Gackenbach v. Lehigh County

Citations

• 166 Pa. 448
• 31 A. 142
• 1895 Pa. LEXIS 1225

Syllabus

<p>Constitutional law—Title of act—Recorder's fees—Act of June 24, 1885.</p> <p>The act of June 24, 1885; P. L. 160, entitled “An act to perfect the ■records of deeds, mortgages and other instruments in certain cases,” violates sec. 3, art. III. of .the constitution which provides that “no bill except general appropriation bills shall be passed containing more than one subject which shall be clearly expressed in its title.”</p> <p>There is nothing in the title of the act to give notice or wárning to the taxpayers of the different counties of the state that the recorder’s fees given in the act were imposed upon them.</p>