Commonwealth v. Mann

Citations

• 168 Pa. 290
• 31 A. 1003
• 1895 Pa. LEXIS 792

Syllabus

<p>Public officers — Fees — Acts of March 10, 1810, April 6, 1842, and March 31, 1876 — Statutes—Repeal.</p> <p>Where a new statute on the same subject embraces provisions' similar to those of the old statute for its enforcement, elaborates them, and introduces a more complete system, with a wholly different purpose, the new statute repeals the old statute.</p> <p>The act of March 31, 1876, P. L. 13, providing that the fees of county officers shall be paid into the county treasury, and that the officers shall be paid by salaries, repeals the act of March 10, 1810, 5 Smith’s Laws, page 105, and its supplement, the act of April 5,1842, P. L. 236, by which in the county of Philadelphia such fees, after deduction of expenses, were divided between the officers and the commonwealth.</p> <p>In construing statutes applicable to public corporations the courts will attach no slight weight to the uniform practice under them, if this practice has continued for a considerable period of time.</p>