Part  of  Section  7,  Act  of  June  6,  1893,  P.  L.  335.
Section  12.  That  any  person  Who  shall  hold  the  office  of  burgess
is  hereby  declared  to  be  incapable  of  holding  or  exercising,  at  the
same  time,  any  office,  or  appointment  of  profit  or  trust,  under  the
government  of  the  United  States,  whether  a  Commissioned  officer  or
otherwise,  a  subordinate  officer  or  agent,  who  is  or  shall  be  em-
ployed under  the  legislative,  executive  or  judiciary  departments  of
the  United  States,  nor  be  a  member  of  Congress.
Drafted  from  Section  1,  Act  of  May  15,  1874,  P.  L.  186.
Section  13.  The  holding  of  the  office  of  burgess  is  hereby  declared
to  be  incompatible  with  any  office  or  appointment  under  the  United
States,  and  every  office  of  burgess  so  holden,  contrary  to  the  true
intent  and  meaning  of  this  act  shall  be  and  is  hereby  declared  to  be
null  and  void.
Drafted  from  Section  2,  Act  of  May  15,  1874,  P.  L.  186.
Section  14.  If  any  person  shall  exercise  the  office  of  burgess  con-
trary to  sections  p.2  and  13  of  this  article,  every  person  so  offending
shall  for  every  such  offence,  being  thereof  legally  convicted  in  any
court  of  record,  forfeit  and  pay  any  sum  not  less  than  fifty  nor  more
than  five  hundred  dollars,  at  the  discretion  of  the  court,  one  moiety
of  the  said  forfeiture. to  be  paid  to  the  overseers,  guardians  or  direct-
ors of  the  poor  of  the  borough  or  county  where  such  offence  shall
have  been  committed,  to  be  applied  to  the  support  of  the  poor,  and
the  other  moiety  thereof  to  the  prosecutor  who  shall  sue  for  the  same.
Drafted  from  Section  3,  Act  of  May  15,  1874,  P.  L.  186.
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CHAPTER  VII.
ARTICLE  III.
HIGH  CONSTABLE.
