Pennsylvania Statutes Title 16 P.S. Counties § 7569. Construction of act

The provisions of this act  1 so far as they are the same as any existing laws, shall be construed as a continuation of such laws and not as new enactments. The repeal, by this act, of any provisions of law, shall not revive any law heretofore repealed or superseded, nor shall this act affect any act done, liability incurred or any right accrued or established, nor any suit or prosecution pending or to be instituted for past transactions, under the authority or by reason of the repealed laws, except as expressly provided herein, it being intended that the individual or corporate sureties on existing sheriffs' or coroners' recognizances on which any action is taken by any person having any existing claim against any sheriff or coroner bound thereby before the release of such sureties therefrom, shall respectively remain liable to such claimant, if any damages are subsequently adjudged to be due him, and such liability for past transactions may be enforced in the same manner as if such sureties were personally liable for same, subject to the limitations on actions established by other acts. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed, including inconsistent provisions of any existing local or special acts, or acts enacted at this session of the General Assembly prior to the final enactment hereof.