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five years, and any vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term only; and 

 in townships of the first class the eaid appointment shall be made by the com- 

 missioners thereof; and in boroughs, by the chief burgess, and in cities, by the 

 mayor thereof; Provided. That in cities where ia Commission exists for the care 

 of public parks, the term and appointment of euch Commission shall not be changed 

 by this act, but shall be and remain as provided by the act of the Assembly, and 

 by the ordinance of councils creating such commission for the care and maintenance 

 of public parks. And such Shede-tree Commission shall, twice in every year, report 

 in full its transactions snd expenditures for the municipal fiscal year then last 

 ended, to the authority under and by which it was appointed; Provided. That an 

 existing park commission, acting under this enactment, nay embody its report in 

 its regular report to the councils, as by law or ordinance provided. 



Sec. 3. That when such Shade-Tree Commissioners, or Park Commissioners so 

 acting, shall propose the setting out or planting or removing of any shade-trees, 

 or the material changing of the same in any highway, they shall give public notice 

 of the time and place appointed for the meeting at which such contemplated work 

 is to be considered, specifying in detail the highways, or portion thereof, upon 

 which trees are proposed to be planted, removed, or changed, in one or more - not 

 exceeding two in all - of the newspapers published in said township, borough, or 

 city once each week for at least two weeks prior to the date of said meeting. 



Sec, 4. The cost of planting, transplanting, or removing any trees in any 

 highway, end of suitable guards, curbing, or grating, for the protection thereof 

 when necessary, ajid of the proper replacing of any pavement or sidewalk necessarily 

 disturbed in the doing of such work, shall be borne by the owner of the roal estate 

 in front of which such trees are painted, set out, or removed; and the cost thereof 

 as to each tract of real estate shall be certified by the commissioners to the 

 township commissioners, or to the presidents of the councils in boroughs and cities, 

 and also to the person having charge of the collection of taxes, for the said town- 

 ship, borough, or city; and upon the filing of e;-dd ceritifcates, the amount of the 



