Firemen's Relief Ass'n v. Minehart

Dissenting Opinion by

Me. Justice Cohen :

I disagree with the majority that the Auditor General is not empowered to withhold the allocation of state funds on the basis that the present pension fund1 does not contain a minimum age requirement as a condition precedent for eligibility.

Under the Act of April 9, 1929, P. L. 343, 72 P.S. §403,2 the Auditor General has the unqualified power *78and duty to audit the accounts and records of tbe instant Firemen’s Relief Association to ascertain whether or not the fund appropriated to it is being expended for no purpose other than that for which it was paid.…