from the town; or if a councilman in attendance at any meeting
shall neglect or refuse to vote or by his withdrawal from
council or otherwise refuse to act in his official capacity as a
member of council; or if the president of the town council in
attendance at any meeting shall neglect or refuse to cast the
deciding vote; the town council acting without such person may
declare his office as member of the town council or president of
the town council vacant and such vacancy shall be filled by the
town council, by appointing, by resolution, a registered elector
of the town, to hold such office, if the term thereof continues
so long, until the first Monday in January after the first
municipal election occurring more than sixty days after the
vacancy occurs, at which election an eligible person shall be
elected to the office for the remainder of the term. For such
actions a majority of the remaining members of the town council
shall constitute a quorum.] Whether elected or duly appointed to
fill a vacancy in elective office, a town officer shall be
removable from office only by impeachment, or by the Governor
for reasonable cause after due notice and full hearing on the
advice of two-thirds of the Senate, or upon conviction of
misbehavior in office or of an infamous crime in accordance with
the Constitution of Pennsylvania, but the officer's title to
office may be tried by proceedings of quo warranto as provided
by law.
Section 2. Section 2.1 of the act, amended May 1, 1981
(P.L.34, No.13), is amended to read:
Section 2.1. If the electors of any incorporated town shall
fail to choose a mayor, councilman or auditor, provided that
such office exists, or if any person elected to such office
shall neglect or refuse to serve therein, or if a vacancy shall
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