Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-03-09
Election Proclamation.

Election Proclamation.
! WHEREAS, in and by an ac,
Of the General Assembly of this
State, entitled IAN Act for the
erection of new county ont ol
part of Union to he called Snyder
and relative TO the seat of justice
of Union county," approved the
I'd day of March, A. ID 1853, il
is enjoined on me TO give public
notice of an Election to be held,
and to enumerate in such notice
what is to be thereat voted for
and against, i :Dot)n keseler
High Sheriff of the county of
Union DO hereby give and make
this PUBLIC NOTICE to the
Electors OF said county of Union,
that an Election will be held in
said county on THE THIRD FRIDAY
OF MARCH INSTANT (being the 10Th
day of March, 1859 at the seve-
raj Districts composed of the fol-
lowing Townships and BoroughS,
to Wit:
/ 1st district, at the Commissioners Of
fee, in and for New Berlin borough
Ind district, a. the public house Of
Catharine Brown, in and for Union town
ship.
3rd district, at the house of Jacob
Deckard, in the borough of Mitflinburg,
for West Bufaloc township.
ith district, at the house of James
M'Creight, in and for Bufialoe township.
5ih district, at the house Of George
Wolf, in and for East Buffaloe township
9th district, at the house of Samuel
Boyer, Jr., in ahd fox Penns township.
7th district, at the public house of ia
cob Fryer, Middleburg, in and for Frank
lin township.
Sth district, a: the house Of Geo. Moy-
er, Frceburg, in and for Washington tsp.
9th district, at the house OF George A.
Smith, in and for Beaver township.
10ih district, at the public house lately
kept by Henry Schroyer, in and for Wes,
Beaver township.
1lth district, at the house of William
Eilert, in Hartleton, in and for Hartley
township.
18th district, at the house of Samuel
Shade, in and for Perry township.
18Th district, at the house Of James
Adams, in and for White Deer township.
ll,h district, at the Public School House
in Cen,reville, in and for Centre township.
15;h district, at the public house of
Isaac Rumfelt, il and for Chapman Tsp.
10th district, at the house of James
Lawson, in and for Kelly township.
18th district, at the west window of the
Franklin House, corner of Fourth and
Market streets, for the North Ward in
Lewisburg borough.
18th district, at the south window of
the Franklin House, corner of Fourth ard
Market streets, for the South Ward, Lew
isburg borough.
18th district, at the house Of Chas Croft
Ger, in and for the borough Of Mlfilinburg.
goth district, at the house of Samuel
Kline, in and for Middlecreek Tsp.
2lst district, at the house of Peter
Wehr, in and for Limestone township.
22nd district, at the Union School
House, in Selinsgrove, in aud for the bor-
ough of Seiinsgrove.
H. Cohool yIa,,-a
lot No. 10, in New Berlin, for Jackson
township.
At which time and places there
Will be an Election held by ballot
to decide whether the SAID county
of Snyder shall be erected accor-
ding to the provisions of the
above Act of Assembly, of which
the following is true copy:
AN ACT for the Erection Of a new
County, out Of part Of Union, to
be called SNYDER, and relative
to the Seat Of Justice Of Union
County.
SECTION l. Be Il enacted bythe Senate
and Housc of Representatives of the Cont
monweaM IF Psnnsyirania ii, General
assembly met, and ii is hereby enacted by
the authority # the same, That all that
territory now in Union county lying south
of line commencing at the Northumber
land bridge thence, by the New Berlin
mail route, to Penns creek a. point about
one-fourth of mile above Mowers mill,
where said creek turns suddenly toward,
the south; thence, across Penns creek,
along the southern bank to its nearest
contact with the summit Of Jacks noun
tain, and thence along the summit Of
Jacks mountain to the western line Of
Union county, shall be, and the same is
hereby erected into new county to be
called Snyder, on the conditions hereinas-
ter expressed.
SEC. .. That William G.. Hcrrold,
James Madden, Thomas Bower, James Nc
Creight and Isaac D. Boyer are hereby
appointed commissioners who, or major.
i.y Of whom, shall, before the fourth day
If July next. properly ascertain and mark