Brink v. Marsh

Citations

• 53 Pa. Super. 293
• 1913 Pa. Super. LEXIS 167

Syllabus

<p>Bounties — Killing of noxious animals — Liability of county — Reimbursement by commonwealth — Act of April 10, 1907, P. L. 60.</p> <p>1. Under the Act of April 10, 1907, P. L. 60, entitled, “An Act creating a reward or bounty for the destruction of certain noxious animals, killed within the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, providing a method for the payment of the same by the several counties of the commonwealth which in turn are to be reimbursed by the commonwealth,” etc., payment of bounties are to be made primarily by the county which is to be reimbursed by the state; and the fact there has been no appropriation by the state will not relieve the county from paying the bounty when a proper scalp certificate is presented</p> <p>Statutes — Title of act — Construction of statute.</p> <p>2. Since the adoption of the constitutional amendments of 1864 the title of an act is necessarily a part of it, and a very important aid to its right construction.</p>