Pennsylvania Act 1897-100 — COUNTY COMMISSIONERS EXPENSES REGULATED

Act text

AN ACT

Regulating the expenses of county commissioners in counties containing a population of one hundred and fifty thousand and over.

Section 1. Traveling expenses in certain counties limited

From and after the passage of this act in each of the counties of this Commonwealth containing one hundred and fifty thousand inhabitants and over, as shown by the last preceding decennial census, the county commissioners shall be allowed no compensation for traveling expenses necessarily incurred other than that actually paid in the discharge of their official duties, and no warrants for any other claim shall be drawn in their favor out of the county treasury for the same. 1897, June 4, P.L. 121, Sec. 1.

Section 2. Actions for violation of ordinances; practice

All actions, prosecutions, complaints and proceedings for the violation of borough ordinances, and for the collection of fines and penalties imposed thereby, may be commenced by warrant or by summons at the discretion of the chief burgess or justice of the peace before whom the complaint is made or the proceedings begun, but no warrant shall be issued except upon complaint, on oath or affirmation, specifying the ordinance for the violation of which the same is issued, and all proceedings shall be directed to and be served by any policeman or constable of said borough, who shall execute the same anywhere within the borough, or in the county of which it is a part, or elsewhere in the State, as may be provided by law. 1897, June 4, P.L. 121, Sec. 2.

Compiler's Note: Section 28 of Act 207 of 2004 provided that any and all references in any other law to a "district justice" or "justice of the peace" shall be deemed to be references to a magisterial district judge.