Section 56106 - Amount of contracts to be charged against appropriations(a) Every contract involving appropriation of money shall designate the item of appropriation on which it is founded, and the estimated amount of the expenditure which shall be charged against the item and certified by the township controller on the contract, before it shall take effect as a contract. Payment required by the contract shall be made from the fund for which the contract is appropriated.(b) If the controller certifies a contract in excess of the appropriation made, the township shall not be liable for the excess, but the controller and the controller's sureties shall be liable for the excess amount, which may be recovered in an action at law by the aggrieved contracting party.(c) The controller shall certify contracts for the payment of which sufficient appropriations have been made.1931, June 24, P.L. 1206, art. XI, § 1106. Amended 1949, May 27, P.L. 1955, § 25; 2020, Oct. 29, P.L. 782, No. 96, § 37.1, effective in 60 days [Dec. 28, 2020].