Lilly v. Krause

Citations

• 30 Pa. Super. 412
• 1906 Pa. Super. LEXIS 88

Syllabus

<p>Boroughs — Consolidation of boroughs — Councilmen—Vacancy in ■ office— Elections.</p> <p>Where two boroughs are consolidated under the Act of June 6, 1893, P. Jj. 335, and the chief burgess of one borough becomes a member of the council of the new borough from the ward in which he resides, and' such ward has thereupon four councilmen, an election in such ward for a councilman held within a year after the consolidation and a month prior to the expiration of the term of one of the four members is invalid. No vacancy can exist in such ward until the expiration of the term of a second councilman, and the consequent reduction of the number of members to below three.. In such a case it is not necessary that the former chief burgess nor the town council shall take any. affirmative action to continue him as a member.</p>