CHARTER OF THE CITY OF LANCASTER. I«i7 



Tuesday of October, Anno Domini 1870; Provided, Th:it the coinnii.s- 

 sions of all Aldermen expiring l)efore the time herein provided for the 

 election shall continue for a period oi' thirty days after the time of said 

 election, and all acts and proceedings had by them by virtue of their 

 office, up until said period, shall be valid and eftectual. 



Sec. 3. That the qualified electors of said corponitioii shall, on the 

 second Tuesday of October, Anno Domini ISti!), elect a citizen duly 

 qualified to the office of Mayor of said corporation ; tiie electors of the 

 Second, Sixth and Eighth ^Vards shall each elect one person duly qual- 

 ified to the ofiice of Select Councilman, and the persons so elected shall 

 each hold said office for the term of three years ; the electors of the First 

 Third and Fourth wards shall each, on the second Tuesday of October, 

 Anno Domini 1869, elect one person duly qualified to the office of Select 

 Councilman, and the persons so elected shall each hold said office for the 

 term of two years; the qualified electors of the Fifth, Seventh and Ninth 

 wards shall each, on the second Tuesday of October, Anno Domini 1870. 

 elect one person duly qualified to the office of Select Councilman, and 

 the persons so elected shall each hold said office for the term of three 

 years, from the second Wednesday after the second Tuesday of October, 

 Anno Domini 1870. 



Sec. 4. That so much of section twenty-five, of the act of incorpora- 

 tion of March 20, 1818, and so much of section eleventh of the supple- 

 mentary act of incorporation of April 5, 1867, as would appear to render 

 persons holding certain offices ineligible as officers of the corporation, be 

 and the same are hereby repealed, except as refers to aldermen and 

 members of the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; and 

 hereafter, no District Attorney, Sheriff; or other oificer, except member of 

 Congress and member of the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Penn- 

 sylvania, shall on that account be ineligible to hold any office of the cor- 

 poration, or any office filled solely by electors of the corporation. 



Sec 5. That at the election on the second Tuesday of October, Anno 

 Domini 1869, the qualified electors of the corporation shall, m the man- 

 ner indicated in the act entitled "An Act to change the time and inanner 

 of electing School Directors in the city of Lancaster, and to define the 

 qualifications of voters for the same," approved March 6 Anno Domini 

 1868, elect twelve persons duly qualified to serve as School Directors 

 for two years, and twelve to serve for three years, from the fi;«t Ihurs- 

 dayof November following, and on the second Tuesday of October, 

 Anno Domini 1870, and annually thereafter, the qualified electors as 

 aforesaid shall, in the same manner, elect twelve persons duly qua l.hcd 

 to serve as School Directors, for the term of three years, from the fol- 

 lowing first Thursday of November. 



SEa 6. That the name of the Mayor, together with all the ofliccrs 



