Section 2

Act 83 of 1876, § 2, under MUNICIPALITIES, GRANTED ADDITIONAL POWERS.

Act 83 of 1876, § 2

Section 2. For the purpose of carrying this act into effect, every borough or incorporated town within this Commonwealth shall have power by its proper officers to pass such ordinances or by-laws as may be necessary for that purpose, and also to impose fines to be collected by an action of debt, or penalties to be enforced by summary conviction, as for a breach of the peace, before any alderman, magistrate or justice of the peace of said boroughs or incorporated towns.

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.

Compiler's Note: Section 1301(c) of Act 192 of 1915 provided that section 2 is repealed insofar as it relates to boroughs.