Appeal of City of Wilkes-Barre

Citations

• 116 Pa. 246
• 19 W.N.C. 408
• 9 A. 308
• 1887 Pa. LEXIS 386

Syllabus

<p>1. Under section 3, Article XY., of tbe Constitution, tbe Municipal Indebtedness Act of April 20, 1874, P. L. 65, and tbe Sinking Fund provisions of section 11, act of May 23,1874, P. L. 234 (amended by section 2, act of March 23, 1877, P. L. 35), cities are required to levy and collect annually when necessary taxes at a rate within the limits prescribed for tbe extinguishment of their bonds and funded debt, and this in addition to the taxes which they may levy and collect for city purposes under their charters granted prior to the constitution.</p> <p>2. The taxes so authorized to be levied and collected under said acts may be applied to indebtedness created subsequent, as well as to that created prior, to the adoption of the constitution.</p>