Penalty for ne glect of duty. Powers of directors. Treasurer. within the time aforesaid, and perform the duties aforesaid, he shall forfeit and pay the sum of ten dollars for the use of the poor of said county, which fine shall be recovered by the directors, for the time being, as debts of same amount are or shall be by law recoverable; and the directors qualified as aforesaid are hereby authorized to administer oaths or affirmations in any case where it shall be necessary in relation to the duties of their said office. SECTION 3. That the said directors and their successors shall forever hereafter, in the name and in fact, be one body politic and corporate in law, to all intents and purposes whatsoever, relative to the poor of the county of Bradford, 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 for the county of Bradford, and by that name shall and may receive, take and hold any lands, tenements and hereditaments, not exceeding the yearly value of ten thousand dollars, and any goods and chattels whatsoever of the gift, alienation or bequest of any person or persons whatsoever; to purchase, take and hold any lands and tenements within their county, in fee simple or otherwise, and erect thereon suitable buildings for the reception, use and accommodation of the poor of said county; to provide all things necessary for the reception, lodging, maintenance and employ ment of said poor; to appoint a treasurer annually, who shall give bond, with sufficient surety, for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office, and at the expiration thereof that he will well and truly pay, and deliver over to his successor in office, all moneys, bonds, notes, books, accounts and other papers, to the said corporation belonging, which shall then be remaining in his hands, custody and possession; and the said directors shall employ, and at pleasure remove, a steward or stewards, and require of him or them an oath or affirmation, and such security for the faithful performance of his or their duties, as the board of directors shall deem expedient, and to Matrons, physi- appoint a matron or matrons, physician or physicians, surgeon or surgeons, and all other attendants that may be necessary for the said poor respectively, and at pleasure remove; and to bind out, as apprentices, so that such apprenticeship may expire, if males, at or before the age of twenty-one years, and if females, at or before the age of eighteen years: Provided, That no child shall be bound out for a longer time than until he arrives at the age of eighteen years, unless he be bound out to a trade other than a farmer: And provided, That in all cases the person to whom they are bound be required to give the child at least three months schooling in each year: Provided also, That no child shall be bound without the limits of the state, or at a greater distance than fifty miles from the poor house; and the said directors shall exercise and enjoy all such other powers now vested in the overseers of the poor, as are not herein granted or sup plied; and the said directors are hereby empowered to use one common seal in all business relating to the said corporation, and the same at their pleasure to alter and renew. Stewards. cians, &c. Apprentices. Proviso. Proviso. Previso. Directors to furnish estimate of expenses. SECTION 4. That the said directors shall, on or before the first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, furnish to the county commissioners an estimate of the probable expense of purchasing the lands, erecting the buildings and furnishing the same, and maintaining the poor for one year; whereupon said commissioners shall and they are hereby au thorized to increase the county tax by one-fourth of the sum Increase of counnecessary for the purpose aforesaid, and shall procure, on loan ty tax. or credit of the taxes herein directed to be levied, the remaining Loan authorized. three-fourths thereof, to be paid in instalments, with interest, out of the county taxes: Provided always, That if such loan Proviso. SECTION 5. That it shall be the duty of the said directors, on Duties of direcor before the first day of November in each and every year, to tors. furnish the commissioners of said county with an estimate of the probable expense of the poor and poor house, for one year; and it shall be the duty of said commissioners to assess and cause to be collected the amount of said estimate, which shall be paid to said directors by the county treasurer, on warrants drawn in their favor by the county commissioners, as the same may be found necessary; and the said directors shall at least once in every year render an account of all moneys by them received and expended, to the 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 shall at least once in every year lay before the court of quarter sessions and grand jury of 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, or apprenticed as aforesaid, with names of their masters or mistresses, and their trade, occupation or calling, and shall at all times, when thereunto required, submit to the inspection and free examination of such visitors as shall from time to time be appointed by the court of quarter sessions of the said county, all their books and accounts, together with rents, interests and moneys payable and receivable by said corporation, and also an account of all sales, purchases, donations, devises and bequests as shall have been made by them or to them. poor when build. SECTION 6. That as soon as the said buildings shall be ereeted Notices to be sent and all necessary accommodations provided therein, notices shall to overseers of be sent signed by any two of the said directors, to the over- ings are compleseers of the poor of the several townships and boroughs of said ted. county of Bradford, requiring them forthwith to bring the poor of their respective townships and boroughs to the said house of employment; which order the said overseers are hereby en- Duty of overseers joined and required to comply with, or otherwise to forfeit the costs of all future maintenance, except in cases where sickness Proceedings in or any other sufficient cause any poor person cannot be removed, cases where the in which case the said overseers shall represent the same to the poor cannot be nearest justice of the peace, who being satisfied of truth thereof, removed. Directors to re shall certify the same to the said directors, and the same time issue an order under his hand and seal, to the said overseers, directing them to maintain such poor until such time as he or she may be in a situation to be removed, and then convey the said pauper and deliver him or her to the steward or keeper of the said house of employment, together with the said order; and the charge and expense of such temporary relief and of such removal, shall be paid by said directors, at a reasonable allow ance. SECTION 7. That the said directors shall, from time to time, ceive poor per receive, provide for and employ, according to the true intent sons upon order and meaning of this act, all such poor and indigent persons as or warrant. shall be entitled to relief, or as shall have gained a legal settlement in the said county of Bradford, and shall be sent there by an order or warrant for that purpose, under the hands and seals of any two justices of the peace, directed to any constable of the said county of Bradford, or to the overseers of the proper township in any other county of this commonwealth; and the said directors are hereby authorized, when they shall deem it proper and convenient to do so, to permit any poor person or persons to be maintained elsewhere: Provided, That the expense of their maintenance does not in any case exceed that for which they could be maintained at the poor house of the said county of Bradford. Proviso. Authorized to SECTION 8. That the said directors or any two of them, who make rules, &c. shall be a quorum in all cases to do business, shall have full power to make and ordain all such ordinances, rules and regulations as they shall think proper, convenient and necessary for the direction, government and support of the poor and house of employment aforesaid, and of the revenues thereto belonging, and of all such persons as shall come under their cognizance: Provided, That the same be not repugnant to this law or any of the other laws of this state or of the United States: And provided also, That the same shall not have any force or effect until they shall have been submitted to the court of common pleas, for the time being, of the county of Bradford, and shall have received the approbation of the same. Proviso. Proviso. Directors to meet monthly. Compensation of directors. Vacancies. SECTION 9. That a quorum of said directors shall and they are hereby enjoined and required to meet at the said house of employment at least once in every month, and visit the apartments and see that the poor are comfortably supported, and hear all complaints and redress or cause to be redressed all grievances that may happen by neglect or misconduct of any person or persons in their employment or otherwise. SECTION 10. That the said directors shall each of them receive for their services annually the sum of forty dollars, to defray the expenses of their necessary attendance on the duties of their office. SECTION 11. That in case any vacancy or vacancies should happen by death, resignation, removal out of the county or otherwise, the remaining directors or director, together with the court of quarter sessions of the said county, shall appoint a suitable citizen or citizens to fill such vacancy or vacancies until the next general election, when a director or directors shall be elected for the unexpired term of said vacancy or vacancies. SECTION 12. That the commissioners of the said county of Pay of commis Bradford are hereby directed to pay to each of the commision- sioners appointers named in the first section of this act, the sum of one dollar ed under this act. per day for each and every day he shall necessarily spend in performing the duties prescribed by the first section of this act; to directors. and also, to pay each of the directors a reasonable compensation Additional pay for their services during the term they are employed in erecting any building or buildings aforesaid: Provided, That the same Proviso. shall not, including the annual sum allowed them by this act, exceed fifty dollars for any one year. effect to have SECTION 13. That all claims and demands in relation to the Claims existing poor in the aforesaid county existing at the time of this act be- at the time this ing carried into effect, shall have full force and effect as if this act carried into act had not been passed; and when the same shall have been full force. duly adjusted and settled, all moneys remaining in the hands of the overseers, as well as the uncollected taxes levied for the Overseers to pay support of the poor in the said townships and boroughs in the over balances, said county of Bradford, shall be paid over to the commission- sioners of highers of the highways of the respective townships and boroughs, ways. to be by them applied towards repairing the roads therein. SECTION 14. That so much of the laws of this commonwealth relating to the poor, as are by this act altered or supplied, be and the same are hereby repealed, so far as they affect the county of Bradford. &c, to commis Repeal. SECTION 15. That the sheriff of said county shall in due time Sheriff to notify notify the said commissioners of their appointment, and when commissioners of and where they shall meet for entering upon the duties assigned appointment and them by this act, which place of meeting shall be as near the centre of the county as possible. meeting. poor house. SECTION 16. That for the purpose of ascertaining the sense Vote to be taken of the citizens of Bradford county as to the expediency of erect- upon the question of erecting ing a house for the employment and support of the poor, it shall be the duty of each of the inspectors for the several townships and boroughs, at the next general election, to receive tickets, either written or printed, from the qualified voters thereof, labelled on the outside "poor house," and on the inside "for a poor house" or "against a poor house;" and if it shall appear, on casting up the votes of the different districts at the court house on the same day that the other returns are made out, that a majority of those who voted are for a poor house, then the foregoing act is to take effect; but if a majority of the votes are found to be against a poor house, the foregoing act to be and the same is hereby null and void. this act in newspapers. SECTION 17. That the sheriff of Bradford county shall cause Sheriff to publish this act to be published in two weekly newspapers in said county, at least six weeks previous to the next general election, the expenses of which to be paid out of the county treasury. ⚫ ELISHA W. DAVIS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN P. PENNEY, Speaker of the Senate pro tem. APPROVED-The first day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. A. G. CURTIN. Repeal of a certain section rela tive to coroners. Coroner of North ampton county may appoint deputies. No. 518. AN ACT Relative to the office of Coroner of Northampton county. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen tatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the fifteenth section of an act relating to the election of county treasurers, and for other purposes, approved twenty-seventh May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and forty-one, relating to coroners, be and the same is hereby repealed so far as the same relates to the county of Northampton. SECTION 2. That it shall be lawful for the coroner of Northampton county hereafter to appoint deputies in such sections of Northampton county as he may deem necessary. E. PENN SMITH, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem. JOHN P. PENNEY, Speaker of the Senate pro tem. APPROVED-The first day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. A. G. CURTIN. No. 519. AN ACT Supplementary to an act to incorporate the borough of New Columbus, in the county of Luzerne, approved the eleventh day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine. SECTION 1. 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 passage of this supplement, the boundaries of the borough of New Columbus, in the county of Luzerne, be and they are hereby altered as follows, to wit: Beginning at a stone corner at the south-west corner of said borough, on the county line between Luzerne and Columbia counties, being a corner dividing lot number one on the south from lot number nineteen on the north; thence southerly along the said line dividing Luzerne from Columbia county sixty-five perches to a |