Lewisburg Chronicle & West Branch Farmer March 15, 1855.
Facts! Facts!
UNDENIABLE PROOFS !
It i the constant cry of New Berlin
and of aome citizens who take mere asscr
tioa ai truth, without investigating it
(bat a Division of Union county would
impose a burden upon each section of 820
to $50,000 for County Buildings, and that
all would have to le paid by Taxation
that the annual cost of maintaining each
ouaty would ho as great as the trWe now
is and that in caso of Division the people
wonld in a few years le "more clamorous
te be set back, than they now are to be
separated."
Nt a word of proof is offered of any
of these assertions no facts, demonotrat
cd by the expericuco of other counties.
Although it is not our duty in such a
controversy to prove a negative, still we
have been at some pains so to da. We
wrote copies of the following interrogato
ries, to gentlemen in the new counties of
Wyoming, Carbon, Juniata, Montour, ic.,
and have received the replies which are
berets annexed. StjJAnd we deem it
proper here to state, that we had no prior
knowledge of the views of the gentlemen
addressed ; we gave no pm-ate opinion
wish, or intimation, respecting the subject
matter; and we give all the replica, with
cat mutilation, addition, alteration, or
suppression. Each writer, as we believe,
gives his opinion as he would under oath ;
and we have every confidence in their in
tegrity and intelligence. We first submit
ted them, last Fall co attempt has been
made to confute them, or to show other
New Counties which would give evidence
of a different character. We now republish
hem for general information and we ak
very caudil, honest, sensible reader, if
uch men arc net much more deserving of
belief than the mere s ty so of personally
interested or entirely uninformed men !
IntrrrosraiorirM.
i,nvrisarnii. Aug , 1S51.
Dim fiia : Will vnii obliee me l.y ans
wering, to the best of your knowledge, the
following inquiries :
1. What wmj the cost of your County
BuiMing!, when first adapted to use? are they
sufficient for the wants of the County 1 and
were they erected ty taxation !
S. Are the taxes of eonnty percep
tibly hisheT.in proportion to the propeitr.lhsn
they were say ten years previous to the di
vision !
8. Is there any general inclination to have
and counties re united, as they
were before Ihe Division !
4. Have or have not the peneral interests
of Ihe people of the two counties socially,
morally, and pecuniarily been benefited by
the division !
The substance of yotirTrpliri I desire for
publication, with your permission.
Kespectfullv Ac.
' O. X. WOKDEN.
Replies.
wyomiag cui wty.
KaTn. Aii. 11, 1R',1.
t)tia Siu. I received yours f the 7th. and
take pleasure in answering your questions
according to the best information I have upon
the subjects of inquiry :
I. The cost of our C ounty Duildines.when
first occupied, was about $1.U0. (four thru
sand five hundred dollars.) paid principally
by subscriptions. They have been sunVip nt
for all useful purposes ; there has been some
complaint about the Jail.but it is well enough
when well attended.
a The Taies of Wyoming county, are
higher than when set off from l.nrerne ; the
ratio of taxation has advanced from 5 to s
mills on the dollar.
3. I know of no desire in the people of
Wyoming to be re-annexed to Luzerne ; they
would as soon think of being re-annexed to
Great Britain.
4. The people of Wyoming have undoubt
edly been benefited by the teparation. It has
infused eaerey, and concentrated artion, awa
kened an independent spirit of inquiry and
improvement, both pecuniary and moral,
jrrestpr than would have been, had they re.
mained frontier townships of Lnzerne.
Luzerne, I think, has lost noihing by the
change ; it relieved her somewhat of an over
bnrtben of legal business, which is said to be
atill ton great.
I believe I have answered jnur questions
in brief.which you can use as to you may
Stem proper.
And believe me yonrs sincerely.
JESSE HARDING.
: Mr. O. N. Woitn.
BEMARK9.
Wyoming eonnty was formed about ten
yean ago, with less than ten thousand in
habitants ; and its Valuation, even now,
is under One Million of Dollar. Its
Court II owe and Offices are in one build
ing, commodious,and even elegant; its Jail
is of brick, with a stone foundation, and
tone yard upon one side. The division
has proved beneficial in every respect, for
its Inorease of taxes, three mii'lt on the dol
lar, is made np by gains in other reppects,
thrice over. iSrEach portion cf Union
eonnty, if divided, would be near double
the population of Wyoming, when orga
nised : and each would contain tiirf.k
times the amount of taxable property.
Wyoming has no regrets for her separa
tion, small as she is in wealth and num
bers. Our correspondent is a respectable
and intelligent Farmer and Justice of the
Peace, no way interested in the County
Seat.
c.WBoy covyTY.
Macca Cbck, Aug. 15, 1R54.
Pm Sin. As I came to the county of Car
bon soon afier its separation from Northamp
ton, I thought it proper, before answering your
inquiries, to m limit them to older residents,
and those having held othces, b"th before and
since the Division. Having consulted the
present .""herilT, I'rothonoiary, Register, and
others, I now reply according to the best infor
mation I can obtain. '
I. When the county of Carbon was set off
from Northampton (1843,) the Lehigh Compa- ,
ny fave a large stone stoie. in thia Borough,
With the land, free ; the cot of fittitiK it up it
a Court lionse, building a County Jail, fee., I
have not been able to asccruin. This was
lcttroyetl by fire in 1819, and a new Court
II one. Jail, Jail Van!, Jailor's House, and
'otinty Oilices, erected on the same site, com
pleted in 1851, at a cost of about $18,000. The
pne hare all been paid bv Tax, except I
think lh Lecitlatnre exonerated Ihe County of
her qnnta of State Tar one rear, on account of
Ihe drnrtire Fire. They are entirely "sulli
r.ient for the wants of the countv," and will be
for yearn to 0101.
2. The County Tare 11 re now 2 mills on
Vie dollar about the jame Ihey were genrral
ly leioK the D;ision; but while the people
were paying for the Court House, they were as
high as five mills. The County Buildings are
now paid for a Uridce costing $0,000, built
last year, is also paid for and the laat debt of
any magnitude against the County, (except one
for closing up an odious Turnpike, now in
law.) will be paid, I am informed, this week.
3. There is no desire to be set back to
Northampton ; such a proposition would not
receive the approval of one in a hundred. Nor
is there any wish, in Northampton, lo have it
so.
4. The eeneral interests of the two coun
ties socially, morally, and politically, have
been benefited by the separation this is the
uniform testimony of all I have consulted on
the subject. S. H. TAVLOK.
Mr. O. N. Wonm.
REMARKS.
The writer of the above is a Vermonter,
owns a farm in Susquehanna county, bnt
works at his trade (printing) in Maueh
Chunk. Carbon and Northampton have
a mountain barrier between them, broken
by the valley of the Lehigh. During the
ten years of its nidi peuilcnt existence, the
new county cf Carbon Las about doubled
in wealth and population, but its entire
Valuation is even now less than half that
of Union. Yet that people Lave expended
for County Buildings, 20,000, by direct
Taxation, and are perfectly satisfied that
ihey are benefited by the outlay. And
why ? Because .Maueh Chunk is a business
center, and the saving of Time" Time is
Money'' is equal to 20 pr ct. interest on
the cupitul invested in buildings, &e.
(The plan for dividing Union county is
more favorable to the Tax-Payers, for it
contemplates having County Seats on the
avenues of trade and travel, and that too
without any expense to the people except
in the way of voluntary contributions.)
JVMATA COVA'TY.
Jt-sivra Co., Aug. 30, '54.
Pf.au Pm Some time since I received a
letter of inquiry from you, to which 1 answer
as follows :
1. The cost of Court House, Offices, Jail,
and Jail wall for this county.was about $10,.
Mifl. They were erected by Taxatioii.entirely.
1 he Court KMiiB is not large, lint answers
cur purpose very well, and will do for time
to come, H nidation does not increase.
'i. The Taxes of Juniata county were in.
creasen about one-ioiirtn, lor three or lour
years after the Division. The percentage on
the assessment was then reduced to about
what we had been paying before Division.and
for the last fifteen years the per centage on
the assessed property has been lower than it
was for the same period belore the Division.
3. There never has been amongst us a
desire to be set back to or connected with
Mifflin county.
4. The ceueral interests of the people of
the counties or, at least, of Juniata have as
I think been promoted in every way by the
Division. Previously, we had about eiht
weeks of Court in Mifflin per year. Parties
with their witnesses would have to attend,
Term after Term, often for years, before they
could get their suits tried, and it .was seldom
that a cause could be tried the year after it
was entered. In many cases, poor men or
smsll capitalists, rather than bear the expense
of going from below the Narrows with their
witnesses year after year, suffered losses and
impositions tor Justice would have cost
more than it was worth in money. Wc in
Juniata now have but three regular Terms of
Court a year, and one Orphan s Court, and
our Courts have not averaged more than four
days each Term, (four Terms a year.) for the
last fifteen years ; and it is seldom that a suit
is on our ducket, undisposed of, one year,
where the parties push them on fur trial, and
the expenses to the litigants are reduced one
half. Hefore the Division, we had but few
County Bridges ; now we can have them all
through our county, and pass over the creeks
on county bridges built by taxation.
We had about twenty years' struggling for
our separation before we accomplished it ;
the last ten years of that time, every measure
was resorted to in the election of our Legis
lative officer"!, by one portion to get, and by
the other to stop. Division.
These statements are correct to the best of
my rccollcctien and knowledge.
Truly yours, Ac.
Mr. O. N. Womiwr. JOHN BEAI.E.
The above is from an aged and highly
respected citizen of Juniata, formerly an
Associate Judge, and also Sheriff of the
county, and recently the Representative of
Union and Juniata in the Legislature.
. HUATUVR COV.XTY.
"Democrat" Oflirt,
PixyiLLr., Aug.SC, 18."t. $
O.N. AVorden, Esq. L'carSir: In answer
to your inquiries relative to the Division of
Columbia county, the cost of puluic buildings,
expenses of sustaining a separate county
organization, &.C., I will give you all the
information in my power.
The public buildings belonging to Columbia
eonnty, consisting of Court House, Jail, &c
at the time the seat of justice was removed
from Danville to liloomsnurg, were sold at
( ttblic anetion, and purchased for the use of
the Rorrnrh. at a very low price, viz : about
!,i;iil. These buildings, upon the organiza.
Hon of the enmity of Monlotir, were repaired
ami li:iei up, hy the iiorotigh oi Danville, at a
cost of some s,iH)0. besides the original pur
chase money, and conveyed to the County,
free of any charge to the county. These build
ings are sufficient for the wants of our countv,
The taxes of that portion of Columbia coun
ty now comprising Montour, have been less,
since the organization, than ihe average rates
for the ten years preceding lhat event. My
own recollection is, that every year during the
ten years preceding the organization of Mon
tour county, the countv rates were higher than
thev have been anv one year in Montour eonn
ty, smee its erection. I of rourse speak with
out reference to the tax books, but am certain
that the county taxes have been less since the
separate organization,than the average for the
ten years preceding.
There is no desire on the part of any con
siderable portion of our people to be re-annexed
to Columbia eonnty. Oo the contrary, all
are well satisfied with the sparation,and would
resist re annexation with as much earnestness
as they ever fought against the removal of the
seat of justice. Some of the same persons,
who from personal and political considerations
always favored the Bloomsburg interest lhat
interest in the whole of old Columbia beingthe
predominant one still, for the same reasons,
adhere to Bloomsburg; but the mass are not
miih them.
As to the fonrth qnestion, Iran only answer
that the general interests of Montour county
have certainly not been injured by the division,
and I do not believe that the general interests
of Columbia have suffered any. Socially, the
peonl of the two Counties have been benefit-
A tl,v. ...... I 1 n. . n . f r l .
hrteen the two. now. than exiMed for veari
before. Pecuniarily, as I said before, I think
neither has been injured Montour certainly
benefited. Morally, perhaps, the only effect
lhat can be attributed directly lo division or
ihe organization of the new eonnty. is, the
moral influence which results from the facility
aiiornfd ior panisiun mau ouences. 1 he
dread of the prison and the Conrt may, and
doubtless does, exert an influence in the
Borough of Danville, as many of the smaller
oiTrnce would po unpunished, if the eipense
and trouble of prosecntion were mnch increas
ed by distance. Very rrp'llv, Yonrs cVc.
CHARLES COOK.
Mr. Cook is Editor of the Democrat,
and resided in the county several jean
prior to ita erection. His testimony is
confirmed by that of Col. Bkst, of the
Intelligencer, who stated in an Editorial of
nearly the same date
"The Court terminated on Tuesday eve
ning, on which day all the Jurors were
discharged. The County Treasurer, Col.
Deen,wat present,with ample funds to cash
all couuty orders. Our affairs, in the
hands of the present Commissioners, are
well managed ; and, altogether, Montour
county is prospering, although it docs not
afford much law busiuess, or require pro
tracted sessions of the Court."
COLVMBIA COVA'TY.
Bloomsbubo, July IS, 1851.
Mr. Sanest Shhikib
I)ea Si In answer to yours of the SCtli,
I have collected the following statistics :
The cost of our Court House was $8,217 21
The cost of the Jail was 3,690 (10
Total, exclusive of building lots 11,907 St
Of this sum, $2,500 was paid by the County,
antt the balance by the citizens in voluntary
subscriptions.
The following is the rate of County Tax
assessed since 18J0, in Columbia:
14' 30 cts. on the 100 valuation.
111 10 -142
25 - -
1S43 20 " -
1844 20 " " "
1845 10 l' County deeply in debt dune fr political
ut I,,-? ellictto Meat Keiuotal, Mid re-atUd
very severely.
1S47 25 Keinoval took place.
184825 cts. on the $100 valuation.
1840 30 " " -
1850 30 Division effected.
1851 30 cts. on the loo valuation
1852 25 " "
1S53 SO
lli54 20 - -
You will observe our tax is much Ihe same
as before. I remain very truly vours.
K. W. WEAVER.
REMARKS.
Mr. Weaver is a respectable Lawyer,
Editor ef the Star of lite Xorth, and Su
perintendent of Common Schools for Co
lumbia county.
CL1ATOX COVA'TY.
Imck Haves, Nept.21, 1851.
H.C. Hickok, Esq. Dear Sir: I have re
ceived your letter propounding certain ques
tions, as follows, and you will find my answer
appended lo each:
1st. "What was the cost of your (Clinton)
County buildings when finished for use t Are
they sufficient for the wants of the county, and
were they erected by taxation !"
K'ply. The cost of the Court House and
Jail amounted to about $20,000. They are
sufficient for the wants of the county, both
Court House and Jail being spacious and con
veniently arranged. These buildings were
erected by taxation.
2. "Are the taxes of Clinton county per
ceptibly higher, in proportion to the property
than they were, say ten years previous to the
division V
Kcply. The taxes were never very high in
this county for county purposes, and I do not
think ihey were at any time higher than in the
old counties of Lycoming and Centre, from
which Clinton was erected. The county was
organized in the fall of 18:9. Our county tax
is sow (1854) 2 J mills to the dollar of valua
tion. 1 here is more revenue now in Ihe Co.
than will pay all her liabilities. Besides the
erection of the public buildings, ihe county has
been at great expense in erecting and repair
ing bridges one bmtge alone costing $3000,
id. "Is there any general inclination to
have Lycoming and Clinton counties re-united
as ihey were before the division !"
Reply. No such inclination has existence
within the limits of Clinton county, but every
person is content and more than satisfied.
4th. '-Have or have not the general inte
rests of the people of the two counties been
benefited by the division!"
Kiply. I think without doubt they have.
Clinton county is in a decided state of pros
perity, and a large share of tins must be at
tributed to the erection of the new county.
Very respectfully, C. A. MAYER.
Mr. Mayer is Clerk to the Commission
ers of Clinton county, and is therefore well
qualified to testify in the matter. The
valuation of Clinton county is rated below
82,000,000 which is one third less than
either Union or Snyder would have, in
case of a Division. The $,20,000 Court
House and Jail were built, we understand,
when wages &c., were higher than now.
Wo have thus given to our readers the
experience of the counties of Juniata,
Clinton, Montour, Columbia, Camion,
and Wyoming, all bearing witness that
small counties are not more burdensome
to the people than larger counties. We
doubt not Blair, Fulton, and other new
counties would have borne similar testim
ony, if they had been called out.
In view of these FACT.4', we appeal
to every citizen not personally interested
at iew Jicrlin, to vote lor a separation
demanded by the course of events, and I
which will aid private interests personal
convenience, and prove TBUE ECONOMY.
A Case Exactly in Point!
The case of Columbia and MoNTorn,
may afford a mirror for U.viox and Sny
der. In size, before Division, they had
oi square miica
Columbia 474 rnion 440
In population
Columbia, ISMi, n.7ll
Montour - 1238-30,040 Colon, -54, S1.TS1
In valuation
rolnmbia, $-..ll".SJ
aluntour l,Sb4,4'';
,5TT,410 Union ,0S3,J30
In size and population, the original coun
ties were about equal in wealth, Union
is one-sixth superior. About 1850, the
county of Montour was erected ; and the
effect, on both the daughter and mother
counties, may be seen by the testimony of
Messrs. Weaver, Cook and Kkst.
The $10 Vote.
The Antis, wc learn, are stating that
nobody can vote for County Buildings
without paying S10 tax. This is wholly,
entirely false. Sec. 10 6hows that every
legal voter may vote for tho guaranteeing
town, township, or Borough where tho
County Seat is asked for. Sees. 5 and G
show that "Subscribers" to the building
tuna shall elect their own building com
mittees, and also committees to locate the
precise spot where the buildings are to be,
tfSofter tlie site has been determined on.
la not this right f Ought not they who
spend their own money, to say who shall
expend it ? "to be approved by a majority
of the Court and Grand Jurors of the res
pective counties," (Sec. 3.) Would those
who contribute nothing to a building, de
sire to dictate in the matter? Surely not.
Some mode of appointing a building com
mittee was necessary, to save the County
me expense ; ana we Know no better way
, - - - J j
ban for those wbe nav the monev. to '
vu vvwv smws veiu uiaiuiDia.
hnw. Ihjue nan .I...m,. . i
The PottsrlUe Fraud.
The N.B. Star of last week revived the
false accusation that the people of Potts
ville agreed to construct a Conrt House
and Jail in the event of a removal from
Orwigsbnrg. We showed last fall from
the Laws, that Fottsvillo never agreed to
erect the Jail. They agreed to put up
the other County Buildings, and they did
so. The Jail, by the law allowing the re
moval, was to be built at the county -expense,
and was so built The vast increase
of population in the county, and the des
perate character of its prisoners, nbow
that the Jail is none too large or too strong.
(Had the county been divided, they might
have escaped the Jail Tax.) Our County
Huil Jings are to be "subject to approval by
the Court and Grand Jurors of the respec
tive counties." For Union, a Hond of
$50,000 is on file at New Berlin, and
15,000 for Snyder, securing the people,
as firmly as Law can secure it, against the
imposition New Berlin prates about.
See Pamphlet Laws for 1847, pages 330
and 331, and you will find the following pro
visions :
Sf.ctios 2. That if a majority of the
voters of said county of Schuylkill, qualified
as aforesaid, voting on said question of re.
tnoval shall decide in the manner provided in 1
the first section of this act, in favor of the i
removal of the seat of justice, in said county, i
to the borough of Pottsville, Ihe citizens of !
Poitsville, in said county, shall erect, or I
cause lo be erected, at their own proper ex-
n.ns. vt-ithin 'I rears fmm anil .!... .n.l, I
..., .... w j &.. ..u,.a aiiu HI III 3ULII
election, in the borough of Pottsville, afore.
said, SUITABLE BUILDINRS. OF BRICK
OR STONE. FOR A COl'RT HOUSE and
different OFFICES FOR THE SAFE KEEP
ING OF THE COUNTY RECORDS, under
the direction of ihe county commissioners for
said county, who are hereby authorized to
receive a conveyance for a lot or lots of
ground, for the use of the county of Schuyl
kill, in fee simple, clear of all incumbrances,
the said buildings to be erected on snrh lot or
lots of ground thus conveyed ; and lite county
cnmmisfitmtrs far said county are hereby au
thorized and required, AT THE E.VI'EN E
OF SAID COUNTY, to erect and build a sui.
table COUNTY PRISON AND JAIL, of brirk
or stone, in said borough of Pottsville, within
said three years after such election, as afore
said." Vndcr these plain and explicit provisions the
people voted. They voted to select Pottsville
for ihe county seat instead of the geographi
cal center at Orwigsbnrg. The people of
Pottsville did put up at their own expense a
suitable "brick Court House and Offices for
the county records." The County Commiss
ioners did put up a "county prison and Jail of
stone," at the expense of the county tax-pay
ers. J bus the very letter of a plain and un
ambiguous law was executed.
The reader will observe that the Lewisburg
bond is for ' all the necessary buildings and
grounds." What was promised for Pottsville
by the law was Court House and County Oifi
ces only while, as if to guard all but the
veriest fools from a possibility of mistake,the
same section in express terms requires the
erection of a prison or Jail by County Taxes.
The bonds it will be seen are not alike, nor
was Pottsville required to pat up a Jail. The
large increase of criminals incident to the
growing coal business, required a large and
strong new Jail, somewhere; and it was as
easy for the County to erect it at Pottsville as
at Orwigsburg.
County Valuation.
We learn, accidentally, that the New Ber
liner.? are industriously circulating, on the
south side of the county, that Ihey woulil be
too poor to sustain themselves, and that it is
best fur them to hang together so as to reap
the benefits of the heavy taxes wrung from
the fat farmers throughout Buffaloe Valley.
How much of truth there is in this sly little
trick, the following statement from the last
Triennial Assessment (1853) will show :
South Side. A'orth Side.
Beaver $397,609 I Buffaloe Sfi:i:i.lRf.
West Beaver 222,905 East Buffaloe 367,2r.:i
f'entre
475,063
West iiullalue 3U3,3n5
Chapman
Middlecreek
1H3.772
124,125
797,775
23 1 ,802
291.389
121,423
Hartley
Kelly
Limestone
White Deer
Lewisburg
Mifflinburg
New Berlin
Union )
616,0113
401.712
Pcnns
Perry
291,949
27S.SS7
3.rifi,8f I
134,434
157,582
S42,lfi
Washington
Union i
$2,849,4113
3,6 83,866
S3.683.6C6
96,533.329
(The amounts have of conrse sinre increased.
particularly at Trevorton on the South side.)
By this official statement, it appears that
the rth side had only $834,403 most laxa-
ble property. It is an insult to the farmers
of Penns,Chapman,Perry,Washington, Frank.
lin, and the Beavers, to tell them they are
such poor fanners and have so little property
that they can not set up independence, but
must hang upon Buffaloe Valley for a livin; !
No, no Snyder county has now a valuation
of 3,000,000, and would be abundantly able
to sustain herself. The only trouble Division
would cause would be to the New Berliners,
who would no longer have both counties lo
use for their own aggrandizemenuj
Socket and Transcribing Scarecrow.
The transcribing of the records alluded
to in Sect. 20, are only those of "suits and
cases which shall be pending and undeter
mined" when removed to Snyder county,
(just as a transcript of the records needed
was made when Union county wag erected.)
We understand John Schrack, Esq., offers
to do the whole for less than 9150, while
the New Berliners profess that it will cost
Snyder county "Thousands of Dollars,"
the Times says $2 to $3,000, while
the Yollcctfreund puts it np to $4,000
(and perhaps would if they had the job.)
There will not be over 100 eases, at most,
and the dockets will be needed by Snyder
county at any rate.
Postscript t
Since writing the above, the following
Certificate has been received, which to all
who know Jon.v Schrack will be satis
factory on the point at issue. None could
do tho job better than Mr. Schrack not
even the N. Berlin speculators who would
like to make S2 to (3,000 out of it !
To the People of the proposed Mew County:
Whereas, the New Berlin tvaners and
handbills circulated throughout the eounty
durinir the past week, state that it will coat
the eonnty of Snyder from Two to Four
Thousand dollars to have the records tran
scribed under the provisions ef the 20th
hhu... Mig jlluiiaiVUS VI IUO oiu
aodinn nf tha set -.' 1 t.v.i
mnnliL.DI 1 r at t let'
I arrrovti the 2d dsy of March, 1S5j,
... . ... - J
titled "An act for the erection of a new
county out of part of Union, to be called
Soydur, and relative to the seat of justice
in Union county,"
NOW I do hereby agree and bind my
self, to purchase the Dockets and copy all
the Records for the county of Hnyder as
required by said 20th section of the act of
2d of March, A. D. 1855, for the sum of
One Hundred and Tircnty-Fiee Dollars ;
and if required I will give security for the
performance of the above, in any amount.
Jonx SriiRACK.
. East Buffaloe, March 12, 1355. - "
Reliable Data.
The following statistics are designed to
illustrate the gradual increase of business j
facilities, as developed by the increase of
population, along the llivcr districts of
Union county:
Poinilatfon
Tu rr-mm
la lujr.
285
4
130
792
158
100
482
101
2119
2366
75
338
281
52
Whole Vote
Uu. l-.i-
296
172
267
438
160
172
319
239
223
285
2570
195
205
268
207
160
101
127
152
182
337
155
144
111 l&iO.
15.17
834
1518
2012
StVO
752
Riwr Iittrirt$.
White Deer
Kelly
Butlaloe
Lewisburg
East iiullalue
I'nion
Penns )
Helinsgrove $
Washington
Chapman
1239
14H8
13132
1329
1218
1629
2172
614
80T
700
1007
2139
783
75
CmtrtttanJ Wellem.
Perry
West Heaver )
Heaver
Franklin )
Center $
Middlecrerk
Limestone
' .
' 'J?.c "
West Buffaloe
Hartley
Milllinhurg
New Berlin
263
79
75
1139
13152 1139 2236
Estimated I.itneiitone and Ja kiwn tewnsbtps were
ererie.1 fnim fnino and VlVrt Buffaloe. The total Rain
nt Ilie four lowiiKtiii-a Wat 176 uut o! wlikh wan in the
DeV'hboruuotl of Wiuneld, in Loio UwDi-hip.
These facts prove, that froiu 1S-10 to
1850, the River districts gained 2300, and
the Central and Western districts gained
1139 over 2 to I in favor of the River
districts. In 1850, the Kivcr districts were
20 less in population ; in 1854, they had
a majority of 334 votes showing that the
same rate of progress still continues. As
an example of this increase, wc would
notice that Lewisburg gave 201 votes
for Governor in 1847
30 votes fur
President iu 1851, and 381 in 1S51; that
448 persons voted last fall, while now, as
we are inforiueJ, there are over 500 voters'
names on the lists, (and a universal turn
out, during this season when our boatmen
&c. are generally all at home, will exhibit
that number of votes.) 'White leer,Win-
Geld, I'enns, and Chapman would exhibit
a similar ratio of increase. On the other
hand, Xew Berlin polled 147 votes for
Governor in 1817, and 144 for the same
office last fall. The reason of all this is
obvious : the mercantile, mechanical and
manufacturing branches of industry which
nriir:.lln olii.top :, ,..,.;, 1.1
enlarge population faster than the mure
. ,, '. r, , . , . , .
stable agricultural interest. which however
is always advanced by the prosperity of
any other iuterest in its vicinity These
figures show that the tendency of numbers
is from and not towards the geographical
center. In all probability, this tendency
will continue ; and iu locating the new
County liuildings which must be built
somewhere soon, facts of this nature ought
not to be overlooked.
The annexed table shows the Votes
on the Division (and liond) trial in 1853,
and the last two contests for Assembly.
None of these tests were fair and unembar
rassed from side issues ; but as they afford
some clue to popular feeling aud show
the fluctuations of public opinion it will
be valuable for reference, estimate, and
comparison :
, 1 853 .,-1 854-v
PiTi
inion. Assemble. AwmljlT.
White Deer
Kelly
Hlllluloe
Lewisburg
rtr.Agunu. rim a.iro. aim n.travj.
36
17
85
85
114
147
435
339
Last Buffaloe 108
I'ninn 27
Penns 318
143 .
73 j
182 !
215 !
Ifi7 I
30
122
eiinsgrove
Perrv 106
Washington 141
West Beaver
Beaver
Franklin
("enter
Middlecreelc
Hartley
1
0
45
0
1
AG
3
32
6G
9
17
171
42
63
6
1
2
West Buffaloe 38
MilHinhurg &i
Limestone 1
Jackson
New Berlin 0
1619 1830 2131
1C19 1702
170S 2172
22H7
1287
Majorities 181 4 I'J
185
And the Petitions and Remonstrances
in round numbers were as follows :
rilTisIoa Petitions for.
In 1853 2o0t)
1851 3100
Remonstrances against.
11MI0
2100
1855 3200 27
Meaorializrc1.
Some citizens refused to sign any paper in
reference to Division others signed all.
But if citizens vote generally as they have
petitioned, there would seem no doubt but
that Division will carry.
Who Complains?
Small counties division of old counties
formation of new ones Lave frequently
occurred in our State, and always created
alarm, and excitement. But when once
effected, how many are changed ? Which
of our new counties complains? Who
want to bo "set back V Would Union co
back to Northumberland? or Northum
berland to Berks ? Juniata go back to
Mifflin ? or Blair to Huntingdon ? or
Montour to Columbia T or Clinton to Ly
coming T JNot one. They find all rational
advantages anticipated, more than realized.
County Expenses. The Sheriff. Pro-
thnnoury. and Register an paid by thrfr ess. The
Treasurer has a per eeato.e. Commissioners and Criers,
Constables, Tip-tares. Jurors, ami Wilneasaa, 6 tardVy.
Judges paM by the State. Auditors, Assessors, Clerks,
Election Officers, ic, it, ara all paid araorsfina la Ma
-..ri d, nr.. Bridge expenses, a part to each county ic ,
kc.kr. s-Lvk at tho Items la the next columns, and
make Ins calculation, and too sea lb-it diridinf a enaat
maae inrraicuiauea.aad Ton sea mi t niTMInf aeon
cu-j.m WIK TUI uaiminc.act,. ,,,.
79 127 27 58
14 Hi 21 .r
"5 131 f.l 114
1 MS 212 6
3 9H :i2 i'J
10 127 108 93
62 153 271 125
7
ib si in;i us
25 S3 f,0 153
3! 69 111 Uil
IH3 177 21 203
257 '.-(lfi 61 252
1 It 10S 74 135
139 131 23 150
110 fir, 62 K5
73 170 90 1 60
79 67 75 135
61 49 92 90
137 76 67 120
154
138 77 60 145
Receipts and Expenditures
OF UNION COUNTY, by the Commis
sioners and Treasurer of said County,
from the 1st day of Jan. 1854, to Jan. 1, 1855.
Table of Stiite and County Taxes levied,
Abatements, Exnnerations, Commissions,
Snms paid, and JJulanres due.
?a
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pl's ej 5 2
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II
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2!-: 5 3 ?? 5
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. i 3 .r!
1hlinirut C'Mtctortf.
Pittrictr an-t '...'Vcforj. jStdfe. County.
rnl.r Jiirob luit-blr l,;a
New Berl.n-'.w tr biebl Yj;.:H
t'ntoa m MTIi-m-a S,S1 .m
MitUiaburj; -lw. Iir.-i-ba.-ha lu.ljl)
T.ar.
l9il
Lnion ll rM-Dni-lioir 4-.j
W blU- iker Jatl LelMT 11
17,3 31,v.'
Br I'hitip Ktnnt-yt l.r.S S4;
W'eit bvaver Salomon Komig Jr 2l'J a.JS
Riitf:il' Inmi'. Irwmt yl,:ii
Vt' liult in KiililprlUillllaynt 4.4S 41,1"
Ilarily W m Ki-hi-rl 4i;l.7i 22;UI
Mid.ller.'1'k Abram llcndrickj 7u s.u;
IVrrr U-r Trnnf, 0.1.4'. Jol.t.j
I'nion eml IC Hnnit o,J4 1.17
White l)t J'-'l llnli'-k 2311,: H:i.4t
Cbapmaa imou 11 Mrawwr 211
T'WAU
5lnce pid in full.
1J47.H lJM.iS
fSince naid in part
ITEMS OF EXPENDITURES.
Auditors Pity for lo4.
Anditnn for makinr County settlement for
104 including clerk 7 to
J. Paineford tix auditing aeeonnts of Protli'y
and UegUter a Kecvrdcrs olhcta 4 40
Attestors Pay.
Assessors for their erTi en in ls64
Pi' CtitiH Ps'HS'S.
Spring Election held I:irrb 17. ) i
Uvnrral election bi-M Ortober l, l-fl
Attorney's Prist.
13 tll4
ZM 1S
3oi M
4 M
3a "
1U M
27 no
37 0.1
f J. Casey f .r adrl-e to County Auditors
r lerrill r.i salary as i om r. A!t rin-y
W. Van Uescr Hep At. ilea, fees Kb. T.
do do May "
do do rap.
do do live. "
as uo
-1G0 so
Scrubbing of Court House drc.
J W Ewing for srruhbtuir A-. 16 00
PiitthonoUtnf s VTtce.
S Itou.h Protb y lii. bi.l and f.-e fet Ibol l.VI 44
J 11 Cornelius for a copy ot Pur. lliest 4
lii 64
Itigistcr's Si Hrrordrr's Orri'-e.
C FreTman m-ordinr marrrare.. .Ii ath. Ac. 10 7
! C Unjinau for roc. buj ot II s..,.uioU fr.aa. 4 Id
, , '""rt. 'V""-
Jnmrs par and mileage for rVhruary TVnn 5T0 75
I in d.. ir,y si 1-
In do
I'o do
75
Court fryers wages for February T- rm
Io do May
Do do ei..t
Do do IlrC.
w m
ai
20 (S
SO INI
S 00
Tipitarcs or Constable f.T attr,.tn j C-nrt.
F'-brmirr Tta o ij c -u-uili-r Tt-ria 32 .lo
May " 74 lKccuiU-r in 7.i
134 00
ConstaMi mitrape anj m.-ikin; n-tnrr.. to
February Term ill tet4mtr Turin 23 72
May " lllai I'svi'Uilwr 2.1 ,i
80 OS
Iload Orders issued by Court.
To J A Ettinxvr anj .Tli.-r- tiirini; the year 164 00
Fur JScalps.
i Fctlsrulf ic. fur Foi .-.-all s lfe SO
State Costs.
Cost pai'l In cases of Commonwealth apiint th? fr1!-
Ina:nir perMMi. '
j i:
i:.iu .-if 1 I.rrrnTofnc.rt 13 s 1
-mlterliue and Wm lienj. su-ne 7 s; 1
(ieitweit 111 fi'l I John Jchn.Mjn 2 i
il Vi Hants :;2 !i,ui,-; Mrant 1
pe anil J Oim'l H III j liatuel Ifa-T'-r 1 34
J. hn ItoPuian II TM l i'Jiut'eri.li lautiert :
J-41D J l u 4.
Jbn .Sm.tli 14 92 I
IVter arhanktin 7 1
ami J hurhrr
9 7
A-on Tavlor
l.in (suniruDi
W 74
3 'HI
11 40
IV. 41
Itt-wire an-l oihM lrt u4
1 liurij aud olbera
Patrick and Kilen C'afy and oihtia
H?0 M
J Orom M rtauzle-r, damair n f-r oin-niuj a rAn-l through
their lan.Jn in iVnn ttin.)ii) to
J Itr .wn fnrdii in Lewia..urif iKirotijih ll'i
J .S Kachenbenc jVv.n W ahmcton tp. I tnt
P-tr JVtlVrclf dvdo bVavr tp. J-i t0
Ianlrt Arnold d. do Chapinau tp. li ii
Jacob Meyer dudo Kelly t. 1j t o
ISO ffl
fiuiLUwj of new, and Ryairlnj of oil
Hruhrrx.
li,lillecrek ne
.-.tnui. iur iiinirnais nnu wnra .:onc on onoee OTer
lear I' Kauta in tVaelniigt i
ti'wusiiif..
as Ketiairs.
Samuel l.win:;. Eq , 'M. .11. an I 4th pavmetit
frr building the new triage accross liuff.iVi
creek at laisbur. 1 75
Kobert I. rortieuus frir iron, nails, and work
done st the N w I'-erlm BriJe 6 25
Israel Hoffman llr l.'t f. t pluoss. hauling, and
work done at the New llerllu hritlge. a ll'i
Sera Shocti Sllin' up WniiiwallKat tlie same 75
John M. Ib'Uler tor haulintr cnuud and work
done.nt the New Berlin bridge S 30
Samuel Ealnir Sir a Hoof orer the Dridffe ac
cross ItuHalu ere. k at Lewisliurg per second
Contract. 34s 50
Peter Kerlin hauling planks and n-pairins at
tlie bridge aimMs IVuns creek bear II. Longs
in I'enns town-hip. 3 00
Menritt Chapisd lor Siting np the road and
VYiui,ral! at the bridge at lewislurg ;ie
eross Buffalo creek 2.3. nnd la."t paTmentM SI
ShumarbiT A Maus last payment for masoning
at the shore bridge. ;:',3 51)
Jacob Oouldron f..r repairs at Ihe hriilge near
Berlin iron works in Hartley township S 19
U. Vi. Jinv.ler. for 70 feet 4 inch pianksat
14 a ItSHI. hkewiseolher msb rialsand rk
tlone at tbe fenns creek bridge at Sidio.
grove from the 7ih ef January, 1n tu tha
1st of August, 1 64 1 49 P-4
App Son for 154! leet oak plsnks at J25 lha
llssi, and hauling Ihe same Sir tba bridgo
near B. Iengs in I'enns town-liip ;W 72
J. II. App loiitl feet oak plants st 25 do. rer
Iismi f-et hauling and htjring the same at the
same bridge 4.1 04
Joseph M.ibus Sndini; old Iron in the ruins of
the Leaisburs bridge burnt down 1 50
Henry Welsel for planks filling in and repair
ttiir the bridge near bis bouse in Mldllecreek
township. 1 7J
S. L. Ilei-k Sir ground, gravel aV tnken frons
his Lots for tbe lillinit up of the Winirwall
and road at the itntilo bridge at Lewisliurg
(partly) Psuiage resirtedbr tbe Apprais
ers aptsiinteil fur the purpose to report as to
properly, bridge and road 225 43
Thomas llajes Ageut tbr Mrs. Seiier. do. d..
Damsce iu full, as reported by Apcraisers ;irt (10
Samuel Kwinn 1. and 2. payment for tbe new
bruise accrues Utile Bull ilocreek acarl'hllip
Ucmberlin't in Kelly township tiM
3460 05
Sheriff' s Fees.
John Kesater. Sheritl, C-su to arrest Wm. (Jetstwett and
l::ijoh lietnhertmg. mileage. Ae f.r liriiK:ng tbem
from I'hiliwd. to the I nim County prison 7s tij
Jt hn kesslerh. nff his sslsrs to deliver Wm.
tieistweit to the Rsstern Penitentiary 01 75
John Kessler, SherilT, bis salary to hard pri
soners, draw and site aotiee to Jurors I r
relirnary and Mar Courts, Wood and tosl 114
John Kesler, rihenlf. his salarr todellaer l e
ler Shenklein to ihe Lastera Penitantiary SI 00
John Kessler, Sheriff, hi salnry to drsw suit
ummoua Jurors for eei.t. and lasc. Co arts.
lo board prisoners, wood An. I J7 0.
M 01
Prison Expenses.
Joseph Shaffer to bobble prisoners at different
times S 50
Henry Berge, to flee cord of wood Sir prison 10 00
David Maurk board, skaotling, planks and
repairs at tbe prison elahles 2 33
Elias Saangler haultaf 2 ton of coal from tha
river 2 50
M. Kleckoer bis bill for six crw'l of vrood aai
merchandize f"r prison 1 65
Ji-aiab SwiiKbart a lead of ptas, vftxd 1 75
fiib 14141 sffilifiTlI
1 r J I , ; 7 V r 1- .T I l - - ii
Public Buildings.
II. T. nana work otn la ft pair tka arlar
alaltlw and niinf Ulas laloOomrOaoma wia
dowa t 4.
J. W. Ening- to n-pair Coarthnn ps f j
do ik dft AiiMie privy
Omi-K. K attar (laa'an4 wort at Coorth. wiadovi la
Jbn Mr.wfr hi. to repair prima wall
JanJ, Mauclt. ' toa ofcoal and haaliBa; a m
11. K. baua rrpaira at I'uhlr baikling. a.
Ilavol Kuhnty lor niakinr a .w pawairt at
th eat rnd nf OturtiMHia lot a.r euatf act t'l M
Katiaey A Ptrinrura rrbairina old t.atnihl a ...
" ,J ' - w v. ciimi ami nawtDg
M . K ifk n.r brwm, randli la.
S W
Knahoai a AnUw glaa utly aaadlaa Ac.
Kdaard HUoa do do
bcDj. fiuall tu dean Inketanda
Jl
3 44
S 14
Idi u
Coroners Innn'sts.
J. A. Mrtx, E., holding aa iouaat Tier tba
drad body of.-MiuuelifeucraiaLcwubnrg Ui
4. June 1)&4. j
Rolrt Candor. r., do do orer Wm. Svarta
of W. liner towaalilp tba 'is. Ilea. Itoi j j
Printing.
Merrill k Fmitb, enxtiab printing
Jobn M. ll-.uia do
O. N. Wordrn
. rmtth, eerman
Israel tiuWliua do
r
l;o 00
: w
10 n
011 i
l v
Interests.
Wat. Tameron intrre-t oa nri-n ls and 1SS
orlnrtl Jnly S to HrpVailM-r 18. s js
Sbuma'b.r AMauailouuvrder loll for 2 month
and L'llJ" 1 (0
L-ifbirs .artnje Intltntioa oa order Kro.
171 for 3 month and a daya oa S t
In do fc-r hi. and 3d.iiaal0 471
144
K'tttern Penitentiary.
Jobn Baron Tn ariirerof th ea.lirn r-it?en-M-ntiwrv
pr It. Iionnell, Kw . to hoard ae.
Sir ndward Mc.;liiiBry in fenitentiary Vi
Commissioners i'jjice.
Ptmon K fTrml'l late CommlKaioner 15w I
A'lam hi-k!crCoUinmiiuiicr la v
S-rn LrtU.-t do 110 74
John l. KonIr do 30 04
A. J. reter ..alary Commt.iilon.ra el.rk 2.0 oi
J. winr-d, Kmj.. to awear Sheriff anl Cob-
mi ion re to -lv-x and draw Jurors. 37
Jobn II. form liua one r aiu larf,e o. p. 7 o
lo do f'-r paer, Ink, envelopes, sand boxta,
fjuill-s ptiK. Mark .and tr. s Sl
C. Biifhmiller Tor bindinc A.M.ssmeitS 2 W
K. WiL-on merrliandise lor nffir. S 4lf
U. ?winef rl psrer for a.sciojnients 7 SO
Im do for ftel pnn Ae. aa
it. Alcckncr nicrcbaudiie 1 4S
HisreUancoHM
Jamb Manrlt late Treasurer for SS counterfeit
bill allowed by 1 omnil-moners to lreia.
hai-h r.r Jury wane, at rVpt. term 1&4I S 09
P.liri s., ket)., for quahfyina Cm'rs la tata-
Di-nt IranMH'd t IVrruue Comr 37
Jacob Maie-k late Trea.urrr for tts on Mill
l.ii-n-es and al.0 Lirenea altowe.1 be Aud la AA
I D . Ki-lly o iu in eaee of Jarob Maurk lata
Treasurer. fir tlie n-e of Com'th Vs ll. Si V.
Kelly f..r Mill l.icensa l oo
J. (iain. for-1 :.,j , out.-, in ra of Jae. Maork
l:ite Treasurer fur Use of Com'tb as Jha A.
Vunvalzah 2 14
Jlin U-itael roail tax entered against J. Flinn
anil eolletiil ly oonnty 11 34
J. Wilt witness sWft in ease of I Ontalias ts
I'nran rounly !-(' re H..aih K.-i., in 1M3 1 IS
T. llir for clleetius; Iron ae. at old or burnt
bridge ae. BulT. creek at Lewisburf 1 SO
II. K. K:tter ree'rof l.yr. lut. Ina Co. asses'nt
No lo Hr insurance of puolie huildinirs 12 00
II. K Killer airent of the l.ye. Hint. Ins. Com.
tr in-nranee of undira ae. BuC erek Law. 14 tS
R- K tt rif bt for a ropier of elect Hiaest S 7
II. SlonionTreas'rfr,r interest oa State Boaey
paid out lor the ueof ewinty S OO
II l Sialic F M rVatag lor 111 1 12
73 f.3
Total ordor t'sne.1 on th Trea sneer St 1S; 973 ai
U. I Ire undareiirned. iv.manesioners of tba rnaatTaf
Tnion, hereby submit the a.reaoioc arronot of th Ra
ceipu and kl endil ares of the said coanlr. d r ILa year
l1.. as correct aod true. t,en und-rour hands at tba
l.oiuuiie-e-uer- iu lll noroUiTD OI .fW BarliB, tha
sex-vuduay uf January, A. il. 1)m.
An.iM surrKLgR,
skm ijiiTrr.i
John d i.omi.;.
Attest, A. J. Peters cleric. Commissioners.
Henry SAomon, Treasurer.
Pr.
Cmah ivcflTr 1 of Jacob Maurlr, laO Trfatairr, btU-
n" id fT"r nf rouiity at l.t ottijiit 717 14
To ch rfivfil "f lt. Unique at coajkcton. r
k uT ibeTr l-'l 6T
do do Ki 4
do 4o 13 2w4 i
41
To -?h rr-cviTtJ of rvillrrtor fr ls5 z
Cah rw'd rf J. Hsirin fhronrold toT w
rec JiH' M'-rri.I t-Hj., rtrnti atxl zpiuM for
k-firiif J Ctl-hr in n.unty rri-on 74 09
C-v-h vf II W. a-tirdtrr rrlriitjuun m nw on f mprr
tv 'fv-or.'iun'Jrnra t th latrTrraVf nal? 6J
Cah "I Jr-j.h m.--j miVrnii'spj ux-mty rm tro Iota
at Trt-t' aa r.ri-rfT of limn. Guattiram Oil
Canb rc'J l W". Van t3nr riflira ivnt f g)
ln.-h rrM f ? K llfrnj'.I t,rv'd pitta k aoMat Lona;
hriiltfe- a 9linmcrtve 2 H
Ca-h uf tVirthfr k Mi-yrr rvilrmpttosn nDT nn 2 lots
fvnltl at late Tiva'aaalv as np'ty of U.UuBtlrtlsB 1 39
Tah of J K-.,a-r liitff aii'l jury (Wit jft Qf
(Vh f S. Mnnh Proth'y An- sukI Jnrf tWsi M 09
'ah of M klrknfr fur graea io p. I. J $
Cah rxvivil of Tarioaa n-nnj taxes ratand am
avatxl and unaUtl lanla 9 114
IUlaucv due Treasurer Jan. 1, 1U& pja, 9
Cvntm TV.
Br amnant of orrt.-m Usiud bj Com'n daring tb
'year n.l aa,
d.. .f r.iTiniiioii nf 71 4 pT cent, on .ol. M .
f ai-i to Treaa'r tluriugj IbH aiittaj. wcoasjp'tioa 1U 41
jw or
lf., .Tunaary 1. Balnnrf da ounty by eoUeetT
rf IS-e-lan-l pr-j joua vr 1:4
UaaaUucv due couuty by collectors of 4tj7 43
talanrt due Treasurer January 1, 155
Babnr due rounfy Jan nary 1, 155 4Vr4 74
W, the iinl.-rifn r. Amtif.rf.f th ernTitT cf I ni-n.
having ir-fufr exaWinM an l anditr-1 thr f-rrc-ttuzitt-fount
. f tin t . mniiri. n-r?i ant Trt-asnrer of natJ ft.un-
j ty. d- ftn t an1rei- rt the mihl aerount of Reeeipt an !
j KiDd:turji and Tretwurrrs Ra-eouut for th var j4
I true and n.rrert an .t-ttcl. Id witness whereoV. we. th
Fnid Aurtiror. hf lieivuntnMt onr haaJi. at th fm
) mi-Min.T t.lTiee. in the IWougb 1 N-w lU-rlin thistbiri
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The 50,000 Eond...Binding!
Nkw Bermx, Sept 21, 1351.
To Hon. James Marshall.
Yours of the 20th inst., requesting our
J opinion in relation to a certain bond sign-
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.j ii.iuiii viiiucivu, siua otuers
to tha Hon. Abraham S. Wilson, Esq., in
the sum of fifty thousand dollars, on con
dition, that, "in case the county of Union
should be divided at the next session of
the Legislature, and the majority of tha
qualified voters should decide by ballot,
that the county buildings for the northern
part (to be called I'nion County) should
be located in the Borough of Lewisburg,"
the obligors "shall erect or causo to bo
erected and constructed all necessary
County buildings, and procure the grounds
necessary on which they are to be erected,
without taxation to the County ; the build
ings are to be completed within eighteen
months after the location is determined as
aforesaid, and not to be inferior to those
recently erected at Bloomsburg in tbe
County of Columbia, and also to be sub
ject to tho approval to the Court and Com
missioners of the County in which such
buildings are to bo erected" Ac. Von in
quire whether this Bond is valid and bind
ing aud capable of being enforced against
the obligors, if the events therein specified '
should happen We bare examined the
Bond, and are clearly ef opinion that tha
same is valid and binding, and that, if Ihe
County shoulii bo divided by tho Legisla
ture, and the Seat of Justice be located at
Leu is burg, as contemplated in the Condi
tion of tho Bond, aud the Couuty of Union
should necessarily incur any expense in
the purchase of grounds or in the con
struction and erection thereon of the neces
sary County Buildings, equal in character
to those of Bloomsburg, that to tbe extent
of such expense not exceeding Fifty Thou
sand Dollars the Bond can be enforced, in
the name of Abraham S. ilson, for tbe
uso of the County, against ail the persons
who executed tbe same.
JOSIU A W. COMLY.
J. W. MAYXAKP,
JUS. CASEY.