Myers v. Newtown Township School District

Opinion by

Me. Justice Bell,

The Local Tax Collection Law, Act of May 25, 1945, P.L. 1050, §35, authorized the Board of School Directors to fix the commission or compensation of the tax collector. The Board of School Directors of the School District of Newtown Township, after a public hearing, passed a Resolution on March 11, 1957, fixing the tax collector’s salary, commencing the first Monday of January, 1958, for the collection of real estate school taxes, at $3,000 per annum. Prior thereto Myers had been the tax collector of this township, but had been paid, on a commission basis, far more…