1917. APPROPRIATION ACTS 1917, P. 268. JULY 25, 1917. AN ACT making an appropriation to the trustees of the State Hospital for Injured Persons of the Anthracite Coal Region of Pennsylvania, at Fountain Springs, near Ashland, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. SEC. 1. Be it enacted, etc.: That the sum of $248,500 is hereby specifically appropriated to the trustees of the State Hospital for Injured Persons of the Anthracite Coal Region of Pennsylvania, located at Fountain Springs, near Ashland, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. For the purpose of maintenance for the two fiscal years beginning June 1, 1917, the sum of $224,000. For the purpose of deficit in maintenance for the two fiscal years ending May 31, 1917, the sum of $15,000. For motor-ambulance, the sum of $2,500. For the purpose of erecting an isolation ward, the sum of $7,000. HAZLETON. MIDDLE COAL FIELD-ESTABLISHMENT. LAWS 1887, P. 399. JUNE 14, 1887. AN ACT to provide for the selection of a site and erection of a State Hospital for injured persons, to be located at or near Hazleton, in the County of Luzerne, to be called the State Hospital for Injured Persons of the Middle Coal Field, and for the management of the same, and making an appropriation therefor. SEC. 1. Be it enacted, etc.: That the governor shall appoint six commissioners to select a site and build a hospital for injured persons, to be located at or near Hazleton, in the anthracite middle coal field, embracing lower Luzerne County, part of Schuylkill County, and Carbon County, four of said commissioners to be chosen from lower Luzerne County and two from Carbon County in the middle coal field aforesaid, who shall serve without compensation. SEC. 2. Said commissioners shall select, within four months after the date of their appointment, a tract of land at or near Hazleton, in Luzerne County aforesaid. SEC. 3. Said tract of land, so selected, shall be approved by the governor in writing, and the deed for the same shall be taken in the name of the Commonwealth, in fee, for any lands donated for the purpose aforesaid. SEC. 4. The said commissioners shall adopt such plan for said hospital as shall involve an expenditure for erection, exclusive of the land, of not over sixty thousand dollars, when completed: Provided, That the plan of such building or buildings shall be approved by the board of public charities: Provided further, That the land necessary for such purpose shall be donated. SEC. 5. That said commission shall have power to employ and fix the compensation of the superintendent of construction, and such other persons as they may think necessary to employ to secure the proper and economical construction of said building or buildings: Provided, That the total expense of said buildings shall not exceed sixty thousand dollars. SEC. 6. To enable the said commissioners to properly perform the duties assigned them as herein provided for, the sum of $30,000 is hereby appropriated, annually, for the years 1887 and 1888, to be drawn from the treasury, as may be required, for the erection of buildings hereinbefore mentioned, on warrants signed by the chairman of the commission and countersigned by the president or general agent of the board of public charities. SEC. 7. Said commissioners shall proceed to erect said buildings and complete the same at as early a period as possible compatible with the economical, substantial and skillful execution of the work, and shall make report to the board of public charities of the amount of money expended by them and of the progress made in the erection of said buildings, semiannually at least, and oftener if so required by said board. SEC. 8. The said commissioners, upon the completion of said hospital, shall surrender their trust to board of managers or trustees to consist of nine members to be appointed by the governor from the counties or parts of counties embraced in the said middle coal field; said managers or trustees shall be a body politic or corporate, by the name and style of "The Trustees of the State Hospital of the Middle Coal Field of Pennsylvania;" they shall serve without compensation, shall manage and direct the concerns of the institution in consonance with the provisions of this act, and shall make all necessary by-laws and regulations not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of the Commonwealth. SEC. 9. That this hospital shall be specially devoted to the reception, care, and treatment of persons injured in and about the mines, workshops, and railroads, and all other laboring men: Provided however, That no patient shall be admitted for treatment in said hospital to the exclusion of the classes herein stated, and who have not contracted injuries in or at the coal mines embraced within the territorial limits of the fourth inspection district of the anthracite coal fields of Pennsylvania. SEC. 10. The trustees of said hospital may, from time to time, charge any patient, other than the classes named in section nine of this act, an amount sufficient to cover the cost of treatment. SEC. 11. It shall be lawful for the trustees of said hospital to receive contributions or donations from any person, firm or corporation offering to contribute or donate any money or other valuable consideration, whether by will, deed, gift, or otherwise, to aid in the support, maintenance and for improving the property of said hospital: Provided, That the proceeds of all contributions or donations received by the said trustees, under the provisions of this section, shall be specially appropriated for the purposes herein stated: Provided further, That an itemized statement of the same showing the whole amount of money received by the said trustees under the provisions of this section, and the name or names of any person, firm or corporation contributing or donating the same, together with an itemized statement of the expenditures of said money, shall be made quarterly, under oath, to the auditor general, the same as statements for State appropriations are now required by law. SEC. 12. The governor, judges of the several courts of record in the counties of Luzerne, Carbon, and Schuylkill, and members of the legislature shall be ex officio visitors of the institution. APPROPRIATIONS. LAWS 1889, P. 340. MAY 23, 1889. AN ACT making an appropriation for furnishing and maintaining the State Hospital for Injured Persons in the Middle Coal Field. SEC. 1. Be it enacted, etc.: That the sum of $20,000, for furnishing and maintaining the State Hospital for Injured Persons of the Middle Coal Field, be and the same is hereby specifically appropriated, and the State treasurer is hereby authorized to pay the same out of any moneys in the State treasury for the following purposes, namely: $10,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be paid to the commisstoners of said State hospital during the year of 1889, to be used by them in furnishing said hospital, and $10,000 in equal quarterly payments thereof to be paid to the board of managers or trustees of said State hospital, after their appointment by the governor, to be used by them in the maintenance of said hospital during the year 1890. LAWS 1891, P. 156. 1891. JUNE 1, 1891. AN ACT making an appropriation for the State Hospital for Injured Persons of the Middle Coal Field. SEC, 1. Be it enacted, etc.: That the following sums be and are hereby specifically appropriated to the State Hospital for Injured Persons of the Middle Coal Field, for the year commencing June 1, 1891, and for the year commencing June 1, 1892, to be paid in equal quarterly instalments, For salaries of officers and employes and for the support and maintenance of the institution for the year commencing June 1, 1891, $17,500; and for salaries of officers and employes and for the support and maintenance of the institution for the year commencing June 1, 1892, $17,500. LAWS 1893, P. 165. 1893. MAY 27, 1893. AN ACT making an appropriation for the State Hospital for Injured Persons of the Middle Coal Field. SEC, 1. Be it enacted, etc.: That the following sums, be and are specifically appropriated to the State Hospital for Injured Persons of the Middle Coal Field for the two fiscal years commencing June 1, 1893, to be paid in equal quarterly installments. For salaries of officers and employees, and for the support and maintenance of the institution for the two fiscal years commencing June 1, 1893, $35,000. LAWS 1895, P. 466. 1895. JULY 3, 1895. AN ACT making an appropriation to the trustees of the State Hospital for Injured Persons of the Middle Coal Field. SEC. 1. Be it enacted, etc.: That the sum of $42,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and the same is hereby specifically appropriated to the trustees of the State Hospital for Injured Persons of the Middle Coal Field for salaries of officers and employes, and for the support and maintenance of the institution for the two fiscal years commencing June 1, 1895. 1897. LAWS 1897, P. 317. JULY 22, 1897. AN ACT making an appropriation to the trustees of the State Hospital for Injured Persons of the Middle Coal Field. SEC. 1. Be it enacted, etc.: * is hereby specifically appropriated to the trustees of the Middle Coal Field for the two fiscal years beginning June 1, 1897, for the salaries of the officers and employees, and for the support and maintenance of the institution. 1899. LAWS 1899, P. 283. MAY 10, 1899. AN ACT making an appropriation to the trustees of the State Hospital for Injured Persons of the Middle Coal Field. * SEC. 1. Be it enacted, etc.: That the sum of $40,000 be and the same is hereby specifically appropriated to the trustees of the State Hospital for Injured Persons of the Middle Coal Field for the two fiscal years beginning June 1, 1899, for the salaries of the officers and employes, and for the support and maintenance of the institution, and for insurance. * 1901. LAWS 1901, P. 722. JULY 18, 1901. AN ACT making an appropriation to the trustees of the State Hospital for Injured Persons of the Middle Coal Field. SEC. 1. Be it enacted, etc.: That the sum of $45,000 * * be and the same is hereby specifically appropriated to the trustees of the State Hospital for Injured Persons of the Middle Coal Field, located at Hazleton, Pennsylvania, for the two fiscal years beginning June 1, 1901, for the following purposes, namely: For the salaries of officers and employees and for the support and maintenance of the institution, the sum of $40,000. LAWS 1903, P. 391. 1903. MAY 15, 1903. AN ACT making an appropriation to the trustees of the State Hospital for Injured Persons of the Middle Coal Field. SEC. 1. Be it enacted, etc.: That the sum of $44,500 * * be and the same is hereby specifically appropriated to the trustees of the State Hospital for Injured Persons of the Middle Coal Field, located at Hazleton, Pennsylvania, for the two fiscal years beginning June 1, 1903. * LAWS 1905, P. 406. 1905. MAY 11, 1905. AN ACT making an appropriation to the trustees of the State Hospital for Injured Persons of the Middle Coal Field. SEC. 1. Be it enacted, etc.: That the sum of $44,500 is appropriated to the State Hospital at Hazleton, for the two fiscal years beginning June 1, 1905, for maintenance. LAWS 1907, p. 536. JUNE 18, 1907. AN ACT making an appropriation to the trustees of the State Hospital for Injured Persons of the Middle Coal Fields. SEC. 1. Be it enacted, etc.: * is appropriated to the State Hospital at Hazleton, for the two fiscal years beginning June 1, 1907, for maintenance. LAWS 1909, P. 817. 1909. MAY 13, 1909. AN ACT making an appropriation to the trustees of the State Hospital for Injured Persons of the Middle Coal Field. SEC. 1. Be it enacted, etc.: That the sum of $80,000.00 is appropriated to the trustees of the State Hospital at Hazleton, for the two fiscal years beginning June 1, 1909. (Approved in the sum of $65,000.00.) 1911. APPROPRIATION ACTS 1911, P. 43. JUNE 13, 1911. AN ACT making an appropriation to the trustees of the State Hospital for Injured Persons of the Middle Coal Field. AN ACT making an appropriation to the trustees of the State Hospital for Injured Persons of the Middle Coal Field. AN ACT making an appropriation to the trustees of the State Hospital for Injured Persons of the Middle Coal Field. SEC. 1. Be it enacted, etc.: That the sum of $153,500 State Hospital at Hazleton. is appropriated to the trustees of the For the two fiscal years beginning June 1, 1915, for maintenance, salaries, wages, labor, and necessary repairs, the sum of $110,000. For deficit on account of maintenance, the sum of $12,500. For erecting and furnishing a home for nurses, the sum of $30,000. (Not approved.) For the fitting up and equipment of a laboratory, the sum of $1,000. 125672°-20-20 |