Chalfant v. Edwards

Citations

• 176 Pa. 67
• 34 A. 922
• 1896 Pa. LEXIS 1043

Syllabus

<p>Statutes — Repeal of statutes — General ancl special laws.</p> <p>A general law will not operate to repeal a previous local act without some words indicative of such an intention ; but when it is the duty of the legislature to change an existing system because of some constitutional provision on the subject, and a law is passed for this purpose introducing a new system which is general in its terms and evidently intended to provide a uniform system for all subjects to which it relates, no repealing words are necessary.</p> <p>School laws — Statutes—Acts of February 12, 1869, and April 20, 1874.</p> <p>The sixty-sixth section of the act of February 12, 1869, P. L. ISO, entitied “ An act consolidating the wards of the city of Pittsburg for educational purposes,” limiting the indebtedness of the sub-school districts of Pittsburg was repealed by the act of April 20,1874, P. L. 65.</p> <p>Hutchinson’s Appeal, 4 Pennypacker, 84, is overruled so far as it relates to this question.</p>