Bigley v. Bellevue Borough

Citations

• 158 Pa. 495
• 28 A. 23
• 1893 Pa. LEXIS 1621

Syllabus

<p>Constables — Boroughs—Reducing salary — Art. 3, sec. 13, const.</p> <p>Where a borough employs a constable to light lamps and patrol the streets at a fixed compensation per day, the wages received by the constable for such work are not an official salary which cannot be reduced Without violating art. 3, § 13, of the constitution, which forbids the decrease of an officer’s salary during his term of office.</p>