Commonwealth v. Couch

Citations

• 209 Pa. 354
• 58 A. 667
• 1904 Pa. LEXIS 630

Syllabus

<p>Public officers—Tax collector—Election—Term of office—Acts of April 13, 1868, P. L. 1017, February 27, 1872, P. L. 179, June 25, 1885, P. L. 187, and June 6, 1893, P. L. 333. .</p> <p>Section 13 of the Act of June 25, 1885, P. L. 187, relating to the collection of taxes in boroughs and townships, which provides that the act shall not apply to any taxes the collection of which is regulated by a local law, prevents the Act of June 6,1893, P. L. 333, providing for the election of tax collectors for the term of three years in the boroughs and township of the commonwealth, from repealing the local Act of February 27, 1872, P. L. 179, which extended to Huntingdon county the provisions of the Act of April 13, 1868, P. L. 1017, establishing a special system for the collection of taxes in Bedford county.</p> <p>Commonwealth v. Wunch, 167 Pa. 186, overruled.</p>