Chapter XX. Incompatible Offices, Chapter XXI. Volunteer Police During War Times, Chapter XXII. Employes Entering Military Service of United 996-999 States, 1000-1002 THE GENERAL BOROUGH ACT. AN ACT Providing a System of Government for Boroughs, and Revising, Amending, and Consolidating the Law Relating to Boroughs. CHAPTER I. PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS. ARTICLE I. (1). Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That this act shall be known and may be cited as "The General Borough Act." (2). Section 2. This act does not include any provisions, and shall not be construed to repeal any acts, relating to: First. The assessment, levy, and collection of taxes, except taxes on dogs. Second. The procedure for the collection of municipal claims by liens. Third. The amount and method of incurring or increasing bonded indebtedness. Fourth. Election officers and conduct of elections. Tenth. The giving of municipal consent to public service corporations. Eleventh. State roads, State-aid roads, and private roads. Twelfth. Validations of elections, bonds, ordinances, and acts of corporate officers. Thirteenth. Crimes and offenses by borough officers. (3). Section 3. The provisions of this act so far as they are the same as those of existing laws are intended as a continuation of such laws, and not as new enactments. The repeal by this act of any act of assembly or part thereof shall not revive any act or part thereof heretofore repealed or superseded; nor affect the corporate existence of any borough heretofore incorporated. The provisions of this act shall not affect any act done, liability incurred, or right accrued or vested, or affect any suit or prosecution pending or to be instituted, to enforce any right or penalty or punish any offense under the authority of such repealed laws. All ordinances, regula |