Bennett v. Sullivan County

Citations

• 29 Pa. Super. 120
• 1905 Pa. Super. LEXIS 275

Syllabus

<p>Constitutional law — Title of act — Wild animals — Counties—Act of July 9, 1897, P. L. 233.</p> <p>The Act of July 9, 1897, P. L. 233, entitled “An Act for the destruction of wild cats, foxes and minks in this commonwealth, and providing for payment of bounties on the same, officers’ fees, and fixing a penalty for violation of same,” is defective in title and unconstitutional, inasmuch as the title does not state that the bounties provided by the act are to be paid by counties. As there was no prior legislation on the subject, the authorities of counties had no reason to suppose from the title of the act that the payment of the bounty would be imposed upon them. Hays v. Cumberland County, 5 Pa. Superior Ct. 159; 186 Pa. 109, distinguished.</p> <p>The attempt of the legislature to re-enact the act by amending the title by the Act of April 11, 1899, P. L. 43, was ineffective, inasmuch as the title of the later act conveys no intimation that a duty is to be imposed upon counties; nor is the earlier act amended in the manner provided by the constitution.</p>