McKeown's Petition

Citations

• 51 Pa. Super. 277
• 1912 Pa. Super. LEXIS 214

Syllabus

<p>Constitutional lew — Title of act — Road law — Act of May 24, 1901, P. L. 294•</p> <p>1. The Act of May 24, 1901, P. L. 294, entitled “A supplement to an Act ‘to provide for the classification of the townships of the commonwealth with respect to their population into two classes, and to prescribe the form of government for townships of each class, ’ amending the seventh section thereof, and authorizing the township commissioners of townships of the first class to enter into a contract with any one or more taxpayers of the township, for making, amending and repairing the public highways and bridges in said township,” does not violate art. Ill, sec. 3 of the constitution as being insufficient in title.</p> <p>2. It gives sufficient notice that the provisions of the Act of June 12, 1893, P. L. 451, are extended to townships of the first class.</p> <p>3. It gives sufficient notice that the court of quarter sessions may by its order compel and require the township commissioners to execute a contract such as is required by the act of June 12,1893.</p> <p>4. The sufficiency of its title cannot be attacked because it gives no notice of the date when the amended Act of assembly (April 28, 1899, P. L. 104), was approved; nor can it be attacked because it gives no notice that only the first subdivision of sec. 7 of the amended act is thereby to be amended.</p> <p>Constitutional Law — -Amendment of acts — Act of May 24, 1901, P. L. 294 — Road law.</p> <p>5. The Act of May 24, 1901, P. L. 294, is not a revival, amendment or extension of another act bringing it within the prohibition of see. 6 of art. Ill of the constitution. It is the mere application of an established mode of procedure or course of official conduct to a new thing or a person.</p> <p>Constitutional law — Delegation of power to special commission — Act of May 24, 1901, P. L. 294 — Road law.</p> <p>6. The Act of May 24, 1901, P. L. 294, is not contrary to sec. 20 of art. Ill of the constitution which prohibits