Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Company's Petition

Citations

• 200 Pa. 352
• 49 A. 797
• 1901 Pa. LEXIS 500

Syllabus

<p>Constitutional law—Townships—Classification—Repeal of statutes—Act of April 28, 1899, P. L. 104.</p> <p>The Act of April 28, 1899, P. L. 104, entitled “ An act to provide for the classification of townships of the commonwealth with respect to their population into two classes, and to prescribe the form of government for townships of each class,” is constitutional.</p> <p>Statutes—Repeal of statutes—Acts of June 12, 1893, P. L. 451, and April 28, 1899, P. L. 104.</p> <p>The Act of April 28, 1899, P. L. 104, relating to the classification of townships into two classes repeals the Act of June 12,1893, P. L. 451, entitled, “ An act enabling the taxpayers of the townships and road districts to contract for making, at their own expense, the roads, and paying salaries of townships or road district officers and thereby preventing the levy and collection of road tax therein.”</p>