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It shall and may be lawful for the select and common councils 1 of the city of Philadelphia, from time to time, by ordinances, at the expense of the owner or owners of the property adjoining, to regulate, grade, pave and repave, curb and recurb, the said footways or sidewalks, and the said ordinances, rules and regulations to execute, under the direction or superintendence of such person or persons as they may authorize or appoint, and the same to enforce by suitable penalties, which penalties and expenses of paving and repaving, curbing and recurbing, as aforesaid, shall be recoverable before any alderman of said city, or before any court having jurisdiction, in the same manner that debts of like amount are by law recoverable.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Pennsylvania Statutes Title 53 P.S. Municipal and Quasi-Municipal Corporations § 16430. Regulation, paving and curbing or footways or sidewalks - last updated January 01, 2022 | https://codes.findlaw.com/pa/title-53-ps-municipal-and-quasimunicipal-corporations/pa-st-sect-53-16430/
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