Bucks County Commissioners' Petition

Keller, P. J.,

This matter is before us in the nature of a case stated upon a petition *155by the County Commissioners of Bucks County, in which the county controller joined, for a declaratory judgment or decree determining whether or not the commissioners, in their capacity as the executive and administrative officers of the Bucks County Institution District, have authority and power under the law to appoint some suitable and qualified person as attorney or solicitor for the Bucks County Institution District at a compensation to be fixed by petitioners and to be paid from the funds of the…