City of Chester v. Black

Citations

• 132 Pa. 568
• 19 A. 276
• 1890 Pa. LEXIS 854

Syllabus

<p>1. The act of May 23, 1889, P. L. 272, authorizing assessments and reassessments for the cost of local improvements already made under the .. act of May 24,1887, P. L. 204, declared unconstitutional in Ayars’ App., 122 Pa. 266, is not in violation of § 1, article IX. of the constitution, providing that all taxes shall be uniform, etc.</p> <p>2. Where the legislature has antecedent power to authorize a tax, it can cure, by a retroactive enactment, an irregularity or want of authority in levying it, though thereby a right of aetiou which had vested in an individual should be divested: Grim v. School D., 57 Pa. 433; Erie City v. Reed, 113 Pa. 468; Huidekoper v. Meadville City, 83 Pa. 156.</p>