Municipal corporations — Powers — Contracts — Collection and disposal of garbage — Specifications — Act of June 23, 1931, P. L. 932.
1. Under the Act of June 23, 1931, P. L. 932, section 2403, cities of the third class have authority to contract for the collection and disposal of garbage. [474-5]
2. In an equity proceeding to restrain defendants from executing a contract providing for the collection and disposal by piggery of the garbage of a third class city, the evidence sustained findings that the specifications of the city adequately covered alternative methods of disposal and constituted a common standard of competitive bidding; that they were prepared at the direction of council and impliedly approved by council when the contract was awarded; and that the successful bidder complied with the specifications as to equipment and method proposed to be used and as to description of the location of the proposed piggery. [471-8]
Argued May 20, 1940.
PER CURIAM, September 30, 1940:
The decree in this case is affirmed on the opinion of the learned chancellor directing it to be entered. Costs to be paid by appellants.