1917. APPROPRIATION ACTS 1917, P. 277. JULY 25, 1917. 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 $130,000 is hereby specifically appropriated to the trustees of the State Hospital for Injured Persons of the Middle Coal Field, located at Hazleton, Pennsylvania, namely: For the two fiscal years beginning June 1, 1917, for maintenance, salaries, wages, labor, and necessary repairs, the sum of $130,000. * SCRANTON. NORTHERN ANTHRACITE REGION.-LACKAWANNA CONVEYED TO STATE. LAWS 1901, P. 775. JULY 18, 1901. AN ACT to provide for the acceptance by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania of a conveyance of the real estate, buildings, and personal property of the Lackawanna Hospital, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, to be used as a State hospital for the northern anthracite coal region of Pennsylvania; providing for the incorporation of "The Trustees of the State Hospital of the Northern Anthracite Coal Region of Pennsylvania," and for the management of the same, and making an appropriation for the repair and improvement thereof. WHEREAS, The Lackawanna Hospital, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, has since its organization under special charter from the legislature in 1871 maintained a public hospital and dispensary in the city of Scranton, Pennsylvania, for the reception and care of the sick and injured of that city and vicinity; and WHEREAS, There is at present no State hospital for the northern anthracite coal region, although such a one is imperatively required, and the said Lackawanna Hospital, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, whose hospital is located in the center of said region and convenient of access to every part thereof, are willing to convey to the State their property in said city of Scranton to be used and managed as a State hospital for the reception and care of the sick and injured of said district; therefore, SEC. 1. Be it enacted, etc.: That the governor of this Commonwealth is hereby authorized on behalf of this Commonwealth, immediately after the passage of this act, to accept a conveyance and transfer by deed in fee simple from the Lackawanna Hospital, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, of all the real estate, buildings, and personal property of said hospital, and upon the due execution and delivery of the said deed the governor shall cause the same to be recorded in the proper county. Whereupon, immediately after the passage of this act, the governor shall appoint a board of managers or trustees consisting of nine members who shall be a body politic or corporate by the name and style of "The Trustees of the State Hospital of the Northern Anthracite Coal Region of Pennsylvania," who shall serve without compensation, other than necessary traveling expenses incurred in the discharge of the duties pertaining to the above-named institution, and such expenditures shall be paid out of moneys in the State treasury not otherwise appropriated, and who shall manage and direct the concerns of said institution and make all necessary by-laws and regulations not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this Commonwealth. SEC. 2. This hospital shall be specially devoted to the reception, care and treatment of injured persons in the Northern Anthracite Coal Region, composed of the county of Lackawanna and the adjacent counties of Wyoming, Susque hanna, and Wayne, and in the order of admission this class shall have precedence over paying patients. SEC. 3. 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. 4. For the purpose of carrying this act into effect the sum of $90,000 is hereby specifically appropriated for the two fiscal years beginning June 1, 1901, for the following purposes, namely: For the purpose of maintenance, the sum of $60,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For the purpose of improving and enlarging the hospital buildings and for the erection of new buildings, the sum of $30,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary. SEC. 5. That the governor, judges of the several courts of record of this Commonwealth, inspectors of mines for the district in which said hospital is located, and members of the general assembly shall be ex officio visitors of the said institution. July 18, 1901.-This bill is approved except as to the item appropriating $30,000 for the purpose of improving and enlarging the hospital buildings and for the erection of new buildings, which item is approved in the sum of $10,000. I withhold my approval from the balance of said item because of insufficient State revenue.-WILLIAM A. STONE. APPROPRIATIONS. LAWS 1903, P. 483. MAY 15, 1903. AN ACT making an appropriation to the trustees of the State Hospital of the Northern Anthracite Coal Region of Pennsylvania, at Scranton, Pennsylvania. SEC. 1. Be it enacted, etc.: That the sum of $200,000 * be and the same is hereby specifically appropriated to the trustees of the State Hospital of the Northern Anthracite Coal Region for the two fiscal years beginning June 1, 1903, for the following purposes, namely: For the erection, completion, furnishing, and equipment of new hospital buildings, the sum of $115,000. * For maintenance of said hospital, the sum of $75,000. * For the payment of a deficit in the maintenance account of said hospital at the close of the two fiscal years ending May 31, 1903, the sum of $10,000. Approved. The 15th day of May, 1903, except as to the item appropriating $75,000 for the purpose of maintenance, This item is approved in the sum of $70,000. * 1905. LAWS 1905, P. 436. MAY 11, 1905, AN ACT making an appropriation to the trustees of the State Hospital of the Northern Anthracite Coal Region of Pennsylvania, at Scranton, Pennsylvania. SEC. 1. Be it enacted, etc.: That the sum of $255,000 * be and the same is hereby specifically ap propriated to the trustees of the State Hospital of the Northern Anthracite Coal Region of Pennsylvania, for the two fiscal years beginning June 1, 1905. * Approved for $195,000 only. 1907. LAWS 1907, P. 541. JUNE 13, 1907. AN ACT making an appropriation to the trustees of the State Hospital of the Northern Anthracite Coal Region of Pennsylvania, at Scranton, Pennsylvania. SEC. 1. Be it enacted, etc.: That the sum of $173,878.74 * is hereby specifically appropriated to the trustees of the State Hospital of the Northern Anthracite Coal Region of Pennsylvania, for the two fiscal years beginning June 1, 1907. LAWS 1909, P. 796. 1909. MAY 13, 1909. AN ACT making an appropriation to the trustees of the State Hospital of the Northern Anthracite Coal Region of Pennsylvania, at Scranton, Pennsylvania. SEC. 1. Be it enacted, etc.: That the sum of $182,945.23 * is hereby specifically appropriated to the trustees of the State Hospital of the Northern Anthracite Coal Region of Pennsylvania, for the two fiscal years beginning June 1, 1909. 1911. APPROPRIATIONS ACTS 1911, P. 194. JUNE 13, 1911. AN ACT making an appropriation to the trustees of the State Hospital of the Northern Anthracite Coal Region of Pennsylvania, at Scranton, Pennsylvania. SEC. 1. Be it enacted, etc.: That the sum of $128,213.20 is hereby specifically appropriated (For to the trustees of the State Hospital of the Northen Anthracite Coal Region of Pennsylvania, for the two fiscal years beginning June 1, 1911. maintenance, deficit, and improvements.) 1913. LAWS 1913, P. 1324. JULY 25, 1913. AN ACT making an appropriation to the trustees of the State Hospital of the Northern Anthracite Coal Region of Pennsylvania, at Scranton, Pennsylvania. SEC. 1. Be it enacted, etc.: is hereby specifically appropriated to the trustees of the State Hospital of the Northern Anthracite Coal Region of Pennsylvania, at Scranton, Pennsylvania, for the two fiscal years beginning June 1, 1913. (Approved except an item for $3,713.40.) (Maintenance, deficit and improvements.) * * 1915. APPROPRIATION ACTS 1915, P. 134. JUNE 18, 1915. AN ACT making an appropriation to the trustees of the State Hospital of the Northern Anthracite Coal Region of Pennsylvania, at Scranton, Pennsylvania. the trustees of the State Hospital of the Northern Anthracite Coal Region of Pennsylvania for the two fiscal years beginning June 1, 1915, for the following purposes, namely: For the maintenance of said hospital for the two fiscal years beginning June 1, 1915, for the equipment of a pathological and clinical laboratory, and for the maintenance of a department of anaesthesia, said laboratory and department to be approved by the bureau of medical education and licensure, the sum of $160,000. (For deficit, ambulance, etc., $19,400.) (Approved in the sum of $165,900.) 1917. APPROPRIATION ACTS 1917, P. 267. JULY 25, 1917. AN ACT making an appropriation to the trustees of the State Hospital of the Northern Anthracite Coal Region of Pennsylvania, at Scranton, Pennsylvania. SEC. 1. Be it enacted, etc.: That the sum of $197,550 is hereby specifically appropriated to the trustees of the State Hospital of the Northern Anthracite Coal Region of Pennsylvania, at Scranton, Pennsylvania, for the two fiscal years beginning June 1, 1917, for the following purposes, namely: For the maintenance of said hospital, for the two fiscal years beginning June 1, 1917, and for payment of deficit for the year ending May 31, 1917, the sum of $180,000. * * * (Approved in the sum of $175,000.) (For improve AN ACT making an appropriation to the Miners' Hospital of Northern Cambria, at Spangler, in Cambria County. SEC. 1. Be it enacted, etc.: is hereby specifically appropriated to the Miners' Hospital of Northern Cambria, at Spangler, in Cambria County, for the two fiscal years beginning June 1, 1907, for the purpose of assisting in the equipment, furnishing, and maintaining of a hospital for the care and treatment of injured or sick miners. (Approved in the sum of $8,000.) 1909. LAWS 1909, P. 692. MAY 13, 1909. AN ACT making an appropriation to the Miners' Hospital of Northern Cambria, at Spangler, in Cambria County. SEC. 1. Be it enacted, etc.: That the sum of $8,000 * * is hereby specifically appropriated to the Miners' Hospital of Northern Cambria, at Spangler, in Cambria County, for the two fiscal years beginning June 1, 1909. 1911. APPROPRIATION ACTS 1911, P. 183. JUNE 13, 1911. AN ACT making an appropriation to the Miners' Hospital of Northern Cambria, at Spangler, in Cambria County. SEC. 1. Be it enacted, etc.: That the sum of $12,000 * * is hereby specifically appropriated to the Miners' Hospital of Northern Cambria, at Spangler, in Cambria County, for the two fiscal years beginning June 1, 1911. (For maintenance.) LAWS 1913, P. 1134. 1913. JULY 25, 1913. AN ACT making an appropriation to the Miners' Hospital of Northern Cambria, at Spangler, in Cambria County. SEC. 1. Be it enacted, etc.: That the sum of $20,000 is hereby specifically appropriated to the Miners' Hospital of Northern Cambria, located at Spangler, in Cambria County, for the following purposes, for the two fiscal years beginning June 1, 1913. (Approved for $12,000.) (Maintenance and improvements.) 1915. APPROPRIATION ACTS 1915, P. 223. JUNE 18, 1915. AN ACT making an appropriation to the Miners' Hospital of Northern Cambria, at Spangler, in Cambria County, Pennsylvania. SEC. 1. Be it enacted, etc.: * * That the sum of $13,000 is hereby appropriated to the Miners' Hospital of Northern Cambria, located at Spangler, in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, for the two fiscal years beginning June 1, 1915. tenance, etc. (Approved in the sum of $12,500.) For main 1917. APPROPRIATION ACTS 1917, P. 127. JULY 25, 1917. AN ACT making an appropriation to the Miners' Hospital of Northern Cambria, at Spangler, in Cambria County, Pennsylvania. * SEC. 1. Be it enacted, etc.: That the sum of $15,000 is hereby specifically appropriated to the Miners' Hospital of Northern Cambria, at Spangler, in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, for the two fiscal years beginning June 1, 1917, for the purpose of maintenance. (Approved in the sum of $14,000.) TREVORTON. SELECTION OF SITE NEAR SHAMOKIN. LAWS 1907, P. 699. JUNE 13, 1907. AN ACT to provide for the selection of a site and the erection of a State hospital for injured persons, to be located at or near Shamokin, in the county of Northumberland, to be called a State Hospital for Injured Persons of the Trevorton, Shamokin, and Mount Carmel Coal Fields, and for the management of the same, and making an appropria tion 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 Shamokin, in the Trevor |