Pennsylvania Act 1878-72 — SUPPLEMENTARY ACT, BOROUGHS

Act text

A SUPPLEMENT

To an act, entitled "An act to prescribe the manner in which the courts may divide boroughs into wards," approved the fourteenth day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four.

Section 1. Elections in boroughs divided into wards

Whenever any borough in this commonwealth may be divided into wards, in accordance with the provisions of the act (act of 1874, may 14, P.L. 159) to which this is a supplement, every such ward from and after such division shall be a separate election district, and annually thereafter shall elect not less than one nor more than three members of borough councils, and shall elect such other public officers as are authorized in borough, wards and election districts under existing laws: provided, however, that in every such borough there shall be elected a burgess, assistant burgess, two justices of the peace, three auditors, high constable and six school directors, who shall be chosen by the concurrent votes of each ward, and their election shall be ascertained and declared by the joint certificates of the judges of elections as hereinafter provided: and provided further, that school directors and the other officers who shall be so chosen by the concurrent votes of said wards, shall be chosen for such terms as are now provided by existing laws. 1878, May 10, P.L. 51, Sec. 1.

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.