Commonwealth Ex Rel. Schnader v. Liveright

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Kephart,

Appellants, the secretary of welfare, the auditor general, and the state treasurer, appeal from the award of a peremptory mandamus, directing them “to perform the duties imposed......by the act” of December 28, 1931, P. L. 1503. The act is also known as Act 7-E or popularly the Talbot Bill. The question involved is the constitutionality of this act. It was sustained by the court below, and this appeal followed.

The governor, by proclamation, duly convened the legislature in special session, and it passed the act now in question. Both the first and supplemental…