The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1878-01-26
The Poor House and Farm.

The following bill, introduced in the State
Legislature, by Hon. W. NJ. Rapsher, rela-
tive to the governing of Poor House, passed
a second reading on Wednesday last
SUPPLEMENT
To an act entitled Gan act to provide for the
erection of poor house and for the sup
port of the poor in the several counties of
this Commonwealth" approved May
eighth, one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-six.
SECTION !. Be ii enacted GV tic Senate and
House Of Representatives, the Commonwealth
Of PeanSyiudHid, IN the General assembly
met, and it is hereby enacted By the authority
Of the same: That in all cases where only a
part or portion of such county is desirous of
organizing and establishing poor house
under provisions of the said act of Assembly,
the overseers Of the poor of each township or
borough shall appoint one commissioner
from each township or borough, who shall
have full power to procure real estate and
perform the duties enjoincd upon the coun-
| ty commissioners as specified and set forth in
the first section of the said act Of the Gencr-
al Assembly.
SECTION 2. That in all cases where only
| four or more townships or boroughs desire to
establish and erect poor house, as proyid-
cd for in the seventeenth section of the said
act of Assembly, the county commissioners
shall have no power or jurisdiction in the
matter whatever, but the directors of The
| Home Of the Destitute of such consolidated
| poor district, after being duly elected accord
! ing to the provisions Of the second section OF
| the said act, shall have full power and au.
thority to manage govern and control the
| same, to levy and collect the necessary take
required to support and maintain such
| poor house, not exceed in any ono year ter
mills on the dollar of the assessed valuation
of the taxable property ofsucn poor district
the said directors shall also have power [,
negotiate loans for which they may pay in
terest not exceeding six per centum, if they
deem it necessary and eXpcdient to do 50, t,
put such poor house in suitable condition
said loan not to exceed three-fourths of tn,
amount necessary for the purchase of tn,
real estate and the erection of the necessary
buildings and improvements.
SECTION 8. In all cases where such poo
district does not embrace the whole of
county, under the provisions of the said ac.
it would not seem practicable that the coun
ty auditors should audit the accounts thereof
hence in such case a board of three auditor
shall be elected in such poor district to audi
anu examine the G"Gounts ot the SAID dlrec
tors of the Home FOR the Destitute, with tn
same powers and duties Gs county auditors
and to publish detailed statement thereo
in one or more newspapers in such district
if there be one published therein, ollerwis
in any newspaper published in the county
the expense to be paid by such poor district
and said election shall be conducted unde
the general election laws of the Common
IA in 1
tors shall meet at the poor house in such dis
trict on the first Monday of December follow
ing their election, and divide themselves b,
lot into three classes, the place of the first t
be vacated at the expiration of the first yeal
Of the second at the expiration of the secont
year, and of the third at the expiration @
the third year, and after the first election on
auditor shall be elected annually to serve 70
: three years.