Pennsylvania Statutes Title 53 P.S. Municipal and Quasi-Municipal Corporations § 22233. Time for levying taxes and making appropriations;  emergency

All taxes shall be levied and appropriations made annually, by general ordinances, prior to the first Tuesday of February, except such taxes as may be levied and appropriations as may be made to provide for the payment of the principal and interest of any bonds to be issued, and except also in cases of emergency, when, on a certificate signed by the mayor and controller that such emergency exists, a special appropriation may be made to meet the same.