Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1850-06-07
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10 the Boundary Lines between the States OF
I pennsylvania and Delaware to Elections in
/ fhliadelphIa county; and to holding Courts
IN Junlata county; and to taking Excessive
Interest from the Bank of Lewistown.
SECTION |. BE 1t enacted by tie Senate and House
! @ Representatives. CfMe Commonwealth of Psnnsgi-
ra1,iG IN General assembly met and IL is herebv en-
acted by the authority Of the same, That Samuel
/ w: Taylor, Isaiah Copin, Samuel Barr, James
! CrIsweli, and David Jenkins-aIl of the county
/ oil hliiiiin-be and are hereby appointed Com
iniSSloners, whose duty it shall be- or a majority
oi them, on or before the first day of August.
ammo Domnl one thousand eight hundred and
nifty, 10 determine upon and purchase such real
/ estate as they shall deem necessary for the ae-
commodation of the poor of Miifiin county; and
1t shall be lawful for said Commissioners, or 4
majority OF them, TO take convevances therefor
IN the name and for the use of the corporation
mentioned in the third section of this act: and
They shall certify their proceedings therein un-
der their hands and seals, to the Clerk of the
Court OF Quarter Sessions Of the county Of
Nlliiln, to be filed in his office; and at the mex
general election the qualified electors Of Miffliu
! county shall elect three reputable citizens of
SAID county to be Directors of the poor and of
The house Of employment for the county of
hllfin Tor the ensuing year in the following
manner, to wit: The townships of Armagh
Brown, Union, and Menno shall elect one per
OF Wayne, Oliver, Granville, Derry Decatur
and the borough of M'Veytown and the borough
OF Newton Hamilton shall elect one person, who
shall serve for two years and the borough Of
Lewlstown shall elect one person, who Shall
serve one year-and annually thereafter one
person shall be elected to serve for three years,
and be elected in the district where A vacancy
shall occur by the expiration of the term. of
office; and the judges of the election of said coun-
ty shall, Immediately on receiving the returns
from the several election districts and casting up
the number of votes therein, or within three
days thereafter certify, under their hands and
seals, the names Of the persons so elected d.
rectors to the Clerk Of the Court of Quarter
Sessions Of said county, who shall file the said
certificate in his office, and forthwith give notice
in writing to the said directors OF their being
elected; and said directors shall meet at the
Court House, IN LewstoWn, on the first Monday
OF November next ensuing their election to
transact business
SECTION ,, Every director elected in manner
aforesaid, or appointed as is directed by the
eleventh section of this act shall, within ten
days after he is notified of such election or ap-
polntment, and before he enters upon the duties
OF the said office, take oath or affirmation
which shall be filed in the office of the Clerk of
the Court of Quarter Sessions which any JUS
tice of the peace of said county is hereby author
lied to administer, that he will discharge the
duties of the Office of director of the poor for
the said county truly faithfully. and impartiaIly,
to the best of his knowledge and ability and in
case of neglect refusal to take said oath or
affirmation within the time aforesaid, he shall
forfeit and pay the sum of ten dollars for the
use of the poor Of said county, which fire shall
be recovered By the directors for the time being
as debts are or shall be by law recoverable; and
the directors qualified as aforesaid are hereby
authorised to administer an oath or affirmation
in any case when it shall be necessary in relation
TO the duties Of their Office
SECTION 3. The said directors shall forever
hereafter, in name and in fact, be one body pol
ltic and corporate in law to all intents aud pur-
poses whatsoever relative TO the poor of the
county Of Mifllin, and shall have perpetual sue
cession, and may sue and be sued, plead and be
lmpleaded, by the name, style and title Of 80 The
Directors of the Poor and the House of Employ
ment for the County of Mifflin,' and by that
name shall and may receive, take, and hold any
lands, tenements, and hereditaments not exceed
ing the yearly value Of ten thousand dollars, and
any goods and chattels whatsoever of gift, alien
alton, or bequest of any person or persons what
soeYer; TO purchase, take, and hold any lands /
and tenements within their county in fee simple !
OF otherwise, and erect suitable buildings for the
use, and accommodation Of the poor /
OIL SAID county to provide all things necessary /
tor the lodging, maintenance, and employment |
of said poor TO appoint Treasurer annually, /
who shall give bond with full and sufficient sure
" for the faithful discharge of the duties OF his
office, and at the expiration thereof for the pay I
ment and delivery over TO his successor in Office /
all moneys, bonds, notes, book accounts, and ,
other papers 10 the said corporation belonging, |
which shall then be remaining in his hands Gus
lody, and possession and said directors shall !
have power 10 employ, aud al pleasure remove, ,
a steward or stewards, matron or matrons, phy /
sIclan or physicians, surgeon or surgeons, and [
lxNk ft,rN
the said poor respectively; to bind out apprcn- /
tees so that such apprenticeship may expire (if /
naes) at or before the age Of twenty-one if fe- /
males, at or before the age of eighteen years
such poor children as shall come under their .
notice, may now be bound apprentices BY /
he Overseers Of the Poor: Provided, That no .
child shall be bound at greater distance than
thirty miles from the poor house, and TO have |
lotless three months schooling in each and every
year; and the said directors shall exercise and .
Enjoy all such other powers now vested in the
Dyersecrs Of the Poor as not herein granted /
Jr supplied and the said directors hereby
empowered to use one common seal in all busi-
ness relating to said corporation and at their
pleasure TO alter and renew the same
SECTION 4. The said directors, as soon as may
DC after their election and organization as afore-
lald, shall make an estimate of the probable cx-
1ense of purchasing the lands and buildings, or
erecting the necessary building or buildings and
the same, and maintaining the poor
~ithin the said county for one year, whcreupon
he County Commissioners Of the said county
'hall, and they are hereby authorized and re-
lnired to increase the county tax by one-f fourth
part of the sum necessary for the purpose afore-
;aid, and shall procure on loan on the credit of
he taxes herein directed TO be levied the re-
naming three-fourths thereof to be paid in in
with interest out Of the county taxes.
Provided aLtcGyS, That not more than one-fourth
of the whole amount of the sum necessary for
he purpose aforesaid shall be added to the coun-
y tax annually thereafter, to be paid by the
,ounty treasurer to the directors aforesaid, on
orders drawn in their favor BY the county com
nissioners the may be found necessary
SECTION 5. 1t shall be the duty Of the said
directors, on or before the first day of November
n each and every year after the poor house shall
rave been completed, to furnish the commission
.rs Of said county with an estimate Of the nrn-