Neuls v. City of Scranton

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Neuls v. City of Scranton, 211 Pa. 581 (Pa. 1905)
61 A. 77; 1905 Pa. LEXIS 506
Brown, Dean, Elkin, Mitchell, Potter

Neuls v. City of Scranton

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam,

The constitutionality of the Act of March 7, 1901, P. L. 20 was expressty affirmed in Com. v. Moir, 199 Pa. 534. Every question advanced now, including the constitutional power of *582the legislature to remove, or to authorize directly or indirectly the removal of an elected municipal officer, was there considered and determined adversely to appellant’s present contention.

In Neuls v. City of Scranton, 20 Pa. Superior Ct. 286, it was shown that the act of 1901 authorized the recorder to remove an assessor previously elected. It is unnecessary to add anything further on the subject.

Judgment affirmed.

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Constitutional law—Public officers—Removal of elected officers—Act of March 7, 1901, P. L. 20. The legislature has the power to remove, or to authorize directly or indirectly the removal of an elected municipal officer. The city recorder of the city of Scranton has the power to remove an assessor previously elected. Neuls v. City of Scranton, 20 Pa. Superior Ct. 286, followed. The Act of March 7,1901, P. L. 20, is constitutional. Com. v. Moir, 199 Pa. 534, followed.