The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1860-02-24

JOINT Committee on Printing-Gnrley,
of OhIo. NortI,
Tn addition to this, the new Clerk of th>
House, in making his appointment of thirty sil
officers under him, selects thirty two from thl
North, one from Kentuck,, and three iron
Kentucky, and three former residents OF the
North, but now residing in Washington.
Bill for the sale of the Poor House.
We are indebted to GEO. w. WILLIAMS, Esq,
for copy the annexed Bill for the sale Of
the Bedford County Poor House, recently in
troduced in the Lower House of the State Lee
gislature. The lafe hour a: which it was re-
ceived, Precludes our giving any opinion, at
present, as TO its merits.
A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT to the act
10 provide tor the erection of house for the
employment and support of the poor of the
county of Bedford, approved thirty-frst OF
March one thousand eight hundred and forty
one.
SECTION |. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met and
1t is hereby enacted by he authority OF the
same, That John Black, David Sparks, Joseph
B. Noble, John Metzgar, Abraham M'Clelln
and Thomas Blackburn, be and they are hereby
appointed commissioners to advertise and re-
ceive proposals tor and to sell at public or pri-
vate sale as they may deem most advisable all
the real estate and appurtenances known as the
poor house property and now held by the d.
rectors OF the poor of said county OF Bedford, at
such time and on such terms as may in the dis
cretIon of said commissioners be considered
most advantageous and to make, execute and de-
liver deeds therefor to the purchaser or pu--
chasers thereof IN fee simple.
SECTION 2. That said commissioners are
hereby further authorized and empowered with
the proceeds of said sale or sales 10 purchase in
their own names, for the use OF said county of
Bedford, such other real estate in said county
not less than four miles from the borough of
Bedford or less than two miles from the Cham
bersburg and Prttsburg turnpike road, as may
IN the opinion of SAID commissioners be best
calculated TO accommodate the poor of said coun-
ty, with full power TO erect or cause to be E.
rected and constructed all such buildings and
Improvements as said commissioners may deem
necessary for The proper and comfortable nam
tenance and support oithe poor of said county,
Provided, That the consideration for The real es-
tate so purchased, together with the cost of e.
rectlng and constructing said buildings and im-
provements, shall not-exceed the amount real
ized on the property hereinbeiore authorized
to be sold, more than two thousand dollars.
SECTION 3. That IN the event of the con-
sIderatlon OF said purchase exceeding the pro-
-~ds uF tue SaIe IErrsInbeIOre
county commissioners OF said county, on notice
of the fact from the commissioners appointed
Dy this act, shall provide and pay over to said
last named commissioners the amount of said
excess.
SECTION 4. That the aforesaid sale and
purchase and erection of improvements, should
any be needed, shall be so conducted as that the
property purchased shall be ready for the use
and occupancy of the poor before they shall be
required to leave the premises now occupied by
them.
SECTION 5. That The said commissioners
shall proceed TO do and perform the several
matters and things herein authorized and di-
rected as soon after the passage Of this act as
practicable. and when the premises authorized 20
be purchased shall be ready for occupancy, the
directors OF the poor OF said county for the tune
being shall, on three monthS' mol ice from said
commissioners, deliver up possession of the
present poor house property to the purchaser
thereof, and remove the poor and all The per-
Sonal property belonging to the establishment
to the premises prepared for them by said COM
mISsIoners, and the said commissioners for
nominal consideration, shall thereupon convey
10 the said directors OF the poor or their success
sors in fee simple, all the right and title to the
real estate and apPurtenances so purchased by
them Aforesaid, and shall also transfer to said
directors all obligations and securities for mo-
1ey which they may then hold as commission
ers aforesaid.
Section 6. That all matters and things
whatsoever directed TO be done and performed
by said commissioners, by the provisions of this
act, may be zone and performed by majority
of the survivors of them in case of the death of
any of them, and the provisions of this act shall
be and remain full force for the term of three
years and no longer.
SECTION Z. That said commissioners shall
give joint and several judgment bond to the
county of Bedford, in the sum of ten thousand
dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance
OF their duties under this act, and the commits
sioners of said county are hereby authorized and
required'to enter satisfaction on said bond when
ever 10 their opinion the duties of said obIigors
shall have been satisfactorily done and peTfor-
med, and the commissioners hereby appointed
shall receive the sum of one dollar and Fifty
cents each per day for all time necessarily
spent in the discharge of their duties, to be paid
out of the county treasury on checks drawn by
the county commissioners for that purpose.
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