Section 16. That Patrick Donahoe, David Mann, junior, and Andrew J. Fore, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners to do and perform the duties hereinafter prescribed, to wit: They shall after taking and subscribing an oath or affirmation respectively before a justice of the peace to perform the duties enjoined on them by this act with impartiality and fidelity, run and distinctly mark the boundary lines of the county of Fulton, make report of their proceedings with accurate drafts of said county lines, noting thereon the courses and distances as they occur, with such other matters as may serve for explanation, one copy whereof shall be deposited with the prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Fulton county, and one copy in the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, on or before the first day of August next: Provided, That if either of the said commissioners shall fail to attend at the same time and place which may be agreed upon by said commissioners, to enter upon the duties of their appointment, it shall be lawful for the commissioner or commissioners in attendance to fill such vacancy or vacancies by appointment: Provided further, That the commissioners so appointed, shall be fore entering on the duties of his or their appointment, take and subscribe an oath or affirmation as is prescribed in this section.
Compiler's Note: Section 28 of Act 207 of 2004 provided that any and all references in any other law to a "district justice" or "justice of the peace" shall be deemed to be references to a magisterial district judge.