Reber's Petition

Citations

• 235 Pa. 622
• 84 A. 587
• 1912 Pa. LEXIS 600

Syllabus

<p>Constitutional law — Title of act — Amendment of act — Road, jury —Act of June 28, 1911, P, L. 1128.</p> <p>1. The Act of June 23, 1911, P. L. 1123, entitled “An Act establishing in each county, a Board of Viewers; prescribing their duties; providing for their appointment as viewers, road jury, juries of view, and commissioners to view land; and providing for the charges upon the respective counties in the matter of salaries, costs and expenses thereof,” does not violate Article III, Section 3 of the Constitution as containing more than one subject in its title, or as containing subjects not fairly expressed in the title.</p> <p>2. Under the constitutional requirements the .purpose of the title is merely to -give warning to the public and to the legislators of that which may actually be found in the body of the act, so as to lead to further inquiry. It is to the contents of the statute only that the title is required to point, and not to its results.</p> <p>3. The title of a statute is not to be an index of*the contents of the bill, nor include subjects indirectly affected! nor catalogue the effects of the legislation.</p> <p>4. The Act of June 23, 1911, P. L. 1123, does not violate Sec. 6, Article III of the Constitution, relating to revival and amendment of acts.</p> <p>5. An act which is complete in itself — the purpose, meaning and full scope of which are apparent on its face — is valid, although it may operate to alter, extend or repeal a prior act, or may provide for the means of carrying its provisions into effect by a reference to a course of procedure established by other acts of the legislature.</p>