Rose v. Beaver County

Citations

• 20 Pa. Super. 110
• 1902 Pa. Super. LEXIS 193

Syllabus

<p>Constitutional law — Title of act — General and local legislation — Poor law.</p> <p>The Act of June 4, 1879, P. L. 78, entitled “ An act to create poor districts, and to authorize the purchase of land and erection of buildings to furnish relief and give employment to the destitute, poor and paupers in this commonwealth,” is not unconstitutional. Its title is sufficient, and it is general in its application, as it relates to every county within the commonwealth. It is not a valid objection to the generality of the act that it excepts cities and that the city of Philadelphia and county of Philadelphia are coextensive; nor does the provision leaving the question of the purchase of real estate to the vote of the people affect the generality of the act, since the act is operative in all counties, irrespective of the vote of the people. Frost v. Cherry, 122 Pa. 417, distinguished.</p>