ADOPTION OF HEIRS.
The bill, from the Committee on Revision [S. 176] to amend Section 5 of the act regulating the adoption of heirs, approved March 2, 1855.
Mr. HENRY explained that this bill provides an amendment so that a child can not be adopted where the father or mother do not appear without the consent in open Court of the Trustee of the Township where such child resides.
The bill passed by yeas, 49; nays, 0.