Snyder County v. Wagenseller

Citations

• 262 Pa. 269
• 105 A. 297
• 1918 Pa. LEXIS 637

Syllabus

<p>Constitutional law — Constitution of Pennsylvania — Article III, Section 8 — Statutes—Title of act — Notice—Act of June 9,1891, P. L. $Hf8 — Validity—County treasurer — Liquor license fees — Commissions.</p> <p>1. The general rule is that to comply with the constitutional requirements the title of an act need only give such notice of the ¡subject-matter as to fairly and reasonably lead to an inquiry into •¡the body of the bill.</p> <p>2. The title of the Act of June 9, 1891, P. L. 248, amending Seeifciftn 8 qf ihe Act of May 13, 1887, P. L. 108, contains.not only a specific reference to tbe original act by its title, but also refers specifically to the subject-matter of that act; tbe provisions of tbe body of tbe amendatory act are germane to tbe subject of the original legislation, and the title cannot be said to be misleading as failing to give notice of tbe legislative intent to exempt tbe various municipalities from liability for a proportionate* share of the expense of collecting license fees.</p> <p>3. Under tbe said Act of 1891, a county treasurer is not entitled to retain a commission on liquor license fees collected by him and paid to tbe treasurer of a borough.</p>