Pennsylvania Statutes Title 16 P.S. Counties § 7540. Neglect of coroner to assume office; fees on coroners' commissions abolished

If any person who has, or shall be elected to the office of coroner, shall neglect or refuse for the space of three months next after such election, to assume the duties of said office, and to comply with the requisitions of the acts of Assembly in such cases provided, the said office shall be treated as vacant, and it shall be the duty of the Governor to appoint and commission some suitable person to fill such vacancy, who shall hold and enjoy said office, and all the emoluments appurtenant thereto, until the next general election thereafter, and no fees shall hereafter be charged on commissions issued to the coroners of the several counties of this Commonwealth.