Commonwealth v. Fry

Citations

• 183 Pa. 32
• 38 A. 417
• 1897 Pa. LEXIS 710

Syllabus

<p>Public officers — Fees—Clerk of court of quarter sessions — Clerk of court of oyer and terminer — Acts of March 10, 1810, and April 2, 1868 — Repeal of statutes.</p> <p>The Act of April 2, 1868, P. L. 11, relating to the compensation of public officers, does not repeal the Act of March 10, 1810, P. L. 79, in so far as the latter act provided that when any one person holds both the office of the clerk of the court of quarter sessions and the office of clerk of oyer and terminer, the fees of the two offices should be added together, and all excess over $1,500 of receipts should be divided equally between the officer and the state, except that $1,500 has been increased to $2,000.</p> <p>Fees — Olerk of quarter sessions — Liquor licenses.</p> <p>The sum of $5.00 which is required by law to be paid to the clerk of the court of quarter sessions “for expenses connected” with the issuance of a liquor license is a part of the official receipts of the office, and is subject to taxation as such.</p>