Pennsylvania Act 1893-56 — COUNTY COMMISSIONER AUTHORIZED TO SUBSCRIBE TO PAPERS

Act text

AN ACT

Authorizing and directing county commissioners of the several counties of this Commonwealth to procure, bind and preserve weekly newspapers published within their respective counties.

Whereas, The county newspapers have become valuable as mediums of information, social, legal and political, and are referred to quite frequently for the facts embodied in their pages; hence the preservation of the same will be of great value in the future as faithful records of past occurrences;

Section 1. Newspapers to be kept on file

The county commissioners of the several counties of this Commonwealth are hereby authorized and directed to subscribe for three weekly newspapers, if so many be published within their respective counties, to procure the binding of the same in separate volumes, and keep them in their offices as books of reference for the use of the public. 1893, April 18, P.L. 105, Sec. 1.

Section 2. Selection of papers

It shall be the duty of each member composing a board of county commissioners to select one of the said newspapers referred to in section one, when three or more are published in said county; where less than three are published within the county the commissioners shall have all such newspapers so bound. 1893, April 18, P.L. 105, Sec. 2.

Section 3. Payment of expenses

All expenses necessary to carry this act into effect shall be paid out of the county treasury. 1893, April 18, P.L. 105, Sec. 3.