Commonwealth Ex Rel. v. Wert

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Simpson,

The only question raised on these four appeals is as to the constitutionality of the Act of July 11,1923, P. L. 1054, which requires county officers, in counties of the fifth class, to pay to the county treasurer all fees, commissions and emoluments received by them, and to accept specified sums for the services rendered by them. Appellants, who are respectively the prothonotary and recorder of deeds of Lehigh County, — admittedly :a county of the fifth class, — refused to pay over the fees received by them, alleging the statute was unconstitutional; the court…