Commonwealth v. Shaleen

Citations

• 215 Pa. 595
• 64 A. 797
• 1906 Pa. LEXIS 856

Syllabus

<p>Mines and mining — Registration of miner — Constitutional law — Constitution of the United States — Act of July 15, 1897, P. L. 287 — Statutes.</p> <p>Tho Act of July 15, 1897, P. L. 287, is to be construed so as to require as a qualification for registration of miners two years’ experience in the anthracite coal mines of the commonwealth, and thus construed the act is not unconstitutional as violating the constitution of the United States, as to the privileges and immunities of citizens.</p> <p>The courts may put a literal construction on a penal clause, and a liberal construction on a remedial clause in the same statute.</p>