Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1859-01-19
(By Request.)
FACTS IN RELATION TO THE LO-
CATION OF THE COUNTY SEAT
AT CLEAFIELD.


ferson. Mexican, Clear6eld, Potter, Tioga
and Cambria. The 9th section of the law
authorized the Governor to appoint three
Trustees for each county, who should re-
ceive proposals for the grant of lands, mo-
neys, &C., as consideration for the loca>
ton of the county seat. Many of the
county seats were located under this law.
tSee 4th SIN. Laws, PIP. 368, 372, &c
Our county seat was located under a sub
sequent Act, passed 4th April. 1905, (see
pamphlet laws, page 254, as follows
SEC. 1. BE It enacted, de- That the Gov
ernor be and he is hereby authorized and
required to appoint three disinterested
commissioners, who do not reside or own
any land in the county of Clearfield, which
commissioners, or majority of them, shall
meet at the house of Benjamin Patton, in
the town of Bellefonte, on the twentieth
day of May next, and from thence proceed
70 view and determine on the most eligible
and proper situation for the seat of justice
and public buildings for the said county of
Clearfield, and make their report into the
Office of the Secretary of the Common
wealth on or before the first Monday of
December next:
Sec. 2. 1sd be Il further enacted, dc, That
the aforesaid commissioners shall have
power, and it shall be their duty, to take
assurance by deed, bond, or otherwise, of
any lands, lots, monies or other property
which hath been or may be offered for the
use and benefit of the said county, either
for the purpose of erecting public build
ings, the support of an Academy or other
public USE and for the services aforemen-
toned.
Under this Act, the Governor appointed
Roland Curtin, James Smith and John
Fleming, commissioners, who fled their
report as follows:
REPORT.
SIR-By virtue of an Act of the General
Assembly of the Commonwealth of Penn
sylyania, entitled an Act authorizing the
appointment OF commissioners to fix upon
a proper site for the Seat OF Justice in
Clearfield county:-We, the subscribers,
appointed by His Excellency the Govern
or, agreearbly to the provisions of the
above mentioned Act, passed on the fourth
day of April, in the year of Our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and five
REPORT, that agreeably to the provis-
ions of the above mentioned Act. we met
at the house of Benjamin Patton, in the
town of Bellefonte, on the twentieth day
of May, one thousand eight hundred and
five, and receiving the different proposals
made by several persons proceeded to view
and determine on the most eligible and
proper situation for the Seat of Justice
and Public Buildings, for the said county
of Clearfield, and do find that the Old
Town of fChincleclamouse in the said coun-
" (the property of Abraham Wilmer, of
the township of Lancaster. in the county
of Lancaster, and Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania,j situate on the south side of the
West Branch of the Sasquehanna River, IN |
the county aforesaid, Is the most eligible |
and proper situation for the Seat of Justice |
and Public Buildings in the said county /; |
and that we have laid out the said town,
plan whereof IS hereto annexed, and we |
also further report, that we have received |
from the said Abraham Wilmer, his bond |
(which is also hereunto annexed) for the |
conveyance of certain lots and the paw |
ment of certain sums of money at the time |
and for the purpose therein mentioned.
We are, with respect, your humble SER
wants, ROLAND CURTIN.
JOHN FLEMING,
JAMES SMITH
TO Thomas N Kean Thompson, Secreta-
ry of Commonwealth.
A plan of the town of Clearfield laid out |
by the Commissioners, and approved by |
The bond of Araham Wilmer accompa-
MED that report, and is as follows:
KNOW all men by these presents, that
/, Abraham Wilmer of Lancaster township
IN the county of Lancaster and Commons
wealth of Pennsylvania, am held and firm
ly bound unto Roland Curtin, John Flenl-
ing and James Smith, in. the sum of ten
thousand dollars, lawful money of the
United States m no maid to- he SaiI Rol,pc |
Curtin, John Fleming and James Smith.
or either of them, their or either of their
attorney, heirs, executors administrators
or assigns, TO which payment well and tru-
ly to be made, bind myself, my heirs,
executors and administrators, firmly by
these presents sealed with my seal, dated
the fifth OF November, in the year OF our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
five.
WHEREAS, Thomas Mexican, ESQUIRE,
Governor of Pennsylvania, by letters un-
der the great seal of this Commonwealth,
dated at Lancaster, the sixth day of April. ]
IN tne year OF our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and five-apnointed Ro. !
land Curtin, John Fleming and James
Smith, or majority of them, Commits :
sioners for the purpose OF viewing and de- a
termining on the most eligible and pro c
per situation for the Seat of Justice and g
Public Buildings in and for the county of |
Ciearfeld. And whereas, by an act of !
General Assembly of this Commonwealth,
dated the 4th day of April in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
i've, 1t is made the duty of the Commits c
sioners so 10 be appointed ''to take assu- I
RANGES by deed, bond or otherwise of any ..
lands, lots, moneys or other property, {
which hath been or may be offered for the
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