PRINTER'S NO. 1063
No. 976 Session of 1981
INTRODUCED BY FEE AND DeMEDIO, MARCH 23, 1981
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, MARCH 23, 1981
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of August 9, 1955 (P.L.323, No.130), entitled
2 "An act relating to counties of the third, fourth, fifth,
3 sixth, seventh and eighth classes; amending, revising,
4 consolidating and changing the laws relating thereto,"
5 authorizing counties of the fifth class to permit two persons
6 to hold the office of prothonotary and the office of the
7 clerk of courts.
8 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
9 hereby enacts as follows:
10 Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 1302, act of August 9,
11 1955 (P.L.323, No.130), known as "The County Code," is amended
12 to read:
13 Section 1302. How Offices to Be Held.--* * *
14 (b) [In] (1) Except as set forth in clause (2), in counties
15 of the fifth class, one person shall hold the offices of
16 prothonotary and clerk of [the court of oyer and terminer and
17 quarter sessions] courts, one person the offices of register of
18 wills and clerk of the orphans' court, and one person the office
19 of recorder of deeds, unless local law applying to such counties
20 shall otherwise provide.
1 (2) The county commissioners of every county of the fifth
2 class, may, by resolution or ordinance, provide that the offices
3 of prothonotary and clerk of courts be held by two persons.
4 * * *
5 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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