Section 2. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith be and the same are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency; it being the intent and purpose of this act to establish a uniform and complete system, except as aforesaid of the fixing and determination of all salaries, wages or other compensation of public officers, clerks and employes payable out of the treasury of such cities, thereby unifying and co- ordinating, as far as may be practicable, that power and duty with the power to raise revenue by taxation and otherwise.
(2 amended May 2, 1947, P.L.134, No.55)