(No. 23.] AN ACT To authorize Charles S. Bradford, trustee of Mary M. Brackenridge of the city of Alleghany, to sell and convey a certain ground rent. Trustee of SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep resentatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Charles S. Bradford of the city of Pittsburg, trustee for the separate use of Mary M. Brackenridge, wife of M. M. BrackAlexander Brackenridge, of the city of Allegheny, and for the enridge auchildren of the said Alexander and Mary, be and he is hereby thori'd to sell authorized and empowered to sell and convey, with the con- certainground sent of the said Mary, and with the approbation of the court rent. of common pleas of the county of Allegheny, a certain annual ground rent of one hundred and fifty dollars, charged on a part of lot number four hundred and eight, in Wood's plan of Pitts burg; and further, to invest the proceeds of such sale in such Proceeds how real estate or such securities as shall be approved of by the said invested. court, for the same uses and upon the same trusts as the said ground rent is now held: Provided however, That before exe- Proviso. cuting the power hereby granted, the said Charles S. Bradford shall give sufficient security to be approved of by the said court, for the faithful execution of the said power. WM. A. CRABB, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-This twenty-fifth day of February, A. D. eighteen hundred and forty-one. DAVID R. PORTER. [No. 24.] A SUPPLEMENT To an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Stafford Coal Company," passed the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represntatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in Gen eral Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority Time for com- of the same, That the time in which the Stafford coal compapletion extenny is required to complete its railroad, is hereby extended to ded to 1846. the first day of September, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six, and that said company is hereby authorized to apply any portion of the one hundred thousand dollars capital stock or loan which it is authorized to create for the purpose of constructing said road, and which may remain unexpended after the completion of the same, to the construction of other May constr❜ct railroads which it is hereby anthorized to construct, leading other railroads from future openings of coal mines in its lands, to connect with any neighboring railroad or railroads of other incorporated companies, as the same may from time to time be found expedient or necessary, with the same powers and immunities and subject to the same restrictions, terms and conditions, as relate to the first mentioned railroad, excepting as is herein otherwise provided. WM. A. CRABB, Speake of the Houser of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-sixth day of February, A. D. Eighteen hundred and forty-one. DAVID R. PORTER. [No. 25.] AN ACT To authorize the Auditor General to issue Certificates of State Stock to SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep resentatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the anthority of the same, That it shall and may be lawful for the Auditor Auditor gen- General, to cause to be issued new certificates of debt of this eral to issue Commonwealth, to Samuel Corrie and James Corrie, for their proportional share of a certificate formerly issued, and numberstock to Sam- ed two thousand and eighty-six of the State five per cent stock, uel & James redeemable in one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, in lieu of said certificate number two thousand and eighty-six, on satisfactory proof being made that such certificate is of record in the court of first instance of civil jurisdiction of the Island of Trinidad, and as such record cannot be taken therefrom, and new certificates of state Corrie. that said Samuel and James Corrie have an interest in the same, WM. A. CRABB, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-This twenty-sixth day of February, A. D. eigh teen hundred and forty-one. DAVID R. PORTER. [No. 26.] A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT To the act entitled "An act for the regulation of the Militia of this Commonwealth." 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 enrolled militia attached to the thirtyninth and one hundred and thirteenth regiments, first brigade, eleventh division, Pennsylvania militia, residing within the following bounds, shall hereafter compose a separate battalion, Bounda to be called the third battalion of the one hundred and thirteenth Third Bat. l. regiment, any thing in any former law to the contrary notwith- M. established standing: that is to say, commencing at Gibson's mill; thence along the Sherman's creek to Billows bridge; thence to the Methodist church near Albright's; thence across Dick's hill, to the state road near William Campbell's; thence across Mochanoy to Caroline furnace; thence up the Juniata river to the mouth of Big Buffalo creek; thence up the said creek to the house of John Smith, jr., near Milford; thence to the road leading from Milford to Racoon; thence along said road to Donnelly's saw mill; thence up Racoon hill to the Saville township line; thence along said township line to Jacob Burd's land, on Middle ridge; thence to the Centre township line, near John Smith's; thence along the Centre township line to Abraham Kistler's; thence along said line to M'Cord's saw mill; thence down the run to the place of beginning; and that Meetings the said battalion shall meet in the borough of Bloomfield, in Perry county: Provided, That if at any time hereafter, it Proviso. shall be found necessary to attach said battalion to any other when held. estate. Make deeds, &c. may sell real and empowered at any time and times hereafter, to sell and díspose of all such real estate either at public or private sale, and for such price as in their judgment and sound discretion may be deemed most advantageous for the estate of their said testator, agreeably to said last will and testament, and to all intents and purposes as if he had been seized and possessed thereof at the time of his decease. And to make and execute deeds of conveyance to the purchasers in fee simple, or for such estate and interest as they may have therein discharged of said uses and trusts. Preamble. tain real estate. WHEREAS, William Pentland, of the city of Pittsburg, by his intermarrige with a certain Mary Watson, became seized in right of the said Mary of a certain real estate, consisting for the most part of unimproved lots in and about said city: And whereas, The said William did, with the full knowledge and assent of his said wife, incur a large debt in the erection of certain buildings on a portion of the said property lying within the said city, to the great and manifest advantage of the inheritance therein: And whereas, The said Mary hath since died, leaving issue one child, Andrew W. Pentland, a minor, and without any provision made for the payment of the said debt, whereby the inheritance has been discharged therefrom and the creditors who have advanced their money for its improvement are likely to lose a large portion of their just claims upon the said property, and the said William to be moreover deprived of the means of educating and maintaining the said minor in a manner suited to his circumstances and condition in life: Therefore, SECTION 2. That the said William Pentland be and he is Wm. Pentland authoriz- hereby authorized to sell and dispose of so much of the unimed to sell cer- proved real estate of the said minor as may be required to discharge the debts bona fide, incurred in and about the erection of the said buildings: Provided, the same shall not exceed the sum of eight thousand five hundred dollars: And provided moreover, That the sale or sales so to be made, shall be approved by the orphans' court of the county of Allegheny, and security given to the satisfaction of the said court for the proper application of the moneys arising therefrom to the purposes indicated in this act. WM. A. CRABB, Speaker of the House Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-third day of February, A. D. eigh teen hundred and forty one. DAVID R. PORTER. (No. 23.] AN ACT To authorize Charles S. Bradford, trustee of Mary M. Brackenridge of the city of Alleghany, to sell and convey a certain ground rent. Trustee of M. M. Brack 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 Charles S. Bradford of the city of Pittsburg, trustee for the separate use of Mary M. Brackenridge, wife of Alexander Brackenridge, of the city of Allegheny, and for the enridge auchildren of the said Alexander and Mary, be and he is hereby thori'd to sell authorized and empowered to sell and convey, with the con- certainground sent of the said Mary, and with the approbation of the court rent. of common pleas of the county of Allegheny, a certain annual ground rent of one hundred and fifty dollars, charged on a part of lot number four hundred and eight, in Wood's plan of Pittsburg; and further, to invest the proceeds of such sale in such Proceeds how real estate or such securities as shall be approved of by the said court, for the same uses and upon the same trusts as the said ground rent is now held: Provided however, That before exe- Provise. cuting the power hereby granted, the said Charles S. Bradford shall give sufficient security to be approved of by the said court, for the faithful execution of the said power. WM. A. CRABB, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-This twenty-fifth day of February, A. D. eighteen hundred and forty-one. invested. DAVID R. PORTER. [No. 24.] A SUPPLEMENT To an act entitled “An act to incorporate the Stafford Coal Company,” passed the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represntatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in Gen |