Pennsylvania Statutes Title 16 P.S. Counties § 4301. Election of prothonotary, clerk of court, clerk of orphans' court, register of wills, recorder of deeds

At the municipal election preceding the expiration of the term of office of any prothonotary, clerk of the court of quarter sessions, clerk of the court of oyer and terminer, register of wills, clerk of the orphans' court or recorder of deeds of the county and quadrennially thereafter, the electors of the county shall elect a person to fill such office from the first Monday of January next succeeding such election, for a term of four years and until his successor is elected and qualified. Where, under the provisions of this act or other law, it is provided that two or more of said offices shall be held by the same person, only one person shall be elected to hold such office.