Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1868-03-04
AN ACT
RELATIVE TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A
LAW LIBRARY IN THE COUNTY OF coLUM.

RELATIVE TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A
LAW LIBRARY IN THE COUNTY OF coLUM'
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SEcrIoNl. Be IL enacted By tie Sesas.
and House Of Representation efM Com.
nson,osdlth ef Pnnsylvania, IN GepraI A.
.sa,bly met, and 4 Is hereby enacted Jyith.
authority Of the same:
That all fines, amercements and penalties,
imposed by the courts oil Columbia county,
aud all rccognizances declared forfeited by
said courts, which under existing lave orc
not payable 10 the .Oomm6uwealth Of Penn.
sylvanis for It's own use, are hereby directed
to be paid 10 the committee hereinafter
named, for the establishment and mainten.
snce Of law library. to be kept In the court
house Of said county for the use Of the court
and bar thereof Ptorided, however, that
the provisions Of this act shall not extend
to any moneys which, under existing laws,
are payable to the public school fund OF
funds for school purposes. And provided
further, That this act shall not be construed
to impair or affect any claim for costs or for
damages to which any person may under ex-
isting laws be entitled to, out Of such for.
feited recognizances for injuries sustained BY
such person, by the commission Of the crime
Of misdemcanor, on account Of which such
recognizance may have been given.
SEC. 2. The money thus arising shall be
expended from time to time, under the d.
rection of committee composed Of three
resident members Of the bar of said county,
to he appointed by the court OF common
pleas OF said county, at the next term i'm.
mediately after the passage Of this act !;
said committee to continue until the next
succeeding first day Of January, and the said
court shall annually at the last term Of said
court in each year, appoint said committee
to serve from the FIRST Of January then ensu-
ing, for one year or until their successors are
chosen. Rorided, That said court shall have
power to fill any vacancy which may occur
in said committee by reason Of death or 9TH
erwise.
SEC. 8. The said court shall from time
TO time adopt such rules and regulations as
may be necessary or expedient for the prop.
er use and preservation Of said library, and
shall require said committee annually at the
last term Of said court in each year as well
as at other times when it may be deemed
expedient, to present to the court detailed
account in writing Of their doings, showing
the condition Of the library, number of vol.
umes, aud such other information as may be
required, together with statement Of all
moneys received or expended by them du-
ring tho year, which report shall be inspect
ed by the court, aud remain open to excep-
tions until the first day of January then next
ensuing, after which If no exceptions are
filed the same shall be filed among the ar.
chives Of said library; and oil funds and
property belonging to said library in the
hands OF said committee shall be immedi.
ately handed over to their successors, which
duty may be enforced in case Of default by
attachment or otherwise as the court may
direct.
SEC. 4. The county commissioners Of
said county are required as soon as practical
bic to designate and fit up a room in the
court house of said county for said library,
from whence the books of said library shall
not be removed except by order Of the court
in term time, or in accordance with the rules
and regulations adopted a. above directed,
and the clerk Of the court Of quarter ses-
sions is required to prepare within ten days
after the close Of each term Of said court
two certified lists Of all recognizances for.
feited during said term, one Of which lists
lie shall deliver to the committee aforesaid
and HE ether to the district attorney of said
county, and it shall be the duty of said dis
trirt attorney to proceed forthwith to collect
the amounts thereof and pay the same to said
committee.
SEC. 5. All laws inconsistent herewith
be aud the same are hereby repealed.
Forty thousand persons are out of en-
ployment in Chicago. la
Near Boston there are thirteen blind
children. the descendants of one blind man
residing in that city. ..
1T is stated that the Connecticut Fe-
mans have AZ circles Of 5000 men, and 6OO
o. them are enrolled in the third regiment
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