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Statutes (Unconsolidated)Title 53 P.S. - MUNICIPAL AND QUASI-MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONSPart II - CITIES OF THE FIRST CLASSChapter 31 - GOVERNMENT OF FIRST CLASS CITIES (1919 BASIC ACT)
Article XII - DEPARTMENT OF CITY CONTROLLER
Section 12427 - Expenditures where no appropriation is made to be first approved by controller; otherwise claims to be void

53 Pa. Stat. § 12427

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Section 12427 - Expenditures where no appropriation is made to be first approved by controller; otherwise claims to be void

He shall not approve any expenditure nor countersign any warrant for the payment of moneys out of the city treasury, as the result of any commitment, where no appropriation to cover such purchases was made, unless such proposed commitment shall have first been submitted to and approved by the city controller. All commitments contrary to this clause shall be null and void, and shall not establish any valid claim against the city.

53 P.S. § 12427

1919, June 25, P.L. 581, art. XII, § 3(e), added 1937, June 25, P.L. 2094, § 1.