Bridgewater Borough v. Big Beaver Bridge Co.

Citations

• 210 Pa. 105
• 59 A. 697
• 1904 Pa. LEXIS 854

Syllabus

<p>Constitutional law—Title of statute—Statutes—Act of May 3,1878, P. L. 41.</p> <p>The Act of May 3, 1878, P. L. 41, entitled “A supplement to an act entitled ‘An act to authorize the acquisition by the several counties of this commonwealth, for the use of the county, of bridges, erected over rivers, creeks and rivulets, and for the abolition of tolls thereon,’ approved the eighth day of May, 1876, designed to amend the third section of the said act, and also to amend the ñrst proviso of the fifth section of said act, so that not more than fifteen thousand dollars shall be paid by any one county for the purchase of any such bridge,” does not violate section 3, article 3, of the constitution of Pennsylvania relating to the title of statutes. The title of the act gives sufficient notice to the county commissioners of the amendment which takes away from them the right of approval of the report of the viewers.</p>