Section 2

Section 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the freemen of the city of Pittsburg, citizens of this state or of the United States, who have resided within the bounds of the said city at least one year immediately preceding the election, and within that time paid a borough or city tax, shall meet together on the first Tuesday in July next, and on the first Tuesday of January yearly thereafter, and elect, by ballot, fifteen persons, qualified to serve as members of the house of representatives of this commonwealth, to be members of the common council for the said city for the year in which they shall be elected, and also at the first election, nine persons qualified to serve as senators of this commonwealth, to be members of the select council of the said city, who shall forthwith, after their election, divide themselves by lot into three classes, the seats of the first class shall be vacated at the expiration of the first year, of the second class at the expiration of the second year, and of the third class at the expiration of the third year, so that one third may be chosen every year after such first election: and the first election to be held under this act, shall be held and conducted by the burgess and town council of the borough of Pittsburg, and all future elections of select and common council men, to be had and held in pursuance of this act, shall be held and conducted by the recorder and aldermen of the said city, or any four of them; and the said persons hereby authorised to hold and conduct any such election, shall take the usual oaths or affirmations as prescribed by the general election laws of this commonwealth, to be taken by the judges and inspectors of the general elections, and shall have power to appoint clerks of such elections, and to administer the necessary oaths to such clerks: And when each election, to be had and held in pursuance of this act, shall be closed, and the number of votes for each candidate or person voted for, shall be counted and ascertained, the persons herein authorised to hold and conduct such elections, or a majority of them, shall prepare and make, under their respective hands and seals, a return thereof, containing the names of each select and common council man elect, as the case may be, with the number of votes in favor of each of them, and shall, within twenty-four hours after the closing of each of the said elections, give notice, in writing, to each of the said select and common council men elect, of their respective elections to the office of select or common council man, as the case may be, and shall also deliver, or cause to be delivered, such return to the select council or to the common council elect, as the case may be, at the times and places in and by this act appointed for them respectively to meet and receive the same, and the said returns shall thereafter be deposited and preserved in the office of the clerk of the city court.