EXHIBIT 23.1


           Consent of Beard Miller Company LLP, Independent Auditors





Regarding:

Registration  Statements,  File No. 33-15150, No. 333-55610,  No. 333-57121, No.
333-37232, No. 333-37236, and No. 333-106701.


         We consent to the incorporation by reference in the above listed
Registration Statements of our report dated January 19, 2004, with respect to
the consolidated financial statements of Community Banks, Inc. included in this
Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2003.



                                                    /s/ BEARD MILLER COMPANY LLP



Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
March 10, 2004