Section  2.  The  petition  provided  for  in  Section  1  of  this  article
shall  be  signed  by  the  petitioners  within  three  months  immediately
preceding  its  presentation  to  the  court,  and  upon  such  presentation
shall  be  filed  with  the  clerk,  and  notice  thereof  shall  be  given  in  one
newspaper  of  the  proper  county  for  a  period  of  not  less  than  thirty
days  immediately  before  the  next  regular  term  following  the  presenta-
tion of  such  petition  and  the  filing  thereof,  during  which  time  excep-

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tions  may  be  filed  to  such  petition  by  any  person  interested,  and  the
court  at  said  term,  after  full  investigation  of  the  case,  if  it  shall  find
that  the  conditions  prescribed  by  law  have  been  complied  with  and
shall  believe  that  it  is  expedient  to  grant  the  prayer  of  the  petitioners,
shall  grant  the  same  and  make  a  decree  accordingly,  and  said  petition
and  decree  shall  be  recorded  in  the  recorder's  office  of  the  proper
county  at  the  expense  of  the  petitioners.
A  section  drafted  from  Section  1,  Act  of  June  2,  1871,  P.
L.  283,  and  Section  1,  Act  of  June  26,  1895,  P.  L.  389.
(Borough  of  Ensworth,  5  Sup.  Ct.  29;  Throop  Borough,  15

Pa.  0.  C.  131.)

Section  3.  The  said  village  or  villages,  so  incorporated,  shall
thereupon  become  a  body  politic  under  such  name  as  shall  be  given  or
sanctioned  by  the  court,  and  shall  be  subject  to  the  provisions  of  this
act.
Section  2,  Act  of  May  29,  1889,  P.  L.  393.
