Commonwealth v. Shafer

Citations

• 32 Pa. Super. 497
• 1907 Pa. Super. LEXIS 41

Syllabus

<p>Constitutional law — Plumbers—Boards of héalth — Delegation of legislative power — Act of June 24, 1895, P. L. 232.</p> <p>The Act of June 24, 1895, P. L. 232, which authorizes boards of health to provide for the registration of journeymen and master plumbers, is not unconstitutional as involving an unlawful delegation of legislative power to municipal authorities. The fact that the act fixed a penalty for a violation of the municipal regulation does not affect the validity of the statute.</p> <p>Constitutional law — Local and special legislation — Plumbers—Boards of health — Sewers—Classification.</p> <p>The Act of June 24, 1895, P. L. 232, authorizing the registration of journeymen and master plumbers by boards of health in cities and boroughs, is not unconstitutional as local and special legislation because of the fact that the act applies only to boroughs which have a system of sewerage.</p> <p>Boroughs — Boards of health- — Plumbers.</p> <p>Under the Act of June 24, 1895, P. L. 232, relating to the registration of journeymen and master plumbers in boroughs and cities, a board of health has no authority to adopt a regulation that a person applying for registration should produce satisfactory proof that he was a bona fide master plumber, and that all persons failing to furnish such satisfactory proof should be obliged to pass an examination before the examining committee of the board of health.</p> <p>A regulation under the act which provides for the registration of master plumbers only, and fails to provide for the registry of journeymen, is invalid as lacking in uniformity.</p>