Purvis v. Ross

Citations

• 158 Pa. 20
• 27 A. 882
• 1893 Pa. LEXIS 1533

Syllabus

<p>Constitutional law — Statutes—Amendment by reference to title — Act of May 18, 1887 — Judicialfunctions—Art. 3, § 3, art. 5, §1, Const.</p> <p>The act of May 18, 1887, P. L. 118, entitled “ A supplement to an act relating to the lien of mechanics and others upon buildings ” substantially complies with sec. 6, art. 8, of the constitution of Pennsylvania,' which provides that “ no law shall be revived, amended or the provisions thereof extended or conferred, by reference to its title only.”</p> <p>It not only quotes the title of the act of June 16, 1886, but it re-enacts and publishes at length so much thereof as, by its supplement of May 1, 1861, is extended and amended. It is unessential that the supplement precedes the original act in the order of reference.</p> <p>The act of May 18, 1887, P. L. 118, providing that the act of 1836 and supplements shall be held and taken to apply to repairs, etc., is not a,judicial order or decree directed to the courts in violation of sec. 1, art. 5,</p> <p>. of the constitution of Pennsylvania. Hancock’s Ap., 115 Pa. 1, applied.</p>