Yoho v. Allegheny County

Citations

• 218 Pa. 401
• 67 A. 648
• 1907 Pa. LEXIS 534

Syllabus

<p>Constitutional law — Soldiers’ monument — Memorial building — Title of statute — Local legislation — Acts of May 22, 1895, P. L. 96, and April 3, 1903, P. L. 136.</p> <p>The Act of April 3, 1903, P. L. 136, amending the Act of May 22, 1895, P. L. 96, and reciting in its own title the title of the act of 1895, in full, gives sufficient notice of a provision contained in the amended act authorizing county commissioners in counties having a population of over 500,000 and less than 1,000,000 inhabitants to erect “ a suitable memorial hall or building in memory of the soldiers and sailors of the late War of the Rebellion from such counties.”</p> <p>The title of an amending or supplementary act is sufficient if it declares itself to be such, and its provisions are germane to the subject of the original.</p> <p>While a monument is not a building, a building may be a monument.</p> <p>The Act of April 3, 1903, P. L. 136, is not a local act regulating the affairs of Allegheny county, but is pro tanto a classification of counties according to population for the purposes of authorizing the expenditure of public money in a specified way.</p>