Jenkins v. Scranton

Citations

• 202 Pa. 267
• 51 A. 994
• 1902 Pa. LEXIS 505

Syllabus

<p>Municipalities — Cities of the second class — Collector of delinquent taxes— 'Public officer — Acts of March 15, 1878, P. L. 7, March 7, 1901, P. L. 20, and June 20, 1901, P. L. 586.</p> <p>Under the Act of March 7, 1901, P. L. 20, the city recorder has the right to nominate and appoint a collector of delinquent taxes; and in this respect the act of 1901 supersedes section 5 of the Act of March 15, 1878, P. L. 7, which gave the power to elect a collector of delinquent taxes to the city councils in joint convention.</p> <p>Where a person was duly appointed by the city recorder to the office of collector of delinquent taxes, his right to the office and its emoluments was not affected by an ordinance passed the day after he had taken the oath of office, and given bond, which provided that the “ department of delinquent taxes shall be in charge of one person, who shall be the city treasurer.”</p> <p>Between the passage of the Act of March 7, 1901, P. L. 20, and June 20, 1901, P. L. 586, a person appointed to the office of collector of delinquent taxes in a city of the second class, is entitled to a salary of $5,000 per Year, if councils prior to the appointment had not reduced it to the sum of $2,500.</p>