Commonwealth v. Hoyt

Citations

• 254 Pa. 45
• 98 A. 782
• 1916 Pa. LEXIS 680

Syllabus

<p>Public officers — Inspectors of weights and measures — Constitutional law — Constitution of Pennsylvania, Art. VI, Sec 4 — Act of July 1918, P. L. 960 — Validity.'</p> <p>1. The office of inspector of weights and measures created by the Act of May 11, 1911, P. L. 275, as amended by the Act of July 24, 1913, P. L. 960, is an office within the meaning of Article VI, Section 4, of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, providing that “appointed officers......may be removed at the pleasure of the power by which they shall have been appointed.”</p> <p>2. The Act of July 24, 1913, P. L. 960, in so far as it provides that inspectors of weights and measures cannot be removed by the power which appointed them except for the causes specified in the act, violates Article VI, Section 4, of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, and is void, and inspectors of weights and measures may be removed by the county commissioners without cause shown.</p>