Pennsylvania Act 1929-75 — FIRST CLASS CITIES PERMITTED TO MAKE ORDINANCES

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FIRST CLASS CITIES PERMITTED TO MAKE ORDINANCES
                  Act of Mar. 25, 1929, P.L. 66, No. 75               Cl. 11
                                  AN ACT

     Empowering cities of the first class of the Commonwealth to make
        and enforce ordinances and provide penalties and imprisonment
        for the violation thereof.
        Section 1.  Be it enacted, &c., That the cities of the first
     class of this Commonwealth shall have the power to make all such
     ordinances, by-laws, rules, and regulations not inconsistent
     with or restrained by the Constitution and laws of this
     Commonwealth as may be expedient or necessary for the proper
     management, care, and control of the city and its finances, and
     the maintenance of the peace, good government, safety, and
     welfare of the city and its trade, commerce, manufactures; and
     the exercise of full and complete powers for local self-
     government in matters of police, and the same to alter, modify
     and repeal at pleasure; and to enforce all ordinances by
     imposing fines upon inhabitants or other persons for violation
     thereof, not exceeding one hundred dollars for any one offense,
     recoverable with costs, together with judgment of imprisonment
     not exceeding thirty days if the amount of said fines and costs
     shall not be paid into the court imposing the fines within ten
     days from the date of the imposition thereof.