In re Fairmount Township Supervisors

McLean, P. J.,

Under section 192 of the Act of July 14, 1917, P. L. 840, and its amendments, the required number of owners of real estate residing in the Township of Fairmount, Luzerne County, filed a petition for the removal of the township supervisors for neglect of duty, in that the supervisors failed to comply with the statute in the making of contracts for the expenditure of township funds; in failing to fix the commissions and compensation of appointed officers; in failing to require the treasurer to file bond; and in the appointment of the township tax collector as township treasurer,…