The Following Confirms the Action Relative to the Change of the Name of
the Prison Society.
Decree:
And now, to wit, this 27th day of January, A. D., 1886, on motion of
A. Sidney Biddle, Esq., the Petition and Application for change of
name filed by “The Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries
of Public Prisons,” having been presented and considered, and it
appearing that the order of court heretofore made as to advertisement
has been duly compiled with and due notice of said application to
the Auditor General of the State of Pennsylvania being shown, it is
Ordered, Adjudged, and Decreed that the name of the said Society
shall hereafter be “THE PENNSYLVANIA PRISON SOCIETY,” to all intents
and purposes as if the same had been the original name of the said
Society, and the same name shall be deemed and taken to be a part
of the Charter of the said Society upon the recording of the said
Application with its indorsements and this Decree in the office of the
Recorder of Deeds of this County, and upon filing with the Auditor
General a Copy of this Decree.
[Signed] JOSEPH ALLISON.
Record:
Recorded in the office for the Recording of Deeds in and for the City
and County of Philadelphia, on Charter Book No. 11, page 1064. Witness
my hand and seal of Office this 28th day of June, A. D. 1886.
GEO. G. PIERIE, _Recorder of Deeds_.
[Transcriber’s Note:
Obvious printer errors corrected silently.