Simmons's Petition
Simmons's Petition
Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
The petitioners presented their petition to the court of quarter sessions of Beaver county, asking for the appointment of overseers of the poor for the township of Rochester, in the county of Beaver, alleging the repeal of the Act of March 29, 1851, P. L. 260, entitled “ An act to provide for the erection of a house for the support and employment of the poor in the county of Beaver,” and that, by reason thereof, “the obligation of supporting, caring for and employing the poor reverted to the several boroughs and townships and has since that time devolved upon said municipalities.”
The question presented for our consideration is the constitutionality of the Act of June 4, 1879, P. L. 78. This has been
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