Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1853-08-05
SNYDER COUNTY
Historical Data.

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Historical Data.
We connect, in the following extracts,
the prominent points in the history Of
Union as county, for general information.
An act erecting part of Northumberland
county into separate county, to be called
Union-March %, 1913.
Sec 3. That from and after the third
Monday of December next, the Courts of
Common Pleas and General Quarter Ses-
sions in and for the said county of Union,
shall be opened and held at such houses as
may be desigp[at]cd BY The Commissioners
of said county, to be elected at the next
general election, in the town of MIFrLIN-
BURG, until Court House shaN be erected
IN and far said county AS HEREINAFTER
DIRECTED, and then shall be held at such
Court House.
Sec 8. That the Governor be, and he
is hereby authorized and required, on or
before the first day of May next ensuing,
to appoint three discreet and disinterested
persons, not resident in the county of
Northumberland or Union, whose duty it
shall be to fix upon proper and convenient
site for court house, prison and county
Offices within the aforesaid county Of Union,
as near the center thereof as circumstances
will admit, having regard to territory, pop
ulation, and the accommodation of the
people Of said county generally; and said
persons or majority Of them having
viewed the relative advantages of the sew
eral situations contemplated by the people
shall on or before the first day Of July
next, by written report, t,under the hands
of a majority of them, certify, describe
and limit the site or lot Of land arhich
they shall hare chosen for tie purpose ctore-
said, and shall transmit the said report to
the Governor Of this Commonwealth and
shall be sworn &C., and receive So per day
compensation.
SEC. TO- That it shall and may be law
full for the COMMISSIONERS of the county
of Union, who shall be elected at the next
annual election, to tnke assurance to them
and their successors in Office of such lot or
piece of ground as shall be approved Of by
the persons appointed as aforesaid, or a
majority of them, for the purpose of ERECT
ING THEREON A COURT HOUSE, JAIL AND
OFFICES for the safe keeping Of the records,
and the COUNTY COMMISSIONERS are
hereby authorized to ASSES,S, LEVY,
and COLLECT, in the manner directed
by the Act for raising County Rates and
Levies, A SUFFICIENT SUN TO DEFRAY
TIE EXPENSES THEREOF
Two of the Commissioners under this act
met. Middlecreek and Buffalo Vallies
each made strenuous efforts to secure the
County Seat on their side of the Ridge;
but the Commissioners finally settled it at
Youngstown or New Berlin. The County
Buildings (according to the terms of the
law were erected by Taxation.
Great dissatisfaction prevailed with this
location, as we find by the following Leg
islatiyc record:
House of Representatives,
January l6, 1915.
TMr. WILLETT, from the committee to
whom was referred, on the 5th and 18th
inst, ciyhteen petitions from the inhabit-
tants of Union county, complaining of the
establishment of the Seat Of Justice at
Youngstown, and praying that law may
be passed authorizing the appointment OF
Commissioners to review the several places
originally in contemplation for the seat Of
justice, made report, which was read as
follows, viz
"That on due investigation by them, it
appears that LonJstopn, fixed on as site
for the public buildings by two of the com.
missioners appointed under the original
act, though it may be as near the center of
territory as any of the other situations con-
templated, has none Of those natpro5 od-
rantages aghich they hare, and from which
flow the prosperity of towns. Situated
within few miles Of the immense Jacks
mountain, and surrounded by sterile lands,
Youngstown (alias New Berlin) has not aov,
NOR Is THERE A PROSPECT THAT AT ANY
PERIOD HENCE 1T WILL HAVE any conf
n,e1ce or manufactures. TO perform those
duties which the citizens owe the commu-
nity,a great majority hare to trauel AGAINST
THE CURRENT OF BUSINESS to place
which combines not the opportunity, at the
same time, to transact his private business.
In it he finds no market for his produce,
nor can he make purchases to advantage Of
those heavy articles which are of the first
necessity to the agriculturist. Though the
town has existed for upwards of twenty
years, yet, from these local disadvantages,
the buildings are but few, and those few
not respectable. These considerations
though obviously important, and which
have universally had influence on similal
occasions, seem not to have had any weigh
in the honest but upguardcd minds Of th'
two commissioner"
A considerable majority of the peopl
had demonstrated against the location. Blu
the Commissioners had decided, the Build