184 AUTHENTC HISTORY OF LANCASTER COUNTV. 



breaclies of the peace and violation of the ordinances of said citj, for 

 "wliicli such person or persons can be lawfully committed to the prison of 

 Lancaster county, until they shall be so committed or discharged accord- 

 ing to law ; but no person shall be detained in the said Lock-up or Station 

 House for a longer time than twenty-four hours, except upon the order 

 of the Mayor, or an Alderman who may commit such persons in pursu- 

 ance of law: Provided^ That the expenses of committing and keeping 

 any person or persons in said Lock-up or Station House, shall be paid 

 by the county of Lancaster on the presentation of the accounts of the 

 same to the Commissioners of the said county. 



Sec. 45. That the several departments of the said city shall annually, 

 on or before the stated meeting in the month of June, present estimates 

 to Councils of the probable amount of receipts, and of the amounts, that 

 in their judgment will be required during the current fiscal year, for the 

 public service in the several departments respectively ; and the said Coun- 

 cils shall immediately thereafter proceed to appropriate the public moneys, 

 by ordinance, to the several departments for the current fiscal year for 

 the payment of loans to meet the expenses of the city, and the making 

 of such improvements as they may deem necessary, and the amount so 

 appropriated shall be disbursed in such manner as Councils may direct, 

 from time to time, by joint resolution during the year. 



Sec. 46. The election ofiicers of what was heretofore known as the 

 North-east ward and South-east ward, shall meet in each of said wards 

 within ten days after their election annually, and assess and levy a tax 

 for bounty purposes, to pay the indebtedness for the expenses incurred 

 in filling quotas of the several said late wards. They shall elect a Treas- 

 urer and Collector for each of said wards, who shall give bonds with 

 good and sufficient securities for double the amount of any moneys that 

 may come into their hands, which bond shall be approved by the officers 

 and filed in the Prothonotary's ofiice of Lancaster county. That the said 

 election ofiicers shall, at least once in each year, present a full and clear 

 statement of the receipts and expenditures of the fund to the Court of 

 Common Pleas of Lancaster county, at the April Term of said Court, 

 which shall appoint an Auditor to examine the same, and make report 

 thereon to said Court for its approval: Provided^ That if any of the 

 present authorities or boards of election ofi&cers of any of said wards have 

 already levied and assessed a bounty tax as provided for in this section, 

 for the present year, such authorities or boards of election officers, and 

 the of&cers and agents by them appointed, shall be and continue the au- 

 thorities of such ward, for the collection of such tax, and the settlement 

 of the bounty indebtedness of such ward, and the provisions of this 

 section shall not apply to such ward, except as far as they relate to the 

 45. Ibid., Sec. 33. 46. Ibid., Sec. 33. 



