South Williamsport Borough v. Miller

Citations

• 20 Pa. Super. 266
• 1902 Pa. Super. LEXIS 222

Syllabus

<p>Public officers — Succession—Bond.</p> <p>The successor of a public officer is the person or board who at the expiration of tlie term of office or the removal of the incumbent is by law charged with the duties and invested with the powers which to the office appertain.</p> <p>If one of the two overseers of the poor is qualified to act he acts for all until such time as the court of quarter sessions has filled the vacancy occasioned by the failure of the other overseers to qualify. It is only when no person qualifies that the preceding officers continue to perform the duties after the expiration of the term for which they had been elected.</p> <p>Where an overseer after election has failed to qualify, the outgoing overseer should pay what moneys lie has in his possession to his associate overseer who continues in office.</p>