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§ 13844. When work may be done without petition

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 53 P.S. Municipal and Quasi-Municipal Corporations

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 53 P.S. Municipal and Quasi-Municipal Corporations
Part II. Cities of the First Class
Chapter 36. Streets and Highways
Article II. Footways (Refs & Annos)
53 P.S. § 13844
§ 13844. When work may be done without petition
Should a majority of the owners of property, or the owners of a majority of the feet-frontage upon any of the said streets, where property is assessed at suburban rates, and upon which public lamps or lights have been erected, refuse to petition councils1 for a paved footway, it will be competent for the department of public works, bureau of highways, to call the attention of councils to the necessity for a paved footway; and thereupon councils shall direct the department of public works, bureau of highways, to notify the said owners to pave the footway, as is provided in section one of this act,2 the cost thereof to be collected as provided for in section two of this act.3

Credits

1905, March 31, P.L. 86, § 4.

Footnotes

Legislative power is now vested in the city council by 53 P.S. § 12521.
53 P.S. § 13841.
53 P.S. § 13842.
53 P.S. § 13844, PA ST 53 P.S. § 13844
Current through Act 13 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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