73 Pa.C.S. § 109

(a) Appointment of new officers.--If a new township of the first class is created from a township of the second class as provided in this chapter, the court of common pleas of the appropriate county shall appoint the elective officers for the new township and determine the polling place or places in the new township. The appointed officers shall hold office until the first Monday of January after the next municipal election as provided in this part.

(b) Commissioners.--At the first municipal election following the creation of a township under section 106 (relating to creation of townships of the first class from townships of the second class), five township commissioners shall be elected at large if the township has not been divided into wards. Three of the commissioners shall be elected for terms of four years each, and two for terms of two years each, from the first Monday of January next following the election. The ballots at the election shall designate the term for which each commissioner is elected. Each commissioner's successor shall be elected for terms of four years in accordance with this part. If the township has been divided into wards, the township commissioners shall be elected as provided in section 1504 (relating to schedule for election of commissioners in townships first divided into wards).

(c) Tax collector.--At the first municipal election, a tax collector shall be elected for a two-year or four-year term so that the term shall expire at the same time as the terms of tax collectors of other townships of the first class under the provisions of this part. For each subsequent tax collector, the term of tax collector of the township shall be four years from the first Monday of January next following the tax collector's election. Cross References. Section 109 is referred to in section 106 of this title.