House of Refuge v. Luzerne County

Citations

• 215 Pa. 429
• 64 A. 601
• 1906 Pa. LEXIS 816

Syllabus

<p>Constitutional law — Title of act — House of Refuge — Act of May 11, 1901, P. L. 158.</p> <p>The Act of May 11, 1901, P. L. 158, entitled “ An Act to provide for the maintenance and instruction of children committed to houses of refuge which are not exclusively under state control,” which provides that one-half of the expense of maintenance and instruction shall be borne by the county from which a child is received is constitutional. The fact that there is no reference in the title to the provision that the counties are to bear such expense, is immaterial, inasmuch as the counties already bore the expense under the Act of March 2, 1827, P. L. 76, which was not repealed by the unconstitutional Act of January 10, 1867, P. L. 1371.</p>