Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-03-15

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1ers 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 i 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
the taxablcs Of said counties for such ex.
pcndtures.
SIC. /. 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 Gu or before
the first day Of May next, one or more re-
sponsible bona fide subscriptions Of not
less than ten thousand 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 fire 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 IN the
month of May next, and that upon such
notice being given, the subscriptions afore-
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 coun-
ties on or before the first day of January,
one thousand light hundred and fifty sew
en-.
SECTION s. 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 elect 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 Of this
bill.
SECTION 7. 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 ffty-ive, be entitled to and at all
times thereafter have all and singular the
courts, Jurisdictions, offices, rights and pri-
vileges 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 provi-
ded for said county shall be filled by the
qualified voters at the general election in
October next.
SECTION s. That the County Commits
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 one
year, and the others for two and 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.
SECTION Q. That the persons holding
offices in the county of Union as heretofore
organized whose residence may fall within
the limits of the said county of Union shall
continue to hold their respective offices until
the terms for which they were elected shall
have expired, and all the vacancies in said
county offices in the county Of Unlon,whc-
ther by resignation or otherwise, shall be
filed 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 10. That the place for the
sites of jails and other buildings for the
counties of Union and Snyder be decided
as follows: At the general election in De-
tober next, the voters Of the several cleo
ton districts in the counties aforesaid may
vote written or printed tickets, labeled on
the outside COUNTY SEAT aud in
the inside containing the name of the
town, township or borough which they
elect as the seat of justice, and the officers
of election shall receive, return and com
pute the names of the places so voted for
as names of persons voted for are received
and returned, and the place in each county
having the greatest number of votes shall
be the scat of justice for such county. Ifo-
ri1ed, That no vote shall be returned for
any town, township or borough which shall
not have furnished as hereiubefore stated
an approved and guaranteed subscription
of not less than ten thousand dollars for
county purposes as aforesaid.
SEcTIoN ii. That the Jail in New Ber-
lin De used by the counties of Union and
SNYDER in common by the said counties