Hays v. Cumberland County

Citations

• 5 Pa. Super. 159
• 1897 Pa. Super. LEXIS 208

Syllabus

<p>Vagrants — •Constables' fees — Statutes—Repeal of.</p> <p>The Act of May 23, 1893, P. L. 117, vepealed.all local and general laws presci'ibing the amounts chargeable by justices and constables as fees for services therein mentioned.</p> <p>The special Act of April 21, 1866, P. L. 1099, was repealed by the Act of May 8, 1876, P. L. 154: Cumberland Co. v. Boyd, 113 Pa. 52.</p> <p>A constable is entitled to fees for arrest and commitment of vagrants as prescribed by the act of 1893, and these fees are payable by the county.</p> <p>Constitutional law — Arrest of vagrants — Act o/1876.</p> <p>The part of the Act of May 8, 1876, P. L. 151, which requires the constables’ fees to be paid by the county is constitutional.</p>