made the tice for Potter coun. ty. The trustees CHAPTER XLV. An ACT establishing and confirming the place for holding the court of Justice in the county district of Potter. WHEREAS in conformity with the provisions contained in name the ninth section of the act, entitled "An act to erect parts of Lycoming, Huntingdon and Somerset counties into se. parate county districts," passed March sixth, one thousand eight hundred and four, Sampson Crawford, Hugh White, and Robert McClure, trustees appointed for the county district o Potter, have transmitted to the General Assembly proposals by them received from John Keating, in his own and on behalf of Richard Gernon and John S. Roulet, and it appears that the said John Keating, Richard Gernon, and John S. Roulet, have caused a town to be laid out at the forks of Allegheny river in the said county, on a ground plot of ninety acres of land, to be hereafter called and knowi by the name of Coudersport, two thirds whereof they have of fered to convey to the said trustees, exclusive of a square fo the erection of public buildings, and a square for the use of ar academy or public school, which are to be conveyed for the use of the said county, and have also offered to convey one hundred and fifty acres of land near the said town for the use and support of an academy or public school, and to pay to the said trustees the sum of five hundred dollars towards the expence of erecting a suitable building for such academy or public school and have executed and filed a bond in the office of the Secre tary of the commonwealth, for the faithful performance of their engagements above-mentioned, and it will be advantageous to the said county district to accept thereof: Therefore, SECTION I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa Coudersport tives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That seat of Jus the seat of Justice for the county district of Potter shall be, and the same hereby is established and confirmed at the town of Coudersport in the county of Potter, and it shall be the duty of the trustees of the said county district to demand and receive of said coun- from John Keating, Richard Gernon, and John S. Roulet, a sufty district to ficient deed or deeds in fee simple in trust to them for the use demand and of said county, two thirds of the town lots in the said town of receive from Coudersport free of any expence for surveying and laying out ing &c. deeds the same, and for two public squares in said town, one whereof in fee simple, shall be and is hereby for ever appropriated for the purpose of for the use of erecting thereon the public buildings for the use of the said county, and the other for the use of an academy or public thirds of the school in the said town, and also for one hundred and fifty acres John Keat the county, for two 150 acres of for the use of corded in re county. of land to be laid off in a regular plot from the tract of land on And also for which the said town is situate, to be selected and chosen by the land. said trustees, which shall be and is hereby for ever appropriated And five hunto the use of an academy or public school for said county, and dred dollars, also to demand and receive from the said John Keating the said public sum of five hundred dollars for the purpose of erecting a suita- school. ble building for the use of the said academy or public school, Deeds to be re or sufficient security for the payment thereof in a reasonable corder's office, time: And the said trustees shall procure the said deed or deeds of Lycoming to be recorded in the office for recording deeds in the county Trustees auof Lycoming; and the said trustees or a majority of them are thorized to dishereby authorized to sell and dispose of the lots aforesaid, in pose of the aforesaid lots, such manner as will be most for the benefit of the county, and and to execute to make and execute deeds to the purchasers, and the monies deeds therefor to the purcha. arising from such sales shall be by them held and reserved for sers. the use and benefit of Potter county, subject to the disposal of The monies athe commissioners of Potter county when the choosing or rising to be reelecting such com.missioners shall or may be authorized by law: use of Potter Provided always, That nothing in this act contained shall have county. any force or effect in law, unless John Keating, Richard Ger- Nothing in non, and John S. Roulet, shall first execute and deliver to the have effect till trustees aforesaid, such deed or deeds for the lots and lands the engage aforesaid, and fully perform all his engagements as aforesaid. SECT. II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, Keating, &c. are fulfilled. That the aforesaid trustees shall each receive one dollar and thirCompensation ty-three cents for every day they shall be employed in the per- to the Trustees formance of the duties of the aforesaid trust, which shall be for their servi paid by the treasurer of Lycoming county on orders from the commissioners of said county, out of the taxes levied in the tounty district of Potter. served for the this act to ments on the part of J. ces. When the missioners. Powers and SECT. III. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the trustees aforesaid, or a majority of them shall within six Trustees are to months from and after the courts of law and board of commis- surrender the trusts confidea sioners shall have been established and opened by law, in and for to them to the said county, surrender and convey to the said commissioners and county com their successors in office, in trust for the use of the county all the trust and trusts vested in them or a majority of them by this act, duties of the and the said commissioners of the county are hereby empower- commission ed and required to do and perform the several duties which remain to be done, and the said county commissioners shall have power, and it shall be their duty to call upon and if necessary compel the aforesaid trustees or either of them by suit, to settle their accounts and pay over to the treasurer of the county any monies which may remain in their hands or in the hands of either of them due to the county of Potter from the sale of the town lots aforesaid. I ets. A survey of the town &c. to be filed in the recorder's office of Lycoming coun ty, or Potter county, SECT. IV. And be it further enacted by the authority afores az That the said trustees shall as soon as may be, file a draught an return of the survey of the said town and one hundred and fin acres of land, together with their proceedings under and by vi tue of this act, in the office of the Recorder of deeds in and fo the county of Lycoming, or in the said office for the county Potter, if such office be then established by law. SIMON SNYDER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-the eleventh day of March, in the year of ou THOMAS McKEAN. House of emplayment, &c. to be erected, Five citizens to be elected, who are to fix on a site therefor. CHAPTER XLVI. An ACT to provide for the erection of a house for the employment an SECTION I. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa neral Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the sam SECT. II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid That the citizens of the said county of Franklin, shall at the ge neral election next ensuing the passing of this act, in the man ner prescribed for the election of members of the House o Representatives of this commonwealth, elect five reputable citi zens of the said county, whose duty it shall be on or before th first day of December next, to determine upon and fix the plac on which the said buildings shall be erected, and shall certif their proceedings therein under their hands and seals to th Clerk of the court of quarter sessions of the county of Frank Also three per. lin, to be filed in his office, and also elect three reputable citi zens of the said county in like manner to be directors of the poor and of the house of employment for the county of Frank lin, and the judges of election of the said county on receiving the returns from the several election districts, and having cas up the number of votes therein, shall within three days there after certify under their hands and seals the names of the per sons so elected to fix on a proper site for the said building, and the names of the directors so chosen to the clerk of the court of quarter sessions of the said county, who shall file the tizens and said certificate in his office, and forthwith give notice in writing sons to be directors of the poor, &c. Notice to be ziven to the mention of their elec meet and di three classes. respective to the said persons and directors of their being elected, and the to the director said directors shall meet at the court-house in the said county tions, respecon the first Monday in November next ensuing their election, tively. and divide themselves by lot into three classes, the place of the Directors to first to be vacated at the expiration of the first year, of the se- vide themcond at the expiration of the second year, and of the third at selves into the expiration of the third year, so that those who shall be when the chosen after the first election and in the mode above prescribed, terms of the may serve for three years, and one third to be chosen annually. classes are to SECT. III. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, end. That every director elected in manner aforesaid, or appointed as Directors chois directed by the twelfth section of this act, shall within ten days sen, to fill vaafter he is notified of such election or appointment, and before an oath of he enters on the duties of the office, take an oath or affirmation office. &c. which any justice of the peace of the said county is hereby authorized to administer, that he will discharge the office of director of the poor for the said county, truly, faithfully and impartially to the best of his knowledge and ability: And in case of neglect or refusal to take the oath or affirmation within the time aforesaid, he shall forfeit and pay the sum of twenty dollars for the use of the poor of the said county, which fine shall be recovered by the directors for the time being, as debts of equal amount are or shall be by law recoverable. cancies to take Its immuni ties & powers. SECT. IV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said directors shall for ever hereafter in name and in The directors incorporated. fact be one body politic and corporate in law to all intents and purposes, whatsoever relating to the poor of the said county of Franklin, and shall have perpetual succession, and may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded by the name, style and title of "The Directors of the Poor and of the House of Employment Style of the for the county of Franklin," and by that name may receive, corporation, take and hold any lands, tenements and hereditaments not exceeding the yearly value of five thousand dollars, and any goods and chattels whatsoever of the gift, alienation or bequest of any person or persons whomsoever, to purchase, take and hold any lands and tenements within their county in fee simple or otherwise, and erect suitable buildings thereon for the reception, use and accommodation of the poor of their respective townships, to provide all things necessary for the reception, lodging, maintenance and employment of the said poor, to appoint a treasurer May appoint a annually, who shall give bond with sufficient surety for the faith- Treasurer of ful discharge of the duties of his office, and that at the expira- tion; his quali tion thereof he will well and truly pay and deliver over to his fication. successor, all monies, bonds, notes, books, accounts and other papers to the said corporation belonging, which shall then be remaining in his hands, custody and possession, to employ and Employ stew. at pleasure remove a steward or stewards, matron or matrons, the corpora aids, &c. Bind out ap prentiées. physician or physicians, surgeon or surgeons, and all other ne cessary attendants for the said poor respectively, to bind out a apprentices, so that such apprenticeship may expire if males, a or before the age of twenty-one years, if females at or befor the age of eighteen, such poor children as shall come unde their notice, or as may now be bound apprentices by the over seers of the poor, and to exercise and enjoy all such other pow ers now vested in the overseers of the poor, as are not herein granted or supplied, and the said directors shall be empowered mon seal, &c. to use one common seal in all business relating to the said corporation, and the same at their pleasure to alter or renew. Use one com Estimate to be made of the expence of e SECT. V. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said directors as soon as may be, after their election and organization, as aforesaid, shall make an estimate of the probable expence of purchasing the lands, erecting the neces sary buildings, and furnishing the same, and maintaining the poor within the said county for one year; whereupon the counHow the same ty commissioners of the said county, shall, and they are hereby is to be raised, authorized and required to increase the county tax by one-fourth erecting the Directors to exhibit annu ally an estimate of the probable expences, for one year, &c. To render part of the sum necessary for the purposes aforesaid, and shall procure on loan on the credit of the taxes herein directed to be levied, the remaining three-fourths thereof, to be repaid in instalments with interest out of the county taxes: Provided always, That if such loan cannot be made, the whole amount of the sum necessary for the purposes aforesaid, or such part thereof as may be deemed proper, shall immediately be added to the county tax, to be paid by the county treasurer to the directors aforesaid, on orders drawn in their favour by the county commissioners, as the same may be found necessary. SECT. VI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the said directors, on or before the first day of November, in each and every year, to furnish the commissioners of said county with a statement of the probable expense of the said poor, and poor-house, for one year; the amount of which statement shall be assessed and collected with other county rates and levies, and paid by the county treasurer to the directors aforesaid, on orders drawn in their favour by the county commissioners, as the same may be found necessary; and an annual ac- the said directors shall at least once in every year, render an account of all the monies by them received and expended, to the ceived and ex- auditors appointed to audit and settle the county accounts, subject to the same penalties, rules and regulations, as are by law directed respecting the accounts of the county commissioners, and further duties shall also at least once in every year, lay before the court of quarter sessions, and grand jury of the said county, a list of the number, ages and sexes of the persons maintained and employed in the said house of employment, or supported or assisted by them elsewhere, and of the children by them bound out to appren count of the monies re pended by them; of the Trus tces. |