CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS OF THE .f ,! V C&JUUL Mass •4- Book PRESENTED HV '*% Mxegi monamentum sere perennina The Constitution OF THE General Society of Sons of the Revolution AND By-Laws OF THE Pennsylvania State Society PHILADELPHIA 1907 ,- ^Pennsylvania g>octetp OF £>on$ of t^c Hetoolutton Instituted April 3d, 1888. Incorporated Sbptember 29th, 1890. FOUNDERS : ©litter (Ttiristian Bosbpsbell ©eorge Horace fiurgin German Bnrgin Kicliorb ft1c€all QTabtoalaber James QEbroarb Carpenter flobert Porter Decljert William dtjnrchill Oonston, Jr. lolin tDoolf Jorban Joeiah ©rantrille Cearh, ffilon Onnbar £ockrooob (STtjarlee Marshall Samuel U)h,itaker pennjipacker John Bibble Porter lUilliam Brooke-Uamle tOilliam tDanne Gift ,•• .^riciety %ty Constitution Done at the City of Philadelphia on the 12th day of February, 1890, and of the Independence of the United States the one drcd and fourteenth. Adopted in the City of New York March 8th, 1890. I. It being evident, from a steady decline of a proper celebration Object of the of the National holidays of the United States of America, that popular concern in the events and men of the War of the Revo- lution is gradually declining, and that such lack of interest is attributable, not so much to the lapse of time and the rapidly increasing flood of immigration from foreign countries, as to the neglect, on the part of descendants of Revolutionary heroes, to perform their duty in keeping before the public mind the memory of the services of their ancestors and of the times in which they lived ; therefore, the Society of the Sons of the Revolution has been instituted to perpetuate the memory of the men who, in the military, naval and civil service of the Colonies and of the Con- tinental Congress by their acts or counsel, achieved the Independ- ence of the country, and to further the proper celebration of the anniversaries of the birthday of Washington, and of prominent events connected with the War of the Revolution ; to collect and secure for preservation the rolls, records, and other documents relating to that period ; to inspire the members of the Society with the patriotic spirit of their forefathers; and to promote the feeling of friendship among them. II. The General Society shall be divided into State Societies, The General which shall meet annually on the day appointed therefor in their s<>i:iet y- respective by-laws, and oftener if found expedient; and at such Officers of State Societies. annual meeting the reasons for the institution of the Society shall be considered, and the best measures for carrying them into effect adopted. III. The State Societies, at each annual meeting, shall choose, by a majority of the votes present, a President, a Vice-President, a Secretary, a Registrar, a Treasurer, a Chaplain, and such other officers as may by them respectively be deemed necessary, together with a board of managers consisting of these officers and of nine other members, all of whom shall retain their respective positions until their successors are duly chosen. Interchange of information between State Societies. Powers of tht State Societies. IV. Each State Society shall cause to be transmitted annually, or oftener, to the other State Societies, a circular letter calling attention to whatever may be thought worthy of observation respecting the welfare of the Society or of the general Union of the States, and giving information of the officers chosen for the year ; and copies of these letters shall also be transmitted to the General Secretary, to be preserved among the records of the Gen- eral Society. V. The State Societies shall regulate all matters respecting their own affairs, consistent with the general good of the Society ; judge of the qualification of their members, or of those proposed for membership, subject, however, to the provisions of this Constitu- tion ; and expel any member who, by conduct unbecoming a gen- tleman or a man of honor, or by an opposition to the interests of the community in general or of the Society in particular, may ren- der himself unworthy to continue in membership. Permanent Fund. VI. In order to form funds that may be respectable, each member shall contribute, upon his admission to the Society and annually (hereafter, such sums as the by-laws of the respective State Societies may require : but any of such State Societies may pro- vide for the endowment of memberships by the payment of proper sums in capitalization, which sums shall be properly invested as a permanent fund, the income only of which shall be expended. VII. The regular meeting of the General Society shall be held Meeting of the every three years, and special meetings may be held upon the ™ r* r °^" v order of the General President or upon the request of two of the tation therein. State Societies, and such meetings shall consist of two Delegates from each State Society and one additional Delegate for every one hundred (ioo) members or major fraction thereof; and on all questions arising at meetings of the General Society each Dele- gate there present shall be entitled to one vote, and no votes shall be taken by States, and the necessary expenses of such meeting shall be borne by the State Societies. VIII. At the regular meeting, a General President, General Vice- officers of the President, General Second Vice-President, Secretary, Assistant General Soci " y - Secretary, Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer, Registrar, Historian, and Chaplain shall be chosen by a majority of the votes present, to serve until the next regular general meeting, or until their successors are duly chosen. IX. At each general meeting the circular letters which have been Recommenda- transmitted by the several State Societies shall be considered, and s '°^,° es to be a e all measures taken which shall conduce to the general welfare of considered by the ,, r. . , General Society. the Society. X. The General Society shall have power at any meeting to Admission of admit State Societies thereto, and to entertain and determine all state Societies, questions affecting the qualifications for membership in or the welfare of any State Society as may, by proper memorial, be pre- sented by such State Society for consideration. Qualifications for Membership. List of members to be furnished the secretary of the General Society. Insignia of the Society. XI. Any male person above the age of twenty-one years, of good character, and a descendant of one who, as a military, naval, or marine officer, soldier, sailor, or marine, in actual service, under the authority of any of the thirteen Colonies or States or of the Con- tinental Congress, and remaining always loyal to such authority. or a descendant of one who signed the Declaration of Independ- ence, or of one who, as a member of the Continental Congress or of the Congress of any of the Colonies or States, or as an official appointed by or under the authority of any such legislative bodies, actually assisted in the establishment of American Independence by services rendered during the War of the Revolution, becoming thereby liable to conviction of treason against the Government of Great Britain, but remaining always loyal to the authority of the Colonies or States, shall be eligible to membership in the Society. XII. The Secretary of each State Society shall transmit to the General Secretary a list of the members thereof, together with the names and official designations of those from whom such members derive claim to membership, and thereafter upon the admission of members in each State Society, the Secretary thereof shall transmit to the General Secretary information respecting such members similar to that herein required. XIII. The Society shall have an insignia, which shall be a badge suspended from a ribbon by a ring of gold; the badge to be ellip- tical in form, with escaloped edges, one and one-quarter inches in length, and one and one-eighth inches in width ; the whole sur- mounted by a gold eagle, with wings displayed, inverted ; on the obverse side a medallion of gold in the center, elliptical in form, bearing on its face the figure of a soldier in Continental uniform, with musket slung; beneath, the figures 1775; the medallion surrounded by thirteen raised gold stars of five points each upon a border of dark blue enamel. On the reverse side, in the center, a medallion corresponding in form to that on the obverse, and also in gold, bearing on its face the Houdon portrait of Washing- ton in bas-relief, encircled by the legend, " Sons of the Revolu- tion " ; beneath, the figures 1883 ; and upon the reverse of the eagle the number of the badge to be engraved ; the medallion to be surrounded by a plain gold border, conforming in dimensions to the obverse ; the ribbon shall be dark blue, ribbed and watered, edged with buff, one and one-quarter inches wide, and one and one-half inches in displayed length. XIV. The insignia of the Society shall be worn by the members on Manner of wear- all occasions when they assemble as such for any stated purpose lng ' e lnsi s n,a - or celebration, and may be worn on any occasion of ceremony ; it shall be carried conspicuously on the left breast, but members who are or have been officers of the Society may wear the insignia suspended from the ribbon around the neck. XV. The custodian of the insignia shall be the General Secretary, Manner of issu- who shall issue them to members of the Society under such proper j»g <"><* > den < ir >- J L L ing the insignia. rules as may be formulated by the General Society, and he shall keep a register of such issues wherein each insignia issued may be identified by the number thereof. XVI. The seal of the Society shall be one and seven-eighth inches seaiofihe in diameter, and shall consist of the figure of a Minute-man in Society. Continental uniform, standing on a ladder leading to a belfry ; in his left hand he holds a musket and an olive branch, whilst his right grasps a bell-rope ; above, the cracked Liberty Bell ; issuing therefrom a ribbon bearing the motto of the Society, E.vegi monu- mentum arc perennius; across the top of the ladder, on a ribbon, the figures 1776; and on the left of the Minute-man, and also on a ribbon, the figures 1883, the year of the formation of the Society; the whole encircled by a band three-eighths of one inch wide ; thereon at the top thirteen stars of five points each ; at the bottom the name of the General Society, or of the State Society to which the seal belongs. 3Sp~2Utosi (Inclusive of Amendments adopted April 3d, 1907.) SECTION I. This Society shall be known by the name, style and title of Name of the the Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution. Society. SECTION II. Any male person above the age of twenty-one years, of good Qualifications character, and a lineal descendant of one who, as a military, naval, ormem ers lp - or marine officer, soldier, sailor, or marine, in actual service, under the authority of any of the thirteen Colonies or States or of the Continental Congress, and remaining always loyal to such author- ity, or a lineal descendant of one who signed the Declaration of Independence, or of one who, as a member of the Continental Con- gress, or of the Congress of any of the Colonies or States, or as an official appointed by or under the authority of any such legislative bodies, actually assisted in the establishment of American Inde- pendence by services rendered during the War of the Revolution, becoming thereby liable to conviction of treason against the Gov- ernment of Great Britain, but remaining always loyal to the authority of the Colonies or States, shall be eligible to membership in the Society. Provided, That when the claim of eligibility is based on the service of an ancestor in the " minute men " or " militia," it must be satisfactorily shown that such ancestor was actually called into the service of the State or United States, and performed garrison or field duty ; and Provided further, That when the claim of eligibility is based on the service of an ancestor as a " sailor " or " marine " it must IO in like manner be shown that such service was other than shore duty and regularly performed in the Continental Navy, or the navy of one of the original thirteen States, or on an armed vessel, other than a merchant ship, which sailed under letters of marque and reprisal, and that such ancestor of the applicant was duly enrolled in the ship's company, either as an officer, seaman or otherwise than as a passenger ; and Provided further, That when the claim of eligibility is based on the service of an ancestor as an " official," such service must have been performed in the civil service of the United States, or of one of the thirteen original States, and must have been suffi- ciently important in character to have rendered the official liable to arrest and imprisonment, the same as a combatant, if captured by the enemy, as well as liable to conviction of treason against the Government of Great Britain. Service in the ordinary duties of a civil office, the perform- ance of which did not particularly and effectively aid the Amer- ican Cause, shall not constitute eligibility. In the construction of this article, the Volunteer Aides-de- Camp of General Officers in Continental Service, who were duly announced as such and who actually served in the field during a campaign, shall be comprehended as having performed qualifying service. The civil officials and military forces of the State of Vermont, during the War of the Revolution, shall also be comprehended in the same manner as if they had belonged to one of the thirteen original States. No service of an ancestor shall be deemed as qualifying ser- vice for membership in the " Sons ok the Revolution " where such ancestor, after assisting in the cause of American Independ- ence, shall have subsequently either adhered to the enemy, or failed to maintain an honorable record throughout the War of the Revolution. No person shall be admitted unless he be eligible under one of the provisions of this article, nor unless he be of good moral character and be judged worthy of becoming a member. II SECTION III. Applicants for admission to membership in this Society must Nomination and be proposed by two members in good standing, to whom the appli- De e r c sn °p. ° cant is personally well known. The proposers to give the full name, occupation and resi- dence of the candidate, and other recommendations as to his worthiness for membership in the Society. This information shall be sent to the Secretary, who shall submit the same to the Board of Managers, and if approved by them, he shall furnish application blanks which must be filled out in accordance with the instructions accompanying the same, and be forwarded to the Secretary, who shall submit them to the Committee on Applications, and upon their approval the Board of Managers shall have the power to elect the applicant to membership. Applications shall contain, or be accompanied by, proof of eligibility, and such applications and proofs shall be submitted to the Board of Managers, who shall have full power to determine the qualifications of the applicants who, upon favorable action by said Board, and upon payment of the initiation fee, shall thereupon become members of the Society. SECTION IV. The initiation fee shall be ten (10) dollars, payable within Fee» for mem- thirty days after date of election; the annual dues three (3) dol- lars, payable in advance. The payment at one time of fifty (50) dollars shall constitute a life membership. The payment at one time of one hundred (100) dollars shall constitute a perpetual or endowed membersip, and upon the death of the member so paying, the membership shall be held by his eldest son, or such other lineal descendant from the ancestor whom he claims as he may nominate ; in failure of such nomination having been made, the Board of Managers may decide which one of such lineal descendants shall hold the membership ;Providcd, always. That the Society reserves to itself the privilege of rejecting, by its Board of Managers, any nomination that may not be acceptable to it. All applicants for life or endowed memberships shall be exempt from the payment of the initiation fee, and annual dues from the 12 date of their admission ; after admission, any member availing himself of a life or endowed membership shall be exempt from future annual dues only. Permanent fund. SECTION V. All initiation, life, and endowed membership fees, as well as donations and legacies, unless otherwise specified by the donor, which shall hereafter be paid to the Society, shall remain forever to the use of the Society as a permanent fund. Annual meeting and election of officers. SECTION VI. The annual meeting of the Society shall be held in the city of Philadelphia, on the third day of April, at which a general election of officers, managers and delegates, by ballot, shall take place, except when such date shall fall on Sunday, in which event the meeting shall be held on the following day. In such election a majority of the ballots given for any officer shall constitute a choice ; but if, on the first ballot, no person shall receive such majority, then a further balloting shall take place, in which a plu- rality of votes given for any officer shall determine the choice. Order of business. SECTION VII. The following shall be the order of business at the annual meetings of the Society : — 1. Prayer by the chaplain. 2. Reading of the minutes of the last meeting. 3. Reports of officers and committees. 4. Unfinished business. 5. New business. G. Election of officers — an appointment by the President of a judge and two tellers to count the votes and declare the result. 7. Reading of the rough minutes of the meeting. 13 SECTION VIII. At all meetings of the Society twenty-five (25) members Quorum, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. SECTION IX. Ayes and nays shall be called at any meeting of the Society Ayes and nays, upon the demand of five members. SECTION X. The officers of the Society shall consist of a President, five officers. Vice-Presidents, Secretary, Treasurer, Registrar, Historian, Chaplain, and nine Managers, who shall be elected as herein pro- vided for. SECTION XI. The President, or, in his absence, one of the Vice-Presidents, Presiding officer or, in their absence, a chairman pro tempore, shall preside at all meetings of the Society, and shall have a casting vote. He shall preserve order, and shall decide all questions of order, sub- ject to an appeal to the Society. SECTION XII. The Secretary shall conduct the general correspondence of Secretary, the Society. He shall notify all members of their election, and of such other matters as he may be directed by the Society. He shall have charge of the seal, certificate of incorporation and by-laws, and records of the Society, other than those deposited with the Registrar. He, together with the presiding officer, shall certify all acts of the Society. He shall, under the direction of the President or Vice-President, give due notice of the time and place of all meetings of the Society, and attend the same. He shall keep fair and accurate records of all the proceedings and orders of the Society ; and shall give notice to the several officers of all votes, orders, resolves, and proceedings of the Society affect- ing them, or appertaining to their respective duties. He shall be Secretary of the Board of Managers, and shall keep the record of their meetings in the regular minute-book of the Society. Registrar. 14 SECTION XIII. The Treasurer shall collect and keep the funds and securities of the Society ; and so often as those funds shall amount to one hundred (100) dollars, they shall be deposited in some bank or trust company in the city of Philadelphia, to the credit of the " Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution," and shall be drawn thence on the check of the Treasurer for the purposes of the Society only. Out of these funds he shall pay such sums as may be ordered by the Society or by the Board of Managers. He shall keep a true account of his receipts and payments, and, at each annual meeting render the same to the Society. A committee shall be appointed by the President to audit his accounts. Ik- shall give such security as shall be required by the Board of Man- agers. SECTION XIV. The Registrar shall keep a roll of members, and in his hands shall be lodged all the proofs of membership qualification, and all the historical and other papers of which the Society may become possessed; and he, under the direction of the Board of Managers, shall make copies of such similar documents as the owners thereof are or may not be willing to leave permanently in the keeping of the Society. He, if practicable, shall be a member of the J-Iistorical Society of Pennsylvania. Historian. SECTION XV. The Historian shall keep a detailed record, to be deposited with the Registrar, of all the historical and commemorative cele- brations of the Society ; and he shall edit and prepare for publica- tion such historical addresses, essays, papers, and other documents of an historical character, other than a register of members, as the Secretary may be required to publish ; and at every annual meeting, if there shall be a necrological list for the year then clos- ing, he shall submit the same, with carefully-prepared biographies of the deceased members. i5 SECTION XVI. The Chaplain shall be a regularly ordained minister of a chaplain. Christian denomination, and it shall be his duty to open all meet- ings of the Society with customary chaplaincy services, and per- form such other duties as ordinarily appertain to such office. SECTION XVII. The Board of Managers shall consist of twenty, namely : The Board of , _ ~ n • Managers. President, five Vice-Presidents, Secretary, Treasurer, Registrar, Historian, and Chaplain, ex-officio, and nine other members. Three of the Vice-Presidents, and at least three of the nine man- agers, shall be non-residents of the city of Philadelphia. All of the officers and managers shall be elected at the annual meeting. Should a vacancy occur among the officers or managers, the Board of Managers may fill the same until the next annual election. They shall judge of the qualifications of the candidates for admission to the Society, and shall have power to elect the same to membership. They shall have charge of all special meetings of the Society, and shall, through the Secretary, call special meetings at any time, upon the written request of ten members of the Society, and at such other times as they see fit. They shall recom- mend plans for promoting the objects of the Society, shall digest and prepare business, and shall authorize the disbursement and expenditure of unappropriated money in the treasury for the pur- poses of the Society. They shall generally superintend the inter- ests of the Society, and execute all such duties as may be com- mitted to them by the Society. At each annual meeting of the Society they shall make a general report. At all meetings of the Board of Managers five members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. SECTION XVIII. The chairman of the Board of Managers shall appoint Committ«on annually three members thereof as a Committee on Applications, a PP |ications - whose duty it shall be to pass upon the applications of candidates for admission to the Society, and report to the Board of Managers. i6 Expulsion or suspension of members. SECTION XIX. The Board of Managers shall have power to suspend any enrolled member of this Society who may, in the judgment of the Board, render himself unworthy to continue a member : Provided, That he shall have received at least thirty days' notice of the com- plaint preferred against him, and of the time and place for hearing the same, and have been thereby afforded an opportunity to be heard ; and Provided further. That such suspension shall become absolute, and such member shall cease to be a member unless he shall within thirty (30) days after notice of such suspension appeal to the Society, when a special meeting shall be called to pass upon and decide the case. The Board of Managers shall also have the power to drop from the roll the name of any enrolled member of the Society who shall be at least two years in arrears in the payment of dues, and who, on notice to pay the same, shall fail and neglect to do so within thirty days thereafter, and, upon being thus dropped, his membership shall cease and terminate, but he may be restored to membership at any time by the Board of Managers on his appli- cation therefor, and upon his payment of all such arrears and of the annual dues from the date when he was dropped to the date of his restoration. Commemorative services. SECTION XX. An annual church service shall be held on the Sunday near- est to the 19th day of December, commemorative of the com- mencement of the American Army's encampment at Valley Forge. Other commemorative services may be held at the discretion of the Board of Managers. SECTION XXI. Alteration of No alteration of the By-Laws of the Society shall be made By-Laws. unless such alteration shall have been proposed at a previous meeting, and shall be adopted by two-thirds of the members pres- ent at a subsequent meeting of the Society, at least two weeks' notice thereof having been given to each member. CHARTER OF THE l^ennsspitoanta §>octetj> OF $>ortg of t^e iSefcolutton To the Honorable the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, No. 4, of the County of Philadelphia: — In compliance with the requirements of an Act of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, entitled, " An Act to provide for the Incorporation and Regulation of certain Corporations," approved the twenty-ninth day of April, A.D. 1874, and the supplements thereto, the undersigned, all of whom are citizens of Pennsylvania, having associated themselves together for the purpose of maintaining a Society to keep alive among themselves and their descendants the patriotic spirit of the men who, in military, naval, and civil service, by their acts and counsel, achieved American Independence ; to collect and secure for preservation the manuscript rolls, records, and other docu- ments relating to the War of the Revolution, and to promote social intercourse and good feeling among its members now and here- after, and desiring that they may be incorporated according to law, do hereby certify First. — The name of the proposed corporation is the " Penn- sylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution." Second. — Said corporation is formed for the purpose of main- taining a society for patriotic purposes in connection with the War of American Independence, the collection and preservation of manuscripts, records, and documents relating to the War of the Revolution, and for social enjoyment and intercourse. i8 Third. — The business of said corporation is to be transacted in the County of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania. Fourth. — Said corporation is to exist perpetually. Fifth. — The names and residences of the subscribers are as follows: William Wayne, Paoli, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Richard M. Cadwalader, 1614 Locust Street, Philadelphia; Pennsylvania; George H. Burgin, 76 Chelten Avenue, German- town, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ; Robert P. Deciiert, 406 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; John W. Jordan. 806 North Forty-first Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ; J. Edward Carpenter, 228 South Twenty-first Street, Philadelphia, Penn- sylvania; J. Granville Leach, 21 18 Spruce Street, Philadelphia. Sixth. — The number of Directors of said corporation is fixed at nine (9), and the names and residences of those chosen for the first year are : J. Edward Carpenter, 228 South Twenty-first Street, Philadelphia, Penna. ; Oliver C. Bosbyshell, 4046 Chest- nut Street, Philadelphia, Penna. ; E. Dunbar Lockwood, Aldine Hotel, Philadelphia, Penna.; Samuel W. Pennypacker, 1540 North Fifteenth Street, Philadelphia, Penna. ; Herman Burgin, 76 Chelten Avenue, Germantown, Philadelphia, Penna.; Thomas McKean, 1925 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Penna.; Charles Marshall, Germantown, Philadelphia, Penna.; William Henry Egle, Harrisburg, Penna.; Clifford Stanley Sims, Mount Holly, New Jersey. There is also a President of the said corpora- tion, a Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Registrar, and Chap- lain and Historian. The officers chosen for the first year are : President, William Wayne, Paoli, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Vice-President. Richard M. Cadwalader, 1614 Locust Street, Philadelphia; Secretary, George H. Burgin, M.D., Chelten Avenue, German- town, Philadelphia ; Treasurer, Robert P. Dechert, 406 South Broad Street, Philadelphia; Registrar, John YV. Jordan, 806 North Forty-first Street, Philadelphia; Chaplain, Rev. George 19 Woolsey Hodge, 334 South Thirteenth Street, Philadelphia ; His- torian, J. Granville Leach, 21 18 Spruce Street, Philadelphia. Seventh. — There is no capital stock. Witness our hands and seals this fourth day of July, A.D. 1890. William Wayne, Robert P. Dechert, Richard M. Cadwalader, John W. Jordan, George H. Burgin, J. E. Carpenter, J. Granville Leach. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, ) > ss County of Philadelphia, j Before me, the subscriber, Recorder of Deeds of said County, personally appeared Richard M. Cadwalader, George H. Burgin and J. Edward Carpenter, three of the subscribers to the above and foregoing certificate of Incorporation of the " Penn- sylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution," and in due form of law acknowledged the same to be their act and deed. Witness my hand and official seal, this twelfth day of July, 1890. JOS. K. FLETCHER, Deputy Recorder. 20 DECREE In the Court of Common Pleas No. 4, of Philadelphia County. In the matter of the Incorporation of the " Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution." And now to wit, this 29th day of September, A.D. 1890, the above certificate of Incorporation having been on file in the office of the Prothonotary of said Court since the twelfth day of July, A.D. 1890, and due proof of publication of notice of intended application having been presented to me, I do hereby certify that I have perused and examined said Instrument and find the same to be in proper form and within the purposes named in the first class of corporations specified in Section 2 of the Act of April 29th, 1874, and that purposes are lawful and not injurious to the community. It is therefore ordered and decreed that the said charter be approved and it is hereby approved, and upon the recording of the said Charter and its endorsements and this order in the office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for said County, which is now hereby ordered, the subscribers thereto and their associates shall thenceforth be a corporation for the purpose and upon the terms under the name therein stated. M. ARNOLD, Judge of Court of Common Pleas No. 4, First Judicial District of Penna. Recorded in the office for the recording of Deeds, &c, in and for the City and County of Philadelphia, in Charter Beok No. 16, page 413, &c. Witness my hand and seal of office, this tenth day of November, A.D. 1890. GEO. S. PIERIE, Recorder of Deeds. SEP 3 L»«->' *'<& IP