purpose of erecting thereon a court house, jail and offices for the safe keeping of the records. Provided, The said lot or lots of ground shall be within the town of Gettysburg, in the said county, for defraying the expenses thereof the said commissioners shall assess and levy, in the manner directed by the act for raising county rates and levies, a sum not exceeding three thousand dollars

[Section VIII.] (Section VIII, P. L.) And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all arrearages of taxes now due, and which have been assessed within the county of York prior to the passing of this act, shall be collected by the proper officers and paid into the treasury of the said county of York, in the same manner as if this act had not passed. And the said county of Adams shall form a part of the district composed of the county of York for electing members of congress and senators of this commonwealth.

[Section IX.] (Section IX, P. L.) And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That until the next enumeration be taken, and the representation shall be fixed by law, the county of York as divided from the county of Adams herein and hereby erected, shall choose only four representatives to serve in the general assembly; and that the county of Adams hereby erected, shall, at the first general election to be holden for the said county on the second Tuesday of October next, choose two representatives to serve in general assembly, two fit persons for sheriffs, two fit persons for coroners, and three commissioners, in the same manner and under the same rules, regulations and penalties, as by the constitution and laws of this state is directed in respect to other counties; and the said representatives and other officers, when chosen as aforesaid and duly qualified, shall have and enjoy all and singular such powers, authorities and privileges in and for their county, as such officers elected in and for any other county in this state may, can or ought to have.

[Section X.] (Section X, P. L.) And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the governor be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint three commissioners, who, or any two of them, shall run and mark the dividing line between the said

county of York and the county of Adams, in the same manner as is before described in the first section of this act, which line, when so run and marked, shall be the boundary between the counties of York and Adams aforesaid; and that the said commissioners shall receive for their services at the rate of three dollars per day each, and no more, to be paid half by the county of York, and half by the county of Adams, by drafts from the commissioners of the respective counties on the treasurers of the same, which the said commissioners are hereby authorized and directed to grant.

[Section XI.] (Section XI, P. L.) And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the first court to be holden in and for the county of Adams, shall be opened and held on the second Monday in June next, and from and after the first Monday in June next, the courts of Dauphin county, which by law are to be opened and holden on the socond Mondays of March, June, September and December, shall be opened and held on the third Mondays of the said months.

[Section XII.] (Section XII, P. L.) And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Reverend Alexander Dobbin and David Moore, senior, of the said county of Adams be, and they are hereby appointed trustees for the said county of Adams, with full power for them, or the survivor of them, to take, as well all such assurances as have been offered and made to them, as trustees of the said county hereby erected, as those which may hereafter be offered by any person or persons for the payment of money, or the conveyance or transfer of any property in trust, and for the use of erecting public buildings in the town of Gettysburg, in the [said] county of Adams, and other county purposes, and to recover and enforce the same by any lawful ways and means, in trust and for the use aforesaid, and to account for the same with the commissioners of the said county for the time being.

Passed January 22, 1800. Recorded L. B. No. 7, p. 79. Supplement passed March 15, 1800, Chapter 2140.

CHAPTER MMXCVIII.

AN ACT TRANSFERRING THE POWERS OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE COUNTY OF GREENE TO THE COMMISSIONERS OF SAID COUNTY.

Whereas, by an act, entitled, "An act to erect part of Washington county into a separate county," five trustees were appointed, authorized and directed, among other duties, to build and erect a court house and prison, suitable and convenient for the county of Greene, which buildings being now nearly completed, the inhabitants of said county, for lessening their public expense, have prayed the legislature to transfer the powers of the said trustees to the commissioners of the county aforesaid. Therefore:

[Section I.] (Section I, P. L.) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That, from and after the passing of this act, the authority, power and duties of the trustees of the county of Greene, shall cease, determine and end, and the commissioners of said county, or a majority of them, shall have full power and authority, and are hereby authorized and directed, to complete the said court house and prison, to comply with the contracts heretofore legally made by the said trustees, under the said recited act, and to make, do or execute any other act or thing necessary for completing the said court house and prison, as far as the same powers and duties were heretofore vested in the said trustees, by virtue of the act aforesaid.

[Section II.] (Section II, P. L.) And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That as soon as the said trustees have rendered a true and complete settlement of their accounts to the auditors of the county of Greene, as by the said recited act is directed, and have paid over to the treasurer of said county any

1Passed February 9, 1796, Chapter 1870.

surplus money which may be in their hands belonging to the county aforesaid, if the sums of money heretofore assessed and raised are insufficient to complete the court house and prison, and build the offices for the safe keeping the records of the said county, it shall and may be lawful for the commissioners of the said county, and they are hereby authorized and directed to assess, levy and collect such further sum or sums of money, not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars, on the county aforesaid, as they, or a majority of them, may think expedient, to be raised for completing the public building aforesaid, in the same manner as county rates and levies are directed to be levied and collected. Provided always, That not more than seven hundred and fifty dollars of the aforesaid sum shall be collected within the space of any one year.

Passed January 28, 1800. Recorded L. B. No. 7, p. 83.

CHAPTER MMXCIX.

AN ACT TO PROLONG THE TIME FOR COMMENCING AND COMPLETING THE PERMANENT BRIDGE PROPOSED TO BE ERECTED OVER THE RIVER SCHUYLKILL, AT OR NEAR PHILADELPHIA.

Whereas "the president, directors and company for erecting a permanent bridge over the river Schuylkill, at or near Philadelphia," have been hitherto unable to obtain a sufficient number of subscriptions to the stock of that company, to encourage them to begin the useful undertaking for which they were incorporated, and it being proper that farther time should be allowed for the commencement and completion of a work so necessary and beneficial to the public:

[Section I.] (Section I, P. L.) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That a farther time of two years, from and after the twenty-seventh day of April next, be, and the same

is hereby, granted to the company incorporated on the twentyseventh day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight, by the name and style of "The President, Directors and Company for erecting a permanent bridge over the river Schuylkill," to commence, and the term of five years from and after the passing of this act, to complete the erection of the said bridge; and if the said company shall not proceed to carry on the said work within the said term of two years, and complete the same within the said term of five years, in this act granted and mentioned, it shall and may be lawful for the legis lature of this commonwealth to resume all and singular the rights, liberties and privileges granted to the said company by virtue of an act, entitled, "An act to authorize the governor of this commonwealth to incorporate a company for erecting a permanent bridge over the river Schuylkill, at or near the city of Philadelphia.”1

Passed February 1, 1800. Recorded L. B. No. 7, p. 85, etc.

CHAPTER MMC.

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE GOVERNOR TO SUBSCRIBE FOR A CERTAIN NUMBER OF COPIES OF AN ABRIDGMENT OF THE LAWS OF THIS COMMONWEALTH.

[Section I.] (Section I, P. L.) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the governor of this commonwealth be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to subscribe for one thousand copies of an abridgment of the laws of Pennsylvania, proposed to be published by Collinson Read, at the rate of four dollars for each copy, to be neatly and correctly printed in one volume octavo, well bound and lettered; and that the said

1Passed March 16, 1798, Chapter 1974.