Washington Borough

Citations

• 26 Pa. Super. 296
• 1904 Pa. Super. LEXIS 308

Syllabus

<p>Boroughs — Extension of borough — Statute—Repeal.</p> <p>The Act of April 22, 1903, P. L. 247, completely changes the mod? of annexing adjacent territory to a borough and repeals the Acts of April 3, 1851, P. L. 320,' sec. 30, June 2, 1871, P. L. 283, sec. 4, July 15,1897, P. L. 296 and April 6, 1899, P. L. 33.</p> <p>Statutes — Boroughs—Proceedings to annex — Termination of proceedings.</p> <p>Where proceedings to annex territory to a borough were pending and undetermined at the time of the passage of the act of April 22, 1903, P. L. 247, the court of quarter sessions had no further jurisdiction, and the proceedings therein terminated.</p> <p>Where a law takes away a subject of jurisdiction, a proceeding founded upon it must fall, but when it merely changes the remedy it may be otherwise and must be, unless the law plainly declares it otherwise.</p>