Technically yes, as the Burgess is usually appointed / selected from within the council, which is elected by the voters; whereas a Mayor is directly elected by the voters of a city. In order to be a councilman, you must reside in the ward or district which you represent. I do suppose that it is, and was, possible for the council to appoint someone not already seated on council as Burgess. That's a lot more detail than neccesary to convey the concept of the office to a person unfamiliar with the term. -----Original Message----- From: SGowen4089@aol.com <SGowen4089@aol.com> To: PALACKAW-L@rootsweb.com <PALACKAW-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, August 12, 2001 1:10 PM Subject: Re: [PA-LAC] Re: What's a Burgess >I believe that a burgess is a resident of a borough who is a voter and who >becomes an elected representative of that borough. > > >==== PALACKAW Mailing List ==== >Search the Lackawanna pages: http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/search.html >To unsubscribe: http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/index.html#MailingList >