Supreme Court of Pennsylvania March 4, 1869, No. 442 (Bladen v. Philadelphia)

The opinion of the court was delivered,

by

Sharswood, J.

The control of the city councils over all the departments of the municipal government of Philadelphia, in the matter of the disbursements of money, as well for work done and materials furnished, as for the salaries and wages of officers and employees, was finally settled by the judgments of this court in The City v.