Long v. Cheltenham Township School District

Citations

• 269 Pa. 472
• 112 A. 545
• 1921 Pa. LEXIS 589

Syllabus

<p>Constitutional law — Amendment—“Municipality”—Words and phrases — School district — School law — Increase of indebtedness— Maxim.</p> <p>1. A constitutional amendment must be considered in its entirety in order to determine the meaning of a particular word used therein.</p> <p>2. In considering an amendment to the Constitution a voter is not called upon to examine any other provision of the constitution than that specified in the amendment, or any statute of .the State, and the amendment should be construed in view of these facts.</p> <p>3. Ordinary words used in the Constitution must be construed in their popular and general sense, as the people who voted for it probably understood them.</p> <p>4. The word “municipality” as used in the last sentence of article IX) section 15, of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, must be given the same meaning as it necessarily has in the preceding sentences of the same section.</p> <p>5. A school district is not a municipality within the purview of the last sentence of article IX, section 15, of the Constitution.</p>