We affirm essentially for the reasons stated in the Appellate Division opinion, reported at 166 N. J. Super. 254 (1978). Only under limited circumstances, not here pertinent, may a municipal expenditure be made prior to an appropriation. See, e. g., Home Owners Construction Co. v. Borough of Glen Rock, 34 N. J. 305, 315-316 (1961); Essex Cty. Bd. of Taxation v. City of Newark, 73 N. J. 69, 74 (1977).

Por affirmance — Chief Justice Hughes and Justices Mountain, Sullivan, Pashman, Clifford, Schreiber and Handler — 7.

For reversal — Fone.