Section 9. Every burgess hereafter elected and qualified agreeably to this act, is hereby authorized to issue his precepts as often as occasion may require to the collector of the proper borough, commanding him to collect all taxes so assessed for the use of said borough and the same to pay over to the treasurer thereof, which collector shall have the same power that collectors now have in collecting county rates and levies; and the burgess is hereby authorised to carry into effect all by-laws and ordinances enacted by the town council. He is also required to cause to be opened all roads, streets, lanes or alleys that may be laid out by order of the proper court within the limits of the borough, and for neglect or refusal to do so, shall be liable to like penalties as are incurred by supervisors of the highways for a similar offence. And the town council shall have power to mitigate or remit fines and forfeitures in all cases where it shall appear that the person or persons so fined did not offend intentionally, or on having some other just and reasonable excuse to plead in his, her or their behalf.
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Compiler's Note: Section 1301(b) of Act 192 of 1915 provided that section nine is repealed except in so far as it relates to assessors, constables, elections, justices of the peace, overseers of the poor, school directors, or taxation.