A Planning Commission, to be composed of nine
members, appointed as provided by law, is hereby created in and for
the Township of Swatara. The said Planning Commission shall perform
all duties and may exercise all the powers conferred by law upon township
planning agencies, provided the Township Planning Commission previously
created in and for the said Township shall constitute the Township
Planning Commission hereby created, and nothing herein shall affect
the tenure of any of the members thereof; but any and all vacancies
in the said Commission, hereafter occurring, shall be filled in the
manner and for the term provided in the law governing township planning
commissions in effect at the time of the happening of the said vacancy.