CHARTER OF THE OITV OF LANCASTER. 158 



house kept by Samuel Erismau in said ward; in the Ninth Ward, ut the 

 public house of Isaac Powell, corner of North queen and Walnut streets, 

 in said ward; the officers elected at the last municipal election shall hold 

 the election in the First, Second, Third and Fourth Wards, on the first 

 Friday of May, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and sixty- 

 seven ; and the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster 

 county shall appoint a Judge and two Inspectors and one Assessor for 

 the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth and Ninth AV'ards respectively, who 

 shall perform all the duties and be subject to all liabilities of Judges and 

 Inspectors of elections and of Assessors under the laws of this Common- 

 wealth ; and at the election to be held in said city, on the first Friday of 

 May, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, as 

 hereinafter provided for, the qualified electors of the several wards of 

 said city shall elect one Judge and two Inspectors, one Constable and an 

 Assessor for each of the said wards, to serve for one year. 



Sec. 17. That the administration of all the fiscal, prudential and muni- 

 cipal concerns of said city, with the conduct and government thereof, 

 shall be vested in one principal ofl&cer, to be styled the Mayor, one 

 Council, to be called the Select Council, and one Council to be called the 

 Common Council, and also such other officers and boards of officers as 

 are hereinafter specified ; and the fiscal year of the city of Lancaster 

 shall commence on the first day of June in each and every year. 



Sec. 18. That the annual meeting of the citizens, for the election ot 

 municipal officers hereinafter mentioned, shall be held on the first Friday 

 in May; and the Mayor shall issue his proclamation to the qualified 

 voters of each ward at least twenty days before said first Friday in May, 

 and therein state the officers to be voted for at such election ; and the 

 person receiving the highest number of votes for any office shall be 

 deemed and declared to be elected to the same : and whenever two or more 

 persons are to be elected to the same office, the several persons, to the 

 number required to be chosen, having the highest number of votes, 

 shall be declared elected; and in case of a tie vote between candidates 

 having the highest number of votes for the same office, such candidates 

 having a tie vote shall, on the day fixed for entering upon the duties of 

 the office, determine by lot which of them shall be entitled to hold the 



same. . . 



Sec. 19. That tlie freemen of the city of Lancaster, bemg citizens ol 

 the United States, who have resided within the bounds of said city for 

 one year, and have paid a city tax for the year jireceding the election, at 

 least five days before said election, which shall have been as.sessed at le^st 

 ten days before, shall be entitled to vote at the elections for officers ot 

 the said city; and any person not so qualified who shall fraudulently 

 17. Ibid., Sec. 4. 18. Ibid., Sec. r.. 19. Ibid., Sec. 6. 



