Section 20

Section 20. It shall be the duty of the Governor of this Commonwealth, at some time during the month of July next, to appoint and commission some competent person to fill the offices of prothonotary, clerk of the several courts, register of wills, and recorder of deeds for said county, who shall be a citizen thereof, and who shall take and subscribe the oath of office, and give bond with security to do and perform the duties, and be subject to the same penalties, and be entitled to receive the same fees, as similar officers are under existing laws, and shall keep his office in the vicinity of the spot selected by the commissioners named in the sixteenth section of this act for the seat of justice, and shall continue in office until the first Monday in November, one thousand eight hundred and fifty, or until this successor is duly qualified.