Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1853-07-29
SNYDER COUNTY

~ ''''e ""e''J oecH ~.uch ntfsr,yFc-
s~a"'i'o" 9f son,e Of the terms cf- Ae ACT
FOR TIE ERECTION OF a NLw COuSTY OFT
OF PART OF UNIoN COUNTY 10 EE CALLlD
SNYDER, AND RELATIVE To THE SEAT op
JUSTICE OF UNION COUNTY IRE eopy Je-
l'~ all de .Se'io"s reiotve to die Comniy
Baitdinys, and E.rpcnses
SECTION |. he 1t en"te1, Dr., That all
that territory now iu Uuion county living
south Of line commencing at the North
uiuoerland bridge, thence by the New Ber-
lin mail route to Peuus creek, at a point
about one fourth Of mile above Mowers
mill, where said creek turns suddenly to-
wards the south, thence up Penns creek
to its nearest contact with the east end Of
jacks mountain, and thence along the
summi; of Jack mountain to the western
line of Union county, shall be, and the
same is hereby erected iu,o new county,
to be called "Snyder," on the conditions
hereinafter expressed.
SECTION .. That
are hereby appointed Commissioners, who
shall, before the fourth day of July next,
properly ascertain and mark the division
line between the counties Of Union and
Snyder, ALT! also between the election dis
tricls of Penns, Middle Creek and Uuion,
as expressed in this act, and also to make
three plots or drafts of said division lines,
one copy Of winch they shall forward to
the Secretary Of the Commonwealth, and
one to the Register and Recorder of Union
AMI Snyder counties respectively, and the
said Commissioners shall each receive the
sum of dollars for every day nee
essariiy engaged in running SAID division
linc, AMI lii making out til Gg.fs cf tie
same, and f'r their eonpea sa;iou, and for
all Necessary AID erap'yyca ty them in
running sad line, the Commissioners Of
Union c'anty shall forthwith pay by o.
ders on the county treasury.
SECTION J. ill.,. suital.e grounds and
buildings, und Il jail for county rJrpcscs
fr said county c:SGyc.er, aic d., So, st ,e
grounds, buildings and j.. tpr -aid
county OF Union, to be approved ty :. ,l.s-
! jori,y of the cour, and grand jurors of the
respective countirs ..an prepared shall be
secured To ic saii counties withou. any
tax or cost whatever being imposed upon
the taxables Of said counties for such ex-
I pendit.res-
cECTIoS 4. That to secure the condi-
tions expressed in the third section Of this
act, there be pledged in trust to the Associ-
ate Judge aud the Commissioners of Union
county, On or before the first day Of August
next, one or more responsible, bona fde
subscriptions, Of not less than Ten hous-
and Dollars, from within the limits of
each county respectively, for the purchase
of grounds, and the erection Of buildings,
as aforesaid, for the counties Of Union and
Snyder, said buildings to be Of stone or
! brick, with firc-prOof roofs and fire-proof
rooms for records, and tha: the subscriptions
So pledged shall be approved By said judi
ges and Commissioners, and published,
with the names of the sites for which they
are pledged, in the newspapers of Union
county, the second week in the month Of
August next, and that upon such notice
being given, the subscriptions aforesaid
shall be transferred to the Building Com
mittees provided for such subscriptions
respectively; and the grounds necessary,
with the proper county buildings, shall be
finished and conveyed in fee simple to the
proper authorities Of the respective couu-
ties, on or before tue first day of January,
1855.
SECTION 5. That upon securing the
subscriptions specified in the fourth section
of this act, the inhabitants of the said
county Of Snyder shall, after the first day
Of January 1854, be entitled to and at all
times thereafter have all and singular the
courts, Jurisdictions, Offices, rights, aud
privileges to which the inhabitants of the
county Of Union are now entitled by the
constitution and laws Of this Common
wealth, and that the Offices hereby proyi-
ded for said county shall be filed by the
qualified voters at the general election in
October next.
SECTION &. That the persons holding
Offices in the county Of Union as heretofore
organized, whose residences MAJ fall with
in the limits Of the county of Snyder, may
continue to hold their respective Offices
until the terms for which they were elect
cd shall have expired, and all the vacan-
cies in county offices in the county Of
Union, whether hy resignation or other
wise, shall be filled at the general election
on the second Tuesday Of October next,
and annually thereafter according to the
terms Of the general laws regulating the
respective Offices.
| SECTION :. That the place for the sites