Hays v. Allegheny County Prison Inspectors

Citations

• 209 Pa. 347
• 58 A. 684
• 1904 Pa. LEXIS 627

Syllabus

<p>Municipalities—Public officers—Mayor of Pittsburg—City recorder—Acts of March 23, 1865, P. L. 607, March 7, 1901, P. L. 20, and April 23, 1903, P. L. 284.</p> <p>The Act of March 23, 1865, P. L. 706, provided that the mayor of Pitts-burg should be a member of the board of inspectors of Allegheny County Prison. The Act of March 7, 1901, P. L. 20, provided “ that the executive power in cities of the second class shall be vested in a city recorder and in the departments authorized hy this act. The office of mayor of said cities is abolished.” The Act of April 23, 1903, P. L. 284, provided “that the title of the chief executive of cities of the second class, which is now city recorder, is hereby changed to mayor; this shall in no way change the powers or duties pertaining to such office or officers.” Held, that since the passage of the act of April 23, 1903, the mayor of Pittsburg is a member of the board of inspectors of Allegheny prison.</p>