County of Schuylkill v. Pepper

Citations

• 182 Pa. 13
• 37 A. 835
• 1897 Pa. LEXIS 763

Syllabus

<p>Public officers — County officers — Treasurers—Fees—Compensation—j Commissions on license fees.</p> <p>Salaried county officers can appropriate to their own use no fees for the performance of any duty east upon them by law.</p> <p>Under article 14, section 5, of the constitution of 1874, and the Act of March 81, 1876, P. L. 13, the treasurer of a county is not entitled to retain commissions for services rendered by him to boroughs and townships in collecting their shares of the liquor license. Such commissions belong to the county.</p>