A BILL

To incorporate the Trustees of the Glebe Fund of Lancaster County.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That John Chowning, John B. Bramham, Charles H. 2 Leland, James Simmonds, Samuel Gresham, Ralph Edmonds, Addison Hall and Joseph P. Flippo, 3 and their successors, be and they are hereby constituted a corporation and body politic, under the 4 name of "The Trustees of the Glebe Fund of Lancaster County." They may, in their corpo5 rate capacity, sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and may hold the money, funds, bonds, 6 debts, effects, and other property hereinafter vested in them, for the purposes hereafter mentioned. 7 And the said trustees, any five of whom shall consitute a quorum for the transaction of all business 8 of the corporation, shall have power to appoint a clerk and treasurer from their own body, and 9 such other officers as they may deem necessary, and make such rules and regulations for the better 10 ordering of their proceedings, as to them may seem meet; provided they be not inconsistent with 11 the constitution and laws of this commonwealth. And the said board of trustees shall report to the

12 court of the said county once in every year the state of the funds committed to their charge. 2. Be it further enacted, That all money, funds, bonds, debts, effects, and other property now 2 held by the said individuals by virtue of their late office of school commissioners of the said county, 3 and acquired by, or derived from the sale of the glebe lands, formerly belonging to the said county 4 and known as the glebe fund of the county of Lancaster, shall, after the passage of this act, be 5 vested in the said trustees of the glebe fund of Lancaster county; the revenue or income of the 6 said fund to be used and applied by the said trustees to the education of the poor youth of the said 7 county, either in whole or in part, as the number and necessities of such youth, in the opinion of 8 the said trustees, may require, until a majority of the voters of the said county may direct other9 wise, and then in such other way as a majority of such voters may require it to be used and ap10 plied.

3. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the court of the said county, annually, in the 2 month of October, or as soon thereafter as may be, to appoint nine discreet persons trustees of 3 the glebe fund of the said county, to succeed the said John Chowning, John B. Bramham, Charles

4 H. Leland, James Simmonds, Samuel Gresham, Ralph Edmonds, Addison Hall and Joseph P. 5 Flippo; and also to fill all vacancies that may at any time occur in the said board of trustees, 6 either from death, resignation, removal, or any other cause; and to make an order directing the 7 sheriff of the said county to notify such persons of their appointment: Provided, That nothing in 8 this act shall be so construed as to prevent the said court from reappointing the same persons trus9 tees, if they shall deem it proper so to do: And provided also, That the former trustees shall be 10 and continue members of the said corporation until the court shall appoint their successors.

4. Be it further enacted, That the said trustees of the glebe fund shall be, and they are hereby 2 empowered and required to lend to any person or persons of the county of Lancaster, any money 3 belonging to the fund by this act vested in them in such sums as they may deem proper, and to 4 take from such person or persons bond with good security, (both real and personal when the sum 5 loaned shall exceed one hundred dollars,) sufficient to ensure the payment thereof; and to collect 6 and reloan the same whenever in their opinion the safety or improvement of the fund or other 7 good and sufficient reason may require it to be collected.

5. Be it further enacted, That the said trustees of the glebe fund shall have power to determine 2 what number of poor children they will educate; what sum shall be paid for their education; to 3 authorize each of themselves to select so many poor children as they may deem expedient, and to 4 draw orders on their treasurer for the payment of the expense of tuition and of furnishing such 5 children with proper books and material for writing and cyphering. The poor children selected 6 in manner aforesaid, shall with the assent of the father, or if there be no father, of the mother of 7 such children respectively, or if no mother, with the assent of the guardian be sent to such school 8 as may be convenient, to be taught reading, writing and arithmetic.

6. Be it further enacted, That the said trustees of the glebe fund or a majority of them shall hold 2 a meeting at the courthouse of the said county, on the first day of the court of the said county, 3 which shall be holden annually in the month of November; and they shall hold such extra meet4 ings at the place aforesaid as they may deem necessary to be convened at any time, on application 5 of any number of the said trustees not less than a third part of the whole, reasonable notice thereof 6 having been first given by advertisement at the door of the courthouse on some court day. A ma7 jority of the whole number of trustees shall be at all times necessary to form a board for the

8 transaction of business or to adjourn, except from day to day; but any

smaller number may adjourn

9 from day to day; the board may adjourn from time to time as they may think proper.

7. Be it further enacted, That the clerk shall keep a fair record of the proceedings of the board, 2 and shall receive and preserve the records of the late board of school commissioners of the said 3 county, acting as trustees of the glebe fund; and the treasurer shall receive and hold all the said 4 money, funds, bonds, debts, effects and other property by this act vested in the said trustees of the 5 glebe fund, except the records aforesaid, and shall pay all moneys which may come to his hands in 6 virtue of his office, to the order of the said trustees, or such of them as shall have been authorized 7 at their lawful meetings to draw upon him, and shall annually render an account of his receipts and 8 disbursements, supported by proper vouchers, to the said trustees, who shall examine the same, and 9 after correcting all errors which may be found therein, shall return the same to the clerk of the court 10 of the said county to be filed and preserved by him: Provided however, That before the treasurer 11 shall receive the said money, funds, bonds, debts, effects and other property, or any part thereof, by 12 virtue of his office, he shall give bond and good security in the court of the said county, payable 13 to the trustees of the glebe fund of Lancaster, in the penalty of twenty thousand dollars, conditioned 14 for the faithful application and accounting for all moneys and other effects which may come to his 15 hands by virtue of his office; which bond shall be filed and recorded in the office of the said court. 16 And for the services required of the clerk of the said court, he shall be allowed by the said trustees 17 such fee, not exceeding three dollars, as they may deem reasonable, to be paid by order on the 18 treasurer; and whenever the treasurer shall go out of office, he shall pay over all money, funds and 19 other effects remaining in his hands to his successor in office.

8. Be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the said trustees to fill all vacancies 2 that may occur in the office of clerk and treasurer, by death, resignation, removal or otherwise; 3 to make such allowance to their treasurer and clerk each, as they may deem reasonable for his ser4 vices; and to authorize their treasurer to pay their own reasonable expenses incurred in attending 5 their meetings.

9. Be it further enacted, That the bond given by the treasurer may be put in suit by the said trus2 tees of the glebe fund for any breach of the condition thereof. And if the treasurer appointed 3 under the authority of this act, or his executors, administrators, or other personal representative,

4 shall at any time, when duly required thereto, fail to pay any money received by such treasurer by 5 virtue of his office, it shall be lawful for the said trustees of the glebe fund, by motion, on ten days 6 previous notice, either in the county court or in the circuit superior court of law and chancery of 7 the said county, to recover judgment and have execution for such money, with ten per centum per 8 annum damages thereon from the time of such failure till payment, together with costs against the 9 said treasurer and his securities, jointly or severally, or against the executors, administrators, or other 10 personal representative of said treasurer or his securities, or any of them.

10. Be it further enacted, That in order to render effectual the provision of the second section of 2 this act, authorizing a majority of the legal voters of the said county to require the interest or in3 come of the said fund to be used and applied otherwise than is by this act directed, it shall be law4 ful for the court of the said county, and the said court is hereby required so to do, upon the appli5 cation in writing to them of any number of the legally qualified voters of the said county, not less 6 than fifty, plainly and distinctly setting forth any other disposition that they may desire to have made 7 of the interest and income of the said fund, to make an order requiring the sheriff and other offi8 cers who shall conduct the election in the said county, at the next election thereafter to be held 9 therein for the election of a delegate to represent the said county in the legislature of the state, 10 to open a poll at the several places established by law for holding the said election, with two co11 lumns, one to be headed, for the proposition so distinctly and plainly set forth in the said applica12 tion to the court, and the other to be headed, against the said proposition. And the question shall 13 be propounded by the said officers to each voter, Are you in favour of the said proposition or 14 against it? And the names of the voters respectively shall be recorded in the column indicated 15 by their answers; which poll shall be duly certified on oath or affirmation by said officers, and by 16 them delivered to the clerk of the county court, to be by him filed and preserved in his office, and 17 if it shall appear by the said poll that a majority of the voters in the county are in favour of the 18 said proposition, the interest and income of the said fund shall thereafter be used and applied ac19 cordingly by the said trustees; but if a majority of the said voters shall not be in favour of the 20 said proposition, then the interest and income of the said fund shall continue to be used and applied 21 as by this act is directed.

11. This act shall be in force from the passage thereof.

A BILL

Providing for the Enlargement of the Western Lunatic Asylum.

March 10, 1847-Read first to be read second time.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the directors of the Western asylum for the mainte2 nance and cure of insane persons, shall be and they are hereby empowered to contract for the ex3 tension of the buildings of that institution, after having first given at least sixty days notice, by ad4 vertisement in some public newspaper published in the City of Richmond, and in the newspapers 5 published in the town of Staunton, that they will receive proposals for the work authorized; and 6 on letting out of said work, they shall take bond, with approved security, from the contractor or 7 contractors, payable to said directors and their successors in office, in such penalty as they deem 8 sufficient, conditioned for the faithful execution of the contract.

2. Be it further enacted, That a sum not exceeding twenty thousand dollars be and the same is 2 hereby appropriated for the entire completion of the additional building hereby authorized, to be 3 paid out of the treasury of the commonwealth, upon the order of the court of directors of said 4 Western asylum, in favour of the treasurer thereof, on the auditor of public accounts, in the fol5 lowing manner: five thousand dollars on the ratification of the contract, and the execution of the 6 bond required; five thousand dollars on the fifteenth of October next; five thousand dollars on the 7 fifteenth of April eighteen hundred and forty-eight; and five thousand dollars on the fifteenth of 8 October eighteen hundred and forty-eight, provided that said building shall be completed on the day 9 last aforesaid; if not, then upon the completion thereof.

3. This act shall be in force from its passage.