jV'° DIGEST 
 
 OF THE 
 
 ACTS OF ASSEMBLY 
 
 AND 
 
 ORDINANCES OF COUNCILS 
 
 11KLATINO TO THE 
 
 GIRARD COLLEGE FOR ORPHANS: 
 
 BY-LAWS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, 
 
 RULES AND REGULATIONS OP THE INSTITUTION, 
 
 WILL OF MR. GIRARD. 
 
 PREPARED FOR THE USE OF THE BOARD BY H. W. AREY, 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE QIRARI) COLLEGE. 
 
 PHILADELPHIA : 
 
 CRIS8Y A MARKLEY, PRINTERS, GOLDSMITHS HAIX, LIBRARY STREET. 
 1857. 
 
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DIGEST ^ 1 1 1 1 
 
 ACTS OF ASSEMBLY 
 
 OKDIMCES OF COUNCILS 
 
 RELATING TO THE 
 
 GIRARD COLLEGE FOR ORPHANS: 
 
 BY-LAWS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, 
 
 KULES AND KEGULATIONS OF THE INSTITUTION, 
 
 WILL OF MR. GIRARD. 
 
 PREPARED TOR THE USE OP THE BOARD BY H. W. ARET, 
 
 SECRETARY OF THE GIKABD COLLEGE. 
 
 PHILADELPHIA : 
 
 CRISSY & MARKLEY, PRINTERS, GOLDSMITHS HALL, LIBRARY STREET. 
 
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ACTS OF ASSEMBLY. 
 
 ACT OF MAKCH 24th, 1832. 
 
 AN ACT 
 
 To enable the Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of Philadelphia, to 
 carry into effect certain improvements, and execute certain Trusts. 
 
 Section 11. No road or street shall be laid out or passed through no road or 
 the land in the County of Philadelphia bequeathed by the late S outV'o' 
 Stephen Girard for the erection of a College, unless the same shall groundf 1086 
 be recommended by the Trustees or Directors of the said College, 
 and approved of by a majority of the Select and Common Councils 
 of the City of Philadelphia. 
 
 ACT OF FEBRUARY 27th, 1847. 
 
 AN ACT 
 
 Relative to the Girard College for Orphans. 
 
 Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and Souse of Represen- 
 tatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly 
 met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the 
 Guardians for the Relief and Employment of the Poor of the City 
 of Philadelphia, the District of Southwark, and the Townships of 
 the Northern Liberties and Penn, be, and they are hereby authorized, 
 with the consent of the surviving mother, guardian, next friend, or 
 by their own authority if there be no such mother, guardian or next 
 friend, of any poor white male orphan child within this Common- 
 
of G the d p ns wea ^^> between the age of six and ten years, for whose admission 
 
 3ntur edt ° '° tne G^i rar{ i College for Orphans application shall have been made, 
 
 MiTor Aide^ to ^ n ^ suc ' 1 or ph a n child by indenture to the Mayor, Aldermen 
 
 SSzenTof an( * Citizens of Philadelphia, as trustees under the Will of Stephen 
 
 L hi Truste<*' Girard deceased, as an orphan to be admitted into the said college, 
 
 win r of h ste- to k e *bere maintained and educated according to the provisions and 
 
 phen Girard. j n tne manner an( j U nder all the regulations and restraints directed 
 
 or contained in the said Will, or as the said Corporation of the 
 
 Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of Philadelphia shall lawfully ordain 
 
 indenture under the said Will ; which said indenture shall not express any 
 
 not to express ' . . 
 
 the term of term or time when the said binding shall expire, but such binding 
 to expire be- shall nevertheless expire at furthest before the said orphan shall 
 
 fore the age r r 
 
 °t th y T' 8 ' a ' ta ' n *be age of eighteen years, or at the pleasure of the said trus- 
 
 TrtTt ° f the tees at an y *™ e a ^ te * ^ e s ^ a ^ ^ aye ar " ve ^ at between the ages of 
 fourteen and eighteen years, or at any other time before his attain- 
 ing the said age of fourteen years, when the said orphan shall by 
 mal-conduct cease to merit the benefits of the said College ; and the 
 said trustees shall duly declare the said fact, and such orphan child 
 shall be bound to abide by and submit to such provisions, regulations 
 and restraints, as fully as if he were of full age and consented there- 
 to at the time of such binding, and shall be entitled to the benefits 
 of the said College according to the Will of the said testator; and 
 caaerf breach the said parties shall be mutually entitled to relief for breach of 
 of duty. ^ u) .y ky t jj e (jthg,^ j n f. ne game manner and by the same tribunals 
 as is now provided by law in regard to apprentices and their master 
 or mistress, respectively. 
 deSrf'atd Sect. 2. That it shall be lawful for the said Mayor, Aldermen 
 PhUadeiphia' ana> Citizens of Philadelphia, and for such persons as they shall by 
 t™?ndenture Ordinance authorize, appoint and direct for this purpose, to bind by 
 ieaTing S *the indenture any and every such orphan child who shall have remained 
 suitable per°- in the said College until he shall arrive at between fourteen and 
 occupations * eighteen years of age, and before his arrival at the age of eighteen 
 turej! 4™ years, to serve as an apprentice to any suitable person in this Com- 
 monwealth in either of the occupations of agriculture, navigation, 
 arts, mechanical trades, or manufactures, according to the will of 
 the said testator; and such orphan child shall be bound to serve 
 the time in his respective indenture contained, so as such time or 
 denture"' r ?o term °^ vears °^ su °k apprentice do expire at or before the age of 
 beforethea° r twenty-one years, as fully to all intents and purposes as if he were 
 of 21 years. f f u u a g e a t the time of making such indenture; and the said 
 
indenture shall contain and be deemed valid in containing such 
 
 covenants and stipulations for the feeding, clothing, and educating 
 
 such orphan child as the said Corporation, by Ordinance, from time 
 
 to time shall direct.. And in case the master of any such apprentice Authority 
 
 shall die before the expiration of such apprenticeship, it shall be such orphan 
 
 lawful for the said Corporation, or such persons as they shall master of 
 
 authorize, appoint and direct, as aforesaid, again to bind such orphan tico should 
 
 child to such other person in this Commonwealth as they shall 
 
 approve, being of one of the occupations aforesaid, and so on from 
 
 time to time as often as such master shall die before such apprentice 
 
 shall attain the .age of twenty-one years ; all which indentures shall 
 
 be of the same effect and validity, and shall in all respects be as 
 
 subject to the Acts of Assembly which now are, or at the time shall 
 
 be in force in this State in regard to apprentices, and their masters 
 
 and mistresses, as if the said indenture had been made in conformity 
 
 to the said acts. 
 
 Sect. 3. The said Corporation of the Mayor, Aldermen and' The Mayor, 
 Citizens of Philadelphia, shall be the guardian of every such orphan an/cEns 
 child during the time that he shall remain in the said orphan college; phiato'bethe 
 and in case any such orphan child, at or before the time of such such orphan, 
 binding to the said Corporation as an orphan, or during his remain- 
 ing in such College, shall possess or become entitled to any effects 
 or property, the said Corporation shall be entitled, in like manner corporation 
 as other guardians, to demand and receive the same from any person ofpropertyof 
 having possession thereof, or owing the same, and to give acquittance account' "fin- 
 therefor ; audit shall be the duty of the said Corporation to take 
 care of the same as guardians, and to make the same productive as 
 far as reasonably can be, and to deliver and pay over the same, with 
 the increase, to the said orphan, on his attaining the age of twenty- 
 one years, or to his legal representatives if he shall die before attain- 
 ing that age. 
 
 Sect. 4. That it shall be lawful for the said the Mayor, Alder- power to 
 men and Citizens of Philadelphia, to make application at any time tures. 
 after such binding, to the judges of any Court in the City and County 
 of Philadelphia having equity jurisdiction, to cancel and annul the 
 said indenture, or other instrument of binding, so that the same 
 shall be no longer binding upon the said Corporation as trustees of 
 the said Orphan College ; and upon such application being made, 
 and notice thereof being given to the Overseers or Guardians of the 
 Poor of the district in this Commonwealth in which such orphan 
 
had a settlement at the time of his admission, or to the " Guardians 
 for the Relief and Employment of the Poor of the City of Philadel- 
 phia, the District of Southwark, and the Townships of Northern 
 Liberties and Penn," if such orphan had no settlement in this State 
 at the time of his admission, and sufficient cause being shown to the 
 satisfaction of the said Court, it shall be lawful for the said Court 
 to decree and order that the said Indenture shall be canceled and 
 annulled, either absolutely or upon such terms as the Court shall 
 see fit; and the same shall thereupon be canceled and annulled 
 accordingly ; and the said orphan child and the corporation aforesaid, 
 and all other persons, be respectively discharged therefrom. 
 
 ACT OF APRIL 20th, 1853. 
 
 AN ACT 
 
 To incorporate the beneficial Saving Fund of Philadelphia, relative 
 to the Girard College for Orphans; and to a vacation of Turner's 
 Lane to Schuylkill Third street, in Penn District, Philadelphia 
 County. 
 
 town^tto Section 6. That the Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of Phila-. 
 paucms^uch delphia, or sucn persons as they shall by ordinance direct and 
 a«," &<=• appoint, shall bind by Indenture as apprentices the orphan children 
 in the Girard College for Orphans in the manner and upon the 
 terms and conditions mentioned and contained in the act entitled 
 " an Act relative to the Girard College for Orphans," approved the 
 27th day of February 1847, to suitable persons within this Com- 
 monwealth, in suitable occupations, such as agriculture, navigation, 
 arts, mechanical trades and manufactures, as mentioned in the will 
 of the late Stephen Girard. 
 
ORDINANCES OF COUNCILS. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE 
 
 To Provide for the Organization and Management of the Girard 
 College for Orphans. 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained and enacted by the Citizens of Phila- 
 delphia, in Select and Common Councils assembled, That the per- Appoint- 
 sons to be chosen in the manner hereinafter specified, shall constitute 1 ™™^ f f E £ 
 a Board of Directors, whose duty it shall be to superintend the ganSe '"and 
 organization and management of the Girard College for Orphans, in ^"rf 6 Coi° 
 conformity with the Will of the late Stephen Girard and with such lege " 
 Ordinances and Resolutions as the Select and Common Councils 
 may from time to time enact and adopt in relation thereto. 
 
 [Section 2. And be it further ordained and enacted by the 
 authority aforesaid, That the Select and Common Councils shall, sixteen oit- 
 at any stated meeting in June next, elect by ballot sixteen citizens Sphia to 
 of the City of Philadelphia, to be the.Directors of the Girard College said Board. " 
 for Orphans : eight of whom shall be elected by the Select, and eight T idep e 6st. e ' 
 by the Common Council.] 
 
 [Section 3. And be it further ordained and enacted by the 
 authority aforesaid, That immediately after such election, the Clerk D ; Tiaea in . 
 of each Council shall divide the persons so elected by their respective es. Spelled" 
 Councils, by lot, into four classes of two for each Council : the first Tlde .P° Bt - 
 class to serve for one year, the second to serve for two years, the 
 third to serve for three years, and the fourth to serve for four years ; 
 and shall record the result upon the minutes of their respective 
 Councils.] 
 
 [Section 4. And be it further ordained and enacted by, the 
 authority aforesaid, That at the first stated meeting in June, of 
 each succeeding year, the Select Council and the Common Council 
 
Two citizens shall each elect two persons, citizens of the City of Philadelphia, to 
 phia to be serve as Directors of the Girard College for Orphans for the term of 
 tors by each four years next ensuing, and to supply the place of those whose term 
 
 branch ■ of _ , ,. , • -. n 
 
 Councils at ot service snail have expired.] 
 
 the first star 
 
 in* junfta [Section 5. And be it further ordained and enacted by the 
 eaoh Repeaied authority aforesaid, That any vacancy in the Board of Directors 
 vide post. arising from the death, resignation, or removal from the City of any 
 vacancies member, or from the circumstance of any person elected declining 
 h0W Repeaied' to ser ve, shall be supplied by a special election by the Council by 
 vide post, -which such member or person was elected, to be held as early as 
 convenient after such vacancy is known to exist.] 
 
 Election of [Section 6. And be it further ordained and enacted by the 
 secretary of authority aforesaid, That the Directors first chosen shall meet within 
 Kepeaied," two weeks after their appointment, and shall elect one of their own 
 number to be President of the said Board of Directors, and one other 
 person, not of their own number, to be Secretary; and the election 
 of President [and Secretary] shall take place in each succeeding 
 year, at the meeting next after the annual election of Directors by 
 Councils in June] 
 
 [Section 7. And be it further ordained and enacted by the 
 authority aforesaid, That the Secretary so chosen shall keep regular 
 Tide post. ' minutes of the proceedings and transactions of the Board, which 
 shall be open to the inspection of members of Councils, and shall 
 perform such other duties as the Councils or the Directors shall 
 require ; for all which he shall receive a reasonable compensation, 
 to be fixed by the Board of Directors, not to exceed the sum of 
 three hundred dollars per annum, payable quarterly.] 
 
 Directors Section 8. And be it further ordained and enacted by the 
 
 prepared sys°- authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the Board of Direc- 
 
 ermnent and tors to prepare, as soon as practicable, and to submit to Councils 
 
 for tr tte'°Cpi- for their approbation, the plan of a system of government and 
 
 lege " instruction for the said College, having reference to the provisions 
 
 of the Will of Stephen Girard, as far as they are expressed on this 
 
 subject : which plan shall specify the number of instructors, agents, 
 
 and officers necessary for the instruction and government of the 
 
 Additional inmate* of said College : and the salaries to be paid said instructors. 
 
 officers not to ° ' * ? 
 
 bB employed agents, and officers: and whenever the Board of Directors shall con- 
 
 witliout au- ° ' ' 
 
 thority from g ;<i er it necessary to employ additional instructors, agents, and officers, 
 they shall apply to Councils for authority before engaging them. 
 
Section 9. And be it further ordained and enacted by the 
 authority aforesaid, That whenever such plan of government and 
 instruction shall be approved by the said Councils, it shall be the 
 duty of the said Board of Directors to give at least twenty days J^ 60 '™ 9 ,,^ 
 public notice of the intended opening of the said College, in order- Jj°^? of th ° 
 that an opportunity may be afforded to make selections of competent the Colle s°- 
 instructors, and other offcers and agents, and that those having the 
 charge of orphans may apply for their admission therein. 
 
 Section 10. And be it further ordained and enacted by the 
 authority aforesaid, That nine of the said Board of Directors shall be ^ 8 in ^ ) ™°!r 
 be a quorum for the transaction of business, and the said Board of a uorum - 
 Directors shall, at the first stated meeting of Councils in the month 
 of December, and every year thereafter, present to Councils detailed 
 estimates of the sums of money required under the following heads : t ?"''"*'„. 
 — Salaries, Subsistence, Clothing, Books and Stationery, Furniture, ^ t0 Coun " 
 Fuel, and Incidentals, for the following year, commencing on the 
 1st day of January, in order that the proper appropriations may be 
 made, and placed to the credit of the Commissioners of the Girard 
 Estates, for the use of the Girard College ; and the said Board of 
 Directors shall not enter into any contract or engagement whatsoever, 
 unless the appropriation shall have been made therefor. 
 
 [Section 11. And be it further ordained and enacted by the 
 authority aforesaid, That the appropriations made as mentioned in Howappro- 
 the foregoing Section, shall be paid by the Treasurer of the Girard shall be paid 
 Fund, upon the warrant of the Mayor, founded in all cases upon a surer of the 
 
 „,_ »„„ .. „, ~. , **, Girard Sund. 
 
 requisition of the Board or Commissioners of the Girard Estates : Repealed, 
 
 vide post. 
 
 but no such requisition shall be issued by the said Commissioners, 
 unless the Board of Directors shall certify that the claim or sum 
 for which such requisition is to issue, is correct.] 
 
 Section 12. And be it further ordained and enacted by the 
 authority aforesaid, That no member of the Board of Directors, No Director 
 
 - _. •_, m i n i -i. ormemberof 
 
 nor any member of the Select and Common Councils shall be directly Council to be 
 
 interested in 
 
 or indirectly concerned in any contract, engagement, or arrangement furnishing 
 for furnishing any supplies, whereby any profit or advantage may 
 ensue to him in the management of said College. 
 
 JPassed May 27th, 1847. 
 
 (The portions of the above ordinance relating to ike election of 
 Directors, and the mode in which appropriations shall bepaidj are 
 repealed and supplied by ordinance of June, 1856.) 
 
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 AN ORDINANCE 
 
 To provide for the Opening of the Girard College for Orphans, 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained and enacted by the citizens of Phila- 
 in^Commu- delphia, in Select and Commom Councils assembled, That the 
 todeuverpro- Building Committee of the Girard College be and they are hereby 
 College"'!^ authorized and directed to deliver the possession of said College, as 
 tore!" 1 Dlrec soon as * ne same shall have been completed, and also the grounds 
 and buildings belonging thereunto, together with the books, furni- 
 ture, and apparatus therein contained, to the Directors of the Girard 
 College for Orphans. 
 
 Section 2. And be it further ordained and enacted by the 
 
 Directors to , . . 
 
 provide Fur- authority aforesaid, That the said Directors shall, as soon as practi- 
 cable after receiving possession of the said grounds and buildings, 
 cause the same to be supplied with such suitable additional furniture, 
 books, and apparatus, as may be necessary for the use of the pupils 
 to> be admitted to said College, and for the use of such of the instruc- 
 tors and other agents of the Institution, as are to be supplied there- r 
 with from the College funds. 
 
 Section 3. And be it further ordained and enacted by the 
 Directors to authority aforesaid, That when such suitable furniture, books, and 
 the 6 opening a PP aratus have been obtained, it shall be the duty of the said Direc- 
 ts the Coi- t ors to give thirty days notice of the intended opening of the College, 
 so that there may be an opportunity to make selections of competent 
 instructors and other agents, and that those who may have the 
 charge of orphans may be aware of the provisions intended for them. 
 Section 4. And be it further ordained and enacted by the 
 
 Directors to . 
 
 publish form authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the Directors to 
 
 of application % . „,. 
 
 by orphans, prepare and publish, with the notice of the intended opening of the 
 College, a form of application for the admission of orphans, in which 
 the requisitions of the Will of Stephen Girard in regard to the birth- 
 place, residence, and age of the applicant, his name, health, and 
 condition as to relatives, and other particulars useful to be known 
 of each orphan, shall be carefully observed ; and the said Directors, 
 in the admission of applicants, shall consider and decide on the 
 claims of such applicants only, and in the order in which they may 
 regularly apply in compliance with such form. 
 
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 Section 5. And be it further ordained and enacted by the 
 authority aforesaid, That there shall be three departments of 
 instruction in said College, to be designated the Primary, the Princi- Departments 
 pal and the Collegiate department. The Primary department, tion. 
 shall be organized as soon as practicable after the opening of the 
 College, and the Principal and Collegiate departments, when the 
 advanced standing and education of the pupils may render the same 
 necessary. The pupils shall be instructed in the various branches 
 of a sound education, as directed by the will of Stephen Girard. 
 
 Section 6. And be it further ordained and enacted by the 
 authority aforesaid, That the Directors be and they are hereby authorized"™ 
 authorized, after giving notice as aforesaid, to elect the following tt a \^ S 'col 
 officers, instructors, and agents for the Institution, who shall seve- lege " 
 rally hold their offices during the pleasure of the said Directors : 
 
 First. A President of the College, who shall be the chief execu- 
 tive officer of the Institution, and superintend the several courses of 
 instruction to be given therein, and administer the discipline there- tn^p'jf^nt 
 of. He shall cause the pupils to be carefully taught by the various j e f e the Co1 " 
 instructors, according to such detailed plans as may from time to 
 time be approved of by the Directors, and shall give such personal 
 attention to the education, diet, clothing, lodging and exercises of 
 the pupils, as may be needed to preserve good order and economy 
 in the household, and to accomplish the purposes of the Institution. 
 He shall reside in such one of the College out-buildings as may be 
 designated by the Directors ; he shall supply his own table, fuel and 
 furniture, and shall receive as a compensation for his services the salary of 
 sum of three thousand dollars per annum, to be paid quarterly. 
 
 Second. A Matron, who shall aid the President in the general Dutiea of 
 administration of the discipline of the College, and in ordering its * e Matron - 
 household affairs, particularly in reference to the clothing, diet, 
 lodging, and exercise of the pupils, and to the promotion of good 
 morals, good manners, and harmony among them, carrying out in 
 her office such directions as may be given by the President for those 
 purposes, from time to time, under such plans as may be adopted 
 by the Directors. She shall reside in such apartments of one of the 
 College out-buildings as may be designated for her use by the 
 Directors. Her furniture and table shall be supplied by the Insti- 
 tution, and the female teachers and governesses shall board with 
 her. She shall receive as a compensation for her services the sum t n6 M»traa? f 
 of seven hundred dollars per annum, payable quarterly. 
 
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 Third. A Steward, who shall, under the direction of the Presi- 
 Duties of dentj and in conformity with such general rules as may from time 
 to time he adopted by the Directors, purchase the needful supplies 
 of fuel, and plain and suitable food for the Matron, teachers, and 
 officers, who are to be supported in the establishment, and for the 
 pupils, and shall he responsible for the cleanliness and good order 
 of the apartments used by the pupils for refection and repose. He 
 shall have under his direction such number of male and female 
 domestics as may from time to time be authorized to be employed 
 by the Directors, and shall be responsible for the care and condition 
 of the grounds and buildings of the Institution. He shall reside in 
 or near the College out-buildings, in such place as may be designa- 
 ted by the Directors. He shall supply his own table, fuel, and 
 Salary of furniture, and shall receive as a compensation for his services the 
 increased, sum of [eight hundred dollars] per annum, to be paid quarterly. 
 pos ' ' Provided, that no board furnished by the Institution, shall be at a 
 
 private table, but at commons, in accordance with the general 
 economy of the establishment. 
 
 Section 7. And be it further ordained and. enacted by the 
 
 authority aforesaid, That the said Directors shall, upon notice to 
 
 Election of be given as aforesaid, elect for every one hundred pupils who may 
 
 Governesses, be admitted into the Primary Department of the College, one 
 
 salaries of Principal Female Teacher, one First Assistant Female. Teacher, and 
 
 Governesses, one Second Assistant Female Teacher, and four Governesses, The 
 
 compensation of such teachers and governesses shall be as follows, 
 
 Increased, 
 
 post, as foi- payable quarterly : 
 
 Principal Principal Female Teacher, [five hundred dollars] per annum. 
 i<* Assistant First Assistant Female Teacher, [three hundred and fifty dollars] 
 
 $400. 
 
 per annum. 
 
 2nd Msut- Second Assistant Female Teacher, [two hundred and fifty dollars] 
 <ro«$300. p er annum- 
 
 Govemesses Governesses, each, [two hundred dollars] per annum. 
 
 The said teachers, shall, under the direotion and superintendence 
 Duties of of the President, instruct the pupils in such branches of knowledge 
 as may be directed to be taught in the Primary Department, under 
 such detailed plan as may have been adopted by the Directors ; and 
 they shall be directly responsible to the President for the good order 
 and attention of the pupils while at study, and for the. proper care 
 of Books, Apparatus, Furniture and Apartments used by them while 
 receiving instruction. 
 
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 The said Governesses shall have charge of the pupils during the _ Duties of 
 
 ° * £ ° Governesses. 
 
 hours of recreation and repose, and shall be responsible to the 
 President for their good order, attention, and proper conduct during 
 those times. The President, Matron, Teachers, and Governesses, 
 shall preside and attend at the tables of the pupils, and cause them 
 to be properly supplied with the food which has been prepared for 
 them. The Governesses shall, under the direction of the Matron, 
 attend to the clothing and cleanliness of the pupils, causing them to 
 observe carefully the rules that may from time to time be established 
 for those objects. 
 
 The said Governesses shall lodge in or near the apartments of 
 the pupils, so as to be ready at all times to render them assistance 
 in case of illness or accident. 
 
 Section 8. And be it farther ordained and enacted by the 
 authority aforesaid, That the said directors shall, upon like notice, Physicians, 
 elect two visiting physicians. It shall be the duty of one of them 
 to attend daily at the institution, or oftener if required. They shall 
 attend to and prescribe proper remedies for the pupils and officers 
 of the Institution in case of illness, and shall make monthly reports I)ut . eg f 
 to the Directors, exhibiting the state of health of the household, Physicians, 
 and the nature and termination of the diseases to which they have 
 attended. One of them shall also examine all applicants for admis- 
 sion into the College, and certify to the Directors as to the present, 
 and as far as'practicable, from proper inquiries, the past state of 
 health of the applicant. 
 
 Salaries of 
 
 Thev shall each receive as a compensation for their services the Physicians. 
 
 •* Increased, 
 
 sum of [two hundred dollars] per annum, payable quarterly. pott, to $300. 
 
 Section 9. And be it further ordained and enacted by the 
 authority aforesaid, That in addition to the foregoing Officers, 
 Teachers, Governesses, and Physicians, the Directors are hereby Gardener, 
 
 t ■ 1 n 1 tit anci Servants 
 
 authorized to employ a Janitor and Gardener, and such other male authorized, 
 and female servants as they may find it proper to have for the well 
 ordering of the establishment, and to fix their wages and duties, 
 and report the same to Councils, and keep a record of the name, 
 
 r ' r Record of 
 
 compensation and occupation of every person so employed by them, names. w«- 
 which record shall be in the charge of the President of the College, servants, to 
 
 D ° ' be kept. 
 
 and be at all times open to the inspection of any Committee, or any 
 member of the Select and Common Councils. 
 
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 Section 10. And be it further ordained and enacted by the 
 
 authority aforesaid, That the following sums be and the same ate 
 
 hereby appropriated for the year ending December 31, 1847, for the 
 
 p™T 6 d apP fo O r use of the Directors, and for the purposes hereinafter mentioned, 
 
 wrertotf for to be paid as provided in the eleventh section of an Ordinance, 
 
 iSgDec'X' passed May 27th, 1847, entitled "An Ordinance to provide for the 
 
 3L ' 1847 ' organization and management of the Girard College for Orphans." 
 
 For Furniture, Books, and Apparatus, five thousand dollars. 
 
 For the maintenance of the Pupils, Matron, Teachers, Governesses, 
 
 and the clothing of the pupils, Janitor's and Gardener's wages, and 
 
 wages of house servants and fuel, two thousand dollars. 
 
 For the Salary of the President, Matron, Steward, Principal Fe- 
 male Teacher, First Assistant Female Teacher, Second Assistant 
 Female Teacher, four Governesses, and two Visiting Physicians, 
 eighteen hundred and twenty-five dollars. 
 
 For Salary of the Secretary of the Directors of the Girard Col- 
 lege, for seven months, one hundred and seventy-five dollars. 
 
 For the Incidental Expenses of the Directors, Books, Printing, 
 and Stationery, for their use, three hundred dollars. 
 Passed September 16, 1847. 
 
 A SUPPLEMENT 
 
 To an Ordinance entitled "An Ordinance to provide for the opening 
 oftlie Girard College for Orphans," passed September 16,1847. 
 
 Section 1. Beit ordained and enacted by the Citizens of Phila- 
 delphia,, in Select and Common Councils assembled, That so much 
 tions Pr °m»do °f tne appropriations made by the Ordinance to which this is a sup- 
 totopalaout plement, as are to, be applied to the purchase of furniture, books and 
 fands. spec ' flC apparatus, and placing the same in the College and out-buildings, 
 shall be paid out of the fund arising from the sales of stocks and 
 loans set apart heretofore for the erection of the College, and that 
 all other appropriations made by said ordinance shall be paid out of 
 the income of the residuary portion of the Girard Estate. 
 Passed October 28, 1847. 
 
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 AN ORDINANCE 
 
 Making appropriations from the income of the Girard Estate, for 
 the year 1848, for the purposes therein mentioned. 
 
 [Section 2. And he it further ordained and enacted by the au- 
 thority aforesaid, That the sum of Thirty Thousand Five Hundred ordinance of 
 Dollars be appropriated to the said Commissioners out of the afore- n account of 
 said income for the use of the Girard College for Orphans for the ^prwJous. 
 year 1848 : the said appropriation being made to meet the expense 
 of the following, viz : for 
 
 Salaries, .-..-. $10,975 00 
 Subsistence, -....- 10,300 00 
 
 Clothing, ...... 3,000 00 
 
 Books, Stationery and Printing, ... 2,700 00 
 
 Furniture, ...... 
 
 Fuel, 1,500 00 
 
 Incidentals, ------ 3,525 00 
 
 830,500 00 
 
 Passed January 6, 1848.] 
 
 AN OEDINANCE 
 
 Malting appropriations from the Income of the Girard Estate for 
 the year 1848, for the purposes therein mentioned. 
 
 Section 2. And be it further ordained and enacted by the au- 
 thority aforesaid, That the sum of thirty thousand five hundred 
 dollars be appropriated to the said Commissioners out of the afore- J30500 ap . 
 said income for the use of Girard College for Orphans, for the year KSrftoe 
 1848, the said appropriation being made to meet the expense of the S^yfaris^. 
 following, viz : for 
 
 Salaries, $8,000 00 
 
 Subsistence, ------ 10,500 00 
 
 Clothing, 3,000 00 
 
 Carried forward, - - - - 21,500 00 
 
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 Brought forward, - - - $21,500 00 
 
 Books, Stationery and Printing, ... 2,500 00 
 
 Furniture, 1,500 00 
 
 Fuel, 1,600 00 
 
 Incidentals, 3,500 00 
 
 $30,500 00 
 
 Section 4. And be it further ordained and enacted by the au- 
 
 of °jlnuM™ thority aforesaid, That the Ordinance entitled "An Ordinance 
 
 peaied. ' " making appropriations from the income of the Grirard Estate for the 
 
 year 1848, for the purposes therein mentioned," passed January 6, 
 
 1848, be and the same is hereby repealed. 
 
 Passed January 20, 1848. 
 
 A SUPPLEMENT 
 
 To an ordinance entitled "An Ordinance for auditing and con- 
 controlling the expenditures of the City," passed October 1, 1835. 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained and enacted by the Citizens of Phila- 
 
 Buiiding delphia, in Select and Common Councils assembled, That so much 
 
 SStBhla? °f tne fi rs * section of the Ordinance to which this is a supplement, 
 
 as provides for the appointment of the Building Committee of the 
 
 Girard College, be and the same is hereby repealed. 
 
 Passed March 30, 1848. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE 
 
 Making an appropriation to the Board of Commissioners of the 
 Girard Estates, for the use of the Girard College for Orphans. 
 
 $1,178 82 Section 1. Be it ordained and enacted by the Citizens of Phila- 
 
 appropriated' ,,,..„, ,~ 
 
 for the ukb of delphia, in Select and Common Councils assembled, That the Trea- 
 
 tbe College »,/-.. t t, 
 
 i84s thB year surer Grirard Fund be and he is hereby directed to transfer 
 
 the sum of one thousand one hundred and seventy-eight dollars and 
 
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 twenty-two cents, the amount of unexpended appropriations hereto- 
 fore made to the Building Committee of the Girard College, to the 
 Board of Commissioners of the Girard Estates for the use of the 
 Girard College for Orphans, to be appropriated to the Item " Fur- 
 niture." 
 
 Passed March 30, 1848. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE 
 
 Making an Appropriation for the Girard College for Orphans. 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained and enacted by the Citizens of Phila- 
 delphia, in Select and Common Councils assembled, That the sum pr upriated ap 
 of Fifteen Thousand Dollars, out of the income from the residuary aVcSiiege 
 portion of the Girard Estate, be and the same is hereby appropri- im^" year 
 ated to the Commissioners of the Girard Estate for the use of the 
 Girard College for Orphans, for the year 1848, for the following 
 purposes, to wit : for 
 Salaries, ...... $750 00 
 
 Subsistence, ... - - 3,000 00 
 
 Clothing, ..... 2,000 00 
 
 Furniture, ------ 6,750 00 
 
 Books, Stationery and Printing, - - 500 00 
 
 Fuel, - - - - - - " - 500 00 
 
 Incidentals, ..... 1,500 00 
 
 $15,000 00 
 
 Passed July 6, 1848. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE 
 
 Relating to the Girard College for Orphans. 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained and enacted by the Citizens of Phila- 
 delphia, in Select and Common Councils assembled, That the mem- ($$£££%, 
 bera of the Select and Common Councils shall constitute a Standing July 3 > 1854, 
 2 
 
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 be a°st°nain Committee of Visitation of the Girard College for Orphans ; and the 
 T^tat" 66 ° f Presidents of each Council shall, immediately after the passing of 
 this bill, and annually thereafter, on the organization of Councils, 
 mittees!' Com " divide the members of their respective Councils into four sub-com- 
 mittees of eight members each ; four of whom shall be of the Select, 
 and four of the Common Council, who shall serve for two months in 
 the order in which they are constituted as aforesaid. 
 
 Section 2. And be it further ordained and enacted by the au- 
 To visit the ihorily aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the said sub-com- 
 least once a mittees to visit the Girard College for Orphans at least once in each 
 month, and examine the condition thereof, and report the same to 
 the Standing Committee of Visitation, or to Councils at their dis- 
 cretion, at such times as they shall deem expedient. 
 Passed November 9, 1848. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE 
 
 Malcing an Appropriation to the Board of Commissioners of the 
 Girard Estates for the Girard College and for other purposes. 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained and enacted by the Citizens of Phila- 
 delphia, in Select and Common Councils assembled, That the sum 
 $47,600 of forty-seven thousand six hundred dollars, out of the income from 
 
 appropriated * 
 
 for «ie use of the residuary portion of the Girard Estate, for the year 1849, be 
 for the year appropriated to the Board of Commissioners of the Girard Estates 
 
 for the use of the Girard College for Orphans, for the year 1849 ; 
 
 the said appropriation being made to meet the following expenses, 
 
 Appropria- 1. Eor the expenses of the Household Committee of the Board 
 Household. or " Directors of the Girard College, for the following items, viz : 
 
 Clothing, $7,000 00 
 
 Subsistence, 15,000 00 
 
 Fuel, - - 2,000 00 
 
 Wages, ---- .... 6,000 00 
 
 Salaries— Steward, .... 800 00 
 
 5 Governesses, ... 1,000 00 
 
 2 Prefects, .... 800 00 
 
 2 Physicians, ... 400 00 
 
 3,000 00 
 
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 Improvement of Grounds, - - - - $1,500 00 
 Eepairs and Incidentals, 1,000 00 
 
 2. For the expens.es of the Committee on Instruction, for the fol- Appropria- 
 
 .... .tion lor In- 
 
 lawing items, viz : struction. 
 
 Salary of President, $3,000 00 
 
 Matron, 700 00 
 
 2 Principal Teachers, .... 1,000 00 
 
 2 First Assistants, .... 700 00 
 
 2 Second Assistants, - ... 500 00 
 
 Books and Stationery, - - - -' - - 1,000 00 
 
 Instruction in French, Spanish, Philosophy, Physio- 
 logy, &c, 2,100 00 
 
 Furniture, Apparatus, and Incidentals, - - 1,000 00 
 
 3. For the Expenses of the Committee on the Library, 500 00 riatio ApP f r " 
 
 Libr&ry. 
 
 4. For the expenses of the Committee on Accounts for the fol- Appropria- 
 
 tion for Com- 
 lowing items, viz : mittueonAc- 
 ° counts. 
 
 Salary of Secretary and Clerk, $600 00 
 
 Messenger, .... . 120 00 
 Printing, 680 00 
 
 Appropria- 
 
 5. For the expenses of the Committee on Admission, 200 00 miSeeon IT 
 
 mission. 
 
 SECTION 2. And be it further ordained and enacted by the au- tW o le prefects 
 thority aforesaid, That the said Board of Directors be authorized to MterS^post- 
 elect not exceeding two Prefects, at a salary not exceeding [four 
 hundred dollars] per annum ; and they shall, at the first stated b f 8 p™sOTted 
 meeting of Councils in the month of December, in every year here- ciisto^ecem- 
 after, present to Councils estimates of the sums of money required year.° f ea ° h 
 for the expenses of the said College, for the following year, com- 
 mencing on the first day of January, under the following heads, 
 viz : — For the expenses of the Household Committee, Committee on 
 Instruction, Committee on the Library, Committee on Accounts, 
 and Committee on Admission, specifying the items of such expenses. 
 
 Section 3. And be it further ordained and enacted by the au- 
 thority aforesaid, That so much of any ordinance as is inconsistent 
 herewith, be and the same is hereby repealed. 
 
 Passed December 21, 1848. 
 
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 A SUPPLEMENT 
 
 To an Ordinance entitled "An Ordinance to provide for the organ- 
 ization and management of the Girard College for Orphans," 
 ■passed the 27th of May, 1847. 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained and enacted by the citizens of Phila- 
 delphia, in Select and Common Conncils assembled, That the Board 
 SecSy S? of Directors of the Girard College for Orphans, shall at their first 
 thorized. stated meeting in January, 1849, elect a Eecording Secretary of the 
 Girard College, who shall be removable at the pleasure of the Board. 
 
 Section 2. And be it further ordained and enacted by the au- 
 Dutiesof Re- thority aforesaid, That the said Eecording Secretary shall attend 
 cretary. ; the meetings of the Board of Directors, and of such committees 
 thereof as they shall deem necessary, and keep regular minutes of 
 the proceedings and transactions of the same ; he shall record the 
 monthly reports, which are required by the Board of Directors to be 
 made to them by the President, Matron, Teachers, Physicians, 
 Steward and other officers of the College, as well those heretofore as 
 those which shall be made hereafter; and he shall keep the books 
 and accounts of the College. It shall also be his duty, if required, 
 to attend the meetings of the Committee of Visitation of the Girard 
 College, and the Sub-Committees thereof, and do and perform such 
 service as may be required of him by said Committees ; and he shall 
 whenever required by the Board of Directors aforesaid, attend daily 
 at the office of the Commissioners of the Girard Estates, between 
 the hours of 9 and 12, for the purpose of giving information respect- 
 ing the business of the College, to such persons who may require it 
 as are entitled thereto. 
 
 Books and 
 
 Section 3. And be it further ordained and enacted by the au- 
 AcS)'unts'"to thority aforesaid, That the minutes, so as above provided for, the 
 iDs°p P ection of said monthly reports, accounts and books of accounts, shall be open 
 Councils. to ^g inspection of the Committees of Visitation. 
 
 Section 4. And be it further ordained and enacted by the au- 
 thority aforesaid, That the Balary of the said Recording Secretary 
 Mfarii, post. sna ]j j, e j- g ; x hundred dollars] per annum, payable in the same 
 manner as salaries of officers of the Girard College are now pro- 
 vided for. 
 
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 Section 5. And be it further ordained and enacted by the au- 
 thority aforesaid, That so much of the Ordinance to which this is 
 a supplement, as is inconsistent herewith, be and the same is hereby 
 repealed. 
 
 Passed December 21, 1848. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE 
 
 Making Appropriations from the Girard Estate, for the year 
 1849, for the purposes therein mentioned. 
 
 Section 3. Be it ordained and enacted by the citizens of Phila- 
 delphia, in Select and Common Councils assembled, That the sum 
 of nine thousand seven hundred and forty-nine dollars and nine cents ti0 n PP b r ° p Jj 1 r £ 
 be appropriated to the said Board of Commissioners out of the in- j 1 /" ^ ° ?£'' 
 come from the residuary portion of said estate for the year 1849, for outstanding 
 the use of the Girard College for Orphans, for the payment of out- 
 standing bills for the year 1848. 
 
 Passed February 1, 1849. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE 
 
 Making an appropriation to the Board of Commissioners of the 
 Girard Eitates', for the use of the Directors of the Girard College 
 for Orphans. 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained and enacted by the citizens of Phila- 
 delphia, in Select and Common Councils assembled, That when the 
 sum of one thousand six hundred and forty-nine dollars and twenty tio t PP to Pr re"- 
 cents shall have been paid to the Treasurer of the Girard Fund by ^^Sl. 001 " 
 the Commissioners of the Districts of Spring Garden and Northern 
 Liberties, the same shall be appropriated to the Board of Commis- 
 
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 sioners of the Girard Estates, for the use of the Directors of the 
 Girard College, to enable them to repair the injury done to the wall 
 surrounding the said College by the breaking of the embankment of 
 the reservoir of the Spring Garden and Northern Liberties Water 
 Works. 
 Passed April 26, 1849. 
 
 AN OEDINANCE 
 
 To provide for the care of Property belonging to, or acquired by, 
 Orphans admitted into the Girard College for Orphans. 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained and enacted by the Citizens of Phila- 
 delphia in Select and Common Councils assembled, That it shall 
 the College to be the duty of the Directors of Girard College for Orphans, when- 
 ttonwhe™?- ever any orphan admitted into said College shall become entitled to 
 como entiued any effects or property, by gift or otherwise, to give information 
 to property, thereof to the Board of Commissioners of the Girard Estates. 
 
 Section 2. And be it further ordained and enacted by the au- 
 en?™t™G£ thority aforesaid, That the said Board of Commissioners shall 
 take^chargo demand and receive the said effects and property from any person 
 of the same, having possession thereof, and give acquittance therefor, and shall 
 take charge of, manage, and make the same as productive as pos- 
 sible, by investing in City Loan, County Loan, the Loan of the 
 State of Pennsylvania, or the Loan of the United States ; and ex- 
 ercise suoh power and authority over the said effects and property 
 as Guardians are by law authorized to exercise: and shall. deliver 
 and pay over the same, with the increase, to the said orphan on his 
 attaining the age of twenty-one years, or to his legal representa- 
 tives, if he shall die before attaining that age. 
 
 Section 3. And be it further ordained and enacted by the au- 
 thority aforesaid, That the said Board of Commissioners shall cause 
 To keep and a B account to be opened with each orphan as aforesaid, in a book 
 of°the°Bame! 8 *•> be provided for that purpose, and shall cause such accounts to be 
 filed in the office of the Clerk of the Orphans' Court, of the 
 management of such property under their care, as are by law 
 required to be rendered and filed by Guardians of minors. 
 Passed September 13, 1849. 
 
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 AN ORDINANCE 
 
 To authorize the Directors of the Girard College for Orphans to 
 erect and construct the building and works therein mentioned, 
 and making an appropriation to the Board of Commissioners of 
 the Girard Estates to pay the expense thereof. 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained and enacted by the Citizens of Phila- 
 delphia, in Select and Common Councils assembled, That the Board 
 of Directors of the Girard College for Orphans be and they are authorized ™ 
 hereby authorized to construct, by contract, in such part of the Kiing. new 
 College grounds best suited therefor, a proper building and works 
 for supplying the said College with water, and for purposes con- 
 nected with the economy of the establishment and the instruction 
 of the pupils : Provided, That the location of the same, the plan of 
 the buildings and works, and the contracts for the construction 
 thereof shall be first approved by the Commissioners of the Girard 
 Estates. 
 
 Section 2. And be it further ordained and enacted by the au- 
 thority aforesaid, That the sum of fifteen thousand dollars be, and 
 the same is hereby appropriated to the Board of Commissioners of propriatea to 
 
 n • i -n j? ■ t p • • rr • construct the 
 
 the Girard Estates for the purpose of carrying into effect this same. 
 Ordinance : of which amount the sum of three thousand five hun- 
 dred dollars shall be taken from the unexpended balance of the 
 appropriation made for the use of the Girard College for the year 
 1849 ; and the sum of eleven thousand five hundred dollars from 
 the income of the residuary portion of the Girard Estates for the 
 said year ; and said appropriation shall be paid in the manner that 
 appropriations for the use of the Girard College are directed to be 
 paid by existing ordinances. 
 
 Passed December 20, 1849. 
 
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 AN ORDINANCE 
 
 To authorize the Directors of the Girard College to organize the 
 principal department of instruction in said College; to provide 
 for the appointment of certain officers ; and to make an appro- 
 priation for the use of said College for the year 1850. 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained and enacted by the Citizens of Phila- 
 _ . . delphia, in Select and Common Councils assembled, That the 
 
 authoiS' Directors °f *^ e Grirard College be and they are hereby authorized 
 to organize the Principal department of instruction in said College, 
 and that hereafter the Instructors and Teachers therein, and in the 
 Primary Department, shall be as follows : An Instructor in the 
 French and Spanish languages, at a salary not 'exceeding [one 
 
 post, to $1200! thousand dollars] per annum; an Instructor in Natural History 
 and Physiology, at a salary not exceeding four hundred dollars per 
 annum ; an Instructor in Drawing, at a salary not exceeding [four 
 
 past, to $noo. hundred dollars] per annum ; an Instructor in English and Mathe- 
 
 pojtftojpmj. matics, at a salary not exceeding [one thousand dollars] per annum ; 
 two principal teachers, at a salary not exceeding five hundred dol- 
 lars per annum each; two first assistant teachers, at a salary not 
 instructors exceeding three hundred and fifty dollars per annum each ; three 
 
 and Teachers ° J r ' 
 
 to tie empioj- second assistant teachers, at a salary not exceeding two hundred 
 and fifty dollars per annum each. Said Instructors and Teachers 
 to be elected by said Directors from time to time, as they may 
 deem the same necessary, and said Directors shall make such a dis- 
 tribution of duties and position among them for the two depart- 
 ments, as they may deem expedient or proper. And they may, to 
 to give ad- the extent which any special appropriation therefor will permit, 
 struction. cause such additional instruction to be given from time to time in 
 the two departments, as in their judgment will be beneficial. 
 
 Section 2. And he it further ordained and enacted by the au- 
 
 Authority thority aforesaid, That the said Directors of the College be and 
 
 sistaut Ma- they are hereby authorized to elect an Assistant Matron, at a salary 
 
 jonan en- nQt excee( jj n g g ve hundred dollars per annum; a Dentist, at a 
 
 ( 7 "TSf ! salary not exceeding [two hundred dollars] per annum ; and two 
 
 additional Prefects, at a salary not exceeding four hundred dollars 
 
 per annum ; and so to place, regulate and determine the position 
 
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 and duties of the said Assistant Matron and Dentist, and of all the 
 Governesses and Prefects, as in their judgment the interests of the 
 Institution may require ; and that the salaries of the Governesses 
 shall be two hundred and fifty dollars per annum from and after 
 the 1st of January, 1850. 
 
 Section 3. And be it further ordained and enacted by the au- 
 thority aforesaid, That the said Directors are hereby authorized to tionai° pupils' 
 admit into the said College such an additional number of orphans, ted. e adn "' 
 not exceeding one hundred in the whole, as the appropriations 
 herein made will warrant, and at such times as the proper arrange- 
 ment can be made for their reception. 
 
 Section 4. And be it further ordained and enacted by the au- 
 thority aforesaid, That the sum of sixty-seven thousand two hun- propriata/ 11 
 dred and fifty dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated out i85 ! he year 
 of the income of the residuary portion of the Girard Estates for the 
 year 1850, to the Board of Commissioners of the Girard Estates 
 for the use of the Girard College for the year 1850, the said appro- 
 priation being made to meet the following expenses, viz : 
 
 For the expenses of the Household Committee of the Board of 
 Directors of the Girard College, for the following items 
 
 For Clothing, ------ 
 
 For Subsistence, - 
 
 For Fuel, ------ 
 
 For Wages, ------ 
 
 For Housekeepers for the care and cleansing of the 
 College building, - - - - 
 
 For repairs and incidentals, - - - - 
 
 For improvement of the grounds, - 
 
 For furniture, beds, bedding, bedsteads, and kitchen 
 
 utensils, &c, for furnishing the out-building east 
 
 of the College, - - - - - 
 
 For Salary of Matron, - 
 
 For Salary of Steward, - 
 
 For Salary of Assistant Matron, ... 
 
 For Salary of five Governesses, 
 
 For Salary of Four Prefects, - - - - 
 
 For Salary of two Physicians, 
 For Salary of one Dentist, ... - 
 
 priation i 
 household. 
 
 $9,500 00 
 
 20,000 00 
 
 3,000 
 
 00 
 
 8,200 
 
 00 
 
 300 
 
 00 
 
 1,000 
 
 00 
 
 1,500 00 
 
 5,000 
 
 00 
 
 700 
 
 00 
 
 800 
 
 00 
 
 500 
 
 00 
 
 1,250 
 
 00 
 
 1,600 
 
 00 
 
 400 
 
 00 
 
 200 
 
 00 
 
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 For the expenses of the Committee on Instruction, for the fol- 
 
 tio* PP fo7t lowing items: 
 
 struction. ^^ rf p^j^ $3,000 00 
 
 Instructor in French and Spanish, ... 1,000 00 
 
 Instructor in Natural History, &c, - 400 00 
 
 Instructor in Drawing, - - - 400 00 
 
 Instructor in English and Mathematics, - - 1,000 00 
 
 Two Principal Teachers, .... 1,000 00 
 
 Two First Assistant Teachers, - - - 700 00 
 
 Three Second Assistant Teachers, ... 750 00 
 Lectures and instruction in such additional courses as 
 
 may he deemed proper by the Directors, - 750 00 
 
 School Furniture and Apparatus, ... 1,000 00 
 
 Hooks and Stationery, .... 1,000 00 
 
 Appropria- ^ 0I * ne expenses of the Committee on the Library, for 
 braiy. for U ~ books and apparatus, and incidental expenses, 700 00 
 
 Appropria- For the expenses of the Committee on Accounts, for the follow- 
 
 tion to Com- . 
 
 mittee on Ac- mg items : 
 
 counts. 
 
 Salary of Eecording Secretary, - 600 00 
 
 Salary of Messenger, .... 120 00 
 
 Printing, Stationery, &c, .... 680 00 
 
 Appropria- For the expenses of the Committee on Admission and Discharge: 
 
 tion to Com- 
 mittee on Ad- Fees to Guardians of the Poor. Printing, &c, - - 200 00 
 
 mission and ' °' ' 
 
 Discharge. Section 5. And be it further ordained and enacted by the au- 
 
 thority aforesaid, That so much of any Ordinance as is hereby 
 altered, be and the same is hereby repealed. 
 
 Passed January 10, 1850. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE 
 
 Relating to the Girard College for Orphans. 
 
 SECTION 1. Be it ordained and enacted by the Citizens of Phila- 
 Eecording °' delphia in Select and Common Councils assembled, That the Salary 
 Lteari»n. and of the Recording Secretary and Librarian of the Girard College for 
 
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 Orphans, shall be one thousand dollars per annum, commencing on 
 the first day of July, 1850, and payable quarterly ; and that so 
 much of any ordinance as is hereby altered or supplied, be and the 
 same is hereby repealed. 
 Passed April 25, 1850. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE 
 
 Making an appropriation to fit up the new Building erected at the 
 Girard College. 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained and enacted by the Citizens of Phila- 
 delphia in Select and Common Councils assembled, That the sum of pr0 pri*tai a to 
 six thousand four hundred and fifty dollars, out of the income from J'^S the 
 the residuary portion of the Girard Estate for the year 1851, be f™ bnild " 
 appropriated to the Board of Commissioners of the Girard Estates 
 for the use of the Girard College for Orphans, to enable the Direc- 
 tors of the said College to fit up and furnish the new building, 
 erected in pursuance of an ordinance passed December 20, 1849 : 
 the said appropriation, being made to meet the following expenses : 
 
 Apparatus for warming the building, and for washing 
 
 and drying by steam, with water closets^ pipes, 
 
 attachments, &c, .... $2,500 00 
 
 Needful additions and alterations ' in the construction 
 
 of the building, ..... 1,20000 
 Bakery, bathing pool and fixtures, - - 1,000 00 
 
 Two extra iron tanks for reservoir, and fixtures for 
 
 washing room and laundry, ... 760 00 
 
 Fitting up workshops for pupils, store rooms, &c, and 
 
 flagging the entry and cellar, - - 490 00 
 
 Paving, grading, wire fenders for windows, and making 
 
 connection with culvert, ... - 500 00 
 
 $6,450 00 
 
 Provided, That the contracts for the apparatus for warming. , Contracts to 
 
 7 rr ° 7 be approved 
 
 washing, and drying, be first approved of by the Commissioners of b / oommja- 
 the Girard Estates. j^rd Es- 
 
 Passed September 26th, 1850, 
 
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 AN ORDINANCE 
 
 To authorize the Board of Commissioners of the Girard Estates to 
 introduce gas into the Girard College for Orphans, and to make 
 an appropriation therefor. 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained and enacted by the Citizens of Phila- 
 Commis- delphia in Select and Common Councils assembled, That the Board 
 thorized to of Commissioners of the Gifard Estates be and they are hereby 
 into the col- authorized to introduce gas pipes and fixtures into the Girard Col- 
 lege for Orphans for the purpose of supplying the same with gas; 
 and thfl sum of three thousand six hundred dollars from the income 
 of the residuary portion of the Girard Estates for the year 1851, is 
 hereby appropriated for that purpose. 
 
 Passed November 21, 1850. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE 
 
 To authorize the Directors of the Girard College to appoint an As- 
 sistant Teacher in the Principal Department of Instruction in 
 said College; in relation to the salary and duties of the Instructor 
 in Drawing ; and to make an appropriation for the use of said 
 College for the year eighteen hundred and fifty-one. 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained and enacted by the Citizens of Phila- 
 
 Assistant delphia, in Select and Common Councils assembled, That the Direc- 
 
 Prtacipai ve- tors of the Girard/ College be and they are hereby authorized to 
 
 thoi^ed. au " elect an Assistant Teacher in the Principal Department of Instrue- 
 
 tT^SSm ^ on * n sa '^ College, whose salary shall be [six hundred dollars] per 
 
 annum, and who shall be provided with board in said College. 
 
 SECTION 2. And be it further ordained and enacted by the au- 
 
 Tnstractor of thority aforesaid, That from and after the first day of January, 
 
 Drawing, &a. e jg{jteon hundred and fifty-one, the salary of the Instructor in 
 
 increased, Drawing shall be [one thousand dollars] per annum, and shall be 
 
 m ' ' provided with a residence in the College building ; and he shall, 
 
1851. 
 
 Appropria- 
 
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 in addition to his present duties, give instruction in writing and 
 bookkeeping. 
 
 Section 3. And be it further ordained and enacted by the au- 
 thority aforesaid, That the sum of sixty-two thousand nine hundred 362,900 op- 
 dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated out of the income Sr^Se^yes 
 of the residuary portion of the Girard Estates, for the year eighteen ' 
 hundred and fifty-one, to the Board of Commissioners of the Girard 
 Estates, for the use of the Girard College for .the year eighteen 
 hundred and fifty -one; the said appropriation being made to meet 
 the following expenses, viz : 
 
 1. For the expenses of the Household Committee of the Board 
 of Directors of the Girard College, for the following items : ted'forhouse- 
 
 ' ° hold. 
 
 For Subsistence, $20,000 00 
 
 For Clothing, 10,500 00 
 
 For Salary of Matron, .... 
 For Salary of Assistant Matron, 
 
 For Salary of Steward, 
 
 For Salary of five Governesses, - - - - 
 
 For Salary of two Perfects, - 
 
 For Salary of two Physicians, - - - - 
 
 For Salary of Dentist, 
 
 For Wages, - - 
 
 For Furniture, - .... 
 
 For Repairs and Incidentals, . . - - 
 For Improvement of Grounds, - - - - 
 
 For Fuel, 
 
 For Gas, 
 
 For expense of steam boiler, &c, for kitchen, 
 
 2. For the expenses of the Committee on Instruction, for the 
 following items : 
 
 For Salary of President, 
 
 For Salary of Instructor of English and Mathematics, - 
 
 For Salary of Instructor of French and Spanish, 
 
 For Salary of Instructor of Drawing, Writing and Book- 
 keeping, 1,000 00 
 
 For Salary of Assistant Teacher in the Principal 
 
 Department, 600 00 
 
 For Salary of two Principal Teachers in the Primary 
 
 Department, 1,000 00 
 
 700 
 
 00 
 
 
 500 
 
 00 
 
 
 800 
 
 00 
 
 
 1,250 
 
 00 
 
 
 800 
 
 00 
 
 
 400 
 
 00 
 
 
 200 
 
 00 
 
 
 8,000 00 
 
 
 500 
 
 00 
 
 
 1,000 00 
 
 
 500 
 
 00 
 
 
 3,000 
 
 00 
 
 
 1,200 
 
 00 
 
 
 530 
 
 00 
 
 
 on, for 
 
 the Appropria. 
 tion for In- 
 struction. 
 
 13,000 00 
 
 
 1,000 
 
 .00 
 
 
 1,000 
 
 00 
 
 
30 
 
 For Salary of two first Assistant Teachers in the Pri- 
 mary Department, $700 00 
 
 For Salary of three second Assistant Teachers in the 
 
 Primary Department, .... 750 00 
 
 For School and Philosphical Apparatus, ... 500 00 
 
 For Lectures and additional instruction, ... 500 00 
 
 For Books and Stationery, 500 00 
 
 For School Furniture, 500 00 
 
 tion PP &r Pria ' ^" ■^ or *^ e ex P enses of" the Committee on the Library : 
 
 Library. p or Bookgj $500 00 
 
 tio^rS^ 4 For the expenses of the Committee on Accounts, for the follow- 
 
 mitteeonAc- :__ ,(. prn( , . 
 counts. In S " elns • 
 
 For Salary of the Recording Secretary and Librarian, 
 
 and the Messenger, - - ... $1,120 00 
 
 For Printing, Newspapers, Advertising and Stationery, 300 00 
 
 Appropria- 5_ jj j. ^g expenses of the Committee on Admission and Dis- 
 mittee on Ad- chartre * 
 
 mission and " 
 
 Discharge. 
 
 Fees to the Guardians of the Poor, Stationery, &c, 50 00 
 
 Section 4. And be it further ordained and enacted by the 
 authority aforesaid, That it shall not be lawful for the Board of 
 Directors Directors to exceed in expenditure, or to make or authorize any 
 appropria- contract, or in any way bind the corporation for the payment of any 
 sum or sums of money other than such as are hereby appropriated 
 for the expenses of the College ; nor shall it be lawful for the said 
 Board to transfer any part of the herein appropriations from one 
 Committee of said Board to another, without the consent of the 
 Board of Commissioners of the Girard Estates. 
 
 Passed January 2, 1851. 
 
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 AN OKDINANCE 
 
 To make an Appropriation for Expenses of the Girard College for 
 Orphans for the year eighteen hvndred and fifty-two. 
 
 Appropriar 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained and enacted by the citizens of Phila- tfonsfl>ri852. 
 delphia, in Select and Commom Councils assembled, That the 
 sum of sixty-one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars be and the 
 same is hereby appropriated out of the income of the residuary por- 
 tion of the Girard Estates for the year eighteen hundred and fifty- 
 two, to the Board of Commissioners of the Girard Estates, for the 
 use of the Girard College, for the year eighteen hundred and fifty- 
 two ; the said appropriation being made to meet the following ex- 
 penses, viz : 
 
 1. For the expenses of the Household Committee of the Board of 
 Directors of the Girard College for the following items : for 
 
 Subsistence, $19,000 00 
 
 Clothing and bed clothing, - - - 10,000 00 
 
 Salary of Matron, - - - - - 700 00 
 
 Assistant Matron, - - - - 500 00 
 
 Steward, 800 00 
 
 Five Governesses, - 1,250 00 
 
 Four Prefects, ($500 each,) - - 2,000 00 
 
 Two Physicians, - - - - 600 00 
 
 Dentist, - - - - 200 00 
 
 Wages, 8,000 00 
 
 Furniture, - - - - , 500 00 
 
 Repairs, - - - 500 00 
 
 Improvement t»f Grounds, - - - 500 00 
 
 Fuel, 2,000 00 
 
 Gas, 1,200 00 
 
 Incidentals, - - - - - - 500 00 
 
 2. For the expenses of the Committee on Instruction for the fol- 
 lowing items : for 
 
 Salary of President, $3,000 00 
 
 Instructor of English and Mathematics, - 1,500 00 
 Instructor of French and Spanish, - - 1,000 00 
 
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 Salary of Instructor of Drawing, Writing and Bookkeep- 
 ing, - - - ^ - - $700 00 
 Assistant Teacher in the Principal Department, 800 00 
 Two Principal Teachers in the Primary Depart- 
 ment, ----- 1,000 00 
 Two First Assistants in the same, - - 700 00 
 Three Seoend Assistants in the same, - 750 00 
 Teacher of Vocal Music, - - 200 00 
 Chemical Laboratory, ... - 200 00 
 Books and Stationery, - - - 1,000 00 
 School furniture, 500 00 
 
 3. For the expenses of the Committee on Library : for 
 
 Books, 100 00 
 
 4. For the expense of the Committee on Accounts, for the fol- 
 lowing items : for 
 
 Salaries of Kecording Secretary and Librarian, and the 
 
 Messenger, ... - $1,120 00 
 
 Printing, Newspapers, Advertising, and Stationery, 380 00 
 
 5. For the Expenses of the Committee on Admission and Dis- 
 charge : for 
 
 Printing, Stationery, &c, ... - $50 00 
 
 Section 2. And he it further ordained and enacted by the au- 
 thority aforesaid, It shall not be lawful for the Board of Directors 
 of the said College to exceed in expenditure the herein appropria- 
 tions, or to make or to authorize to be made any contract, or in any 
 way to bind the corporation for the payment of any sum or sums of 
 money other than such as is hereby appropriated for the expenses 
 of the College ; nor shall it be lawful for the said Board to transfer 
 any part of the herein appropriations from one item of expense to 
 another, without the consent of the Board of Commissioners of the 
 Grirard Estates. 
 
 Section 3. And be it further ordained and enacted by the 
 authority aforesaid, That so much of any Ordinance as is hereby 
 altered, be and the same is hereby repealed. 
 
 Passed February 12, 1852. 
 
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 AN OEDINANCE 
 
 To provide for the binding out of Orphans in the Girard College. 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained and enacted by the Citizens of Phila- 
 delphia, in Select and Common Councils assembled, That every 
 orphan child in the Girard College, upon attaining the age of four- tobtTdpupiis 
 teen years, or as soon thereafter as an appropriate place can be ?f ^ r 1 4 lle ° ° a ™' 
 secured, shall be bound out, as directed by the Will of Stephen of ag0 - 
 Girard, to suitable occupations, as those of agriculture, navigation, 
 mechanical trades and manufactures, in the manner hereinafter men- 
 tioned, provided he has been instructed in the various branches of 
 a sound education, in accordance with the Will of Stephen Girard : 
 And provided, that where there are such developments as to induce 
 the belief by the Board of Directors of said College that a further 
 education is likely to be decidedly beneficial, and the Board of Com- 
 missioners of the Girard Estates shall approve thereof, such child 
 shall not be bound out, but remain and receive such further educa- 
 tion as may be deemed expedient. 
 
 Section 2. And be it further ordained and enabled by the au- 
 thority aforesaid, That whenever such child shall have attained the ^•enliy'ad- 
 said age of fourteen years, not being one of those who is to receive the oftoeTnten- 
 further education before mentioned, it shall be the duty of the said out" '° Uni 
 Board of Directors to give public notice by advertising in such 
 newspapers, and for such length of time as they shall deem proper, 
 that they are prepared to bind out certain children, stating the num- 
 ber and their respective ages, and requesting applications to be made 
 to them by persons willing to receive such children as apprentices, 
 to be taught the occupation, art, or trade which such persons prac- 
 tice or pursue ; that the masters of such children will be required to 
 find and provide such apprentice, during the term of his apprentice- 
 ship with sufficient meat, drink, apparel, washing and lodging in their 
 place of residence, and to provide him with at least two complete 
 suits of clothes, one of which shall be new, at the conclusion of his 
 term of apprenticeship ; that such time or term of apprenticeship 
 shall terminate at the age of twenty-one years; and that the said master 
 and apprentice shall be subject in their relations to each other to 
 3 
 
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 the Acts of Assembly in force in this State, in regard to apprentices 
 and their masters. Provided, That such children as may be re- 
 tained in said college beyond the period of fourteen years of age, 
 shall be indentured at such time as the Directors may decide, in the 
 same manner as is herein directed with regard to the rest of the 
 children therein. 
 
 Section 3. And he it further ordained and enacted oy the au- 
 thority aforesaid, That whenever the said Directors shall select and 
 Form and approve of any person as suitable for the master of any such child 
 
 conditions of rr *' 1 iii-r»jr 
 
 indenture. a8 aforesaid, and such selection shall be approved by the Board ot 
 Commissioners of the Girard Estates, then an indenture of appren- 
 ticeship shall be executed by the Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of 
 Philadelphia, and such intended master ; which shall specify the age 
 of such apprentice, and that the said apprenticeship shall cease and 
 determine on the said apprentice attaining the age of twenty-one 
 years, or sooner upon the decease of the master, and shall contain a 
 eovenant on the part of the master, that he will teach the said ap- 
 prentice a certain named occupation, art or trade j that he will find 
 and provide him with sufficient meat, drink, apparel, washing and 
 lodging in his own place of residence ; and that at the expiration of 
 such apprenticeship, he will furnish the said apprentice with at least 
 two complete suits of clothes, one of which shall be new ; that he 
 will not assign or transfer the said indenture without the consent of 
 the Boards of Directors and Commissioners aforesaid, which consent 
 they are hereby authorized to give upon fit occasions ; and it shall 
 be expressed in said indenture that the same is subject to all the 
 provisions of the Acts of Assembly of this Commonwealth in force 
 at the time of its execution, in regard to apprentices and their 
 masters. 
 
 Section 4. And he it further ordained and enacted hy the au- 
 thority aforesaid, That in case the master of any such apprentice 
 rebinaTn cer°. s ^ ou ^ die befpre the expiration of such apprenticeship, or become 
 tain caseB. legally disqualified to continue the master of such apprentice, the 
 Boards aforesaid shall again bind such child to such other person in 
 this Commonwealth as they shall approve ; and the indentures of 
 such subsequent binding shall contain the same covenants as are 
 herein expressed of and concerning an original indenture of appren- 
 ticeship. 
 
Each ap- 
 
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 Section 5. And be it further ordained and enacted by the au- 
 thority aforesaid, That each child, at the time of his first indenture, 
 shall be furnished with a suitable outfit, the cost of which shall in prenS'tobo 
 no case exceed the sum of fifty dollars ; and the Board of Directors with outfit. 
 may, if they deem it proper, give to each such apprentice, in cash, 
 a sum not exceeding five dollars. 
 
 Passed December 2, 1852. 
 
 AN OKDINANCE 
 
 To ma7ce an Appropriation for expenses of the Girard College for 
 Orphans, for the year eighteen hundred and fifty-three. 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained and enacted by the Citizens of Phila- 
 delphia, in Select and Common Councils assembled, That the sum Appropriit- 
 of sixty-three thousand four hundred dollars be and the same is tlonsfor1863 - 
 hereby appropriated out of the income of the residuary portion of 
 the Girard Estates, for the year eighteen hundred and fifty-three, 
 to the Board of Commissioners of the Girard Estates, for the use of 
 the Girard College for the year eighteen hundred and fifty-three ; 
 the said appropriation being made to meet the following expenses, 
 viz: 
 
 1. For the expenses of the Household Committee of the Board 
 of Directors of the Girard College, for the following items : 
 
 For Subsistence, $19,000 00 
 
 Clothing and bed clothing, .... 10,000 00 Appro . 
 
 Salary of Matron, 700 00 £S Id . fcr 
 
 Assistant Matron, - 500 00 
 
 Steward, - - - - - 800 00 
 
 Five Governesses, - - - - 1,250 00 
 
 Prefect, 500 00 
 
 Two Physicians, - - - 600 00 
 
 Dentist, - . - - - - 200 00 
 
 Wages, 7,500 00 
 
 Furniture, and repairing furniture, - - - 1,000 00 
 
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 Improvement of grounds, ..... $1,000 00 
 
 Fuel, 2,000 00 
 
 Gas, 1,200 00 
 
 Incidentals, 1,000 00 
 
 2. For the expenses of the Committee on Instruction, for the 
 following items : 
 
 For Salary of President, - 3,000 00 
 Instructor of English, Mathematics, Natural 
 Appropria. Philosophy and Chemistry, - - 1,500 00 
 striwtion. Instructor of Drawing, Writing and book- 
 keeping, 1,500 00 
 
 Instructor of French aiid Spanish, - - 1,000 00 
 Assistant Teacher in the Principal Depart- 
 ment, .... - 1,000 00 
 Two Teachers of English studies, - - 1,400 00 
 Two Principal Teachers in the Primary De- 
 partment, .... 1,000 00 
 Two first Assistants in the same, - - 700 00 
 Two second Assistants in the same, - - 500 00 
 School and Philosophical Apparatus, and expense of 
 fitting up lecture room for Philosophical Appa- 
 ratus, 500 00 
 
 Books and Stationery, .... 1,500 00 
 
 School Furniture, - - - - 500 00 
 
 Appropria- 3. For the expenses of the Committee on Library : 
 
 rtion for Li- L * 
 
 brary. For BookfJ an( j B- Urn i ture> . . . . 500 00 
 
 4. For the expenses of the Committee on Accounts, for the foU 
 
 Appropria- . . . 
 
 •tion for Oom- lowing items : 
 
 mittee on Ac- 
 counts. For Salary of Kecording Secretary and Librarian, - 1,000 00 
 Messenger, .... 120 00 
 Printing, Advertising, Newspapers and Stationery, - 580 00 
 
 5. For the expenses of the Committee on Admission and Dis- 
 
 Appropria- „},„,.„.- . 
 
 ition for Com- cnarge . 
 
 mittieonAd- _ _ , . - . - 
 
 uniuion. For Printing, and binding out Pupils, - - 250 00 
 
 Section 2. And be it further ordained and enacted by the 
 authority aforesaid, That it -shall not be lawful for the Board of Di. 
 sectors of the said -College to exceed in expenditure the herein 
 
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 appropriations, or to make, or authorize to be made, any contract, 
 or in any way to bind the corporation for the payment of any sum 
 or sums of money other than such as is hereby appropriated for the 
 expenses of the College ; nor shall it be lawful for the said Board 
 to transfer any part of the herein appropriations from one item of 
 expenditure to another, without the consent of the Board of Com- 
 missioners of the Girard Estates. 
 
 Section 3. And be it further ordained and enacted by the 
 authority aforesaid, That so much of any Ordinance as is hereby 
 altered, be and the same is hereby repealed. 
 
 Passed March 3, 1853. 
 
 A SUPPLEMENT 
 
 To an Ordinance passed December 2, 1852, entitled "An Ordi- 
 nance to provide for ike binding out of Orphans in the Girard 
 College. 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained and enacted by the Citizens of Phila- Authorit _ 
 delphia, in Select and Common Councils assembled, That the Board i° d g^ e a °p. 
 of Directors of the Girard College may in their discretion omit in J[^ iC p laC g° 
 the indentures of apprentices provided for in the Ordinance to *^™ e rf *£| 
 which this is a supplement, the provisions that the master shall master. 
 provide for boarding and lodging for his apprentice in his own 
 place of residence, and allow the master to provide such other place 
 for boarding and lodging his apprentice as shall on investigation, in 
 every case by the Board of Directors, be approved by them : Pro- 
 vided, the Board of Commissioners of the Girard Estates consents 
 thereto, and that every subsequent change of residence shall also 
 be approved as heretofore provided. 
 
 Passed June 7, 1853. 
 
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 AN ORDINANCE 
 
 To Make an Appropriation for Expenses of the Girard College for 
 Orphans, for the year 1854. 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained and enacted by the Citizens of Phila- 
 delphia, in Select and Common Councils assembled, That the 
 ttasforYss*! sum °f seventy-two thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars be and 
 the same is hereby appropriated out of the income of the residuary 
 portion of the Girard Estates, for the use of the Girard College for 
 the year 1854, the said appropriation being made to meet the fol- 
 . lowing expenses, viz : 
 
 1. For the expenses of the Committee on Household of the Board 
 of Directors of the Girard College, for the following items : 
 Subsistence, --.... $21,000 00 
 Clothing and Bed Clothing, - 11,500 00 
 Outfit of Pupils, ..... 3 ; 000 00 
 Salary of Matron, ..... 700 00 
 
 Household. Assistant matron, - - - - 500 00 
 
 Steward, - - - - - 800 00 
 
 5 Governesses, .... 1 ( 250 00 
 
 2 Prefects, ..... 1 ; 000 00 
 
 2 Physicians, - - - - 600 00 
 
 Dentist, - - - - - 800 00 
 
 Wages, ...... 7 ; 000 00 
 
 Furniture, and Repairs to Furniture, - - - 1,250 00 
 
 Improvement of Grounds, .... 1,000 00 
 
 Repairs to Buildings, .... Ij500 00 
 
 Fuel, 2,000 00 
 
 Gas, 1 ; 200 00 
 
 Incidentals, ...... l } 000 00 
 
 2. For the expenses of the Committee on Instruction, for the fol- 
 lowing items : 
 
 Instruction. 
 
 Salary of President, ..... 3,000 00 
 
 Instructor of English, &c, ... 1,500 00 
 
 Instructor of Drawing, &c, - - 1,500 00 
 
 Instructor of French, &c, ... 1 000 00 
 
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 Salary of Assistant Teacher, Principal Department, - $1,000 00 
 2 Teachers English studies, - - 1,400 00 
 2 Principal Teachers Primary Department, - 1,000 00 
 2 First Assistants, - - - - 700 00 
 2 Second Assistants, ... 500 00 
 School and Philosophical Apparatus, and cases and fix- 
 tures for same, ----- 750 00 
 Books and Stationery, .... 1,500 00 
 School Furniture, including Theodolite, Compass, and 
 
 Surveying Instruments, ... - 750 00 
 
 Materials, and Utensils used in Chemical Laboratory, 500 00 
 
 3. For the expenses of the Committee on Accounts, for the fol- 
 lowing items : Accounts. 
 
 Salary of Recording Secretary and Librarian, 1,000 00 
 
 Messenger, - r - 120 00 
 
 Printing, Advertising, Newspapers and Stationery, - 483 00 
 
 4. For the expenses of the Committee on Admission, for Admission 
 Fees to Guardians of the Poor, Stationery, &c. - 300 00 
 
 5. For the expenses of the Committee on Discipline and Dis- Discipline 
 . , and Dis- 
 charge, for charge. 
 
 Printing, Stationery, Advertising, and expenses of binding out 
 Pupils, 250 00 
 
 Section 2. And be it further ordained and enacted by the au- 
 thority aforesaid, That it shall not be lawful for the Board of Direc- 
 tors of the Girard College to exceed in expenditure the herein appro, 
 priations, or to make, or authorize to be made, any contract, or in any 
 way to bind the Corporation for the payment of any sum or sums of 
 money other than such as is hereby appropriated for the expenses of 
 the College ; nor shall it be lawful for the said Board to transfer 
 any part of the herein appropriations from one item of expense to 
 another, without the consent of the Board of Commissioners of the 
 Girard Estates. 
 
 Passed January 19, 1854. 
 
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 AN ORDINANCE 
 
 To impose additional duties on the Secretary of the Girard College, 
 and to fix his salary. 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained and enacted by the Citizens of Phila- 
 delphia, in Select and Common Councils assembled, That the 
 The Secre- Secretary of the Girard College for Orphans shall, in addition to 
 college to the duties now required of him, act as Superintendent of the bind- 
 
 act hereafter l ' J 
 
 as superin- i n g out of the Orphans in the College ; and in that behalf he shall 
 the Mnding perform such services as the Board of Directors of the said College 
 
 out of pupils . * " 
 
 may require, and he shall exercise such a supervision over the chil- 
 dren so bound out as the said Board may direct. 
 
 Section 2. And be it further ordained and enacted by the au- 
 thority aforesaid, That the salary of said Secretary shall be fifteen 
 hundred dollars per annum, commencing on the first day of April, 
 A. D. 1854, payable as heretofore. 
 
 Section 3. And be it further ordained and enacted by the au- 
 thority aforesaid, That the sum of three hundred and seventy-five dol- 
 lars be and the same is hereby appropriated to the Board of Com- 
 missioners of the Girard Estates, out of the income of the residuary 
 portion of said estate, for the year 1854, for the use of the Directors 
 of the Girard College, to defray the additional expense of the afore- 
 said salary beyond that heretofore provided for. 
 
 Passed April 27, 1854. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE 
 
 Providing for the appointment of the Standing Committees of 
 
 Councils. 
 
 Section 3. And be it further ordained and enacted by the au- 
 oVcommTttee t ^ or ^ aforesaid, That the members of the Select and Common Coun- 
 of visitation. c ii s s hall constitute a Standing Committee of Visitation to the Girard 
 
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 College for Orphans, and the President of each Council shall, imme- 
 diately after the passing of this bill, _and annually thereafter, on the 
 organization of Councils, divide their respective Councils into twelve 
 sub-committees, of twelve members each ; six of whom shall be of the 
 Select and six of the Common Council, and who shall serve for one 
 month in the order in which they are constituted as aforesaid. 
 The said sub-committees to visit the Girard College for Orphans at 
 least once in each month, and examine the condition thereof, and 
 report the same to the Standing Committee of Visitation, or to 
 Councils, at their discretion, at such times as they shall deem expe- 
 dient. 
 
 Passed July 3, 1854. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE 
 
 To make an appropriation for the use of the Girard College for 
 
 Orphans. 
 
 Section 1. The Select and Common Councils of the City of 
 Philadelphia do ordain, That the sum of forty-three thousand one 
 hundred and thirty -3-fo dollars be and the same is hereby Reappro- 
 appropriated, out of the income of the residuary portion of the unexpended 
 Girard Estates, for the year eighteen hundred and fifty-four, for aered neces- 
 the use of the Girard College for Orphans for the same year, the Consolidation 
 
 . . i . i /. ii ■ ■ i of City and 
 
 said appropriation being to meet the following expenses incurred Djs.ujcto. 
 and to be incurred by the Directors of the said College, namely : 
 
 1. For the expenses of the Committee on Household of the Board 
 of Directors of said College, for the following items : for 
 
 Subsistence, $11,981 71 
 
 Clothing, - - - 
 
 Outfit of Pupils, - 
 
 Salaries of Matron, Assistant Matron, Steward, Gover 
 
 ness, Prefects, Physician and Dentist, 
 Wages, ...... 
 
 Furniture, and repairs to Furniture, - 
 Improvement of Grounds,. - , - 
 Repairs to Buildings, - 
 
 6,471 27 
 
 2,297 00 
 
 Household. 
 
 3,004 16 
 
 4,110 22 
 
 603 09 ( 
 
 550 83 
 
 1,000 29 
 
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 Fuel, $1,636 19 
 
 Gas, 657 31 
 
 Incidentals, 624 87 
 
 2. For the expenses of the Committe on Instruction : 
 For Salaries of the President of the College, Instructors 
 
 and Teachers, ----- 6,766 06 
 
 instruction. For School and Philosophical Apparatus, - - 251 17 
 
 Books and Stationery, .... 863 59 
 
 School Furniture, - - - - - 570 86 
 
 Materials, and Utensils used in the Chemical Laboratory, 144 63 
 
 Accounts. 3. For the expenses of the Committee on Accounts : 
 
 For Salaries of the Recording Secretary and Librarian, 
 
 and the Messenger, .... 945 00 
 
 Printing and Stationery, ... - 294 27 
 
 Discipline 4. For the expenses of the Committee on Discipline 
 charge. >s * and Discharge : 
 
 For Printing, Stationery, Advertising, and expenses of 
 
 binding out Pupils, - - - - 221 82 
 
 Admission. 5. For the expenses of the Committee on Admission : 
 
 For Printing and Stationery, - - - - 36 00 
 
 Library ®* ^ or *^ e ex P enses of the Committee on the Library : 
 
 For Books and Furniture, - - - - 369 20 
 
 Section. 2. And he it further ordained and enacted by the 
 
 authority aforesaid, That warrants for the payment of the said 
 
 Mode of appropriations shall be drawn by the President of the Board of 
 
 payi itfpeaied Directors of the Girard College for Orphans, when he shall be author- 
 
 ofi856. nanc,J ized by the said Board of Directors : Provided, that the said Board 
 
 Bhall not authorize the issue of any warrant until the bill for the 
 
 payment of which it is to be drawn be submitted to the Committee 
 
 on the Girard Estates for supervision. 
 
 The form of said warrants shall be as follows, and each shall con- 
 tain the certificate hereafter set forth. 
 
 No. Girard College for Orphans, 
 
 Philadelphia, 185 . 
 
 To , 
 
 City Treasurer. 
 Pay to or order 
 
 dollars for (here describe the service or materials as the case may 
 
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 be) and charge the same to appropriation made for the use of Girard 
 College for the year 1854, for (here insert the item of appropria- 
 tion.) 
 
 President Board of Directors of the Girard College for Orphans. 
 
 I certify that at a meeting of the Board of 
 
 Directors of the Giaard College for Orphans, held the day of 
 
 185 . the above warrant was 
 directed to be issued. 
 
 Secretary. 
 Approved and countersigned, 
 
 — — — — , City Controller. 
 
 Each warrant shall contain at the foot thereof a receipt in the 
 following words : 
 
 Keceived, 185 . of the City Treasurer, the amount 
 
 mentioned in the above warrant, which is in payment for the pur- 
 poses therein mentioned. 
 
 Section 3. And be it further ordained and enacted by the 
 authority aforesaid, That at the time of the issuing of any such 
 warrant, the Secretary of the said Board shall take and keep a 
 receipt for the same, which shall specify its number, date, amount, 
 and the services or supplies for which it issued : and every warrant 
 shall be accompanied by a bill, which shall contain the items that 
 compose the sum for payment of which it was drawn ; this bill shall 
 be signed by the person in whose favor the warrant is drawn, and 
 be delivered to the Controller and filed by him. 
 
 Passed August 10th, 1854. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE 
 
 To make an Appropriation for the use of the Girard College for 
 
 Orphans. 
 
 Section 1. The Select and Common Councils of the City of 
 Philadelphia do ordain, That the sum of eighty-three thousand Appropria- 
 three hundred and thirty dollars be and the same is hereby appro- tl0n tor 1855, 
 priated out of the income of the residuary portion of the Girard 
 
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 Estates, for the year eighteen hundred and fifty-five, for the use of 
 the Girard College for Orphans, for the same year. The said ap- 
 propriation being to meet the following expenses to be incurred by 
 the Board of Directors of said College, namely : 
 
 1. By the Committee of the said Board of Directors on House- 
 hold for the following items : 
 
 Subsistence, . - - - - -$23,000 00 
 
 Clothing, bed clothing, and Outfit of Pupils, - - 14,500 00 
 
 Salaries of the following officers : — 
 
 Matron, 700 00 
 
 Assistant Matron, ..... 500 00 
 
 Household. Steward, ...... 1,000 00 
 
 Five Governesses, ..... 1,250 00 
 
 Three Prefects, .----- 1,500 00 
 
 Two Physicians, 600 00 
 
 Dentist, 300 00 
 
 Wages, ...... 7,000 00 
 
 Furniture, and repairs to Furniture, ... 1,500 00 
 
 Improvement of Grounds, .... 4,000 00 
 
 Kepairs to Buildings, .... 1,500 00 
 
 Incidentals, - - - - - 1,500 00 
 
 2. By the Committee on Instruction for salaries of the follow- 
 ing officers : 
 
 President, 3,000 00 
 
 Instructor of English, Mathematics, and Natural Philo- 
 sophy, 1,800 00 
 
 Instructor of Drawing, Writing and Book-keeping, 
 
 Instructor of French and Spanish, 
 
 Assistant Teacher in the Principal Department, 
 
 Teacher of English Studies, - 
 
 Teacher of Vocal Music, also acting as Prefect, 
 
 Two Principal Teachers, Primary Department, 
 
 Two First Assistant Teachers; 
 
 Two Second Assistant Teachers, 
 
 School and Philosophical Apparatus, - 
 
 Books and Stationery, ... 
 
 School Furniture, .... 
 
 Materials, and Utensils in the Chemical Laboratory, 
 
 Instruction. 
 
 1,700 00 
 
 1,000 00 
 
 1,200 00 
 
 1,000 00 
 
 700 00 
 
 1,100 00 
 
 800 00 
 
 600 00 
 
 500 00 
 
 1,500 00 
 
 500 00 
 
 250 00 
 
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 1,650 00 
 480 00 
 
 Additional Instruction, and to supply Teachers in case 
 
 of sickness, ..... 300 00 
 
 3. By the Committee on Accounts for Salaries of 
 
 Secretary, Librarian, Superintendent of binding 
 out Pupils and Messenger, - 
 Printing, Stationery and Advertising, 
 
 4. Committee on Discipline and Discharge, for Print' 
 
 ing, Stationery, Advertising, and expenses of 
 binding out pupils, - 
 Rewards for merit, ..... 
 
 5. Committee on Admission, for Printing and Sta- 
 
 tionery, ..... 
 
 6. Committee on the Library, for fitting up Direc- 
 
 tor's room as library, with cases and fixtures and 
 
 books, - - - - - 2,500 00 
 
 Section 2. And be it further ordained and enacted by the au- 
 thority aforesaid, That warrants for the payment of said appropria- 
 tion shall be drawn and issued in the manner and form and with 
 the requisites set forth in the second and third sections of an ordi- 
 nance approved August 10th, entitled "An Ordinance to make an 
 appropriation for the use of the Girard College for Orphans." 
 Passed March 1, 1855. 
 
 Accounts. 
 
 Discipline 
 and Dis- 
 
 charge. 
 
 250 00 
 200 00 
 
 50 00 Admission. 
 Library. 
 
 AN OKDINANCE 
 
 To authorize the construction of certain Buildings within the walls 
 of the Girard College grounds, for the accommodation and use 
 of the Primary Department of the Girard College, and to make 
 an appropriation in part payment of the expense thereof. 
 
 Section 1. The Select and Common Councils of the City of Authority 
 
 J a J to erect a 
 
 Philadelphia do ordain, That the Board of Directors of the Girard ? h u e il p"? 1 /° r 
 College for Orphans he and they are hereby authorized to cause to S 61 ""^™^' 
 be erected, within the walls of the said College grounds, a building j^°^ 85 g f 
 or buildings, suitable for the accommodation and use of the pri- 
 
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 mary department of the said College; but the same shall not be 
 commenced until the plans and location therefor are approved by 
 the Committee of the Girard Estates. 
 
 Section 2, And be it further ordained and enacted by the 
 authority aforesaid, That the sum of ten thousand dollars, the unex- 
 pended income of the residuary portion of the Girard Estates for 
 the year eighteen hundred and fifty-four, and the sum of ten thou- 
 sand dollars out a/ the income of the same for the year eighteen 
 hundred and fifty-five be and the same is hereby appropriated 
 
 proprlated ap towards the expenses of erecting the said building or buildings, and 
 it shall not be lawful for the said board to enter into any contracts 
 or incur any amount of obligations exceeding the sum of twenty 
 thousand dollars hereby appropriated. 
 
 Section 3. And be it further ordained and enacted by the 
 
 paying wus. authority aforesaid, That warrants for the payment of the said ap- 
 propriation shall be drawn by the treasurer of the Girard Fund, in 
 the form and with the requisites set forth in the second and third 
 sections of an ordinance approved September 28, one thousand 
 vm oral- e igh* hundred and fifty-four, entitled " An Ordinance to make an 
 
 i'ISm Jnne a PP ro P r i at i ori ou * °f tne income of the residuary portion of the 
 Girard Estates for the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty- 
 four, for the purposes therein named :" Provided, no such warrant 
 shall be issued until the bill for payment whereof the same is to be 
 drawn, shall be certified to be correct by the said Board of Direc- 
 tors, and be scrutinized by the Committee on the Girard Estates. 
 Passed Nov. 30, 1855. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE 
 
 To mahe an Approprirtion for the use of the Girard College for 
 Orphans, for the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. 
 
 Section 1. The Select and Common Councils of the City of 
 
 Appro- Philadelphia do ordain, That the sum of eighty-five thousand three 
 
 i856. 10n ' " hundred and eighty dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated 
 
 out of the income of the residuary portion of the Girard Estate for 
 
 the year eighteen hundred and fifty-six, for the use of the Girard 
 
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 College for Orphans for the same year. The said appropriation 
 shall be applied as follows : , 
 
 1. To the Committee of the Board of Directors of said College 
 on the Household for the following, viz : 
 
 Subsistence, ---... $ 23,000 00 Household. 
 
 Clothing and bed-clothing, and outfit of pupils, - 15,000 00 
 
 Salary of Matron, - - - - 700 00 
 
 Assistant Matron, - - , - 500 00 
 
 Steward, 1,000 00 
 
 Five Governesses, .... 1,250 00 
 
 Three Prefects, .... 1,750 00 
 
 Two Physicians, - - - - 600 00 
 
 Dentist, - - - - - 300 00 
 
 Wages, -' 7,000 00 
 
 Furniture, and repairs to furniture, - 1,500 00 
 
 Fuel, -----.. 2,500 00 
 
 Gas, -. 1,400 00 
 
 Incidentals, -..-.- 1,500 00 
 
 Improvement of grounds, ... 2,000 00 
 Repairs to buildings, constructing new lavatories, 
 
 steam boiler and kitchen range, - - - 4,500 00 
 
 2. To the Committee on Instruction for the following, viz : 
 Salary of President, ----- 3,000 00 
 
 Instructor of English, Mathematics, and Natu- 
 ral Philosophy, ... - 1,8,00 00 
 Instructor of Drawing, Writing, and Book- 
 keeping, ----- 1,700 00 
 Instructor of French and Spanish, - - 1,200 00 
 Assistant Teacher in the Principal Department, 1,400 00 
 Teacher of English Studies, ' - - 1,000 00 
 Teacher of Vocal Music, also acting as Prefect, 700 00 
 2 Principal Teachers in the Primary Depart- 
 ment, - - - - - 1,100 00 
 2 First Assistant Teachers in the Primary 
 
 Department, - - - - 800 00 
 2 Second Assistant Teachers in the Primary 
 
 Department, ... - 600. 00 
 School and Philosophical Apparatus, and Cases and Fix- 
 tures for same, ----- 500 00 
 
 Instruction. 
 
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 Books and Stationery, .... $1,500 00 
 
 School and Chapel Furniture, - - - 500 00 
 
 Materials, and Utensils for the Chemical Laboratory, - 250 00 
 Additional Instruction and to supply Teachers in case 
 
 of sickness, ..... 300 00 
 
 Library. 3. To the Committee on the Library, for the 
 
 Fitting up of Library and for Books, - - 1,500 00 
 
 Admission. 4. To the Committee on Admission, for 
 
 Printing and Stationery, .... 350 00 
 
 Accounts. 5. To the -Committee on Accounts, for the following, viz : 
 
 Salary of Secretary, Librarian, Superintendent of Binding Out and 
 
 Messenger, "- '- - '- - $1,650 00 
 
 Printing, Newspapers, Advertising and Stationery, - 480 00 
 
 Discipline 6. ^° * ne Committee on Discipline and Discharge, for the fol* 
 S£gT lowing, viz: 
 
 Printing, Stationery, Advertising and expenses of Bind- 
 ing Out Pupils, $250 00 
 
 Rewards for Merit, - - - - - 300 00 
 
 Section 2. And be it further ordained and enacted by the au' 
 thority aforesaid, That warrants for the payment of the said appro- 
 priation shall be drawn by the Treasurer of the Girard Fund. Pro- 
 vided, no warrant shall be drawn until the Board of Directors of 
 said College shall certify that' the bill "for the payment of which such 
 warrant is to issue, iscorrect, and until such bill so certified is sub- 
 mitted to the Committee on the Girard Estate for supervision. 
 The said warrants shall be in the usual form of warrants for the 
 payment of money from the City Treasury, and shall be issued with 
 the requisites set forth in existing ordinances. 
 
 Passed February — 1856. 
 
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 AN ORDINANCE 
 
 Relating to the Supervision of the Girard Estates and Management 
 of the Girard College for Orphans. 
 
 Section 8. And be it further ordained and enacted by the au- 
 thority aforesaid, That the persons to be chosen in the manner here- 
 inafter specified, shall constitute a Board of Directors, whose duty motors "to 1 " 
 it shall be to superintend the management of the Girard College for college! th " 
 Orphans, in conformity with the Will of Stephen Girard, and with 
 such existing laws and ordinances as are now in force or that may 
 hereafter be enacted in relation thereto. Provided, that no mem- 
 ber of Council shall be a member of said Board of Directors. 
 
 Section 9. And be it further ordained and enacted by the au- 
 thority aforesaid, That the Select and Common Councils shall at any 
 stated meeting in June, 1856, elect by ballot, eighteen citizens of Election of 
 
 6 ' ' J ' ° Board of Di- 
 
 Fhiladelphia, to be the Directors of the Girard College for Orphans, rectors. 
 nine of whom shall be elected by the Select, and nine by the Com- 
 mon Councils ; and immediately after such election the persons so 
 elected by their respective Councils shall meet, and divide them- 
 selves by lot into three classes of three from each Council, the first 
 class to serve for one year, the second to serve for two years, and 
 the third to serve for three years from the first day of July ensuing 
 their election. 
 
 Section 10. And be it further ordained and enacted by the au- 
 thority aforesaid, That at a stated meeting in June of each suc- 
 ceeding year, the Select Council and the Common Council shall each /^ ^Mmm 
 elect three citizens of Philadelphia, to serve as Directors of the Gi- ^ ed t0 ^ 
 rard College for Orphans, for the term of three years from the first "ctora b^* 
 day of July, next ensuing, and to supply the place of those whose ™s ea ™ ^ 
 term of service shall have expired : and any vacancy that may occur Vacancies 
 
 . . n . • how filled. 
 
 in the said Board of Directors, arising from death, resignation, re- 
 moval from the city or otherwise, shall be supplied by a special 
 election by the Council by which such member was elected, to be 
 held as early as convenient after such vacancy has occurred. 
 
 Section 11. And be it further ordained and enacted by the au~ 
 thority aforesaid, That the Directors first chosen shall meet on the 
 first day of July after their election, and shall elect one of their own 
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paying bills. 
 
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 Election of number to be President of the said Board of Directors, and one 
 the Bo™a, other person, not of their own number, to be Becording Secretary of 
 tary of ° the" Girard College, who shall be removable at the pleasure of the 
 
 oiiege. Board ; and the election of President shall take place in each suc- 
 ceeding year at the meeting in July. 
 
 Section 13. And be it further ordained and enacted by the au- 
 thority aforesaid, That all warrants for the payment of bills, sala- 
 Mode of ries, or for any purpose for the Girard Estates or for the Girard 
 College, shall be drawn by the Superintendent of the Girard Estates 
 in the form and requisites set forth in the second and third sections 
 of an ordinance approved September 28, 1854, entitled " An Ordi- 
 nance to make an appropriation out of the income of the residuary 
 portion of the Girard Estates, for the year 1854, for the purposes 
 therein mentioned." 
 
 Section 14. And be it further ordained and enacted by the au- 
 thority aforesaid, That so muoh of any ordinance or ordinances as 
 are inconsistent herewith, be and the same are hereby repealed. 
 Provided, however, that the present Directors of the Girard College 
 shall continue in office, until their successors are eleeted. 
 
 Passed June, 1856. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE 
 
 Supplementary to "An Ordinance to authorize the construction of 
 certain buildings within the walls of the Girard College grounds, 
 for the accommodation and use of the Primary Department of 
 the Girard College, and to make an appropriation in part pay- 
 ment of the expenses thereof," passed November 29th, 1855. 
 
 Section 1. The Select and Common Councils of the City of 
 Philadelphia do ordain, That the Board of Directors of the Girard 
 to erect" a College for Orphans, be and they are hereby authorized to cause 
 mtoSmar^ to be erected within the walls of the said College grounds, a 
 thebuubuigsi building suitable for an Infirmary, and also to make such altera- 
 tions in the main College building, not inconsistent with the 
 
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 provisions of the Will of Stephen Girard, as will better adapt it to 
 the purposes of instruction, and such alterations to the other 
 buildings within said walls, as said Board may deem necessary. 
 Provided, that it shall not be lawful for said Board to enter into 
 any contracts or incur any obligations or expenses exceeding the 
 appropriations hereinafter mentioned. And provided further, that 
 said building and alterations shall not be commenced until the plans 
 and location thereof are approved by the Committee on the Girard 
 Estates. 
 
 Section 2. The appropriations, amounting to twenty thousand $20,000 ap- 
 dollars made by the second section of the ordinance to which this therefor, 
 is a supplement, are hereby transferred, and shall be applied to the 
 purposes mentioned in the first section of this ordinance. 
 
 Section 3. Warrants for the payment of the said appropriation 
 shall be drawn in the manner and form, and with the requisites, 
 and under the provisions contained in the third section of the ordi- 
 nance to which this is a supplement. 
 
 Section 4. The first section of the ordinance to which this is a sup- 
 plement, together with all other provisions of said ordinance hereby 
 altered or supplied, are hereby repealed. 
 
 Passed June 14th, 1856. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE 
 
 To make an appropriation for the use of the Girard College for 
 
 Orphans. 
 
 Section 1. The Select and! Common Councils of the City of 
 Philadelphia, do ordain, That the sum of thirty-six hundred dollars 
 be and the same is hereby appropriated out of the income of the re- $3,600 ap- 
 
 J ■ rr r propnated 
 
 siduary portion of the Girard Estates for the year 1856, in addition for furniture. 
 to all former appropriations therefrom, for the following purposes, 
 that is to say : 
 
 For bedding and other furniture for the accommodation of an 
 additional number of orphans to be hereafter admitted. 
 
 Passed December 5, 1856. 
 
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 AN ORDINANCE 
 
 To make an appropriation for the use of the Girard College for 
 Orphans for the year 1857. 
 
 Section 1. The Select and Common Councils of the City of 
 Philadelphia do ordain, That the sum of $92,350, be and the same 
 ti Ap f "mb!" * s nere ky appropriated out of the income of the residuary portion of 
 the Girard Estates for the year 1857, for the use of the Girard Col- 
 lege for the same year, the said appropriations to be applied as fol- 
 lows: 
 
 No. 
 
 1. Subsistence, - - - 
 
 2. Clothing, Bed Clothing, and Outfit of Pupils, 
 
 3. Salary of Matron and Assistant, - 
 
 Household. 
 
 Steward, 
 
 Governesses and Prefects, 
 
 Two Physicians, 
 
 Dentist, 
 
 Instruction. 
 
 4. 
 5. 
 6. 
 7. 
 8. 
 9. Furniture, and Repairs to Furniture, 
 
 10. Fuel, ---.-. 
 
 11. Gas, ...... 
 
 12. Incidentals, ..... 
 
 13. Improvements of Grounds, ... 
 
 14. Eepairs to Buildings, .... 
 
 For the expenses of Instruction, as follows : 
 
 15. Salary of President, .... 
 Instructor of English, &c. 
 Instructor of Drawing, &c, 
 Instructor of French, &c, 
 Assistant Teacher, Principal Department, 
 Teacher of English Studies, 
 Teacher of Vocal Music, &c, - 
 Principal, First and Second Assistants, 
 
 Primary Schools, ... 
 
 23. School and Philosophical Apparatus, and cases and 
 
 fixtures for game, .... 
 
 16 
 17 
 18 
 19. 
 20. 
 21, 
 22, 
 
 $27,840 00 
 
 16,920 00 
 
 1,200 00 
 
 1,000 00 
 
 3,450 00 
 
 600 00 
 
 300 00 
 
 8,500 00 
 
 1,800 00 
 
 2,800 00 
 
 1,500 00 
 
 1,500 00 
 
 1,500 00 
 
 2,000 00 
 
 3,000 00 
 
 1,800 00 
 
 1,700 00 
 
 1,200 00 
 
 1,400 00 
 
 1,000 00 
 
 700 00 
 
 2,750 00 
 
 500 00 
 
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 24. Books and Stationery, .... 
 
 25. School and Chapel Furniture, 
 
 26. Materials, and Utensils in Chemical Laboratory, - 
 
 27. Additional Instruction, and to supply teachers in 
 
 case of sickness, .... 
 
 28. Books and Library Furniture, ... 
 
 29. Printing and Stationery, ... 
 
 30. Salaries of Secretary, Superintendent of Binding 
 
 Out and Messenger, - - - - 
 
 31. Printing, Advertising, Newspapers, and Stationery, 
 
 32. Advertising, and Expenses of Binding Out Pupils, 
 
 33. Rewards of Merit, .... 
 
 Section 2. That warrants for the payment of said appropriation 
 shall be drawn in conformity with existing ordinances. 
 
 Passed January 12, 1857. 
 
 $1,700 00 
 
 750 00 
 
 250 00 
 
 300 00 
 
 1,500 QQ Librar y- 
 
 250 00 Admiaeion. 
 
 1,650 00 Accounts - 
 
 480 00 
 
 oca a a Biscpliae and 
 ZOU v\J Discharge. 
 
 250 00 
 
 AN ORDINANCE 
 
 To make an Appropriation out of the income of the Girard 
 Estates * * to provide for the payment of certain, claims against 
 the Girard College for the year 1856. 
 
 Section 4. That the further sum of seven hundred and twenty- 
 two dollars and sixty-three cents is hereby appropriated for the Appro™^. 
 payment of bills for the support of the Girard College contracted ce^inciS 
 in the year 1856; and that the said sum be and is hereby to be otl8a5- 
 charged to the appropriations made by " An Ordinance to make an 
 appropriation out of the income of the Girard Estates for the pur- 
 poses therein mentioned," and approved Feb. 3, 1857, in the man- 
 ner following, to wit : 
 
 Item 1. Subsistence, .... $168 17 
 
 2. Clothing, - - 63 45 
 
 9. Furniture, &c, - - - - 354 79 
 
 10. Fuel, - - - - - 30 87 
 
 13. Improvement of Grounds, - - - 105 35 
 
 Passed March 23, 1857. 
 
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 AN ORDINANCE 
 
 To re-appropriate the amount authorized to be expended by an 
 ordinance to make an appropriation for the use of the Girard 
 College for Orphans, approved December 6, 1856, the same hav- 
 ing been undrawn within the year, and merged on the 1st day of 
 January , 1857. 
 
 Section 1. The Select and Common Councils of the City of 
 
 Philadelphia do ordain, That the sum of thirty-six hundred dollars 
 
 be and the same is hereby appropriated out of the income of the 
 
 Re-appro- Girard Estates for the year 1857, in addition to sill former appro- 
 priation Of J J XI 
 
 m °d 6y 1868' P" at i° ns therefrom, for the payment of bills contracted in the year 
 1856, for the following purposes, that is to say : 
 
 For bedding and other furniture for the accommodation of an 
 additional number of Orphans, as provided in said ordinance. 
 
 Section 2. And be it further ordained and enacted by the au- 
 thority aforesaid, That warrants, be drawn as prescribed by ex- 
 isting ordinances. 
 
 Passed April 7, 1857. 
 
BY-LAWS 
 
 OF IHE 
 
 BOARD OF DIRECTORS, 
 
 ADOPTED APRIL 8, 18S7. 
 
 1. The stated meetings of the Board of Directors of the Girard stated meet- 
 College for Orphans shall be held on the second Wednesday of each mdwhere to 
 month. The place and hour to be designated by the Board, to suit B e ' 
 
 its convenience. 
 
 2. Special meetings may be called by the President of the Board, special 
 whenever he may deem it necessary. meetings. 
 
 3. The President, or in his absence, the Secretary shall call a special 
 special meeting whenever required, in writing, by three members of totalled at 
 
 .. -„ 1 * the request 
 
 the Jt>0ard. ofthreemem- 
 
 bers. 
 
 4. The President, or in his absence, the member chosen to pre- President 
 
 .,,„,,,. , . , , of the Board 
 
 Bide, shall take the chair at the appointed time. to take the 
 
 ' * r Chair at the 
 
 appointed 
 
 5. The President shalFappoint all Committees, unless the Direc- tim8 - 
 
 tors determine otherwise. He shall be the judge of order; but his D JJSsSttB 
 decision on any question of order may be reversed by an appeal President, 
 therefrom, sustained by a majority of the members present. The 
 yeas and nays shall be taken on the call of any member. 
 
 6. When the President shall have taken the chair, the Secre- 
 
 KollcaU. 
 
 tary of the Board shall call the Boll of Members, and record on the 
 Minutes the names of those present. 
 
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 s^rete ° fthe 7. The Secretary shall keep minutes of the transactions of the 
 Board. He shall call the meetings of the Board by written or 
 printed notices. He shall furnish the Chairman of each Committee 
 with a copy of the resolutions, or papers referred to it. The Secre- 
 tary of the Board shall also act as Secretary of the Committees 
 whenever his services shall be required by the respective Chairmen. 
 
 mSE™ ° f 8- If a quorum of members (which by ordinance is nine) should 
 not attend at the time appointed for the meeting, the members pre- 
 sent may adjourn to a designated time, the Secretary inserting their 
 names on the Minutes. If a quorum should attend, the order of 
 
 business" ° f business shall be as follows : 
 
 First— Call of the Koll. 
 
 Second. — Reading of the Minutes of the last stated meeting, and 
 of all subsequent meetings. 
 Third. — Communications. 
 Fourth. — Reports of Committees. 
 Fifth. — Business generally. 
 
 9. Ordinary Parliamentary rules and usages shall govern the de- 
 Parliament- liberations of the Board, in cases where no special rules shall have 
 
 ary rules to .. 
 
 govern. application. 
 
 standing jo. The following Standing Committees, to consist of six members 
 
 Committees. 
 
 each, shall be annually appointed by the President, viz : Committee 
 on Accounts, Library Committee, Committee on Instruction, Com- 
 mittee on Household, Committee on the Admission of Pupils, and 
 Committee on the Discipline and Discharge of Pupils. 
 
 a^o'eM- H - These Committes shall meet as often as they may deem ex- 
 
 st 8S m° f the P^ient, 1 and shall keep a record of their proceedings, which shall be 
 
 Committees. p en %t a jj times to every member of the Board,* and of the Select 
 
 and Common Councils ; and these Records shall be produced at each 
 
 President of stated meeting of the Board, and read. 
 
 the Board a ° ' 
 
 member ex- 
 
 omci ° °^. a11 12. The President of the Board of Directors shall be ex officio a 
 
 Standing 
 
 Committees, member of each Standing Committee, and any member of the Board 
 
 Directors not ° ' J 
 
 members of a f Directors may be present at meetings of any of the Committees, 
 allowed to be Du t w ithout participating in the proceedings of any excepting his 
 but not to own Committee. 
 
 participate. 
 
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 13. The Committee on Accounts shall audit all accounts of the .. duties of 
 
 the Commit- 
 
 various Committees, and of the different officers of the College, and tee on A °- 
 
 m ' ° ' counts. 
 
 shall certify all bills to the Board of Directors j if approved by the 
 Board, a statement of the same shall be signed by the President of 
 the Board, and shall be presented to the Committee of the Grirard 
 Estates for payment. 
 
 14. The Library Committee shall have charge of the Library of Duties of 
 the College, and shall make all purchases of books and apparatus Committee. 17 
 for the Library. 
 
 15. The Committee on Instruction shall report to the Board of Duties of 
 Directors on the competency of all persons whose names shall have tee on in- 
 been presented to the Board or to the Committee as candidates for 
 
 the situation of Instructors in the various departments of education ; 
 they shall report on all salaries connected therewith, and they shall 
 direct the purchase of all class books ordered by the Board, and all 
 stationery, school furniture and apparatus needed for the Pupils. 
 This Committee shall carefully watch over the mental culture of 
 the orphans, supervise the course of instruction, inspect the order 
 and discipline of the schools, and report to the Board any proposed 
 modifications of the plan of instruction, in reference to which, the 
 opinion of the President of the College may be communicated to the 
 Board in writing before the same shall be acted on by the Board. 
 They shall report to the Board of Directors every impropriety of 
 conduct or deficiency in the persons under their especial notice, 
 which they may be unable to correct by admonition. And they 
 may, for just cause, suspend from duties any teacher, until the 
 action of the Board can be had upon the complaint, upon which 
 suspension may be founded. 
 
 16. The Committee on the Household shall have the general Duties of 
 
 ° t the Commit- 
 
 supervision of the domestic arrangements of the College buildings teeonHouse- 
 and grounds, so as to promote cleanliness, comfort, health and 
 economy therein, having especial care of the physical developments 
 of the orphans. They shall direct all needful repairs of buildings 
 and furniture. All purchases of supplies for the use of the house- 
 hold, furniture, food, fuel and clothing, shall be made with their 
 sanction, provided they do not exceed for tbese purposes the appro- 
 priation made from time to time by the Board of Directors. The 
 Committee shall report to the Board of Directors on the competency 
 of all officers whose names shall have been presented to the Board, 
 to be employed on the College premises, in the various departments 
 
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 of the household. They shall have the general supervision of the 
 labors and conduct of the other persons employed about the grounds 
 or in the household, and may suspend any of them from duty, until 
 the action of the Board of Directors can be had upon the complaint 
 on which the suspension is founded. 
 Duties of 17- The Committee on Admission of Pupils shall examine all 
 teeonActa£ applications made at the office, No. 9 South Fifth street, on the first 
 6ion of PnpUs. jyionday of each month, for the admission of orphans, and report to 
 the Board of Directors upon the physical, legal and moral qualifica- 
 tions of the candidates for admission, in the order in which they 
 shall have been received. And if the Board of Directors grant the 
 application, the Committee shall receive the orphan under Indenture, 
 and place him in the College for support and instruction; causing a 
 statement of his qualifications, relations, and other circumstances, to 
 be entered upon the books of the College, agreeably to the provisions 
 of the Will of Stephen Girard, and to any act of Assembly. 
 Duties of 18- The Committee on the Discipline and Discharge of Pupils 
 teemitiSDis. shall have supervision of the moral influence of each individual con- 
 M P schLge ai of nected with the College. They shall watch over the moral develop- 
 up "' ment of the orphans, discouraging everything likely to be injurious, 
 and promoting that which they think of a tendency favorable to 
 implanting the purest principles of morality in the youthful mind, 
 and rendering it practical, so that the orphans may, from inclination 
 and habit, evince benevolence towards their fellow-creatures, and a 
 love of truth, sobriety and industry. They shall watch over the. 
 extent and influence of the administration of discipline, conferring 
 with the President, Matron and others, as to the best system of 
 rewards and punishments, so as to present the strongest incentives 
 to virtue, and the most effective restraint from vice, reporting to 
 the Board the case of each boy who may from mal-conduct have 
 become an unfit companion for the other orphans. They are to 
 aid the President with counsel as to the character and extent of the 
 religious instruction of the College. The Committee on the Dis- 
 cipline and Discharge of pupils shall attend to the discharge, re- 
 moval, and indenturing of all pupils whose term of instruction shall 
 expire, or who from other causes may cease to be connected with 
 the College. They shall indenture such boys as the Board of 
 Directors may direct to be bound out, to such suitable trades, and 
 to such masters as they may select, with the approval of the Com- 
 mittee on the Girard Estates. They may permit any of such boys 
 
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 to go upon trial to suitable persons who may make application for 
 them as apprentices, for a period not exceeding one month. 
 
 19. The Standing Committees shall he appointed annually, Committees' 6 
 as soon as practicable after the organization of the Board of ed annually. 
 Directors. 
 
 20. There shall be a Committee on Estimates, to be composed of 
 
 the Chairmen of the several Standing Committees, whose duty it the commit- 
 
 i n i -i i t. n /. -rv. tee on Esti- 
 
 shall be to prepare and report to the Board of Directors, at the mates, 
 stated meeting in November of each year, a detailed estimate of the 
 expenses of the College for the next year, carefully arranged under 
 the various heads of expenditures, agreeably to the ordinance of 
 Councils. 
 
 21. Amendments to the By-Laws of the Board, or Eules for the Amend- 
 Government of the College, offered at one stated meeting may be Sese" Ruiest 
 adopted by a majority of the whole Board at any subsequent meet- j£™[ e _ *° be 
 ing, provided the Secretary shall have given information on the 
 
 notices of members that " amendments to the by-laws or rules have 
 been proposed." 
 
EULES 
 
 POE THE GOVERNMENT 
 
 OF THE 
 
 GIRARD COLLEGE FOR ORPHANS. 
 
 Adopted by the Board of Directors, April 8, 1857. 
 
 SECTION I. 
 
 Of the President. 
 
 1. The President of the College is the chief executive officer of t, ,. 
 
 ° Duties ana 
 
 the Institution. All reports and other official communications powers of the 
 
 x President. 
 
 from every department and officer of the College to the Board of 
 Directors, or to any committee thereof, shall he made through him, 
 and when action thereon is required, his opinion shall be ex- 
 pressed in writing. 
 
 2. The President is directly responsible for his official conduct to 
 the Board of Directors. He shall make report, in writing, to the 
 Board at every stated meeting, transmitting information of the 
 condition of the College, and calling the attention of the Board to 
 such matters or things as require their action or consideration. 
 
 3. The President shall see that the rules and regulations of the 
 College, and the orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors 
 relating to the administration and discipline of the College, are 
 faithfully and promptly executed, and he shall report to the Board 
 all delinquencies in duty, and violations of the rules by the officers 
 of the College, and all such instances of mal-conduct on the part 
 of any pupil or pupils, as in his judgment require the action of the 
 Board. 
 
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 4. The President shall conduct the family worship, morning and 
 evening, which shall consist of singing a hymn, reading a portion 
 of Scripture, and prayer. He shall also be responsible for the per- 
 formance of public religious services in the College on the forenoon 
 and afternoon of every Sunday. These services shall consist of 
 singing hymns, prayers, reading the Scriptures, moral and reli- 
 gious discourses. The President is permitted to invite any member 
 of the Board of Directors, or other competent layman, approved by 
 the Board, to take his place or assist him in the public worship. 
 Prayers and hymns or psalms shall be prepared or selected by the 
 President, with the approbation of the Directors, which shall be 
 framed so as to form a full and appropriate service, without secta- 
 rianism, but. calculated to awaken or preserve true devotion. 
 
 5. The President shall hold weekly meetings of the officers of 
 the schools and household, to consult together as to the best mea- 
 sures to promote the interests of the institution. He shall periodi- 
 cally conduct or direct such examinations of the pupils in the 
 respective branches of study to which they have^been attending, as 
 will develop the progress of each pupil, and show the advantages or 
 defects of the system of studies pursued" in each department; he 
 shall inspect, monthly, the accounts of the Steward ; he shall spend 
 such part of every day as may be necessary, in the schools and 
 dwellings, to give advice, direction and assistance to the officers in 
 charge of those departments; he shall be present every day, (un- 
 less unavoidably engaged elsewhere,) at the dinner of the pupils ; 
 he shall see that all the apartments, offices, outbuildings and 
 grounds of the College, are kept in good order ; he shall have cus- 
 tody of the keys of the College, outbuildings and gates ; he shall 
 give personal attention to the food, clothing, manners, recreation 
 and reading of the scholars, and he shall, as often as convenient, 
 (and he may deem necessary,) accompany such pupils as may de- 
 serve it, to the manufactories, institutions, and remarkable places in 
 the city and neighborhood of "Philadelphia. 
 
 6. The President shall have particular charge over the morals of 
 the pupils, and ascertain, by personal conversation with them, and 
 advice to them, the state of their moral and mental culture, and of 
 their attainment in those fixed habits of virtue which the Will of 
 Mr. Girard recommends, and their future happiness and welfare 
 demand. 
 
 7. As the head and father of the establishment, the President is 
 
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 to be respected and obeyed by every officer, servant and pupil, and 
 he may call on any officer to assist him in the discharge of his 
 official duties, and to perform such extra services as he may deem 
 necessary. 
 
 SECTION II. 
 Of the Matron. 
 
 1. The Matron of the College is the mother of the pupils and 
 mistress of the household. In the discharge of her appropriate 
 
 duties, she is responsible to the President and to the Committee on powers of the 
 Household. The Governesses, Nurses, Seamstresses, Chamber- 
 maids, Cooks, Washerwomen, and all other officers and servants of 
 the household, are directly responsible to her, and shall take orders 
 from her. The teachers and officers who board at her table, are 
 also responsible to her as members of her family, but not as officers 
 of the schools. 
 
 2. The Matron shall supervise and direct the whole domestic 
 economy of the establishment ; she shall watch over the manners, 
 morals and habits of the pupils ; she shall give personal attention 
 to the food, clothing, lodging, cleanliness and health of all the 
 members of her household; she shall see that all the apartments 
 and offices connected with the dwellings or used for the purposes 
 of the household, are kept clean and in good order ; she shall fre- 
 quently visit and inspect the pupils in their section rooms and 
 lavatories, and by frequent mingling with the pupils during the 
 hours of study and recreation, she shall endeavor to inspire them 
 with love for and confidence in her, so that all the troubles and 
 hopes of childhood may be communicated to her as they arise, arid 
 may be the means of instilling valuable lessons and of forming cor- 
 rect and virtuous habits. She shall attend to the preparation of 
 the outfits and clothing of the pupils when they are about to leave 
 the Institution on trial, or to be indentured. 
 
 3. The Matron shall make report, in writing, to the President 
 of the College, once every month, concerning the department com- 
 mitted to her care, conveying information in regard to the clothing, 
 diet, lodging, exercise, health, manners and morals of the orphans, 
 and suggesting such changes and improvements as, in her judg- 
 ment, will promote the good order, comfort and economy of the 
 household. 
 
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 4. As the mistress of the household, the Matron shall be respected 
 and obeyed by all the officers, servants and pupils of her family, 
 and she may call on any of the officers and servants to assist her in 
 any matter pertaining to her duties. 
 
 SECTION III. 
 Of the Assistant Matron. 
 
 the Stent 1 - The duties of tlie Assistant Matron are similar, within her 
 Matron. sphere, to those of the Matron. 
 
 2. The Assistant Matron is directly responsible to the Matron, 
 to whom she shall make report, and from whom she shall take 
 Orders. 
 
 3. In the absence or disability of the Matron, the Assistant Ma- 
 tron shall Jake her place and perform her duties. 
 
 SECTION IV. 
 Of the Instructors. 
 
 Duties of 1. The instructors have charge of the education of the pupils 
 the, Teachers. ^ ur j n g tne hours they are under their care. They shall give in- 
 struction in such branches, and during such number of hours each 
 day, as the President, with the advice and sanction of the Commit- 
 tee on Instruction, may direct. They shall ascertain by frequent 
 reviews and examinations, the progress of every pupil, and the 
 thoroughness of his knowledge. 
 
 2. The Professors and Principal Teachers are responsible to the 
 President for the faithful performance of their duties, and for the 
 order and discipline of the pupils in their respective departments. 
 They shall see that the Assistant Teachers are prompt and vigilant. 
 They shall also keep a daily record of the conduct and recitations 
 of every scholar in their respective divisions, and each Professor and 
 Principal Teacher shall report in writing every month to the Presi- 
 dent, and oftener if required, concerning the progress of the pupils, 
 and the condition and wants of their respective departments. 
 
 3. The Assistant Teachers are directly responsible to their re- 
 spective Principals, and shall take orders from them in all matters 
 relating to their school duties, and shall make report to them as 
 often as required. 
 
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 SECTION V. 
 Of the Recording Secretary and Superintendent of Binding out. 
 
 1. The Recording Secretary and Librarian of the College shall Duties of 
 
 6 J ° the Record- 
 
 attend the meetings of the, Board, and the Committees thereof, as ing Secretary 
 
 ... and Superin- 
 
 also the committees of Visitation from the Select and Common tendent of 
 
 Binding out. 
 
 Councils ; and keep regular minutes of the proceedings and transac- 
 tions of the same, and he shall communicate in writing to the Presi- 
 dent of the College, within three days after the same shall have been 
 adopted, all acts and resolutions of the Board and its committees, 
 relative to the duties of the said President, or to the administration 
 of the Institution. 
 
 2. He shall also keep the books and accounts of the College, 
 showing in detail the appropriations to and the expenditures by the 
 Institution, under the respective heads of furniture, clothing, subr 
 sistence, wages, &c, &c. 
 
 3. He shall at each stated meeting of the Board make a report 
 of the unexpended balances to the credit of each committee at that 
 time ; and he shall have charge of the books, papers, and records of 
 the Institution, and be responsible for the safety of the same. 
 
 4. He shall also, whenever required by the Committee on Admis- 
 sion of Pupils, receive and make out the applications for admission, 
 prepare the necessary papers and indentures, and perform the cleri- 
 cal duties connected therewith. 
 
 5. As Librarian, he shall have charge of the library of the Col- 
 lege, keeping the same properly catalogued and arranged for the 
 use of such officers and pupils, and under such restrictions as may 
 from time to time be determined on with the consent of the Presi- 
 dent and the Committee on Library. 
 
 6. As Superintendent of Binding Out, he shall, under the direc- 
 tion of the Committee on the Discipline and Discharge of Pupils, 
 receive the applications for apprentices, make the necessary investi- 
 gation relative thereto, transact the correspondence, prepare the 
 necessary papers and indentures, and perform the clerical duties 
 connected therewith ; he shall, under the said direction, see that the 
 pupils who may be apprenticed or placed on trial, are sent to their 
 respective places, and if unsuccessful, returned to the College ; and 
 he shall, under the said direction, exercise as far as is practicable a 
 supervision over the apprentices bound out, so as to keep the Board 
 of Directors acquainted with their condition and success. 
 
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 SECTION VI. 
 
 Of the Steward. 
 
 Duties of the 1. The Steward is the general purveyor and curator of the Col- 
 war " lege ; all purchases, when directed by the Committee on House- 
 hold, shall be made by him or under his immediate supervision ; he 
 shall be directly responsible to the President and Committee on 
 Household, for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office, and 
 shall submit the accounts of his department for inspection, when- 
 ever required by the President, the Board of Directors, or the Com-; 
 mittee on Household. 
 
 2. He shall make report in writing to the President of the Col- 
 lege, once in every month, concerning the state of the department 
 committed to his care, and he shall furnish therewith separate and 
 accurate accounts of all the expenses incurred by him for the Col- 
 lege during the month preceding, together with the items thereof. 
 
 3. He shall employ such male and female servants as the Com- 
 mittee on Household may authorize, and at such wages as they may 
 determine upon, and he shall discharge any servant when required 
 to do so by the President of the College, or by the Matron, so far 
 as respects the females under her direction ; reporting all changes 
 to the Committee on Household. 
 
 4. He shall see that the buildings, grounds and enclosures about 
 the College, are kept in good order and repair, and that the yard s 
 and out-houses are kept clean. He shall supervise the warming 
 and ventilating of the College building and dwellings, take care 
 that a sufficient supply of water is provided for the establishment, 
 and that the tanks, hydrants, pipes, and pumps are kept in good 
 repair. 
 
 5. He shall have charge, under the direction of the Committee 
 on Household, of the horses and carriages belonging to the College, 
 and shall see that they are properly attended to. 
 
 6. He shall perform all other duties which the Committee of the 
 Household shall direct as appertaining to his office. 
 
 SECTION VII. 
 Of ike Governesses. 
 Dutiesofthe 1. The Governesses, under the direction of the President and 
 
 i i U Y G FUG S B6S 
 
 ' Matron, are charged with the care of such of the children as from 
 
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 their age shall be especially assigned to them, during the hours of 
 repose, meals, discipline, and preparation for their studies. 
 
 2. They shall pay particular attention to the morals, manners, 
 and habits of the pupils, as well as to the condition of their cloth- 
 ing and cleanliness of their persons. They shall attend at the 
 tables of the scholars, and cause them to be properly supplied with 
 the food which has been prepared for them. They shall make 
 daily inspections of the clothing of the boys, ascertaining whether 
 it is kept clean and whole, and properly deposited in its appropriate 
 place, and when not immediately engaged in the discipline of the 
 College, or the care of the boys, they shall employ their time in the 
 needful repairs of the clothing. 
 
 3. They shall make monthly reports to the Matron, or oftener if 
 required, of the health and condition of the scholars under their 
 care ; and they shall keep a record of the conduct of each pupil in 
 their sections. 
 
 4. They shall have special charge of their sections in the section 
 rooms, dormitories, lavatories, refectories and chapel; they shall 
 conduct their sections to the College for morning worship, and from 
 the College after evening worship ; and they shall assist in taking 
 charge of the pupils who may be detained from play for punish- 
 ment. 
 
 5. Each one of the Governesses shall in turn take charge, weekly, 
 of the general order of the House, under the direction of the 
 Matron. 
 
 SECTION VIII. 
 Of the Prefects. 
 
 1. The Prefects shall have the general charge of the Orphans Duties of the 
 during the hours of recreation and at recess from school, and they 
 
 shall have the special care of the sections assigned to them at all 
 other times when the pupils are not engaged with their instructors, 
 or with persons authorized to take charge of them temporarily. 
 They are directly responsible to the President for the faithful dis- 
 charge of their duties in the section rooms, dormitories, refectories, 
 and play grounds. 
 
 2. They shall instruct and assist the pupils in their games and 
 other recreations in the play apartments, and on the play grounds, 
 and whenever the President may require it, they shall superintend 
 
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 the labors of the pupils in the gardens and workshops. They shall 
 also aid the pupils of their sections in the preparation of their les- 
 sons, converse with them, and read to them and hear them read ap- 
 proved and instructive books and papers. 
 
 3. They shall also keep a record of the conduct of the pupils 
 under their charge, and make a report monthly to the President. 
 They shall use their authority to preserve order, and if any orphan 
 is guilty of insolence, disobedience, truancy, profanity, or other 
 offences which require correction, they shall report the fact imme- 
 diately to the President. 
 
 4. They shall be known as the First, Second, Third, and Fourth 
 Prefects, and shall take rank and receive salaries in proportion to 
 the same. It shall be the duty of the First Prefect, in addition to 
 the care of his section, to take charge, under the direction of the 
 President, of the general discipline of the orphans when they are 
 not under the care of their teachers, to issue orders to and receive re- 
 ports from the other Prefects and Governesses, and to report promptly 
 to the President all neglect of duty which he may observe among the 
 officers who are placed under his superintendence and all viola- 
 tions of good morals among the orphans which may require the 
 intervention of the executive authority. 
 
 SECTION IX. 
 
 Of the Physicians. 
 
 1. It shall be the duty of one of the Physicians to attend daily 
 Duties of the at the College, or oftener if required, and in case of dangerous ill- 
 ness or the prevalence of unusual sickness, both Physicians shall be 
 in attendance. They shall prescribe for the officers and pupils; 
 keeping in a suitable book a record of the nature and termination of 
 the diseases, and of the health of the household, and shall make a 
 report thereof to the President once at least in each month, at such 
 time as he may direct. They shall also examine all children about 
 to be admitted to the College, and report to the Board of Directors 
 as to the present, and as far as practicable, the future health of each 
 one. 
 
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 SECTION X. 
 
 Of the Dentist. 
 
 The condition of the teeth of the pupils shall he under the charge Duties of the 
 of the Dentist, and he shall perform such operations thereon as from 
 time to time may he necessary. For this purpose he shall attend 
 at the College for two hours in each week, or oftener if required by 
 the President, to whom he shall report each quarter the number and 
 character of the operations performed, and the condition of the teeth 
 of the boys. 
 
 SECTION XI. 
 
 Of Discipline. 
 
 1. The discipline of the College is under the immediate direction Discipline, 
 
 how to be 
 
 of the President; it shall be firm, but mild and parental, so that the enforced. 
 union of firmness with a judicious system of rewards, and other ele- 
 ments of moral suasion, may exert their happiest influence. When 
 restraint or other punishment of an orphan shall be necessary, the 
 cause and object of it shall be fully explained to the offender, with 
 the result of such an evil course upon himself, and its influence 
 upon other orphans. The nature and degree of restraint, or other 
 punishment, shall be determined by the character of the offence, 
 after duly considering the offender's age, his past conduct, with his 
 mental, moral and physical development. The penalties may be 
 admonition, detention from play, change of diet, deprivation of in- 
 dulgences, seclusion, and in extreme cases, after milder means have 
 failed, corporal punishment may be inflicted by order of the Presi- 
 dent, and in his presence. In case of the absence of the President 
 from the College, these penalties may be inflicted by the oflicer 
 temporarily appointed to preside in his absence. The President 
 shall report in writing to the Committee on Discipline and Discharge 
 of Pupils, the particulars of every offence against order and good 
 morals which in his opinion may require the action of the Com- 
 mittee. 
 
 2. If any orphan shall absent himself from the College without 
 permission, or be removed therefrom surreptitiously, it shall be the 
 duty of the President to give immediate information to the Com- 
 
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 Orphans ab- nrittee on Discipline and Discharge, and to the mother or next friend, 
 
 seating them- * ° ' 
 
 out™ e W mte so t ^ iat tne necessary steps may be taken to return the pupil to the cus- 
 S? n : 9? m - on todv of the Institution, and upon the third occurrence of such unlaw- 
 
 Discipline J ' L 
 
 andDiecharge f u i absence, the Committee on Discipline and Discharge of Pupils shall 
 
 to beinformed proceed to investigate the case after giving notice to be present to the 
 
 mother or next friend of the pupil ; and should the said Committee 
 
 so report to the Board of Directors, the pupil so offending shall 
 
 be dismissed from the Institution. 
 
 Pn iis con- S- ^ anv P U P^ sna11 con< * uct himself viciously, disorderly, or 
 duct'ngtnem otherwise so improperly as to be an unfit companion for the other 
 p8riy t d° t" or P nans i a ft er a ^ proper means have been employed for his reforma- 
 ts Commit- t j on tne p rea ident shall report the fact to the Committee on Disci- 
 tee on Discip- ' r 
 
 itow andDis-pij ne an( j Discharge of Pupils, for their investigation. 
 
 4. No society or association of any kind shall be permitted to 
 exist in the Institution, unless with the knowledge and approval of 
 the President. 
 
 SECTION XII. 
 General Rules. 
 
 Pupils not 1. No officer shall employ or detain a pupil at a time when he 
 grounds' with has a regular duty to perform with another officer, without the per- 
 nor to be dei mission of the President. And no Orphan shall be allowed to leave 
 duty without, the College grounds without a written permit authorized by the 
 President. President, for such purposes as shall be designated therein. 
 
 Persons em- 2. The Janitor and Gate Keeper are immediately responsible to the 
 
 ployed on r * - r 
 
 to 6 whom n * 8 - P res id ent > an d tne Watchman, Fireman, Coachman, Engineer, Car- 
 eponsibie. penter, and other men employed about the College and grounds, 
 
 are directly responsible to the Steward, and shall take orders from 
 
 him. 
 
 Monthly re- **' ^ ne mont hly reports of the Matron, Professors, Principal 
 offlileW'to'be Teacliers ) Physicians and Steward, shall be submitted to the Presi- 
 des" before dent tw0 davs Defore tne da 7 appointed for the stated monthly 
 meetin| tote of meetin g s of the Board of Directors, exclusive of that day. 
 
 "officers' to 4. The Matron and Teachers are required to be present at morn- 
 
 wOTsM P . daily in S and evenin S Payers, and the Assistant Matron, Prefects and 
 
 Governesses to be present at evening prayers, to preserve order 
 
 during the religious services and contribute by their presence to the 
 
 influence of the exercises. 
 
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 5. The officers of the schools and household shall, by turns, at- ±1 0( 5 cer ,! J° 
 
 ' J > attend Sab- 
 
 tend the public religious services in the College on Sunday, when- t»th worship. 
 
 ever the President shall require their presence — provided that this 
 
 duty shall not be required oftener than every alternate Sunday. 
 
 6. On Sunday, and at such other times as the same may be per- 
 mitted without injury to the discipline and order of the College, . ^ aTe ? f 
 
 J f r ° ' absence to 
 
 such suitable relaxation and leave of absence may be allowed to the officers and 
 
 J servants on 
 
 officers and servants as the President may find it convenient to Sundays. 
 grant, or the Directors to designate by special order. 
 
 7. The President is authorized to allow the absence of Orphans 
 
 once a year, for the space of two weeks during the months of July Absence of 
 or August, when the mother or next friend resides out of the two weekB in 
 
 ° the summer 
 
 county, or in the rural parts of the county of Philadelphia. He is authorjzed,if 
 also authorized during the same period, to allow the absence of Or- country, 
 phans whose parent or next friend resides in the city ; provided 
 said parent or next friend, shall request it, and give satisfactory as- 
 surances that the Orphan will spend his said time of absence in the 
 country. 
 
 8. The pupils shall rise in the morning at six o'clock, take break- 
 fast at six and a half, attend worship at seven, take recreation until Order of 
 
 ' A # exercises on 
 
 eight, assemble in sections at that hour, meet in the school rooms weck ^ s - 
 at nine, remain there, with fifteen minutes recess, until twelve ; then 
 take recreation for half an hour, dine at twelve and a half, take re- 
 creation until two, remain in the school rooms from two until five, 
 with recess of fifteen minutes ; attend worship at five, take recrea- 
 tion an hour, supper at six and a half o'clock, assemble in the sec- 
 tion rooms at seven, and retire to their dormitories from eight to 
 ten, according to their age. 
 
 9. On Saturday the schools may be dismissed at 11 o'clock, 
 A.M. 
 
 10. On Sunday the order shall be as follows : The pupils shall 
 assemble in their sbction rooms at 9 o'clock, A. M., for religious Order of 
 
 ' ' ° exercises on 
 
 reading and instruction, and will proceed to the College at ten and Sunday, 
 a half or eleven, to attend public worship. In the afternoon they will 
 assemble in their section rooms at 2 o'clock, and attend worship at 3 
 or 4 o'clock, as shall be determined by the President. To these 
 public services of the Sabbath the members of the City Councils, 
 and such other persons as may be accompanied or be specially in- 
 
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 vited by a Director, shall be admitted, in order to influence the 
 minds of the pupils with that respect for the day and its offices, 
 which association and personal contact with an adult audience will 
 aid in securing. 
 
 Timeofcios- 11. The times of closing school, evening worship, and supper, 
 &c,inwinter'. may be half an hour earlier during the months of November, De- 
 cember and : January. 
 
 12. No person shall be permitted, without the sanction of the 
 t.e'soid w!t£ Board of Directors, i;o expose for sale, or to sell, within the College 
 without "per- walls any book, pamphlet, or other thing, nor shall any person em- 
 Srectors. of ployed within the same receive money or other valuable considera- 
 tion from any visitor for any service connected with their duties, 
 under pain of forfeiture of place. 
 
 13. In case of the death of a pupil, the parent or next friend 
 of "^deceased shall have tne privilege of interring his remains in the Cemetery 
 pupl 8l attached to the Institution, and the expense of said funeral shall be 
 
 defrayed by the College ; should it be desired, however, to inter his 
 remains elsewhere, the body shall be placed in a suitable coffin at 
 the expense of the Institution, and delivered to the parent or next 
 friend, after which all further action in relation to the deceased, 
 both on the part of the Board and the officers of the Collegej shall 
 cease and determine. 
 
 14. The recreation allowed the pupils by the rules, shall be taken 
 whOTe e to°be u P on tne P' a y grounds, or in case the weather does not permit, in 
 taken. tne p] av roomg or s h e d s appropriated to that purpose, and in no 
 
 case shall they be permitted to take exercise or play in the main 
 College edifice. 
 
 SECTION XIII. 
 Of the Gate Keeper and Janitor. 
 
 Duties of i 
 
 1. Either the Gate Keeper or Janitor shall be present at the 
 3 k«pl" Lodge, from 6 o'clock A. M. to 10 P. M., and neither of them 
 
 shall be absent from the College grounds at any time, without the 
 permission of the President. 
 
 2. No person shall be permitted to enter the College grounds 
 without a permit from a Director, except the Mayor and members 
 
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 of the Councils of Philadelphia, Ex-Directors of the College, offi- who shall 
 cers of the College, or persons employed therein, persons having toeSterwith. 
 business with, or visiting any of the officers of the College, Officers ° U Penm ' 
 of the Law, having process to execute within the walls. 
 
 No persons other than members of the Select and Common Coun- Admission 
 oils shall be admitted to visit the College on Sundays, except in public wor- 
 company with a Director or Officer of the College, unless by a spe- 
 cial permit to attend public worship. 
 
 3. Strangers, and citizens accompanying them, will be admitted to how"!™?' 
 visit the College grounds and such unoccupied portions of the m ^ t ™ d ad " 
 building as may be directed by the President, on any day of the 
 
 week except Sunday, between 9 o'clock and sunset, upon the pre- 
 sentation of a permit, provided, that under no circumstances shall 
 any person be admitted who by the Will of Stephen Girard is 
 directed to be excluded therefrom. 
 
 4. Citizens will be permitted to visit the College on the first citizens, 
 Tuesday of each month, in the afternoon, with a permit signed by when ad- 
 
 _.. mi t ted. 
 
 a Director. 
 
 5. Visitors to the Domestics employed within the College walls thedomestics 
 will be admitted with a permit from the President or Matron. muted. ad * 
 
 6. Visitors to the College shall register their names in a book 
 provided for the purpose, and also the name of the person giving the visitors 
 permit. Visitors to any of the officers, shall also enter their names, their names. 
 and the name of the officer they desire to see. 
 
 7. The pupils may be permitted to visit their friends on the third 
 Wednesday of January, April, July and October, and to receive arepe™TueI 
 visits at the College from their friends, on the first Tuesday of Mends, and 
 March, June, September and December. But no pupil who has vtaSs? 8 "™ 
 been expelled from the College shall be permitted to visit the Col- 
 lege premises upon any pretence whatever, without first obtaining 
 
 the consent of the President of the College, and with the concur- 
 rence of the Committee on Discipline and Discharge. And no ap- 
 prenticed pupil who has absconded from his master and refuses to 
 submit himself to the rules and government of the College, shall 
 upon any pretence be permitted to enter the College premises. 
 
 8. Visitors shall not be permitted to inspect the College or grounds admitted °° 
 after sunset. But this rule does not extend to any one having busi- r ° mm ' 
 ness with, or visiting any officer of the College. 
 
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 Gate to be ®" ^e i nner g** 6 s ^ a ^ be kept constantly closed, except when 
 kept closed, opened for the entrance or egress of a vehicle, and on Sunday, both 
 gates shall be closed, except as aforesaid. 
 
 PerBons not 10. The Gate Keeper shall not permit persons to collect or remain 
 °h le t "th' * n *^ e ^dg 6 * an d it shall be his duty to prevent the pupils from 
 Locto.: collecting or remaining in or about the Lodge or gate. 
 
 Pupil not to 11. The Gate Keeper shall not permit, on any account, a pupil 
 
 be allowed to ,,-,., . ,, , „, T 
 
 pass the gate of the College to pass through the gate or outer door of the Lodge, 
 permit. without a special permit authorized by the President of the College. 
 
THE WILL 
 
 OF THE LATE 
 
 STEPHEN GIKAED, ESQ. 
 
 T, Stephen Girard, of the pity of Philadelphia, in the Commonwealth 
 of Pennsylvania, Mariner and Merchant, heing of sound mind, memory and 
 understanding, do make and publish this my last Will and Testament, in 
 manner following : that is to say — 
 
 I. I give and bequeath unto " The Contributors to the Pennsylvania Hos- 
 pital," of which Corporation I am a member, the sum of Thirty Thousand 
 Dollars, upon the following conditions, namely, that the said sum shall be 
 added to their Capital, and shall remain a part thereof forever, to be placed 
 at interest, and the interest thereof to be applied, in the first place, to pay 
 to my black woman Hannah (to whom I hereby give her freedom,) the sum 
 of two hundred dollars per year, in quarterly payments of fifty dollars each 
 in advance, during all the term of her life ; and, in the second place, the 
 said interest to be applied to the use and accommodation of the sick in the 
 said Hospital, and for providing, and at all times having competent matrons, 
 and a sufficient number of nurses and assistant nurses, in order not only to 
 promote the purposes of the said Hospital, but to increase this last class of 
 useful persons, much wanted in our city. 
 
 II. I give and bequeath to " The Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf 
 and Dumb," the sum of Twenty Thousand Dollars, for the use of that 
 Institution. 
 
 III. I give and bequeath to " The Orphan Asylum of Philadelphia," the 
 sum of Ten Thousand Dollars, for the use of that Institution. 
 
 IV. I give and bequeath to " The Comptrollers of the Public Schools for 
 the City and County of Philadelphia," the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars, 
 
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 for the use of the Schools upon the Lancaster system, in the first section of 
 the first school district of Pennsylvania. 
 
 V. I give and bequeath to " The Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of Phila- 
 delphia," the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars, in trust safely to invest the 
 same in some productive fund, and with the interest and dividends arising 
 therefrom to purchase fuel,, between the months of March and August in 
 every year forever, and in the month of January in every year forever, dis- 
 tribute the same amongst poor white house-keepers and room-keepers, of good 
 character, residing in the City of Philadelphia. 
 
 VI. I give and bequeath to the Society for the relief of poor and distressed 
 Masters of Ships, their Widows and Children, (of which Society I am a 
 member) the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars, to be added to their Capital 
 stock, for the uses and purposes of said Society. 
 
 VII. I give and bequeath to the gentlemen who shall be Trustees of the 
 Masonic Loan, at the time of my decease, the sum of Twenty Thousand 
 Dollars, including therein ten thousand and nine hundred dollars due to me, 
 part of the Masonic Loan, and any interest that may be due thereon at the 
 time of my decease, in trust for the use and benefit of " The Grand Lodge 
 of Pennsylvania, and Masonic Jurisdiction thereto belonging," and to be paid 
 over by the said Trustees to the said Grand Lodge, for the purpose of being 
 invested in some safe stock or funds, or other good security, and the divi- 
 dends and interest arising therefrom to be again so invested and added to 
 the Capital, without applying any part thereof to any other purpose, until 
 the whole capital shall amount to thirty thousand dollars, when the same 
 shall forever after remain a permanent fund or Capital, of the said amount 
 of thirty thousand dollars, the interest whereof shall be applied from time to 
 time to the relief of poor and respectable brethren ; and in order that the 
 real and benevolent purposes of masonic institutions may be attained, I re- 
 commend to the several lodges not to admit to membership, or to receive 
 members from other lodges, unless the applicants shall absolutely be men 
 of sound and good morals. 
 
 VIII. I give and bequeath unto Philip Peltz, John Lentz, Francis Hesley, 
 Jacob Baker and Adam Young, of Passyunk township, in the County of 
 Philadelphia, the sum of Six Thousand Dollars, in trust, that they or the 
 survivors or survivor of them shall purchase a suitable piece of ground, as 
 near as may be in the centre of said township, and thereon erect a substan- 
 tial brick building, sufficiently large for a school-house, and the residence of 
 a 'school-master, one part thereof for poor male white children, and the other 
 part for poor female white children of said township ; and as soon as the 
 said school-house shall have been built, that the said trustees or the sur- 
 vivors or survivor of them, shall convey the said piece of ground and house 
 thereon erected, and shall pay over such balance of said sum as may remair 
 
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 unexpended to any board of directors and their successors, in trust, which 
 may at the time exist or be by law constituted, consisting of at least twelve 
 discreet inhabitants of the said township, and to be annually chosen by the 
 inhabitants thereof; the said piece of ground and house to be carefully main- 
 tained by said directors and their successors solely for the purposes of a school 
 as aforesaid, forever, and the said balance to be securely invested as a perma 
 nent fund, the interest thereof to be applied from time to time towards the 
 education in the said school of any number of such poor white children of 
 said township ; and I do hereby recommend to the citizens of said township 
 to make additions to the fund whereof I have laid the foundation. 
 
 IX. I give and devise my house, and lot of ground thereto belonging, situ- 
 ate in rue Ramouet aux Chartrons, near the city of Bordeaux, in France, and 
 the rents, issues, and profits thereof, to my brother, Etienne Girard, and my 
 niece Victoire Fenellon, (daughter of my late sister Sophia Girard Capayron,) 
 (both residing in France,) in equal moieties for the life of my said brother, and, 
 on his decease, one moiety of the said house and lot to my said niece Vic- 
 toire, and her heirs forever, and the other moiety to the six children of my 
 said brother, namely, John Fabricius, Marguerite, Ann Henriette, Jean August, 
 Marie, and Madelaine Henriette, share and share alike, (the issue of any de- 
 ceased child, if more than one, to take amongst them the parent's share) and 
 their heirs forever. 
 
 X. I give and bequeath to my said brother, Etienne Girard, the sum of 
 Five Thousand Dollars, and the like sum of Five Thousand Dollars to each 
 of his six children above named : if any of the said children shall die prior to 
 the receipt of his or her legacy of five thousand dollars, the said sum shall be 
 paid, and I give and bequeath the same to any issue of such deceased child, 
 if more than one, share and share alike. 
 
 XI. I give and bequeath to my said niece, Victoire Fenellon, the sum of 
 Five Thousand Dollars. 
 
 XII. I give and bequeath absolutely to my niece, Antoinetta, now married 
 to Mr. Hemphill, the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars, and I also give and" 
 bequeath to her the sum of Fifty Thousand Dollars, to be paid over to a 
 trustee or trustees to be appointed by my executors, which trustee or trustees 
 shall place and continue the said sum of fifty thousand dollars upon good 
 security, and pay the interest and dividends thereof as they shall from time 
 to time accrue, to my said niece for her separate use, during the term of her 
 life, and from and immediately after her decease, to pay and distribute the 
 capital to and among such of her children and the issue of deceased children, 
 and in such parts and shares as she the said Antoinetta, by an instrument 
 under her hand and seal, executed in the presence of at least two credible 
 witnesses, shall direct and appoint, and for default of such appointment, then 
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 such issue of deceased children, if more than one, to take only the share 
 which their deceased parent would have taken if living. 
 
 XIII. I give and bequeath unto my niece Carolina, now married to Mr. 
 Haslam, the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars ; to be paid over to a trustee 
 or trustees to be appointed by my executors, which trustee or trustees shall 
 place and continue the said money upon good security, and pay the interest 
 and dividends thereof from time to time as they shall accrue, to my said 
 niece, for her separate use, during the term of her life : and from and im- 
 mediately after her decease, to pay and distribute the capital to and among 
 such of her children, and issue of deceased children, and in such parts and 
 shares, as she the said Carolina, by any instrument under her hand and 
 seal, executed in the presence of at least two credible witnesses, shall direct 
 and appoint, and for default of such appointment, then to and among the said 
 children, and issue of deceased children, in equal shares, such issue of de- 
 ceased children, if more than one, to take only the share which the deceased 
 parent would have taken if living ; but if my said niece Carolina, shall leave 
 no issue, then the said trustee or trustees, on her decease, shall pay the said 
 capital, and any interest accrued thereon, to and among Caroline Lallemand, 
 (niece of the said Carolina,) and the children of the aforesaid Antoinetta 
 Hemphill, share and share alike. 
 
 XIV. I give and bequeath to my niece, Henrietta, now married to Dr. 
 Clark, the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars ; and I give and bequeath to her 
 daughter Caroline, (in the last clause above named,) the sum of Twenty 
 Thousand Dollars — the interest of the said sum of twenty thousand dollars 
 or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be applied to the maintenance 
 and education of the said Caroline during ner minority, and the principal, 
 with any accumulated interest, to be paid to the said Caroline, on her arrival 
 at the age of twenty-one years. 
 
 XV. Unto each of the Captains who shall be in my employment at the time 
 of my decease, either in port, or at sea, having charge of one of my ships or 
 •vessels, and having performed at least two voyages in my service, I give and 
 bequeath the sum of Fifteen Hundred Dollars — provided he shall have brought 
 safely into the port of Philadelphia, or if at sea at the time of my decease, 
 shall bring safely into that port, my ship or vessel last entrusted to him, and 
 also that his conduct during the last voyage shall have been in every respect 
 conformable to my instructions to him. 
 
 XVI. All persons, who, at the time of my decease, shall be bound to me 
 by indenture, as apprentices or servants, and who shall then be under age, I 
 direct my executors to assign to suitable masters immediately after my de- 
 cease, for the remainder of their respective terms, on conditions as favora- 
 ble as they can in regard to education, clothing and freedom dues : to each 
 of the said persons in my service, and under age at the time of my decease, 
 
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 I give and bequeath the sum of Five Hundred Dollars, which sums respec- 
 tively I direct my executors safely to invest in public stock, to apply the 
 interest and dividends thereof, towards the education of the several appren- 
 tices or servants, for whom the capital is given respectively, and at the termi- 
 nation of the apprenticeship or service of each, to pay to him or her the said 
 sum of five hundred dollars, and any interest accrued thereon, if any such 
 interest shall remain unexpended ; in assigning any indenture, preference 
 shall be given to the mother, father, or next relation, as assignee, should such 
 mother, father, or relative desire it, and be at the same time respectable and 
 competent. 
 
 XVII. I give and bequeath to Francis Hesley (son of Mrs. S. Hesley, who 
 is mother of Marianne Hesley,) the sum of One Thousand Dollars, over and 
 above such sum as may be due to him at my decease. 
 
 XVIII. I charge my real estate in the State of Pennsylvania with the pay- 
 ment of the several annuities or sums following, (the said annuities to be 
 paid by the Treasurer or other proper officers of the City of Philadelphia, 
 appointed by the Corporation thereof for the purpose, out of the rents and 
 profits of said real estate hereinafter directed to be kept constantly rented,) 
 namely : — 
 
 1st. I give and bequeath to Mrs. Elizabeth Ingersoll, Widow of Jared In- 
 gersoll, Esq., late of the City of Philadelphia, Counsellor at Law, an annuity, 
 or yearly sum of One Thousand Dollars, to be paid in half-yearly payments, 
 in advance, of five, hundred dollars each, during her life. 
 
 2d. I give and bequeath to Mrs. Catherine Girard, now widow of Mr. J. B. 
 Hoskins, who died in the Isle of France, an annuity, or yearly sum of Four 
 Hundred Dollars, to be paid in half-yearly payments, in advance, of two 
 hundred dollars each, during her life. 
 
 3d. I give and bequeath to Mrs. Jane Taylor, my present house-keeper, 
 (the widow of the late Captain Alexander Taylor, who was master of my ship 
 Helvetius, and died in my employment,) an annuity, or yearly sum of Five 
 Hundred Dollars, to be paid in half-yearly payments, in advance, of two 
 hundred and fifty dollars each, during her life. 
 
 4th. I give and bequeath to Mrs. S. Hesley, my house-keeper at my place 
 in Passyunk Township, an annuity, or yearly sum of Five Hundred Dollars, 
 to be paid in half-yearly payments, in advance, of two hundred and fifty 
 dollars each, during her life. 
 
 5th. I give and bequeath to Marianne Hesley, daughter to Mrs. S. Hesley, 
 an annuity, or yearly sum of Three Hundred Dollars, to be paid to her 
 mother, for her use, in half-yearly payments, in advance, of one hundred 
 and fifty dollars each, until the said Marianne shall have attained the age of 
 twenty-one years, when the said annuity shall cease, and the said Marianne 
 
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 will receive the five hundred dollars given to her and other indented persons, 
 according to the clause XVI. of this Will. 
 
 6th. I give and bequeath to my late house-keeper, Mary Kenton, an annuity, 
 or yearly sum of Three Hundred Dollars, to be paid in half-yearly payments, 
 in advance, of one hundred and fifty dollars each, during her life. 
 
 7th. I give and bequeath to Mrs. Deborah Scott, sister of Mary Kenton, 
 and wife of Mr. Edwin T. Scott, an annuity, or yearly sum of Three Hundred 
 Dollars, to be paid in half-yearly payments, in advance, of one, hundred and 
 fifty dollars each, during her life. 
 
 8th. I give and bequeath to Mrs. Catharine M'Laren, sister of Mary Kenton, 
 and wife of Mr. M'Laren, an annuity, or yearly sum of Three Hundred 
 Dollars, to be paid in half-yearly payments, in advance, of one hundred and 
 fifty dollars each, during her life. 
 
 9th. I give and bequeath to Mrs. Amelia G. Taylor, wife of Mr. Richard 
 M. Taylor, an annuity, or yearly sum of Three Hundred Dollars, to be paid 
 in half-yearly payments, in advance, of one hundred and fifty dollars each, 
 during her life. 
 
 XIX. All that part of my real and personal estate, near Washita, in the 
 State of Louisiana, the said real estate consisting of upwards of two hundred 
 and eighty thousand arpens, or acres of land, and including therein the settle- 
 ment hereinafter mentioned, I give, devise and bequeath, as follows, namely : 
 1. I give, devise and bequeath to the Corporation of the City of New Orleans, 
 their successors and assigns, all that part of my real estate, constituting the 
 settlement formed on my behalf by my particular friend, Judge Henry Bree, 
 of Washita, consisting of upwards of one thousand arpens, or acres of land, 
 with the appurtenances and improvements thereon, and also all the personal 
 estate thereto belonging, and thereon remaining, including upwards of thirty 
 slaves now on said settlement, and their increase, in trust, however, and 
 subject to the following reservatipns : 
 
 I desire, that no part of the said estate or property, or the slaves thereon, 
 or their increase, shall be disposed of or sold for the term of twenty years 
 from and after my decease, should the said Judge Henry Bree survive me 
 and live so long, but that the said settlement shall be kept up by the said 
 Judge Henry Bree, for and during said term of twenty years, as if it was his 
 own ; that is, it shall remain under his sole care and control ; he shall 
 improve the same by raising such produce as he may deem most advisable, 
 and, after paying taxes, and all expenses in keeping up the settlement, by 
 clothing the slaves and otherwise, he shall have and enjoy for his own use, 
 ail the nett profits of said settlement. Provided, however, and I desire that 
 the said Judge Henry Bree, shall render, annually, to the Corporation of the 
 City of New Orleans, a report of the state of the settlement, the income and 
 
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 expenditure thereof, the numbor and increase of the slaves, and the net 
 result of the whole. I desire that, at the expiration of the said term of 
 twenty years, or on the decease of the said Judge Henry Bree, should he not 
 live so long, the land and improvements forming said settlement, the slaves 
 thereon, or thereto belonging, and all other appurtenant personal property, 
 shall be sold, as soon as the said Corporation shall deem it advisable to do 
 so, and the proceeds of the said sale or sales shall be applied by the said Cor- 
 poration to such uses and purposes as they shall consider most likely to pro- 
 mote the health and general prosperity of the inhabitants of the City of New 
 Orleans. But, until the said sale shall be made, the said Corporation shall 
 pay all taxes, prevent waste or intrusion, and so manage the said settlement 
 and the slaves, and their increase thereon, as to derive an income, and the 
 said income shall be applied, from time to time, to the same uses and pur- 
 poses for the health and general prosperity of the said inhabitants. 
 
 2. I give, devise, and bequeath to the Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of 
 Philadelphia, their successors and assigns, two undivided third parts of all 
 the rest and residue of my said real estate, being the lands unimproved near 
 Washita, in the said State of Louisiana, in trust, that, in common with the 
 Corporation of the City of New Orleans, they shall pay the taxes on the 
 said lands, and preserve them from waste or intrusion, for the term of ten 
 years from and after my -decease, and at the end of the said term, when they 
 shall deem it advisable to do so, shall sell and dispose of their interest in 
 said lands gradually from time to time, and apply the proceeds of such sales 
 to the same uses and purposes hereinafter declared and directed, of and con- 
 cerning, the residue of my personal estate. 
 
 3. And I give, devise, and bequeath to the Corporation of the City of New 
 Orleans, their successors and assigns, the remaining one undivided third part 
 of the said lands, in trust, in common with the Mayor, Aldermen and Citi- 
 zens of Philadelphia, to pay the taxes on the said lands, and preserve them 
 from waste and intrusion, for the term of ten years from and after my de- 
 cease, and, at the end of the said term, when they shall deem it advisable to 
 do so, to sell and dispose of their interest in said lands gradually from time 
 to time, and to apply the proceeds of such sale to such uses and purposes as 
 the said Corporation may considerVmost likely to promote the health and 
 general prosperity of the inhabitants of the City of New Orleans. 
 
 XX. And, whereas, I have been for a long time impressed with the impor 
 tance of educating the poor, and of placing them, by the early cultivation of 
 their minds and the development of their moral principles, above the many 
 temptations to which, through poverty and ignorance, they are exposed ; and 
 I am particularly desirous to provide for such a number of poor male white 
 orphan children, as can be trained in one institution, a better education, as well 
 as a more comfortable maintenance, than they usually receive from the appli- 
 
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 cation of the public funds : and whereas, together with the object just adverted 
 to, I have sincerely at heart the welfare of the city of Philadelphia, and, as a 
 part of it, am desirous to improve the neighborhood of the river Delaware, so 
 that the health of the citizens may be promoted and preserved, and that the 
 eastern part of the city may be made to correspond better with the inferior. 
 Now, I do give, devise and bequeath all the residue and remainder of my real 
 and personal estate of every sort and kind wheresoever situate, (the real 
 estate in Pennsylvania charged as aforesaid) unto " the Mayor, Aldermen 
 and Citizens of Philadelphia," their successors and assigns, in trust, to and 
 for the several uses, intents and purposes hereinafter mentioned and declared 
 of and concerning the same, that is to say: so far as regards my real estate 
 in Pennsylvania, in trust, that no part thereof shall ever be sold or alienated 
 by the said Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of Philadelphia, or their succes- 
 sors, but the same shall forever thereafter be let from time to time, to good 
 tenants, at yearly or other rents, and upon leases in possession not exceed- 
 ing five years from the commencement thereof, and that the rents, issues and 
 profits arising therefrom, shall be applied towards keeping that part of the 
 said real estate situate in the city and liberties of Philadelphia constantly in 
 good repair, (parts elsewhere situate to be kept in repair by the tenants there- 
 of respectively) and towards improving the same, whenever necessary, by 
 erecting new buildings ; and that the net residue (after paying the several 
 annuities herein before provided for,) be applied to the same uses and pur- 
 poses as are herein declared of and concerning the residue of my personal 
 estate ; and so far as regards my real estate in Kentucky, now under the 
 care of Messrs. Triplett & Brumley, in trust, to sell and dispose of the same, 
 whenever it may be expedient to do so, and to apply the proceeds of such 
 sale to the same uses and purposes as are' herein declared of and concerning 
 the residue of my personal estate. 
 
 XXI. And so far as regards the residue of my personal estate, in trust, as 
 to two millions of dollars, part thereof, to apply and expend so much of that 
 sum as may be necessary, in erecting, as soon as practicably may be, in the 
 centre of my square of ground between High and Chesnut streets, and 
 Eleventh and Twelfth streets, in the city of Philadelphia, (which square of 
 ground I hereby devote for the purposes hereinafter stated, and for no other, 
 forever,) a permanent college, with suitable out-buildings, sufficiently spa- 
 cious for the residence and accommodation of at least three hundred scholars, 
 and the requisite teachers and other persons necessary in such an institution 
 as I direct to be established, and in supplying the said college and out-build- 
 ings with decent and suitable furniture, as well as books and all things need- 
 ful to carry into effect my general design. 
 
 The said college shall be constructed with the most durable materials, and 
 in the most permanent manner, avoiding needless ornament, and attending 
 
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 chiefly to the strength, convenience, and neatness of the whole : It shall 
 be at least one hundred and ten feet east and west, and one hundred and 
 sixty feet north and south, and shall be built on lines parallel with High and 
 Chesnut streets, and Eleventh and Twelfth streets, provided those lines shall 
 constitute at their junction right angles : It shall be three stories in height, 
 each story at least fifteen feet high in the clear from the floor to the cornice : 
 It shall be fire-proof inside and outside. The floors and the roof to be 
 formed of solid materials, on arches turned on proper centres, so that no 
 wood may be used, except for doors, windows and shutters : Cellars shall be 
 made under the whole building, solely for the purposes of the institution ; the 
 doors to them from the outside shall be on the east and west of the building, 
 and access to them from the inside shall be had by steps, descending to the 
 cellar floor from each of the entries or halls hereinafter mentioned, and th ; 
 inside cellar doors to open under the stairs on the north-east and north-west 
 corners of the northern entry, and under the stairs on the south-east and 
 south-west corners of the southern entry; there shall be a cellar window 
 under and in line with each window in the first story — they shall be built 
 one half below, the other half above the surface of the ground, and the 
 ground outside each window shall be supported by stout walls ; the sashes 
 should open inside, on hinges, like doors, and there should be strong iron 
 bars outside each window ; the windows inside and outside should not be less 
 than four feet wide in the clear : There shall be in each story four rooms, 
 each room not less than fifty feet square in the clear; the four rooms on each 
 floor to occupy the whole space east and west on such floor or story, and the 
 middle of the building north and south ; so that in the north of the building, 
 and in the south thereof, there may remain a space of equal dimensions, for 
 an entry or hall in each, for stairs and landings : In the north-east and in 
 the north-west corners of the northern entry or hall on the first floor, stairs 
 shall be made so as to form a double stair-case, which shall be carried up 
 through, the several stories ; and, in like manner, in the south-east and south- 
 west corners of the southern entry or hall, stairs shall be made, on the first 
 floor, so to form a double stair-case, to be carried up through the several 
 stories ; the steps of the stairs to be made of smooth white marble, with plain 
 square edges, each step not to exceed nine inches in the rise, nor to be less 
 than ten inches in the tread ; the outside and inside foundation walls shall be 
 at least teri feet high in the clear from the ground to the ceiling ; the first 
 floor shall be at least three feet above the level of the ground around the . 
 building, after that ground shall have been so regulated as that there shall 
 be a gradual descent from the centre to the side of the square formed by ' 
 High and Chesnut and Eleventh and Twelfth streets : all the outside founda- ; 
 tion walls, forming the cellars, shall be three feet six inches thick up to the 
 first floor, or as high as may be necessary to fix the centres for the first 
 
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 floor ; and the inside foundation wall, running north and south, and the three 
 inside foundation walls running east and west (intended to receive the interior 
 walls for the four rooms, each not less than fifty feet square in the clear, 
 above mentioned,) shall be three feet thick up to the first floor, or as high 
 as may be necessary to fix the centres for the first floor ; when carried 
 so far up, the outside walls shall be reduced to two feet in thickness, leaving 
 a recess outside of one foot, and inside of six inches — and when carried so 
 far up, the inside foundation walls shall also be reduced, six inches on each 
 side, to the thickness of two feet; centres shall then be fixed on the various 
 recesses of six inches throughout, left for the purpose, the proper arches 
 shall be turned, and the first floor laid ; the outside and the inside wall shall 
 then be carried up to the thickness of two feet throughout, as high as may 
 be necessary to begin the recess intended to fix the centres of the second 
 floor, that is, the floor of the four rooms, each not less than fifty feet square 
 in the clear, and for the landing in, the north, and the landing in the south of 
 the building, where the stairs are to go up — at this stage of the work, a 
 chain, composed of bars of inch square iron, each bar about ten feet long, 
 and linked together by hooks formed of the ends of the bars, shall be laid 
 straightly and horizontally along the several walls, and shall be as tightly as 
 possible worked into the centre of them throughout, and shall be secured 
 wherever necessary, especially at all the angles, by iron clamps solidly fastened, 
 so as to prevent cracking or swerving in any part; centres shall then be laid, 
 the proper arches turned for the second floor and landings, and the second 
 floor and landings shall be laid ; the, outside and the inside walls shall then 
 be carried up of the same thickness of two feet throughout as high as may 
 be necessary to begin in the recess intended to fix the centres for the third 
 floor and landings, and, when so far carried up, another chain similar in all 
 respects to that used at the second story, shall be in like manner worked into 
 the walls throughout, as tightly as possible, and clamped in the same way 
 with equal care ; centres shall be formed, the proper arches turned, and the 
 third floor and landings shall be laid : the outside and the inside walls shall 
 then be carried up, of the same thickness of two feet throughout, as high as 
 may be necessary to begin the recess intended to fix the centres for the roof; 
 and, when so carried up, a third chain, in all respects like those used at the 
 second and third stories, shall in the manner before described, be worked as 
 tightly as possible into the walls throughout, and shall be clamped with equal 
 care ; centres shall now be fixed in the manner best adapted for the roof, 
 which is to form the ceiling for the third story, the proper arches shall be 
 turned, and the roof shall be laid as nearly horizontally as may be, consis- 
 tently with the easy passage of water to the eaves: the outside walls, still of 
 the thickness of two feet throughout, shall then be carried up about two feet 
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 and neat iron railing thereon : The outside walls shall be faced with slabs or 
 blocks of marble or granite, not less than two feet thick, and fastened toge- 
 'ther with clamps securely sunk therein, — they shall be carried up flush 
 from the recess of one foot formed at the first floor where the foundation out- 
 side wall is reduced to two feet : The floors and landings', as well as the roof, 
 shall be covered with marble slabs, securely laid in mortar ; the slabs on the 
 roof to be twice as thick as those on the floors. In constructing the walls, 
 as well as in turning the arches, and laying the "floors, landings,' and roof, 
 good and strong mortar and grout shall be used, so that no cavity whatever 
 may any where remain. A furnace or furnaces for the generation of heated 
 air shall be placed in the cellar, and the heated air shall be introduced in 
 adequate quantity, wherever wanted, by means of pipes and flues inserted 
 and made for the purpose in the walls, and as those walls shall be constructed. 
 In case it shall be found expedient for the purposes of a library, or other- 
 wise, to increase the number of rooms, by dividing any of those directed to 
 be not less than fifty feet square in the clear, into parts, the partition 
 walls to be of solid materials. A room most suitable for the purpose, shall 
 be set apart for the reception, and preservation of my books and papers, and 
 I direct that they shall be placed there by my executors, and carefully pre- 
 served therein. There shall be two principal doors of entrance into the col- 
 lege, one into the entry or hall on the first floor, in the north of the building, 
 and in the centre between the east and west walls, the other in the entry or 
 hall in the south of the building, and in the centre between the east and 
 west walls ; the dimensions to be determined by a due regard to the size of 
 the entire building, to that of the entry, and to the purpose of the doors. 
 The necessity for, as well as the position and size of other doors, internal or 
 external, and also the position and size of the windows, to be, in like manner, 
 decided on by a consideration of the uses to which the building is to be ap- 
 plied, the size of the building itself, and of the several rooms, and of the ad- 
 vantages of light and air: there should in each instance be double doors, those 
 opening into the rooms to be what are termed glass doors, so as to increase 
 the quantity of light for each room, and those opening outward to be of sub- 
 stantial wood work well lined and secured ; the windows of the second and 
 third stories I recommend to be made in the style of those in the first and 
 second stories of my present dwelling house, North Water Street, on the 
 eastern front thereof; and outside each window I recommend that a substan- 
 tial and neat iron balcony be placed, sufficiently wide to admit the opening of 
 the shutters against the walls ; the windows of the lower story to be in the 
 same style, except that they are not to descend to the floor, but so far as the 
 surbase, up to which the wall is to be carried, as is the case in the lower 
 story of my house at my place in Passyunk Township. In minute particu- 
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 be at least four out-buildings, detached from the main edifice and from each 
 other, and in such positions as shall at once answer the purposes of the in- 
 stitution, and be consistent with the symmetry of the whole establishment : 
 each building should be, as far as practicable, devoted to a distinct purpose: 
 in that one or more of those buildings, in which they may be most useful, I 
 direct my executors to place my plate and furniture of every sort. 
 
 The entire square, formed by High and Chesnut streets, and Eleventh and 
 Twelfth streets, shall be enclosed with a solid wall, at least fourteen inches 
 thick, and ten feet high, capped with marble and guarded with irons on the 
 top, so as to prevent persons from getting over ; there shall be two places of 
 entrance into the square, one in the centre of the wall facing High street, and 
 the other in the centre of the wall facing Chesnut street, at each place of 
 entrance there shall be two gates, one opening inward, and the other out- 
 ward, those opening inward to be of iron, and in the style of the gates north 
 and south of my Banking House; and those opening outward to be of sub- 
 stantial wood work, well lined and secured on the faces thereof with sheet- 
 iron. The messuages now erected on the south-east corner of High and 
 Twelfth streets, and on Twelfth street, to be taken down and removed as 
 soon as the College and out-buildings shall have been erected, so that the 
 establishment may be rendered secure and private. 
 
 "When the College and appurtenances shall have been constructed, and sup- 
 plied with plain and suitable furniture and books, philosophical and experi- 
 mental instruments and apparatus, and all other matters needful to "carry my 
 general design into execution ; the income, issues and profits of so much of 
 the said sum of two millions of dollars as shall remain unexpended, shall be 
 applied to maintain the said college according to my directions. 
 
 1. The Institution shall be organized as soon as practicable, and to ac- 
 complish the purpose more effectually, due public notice of the intended open- 
 ing of the college shall be given — so that there may be an opportunity to 
 make selections of competent instructors, and other agents, and those who 
 may have the charge of orphans, may be aware of the provisions intended 
 for them. 
 
 2. A competent number of instructors, teachers, assistants, and other 
 necessary agents shall be selected, and when needful, their places, from time 
 to time, supplied : they shall receive adequate compensation for their ser- 
 vices : but no person shall be employed, who shall not be of tried skill in his 
 or her proper department, of established moral character, and in all cases 
 persons shall be chosen on account of their merit, and not through favor or 
 intrigue. 
 
 3. As many poor white male orphans, between the age of six and ten 
 years, as the said income shall be adequate to maintain, shall be introduced 
 
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 into the college as soon as possible ; and from time to time, as there may be 
 vacancies, or as increased ability from income may warrant, others shall be 
 introduced. 
 
 4. On the application for admission, an accurate statement should be taken 
 in a book, prepared for the purpose, of the name, birth-place, age, health, 
 condition as to relatives, and other particulars useful to be known of each 
 orphan. 
 
 5. No orphan should be admitted until the guardians or directors of the 
 poor, or a proper guardian or other competent authority, shall have given, 
 by indenture, relinquishment, or otherwise, adequate power to the Mayor, 
 Aldermen and Citizens of Philadelphia, or to directors, or others by them 
 appointed, to enforce, in relation to each orphan, every proper restraint, and 
 to prevent relatives or others from interfering with, or withdrawing such 
 orphan from the institutien. 
 
 6. Those orphans, for whose admission application shall first be made 
 shall be first introduced, all other things concurring — and at all future times, 
 priority of application shall entitle the applicant to preference in admission, 
 all other things concurring ; but if there shall be, at any time, more appli- 
 cants than vacancies, and the applying orphans shall have been born in dif- 
 ferent places, a preference shall be given— -first, to orphans born in the city 
 of Philadelphia ; secondly, to those born in any other part of Pennsylvania ; 
 thirdly, to those born in the city of New York (that being the first port on 
 the continent of North America at which I arrived :) and lastly, to those born 
 in the City of New Orleans, being the first port on the said continent at which 
 I first traded, in the first instance as first officer, and subsequently as master 
 and part owner of a vessel and cargo. 
 
 7. The orphans admitted into the College, shall be there fed with plain but 
 wholesome food, clothed with plain but decent apparel, (no distinctive dress 
 ever to be worn) and lodged in a plain but safe manner ; Due regard shall be 
 paid to their health, and to this and their persons and clothes shall be kept 
 clean, and they shall have suitable and rational exercise and recreation : 
 They shall be instructed in the various branches of a sound education, com- 
 prehending reading, writing, grammar, arithmetic, geography, navigation, 
 surveying,, practical mathematics, astronomy ; natural, chemical and experi- 
 mental philosophy, the French and Spanish languages, (I do not forbid, but 
 I do not recommend the Greek and Latin languages) — and such other learn- 
 ing and science as the capacities of the several scholars may merit or war- 
 rant : I would have them taught facts and things, rather than words or signs : 
 and especially, I desire, that by every proper means a pure attachment to 
 our Republican Institutions and to the sacred rights of conscience, as guaran- 
 teed by our happy constitutions, shall be formed and fostered in the minds 
 of the scholars. 
 
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 8. Should it unfortunately happen, that any of the orphans admitted into 
 the College, shall, from malconduct, have become unfit companions for the 
 rest, and mild means of reformation prove abortive, they should no longer 
 remain therein. 
 
 9. Those scholars, who shall merit it, shall remain in the College until 
 they shall respectively arrive at between fourteen and eighteen years of age ; 
 they shall then be bound out by the Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of Phila- 
 delphia, or under their direction, to suitable occupations, as those of agricul- 
 ture, navigation, arts, mechanical trades, and manufactures, according to the 
 capacities and acquirements of the scholars respectively, consulting, as far 
 as prudence shall justify it, the inclinations of the several scholars, as to the 
 occupation, art or trade, to be learned. 
 
 In relation to the organization of the College and its appendages, I leave, 
 necessarily, many details to the Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of Philadel- 
 phia, and their successors ; and I do so, with the more confidence, as, from 
 the nature of my bequests, and the benefit to result from them, I trust that 
 my fellow-citizens of Philadelphia, will observe and evince especial care and 
 anxiety in selecting members for their City Councils, and other agents. 
 
 There are, however, some restrictions, which I consider it my duty to pre- 
 scribe, and to be, amongst others, conditions on which my bequest for said 
 College is made, and to be enjoyed, namely ; first, I enjoin and require, that 
 if, at the close of any year, the income of the fund devoted to the purposes 
 of the said College shall be more than sufficient for the maintenance of the 
 Institution during that year, then the balance of the said income, after defray- 
 ing such maintenance, shall be forthwith invested in good securities, there- 
 after to be and remain a part of the capital ; but in no event, shall ,any part 
 of the said capital be sold, disposed of, or pledged, to meet the current ex- 
 penses of the said Institution, to which I devote the interest, income and 
 dividends thereof, exclusively : Secondly, I enjoin and require that no eccle- 
 siastic, missionary, or minister of any sect whatsoever, shall ever hold or 
 exercise any station or duty whatever in the said College ; nor shall any 
 such person ever be admitted for any purpose, or as a visiter, within the 
 premises appropriated to the purposes of the said college : — In making this 
 restriction, I do not mean to cast any reflection upon any sect or person 
 whatsoever ; but, as there is such a multitude of sects, and. such a diversity of 
 opinion amongst them, I desire to keep the tender minds of the orphans, who 
 are to derive advantage from this bequest, free from the excitement which 
 clashing doctrines and sectarian controversy are so apt to produce ; my 
 desire is, that all the instructors and teachers in the College, shall take pains 
 to instil into the minds of the scholars, the purest principles of morality, so 
 that, on their entrance into active life, they may from inclination and habit 
 evince benevolence towards their fellow creatures, and a hue of truth, sobriety 
 
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 and industry, adopting at the same time, such religious tenets as their ma- 
 tured reason may enable them to prefer. If the income, arising from that 
 part of the said sum of two millions of dollars, remaining after the construc- 
 tion and furnishing of the College and out-buildings, shall, owing to the 
 increase of the number of orphans applying for admission, or other cause, be 
 inadequate to the construction of new buildings, or the maintenance and 
 education of as many orphans as may apply for admission, then such further 
 sum as may be necessary for the construction of new buildings and the 
 maintenance and education of such further number of orphans, as can be 
 maintained and instructed within such buildings as the said square of ground 
 shall be adequate to, shall be taken from the final residuary fund hereinafter 
 expressly referred to for the purpose, comprehending the income of my real 
 estate in the city and county of Philadelphia, and the dividends of my stock 
 in the Schuylkill Navigation Company — my design and desire being, that 
 the benefits of said institution, shall be extended to as great a number of 
 orphans, as the limits of the said square and buildings therein can accom- 
 modate. 
 
 XXII. And as to the further sum of Five Hundred TJwusand Dollars, 
 part of the residue of my personal estate, in trust, to invest the same securely, 
 and to keep the same so invested, and to apply the income thereof exclusively 
 to the following purposes : that is to say — 
 
 .1. To lay out, regulate, curb, light and pave a passage or street, on the 
 east part of the city of Philadelphia, fronting the river Delaware, not less 
 than twenty-one feet wide, and to be called Delaware Avenue, extending 
 from Vine to Cedar street, all along the east part of Water street squares, 
 and the west side of the logs, which form the heads of the docks, or there- 
 abouts ; and to this intent to obtain such Acts of Assembly, and to make 
 such purchases or agreements, as will enable the Mayor, Aldermen and 
 Citizens of Philadelphia, to remove or pull down all the buildings, fences and 
 obstructions which may be in the way, and to prohibit all buildings, fences, 
 or erections of any kind to the eastward of said Avenue ; to fill up the heads 
 of such of the docks as may not afford sufficient room for the said street ; 
 to compel the owners of wharves to keep them clean, and covered completely 
 with gravel or other hard materials, and to be so leveled that water will not 
 remain thereon after a shower of rain; to completely clean and keep clean 
 all the docks within the limits of the city, fronting on the Delaware ; and 
 to pull down all platforms carried out, from the east part of the city over the 
 river Delaware, on piles or pillars. 
 
 2. To pull down and remove all wooden buildings, as well those made 
 of wood and other combustible materials, as those called brick-paned, or 
 frame buildings filled in with bricks, that are erected within the limits of 
 
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 the city of Philadelphia, and also to prohibit the erection of any such building, 
 within the said city's limits at any future time. 
 
 3. To regulate, widen, pave and curb Water street, and to distribute the 
 Schuylkill water therein, upon the following plan, that is to say — that Water 
 street be widened east and west from Vine street, all the way to South 
 street, in like manner as it is from the front of my dwelling to the front of' 
 my stores on the west side of Water street, and the regulation of the curb- 
 stones continued at the same distance from one another as they are at pre- 
 sent opposite to the said dwelling and stores, so that the regulation of the 
 said street be not less than thirty-nine feet wide, and afford a large and con- 
 venient footway, clear of obstructions and incumbrances of every natures 
 and the cellar doors on which, if any shall be permitted, not to extend from 
 the buildings on to the footway more than four feet ; the said width to be 
 increased gradually, as the fund shall permit, and as the capacity to remove 
 impediments shall increase, until there shall be a correct and permanent 
 regulation of Water street, on the principles above stated, so that it may 
 run north and south as straight as possible. That the ten feet middle alley, 
 belonging to the public, and running from the centre of the east squares to 
 Front street, all the way down across Water street to the river Delaware, 
 be kept open and cleansed as city property, all the way from Vine to South 
 street ; that such part of each centre or middle alley as runs from Front to 
 Water street, be arched over with bricks or stone, in so strong a manner as 
 to facilitate the building of plain and permanent stone steps and platforms, 
 so that' they may be washed and kept constantly clean ; and that the con- 
 tinuance of the said alleys, from the east side of Water street, be curbed all 
 the way to the river Delaware, and kept open forever. (I understand that 
 those middle or centre alleys were left open in the first plan of the lots, on 
 the east front of the city, which were granted from the east side of Front 
 street to the river Delaware, and that each lot on said east front has con- 
 tributed to make those alleys, by giving a part of their ground in proportion 
 to the size of each lot; those alleys were in the first instance, and still are, 
 considered public property, intended for the convenience of the inhabitants 
 residing in Front street, to go down to the river for water and other pur- 
 poses; but, owing to neglect or to some other cause, on the part of those 
 who have had the care of the city property, several encroachments have 
 been made on them by individuals, by wholly occupying, or building over 
 them, or otherwise, and in that way the inhabitants, more particularly those 
 who reside in the neighborhood, are deprived of the benefit of that whole- 
 some air, which their opening and cleansing throughout would afford.) That 
 ihe iron pipes, in Water street, which, by being of smaller size than those 
 in the other streets, and too near the surface of the ground, cause constant 
 
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 leaks, particularly in the winter season, which in many places render the 
 street impassible, be taken up and replaced by pipes of the same size, quality 
 and dimensions in every respect, and laid down as deeply from the surface 
 of the ground, as the iron pipes, which are laid in the main streets of the 
 city ; and as it respects pumps for Schuylkill water and fire-plugs in Water 
 street, that one of each be fixed at the south-west corner of Vine and Water 
 streets, and so running southward, one of each near the steps of the centre 
 alley, going up to Front street ; one of each at the south-west corner of 
 Sassafras and Water street ; one of each near the steps of the centre alley 
 going up to Front street, and so on at every south-west corner of all the 
 main streets and Water street, and of the centre alleys of every square, as 
 far as South or Cedar street ; and when the same shall have been completed, 
 that all Water street shall be repaved by the hest workmen, in the most 
 complete manner, with the best paving water-stones, after the height of the 
 curbstones shall have been fegulated throughout, as well as the ascent and 
 descent of the street, in such manner as to conduct the water through the 
 main streets and the centre alleys to the river Delaware, as far as practi- 
 cable; and whenever any part of the street shall want to be raised, to use 
 nothing but good paving gravel for that purpose, so as to make the paving 
 as permanent as possible. By all which improvements, it is my intention 
 to place and maintain the section of the city above referred to, in a condition 
 which will correspond better with the general cleanliness and appearance of 
 the whole city, and be more consistent with the safety, health, and comfort 
 of the citizens. And my mind and will are, that all the income, interest, 
 and dividends of the said capital sum of five hundred thousand dollars, shall 
 be yearly, and every year, expended upon the said objects, in the order in 
 which I have stated them, as closely as possible, and upon no other objects 
 until those enumerated shall have been attained : and, when those objects 
 shall have been accomplished, I authorize and direct the said, the Mayor, 
 Aldermen and Citizens, to apply such part of the income of the said capital 
 sum of five hundred thousand dollars, as they may think proper, to the fur- 
 ther improvement, from time to time, of the eastern or Delaware front of 
 the city. 
 
 XXIII. I give and bequeath to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the 
 sum of Three Hundred Thousand Dollars, for the purpose of internal 
 improvements by canal navigation, to be paid into the State treasury by my 
 executors, as soon as such laws shall have been enacted by the constituted 
 authorities of the said Commonwealth as shall be necessary, and amply 
 sufficient to carry into effect, or to enable the constituted authorities of the 
 city of Philadelphia to carry into effect the several improvements above 
 specified; namely, 1. Laws, to cause Delaware Avenue, as above described, 
 to be made, paved, curbed and lighted; to cause the buildings, fences, and 
 
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 other obstructions now existing, to be abated and removed ; and to prohibit the 
 creation of any such obstructions to the eastward of said Delaware Avenue ; 
 2. Laws, to cause all wooden buildings, as above described, to be removed, 
 and to prohibit their future erection within the limits of the city of Philadel- 
 phia; 3. Laws, providing for the gradual widening, regulating, paving and 
 curbing Water street, as hereinbefore described, and also for the repairing 
 the middle alleys, and introducing the Schuylkill water, and pumps, as before 
 specified — all which objects may, I persuade myself, be accomplished on prin- 
 ciples at once just in relation to individuals, and highly beneficial to the public : 
 the said sum, however, not to be paid, unless said laws be passed within- one 
 year after my decease. 
 
 XXIV. And as it regards the remainder of said residue of my personal 
 estate, in trust, to invest the same in good securities, and in like manner to 
 invest the interest and income thereof, from time to time, so that the whole 
 shall form a permanent fund ; and to apply the income of the said fund. 
 
 1st. To the further improvement and maintenance of the aforesaid College, 
 as directed in the last paragraph of the XXIst clause of this Will. 
 
 2d. To enable the Corporation of the city of Philadelphia to provide more 
 effectually than they now do, for the security of the persons and property 
 of the inhabitants of the said city by a competent police, including a sufficient 
 number of watchmen, really suited to the purpose: and to this end, I recom- 
 mend a division of the city into watch districts, or four parts, each under a 
 proper head, and that, at least two watchmen shall, in each round or station, 
 patrol together 
 
 3d. To enable the said Corporation to improve the city property, and the 
 general appearance of the city itself, and, in effect, to diminish the burden of 
 taxation, now most oppressive, especially on those who are the least able to 
 bear it: — 
 
 To all which objects, the prosperity of the city, and the health and com- 
 fort of its inhabitants, I devote the said fund as aforesaid, and direct the 
 income thereof to be applied yearly, and every year forever, after providing 
 for the College as hereinbefore directed, as my primary object. But, if the 
 said City shall knowingly and wilfully violate any of the conditions herein- 
 before and hereinafter mentioned, then I give and bequeath the said remain- 
 der, and accumulations, to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, for the pur- 
 pose of internal navigation ; excepting, however, the rents, issues and profits 
 of my real estate in the city and county of Philadelphia, which shall forever 
 be reserved and applied to maintain the aforesaid College, in the manner 
 specified in the last paragraph of the XXTst clause of this Will : And if the 
 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall fail to apply this or the preceding 
 bequest to the purposes before mentioned, or shall apply any part thereof to 
 any other use, or shall, for the term of one year from the time of my 
 
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 decease, fail or omit to pass the laws hereinbefore specified for promoting the 
 improvement of the city of Philadelphia, then I give, devise and bequeath the 
 said remainder and accumulations (the rents aforesaid always excepted and 
 Reserved for the College as aforesaid) to the United States of America, for the 
 purposes of internal navigation, and no other. 
 
 Provided, nevertheless, and I do hereby declare, that all the preceding 
 bequests and devices of the residue of my estate to the Mayor, Aldermen and 
 Citizens of Philadelphia, are made upon the following express conditions, that 
 is to say : — First, That none of the moneys, principal, interest, dividends or 
 rents arising from the said residuary devise and bequest, shall at any time be 
 applied to any other purpose or purposes whatever, than those herein men- 
 tioned and appointed ; Second, That separate accounts, distinct from the other 
 accounts of the Corporation, shall be Kept by the said Corporation, concern- 
 ing the said devise, bequest, College and funds, and of the investment and 
 application thereof: and that a separate account or accounts of the same shall 
 be kept in bank, not blended with , any other account, so that it may at all 
 times appear, on examination by a committee of the Legislature, as herein- 
 after mentioned, that my intentions had been fully complied with : Third, 
 That the said Corporation render a detailed account annually, in duplicate, to 
 the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, at the commencement 
 of the session, one copy for the Senate, and the other for the House of Repre- 
 sentatives, concerning the said devised and bequeathed estate, and the invest- 
 ment and application of the same, and also a report in like manner of the 
 state of the said College, and shall submit all their books, papers, and ac- 
 counts touching the same, to a committee or committees of the Legislature 
 for examination, when the same shall be required. 
 
 4th. The said Corporation shall also cause to be published in the month of 
 January, annually, in two or more newspapers, printed in the city of Phila- 
 delphia, a concise but plain account of the state of the trusts, devises and 
 bequests herein declared and made, comprehending the condition of the said 
 College, the number of scholars, and other particulars needful to be publicly 
 known, for the year next preceding the said month of January, annually. 
 
 XXV. And whereas, I have executed an assignment, in trust, of my bank- 
 ing establishment, to take effect the day before my decease, to the intent that 
 all the concerns thereof may be closed by themselves, without being blended 
 with the concerns of my general estaste, and the balance remaining to be paid 
 over to my executors : Now, I do hereby direct my executors, hereinafter 
 mentioned, not to interfere with the said trust in any way except to see that 
 the same is faithfully executed, and to aid the execution thereof by all such 
 acts and deeds as may be necessary and expedient to effectuate the same, so 
 that it may be speedily closed, and the balance paid over to my executors, to 
 go, as in my Will, into the residue of my estate : And I do hereby authorize, 
 
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 direct and empower the said trustees, from time to time, as the capital of the 
 said bank shall be received, and shall not be wanted for the discharge of the 
 debts due thereat, to invest the same in good securities, in the names of my 
 executors, and to hand over the same to them, to be disposed of according to 
 this my Will. 
 
 XXVI. Lastly, I do hereby nominate and appoint Timothy Paxscn, 
 Thomas P. Cope, Joseph Roberts, William J. Duane and John A. Barclay, 
 executors of this my last Will and Testament : I recommend to them to close 
 the concerns of my estate as expeditiously as possible, and to see that my 
 intentions in respect to the residue of my estate are and shall be strictly 
 complied with : and 1 do hereby revoke all other Wills by me heretofore 
 made. 
 
 In witness, I, the said Stephen Girard, have to this my last Will and Tes- 
 tament, contained in thirty-five pages, set my hand at the bottom of each 
 page, and my hand and seal at the bottom of this page ; the said Will exe- 
 cuted, from motives of prudence, in duplicate, this sixteenth day of February, 
 in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty. 
 
 STEPHEN GIRARD, [seal]. 
 Signed, sealed, published, and declared by the said Stephen"! 
 
 Girard, as and for his last Will and Testament, in the I 
 
 presence of us, who have at his request hereunto sub- > 
 
 scribed our names as witnesses thereto, in the presence j 
 
 of the said Testator, and of each other, Feb. 16, 1830. J 
 
 JOHN H. IRWIN, 
 SAMUEL ARTHUR, 
 S. H. CARPENTER. 
 
 WHEREAS, I, Stephen Girard, the Testator named in the foregoing Will, 
 and Testament, dated the sixteenth day of February, eighteen hundred and 
 thirty, have, since the execution thereof, purchased several parcels and pieces 
 of real estate, and have built sundry Messuages, all of which, as well as any 
 real estate that I may hereafter purchase, it is my wish and intention to pass 
 by the said Will: Now, I do hereby republish the foregoirfg last Will and 
 Testament, dated February 16, 1830, and do confirm the same in all parti- 
 culars. In witness, I, the said Stephen Girard, set my hand and seal here- 
 unto, the twenty-fifth day of December, eighteen hundred and thirty. 
 
 STEPHEN GIRARD, [seal.] 
 
 Signed, sealed, published, and declared by the said Stephen" 
 Girard, as and for a republication of his last Will and 
 r Testament, in the presence of us, who at his request, have 
 hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses thereto, in 
 the presence of the said Testator and of each other, De- 
 cember 25th, 1830. 
 
 JOHN H. IRWInT 
 SAMUEL ARTHUR, 
 JNO. THOMSON. 
 
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 WHEREAS, I, Stephen Girard, the Testator named in the foregoing 
 Will and Testament, dated February 16, 1830, have, since the execution 
 thereof, purchased several parcels and pieces of land and real estate, and 
 have built sundry Messuages, all which, as well as any real estate that I may 
 hereafter purchase, it is my intention to pass by said Will ; And whereas, in 
 particular, I have recently purchased from Mr. William Parker, the Mansion 
 House, out-buildings, and forty-five acres and some perches of land, called 
 Peel Hall, on the Ridge Road, in Penn Township; Now, I declare it to be 
 my intention, and I direct, that the Orphan establishment, provided for in 
 my said Will, instead of being built as therein directed upon my square of 
 ground between High and Chesnut and Eleventh and Twelfth streets in the 
 city of Philadelphia, shall be built upon the estate so purchased from Mr. W > 
 Parker, and I hereby devote the said estate to that purpose, exclusively, in 
 the same manner as I had devoted the said square, hereby directing that all 
 the improvements and arrangements for the said Orphan establishment pre- 
 scribed by my said Will as to said square, shall be made and executed upon 
 the said estate, just as if I had in my Will devoted the said estate to said 
 purpose— consequently,' the said square of ground is to constitute, and I de- 
 clare it to be a part of the residue and remainder of my real and personal 
 estate, and given and devised for the same uses and purposes as are declared 
 in section twenty of my Will, it being my intention that the said square of 
 ground shall be built upon and improved in such a manner as to secure a 
 safe and permanent income for the purposes stated in said twentieth section. 
 In witness thereof, I, the said Stephen Girard, set my hand and seal here- 
 unto the twentieth day of June, eighteen hundred and thirty-one. 
 
 STEPHEN GIRARD, [seal.] 
 
 Signed, sealed, published, and declared by the said Stephen" 
 Girard, as and for a republication of his last Will and 
 Testament, and a further direction in relation to the real 
 estate therein mentioned, in the presence of us, who, at 
 his request, have hereunto subscribed our names as wit- 
 nesses thereto, in the presence of the said Testator, and 
 of each other, June 20, 1831. 
 
 S. H. CARPENTER. 
 
 L. BARDIN. 
 
 SAMUEL ARTHUR. 
 
 Philadelphia, December 31st, 1831. — Then personally appeared Samuel 
 Arthur and S. H. Carpenter, two of the witnesses to the foregoing Will and 
 the second Codicil or republication thereof, and on their oaths did say, that 
 they were present, and did see and hear Stephen Girard, the testator in the 
 said Will and second republication thereof named, sign, seal, publish and de- 
 clare the same as and for his last Will and Testament, and republication 
 
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 thereof, and that at the doing thereof, he was of sound mind, memory and 
 understanding, to the best of their knowledge and belief; and at the same 
 time appeared Jno. Thomson, one of the witnesses to the first republication 
 of said Will, and on his solemn affirmation did say that he was present, and 
 did see and hear Stephen Girard, the testator in the first republication of said 
 Will, named, sign, seal, publish, and declare the same as and for a republi- 
 cation of his last Will and Testament. And the said Samuel Arthur, an- 
 other of the witnesses to said first re-publication of said Will, on his oath did 
 further say, that he was present, and did see and hear Stephen Girard, the 
 testator in the first republication of said Will, named, sign, seal, publish and 
 declare the same as and for a republication of his last Will and Testament, 
 and they both did say that at the doing thereof, he was of sound mind, 
 memory, and understanding, to the best of their knowledge and belief. 
 
 Coram, 
 
 J. HUMES, Register. 
 
 December 31, 1831. — Timothy Paxsorj and Thomas P. Cope, two of the 
 Executors, affirmed, and Joseph Roberts, William J. Duane, and John A. 
 Barclay, the other Executors, sworn, and letters testamentary granted unto 
 them. 
 
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