Pennsylvania Act 1923-394 — SECOND CLASS CITIES, PERMITTED TO ESTABLISH CLAIMS BUREAUS

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SECOND CLASS CITIES, PERMITTED TO ESTABLISH CLAIMS BUREAUS
                 Act of Jun. 29, 1923, P.L. 974, No. 394              Cl. 11
                                  AN ACT

     Conferring upon cities of the second class power and authority
        to create and conduct, as part of the legal department, a
        Bureau of Conciliation, Small Claims, and Legal Aid.

        Section 1.  Be it enacted, &c., That cities of the second
     class be, and they are hereby, authorized and empowered to
     maintain, as part of their legal department, a Bureau of
     Conciliation, Small Claims, and Legal Aid, and through such
     bureau, to render legal aid, in meritorious cases, without
     charge, to applicants whose claims and means are such as to make
     it impracticable to employ counsel, and, to that end, to take
     over the funds and like cases of any existing legal aid society
     desirous of surrendering its functions and assets to such city;
     and such city is hereby empowered to select and pay such
     employes, and incur such expenses, and make such appropriations,
     and do all such other things as, in the discretion of the
     municipal authorities, may be necessary or convenient to carry
     out the power and authority hereby conferred.