Pennsylvania Act 1893-118 — PENNSYLVANIA SOLDIERS ORPHANS INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL PROVIDED FOR

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PENNSYLVANIA SOLDIERS ORPHANS INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL PROVIDED FOR
                  Act of May 27, 1893, P.L. 171, No. 118              Cl. 24
                                  AN ACT

     Providing for the acquisition of land and the erection,
        equipment, management, and operation of the Scotland School
        for Veterans' Children; the maintenance of children admitted
        thereto, and regulating the admissions to and discharges from
        the said Scotland School for Veterans' Children. (Title
        amended May 24, 1951, P.L.350, No.75)

        Section 1.  Be it enacted, &c., That there shall be erected,
     at some point within the State easily accessible, a building or
     buildings to be known as the Scotland School for Veterans'
     Children. (1 amended May 24, 1951, P.L.350, No.75)

        Compiler's Note:  Section 6(e) of Act 105 of 1996 provided
            that, notwithstanding the transfer of the Scotland School
            for Veterans' Children from the Department of Education
            to the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs under
            Act 105, section 1 shall remain in full force and effect
            insofar as it relates to teachers at the Scotland School
            for Veterans' Children.
        Section 2.  That the commission now in charge of the
     Soldiers' Orphan Schools are empowered to purchase not more than
     one hundred acres of ground, the title of which shall be vested
     in the Commonwealth, and to erect buildings thereon, equipping
     the same with shops, tools et cetera, for industrial training,
     as well as for the educational course, and for the maintenance
     of the soldiers' orphans, first taking security for the faithful
     performance of all contracts and for the completion of the
     building and buildings in a substantial, good and workmanlike
     manner.

        Compiler's Note:  Section 6(e) of Act 105 of 1996 provided
            that, notwithstanding the transfer of the Scotland School
            for Veterans' Children from the Department of Education
            to the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs under
            Act 105, section 2 shall remain in full force and effect
            insofar as it relates to teachers at the Scotland School
            for Veterans' Children.
        Section 3.  (3 repealed Jun. 7, 1923, P.L.498, No.274)
        Section 4.  The said commission shall elect from their own
     number a president, secretary, financial secretary and
     treasurer, and shall employ all necessary clerks, teachers and
     employes, necessary for the proper conduct and care of the
     schools.

        Compiler's Note:  Section 6(e) of Act 105 of 1996 provided
            that, notwithstanding the transfer of the Scotland School
            for Veterans' Children from the Department of Education
            to the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs under
            Act 105, section 4 shall remain in full force and effect
            insofar as it relates to teachers at the Scotland School
            for Veterans' Children.
        Section 5.  The said commission shall have full power to
     continue the soldiers' orphan schools as now constituted, or if
     necessary, change either, any, or all of them to other
     localities, until such time or times as the Pennsylvania
     Soldiers Orphans' Industrial School shall be completed, or
     sufficiently advanced to accommodate said orphans, when the
     commission shall close all of the said soldiers' orphans
     schools.

        Compiler's Note:  Section 6(e) of Act 105 of 1996 provided
            that, notwithstanding the transfer of the Scotland School
            for Veterans' Children from the Department of Education
            to the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs under
            Act 105, section 5 shall remain in full force and effect
            insofar as it relates to teachers at the Scotland School
            for Veterans' Children.
        Section 6.  (6 repealed May 21, 1943, P.L.302, No.140)
        Section 7.  (7 repealed May 21, 1943, P.L.302, No.140)
        Section 8.  (8 repealed May 21, 1943, P.L.302, No.140)
        Section 9.  The per capita rate of the appropriation for the
     education and maintenance of the children admitted to the
     Scotland School for Veterans' Children shall not exceed the sum
     of two hundred dollars per annum. (9 amended May 24, 1951,
     P.L.350, No.75)

        Compiler's Note:  Section 6(e) of Act 105 of 1996 provided
            that, notwithstanding the transfer of the Scotland School
            for Veterans' Children from the Department of Education
            to the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs under
            Act 105, section 9 shall remain in full force and effect
            insofar as it relates to teachers at the Scotland School
            for Veterans' Children.
        Section 10.  No compensation shall be allowed any member of
     the said commission, except such reasonable expenses as they may
     incur in the performance of their duties; and no member of said
     commission shall be directly or indirectly interested
     financially in any school under care of said commission, or in
     the education and maintenance of said soldiers' orphans, nor in
     furnishing supplies to or for the same, nor in the purchase of
     lands, erection of buildings, or equipment of the same.

        Compiler's Note:  Section 6(e) of Act 105 of 1996 provided
            that, notwithstanding the transfer of the Scotland School
            for Veterans' Children from the Department of Education
            to the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs under
            Act 105, section 10 shall remain in full force and effect
            insofar as it relates to teachers at the Scotland School
            for Veterans' Children.
        Section 11.  The board of trustees of the Scotland School for
     Veterans' Children shall, at every regular session of the
     General Assembly, present to the Legislature, under oath, a
     report setting forth in detail the amount of all moneys, or
     other property, received on account of such Scotland School for
     Veterans' Children, and an itemized statement of the
     disbursements thereof. (11 amended May 24, 1951, P.L.350, No.75)

        Compiler's Note:  Section 6(e) of Act 105 of 1996 provided
            that, notwithstanding the transfer of the Scotland School
            for Veterans' Children from the Department of Education
            to the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs under
            Act 105, section 11 shall remain in full force and effect
            insofar as it relates to teachers at the Scotland School
            for Veterans' Children.
        Section 12.  That the year for all provisions under this act
     shall begin on the first day of June in each year, and end on
     the thirty-first day of May of the year then next succeeding.

        Compiler's Note:  Section 6(e) of Act 105 of 1996 provided
            that, notwithstanding the transfer of the Scotland School
            for Veterans' Children from the Department of Education
            to the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs under
            Act 105, section 12 shall remain in full force and effect
            insofar as it relates to teachers at the Scotland School
            for Veterans' Children.
        Section 12.1.  The superintendent of the school shall act as
     a trustee, without application to any court, of the estate of
     each child of the school. The estate of the child and any funds
     therein shall be considered, for purposes of the State Insurance
     Fund, Commonwealth-owned property. The superintendent shall have
     the following duties and powers in connection therewith: (Intro.
     par. amended May 27, 1994, P.L.244, No.33)
        (1)  He shall obtain insurance adequate to cover the sum of
     the student funds held by him as trustee. This obligation may be
     satisfied through the coverage of insurance plans available
     through the Commonwealth. If not available through the
     Commonwealth, the insurance may be obtained commercially,
     provided that the policy is adequate to cover the sum of the
     student accounts. The cost of such commercial insurance shall be
     borne by the Commonwealth. ((1) amended May 27, 1994, P.L.244,
     No.33)
        (2)  He shall apply for, receive and hold for any child,
     funds or other property to which the child is entitled. Money or
     other property so held for the child shall be distributed to the
     child, or on behalf of the child, as the superintendent of the
     school determines to be in the best interests of the child.
        (3)  He may not hold an amount in excess of ten thousand
     dollars at any one time for any one child but shall, on behalf
     of a child with an estate in excess of ten thousand dollars,
     request the attorney general to make application to the local
     orphans' court for the appointment of a guardian for such child,
     and the superintendent shall turn over to such guardian all
     funds or property held on behalf of such child. (3 amended Nov.
     5, 1971, P.L.502, No.115)
        (4)  He shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts and
     disbursements and deliver said accounts and balance of funds to
     any guardian appointed by the court.
        (5)  He shall deliver to such child, or his legal guardian, a
     complete accounting of all receipts and disbursements when the
     child leaves the school, or upon his death to his heirs or
     personal representatives. The trustee relationship of the
     superintendent to the child shall continue until the child
     reaches age twenty-one.
        (12.1 added Jun. 28, 1957, P.L.413, No.226)

        Compiler's Note:  Section 6(e) of Act 105 of 1996 provided
            that, notwithstanding the transfer of the Scotland School
            for Veterans' Children from the Department of Education
            to the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs under
            Act 105, section 12.1 shall remain in full force and
            effect insofar as it relates to teachers at the Scotland
            School for Veterans' Children.
        Section 13.  To carry out the provisions of this act the
     following sums of money are hereby specifically appropriated,
     out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated,
     which sums shall be paid to the treasurer of the Commission of
     Soldiers' Orphan Schools, who shall first be required to give a
     bond in the sum to be named by the said commission with security
     for the proper application of such moneys.
        First.  For the establishing, building, furnishing and
     fitting up of said Pennsylvania Soldiers' Orphan Industrial
     School, as hereinbefore provided, with the sum of one hundred
     and fifty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be
     necessary.
        Second.  For the education and maintenance of the children
     admitted to said Soldiers' Orphan Industrial School for the year
     ending May thirty-first, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-
     four, the sum of ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may
     be necessary.
        Third.  For the education and maintenance of the children
     admitted to said Soldiers' Orphan Industrial School for the year
     ending May thirty-first, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-
     five, the sum of fifty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as
     may be necessary.
        Fourth.  For the expenses of the commission as hereinbefore
     provided, the sum of three thousand dollars, or so much thereof
     as may be necessary.
        Section 14.  All moneys to be paid on the warrant of the
     Auditor General drawn on the State Treasurer upon requisition
     approved and certified to by the said commission.
        Section 15.  Any balance remaining unexpended for the year
     one thousand eight hundred and niney-four, shall be available
     for the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, in
     addition to the sum of fifty thousand dollars herein
     appropriated for that year.
        Section 16.  That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with
     the provisions of this act be and the same are hereby repealed.