Commonwealth v. Fenner

Citations

• 228 Pa. 201
• 77 A. 463
• 1910 Pa. LEXIS 454

Syllabus

<p>Boroughs — Chief burgess — Public officers — Act of May 23,1893, P. L. 113.</p> <p>Under the Act of May 23, 1893, P. L. 113, entitled “An. Act to authorize the election of a chief burgess for three years in the several boroughs of this commonwealth, who shall not be eligible to the office for the next succeeding term,” a person is disqualified to act as chief burgess for a term beginning in 1909, where it appears that he had been elected to the office in 1903, and served a full term for three years, that he was again elected in 1906, serving a term of two years and eleven months when he resigned, and was again elected to the office in 1909 for another term of three years.</p>