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Pennsylvania Statutes Title 53 P.S. Municipal and Quasi-Municipal Corporations § 12161. Departments enumerated

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

There shall be the following executive departments:

1. Department of Public Safety.

2. Department of Public Works.

3. Department of Public Health.

4. Department of Public Welfare.

5. Department of Wharves, Docks and Ferries.

6. Department of City Transit.

7. Department of City Treasurer.

8. Department of City Controller.

9. Department of Law.

10. Civil Service Commission.

11. Repealed by 1937, April 28, P.L. 475, No. 110, § 1.

12. Department of Supplies and Purchases.

13. Department of City Architecture.

No department shall be created by the council other than those herein enumerated.

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