or bridges required to be made or built, shall, from time to time, be let in the same manner. SECTION 2. That instead of levying a road tax, as heretofore, it shall be the duty of the supervisors to levy a cash tax on such property as has heretofore been taxed for road purposes, for paying all expenses in keeping said roads and bridges in good repair, under the direction and supervision of the superCompen-ation visors of said township: Provided, That the compensation of of supervisors. said supervisors shall, in no individual case, exceed the sum of twenty dollars per year. Repeal. SECTION 3. That all acts, or parts of acts, of the general assembly, inconsistent with the provisions of this act, be and the same are hereby repealed, as to the said township of Texas. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED The twenty-seventh day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. Board of relief constituted. No. 77. An Act To provide for the relief of the families of Drafted men and Volunteers in the county of Erie. 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 road commissioners of the several townships, and the burgess and councils of the several boroughs, in the county of Erie, are hereby constituted a board of relief for said townships and boroughs respectively, whose duty it shall be to ascertain, without delay, what families of the men drafted, and of those who have volunteered into the service of the United States, from said townships and boroughs, are in |