Tucker's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 230, Jan. T., 1921, by S. O. Putnam et al., from order of C. P. Tioga Co., Sept. T., 1920, No. 1, on annual auditor’s settlement of Tioga County, in the matter of Appeal of H. Tucker et al. Appeal from county auditor’s settlement. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The court sustained the appeal. S. O. Putnam et al., county commissioners, appealed. Error assigned, inter alia, above order, quoting it.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Kephart,
Tioga County is a separate poor district, under various acts of assembly. The duties incident thereto devolve upon the county commissioners as overseers or directors of the poor. The Act of June 7,1917, P. L. 570, providing for compensation to commissioners who are also directors of the poor within counties of a given class, has reference to officers who actually perform duties of directors of the poor and county commissioners. It certainly would not apply to one who is elected as a commissioner and director of the poor without duties to perform in the latter…
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