Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-06-14
The following bill passed thu

Ihe following Oil poS5cu IIe
Senate and Legislature and is now
q law.
This was accomplished through
the efforts OF Hon. B. w. Jennings
and was the only bill that Worth
made any promises to support, pre-
vious to his election. The people of
Davidson township were very much
interested in the bill and are more
than pleased with the result:
An Act.
To amend the first and fourth sections of
an act entitled IAN act to erect an inde.
pendent school district from portions of
the townships OF Davidson, Sullivan Co..
and Penn and Franklin townships Ly-
coming county" approved the twenty
seventh day OF April, Ammo Domini one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-four.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the
Senate and House of Representatives
of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl-
vania in General Assembly met and
it is hereby enacted by the authority
of the same, that the first secLion OF
an act entitled "An act to erect an
independent school district from
portions of the township Of David-
son Sullivan county, and Penn and
Franklin townships Lycoming Co..
approved the 9th day Of April
Anno Donsini 1864 which reads as
follows:
"SECTIoN l. That the real estate
now owned or occupied by John
Strawbridge, II. g. Phillips, Rebecca
Phillips, Clark Il. Phillips, James
Biggers, Jacob Buck, George W.
Phillips, Robert NJ. Biggers and
Solomon Swank of the township OF
Davidson in the County of Sullivan
and Joseph Converse and James
M'Clemons of the township OF
Franklin Lycoming county and Jas
Heller, William George. A. c. Walter,
Anna Sanders, John II. Welsh and
Robert G.. Richart of Penn township
Lycoming county be and hereby is
erected into separate and indepen-
dent school district to be called the
North Mountain school district with
all the rights and privileges that
other school districts now or may
hereafter be entitled to, under the
school laws of this Commonwealth
and that the qualified voters embrac-
ed within the boundaries of said dis
trict shall on the first Saturday of
Nav Anno Donaimi 1854 at the
school house in said district elect
three school directors one to serve
one year, one to serve two years
and one to serve three years and
annually thereafter on the first Sat
urday of May, an election shall be
held to elect one school director for
said district to serve for three years
and that G.. w. Phillips be and is
hereby authorized to act as judge
and James Heller and Joseph Con-
verse inspectors to hold and conduct
the election on the first Saturday of
May Ammo Donimi 1864, which
election shall be held and conducted
as other election for townships offs
GERS are conducted and at said cleo
tion the said qualified voters shall
also elect one judge and two inspec-
tors for the next ensuing election,
and each and every year thereafter
said qualified voters shall elect a
judge and two inspectors of said
election for said school district" to
be amended so as to read as follows:
SECTION l. That the real estate
now owned or occupied by Joseph
Converse and James M'Clemons of
the township of Franklin, Lycoming
county and James Heller, William
George, H. G. Walter, Anna Sanders,
John II. Welsh, and Robert G.. Rich
art Of Penn township Lycoming Co,
be and hereby is erected into
and independent school
district to be called the North Noun.
tain school district with all the rights
and privileges that other school dis
tricts now or may hereafter be en-
titled to under the school laws of
this Commonwealth and that the
qualified voters embraced within the
of said district shall on
the first Saturday of May Anmo
.Domini 1864, at the school house in
said district elect three school direc-
tors one to serve for one year, one
to serve two years and one to serve
three years and annually thereafter
on the first Saturday of May an
election shall be held to elect one
school director for said district to
serve three years and that G. ".
Phillips be and is hereby authorized