Pennsylvania Act 1891-116 — SECOND CLASS CITIES, COMMON COUNCILS, REPRESENTATION

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SECOND CLASS CITIES, COMMON COUNCILS, REPRESENTATION
                  Act of May 26, 1891, P.L. 123, No. 116              Cl. 24
                                  AN ACT

     Fixing the ratio of representation in common councils in cities
        of the second class.

        Section 1.  Be it enacted, &c., That hereafter the ratio of
     representation in common councils in cities of the second class
     shall be fixed and determined as follows:
        In the month of July preceding the next regular municipal
     election, after the passage of this act, and every fourth year
     thereafter, the members of common councils shall be apportioned
     in the following manner: It shall be the duty of the assessors
     of each ward to return, under oath, a true and exact return of
     resident taxables, to the president of the common council on or
     before the first day of July in each year when an apportionment
     is to be made, and at the first meeting of the councils
     thereafter a joint committee of five, two from the select and
     three from the common council, shall be appointed, who shall
     examine the said returns and divide the whole number of taxables
     by forty, and the quotient shall be the ratio of representation
     for members of common council: Provided, That should any ward
     have an excess of three-fifths more than the ratio of taxables,
     it shall be entitled to an additional member: And provided
     further, That each ward shall have at least one member of common
     councils.
        Section 2.  All acts or parts of acts, local or general,
     inconsistent herewith be and the same are hereby repealed.