City of Chester v. Woodward

Fox, J.,

— The question raised by the petition and answer, which admits the facts averred in the petition, is, are bonds, commonly known as improvement bonds, issued by a city of the third class, under Act of Assembly approved May 23, 1889, art. XV, § 27, P. L. 277, for local improvements, which bonds are based solely on assessments on lands abutting on or benefited by such improvements, an incurring or increasing of indebtedness and must they be certified and submitted to the Secretary of the Department of Internal Affairs for his approval or disapproval as contemplated within the Act of…