In Re: Appeal of Sykesville Borough

Opinion by

Linn, J.,

This appeal grows out of the audit of the accounts of the school board of Sykesville Borough for the fiscal year ending July 1,1924. The auditors surcharged the directors with two items, $363 paid to Gr. E. Rupert, and $1,000 paid to Raine & Long, on contracts for labor and materials for completing and fitting out an additional school room without advertising for bids as required by section 617 of the School Code (1911, P. L. 350). The directors had also failed to take and record the action required by section 403 (1911, P. L. 330).

From the surcharge, the directors appealed…