Beltz v. Pittsburg

Citations

• 26 Pa. Super. 66
• 1904 Pa. Super. LEXIS 265

Syllabus

<p>Municipalities• — Classification—Population.</p> <p>Classification of muncipalities in Pennsylvania rests on the single element of population, and the legislation based on such classification is limited to the organization and administration 'of the city go.verment, to the regulation of municipal affairs, and of matters under municipal control, to the number, character, powers and duties of the officers employed in such affairs, and to the exercise generally, of the corporate powers vested in the municipality.</p> <p>Municipalities — Classification—Health regulation — Act of June 7, 1901, P. L. 493.</p> <p>Legislation designed to guard against disease by establishing or promoting the sanitary conditions most favorable to health, must be deemed within the purposes for which the classification of cities is permitted.</p> <p>The Act of June 7, 1901, P. L. 493, entitled, “An act providing for the examination licensure and registration of persons, firms or corporations engaged or engaging in the business or work of plumbing or house drainage, and prescribing certain rules, regulations and requirements for the construction of plumbing, house drainage and cesspools in cities of the second class, and imposing fines, penalties and forfeitures for violation thereof,” is constitutional.</p>