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Current as of January 01, 2022 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
Whenever any new ward is erected or created in any city of the first class within this commonwealth, the qualified electors of such ward at the next general or municipal election, occurring not less than forty days after the decree of the proper court having jurisdiction declaring the election or creation of such new ward in conformity to law, shall elect one person to serve as a member of select council, 1 such a number of members of common council 1 as the ward is entitled to, according to the list of taxable inhabitants, such a number of constables as is directed by law, and a full board of directors of public schools, together with such a number as they are annually entitled to elect for full terms. On the second Monday after the election of such officers the members of councils shall be admitted to their seats and the constables shall, if they have filed their bonds, enter upon the execution of the duties of their offices; and that all councilmen and constables residing in said new ward or wards, who were elected by the qualified electors of the old ward, shall serve out the respective terms for which they were elected as members from the old ward, and if any election should occur for councils or constables previous to the expiration of their respective terms, they shall be counted as part of the whole number to which said ward is entitled, according to the list of taxable inhabitants.
The term of the member of select council shall be until the first Monday of April, in the third year succeeding the year in which such election has been held. The term of the member or members of common council shall be until the first Monday of April, in the second year succeeding the year in which such election has been held. The term of the constables shall be until the first Monday of April, in the fifth year succeeding the year in which such election has been held. In voting for the directors of public schools, one-third of the number composing the board shall be voted for to serve until the first Monday of January next succeeding such election; one other third shall be voted for to serve until the first Monday of January in the second year succeeding such election; and the other third shall be voted for to serve until the first Monday of January in the third year succeeding such election. The others to be voted for at said election, as above specified, shall succeed the first class herein designated upon the expiration of their terms as above provided, to-wit, on the first Monday of January in the year next succeeding such election.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Pennsylvania Statutes Title 53 P.S. Municipal and Quasi-Municipal Corporations § 13321. Organization; election of constables and school directors - last updated January 01, 2022 | https://codes.findlaw.com/pa/title-53-ps-municipal-and-quasimunicipal-corporations/pa-st-sect-53-13321/
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