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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNewburg 1861 incorp State6(J2<J APPENDIX—1861. the said contract as aforesaid,made by the Anderson Creek public road and navigation company,wi.h the said Charles Blanchard,George Craig and Jesse Lane,and John Dubois and E.S.Lowe,be and the same is l>ereby validated,ralified and confirmed,as fuih",to all inients and purposes,as if the powers and auiliority to make the same had been fully granted and conferred in the act of assembly incorporating said Ciimpany, ELISHA W.DAVIS, "*Speaker of the House of Reprtsentatives. KOBT.M.PALMER, Speaker of the Senate. Approved —The first day of April,Anno Domini one thou- sand eight hundred and sixty-one. A.G.CUKTIN. No.553. AN ACT To iDcorporate the town of Newburg,Cumberland connty,into a borough. Section 1.Be it enacted by the Senate and Ho9f.se of Represen- tatives of the Commonv}ealth of Penrisylviniia in General Assembiy mtt^and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same.That B«««eLarics.the town of Newburg,in the county of Cumberland,anfi terri- tory included within the following limits,to wit :Beginning at a post,corner of lands of W.W.Frazer and Robert Elliott, thence seventy.two and three-fourth degrees west one hundred and fourteen perches to a post ;thence north thirty-two and a half degrees west one hundred and nineteen perches to a post ; thonce north sixty and a half degrees east one hundred and eight perches to a post ;thence south seventy-one degrees east seventy-six perches to a post;thence south three and a half degiees east ninety-six perches,to the place of beginning,is hereby erected into a borough,which shall be called and styled the borough of Newburg. Heotion of bor-SiiCTio,^'i.The irdiabitants of said borough,qualified to vote «gh (.fficers,for members of the general assembly,having a bomi iife resi- dence,ot at least thirty days immediately preceding the elec tion,shall,on the first Monday of May next,and on the third Friday of March,in every year thereafter,meet,at the scbool house in said borough,and then and there,between the hours of one o'clock and seven o'clock,in the afternoon,elect,by bal- Jot,one citizen,who shall be styled the burgess of said borough, and four other citizens,to be members of the town council,two to serve one year and two for two years,and thereafter tvro members of town council annually ;and at tlie first electioa wlien held,Ao. APPENDIX—1861.603 three school directors,one to serve one year,one for two years, and one for three years,and thereafter one school direcior an- nually ;and one person to be constable of said borou^rh,vvho^e nanfie shall be returned to the next court of quarter sessions,for the like purposes as in elections of township constable ;the suid inhabiraiits shall also,at the same time and place,elect one justice of the peace,one judo^e and two inspectors of elections, and assessors,agreeably to the laws of this commonwealth ;the said elections shall be conducted in the same manner as is pro How oondiuMd. vided for tlie election of township officers of this commonwealth, except ihat the certificates of the election of burgees,town cuiia- cil and s^chool directors,shall be filed among the records of the corporation :Provided^Tnat the first election to be held,tinder Election offl««H this act,shall beheld by a judge and two inspectors,to be chosen tor first eleetioB. by the inhribitants present at the opening of said election, by the constable of the township of K<)pewell,who is hereby constabU. required to attend,at the said school house,on the first xMon- day of May next,and opeti said election. b'ECTioN 3.'J'hat from and after the said first Monday of May inoorporatien. next,the burgess and town council dtily elected,and their suc- cessors,shall be one body p'diiic and corporate,by the name, style and title i.f the buraress and town council of the borough of Newburg,and shall have,possess and enjoy all the rights,Powea. liberties,franchises and privileges of a borough,incorporated in pursuatice of the act,passed first of April,Anno Domini eighteen hundred and thirty-four,entitled "An Act to provide for the incorporation of boroughs,"and the several provisions of said act,so ffir as the same are not it.consistent with this act,shall extend to,and be in force within,said borough,as fully as if the said bornuah had been incorporated agreeably to the pro- visions thereof ShCTioN 4.The town conncil shall levy and collect,annually,xax,rate aad for borough purposes,any tax,not exceeding four mills on the ooliection ef. dollar,on the valuation assessed for county purposes,as now is,or may be,provided by law. Section .^.The said borough shall be a separate school dis-To be »separit* trict,and shall be entitled to all arrearages of taxes levied on sc^^ool district the property within the same,and not specifically appropriated prior to the passage of this act ;and the school directors,elected Puties of Mh»»i under this act,shall perform the satne duties,and possess the directors. like powers,in all respects,as school directors elected agreeably to the general laws of this coitimonwealth. Skction 6.The said boroug-h shall be a separate election dis-Peoarcateeleoti** trict,and the electors thereof shall hold their borough and gen-distriot. era!electiuus at the school house in said bjroiigh. ELISHA W.DAVIS, Speaker of the House of Representalives. KOBT.M.PXLMKK, Speaker of the Senate. Appkoved —The seventeenth day of April,Anno Domini one thousand eiglil hundred and sixty-one. A.G.CUKTIN.