Tosh v. Schlottman

Koch, J.,

The question in this case is, what is the lawful salary of the petitioner as one of the directors of the poor district composed of the County of Schuylkill?

By a special Act of Assembly approved April 4, 1831, P. L. 422, a poor district coextensive with this county was created and put in charge of directors, the 3rd section of the act providing: “That the said directors shall forever hereafter, in law and in fact, be one body politic and corporate in law, to all intents and purposes whatsoever relative to the poor of the County of Schuylkill, and shall have perpetual succession, and…