Pennsylvania Act 1953-171 — VALIDATING CERTAIN CONTRACTS

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VALIDATING CERTAIN CONTRACTS
                 Act of Jul. 27, 1953, P.L. 606, No. 171              Cl. 24
                                  AN ACT

     Validating and confirming certain contracts heretofore entered
        into by boards of school directors where there is no evidence
        of fraud or conspiracy and authorizing or ratifying payments
        on such contracts by the school district.

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

        Section 1.  When any board of school directors has heretofore
     contracted for labor, materials and supplies for the school
     district, the purchase of which by contract is authorized under
     the provisions of the school laws of the Commonwealth, and the
     board of school directors has actually received the labor,
     materials and supplies and they are being used by the school
     district, if the contract does not evidence any fraud or
     conspiracy to violate the provisions of the school laws of the
     Commonwealth and the school district has not suffered any
     pecuniary loss as the result of the contract, then the contract
     shall be valid and binding on the school district and payment
     for the labor, materials and supplies by the school district is
     hereby authorized, or if payment has been made, it is hereby
     ratified, notwithstanding the fact that the contract was legally
     void by reason of the failure to advertise for bids or by reason
     of defect in the advertising, or by reason of any other defect
     in compliance with, or in the failure or omission to comply
     with, the school laws of this Commonwealth regulating the award
     of contracts for labor, materials and supplies. No board of
     school directors nor any member thereof shall be surcharged for
     any payment made on any such contract.
        Section 2.  The provisions of this act shall become effective
     immediately upon final enactment.