53 Pa. Stat. § 15998
For each of the said local branch tax offices which may be established, as provided for in section one, there shall be appointed, by the receivers of taxes of such cities, a local receiver of taxes, who shall possess the same qualifications for office as are required by law in the case of the receivers of taxes. Said local receivers of taxes shall hold their offices during the term of the receiver of taxes by whom they shall have been appointed: Provided, That they shall so long behave themselves well. Said local receivers of taxes and such branch offices shall be attached and subordinate to the department of the receiver of taxes, and shall be under its supervision, control, and direction, subject, however, to the regulation of councils. The local receivers of taxes, so appointed, shall receive a compensation, by salary, to be fixed by ordinance; and councils shall provide for the appointment of such clerks and assistants as may be determined upon, and shall appropriate funds from the city treasury for the salaries of the said local receivers of taxes, clerks, and assistants, and for the rent and other expenses of said local branch tax offices.
53 P.S. § 15998