CHARTER OF THE CITY OF LANCASTER. 147 



No. 12. 

 CHARTER OF THE CITY OF LANCASTER. 



Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Common- 

 wealth of Pennsylvania^ in General Assembly met^ and it is hereby enacted 

 by the authority of the same, That the inhabitants of tlie borough of Lan- 

 caster, in tlie county of Lancaster, as the same extends and is now incor- 

 porated, are hereby constituted a corporation and body politic, by the 

 name and style of "The Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of Lancas- 

 ter," and by the same name shall have perpetual succession ; and they 

 and their successors, by such name, shall at all times forever be able and 

 capable in law to have, purchase, receive, possess, and enjoy lands, tene- 

 ments and hereditaments, liberties, franchises, and jurisdictions, goods, 

 chattels and effects, to them and their successors forever, or for any other 

 or less estate ; and the same lands, tenements, hereditaments, goods, chat- 

 tels, and effects, by such name to grant, bargain, sell, alien, convey, 

 mortgage, pledge, charge, and encumber, or demise and dispo.se of at 

 their will and pleasure; and by the said name shall be able and capable 

 in law to sue or be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered 

 unto, defend and be defended, in all courts of record and elsewhere, in 

 all manner of suits, actions, complaints, pleas, causes, matters, and things 

 that to the said city, as a body politic and corporate, in law and in fact, 

 shall and may appertain; and for that purpose shall have and use one 

 common seal, and the same from time to time may change, alter, deface, 

 and make anew. 



Sec. 2. That the power of the corporation of the said city shall be 

 vested in the Select and Common Councils, who shall in Coiiunon Coun- 

 cils assembled, have full power and authority to make, ordain, consti- 

 tute, and establish such and so many laws, ordinances, regulations, and 

 constitutions, (provided the same shall not be repugnant to the laws and 

 Constitution of the United States, or of this Commonwealth) as shall be 

 necessary or convenient for the government and welfare of the said city, 

 and the same to enforce, put in use and execution, by constables and 

 other proper officers (whom they shall have power to appoint and at 

 their pleasure to revoke, alter and make anew, as occasion may require; 

 and shall have, hold, and enjoy, in addition to the powers now vested in 

 the borough of Lancaster, which are hereby transferred to and vested in 

 1. Act of March 20, 1868, Sec. 1. 2. Ibid., Sec. 5. 



