Marshall Impeachment Case

The proceeding to remove W. Frank Marshall from the office of Receiver of Taxes of Philadelphia is before the court on his motion by his attorneys that Section 9 of Article IV of the Act of June 25, 1919, P. L. 581, under which the action was instituted, be adjudged unconstitutional and the proceedings thereunder be dismissed.

The reasons given in and for the motion are: 1. The Act is too vague, indefinite and uncertain to be operative and enforced effectively because (a) no provision is made for the number of councilmen necessary to constitute the court of impeachment; (b) no provision is…