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Pennsylvania Statutes Title 53 P.S. Municipal and Quasi-Municipal Corporations § 16281. Impeachment and removal

Current as of January 01, 2026 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Each and every mayor, recorder   1 or alderman,  2 who shall be elected, chosen or appointed, in pursuance of this act, and who shall misdemean himself in office, shall be liable to be impeached by the general assembly, before the president or vice-president and council, and shall be removable for misconduct in office by the said general assembly.

1  Office abolished by act of 1883, May 29, P.L. 48, No. 38.
2  Office abolished in Philadelphia by Const. Art. 5, § 12 (repealed).
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