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HANOVER TOWNSHIP APPEAL

No. 1954 C.D. 1978.

45 Pa.Commw. 146 (1979)

In Re: Petition to Abolish Wards Hanover Township. Hanover Township, Appellant.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

August 16, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. McDonald, for appellant.

John P. Moses, with him Charles P. Gelso and Neil L. Conway, for appellee.

Argued April 6, 1979, before Judges CRUMLISH, JR., ROGERS and CRAIG, sitting as a panel of three.

OPINION BY JUDGE CRAIG, August 16, 1979:

This is an appeal by the board of commissioners of Hanover Township from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County (lower court) abolishing all wards in Hanover Township (township).

In July, 1976, over 100 township residents petitioned the lower court to abolish all wards in the township, pursuant to Section 401 of The First Class Township Code, Act of June 24, 1931, P.L. 1206, as

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