Pa. Const. sched. 2, § 1
SCHEDULE NO. 2
(AMENDMENTS OF NOVEMBER 2, 1909)
Sec.
1. Adjustments of terms of public officers.
Adoption. The provisions of Schedule No.2 were adopted
November 2, 1909, P.L.948, J.R.1.
Partial Repeal of Schedule. See section 2 of Proposal No.7
of 1968 in the appendix to the Constitution for provisions
relating to the partial repeal of Schedule No.2.
§ 1. Adjustments of terms of public officers.
That no inconvenience may arise from the changes in the
Constitution of the Commonwealth, and in order to carry the same
into complete operation, it is hereby declared that--
In the case of officers elected by the people, all terms of
office fixed by act of Assembly at an odd number of years shall
each be lengthened one year, but the Legislature may change the
length of the term, provided the terms for which such officers
are elected shall always be for an even number of years.
The above extension of official terms shall not affect
officers elected at the general election of one thousand nine
hundred and eight; nor any city, ward, borough, township, or
election division officers, whose terms of office, under
existing law, end in the year one thousand nine hundred and ten.
In the year one thousand nine hundred and ten the municipal
election shall be held on the third Tuesday of February as
heretofore; but all officers chosen at that election to an
office the regular term of which is two years, and also all
election officers and assessors chosen at that election, shall
serve until the first Monday of December in the year one
thousand nine hundred and eleven. All officers chosen at that
election to offices the term of which is now four years, or is
made four years by the operation of these amendments or this
schedule, shall serve until the first Monday of December in the
year one thousand nine hundred and thirteen. All justices of the
peace, magistrates, and aldermen, chosen at that election, shall
serve until the first Monday of December in the year one
thousand nine hundred and fifteen. After the year nineteen
hundred and ten, and until the Legislature shall otherwise
provide, all terms of city, ward, borough, township, and
election division officers shall begin on the first Monday of
December in an odd-numbered year.
All city, ward, borough, and township officers holding office
at the date of the approval of these amendments, whose terms of
office may end in the year one thousand nine hundred and eleven,
shall continue to hold their offices until the first Monday of
December of that year.
All judges of the courts for the several judicial districts,
and also all county officers, holding office at the date of the
approval of these amendments, whose terms of office may end in
the year one thousand nine hundred and eleven, shall continue to
hold their offices until the first Monday of January, one
thousand nine hundred and twelve.