Commonwealth ex rel. McManus v. Ricketts

Citations

• 196 Pa. 598
• 46 A. 900
• 1900 Pa. LEXIS 563

Syllabus

<p>Public o fficers — Municipalities—Cities of the third class — Tax Receiver— Acts of May 4, .1871, P. L. 539, May 23, 1874, P. L. 230 and May 23, 1889, P. L. 277.</p> <p>When the city of Wilkes-Barre incorporated under the special act of May 4, 1871, became, by appropriate proceedings, a city of the third class under the general acts of May 23,1874 and May 23, 1889, the person holding the office of tax receiver, an office created by the act of May 4, 1871, was entitled to continue in office until the end of his termj although such office was not elective.</p> <p>Not decided whether the office of tax receiver in the city of Wilkes-Barre is abolished after the expiration of the term of the present incumbent.</p>