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the Courts of Common Pleas for tlie said County of Lancaster, shall be 

 holden and kept on the first Tuesday in the months of Februari/, Mai/^ 

 August and November^ in every year, at some proper place within the said 

 County, until a convenient Court House shall be built ; and when the 

 same is built and erected in the county aforesaid, the said several Courts 

 shall then be holden and kept at the said Court Ilouse on the days be- 

 forementioned : And the Election of Eeprcsentatives to serve in General 

 Assembly, Assessors and all other officers of the said County, who are 

 or shall be appointed to be annually elected, shall be made and elected 

 at or near the said Court Ilouse, at the same time and in the same man- 

 ner, as by the Charter of Privileges and Laws of the Province of Penn- 

 sylvania, is directed to be done in the other Counties of this Province. 

 And it shall be lawful for the Freemen of the said County for the first 

 year, to choose three persons for Commissioners, for raising County Kates 

 and Levies for the said County. 



"V. And he it further enacted hy the authority aforesaid^ That it shall 

 and may be lawful to and for Galeh Pierce, John Wright, Thomas Ed- 

 wards and James Mitchell, or any three of them, to purchase aud take 

 assurance to them and their Heirs, of a Piece of land, situate in some 

 convenient place in the said County, to be approved of by the Governor 

 in Trust and for the use of the said County, and thereon to erect and 

 build, or cause to be erected and built, a Court House and Prison, suffi- 

 cient to accommodate the public service of the said County, for the ease 

 and conveniency of the Inhabitants. 



"VI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That for the 

 defraying the charges of purchasing the Land, building and erecting the 

 Court House and Prison aforesaid, it shall and may be lawful to and for 

 the Commissioners and Assessors of the said County, or a majority of 

 them, who are hereby required to assess and levy so much money as the 

 Trustees, or any three of them, shall judge necessary for purchasing the 

 Land and finishing the said Court House and Prison. Provided ahcays, 

 The sum of money so raised do not exceed Three Hundred Pounds, cur- 

 rent money of the Province. 



"VII. Provided always, and be it further enacted by the authority cf ore- 

 said. That no action or suit now commenced and depending in the county 

 of Chester, against any Person living within the bounds of the said 

 county of Lancaster, shall be stayed or discontinued by this Act, or by 

 anything herein contained, but the same actions alread}^ commenced or 

 depending, may be prosecuted, and judgment thereupon rendered, as if 

 this Act had not been made, and that it shall and may be lawful for the 

 Justices of Chester county to issue any judicial process, to be directed to 

 the Sheriff' of Lancaster county, for carrying on and obtaining the efl;ect 

 of their suits; which Sheriff' shall be obliged to yield obedience in exe- 



