Roush v. Northumberland County

Citations

• 63 Pa. Super. 314
• 1916 Pa. Super. LEXIS 157

Syllabus

<p>Constitutional law — Title of act — Fees of justices of the peace— New burdens imposed upon counties — Act of April 28, 1909, P. L. 160.</p> <p>Where an act places upon counties new burdens, without an intention so to do being clearly indicated in the title of the act in question, the act as it relates to those particular burdens is unconstitutional.</p> <p>The Act of April 23, 1909, P. L. 160, entitled “An act to regulate and estimate the fees to be charged by justices of the peace,” is unconstitutional, in so far as it attempts to impose upon counties the burden of paying to justices of the peace a fee of two dollars in each case of summary conviction.</p>