Mahanoy City Borough v. Hersker

Citations

• 40 Pa. Super. 50
• 1909 Pa. Super. LEXIS 563

Syllabus

<p>Boroughs' — License—Theater—Police power — Acts of April 3, 1851, P. L. 320, and May 5, 1876, P. L. 112.</p> <p>1. Under the Acts of April 3, 1851, P. L. 320, and May 5, 1876, P. L. 112, giving boroughs the power to regulate, license or prohibit theatrical exhibitions, a borough has the power to impose a license fee of $3.00 per day upon theatrical exhibitions.</p> <p>2. The amount which a borough may ordain shall be paid for a license to give a theatrical performance is not limited to the sum which will reimburse it for the pay of the police officers which it especially delegates to watch the actors during the performance.</p>