Camden County Council v. Bucks County

Keller, J.,

— This is a petition to set aside an assessment of certain real estate in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and declare the same to be exempt from taxation upon the ground that the petitioner is an institution of public charity and that the real estate so assessed is used and owned by the petitioner solely for educational and charitable purposes.

The petitioner is a duly chartered subsidiary or branch of the national organization of Boy Scouts, known as the “Boy Scouts of America,” which was incorporated by an Act of Congress in 1916, and whose purpose is “To promote, through organization…