Commonwealth ex rel. Kelly v. City of Pittsburg

Citations

• 183 Pa. 202
• 38 A. 628
• 1897 Pa. LEXIS 740

Syllabus

<p>Municipalities — Constitutional law — Appropriation of money or loan of credit by municipality.</p> <p>A city may appropriate money to a committee of private citizens appointed by the chamber of commerce and ratified by'city councils to defray the expenses of haviug surveys for a ship canal made, and for securing information as to whether such a canal would be practicable, and would be a benefit to the city. Such an appropriation does not violate article 9, section 7, of the constitution, which forbids a municipality “ to appropriate money or loan its credit to any corporation, association, institution, or individual.”</p>