Pennsylvania Act 1957-289 — REQUIRING REPORTS FROM CONTROLLERS IN CITIES OF THE SECOND CLASS A

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REQUIRING REPORTS FROM CONTROLLERS IN CITIES OF THE SECOND CLASS A
                  Act of Jul. 5, 1957, P.L. 512, No. 289              Cl. 11
                                  AN ACT

     Requiring city controllers of cities of the second class A to
        make reports to council of the audits of accounts of officers
        having charge, custody, control and disbursements of public
        moneys, and to file copies of the reports with
        prothonotaries, and authorizing appeals from settlements or
        audits of officers' accounts.

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

        Section 1.  The city controller of each city of the second
     class A shall make annual reports, to council on the first
     Monday of April, and oftener if so required by council, of the
     audits which he shall have made of the accounts of the officers
     having charge, custody, control and disbursements of public
     moneys, showing the balance in their hands respectively at the
     end of the fiscal year, and at the same time shall file a copy
     of the annual report with the prothonotary of the court of
     common pleas. It shall be lawful for the city or any taxpayer
     thereof on its behalf or any officer whose account is settled or
     audited, to appeal from the settlement or audit to the court of
     common pleas of the county within forty-five days after the
     annual report to council has been filed in the court of common
     pleas. If the appellant is taxpayer or any officer charged as
     aforesaid, he shall file a bond, with one or more sufficient
     sureties, conditioned to pay all costs thereafter accruing in
     case a decision shall not be obtained more favorable to the
     party on whose behalf the appeal shall be taken than that
     contained in the report.
        Section 2.  This act shall take effect January 1, 1958.