Opinion ID: 2088385
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Heading: the firemen's second case.

Text: The firemen brought this second bill to determine the validity of an ordinance passed by the council in August, 1972, again providing for the 1972 wage increases called for in the 1971 contract. The mayor had requested appropriations to fund this increase in February, 1972, as part of the 1972 budget request although he now claims he did so inadvertently; the council had authorized the appropriation in March, 1972. A judge of the Superior Court entered a final decree declaring the 1972 ordinance valid, and the Appeals Court affirmed. Mendes v. Taunton, 1 Mass. App. Ct. 852 (1973). There was no error in the determination that the 1972 ordinance was valid. As explained in the Appeals Court's opinion, the ordinance did not conflict in any manner with G.L.c. 44, § 33A. Nevertheless, our holding in the firemen's first case with respect to the effect of the 1971 ordinance shows that this later ordinance was unnecessary.