The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-06-17
The Borough Supplement-.
,N Aor for the further regulation of Bor,

AN AOr for the further regulation of Bor-
ougbs.
SECTION l. BE IL enacted, etc, That any
application for the incorporation Of a bor-
ough under the general borough acts of 1st
of April, 1894, and Sd Of A April, 1861. shall
be laid before the grand jury at the same
term of the court when presented. whenever
the same can be conveniently done, and in
no case later than the next subsequent
term of the court, and shall be signed by the
petitioners whose names are attached thereto
within three aonths Immediately preceding G
its Presentation to the court, and public
notice Of the intended applicatn for a bor-
ough charter shall be given in at least one
newspaper in the proper county for period
of not less than thirty days INN ediately be-
fore the petition shall be presented. The
foregoing regulation shall! also apply to any
application to g court of competent jurisdic-
ton under the said acts, or either Of them,
for change Of borough limits, or to annul
or alter a borough charter. or to bring a
borough created or regulated by special laws
uDder the operation of the aforesaid act of
Sd of April. 1861.
SEC. /. The number Of members of any
town council of borough where the number
is fixed at FIVE shall hereafter be six, and in
boroughs hereafter incorporated under gem
eral laws the number of such councilmen
shall be six, but the several courts of the
commonwealth having Jurisdiction to in
corporate boroughs may, in granting an 10
corporation or upon application made to
them for the purpose. TX or change the
ch arter of ary borough so as to authorize
the burgess or chief executive officer thereof
to serve as a member of the town council
with full powers as such and to preside at
the meetings thereof.
SEC. 8. In elections for members for town
council each voter may, at his option. bes-
tow his votes siugly upon six candidates, or
cumulate them upon any less number, in
the manner authorized by the fourth section
Of the act to define the limits and organize
the town of Bloomsburg, approved March
4th, 1870, and vacancies in any such coun-
ell shall be filled in the manner provided in
the fifth section Of the same act; but nothing
herein contained shall be hold to regulate or
affect the manner of chosing the burgess or
other principal executive officer of borough
even when be sdall be authorized to serve as
a member Of the town council.
SEC. 4. Whenever the borough author>
tiles shall extend the limits Of such borough,
they shall file plan or plot of such extern
sion Ia the Office Of the clerk of the court
of quarter session of the proper county, and
notice thereof shall be published in at least
two of the newspapers published in the
county, and any ctizen of the borough. OF
of the territory annexed, shall have the right
to appeal from the ordinance of the town
council annexing such territory to the court
of quarter session Of said county within thir>
ty days of the filing OF such plan or plot and
thereuPon the said court shall have power
at its discretion to decree or refuse such ex-
tension Of borough limits in the same man
ner as under the section of first of April,
1894. relating TO beroughs.
Approved, June 2, 1871.