Pennsylvania Statutes Title 16 P.S. Counties § 4248. Vacancies; no fees upon commissions

If any person elected to the office of coroner shall neglect or refuse, for the space of two months next after such election, to assume the duties of said office and to comply with the requirements of the acts of Assembly in such cases, the office shall be vacant, and it shall be the duty of the Governor, upon the notification of the recorder of deeds, to appoint and commission some suitable person to fill such vacancy, until the first Monday of January next succeeding the first municipal election which shall occur two or more months after the happening of such vacancy. Such appointee shall be confirmed by the Senate if in session. No fees shall hereafter be charged on commissions issued to the coroner.