Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-03-09
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/ the division liue between the counties o
Union and Snyder, and also between Nh
election districts Of Penns, Middlecreek
Union and Jackson townslips,as exprcsscc
in this act, and also to make three plot
or drafts of said division lines, one copy
Of which they shall forward to the Secre
tary Of the Commonwealth, and one IL
the register and recorder Of Union anG
Snyder counties respectively ; and tue sal-
commissioners shall receive the sum Of ono
dollar and Fifty cents for every day neccs.
ssrlly engaged III running said division
line and in making out the drafts of the
same, aud for their compensation and for
all necessary aid employed by them iu
running said line the commissioners OF
Union county shall forthwith pay by or.
Hers on the county treasury.
SEC. 3. That suitable grounds and
buildings, and Jail for county purposes
for said county Of Snyder, and also suita-
bic grounds, buildings and Jail for said
county of Union, to be approved by ma
jority Of the court and grand jurors of the
respective counties, when prepared, shall
be secured to the said COUNTIES without any
cost or tax whatever being imposed upon
tie taxables of said counties for such ex-
penditures.
SIC. 1. That to secure the conditions
expressed in the third section of this act,
there be pledged in trust to the judges Of
the courts Of Union county Oh or before
the first day of May next, one or more re-
sponsible bona fde subscriptions OF not
less than ten thousand dollars from within
the limits of each county respectively for
the purchase Of grounds aud the erection
Of buildings as aforesaid for the counties
of Union and Snyder, said buildings to
be of stone or brick with ire proof roofs
and FIRE proof rooms for records, and that
said subscriptions SO pledged shall be ap-
proved by said judges, and Published uu-
der their directions in the second week in
May next, with the names of the sites for
which they are pledged in one newspaper
in Union county and one newspaper in
Snyder county, the second week III the
month Of May next, and that upon such
notice being given, the subscriptions afcre-
said shall be transferred to the building
committees 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 the first day Of January,
one thousand eight Hundred and City sew
en-.
SFcrroy 5. That upon the completion
of the said pledges in trust for the erection
of buildings, the subscribers to such
pledges respectively on due notice given
shall elec, three persons in each Of the
counties Of Union and Snyder respectively,
who shall constitute the building commit
tees as provided for in the fourth section
of this act, each subscriber being entitled
to one vote for every ten dollars subscri-
bed by him or them towards the said bull
ding fund
SECTION 6. That the subscribers tow
ards the said building fund shall in the
manner prescribed in the foregoing section
elect three persons whose duty it shall be
to establish the site for the public build
ings to be erected in the said counties Of
Union and Snyder respectively, subject TO
the provisions of the ninth section ot this
bill
SECTION !. 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 December, one thousand eight hundred
and ff,y-fve, be entitled to and at all
times thereafter have all and singular the
courts, Jurisdictions, offices, rights and pri
vileees 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 filled by the
qualified voters At the general election in
October next.
SECTION g. Tha. the County Commis-
sioners TO be elected under the provisions
of this act for the said county of Snyder,
shall at their FIRST meeting decide by lot
the time each to serve, viz. one for orc
year, and the others for two ard three
years respectively, and should more than
one Commissioner be elected for the county
of Union, their terms shall be decided as
hereinbefore provided for the said county
Of SNYDER; and the terms Of the County
Auditors in the said counties respectively
shall be decided in the same manner as
herein before provided for in the case of
County Commissioners.
SKcrIoN 8. That the persons holding
offices in the county Of Unien As heretofore
organized whose residence may fall within
he limits of the said county OF Union shall
continue TO hold their respective offices until
he terms for which they were elected shall
have expired, aud all the vacancies in said
county Offices in the county Of Union ,whc-
,her by resignation or otherwise, shall be
illed at the general election on the second
Tuesday Of October next, and annually
hereafter according to the terms of the
general laws regulating the respective
,iiices.
SECTION 10. That the place for the
,ites Of jails and other buildings for the
Of Union and Snyder be decided
/. follows: At the general election in o.
ober next, the voters Of the several cleo
ion districts in the counties aforesaid may
,o,e written or printed tickets. labeled on
he outside COUNTY SEAT" and in
he inside containing the name Of the