In re Supervisor of Nether Providence Township
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal No. 233, Jan. T. 1905, by-Samuel E. Anderson, from order of Q. S. Delaware Co., vacating office of supervisor In re Petition of Removal of Supervisor of Netber Providence Township. Petition for removal of Samuel E. Anderson, Supervisor of Nether Providence Township.
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Appeal No. 233, Jan. T. 1905, by-Samuel E. Anderson, from order of Q. S. Delaware Co., vacating office of supervisor In re Petition of Removal of Supervisor of Netber Providence Township. Petition for removal of Samuel E. Anderson, Supervisor of Nether Providence Township. The petition averred that the respondent had not filed his bond within one month after his election as required by the Act of March 16, 1860, P. L. 174. Anderson filed an answer the substance of which appears in the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court in an opinion by Johnson, P. J., held that the second section of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Mitchell,
Appellant was elected a supervisor of the township of Nether Providence on February 21, 1905. On May 4,1905, a petition of citizens was filed in the quarter sessions and subsequently on rule to show cause, etc., the court declared the office vacant for failure to enter security as required by law.
The Act of March 16, 1860, P. L. 174, provides in section 2 that “ any officer or officers failing to give the security required by the first section of this act within one month after his election, then his or their offices shall be declared vacant, and the court…
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