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The petition shall be filed and thereupon the court shall direct notice to be given by legal advertisement published in all newspapers of general circulation that are both printed and published either in such city of the second class A or in the borough or township proposed to be annexed thereto. The court shall fix and the advertisement shall set forth a date, which shall be not less than one month and not more than six weeks after the filing of such petition, when the court will hear the same and all exceptions that may be filed thereto. Said notice shall set forth the substance of said petition but without publishing at length the names of the signers thereto and shall be published once a week for three consecutive weeks commencing within one week after the filing of such petition. Any resident taxpayer of the borough or township proposed to be annexed or of the city of the second class A to be affected, may file exceptions to such petition on the ground that such petition does not contain the number of bona fide signatures of qualified voters required or in other respects fails to conform with the provisions of this act.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Pennsylvania Statutes Title 53 P.S. Municipal and Quasi-Municipal Corporations § 30252. Notice and hearing - last updated January 01, 2022 | https://codes.findlaw.com/pa/title-53-ps-municipal-and-quasimunicipal-corporations/pa-st-sect-53-30252/
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