Section 310. Penalty for Refusing to Serve; Exception.--If any elected assessor refuses to serve he shall forfeit and pay the sum of twenty dollars, to be recovered before a justice of the peace or alderman, at the suit of the commissioners, as debts of similar amount are now recoverable: Provided, That no person who shall have served as collector or assessor shall be appointed or chosen for a second term without his consent for the term of ten years.
Compiler's Note: Section 28 of Act 207 of 2004 provided that any and all references in any other law to a "district justice" or "justice of the peace" shall be deemed to be references to a magisterial district judge.