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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER DCCCLXXI. AN ACT TO CONFIRM THE ESTATES AND INTERESTS OF THE COLLEGE, ACADEMY AND CHARITABLE SCHOOL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, AND TO AMEND AND ALTER THE CHARTERS THEREOF CONFORMABLY TO THE REVOLUTION AND TO THE CONSTITUTION AND GOVERNMENT OF THIS COMMONWEALTH, AND TO ERECT THE SAME INTO AN UNIVERSITY. (Section I, P. L.) Whereas the education of youth has ever been found to be of the most essential consequence as well to the good government of states and the peace and welfare of society as to the profit and ornament of individuals, insomuch that from the experience of all ages it appears that seminaries of learning, when properly conducted, have been public blessings to mankind and that on the contrary, when in the hands of dangerous and disaffected men, they have troubled the peace of society, shaken the government and often caused tumult, sedition and bloodshed: (Section II, P. L.) And whereas the college, academy and charitable school of the city of Philadelphia, were at first founded on a plan of free and unlimited catholicism but it appears that the trustees thereof, by a vote or by-law of their board bearing date the fourteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty-four, have departed from the plan of the original founders and narrowed the foundation of the said institution: Section I.] (Section III, P. L.) Be it therefore enacted and it is hereby enacted by the Representatives of the Freemen of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met and by the authority of the same, That the charter of the said seminary granted by the late proprietaries of Pennsylvania, bearing date the thirtieth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and fifty-three, whereby certain persons were incorporat...

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 edition. Excerpt: ... be relieved by the class next in numerical order, the relief to arrive at least two days before the expiration of the term of the class to be relieved, but nothing herein contained shall prevent the governor from employing and calling out part of any class, or any company or companies, regiment or regiments, without respect to this rule, whenever the exigency is too sudden to allow the assemblying of the scattered militia which compose the particular classes, and the services of the persons so called out shall be accounted as part of their tour of duty, and the pay of the militia in actual service shall commence two days before marching, and they shall receive pay and rations at the rate of fifteen miles per day on their return home. [Section XIX.] (Section XIX, P. L.) And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall and may be lawful for any person called to do a tour of duty to find a sufficient substitute, such substitute being approved of by the captain or commanding officer of the company which he shall be offered to serve in. Provided always, That persons serving by substitute as aforesaid, if said substitute shall be called in his own turn into actual service before the term expires which he was to serve for his employer, that then the person procuring such substitute shall march in his said substitutes' turn, or be liable to pay his fine for neglect, which fine is to be recovered as other fines for neglect of serving are by this act directed to be recovered, and that sons who are not subject to the militia law may be admitted as substitutes for their fathers. [Section XX.] (Section XX, P. L.) And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when the militia, or any detachment thereof, are called out...