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Road taxes may be worked out.

road and other

special taxes.

spective duplicates of taxes assessed to the collector of taxes of their respective boroughs and townships with their warrants attached, directing and authorizing him to collect the same, but road taxes may be worked out as heretofore: ProProviso as to certain vided, That such special and other road taxes, as it may be lawful and necessary to collect in money, may, at the discretion of the supervisors or road commissioners, be placed in the hands of the collector of taxes, with their warrant for collection by him; for which he shall receive five per centum of the amount collected by him, or the same may be collected by the supervisors or road commissioners as heretofore. Provided further, That the limitations in this act, as to time and the requirements hereof relating to keeping an alphabetical list of persons charged with taxes, shall not apply to road taxes.

Certain limitations

of this act not to apply to road taxes.

Powers and liabilities of such collectors.

Book to be kept, and

phabetical order.

SECTION 5. The collector of taxes shall have all the power for the collection of said taxes, during his term of office, heretofore vested in collectors of county taxes under existing laws, and be subject to the same liabilities and penalties for neglect, or violation of the duties of his office.

SECTION 6. The collector of taxes shall provide an appronames entered in al- priate book, the cost of which shall be allowed to him in the settlement of his accounts, in which he shall enter in alphabetical order the names of all persons charged with taxes in the duplicates aforesaid, and showing the amount of such tax charged against each person, which book shall be at all times open to the inspection of each taxpayer, and shall be delivered by the collector of taxes at the expiration of his term to his successor in office.

To be open to inspection, and delivered to successor.

Public notice to be

of duplicate.

SECTION 7. Where any duplicate of taxes assessed is issued given of the receipt and delivered to the collector of taxes, it shall be the duty of said collector to give public notice as soon thereafter as conveniently can be done, by at least ten written or printed notices to be posted in as many public places in different parts of the township or borough, that said duplicate has been issued and delivered to him; and all persons, who shall within sixty days from the date of said notice make payment of any taxes charged against them in said duplicate, shall be entitled to a reduction of five per centum from the amount thereof; and all persons, who shall fail to make payment of any taxes charged against them in said dupliplicate for six months after notice given as aforesaid, shall be charged five per cent. additional on the taxes charged against them, which shall be added thereto by said collector of taxes and collected by him.

Reduction to be made for prompt payment.

Days and time fixed for payment and receipt of taxes.

Place.

SECTION 8. The collector of taxes shall, in person or by some person duly authorized, be in attendance for the purpose of receiving and receipting for taxes on Thursday, Fri day and Saturday of each week, during the last two weeks of said sixty days, between the hours of two o'clock and six o'clock in the afternoon, at his residence, or some other place in the proper township or borough, to be designated by him in the notice aforesaid.

collectors.

SECTION 9. The collector of taxes shall collect the taxes Compensation of charged in said duplicates and pay over the same to the respective treasurers or authorities entitled thereto, after deducting his commission for the collection thereof, which is hereby fixed at two per centum on all taxes paid to him on which an abatement of five per centum is allowed, and at five per centum on all taxes afterwards collected: Provided, That where the total amount of taxes charged on a duplicate is less than one thousand dollars, the said collector shall receive three per centum on all taxes paid to him on which an abatement of five per centum is allowed.

SECTION 10. Exonerations may be made by the authorities Exonerations. and in the same manner as heretofore.

counts.

SECTION 11. The accounts of collectors of taxes shall be Settlement of acsettled by township or borough auditors of the proper township or borough, and he shall state a separate account for each different tax collected by him; but collectors of county and State taxes shall settle with the county commissioners as heretofore.

unseated lands.

SECTION 12. Taxes charged upon unseated lands shall not Taxes charged on be collected by the collectors of taxes, but shall be certified and returned by the several authorities levying the same to the county commissioners to be collected as heretofore.

SECTION 13. So much of all general acts heretofore passed, Repeal.

as is inconsistent herewith, is hereby repealed, but this act

shall not apply to any taxes, the collection of which is reg- Application of act. ulated by a local law.

APPROVED-The 25th day of June, A. D. 1885.

ROBT. E. PATTISON.

No. 158.

A SUPPLEMENT

To an act, entitled "An act dividing the cities of this State into three classes, regulating the passage of ordinances, providing for contracts for supplies and work for said cities, authorizing the increase of indebtedness, and the creation of a sinking fund to redeem the same, defining and punishing certain offenses in all of said cities, and providing for the incorporation and government of cities of the third class," approved May twenty-third, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventyfour, and the supplements thereto, extending the term of the mayor who shall hereafter be elected in said cities.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted, &c., That so much of the act of March twenty-three, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, section thirty, which reads as follows:

"The mayor of each of said cities of the third class shall possess the qualifications of a member of select council, and shall be chosen at the municipal election to serve for a term of two years, and shall be the chief executive magistrate thereof, and shall be ex-officio a justice of the peace within the city; it shall be his duty to be vigilant and active in

section 30, of act of May 23, 1874, cited

for amendment.

Qualifications, election, powers, &c., of mayors of cities of the third class, whose term shall be four years.

Appointment, &c., of police constables and watchmen.

causing the laws of this Commonwealth, and the laws and ordinances of the said city, to be executed and enforced therein, and in order to enable him more effectually to preserve the peace and good order of the city, all the powers given to sheriffs of this Commonwealth to prevent routs, riots and tumultuous assemblies as hereby conferred upon him; he shall communicate to councils at the first stated meeting in the month of January of each year, and oftener if he shall deem it expendient, the condition of the city in relation to its government, finances and improvements, and shall recommend the adoption of all such measures as the business interests of the city may, in his opinion, require, and he shall pay all fees received by him into the city treasury monthly; the councils shall fix the number of police constables and watchmen, and the mayor shall nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the select council, appoint the said police, constables and watchmen, and at his pleasure dismiss all or any of them, and in like manner all vacancies shall be filled. The police constables and watchmen shall obey the orders of the mayor and make report to him, which report shall be laid before the council by him whenever required; and he shall exercise a constant supervision and control over the conduct of the police constables and watchmen, receive and examine all complaints preferred against them in the discharge of their duties, and report the same to councils; and the mayor shall be required to remove from office any police constable or watchman by him appointed, upon a resolution to that effect being passed by two-thirds of both branches of council," be amended so as to read as follows:

The mayor hereafter elected of each of said cities of the third class shall possess the qualifications of a member of select council, and shall be chosen at the municipal election to to serve for a term of four years, and shall not be eligible to reelection; he shall be the chief executive magistrate of the city and shall be ex-officio a justice of the peace within the city; it shall be his duty to be vigilant and active in causing the laws of this Commonwealth, and the laws and ordinances of the said city, to be executed and enforced therein, and, in order to enable him more effectually to preserve the peace and good order of the city, all the powers given to sheriffs of this Commonwealth to prevent routs, riots and tumultuous assemblies are hereby conferred upon him; he shall communicate to councils at the first stated meeting in the month of January of each year, and oftener if he shall deem expedient, the condition of the city in relation to its government, finances and improvements, and shall recommend the adoption of all such measures as the business interests of the city may, in his opinion, require, and he shall pay all fees received by him into the city treasury monthly; the councils shall fix the number of police constables and watchmen, and the mayor shall nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the select council, appoint the

To obey orders of mayor, and report to him.

said police constables and watchmen, and at his pleasure
dismiss all or any of them and in like manner all vacancies
shall be filled. The police constables and watchmen shall
obey the orders of the mayor and make report to him, which
report shall be laid before the council by him whenever re-
quired; and he shall exercise a constant supervision and
control over the conduct of the police constables and watch-
men, receive and examine all complaints preferred against
them in the discharge of their duties, and report the same
to councils; and the mayor shall be required to remove from Removals.
office any police constable or watchman by him appointed,
upon a resolution to that effect being passed by two thirds
of both branches of council.

APPROVED-The 26th day of June, A. D. 1885.

ROBT. E. PATTISON.

No. 159.

AN ACT

To provide for a deficit, in the department for the support of the destitute children of deceased and permanently disabled soldiers and sailors of the State, for the year ending May thirty-first, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four, and May thirty-first, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, respectively.

$14,166.30 appropriyear ending May 31, 1884.

ated for deficit for

$8,091.96 for deficit of year ending May 31, 1885.

for first six months

SECTION 1. Be it enacted, &c., That the sum of fourteen thousand one hundred and sixty-six dollars and thirty cents, ($14.166 30), is hereby appropriated for the payment of bills due and rendered, but remaining unpaid for the year ending on the thirty-first day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four, and that the further sum of eight thousand ninety-one dollars and ninetysix cents, ($8.091 96), is appropriated for the payment of bills due and rendered, but remaining unpaid for the first six months, of the year ending the thirty first day May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five; these sums to be expended and accounted for as provided, How to be expended by the act approved the ninth day of April, one thousand and accounted for. eight hundred and sixty-seven, entitled "An act to provide for the education and maintenance of destitute orphans of deceased soldiers and the destitute children of permanently disabled soldiers and sailors of the State;" the accounts of the expenditure of the same to be settled by the Auditor General, upon vouchers furnished to him under oath, in the manner prescribed by an act, approved the twenty-eighth day of June, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and eighty three, entitled "An act to provide for the expenses required by an act, entitled 'An act to provide for the continuance of the education and maintenance of the destitute orphans of the deceased soldiers and sailors, and the desti

Accounts to be settled by the auditor general.

tute children of permanently disabled soldiers and sailors of the State.""

APPROVED The 26th day of June, A. D. 1885.

ROBT. E. PATTISON.

City or borough superintendents not to be subject to the

superintendents.

No. 160.

AN ACT

Amending an act, entitled "A further supplement to an act for the regulation and continuance of a system of education by common schools," approved April ninth, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty seven, authorizing cities of the third class to hold separate teach ers' institutes.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted, &c., That section nine, of said act, which provides as follows, viz: "That from and after authority of county the appointment of a city or borough superintendent, in any city or borough in this Commonwealth, and the proper notification of the superintendent of the common schools of the fact of, such city or borough shall not be subject to the authority and jurisdiction of the county superintendent, of the county in which said city or borough is located, except that in the matter of holding annual teachers' institutes, as provided in section two, three, four and five of this act, in which the city or borough superintendent shall co-operate; Quota of appropria- and the quota of the annual State appropriation, to said

Exception (overruled by amendment.).

tion.

Cities of the third class authorized to hold separate teachors' institutes.

To be independent of the county superintendent.

Powers of the city superintendent.

Permanent certificates.

city or borough, shall not be diminished, by reason of any contribution to the salaries of county superintendents; nor shall the directors of such city or borough vote at any election for county superintendent," be amended, by adding the following proviso, viz: Provided, That it shall be lawful for the board of school directors or controllers of any city of the third class within this Commonwealth, by resolution at any stated meeting and duly recorded, to authorize the holding of a separate annual teachers' institute for said city, and, in all matters pertaining to the holding of institute, shall be in no wise subject to the authority and jurisdiction of the superintendent of the schools of the county, in which said city is located; and, when the holding of said separate annual institute shall have been so authorized as aforesaid, the superintendent of the schools of said city shall have power to call a teachers' institute, and to draw from the county treasury, moneys for the support of the same in like manner and to the same extent, as the county superintendents of this Commonwealth are now empowered to do; and that said annual institute shall have power to elect a committee on permanent certificates, in and for said city, as county institutes are now empowered to do for their respective counties.

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