Pennsylvania Act 1841-141 — COUNTY TREASURER ELECTED

Act text

COUNTY TREASURER ELECTED
                  Act of May 27, 1841, P.L. 400, No. 141              Cl. 16
                                  AN ACT

     Relating to the Election of County Treasurers, and for other
        purposes.

        Section 1.  Election and term of office
        On the second Tuesday in October next, and on the same day
     every two years thereafter, it shall be lawful for the qualified
     voters in the several counties of this Commonwealth, to elect a
     suitable person to serve as county treasurer, who shall enter
     upon the duties of his office, on the first Monday in January
     next, after his election, and perform all the duties enjoined by
     law on the several county treasurers of this Commonwealth, until
     the first Monday in January, two years next after his induction
     into office as aforesaid.  1841, May 27, P.L. 400, Sec. 1.
        Section 2.  Mode of election
        The election shall be held and returns of election made in
     the manner prescribed by law in the case of county
     commissioners, and the validity of the election or return be
     subject to like trial and examination in case of a contest.
     1841, May 27, P.L. 400, Sec. 2.
        Section 3.  Certain officers ineligible
        No judge, clerk, or prothonotary of any court, register of
     wills, recorder of deeds, county commissioner, or county
     auditor, shall be eligible to serve as county treasurer, during
     their continuance in office. 1841, May 27, P.L. 400, Sec. 3;
     1955, June 23, P.L. 195, No. 57, Sec. 1.
        Section 4.  Certificate of appointment
        Each person elected a county treasurer, shall, before
     entering into the duties of his office, give bonds with
     security, in the manner and on the conditions prescribed in the
     thirty-third and thirty-fourth sections of an act entitled "An
     Act relating to county and township officers," passed April 15,
     1834, and it shall be the duty of the county commissioners,
     after the bonds and surety are given and approved, to give the
     person so elected a certificate of his appointment in the form
     and manner prescribed by the thirty-first section of the act
     last aforesaid, and forward a certificate thereof to the auditor
     general, in the manner therein prescribed, and such certificate
     shall be recorded as in said act is directed.  1841, May 27,
     P.L. 400, Sec. 4.
        Section 5.  Filling of vacancies
        In case any person so elected county treasurer shall be
     declared ineligible, refuse to give bonds agreeably to law, die,
     resign, remove from the county, or be removed from office on
     account of any delinquency or misdemeanor, it shall be lawful
     for the county commissioners to appoint a suitable person to
     fill said office until the expiration of the term for which such
     county treasurer shall have been elected; and the person so
     appointed shall conform and be subject to the laws of this
     Commonwealth in relation to county treasurers, and be subject to
     like removal: Provided, no person shall be appointed, declared
     by law to be ineligible to election.  1841, May 27, P.L. 400,
     Sec. 5.
        Section 6.  Removal on petition of commissioners
        If the commissioners of any county shall believe the county
     treasurer is embezzling, wasting, using or improperly managing
     the public moneys committed to his charge, or that from the
     insufficiency of his security the public interests are likely to
     suffer, it shall be lawful for said commissioners to petition
     the court of quarter sessions of the proper county, setting
     forth the facts complained of, and if said court shall believe
     said complaint well founded, it shall make such order for the
     removal of such treasurer, or require additional security, as to
     said court shall appear just and proper in the premises.  1841,
     May 27, P.L. 400, Sec. 6.
        Section 7.  Fines and removal for neglect of duty
        If any county treasurer, elected or appointed under the
     provisions of this act, after taking on himself the duties of
     the office, shall neglect or refuse to perform any duty required
     of him by law, he shall on conviction be fined in any sum not
     exceeding three hundred dollars, and be forthwith removed from
     office.  1841, May 27, P.L. 400, Sec. 7.
        Section 14.  Intemperance, neglect of duty, malfeasance or
     misfeasance., petition; verification; additional security (14
     repealed Oct. 9, 2009, P.L.494, No.49)