LAWS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, PASSED AT THE SESSION OF 1881, IN THE ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTH YEAR OF INDEPENDENCE, TOGETHER WITH A proclamation by the Governor, declaring that he has filed certain Bills in the office of the Sec- 29, 1874, and the Supplements thereto, BY AUTHORITY. HARRISBURG: LANE S. HART, STATE PRINTER. 1881. LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA. No. 1. AN ACT Extending the term of office of the city treasurer in cities of the second class. urer extended. SECTION 1. Be it enacted, &c., That the term of office of Term of city treas the city treasurer, to be elected on the third Tuesday of February, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one, in cities of the second class, shall be extended to the thirtyfirst day of May, one thousand eight hundred and eightyfour, and the term of said officer, elected on the third Tuesday of February, one thousand eight hundred and eighty- urer hereafter four, and at any time subsequent thereto, shail commence on the first day of June following. APPROVED-The 14th day of February, A. D. 1881. Term of city treas elected to commence on first day of June. No. 2. To consolidate the offices of receiver of taxes and collector of outstanding or delinquent taxes, to invest the said receiver with all the powers and privileges, and to impose upon him all the duties and liabilities of said collector, and for the more efficient collection of taxes in cities of the first class. act of March 24, 1870, repealed. SECTION 1. Be it enacted, &c., That so much of the act of Certain portions of assembly, entitled "A further supplement to an act to incorporate the city of Philadelphia, relative to the collection of taxes," approved the twenty-fourth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy, which provides "that the receiver of taxes of the city of Philadelphia, immediately after the passage of this act, shall ap |