Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-11-26
ARTICLE KILL

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SECTION !. No new county shall be established
which shall reduce any county TO less than foul
hundred square miles, or 10 less than twenty
thousand inhabltantsj nor shall any county bs
formed Of less area, or containing loss popuiS-
ton, nor shall any line thereof pass within teg
miles Of the county seat Of any county proposes
to be divided. -
ARTICLE XIV.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
SEcrfox I. County 1flcors shall oonslrt OF shcr-
oas, coroncrs, prothonotarics, registers Of Wills,
recorders of deeds, commissioners, treasure sur
vcyon, auditors, or controllers, clerks Of tho
courts, district attorneys, and such others as may
from tmo to tme bc established by laws and no
sheriff or treasurer shall be eligible for the tern
ncxt succeeding the ono for which he may b
| elected.
SEC. 2. County officers shall bo elected at tho
general elections, and shall hold their Offices for
the term Of three years, beginning on tho drst
Monday OF January next after their election, and
until their successors shall be duly qualified all
vacancies not otherwise provided for shall be filled
in such manner US may be provided by law.
SIC. 3. No person shall bc appointed to any
Office within any county who ghall not have boen
a citizen and m inhabitant therein ono ychr pcrt
before his appointment, II tho county shall have
been 30 long erected, but II II shall not have been
80 long erected, then within the limits of tho
county counties out Of which It shall have boon
taken. -r .f sssf.4 t.f .'fi.c
sro. 4. Proihonotarles, clerks Of the courts, ro-
corders Of dceds, registers Of Wills, county sur
veyors, and ghcrifs shall keep their Offices in tho
county town Of the county in which they rospca
lively shall bo officers. t
Sac. 5. The compensation of county officers
shall bo regulated by law, and all county officers
who arc or may be salarcd shall pay all fees which
thoy may be authorized 10 receive into the troasi
ury Of the county or State, MS may bo directed BY
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md nfty thousand Inhabitants all county officers
shall be paid by salary, and the salary of any such
officer and his clerks, heretofore paid by fees, sha.
not exceed the aggregate amount Of fees earned
during his term and collected by or for him.
sEc. 8. The General Assembly shall provide by
law for tho strict accountability Of all COUNTY,
township and borough officers, we'll for the foes
which may be collected by them as for all public
or municipal moneys which may be paid to them
Sac. 7. Three county commissioners and three
county auditors shall bo elected In each county
whore such officers arc chosen, in tho year ons
thousand eight hundred and sevonty-1ve, and
every third year thcroaier and in the election OF
said officers each qualified elcetor shall vote for
more than two persons, and the three persons
having the higos number Of votes shah be elected;
any casual vacancy in the Office Of county COM
missioner or county auditor shall be fllod by the
Court Of Common Pleas Of the county In which
such vacancy shall occur, By the appointment Of
an eloctor of the proper county who shall have
voted for the commissioner or auditor whose place
is 10 be filed.
ARTICLE XIV.
eiriBs AND cirY CHARTERS.
SECTION /. Cities may be chartered whenever
majority Of tho electors Of any town or borough
having population Of at least ten thousand shall
vote at any general election in favor Of the same
SHc. 2. No debt shall be contracted or liability
incurred by any municipal commission, except in
pursuance Of an appropriation previously made
therefor by the municipal government.
SEo. 3. Every city shall create sinking fund,
which shall be inyiolably pledged for tho payment
Of its funded debt.