...for. The section was rejected. Mr. NKWLIS. I offer an amendment to come in here, as a new section : "No debt shall be contracted or liability incurred...commission except in pursuance of an appropriation therefore having been first ma Je DT the councils." That is the amendment which I offered a short time...

...to the fifth section ? A motion was made by Mr. Newlin, To insert a new section, as follows, viz : " No debt shall be contracted or liability incurred...commission, except in pursuance of an appropriation therefor having first been made by the municipal government." Which was agreed to. On the question,...

...least ten thousand shall vote at any general election in favor of tho samo. SECT. 2. No debt shall bo contracted or liability incurred by any municipal...pursuance of an appropriation previously made therefor by tho municipal government. SECT. 3. Every city shall create a sinking fund, which shall be inviolably...

...with which they approached all existing organizations. By Article XIV., Section 2, it is provided " no debt shall be contracted or liability incurred...by any municipal commission, except in pursuance of appropriations previously made therefor by the municipal government." While the application of this...

...general election in favor of the. same. Municipal Ccmmissicns — Ccntiaclirg of Debts by. Section 2. No debt shall be contracted or liability incurred...except in pursuance of an appropriation previously made thertior by tue municipal government. City Sinking Funds. S"ct'on 3. Every city shall en-ate n sinking...

...Constitution, which went into operation in January, 1874, declared, " No debt shall be contracted, or any liability incurred, by any municipal commission except...$1,500,000 for 1877, which the city councils refused to 1 See Perkins v. Slack, 86 Pa. 270; Struthers ». Philadelphia, 4 Weekly Notes, 379. 1 The Pennsylvania...

...levy taxes, or to perform any municipal function whatever." 2 This Constitution also provided that " no debt shall be contracted or liability incurred by any municipal commission except in pursuance of appropriations previously made by the municipal government"8 These provisions failed however to give...

...levy taxes, or to perform any municipal function whatever." a This Constitution also provided that " no debt shall be contracted or liability incurred by any municipal commission except in pursuance of appropriations previously made by the municipal government." 8 These provisions failed however to give...

...population of at least ten thousand shall vote at any general election in favor of the same. SEC. 2. No debt shall be contracted or liability incurred...previously made therefor by the municipal government. SEC. 3. Every city shall create a sinking fund, which shall be inviolably pledged for the payment of...

...XV., of the Constitution of the State, which provides that no municipal commission shall incur debt except in pursuance of an appropriation previously made therefor by the municipal government. The controller was sustained in his refusal by the city solicitor. The commission defended its action...