documents, relics and literary, historical or other concontributions, appoint all employes and make all regulations, and do all things necessary to its government, preservation and maintenance, subject to the approval of the Board. The President and treasurer of the Board and the superintendent of the district (or if there is no such officer, the secretary of the board), Ex-officio memshall be ex-officio members of the board of trustees. The other six members shall be elected by the school Election and term board, two each for one, two and three years, and annually thereafter two members shall be chosen by said board for the term of three years. Each trustee shall serve until his successor is elected and in case of a va bers. of members. cancy it shall be filled by the school board for the un- Vacancy. expired term. The trustees shall make a report to the Report of trusschool board once each year or oftener if called upon of such subjects and in such manner as may be re tees. quired by said board: Provided, that any board of Proviso. school directors of any township or borough, or any other organization having control of the common schools of trustees may be any township or borough, may, when decided upon by When election of Approved-The 11th day of May, A. D. 1901. No. 148. AN ACT Amending an act, entitled "An act authorizing and requiring the county commissioners of each county in the State to appoint a sufficient number of suitable persons in each township and ward of their county, at the expense of the county, to look after, bury and provide a headstone for the body of any honorably discharged soldier, sailor or marine, who served in the army or navy of the United States during the late rebellion or any preceding war, and shall hereafter die in their county, leaving insufficient means to defray the necessary burial expenses," which became a law May thirteenth, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, by extending its provisions to soldiers, sailors and marines who fought in the late war with Spain, and in the war with the Philippine Islands. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That the first section of the act of Assembly, entitled "An act authorizing and requiring the county commissioners of each county Section 1 of the act of May 13, 1885 cited for amendment. Duty of county commissioners. in the State to appoint a sufficient number of suitable persons in each township and ward of their county, at the expense of the county to look after, bury and provide a headstone for the body of any honorably discharged soldier, sailor or marine, who served in the army or navy of the United States during the late Rebellion, or any preceding war, and shall hereafter die in their county, leaving insufficient means to defray the necessary burial expenses," which became a law May thirteenth, one thousand eight hundred and eightyfive, which reads as follows: "That it shall be the duty of the county commissioners of each county in this State to appoint a sufficient number of suitable persons in each township and ward in their county, other than those prescribed by law for the care of paupers and the custody of criminals, to look after and cause to be buried in a decent and respectable manner in any cemetery or burial ground within this State, other than those used exclusively for the burial of the pauper dead, at an expense to their county not exceeding thirty-five dollars, the body of any honorably discharged soldier, sailor or marine, who served in the army or navy of the United States during the late rebellion or any preceding war, and shall hereafter die in their county, leaving insufficient means to defray the necessary burial expenses. And the persons so appointed shall hold their offices at the pleasure of the county commissioners, and shall serve without compensation," shall be amended so as to read as follows: Section 1. That it shall be the duty of the county commissioners of each county in this State to appoint a sufficient number of suitable persons in each town. ship and ward in their county, other than those prescribed by law for the care of paupers and the custody of criminals, to look after and cause to be buried, in a decent and respectable manner, in any cemetery or burial ground within this State, other than those used exclusively for the burial of the pauper dead, at an expense to their county not exceeding thirty-five dol Burial of honora lars, the body of any honorably discharged soldier, sailor or marine, who served in the army or navy of the United States during the late rebellion, or any preceding war, and late war with Spain and the Philippine Islands, and shall hereafter die in their county, leaving insufficient means to defray the necessary burial expenses. And the persons so appointed shall hold their offices at the pleasure of the county commissioners, and shall serve without compensation. bly discharged soldiers, sailors and marines. War with Spain and the Philippine Islands. Approved-The 11th day of May, A. D. 1901. WILLIAM A. STONE. No. 149. AN ACT To authorize the sale of property acquired or held for public landings by cities of the first class, where the same or portions thereof are not required for the purpose originally intended. Whereas, There is land in cities of the first class, Whereas. originally acquired for public landings, on which wharves or piers have been constructed, and which, on account of changes in methods of business, are no longer used for the purposes originally intended, and, on account of changes of wharf and harbor lines, cannot be adapted to wharf purposes without extension and improvement: Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That cities of the first class are hereby authorized and empowered to sell at public sale and convey all their right, title and interest in and to any and all real estate, acquired and held as such public landings, or any parts thereof, whenever such landings or parts thereof are not required for the purposes originally intended, subject however to such trusts as were originally charged upon such lands as public landings; and the mayor of such cities is authorized to execute the necessary deeds and other writ ings to carry out the purposes of this act: Provided, All such sale or sales and conveyances shall first be authorized by ordinance of council. Approved-The 11th day of May, A. D. 1901. Sale of public landings in cities of the first class. Mayor to execute conveyance. Proviso. No. 150. AN ACT Establishing interstate comity in teachers' licenses, by authorizing the endorsement and validation in Pennsylvania of Normal School diplomas and permanent certificates granted in other States of the Union. in teachers' 11censes. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That for the purpose Interstate comity of establishing interstate comity in permanent licenses to teach, the Superintendent of Public Instruction of the State of Pennsylvania be, and he is hereby, authorized to endorse Normal School diplomas and permanent certificates granted to teachers in other States in the Union: Provided, That such Normal School di- Proviso. plomas or permanent certificates are valid licenses to teach in the States by whose authorities they were is Proviso. Limitation of the provisions of act. Annulment. sued: And provided further, That such diplomas or certificates be accompanied by recommendations showing the holder to have taught successfully within two years, and such Normal School diplomas and permanent certificates, when so endorsed, shall be available for like purpose, and have the same force and effect, as certificates of like grade, for like purpose, by the Superintendent of Public Instruction of this Commonwealth. Section 2. Provided further, That the provisions of this act shall be extended only to those states which by Legislative enactment grant the same privilege to teachers of this Commonwealth. Section 3. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall have authority to annul such Normal School diplomas and permanent certificates, endorsed and validated by himself or predecessors in office, upon complaint, duly proven, of incompetence, cruelty, negligence or immorality on the part of the holder thereof. Approved-The 11th day of May, A. D. 1901. WILLIAM A. STONE. Section 1 of the act of May 22, 1895, cited for amendment. No. 151. AN ACT To amend an act, authorizing the county commissioners of the several counties of this Commonwealth to erect or complete and maintain a suitable monument, at the county seat of each county, in memory of the soldiers and sailors of the late war, so as to authorize said county commissioners, under the same regulations, to pay debts already contracted for and about the erection and maintenance of such a monument and for work done and material furnished thereof. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That the first section of an act of General Assembly, approved the twenty-second day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, entitled "An act authorizing the county commissioners of the several counties of this Commonwealth to erect or complete and maintain a suitable monument, at the county seat of each county, in memory of the soldiers and sailors of the late war," which reads as follows: "That upon the petition of at least fifty of the citizens to the court of quarter sessions of any county in this Commonwealth, for the erection or completion of a monument in memory of the soldiers and sailors of the late war, it shall be the duty of said court to lay said petition before the grand juries; and said court, the county commissioners shall be authorized to erect or complete any monument now partly erected, but not completed, and maintain at the county seat a suitable monument, in memory of the 4 soldiers and sailors of the late War of the Rebellion from said county," be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: diers' monument. That upon the petition of at least fifty of the citi- Petition for solzens of the county to the court of quarter sessions of any county in this Commonwealth, for the erection or completion of a monument in memory of the soldiers and sailors of the late war, or to pay debts heretofore contracted for and about the erection and construction of such a monument, it shall be the duty of said court to lay said petition before the grand jury; and, if approved by two successive grand juries and said court, Approval by the county commissioners shall be authorized to pay any and all debts heretofore contracted for and about Authority of comthe erection and construction of such a monument, for work done or material furnished therefor, to erect an entirely new one, or complete any such monument now partly erected but not completed, and maintain, at the county seat, a suitable monument in memory of the soldiers and sailors of the late War of the Rebellion from said county. Approved-The 11th day of May, A. D. 1901. grand juries. missioners. No. 152. AN ACT Authorizing appeals from the court of common pleas to the Supreme and Superior Courts in cases which are appeals from settlements or reports of county, borough or township audit ors. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That hereafter in all cases pending and undetermined in any court of common pleas in this Commonwealth, which are appeals from settlements or reports made by county, borough or township auditors, it shall be lawful for any party to except to any ruling or decision of the court upon any question or point of law that may arise; and an appeal may be taken therefrom to the Superior or Supreme Court: Provided, That such exceptions and appeals shall be governed and regulated by the laws now in force, regulating exceptions and appeals to the Supreme and Superior Courts in civil cases. Approved-The 11th day of May, A. D. 1901. Appeals from borough and township auditors. reports of county, |