Section  20.  If  any  person  duly  elected  as  burgess,  member  of
town  council  or  high  constable,  and  having  received  notice  thereof,
shall  refuse  or  neglect  to  take  upon  himself  the  execution  of  the  said
office  to  which  he  shall  have  been  elected,  or  having  taken  upon  himself
such  duties,  shall  neglect  to  discharge  the  same  according  to  law,  every
person  so  refusing  or  neglecting  shall,  for  every  such  offence,  forfeit
and  pay  the  sum  of  twenty  dollars,  which  fine  and  all  other  fines
and  forfeitures  incurred  and  made  payable  in  pursuance  of  this  act
or  any  of  the  by-laws  and  ordinances  of  any  borough,  shall  be  for
the  use  of  the  proper  borough,  and  shall  be  recovered  before  any
justice  of  the  peace,  in  the  same  manner  that  debts  not  exceeding
three  hundred  dollars  are  by  law  recoverable,  and  when  so  recovered
shall  be  forthwith  paid  to  the  treasurer  of  said  borough,  and  all  other
money  received  by  any  officer  for  the  use  of  said  borough  shall  be
forthwith  paid  to  the  said  treasurer.
Sec.  6,  Act  of  April  1,  1834,  P.  L.  163.
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CHAPTER  VIII.
ARTICLE  II.
FILLING  OF  VACANCIES.
