Buttorff v. York City

Citations

• 268 Pa. 143
• 110 A. 728
• 1920 Pa. LEXIS 642

Syllabus

<p>Statutes — Construction of — Acts in pari materia — Acts passed at same session — Acts of May 17, 1919, P. L. 201/., and May 27, 1919, P. L. 310 — Policemen — Trial of policemen — Municipalities — Cities of third class — Mayor and council — Jurisdiction.</p> <p>1. Acts passed at the same session and in pari materia must be construed together. If there is an irreconcilable conflict between the two, the earlier enactment must give way to the later.</p> <p>2. The Acts of May 17, 1919, P. L. 204, and May 27, 1919, P. L. 310, passed at the same session, and relating to the trial of policemen in cities of the third class, must be construed together, and, so construed, they mean the city council cannot hear complaints against policemen until such complaints have been submitted to the council by the mayor; and when the mayor hears a complaint, and dismisses it without submission, any subsequent action of the council thereon is void for lack of jurisdiction, regardless of its Want of information as to the prior action of the mayor.</p>