Commonwealth ex rel. Martin v. Guthrie

Citations

• 203 Pa. 209
• 52 A. 254
• 1902 Pa. LEXIS 687

Syllabus

<p>Constitutional law — Classification oj school districts — Local legislation— Act of May 23, 1874, P. L. 254, sec. 41, proviso 3.</p> <p>The 3d proviso of the 41st section of the act of May 23, 1874, relating to school districts coterminous with cities of the third class is constitutional, and is not local or special legislation.</p> <p>A school district coterminous with a city of the third class may elect to retain the laws governing it prior to the acceptance by the city of the third class city act. Those districts which do not embrace its provisions remain members of a class whose existence and all the elements of whose government are regulated by general law.</p>