City of Reading v. Savage

Citations

• 124 Pa. 328
• 16 A. 788
• 1889 Pa. LEXIS 1038

Syllabus

<p>1. The provisions of § 57, act of May 23, 1874, P. L. 269, making the act applicable to such cities of the third class, or any city of less than ten thousand inhabitants, theretofore incorporated, as may accept it, ai’e not within the prohibitions of § 7, article III., of the constitution: Scranton Sch. D.’s App., 113 Pa. 176, distinguished; Reading v. Savage, 120 Pa. 198, overruled.</p> <p>Wherefore, cities incorporated prior to the passage of said act but reincorporated under the provisions of said section, acquire the powers conferred by § 20, clause 32, and § 37, of saii¿i act, respecting the assessment and collection from abutting owners of the expenses of grading streets and alleys.</p>