Commonwealth v. Connell

Citations

• 65 Pa. Super. 100
• 1916 Pa. Super. LEXIS 27

Syllabus

<p>Statutes — Repeal—Local acts — General act — Billiard rooms— Acts of April IS, 1859, P. L. 61k,' March 16, 1866, P. L. 208; April 9, 1867, P. L. 976, and April 18,1905, P. L. 212.</p> <p>The local Acts of April 13, 1859, P. L. 614; March 16,1866, P. L. 203, and April 9, 1867, P, L. 976, which established regulations for pool and billiard rooms in Armstrong Oounty and certain other counties, were not repealed by the general Act of April 18, 1905, P. L. 212, entitled “An act for the better regulation of public billiard rooms, bowling saloons and ten pin alleys in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.”'</p> <p>A local act will not be repealed by a later general act where it appears that the local act was broader than the general act and contained regulations to which the later statute had no application.</p>