PRINTER'S NO. 3790
No. 299 Session of 1976
INTRODUCED BY BRADLEY AND WAGNER, SEPTEMBER 27, 1976
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, SEPTEMBER 27, 1976
In the House of Representatives, September 27, 1976
1 WHEREAS, The county of Northumberland is one of the oldest
2 counties in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; and
3 WHEREAS, Many historic events took place within the
4 boundaries of this fair county including the first session of
5 the Middle District of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania which
6 took place on the first Monday of July, 1807, and each year
7 thereafter one session of the Supreme Court was held until 1834
8 when the site of the Middle District was changed to Harrisburg;
9 now therefore be it
10 RESOLVED (the Senate concurring) That, the General Assembly
11 urge the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, to hold a session in the
12 Northumberland County Court House in Sunbury on the first Monday
13 in July, 1977, to commemorate the 170th anniversary of the
14 Supreme Court's first session in Sunbury in furtherance of the
15 desire of the legislature to take the courts to the people; and
16 be it further
17 RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be delivered to the
18 Chief Justice and all the Associate Justices of the Supreme
1 Court of Pennsylvania.
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