Pennsylvania Act 1929-100 — VALIDATING SCHOOL BUILDING CONTRACTS

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VALIDATING SCHOOL BUILDING CONTRACTS
                  Act of Mar. 28, 1929, P.L. 92, No. 100              Cl. 24
                                  AN ACT

     To validate contracts for the erection and construction of
        school buildings and additions to existing school buildings,
        and to authorize payments on such contracts by the school
        district where there is no evidence of fraud or conspiracy.

        Section 1.  Be it enacted, &c., That whenever heretofore any
     board of school directors of any school district shall have
     advertised for and let bids for the construction and erection of
     any school building or an addition to an existing school
     building, and such building or addition has been actually
     constructed or erected and completed by the contractor or
     contractors and is available for use by the school district, and
     where any such contract or proceedings in connection therewith
     do not evidence any fraud or conspiracy to violate any of the
     laws of the Commonwealth relating to such contracts, then in
     such cases any such contract and all proceedings of the board of
     school directors in connection therewith are hereby confirmed,
     ratified, and made valid, and the board of school directors is
     hereby authorized to accept such building or addition to an
     existing school building on behalf of the school district, to
     use the same for public school purposes, and to pay to the
     contractor or contractors the amount due thereon under the terms
     of the contract, from the funds of the school district raised by
     taxation, notwithstanding the fact that such contract or
     contracts were legally null and void for the reason that the
     bids for the building or addition were not in accordance with
     the advertisement inviting bids, or that the bidders did not bid
     on the same basis as to the time for the completion of the
     contract, or because certain changes were made verbally in the
     plans and specifications and in the bidding as advertised by the
     secretary of the board of school directors when he handed out
     the specifications, which changes were never advertised as
     required by law, or because after the contract was awarded to
     the contractor the board of school directors agreed to pay the
     surety bond which was taken to guarantee the faithful compliance
     by the contractor or contractors with the terms of their
     contracts, or because the contract was executed in violation of
     the provisions of the laws of the Commonwealth, or because the
     advertisement did not fix the time at which the building or
     annex was to be completed, or for any other reason whatsoever.