Pennsylvania Act 1879-169 — RELATING TO STATE HOSPITALS

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RELATING TO STATE HOSPITALS
                 Act of Jun. 11, 1879, P.L. 157, No. 169              Cl. 35
                                  AN ACT

     To provide for the selection of a site and erection of a state
        hospital for injured persons, to be located in the counties
        of Schuylkill, Carbon, Dauphin, Northumberland and Columbia,
        to be called the state hospital for injured persons of the
        anthracite coal region, and for the management of the same,
        and making an appropriation therefor.

        Section 8.  Board of trustees; style and powers
        The said commissioners, upon the completion of said hospital,
     shall surrender their trust to a board of managers, to consist
     of nine members, to be appointed by the governor from the
     counties named in the first section of this act; said managers
     or trustees shall be a body politic or corporate, by the name
     and style of the Trustees of the State Hospital for Injured
     persons of the Anthracite Coal Region of Pennsylvania; they
     shall serve without compensation, and shall manage and direct
     the concerns of the institution, and make all necessary by-laws
     and regulations, not inconsistent with the constitution and laws
     of the commonwealth.  1879, June 11, P.L. 157, Sec. 8.
        Section 9.  Admission of persons for treatment
        This hospital shall be specially devoted to the reception,
     care, and treatment of injured persons, and that, in the order
     of admission, this class shall have precedence over paying
     patients: Provided, That any patients, except those suffering
     from a contagious disease, may be received, cared for, and
     treated, whenever the facilities of the hospital are sufficient
     to accommodate such patients.  1879, June, 11, P.L. 157, Sec. 9;
     1909, April 23, P.L. 139, Sec. 1.
        Section 10.  Visitors
        The Governor, judges of the several courts of record of this
     Commonwealth, and members of the Legislature, shall be ex
     officio visitors of the institution.  1879, June 11, P.L. 157,
     Sec. 10.