City of Pittsburg v. Anderson

Citations

• 194 Pa. 172
• 44 A. 1092
• 1899 Pa. LEXIS 754

Syllabus

<p>Public officers — Compensation—County treasurer — Commissions on liquor license — Acts of April 15, 1834, May 13, 1887, and June 9, 1891.</p> <p>The proportion of liquor license fees given by the Acts of 1887, P. L. 108, and of 1891, P. L. 248, to cities, is not a gift by the state, but an acknowledgment of the cities’ equitable claim, and a positive relinguishment of the commonwealth’s legal right thereto. County treasurers receive it for, and pay it over to, not the state, but the cities.</p> <p>The treasurer of Allegheny county who receives a fixed salary for his servicies is not entitled under the Act of April 15, 1834, P. L. 537, to retain commissions upon the amount of liquor licenses which he has collected and paid over to the city of Pittsburg.</p>