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•LAWS OP PENNSYLVANIA,
provisions of tlie charter thereof heretofore granted by the
court of common pleas for the city of and county of Phila-
delphia,locate and transact its principal business within the
limits of the county of Delaware.
Approved—The 10th day of April,A.D.1813.
J.F.HARTRANFT.
Name.
Boiindari
No.648.
To incorporate the borough of Mount Holly Springs.
Section 1.Be it enacted,&c.,That the village of Mount
Borongh erected,jj^j^y Springs,in South Middleton township,Cumberland
county,shall be and the same is hereby erected into a borough,
which shall be a body politic and corporate,and called by the
corporate name of the borough of Mount Holly Sprmgs,
bounded and limited as follows,to wit :Beginning at north-
west corner of land of James Siplinger,and running north
eighty-seven and one-half degrees,west two hundred and
forty-eight perches to north-west corner of Mount Holly
cemetery ;thence south one and one-half degrees,west three
hundred and twenty-four perches,by lands of Wm.B.Butler,
Matthew Moore and others,to corner of William M'Allister s
land :thence south twenty-seven degrees,east three hundred
and sixty-five perches,by lands of Wm.B.Butler and Mount
Holly Paper Company to the junction of Gettysburg road
and South Mountain Iron Company's railroad ;thence south
forty-two and one-half degrees,east twenty-seven perches to
a corner on lands leased by ore bank company ;
thence south
forty-nine degrees,east one hundred and seven perches to a
chestnut tree at Geo.^\olf's ;thence north twenty-eight de-
grees,east sixty perches to a corner on lands of Kempton a
heirs ;thence north four degrees,west five hundred and
thirty-six perches,by lands of Thos.Haycock,Mount Holly
Paper Company,Givin Bros.,and others,to place ot be-
ginning.,,e i\.^
Section 2.That the said corporation,by the name ot the
borou<Th of Mount Holly Springs,shall have perpetual suc-
cession,the right to sue and be sued,to complain and defend
in all courts of record and elsewhere,to make and use a com-
mon seal,and alter the same at pleasure,and to purchase,
acquire,hold,sell ^ud convey,real and personal estate neces-
sary for corporate purposes.
Section 3.The powers of the corporation shall be vestea
IrowtrfvS"in a chief burgess,assistant burgess and town council,com-
posed of nine members,and such other officers as may,from
Povpers and priv
leges.
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time to time,be authorized by the ordinances or by-laws of
the borough council.
Skction 4.An election under this act shall be held at the Eieciui.
school house in said borough,on the third Friday of April,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three,and annually
thereafter,by a judge and two inspectors,to be chosen by the
qualified electors who may be present at the opening of said
election,and the inspectors so chosen shall each appoint one
clerk of said election ;and at said election there shall be
elected by the qualified voters of said borough one person for
judge and two persons for inspectors of elections,one person Jua-e,iaspprjors,
for constable and one person for assessor of taxes,who shall se^^\'^to'becwu.
severally hold their office for one year,and three auditois
who shall be elected and whose term of ollice shall be as fol-
lows,to wit:At the election held as aforesaid the qualified m-^o auaitois.
voters of said borough shall elect three auditors ;the person
receiving the highest number of votes shall serve for three
years,the person receiving the second highest number of
votes shall serve for two years,and the person receiving the
third highest number of votes shall serve for one year;one
aud t)r to be elected annuaUy thereafter;and the said officers
and their successors shall perform the fame duties and pos-
sess the same powers as officers of similar designation in
townships;and the board of directors of common schools School directors.
shall consist of six members,who shall be chosen pursuant to
the general school laws of the commonwealth.
Sections.At the election as aforesaid the qualified elec-•"lu'-n^urgess,.is.
tors of said borough shall elect one person for chief burgess,cjmlHimYu toTe"*^
one person for assistant burgess and nine persons for town ^i^ced.
council,to serve for the term of one year.
Section 6.To the end that the minority of the electors of unv counciimea
said borough may obtain for themselves a representation in ^^i^"^"'«^f^^-
their local government,in choosing the nine persons for town
council,uo elector duly qualified shall vote for more than five
candidates for said otlice,and the nine candidates receiving
the highest number of voles shall be declared elected.
Section 7.William li.Butler,now a justice of the peace Pwseiit ju^ue to
resident within the limits of said borough,shall continue to ''"^'"'"^•
hold his otlice and exercise its duties uutil the expiration of
the term for which he was elected.
Section 8.That the chief burgess and town council of the iv>\vertoieTy bjr-
said borough shall have power to levy and collect taxes in the ""''^''''^^'
said borough for borougti purposes,and expend the same in
accordance with the general laws of this commonwealth reg-
ulating boroughs.
Section 0.That it shall be the duty of the treasurer of ''"""ctH.uofbof
said borough,upon the assessment and ascertainment of the ""=""^•
borough taxes in any year,and so soon as the time allowed to
tax-payers to appeal has expired,to give public notice in one
newspaper published in said borough,and b}'at least ?*ix
handbills or placatds put up in public situations therein,that
he is prepared to receive the taxes so assessed and ascertained
at his oflice or place of business,(to be distinctly named in
such notice,)and recpii'-ing the tax payers to pay the same
;
any tax unpaid at the expiration of sixty days from the giving
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of such notice shall be paid with five per centum penalty upon
the amount added thereto ;and for the collection of the un-
paid taxes and penalties it shall be the duty of the president
of the town council to issue his warrant under his hand and
seal to the constable of the said borough,authorizing and
commanding him to collect the same,which warrant shall con-
fer full authority upon such constable to receive such taxes
and penalties and to enforce the payment thereof by distress
or otherwise,as provided in the case of collection of borough
or township taxes by general laws.
Approved—The 10th day of April,A.D.18Y3.
J.F.HAKTRANFT.
No.G49.
To an act,entitled "An Act to enable the administrators of John M.
Hale,late of the city of Reading,Berks county,deceased,to sell real
estate,"approved the second day of July,one thousand eight hun-
dred an.i sixty-nine.
Whereas,Doubts have arisen as to whether the provisions
of the act to which this act is a supplement are in accordance
with the provisions of the constitution of this common-
wealth ;therefore,
Section 1.Be it enacted^d-c,That nothing in the said act
contained shall at any time be construed or understood so as
to change in any respect the right or estate of the widow or
the respective rights or estates of the heirs of John M.Hale,
deceased,as the same existed at and immediately after the
death of said Johhn M.Hale,and before the passage of said
act ;but that in the final settlement and distribution of the
estate of said decedent the personal property shall be con-
sidered to have been applied either entirely,or so far as may
have been necessary,to the payment of the debts of said de-
cedent ;and such tinai settlement and distribution shall be
made in accordance with the provisions of the intestate laws
of this commonwealth.
Approved—The 10th day of April,A.D.18T3.
J.F.HARTRANFT.
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