LEGISLATION 265 



accept the provisions of this act; and when such majority vote 

 or joint resolution shall have been duly passed and approved, and 

 such Shade-Tree Commissioners appointed, or, in their stead, the 

 duties and powers herein provided have been devolved upon an 

 existing park commission, then, from that time and in that 

 event, this act and all its provisions shall be in full force and 

 application in such township of the first class, borough, or city, 

 so accepting; and such commissioners shall be appointed, for 

 terms of three, four, and five years, respectively, and, on the 

 expiration of any term, the new appointment shall be for five 

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

 only ; and in townships of the first class the said appointment 

 shall be made by the commissioners thereof ; and in boroughs, by 

 the chief burgess, and in cities, by the mayor thereof : Provided, 

 That in cities where a Commission exists for the care of public 

 parks, the term and appointment of such Commission shall not 

 be changed by this act, but shall be and remain as provided by 

 the act of Assembly, and by the ordinance of councils creating 

 such Commission for the care and maintenance of public parks. 

 And such Shade-Tree Commission shall, twice in every year, 

 report in full its transactions and 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, may embody its report in its reg- 

 ular 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 plant- 

 ing 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 contem- 

 plated work is to be considered, specifying in detail the high- 

 ways, 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, bor- 

 ough, 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 



