Warner v. Berks County Poor Directors

Citations

• 38 Pa. Super. 437
• 1909 Pa. Super. LEXIS 157

Syllabus

<p>Poor law — Poor directors — Employment of agent — Act of March 29, 1824, P. L. 200.</p> <p>1. Under the Act of March 29, 1824, P. L. 200, poor directors may-in the exercise of their discretion, and without an ordinance, rule or regulation approved by the court of quarter sessions, appoint an agent by the year with a fixed salary per month to investigate applications for relief, to remove paupers and children when necessary, to collect moneys for the poor district, and to do such other work as may be required of him by the directors.</p> <p>2. A corporation, municipal or private, has not only the power expressly conferred upon it by the act of incorporation, but also such implied powers as are reasonably necessary to effectuate the powers expressed. While it is true that public corporations are not to be charged unless authority exists in the law, yet the authority may be implied as ■ well as expressed.</p> <p>3. Public officers acting within the scope of their authority are not to be interfered with in the exercise of their discretion nor their judgment or decision in such matters dictated by the courts.</p>