Lancaster City Ordinance Case

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Arnold,

These two annexation cases were argued together and the appeals, involving a single legal question, will be disposed of in one opinion. The annexations were by ordinances of the City of Lancaster, each of which was introduced before the city council on December 2, 1952, and purported to be adopted on December 5, 1952. They must be declared void.

The Third Class City Code, as amended by the Act of 1951, P. L. 662, §10, 53 PS §12198-1012, provides in part: “No bill shall be passed finally on the same day on which it was introduced. At least three days shall intervene…