Stanley Appeal

*33Dissenting Opinion by

Watkins, J.:

I respectfully dissent. It is quite true that a private detective is engaged in a business and does not hold an “office” within the meaning of the constitution ; but it is an unusual business in that it is a creature of the legislature born by virtue of The Private Detective Act of 1953, August 21, 1953, P. L. 1273, 22 PS §11. I believe that when the legislature created this form of business it was its intention to control it by keeping exclusive jurisdiction of its regulation.

The legislature quite clearly indicated this intention by providing, inter alia,…