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Pennsylvania Statutes Title 53 P.S. Municipal and Quasi-Municipal Corporations § 12127. Duties and powers

Current as of January 01, 2026 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) It shall be the duty of the mayor:

I. To cause the ordinances of the city and the laws of the State to be executed and enforced.

II. To communicate to the council, at least once a year, a statement of the finances and general condition of the affairs of the city and also such information in relation to the same as the council may, from time to time, require.

III. To recommend, by message in writing to the council, all such measures connected with the affairs of the city and the protection and improvement of its government and finances as he shall deem expedient.

IV. To call special meetings of the council when required by public necessity.

V. To perform such duties as may be prescribed by law or ordinance, and he shall be responsible for the good order and efficient government of the city.

(b) The mayor shall call together the heads of departments for consultation and advice upon the affairs of the city at least once a month, and at such meetings he may call on the heads of departments for such reports as to the subject matters under their control and management as he may deem proper, which it shall be their duty to prepare and submit at once to the mayor.

(c) The mayor shall, as often as he may think proper, appoint three competent persons to examine, without notice, the accounts of any city department, trust, officer, or employe, and the money, securities, and property belonging to the city in the possession or charge of such department, trust, officer, or employe, and report the result of such investigation.

(d) The mayor may, upon any emergency or apprehension of riot or mob, take command of the police force, and appoint as many special patrolmen as he may deem advisable.  During their services the special appointees shall possess the powers and perform the duties of regular employes of the department of public safety, and shall receive such compensation as shall be authorized by the mayor, not exceeding that of the regular officers of the force performing corresponding duties.

(e) Repealed.  1978, April 28, P.L. 202, No. 53, § 2(a)[1032], effective June 27, 1978.

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