Pennsylvania Act 1955-3 — SUPPLEMENT TO SECOND CLASS CITIES ACT

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SUPPLEMENT TO SECOND CLASS CITIES ACT
                   Act of Mar. 21, 1955, P.L. 5, No. 3                Cl. 11
                               A SUPPLEMENT

     To the act approved the 7th day of March, one thousand nine
        hundred and one (Pamphlet Laws 20), entitled "An act for the
        government of cities of the second class," establishing a
        department of water in said cities, providing for its
        officers and employees, and defining the powers, duties and
        jurisdiction of said department.

        The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     hereby enacts as follows:

        Section 1.  That an additional department in the government
     of cities of the second class, is hereby created to be known as
     the Department of Water.
        Section 2.  The Department of Water shall be under the charge
     of a director, who shall be the head thereof. The operation,
     construction, alteration, repair and maintenance of the water
     works, owned and controlled by the city, the supply and
     distribution of water, and the supervision of all officers and
     employees deemed proper for the purpose of carrying out the
     provisions of this act, shall be under the jurisdiction of this
     department.
        Section 3.  All the powers and duties as set forth in section
     two hereof, which are now under the jurisdiction of any other
     department of said cities, are hereby transferred to the
     Department of Water.
        Section 4.  All acts, or parts of acts, inconsistent with the
     provisions of this act are hereby repealed.
        Section 5.  This act shall become effective immediately upon
     final enactment.