Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1850-06-07

of Quarter Sessions and Grand jury of said
county list of the number, age, and sex of the
persons maintained and employed in the house
| OF employment, or supported or assisted by
them elsewhere, and of the children by them
bound out to apprenticeship as aforesaid with
the name Of their masters or mistresses, and
theIr trade, occupation, or calling and shall at
| all times when thereunto required submit to the
inspection and free examination of such visitors
as shall from time to time be appointed by the
| Court OF Quarter Sessions OF the said county all
their books and accounts, together with the rents
! interest, and monies payable and receivable by
! the said corporation; and also, account of all
sales, PURCHASES, donations, deyises and bequests
as shall have been made by or to them Proridea
| That no director shall sell or dispose of any ar
uele or articles 10 the said poor house during the
! time he shall serve director thereof nor be
contractor for erecting buildings
SECTION Z. As soon the said building shall
! have been erected or purchased, and all necessa-
! ry accommodations provided therein, notice shall
be sent signed by any two of the said directors to
/ the overseers of the several boroughs and town
! ships Of the said county OF Miln requiring Them
! forthwith to bring the poor Of their respective
! ooroughs and townships to said house of en-
! ployment, which order the UyeTseerS are hereby
/ cnjoined and required to comply with or other
wise to forfeit the cost Of all future maintenance
except In cases when by sickness or any other
sufficient cause any poor person cannot be re-
!
represent the same to the nearest Justice of the
peace, who being satisfied of the truth thereof
shall certify the same to the said directors, and
at the said time issue an order under his hand
ami seal 10 the said oyerScers directing them to
MAINTAIN such poor until such times as he or she
may be IN situation TO be removed, and then
! convey the said pauper and deliver him or her
to the steward or keeper of the said house of
employment, together with the said order; and
the charge and expense Of such temporary re-
lief and of such removal, shall be paid by the
said directors at reasonable allowance
SECTION 7. The said directors shall from time
to time receive, provide for aud employ, accord
ing to the true intent and meaning of this act,
all such poor and INDECENT persons as shall be
entitled to relief, or shall have gained a legal
settlement in said county of Mfln aud shall be
sent there by an order or warrant for that pur-
pose under the hands and seals Of any two JUS
tices Of the peace, directed to any constable Of
the said county of Mitilin, or to the Of
the proper township in any other county Of this
commonwealth +; and the said directors are here
ny authorized when they shall deem it proper
ahd coDYenent to do so, 10 permit any poor
person or persons to be maintained elsewhere:
P'cy'ded, The expense Of their maintenance does
not IN any case exceed that for which they could
be maintained at the poor house OF the said
county Of AlIiiin
SECTION :. The said directors, or any two Of
them, who shall be quorum in all cases to
10 uuSlueSS, ShaII nave luIl power 10 make ana (.
ordaln such ordinances, rules and regulations (
as they shall think proper, convenient and neccs-
sary ior the direction, government, and support /
oil the poor and house of employment aforesaid F.
and Of the revenues thereunto belonging, and
OF all such persons as shall come under their .
cognizance; Proridea The same be not repug-
nant to this law, or any of the laws of this State
or the United States, .4ld pr0rided also, That .
the same shall not have any force or effect until .
they shall have been submitted to the court of +
common pleas for the time being of the county +
of Alilliin, and shall have received the approba- .
tion Of the same.
SEcTIoE 3. The said directors, or either Of .
them, shall have full power and authority to ad- .
minister oatEs or afiirmations to ali persons re-
siding in the said house OF employment or be- +
coming chargeable to the said county, touching .
their place of legal settlement; and in case .
such poor person or persons shall refuse to take .
the said oath affirmation, or shall refuse TO .
answer such questions as shall be asked by the .
sand directors, touching and relating TO said set
Elements, the said directors may withhold all .
further relief from such poor person OF persons
until he or She, or they shall consent TO take .
such oath or affirmation, and answer all such .
questions as aforesaid and the said board Of
directors, or 4 majority OF them, IN addition to
the powers hereinbelore granted, are author
lied and empowered TO administer oaths and
attIrmatons IN all cases whatever relating 10
their official duties.
SECTION 10. Aquorum Of said directors shall,
and they are hereby enjoined and required, TO
meet al the said house of employment al least
once in every month, and visit the apartments
and see that the poor comfortably supported,
and hear all complaints and redress or cause TO
be redressed all grievances that may happen by
the neglect misconduct of any person or .
persons in their employment otherwise.
SECTION II. In case of any vacancy by death,
resignation or otherwise, of any OF sand direc-
tors, the remaining directors shall fill such va
cancy by the appointment OF a citizen Of the
district IN which such vacancy may occur, un-
der the same penalty as IS provided by the sec
ond section OF ttis act, to until the next
general election, when another director shall be
elected TO serve as if no such vacancy had hap
pened.
SECTION y. The said director shall each Of
them receive for their services annually the sum
Of twenty dollars, TO defray the expenses of the
necessary attendance on the duties Of their {
office.
SECTION l3 All claims and demands existing
at the time OF this act being carried into effect
shall have full force and effect as if this act had
not passed, and when the same may have been
duly adjusted and settled, all moneys remaining
in the hands of the oycrsecrs as well as the un-
collected taxes levied for the support of the /
poor in the several boroughs and townships in ;
the county of Mifliin, shall be paid over to the
treasurer of the poor house, TO he applied TO |
the maintenance and support Of the poor; and
as soon as the poor OF tLe county OF Miin
shall have been removed to the house of em- l
ployment Of said county, aud the outstanding
taxes collected and paid over the Office Of over
seer of the poor within the said county shall |
from thenceforth be abolished.
SECuoN IA. The powers conferred and the
lutes imposed on the oyerseCrs of the poor in
and by an act 10 empower the oyerseers and
guardians of the poor in the several townships a
within this commonwealth, to recover certain ,
ines, penalties, and forfeitures and for other !
purposes, are hereby conferred and imposed on ,
he supervisors Of the highways in the said
county of Millin, and that the Justices of the
peace and sheriff within the said county are
l2reby required and cnjoined to pay to the said :
supervisors, to be by them applied to the repair
If the highways the aforesaid fines forfeitIIrns {