Pennsylvania Act 1923-274 — THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE - REPEALED

Act text

AN ACT

Providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the Executive Department thereof, and certain existing and certain new administrative departments, boards, commissions, and officers; abolishing, combining, changing the names of, reorganizing or authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative departments, boards, commissions, bureaus, divisions, offices, and agencies; defining the powers and duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative officers, and of the several administrative departments, boards, and commissions; fixing the salaries of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards, and commissions; and prescribing the manner in which the number and compensation of the deputies and all other assistants and employes of certain departments, boards, and commissions shall be determined.

Compiler's Note: Except for sections 1, 2, 201, 202, 203, 205, 208, 209, 2804, 2901 and 2902, Act 274 was repealed by the Act 175 of 1929, known as the Administrative Code of 1929.

Section 1. Short Title.--Be it enacted, &c., That this act shall be known and may be cited as "The Administrative Code."

Section 2. Certain Existing Departments, Boards, Commissions, and Offices Abolished.--To accomplish the purposes of this act, all places and positions, except those specifically retained by this act, in or under the executive and administrative bureaus, divisions, boards, commissions, offices and agencies of the State Government, and in or under the several executive and administrative departments, except the Department of the Auditor General and the State Treasurer, are hereby abolished; and the following departments, bureaus, divisions, boards, commissions, offices, and agencies of the State Government, as now established by law, are hereby abolished, namely: Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth, the Executive, Corporation, Commission, Election and Legislative, Requisition and Warrant, and Registration Bureaus in the Department of the Secretary of the Commonwealth; First Deputy Attorney General and all Deputy Attorneys General; Deputy Superintendent of State Police, Bureau of Fire Protection, Chief of the Bureau of Fire Protection; Bureaus of Vocational Education and of Professional Education in the Department of Public Instruction; the State Library and Museum, State Librarian, and Director of the Museum, Deputy State Librarian and Director of the Museum, General Library, Law Library, Public Records, Library Extension, and Museum Divisions, in the State Library and Museum; the Bureaus of Administration, of Accounts, of Records, and of Supplies in the Adjutant General's Department; State Military Board; Soldiers' Bonus Commission; State Military Cemetery Commission; Commission to make an Investigation of the Battlefields of France and Belgium; Deputy Secretary of Agriculture, Economic Zoologist, Dairy and Food Commissioner, State Veterinarian, Bureaus of Animal Industry, of Plant Industry, of Markets, of Foods, of Chemistry, and of Statistics in the Department of Agriculture; State Livestock Sanitary Board; State Forest Commission; Bureau of Forest Protection; Bureau of Topographic and Geological Survey; Bureau of Statistics and Information, Land Office Bureau, Bureau of Railroads, Bureau of Taxes and Assessments, Bureau of Standards, and Bureau of Municipalities, in the Department of Internal Affairs; State Geologist; Fort Washington Park Commission; Snyder-Middleswarth Park Commission; Wyoming Valley Memorial Park Commission; Chief Inspector of the Department of Labor and Industry; Bureaus of Inspection, of Mediation and Arbitration, of Rehabilitation, of Workmen's Compensation, and of Employment, in the Department of Labor and Industry; Division of Industrial Hygiene and Engineering, Industrial Board; manager, assistant manager, actuary, and counsel for the State Workmen's Insurance Board; Bureaus of Housing, of Vital Statistics, and the Advisory Board, in the Department of Health; Assistant State Highway Commissioner, chief engineer of the State Highway Department, Division of Township Highways, township commissioner; Deputy Commissioner of Public Welfare, Bureau of Mental Health; Board of Inspectors of Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia; Board of Inspectors of the Western Penitentiary, Rockview; Board of Managers Pennsylvania Industrial Reformatory at Huntingdon; Board of Managers of State Industrial Home for Women, Muncy; Board of Managers Pennsylvania Training School, Morganza; Board of Trustees Pennsylvania State Oral School for the Deaf of Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania; Trustees of the State Hospital for the Insane at Danville, Pennsylvania; Board of Trustees Home for the Training in Speech of Deaf Children before They are of School Age, Philadelphia; Soldiers' Orphan School Commission; Board of Trustees Soldiers' and Sailors' Home, Erie; Board of Trustees of Mercer State Hospital; Board of Trustees Homeopathic State Hospital for the Insane, Allentown; Board of Trustees State Hospital for the Criminal Insane, Farview; Board of Trustees Harrisburg State Hospital, Harrisburg; Board of Trustees State Hospital for the Insane of the Southeastern District of Pennsylvania, Norristown; Board of Trustees of the State Hospital for the Insane at Warren, Pennsylvania; Board of Trustees State Asylum for the Chronic Insane of Pennsylvania, South Mountain; Board of Trustees Western State Hospital for the Insane, Torrance; Board of Trustees State Hospital for Injured Persons of the Anthracite Coal Regions of Pennsylvania, Ashland; The Trustees of the Cottage State Hospital for Injured Persons of the Bituminous and Semi-Bituminous Coal Regions of Pennsylvania, at Blossburg; Board of Trustees State Hospital of Coaldale, Schuylkill County; The Trustees of the Cottage State Hospital for Injured Persons of the Bituminous and Semi-Bituminous Coal Regions of Pennsylvania, at Connellsville; The Trustees of the State Hospital of the Middle Coal Field of Pennsylvania, at Hazleton; The Trustees of the Cottage State Hospital for Injured Persons of the Bituminous and Semi-Bituminous Coal Regions of Pennsylvania at Mercer; Board of Trustees State Hospital of Luzerne County, Nanticoke; The Trustees of the Cottage State Hospital for Injured Persons of the Bituminous and Semi-Bituminous Coal Regions of Pennsylvania at Philipsburg; The Trustees of the State Hospital of the Northern Anthracite Coal Regions of Pennsylvania, Scranton; The Trustees of the State Hospital of the Trevorton, Shamokin, and Mount Carmel Coal Fields of Pennsylvania, Shamokin; Board of Managers Pennsylvania Village for Feeble-Minded Women, Laurelton; Board of Trustees State Institution for the Feeble-Minded and Epileptic of Eastern Pennsylvania, Pennhurst; Board of Trustees State Institution for Feeble-Minded of Western Pennsylvania, Polk; commission for the selection of a site and the erection of a State Institution for Inebriates; Building Commission of the Eastern State Hospital for the Insane, Selinsgrove; Board of Commissioners of Public Grounds and Buildings, Superintendent of Public Grounds and Buildings, Deputy Superintendent of Public Grounds and Buildings, Assistant Deputy Superintendent of Public Grounds and Buildings, Bureau of Information; The Department of Public Printing and Binding, Superintendent of Public Printing and Binding, Deputy Superintendent of Public Printing and Binding; Division of Documents, Chief of the Division of Documents; Director of Publications; Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Commission; Commission for the Erection of a Statue of General George Gordon Meade; Robert Morris Monument Commission; General Galusha Pennypacker Monument Commission; Camp Curtin Park Commission; First Deputy Commissioner of Banking, Second Deputy Commissioner of Banking, Third Deputy Commissioner of Banking; Deputy Insurance Commissioner; assistant counsel of the Public Service Commission of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Board to Pass Upon the Necessity for the Construction of Elevated and Underground Passenger Railways; Valley Forge-Fairmount Park Road Commission; State Truancy School Commission; engineer to cooperate with Director of Wharves, Docks and Ferries, Philadelphia; Emergency Public Works Commission; secretary and assistant secretary of Board of Pardons; State Fair Commission; and Thaddeus Stevens Educational Memorial Commission. (2 amended Apr. 13, 1927, P.L.207, No.164)

Compiler's Note: Section 7 of Act 50 of 2009 provided that section 2 is repealed insofar as it is inconsistent with Act 50.

Section 201. Executive Officers, Administrative Departments, and Independent Administrative Boards and Commissions.--The executive and administrative work of this Commonwealth shall be performed by the Executive Department, consisting of the--

Governor,

Lieutenant Governor,

Secretary of the Commonwealth,

Attorney General,

Auditor General,

State Treasurer,

Secretary of Internal Affairs, and

Superintendent of Public Instruction;

by the Executive Board, which is hereby created;

by the Department of State Police, hereafter to be known as Pennsylvania State Police;

by the following administrative departments which, except as in this act expressly otherwise provided, shall continue as now organized and existing:

Department of the Auditor General, and

Treasury Department;

by the Department of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, the Attorney General's Department, the Department of Public Instruction, the Department of Internal Affairs, the Adjutant General's Department, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Forestry, the Department of Labor and Industry, the Department of Health, the State Highway Department, the Department of Public Welfare, the Banking Department, the Insurance Department, and the Department of Mines which shall be reorganized as in this act provided, and shall hereafter be known respectively, as:

Department of State,

Department of Justice,

Department of Public Instruction,

Department of Internal Affairs,

Department of Military Affairs,

Department of Agriculture,

Department of Forests and Waters,

Department of Labor and Industry,

Department of Health,

Department of Highways,

Department of Welfare,

Department of Banking,

Insurance Department, and

Department of Mines;

by the following administrative departments, which are hereby created:

Department of Property and Supplies, and

Department of Revenue;

and by the Board of Game Commissioners, the Department of Fisheries, and the Public Service Commission of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, which shall be reorganized as provided in this act, and shall be known as independent administrative boards and commissions under the following names respectively:

Board of Game Commissioners,

Board of Fish Commissioners, and

The Public Service Commission of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

All of the provisions of this act which apply generally to administrative departments, except the Department of the Auditor General and Treasury Department, shall apply to the Executive Board and to the Pennsylvania State Police.

(201 amended Apr. 13, 1927, P.L.207, No.164)

Compiler's Note: The Department of Public Welfare, referred to in this section, was redesignated as the Department of Human Services by Act 132 of 2014.

Section 202. Departmental Administrative Bodies, Boards, Commissions and Offices.--The following departments, boards, commissions, and offices are hereby placed and made departmental administrative bodies, boards, commissions, or offices, as the case may be, in the respective administrative departments mentioned in the preceding section as follows:

In the Department of State--

State Employes' Retirement Board

In the Treasury Department--

The board created by the act, approved the eighth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, entitled "An act relating to the settlement of public accounts," its amendments and supplements, the Board of Public Accounts, Board of Revenue, Commissioners, and Sinking Fund Commission, which shall be combined into one departmental administrative board, and therein reorganized as provided in this act, and hereafter known as

Board of Finance and Revenue.

In the Department of Internal Affairs--

Board of Property.

In the Department of Justice--

Board of Pardons.

Board of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws.

In the Department of Public Instruction--

Council of Education.

Pennsylvania State Board of Censors.

Public School Employes' Retirement Board.

Pennsylvania Historical Commission.

Board of Trustees of Thaddeus Stevens Industrial School and Reform School of Pennsylvania, hereafter to be known as

Board of Trustees of Thaddeus Stevens Industrial School

Bureau of Medical Education and Licensure, hereafter to be known as

State Board of Medical Education and Licensure.

The Pennsylvania Board of Pharmacy, hereafter to be known as State Board of Pharmacy.

Dental Council of Pennsylvania and Board of Dental Examiners of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, which are hereby combined into one departmental administrative board, to be known as

State Dental Council and Examining Board.

Board of Optometrical Education, Examination, and Licensure, hereafter to be known as

State Board of Optometrical Examiners.

State Board of Osteopathic Examiners.

Osteopathic Surgeons' Examining Board.

State Board of Examiners for the Registration of Nurses.

State Board of Undertakers.

State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners.

State Board for the Examination of Public Accountants.

State Board of Examiners of Architects.

Anthracite Mine Inspectors' Examining Board.

Mine Inspectors' Examining Board for the Bituminous Coal Mines of Pennsylvania.

In the Department of Military Affairs--

Armory Board of the State of Pennsylvania.

State Athletic Commission.

In the Department of Forests and Waters--

Water Supply Commission of Pennsylvania, hereafter to be known as

Water and Power Resources Board.

Lake Erie and Ohio River Canal Board.

Pennsylvania State Park and Harbor Commission of Erie.

Washington Crossing Park Commission.

Commissioners of Valley Forge Park, hereafter to be known as

Valley Forge Park Commission.

In the Department of Labor and Industry--

Workmen's Compensation Board.

Workmen's Compensation Referees.

State Workmen's Insurance Board.

In the Department of Health--

Anatomical Board.

In the Department of Banking--

Board to License Private Bankers.

In the Department of Welfare--

Board of Trustees of Locust Mountain State Hospitals.

State Council for the Blind.

Pennsylvania Alcohol Permit Board.

In the Department of Property and Supplies--

State Art Commission.

In the Department of Mines--

Anthracite Mine Inspectors.

Bituminous Mine Inspectors.

State Anthracite Mine Cave Commission.

All the foregoing departmental administrative boards and commissions shall be reorganized as provided in this act.

The following departmental administrative boards and commissions are hereby created in the respective administrative departments, as follows:

In the Department of Public Instruction--

Board of Trustees of Pennsylvania State Oral School for the Deaf.

Board of Trustees of Home for Training in Speech of Deaf Children before They are of School Age.

Board of Trustees of Pennsylvania Soldiers' Orphan School.

State Registration Board for Professional Engineers.

In the Department of Agriculture--

State Farm Products Show Commission.

In the Department of Forests and Waters--

Geographic Board.

In the Department of Health--

Sanitary Water Board.

In the Department of Welfare--

Board of Trustees of Eastern State Penitentiary.

Board of Trustees of Central State Penitentiary.

Board of Trustees of Western State Penitentiary.

Board of Trustees of Pennsylvania Industrial Reformatory.

Board of Trustees of State Industrial Home for Women.

Board of Trustees of Pennsylvania Training School.

Board of Trustees of Pennsylvania Soldiers' and Sailors' Home.

Board of Trustees of Allentown State Hospital.

Board of Trustees of Danville State Hospital.

Board of Trustees of Farview State Hospital.

Board of Trustees of Harrisburg State Hospital.

Board of Trustees of Norristown State Hospital.

Board of Trustees of Warren State Hospital.

Board of Trustees of Wernersville State Hospital.

Board of Trustees of Torrance State Hospital.

Board of Trustees of Ashland State Hospital.

Board of Trustees of Blossburg State Hospital.

Board of Trustees of Coaldale State Hospital.

Board of Trustees of Connellsville State Hospital.

Board of Trustees of Hazleton State Hospital.

Board of Trustees of Nanticoke State Hospital.

Board of Trustees of Philipsburg State Hospital.

Board of Trustees of Scranton State Hospital.

Board of Trustees of Shamokin State Hospital.

Board of Trustees of Laurelton State Village.

Board of Trustees of Pennhurst State School.

Board of Trustees of Polk State School.

Board of Trustees of Cumberland Valley Institution for Mental Defectives.

Board of Trustees of Selingsgrove State Colony for Epileptics.

In the Department of Banking--

Pennsylvania Securities Commission.

In the Department of Property and Supplies--

Board of Commissioners of Public Grounds and Buildings.

(202 amended Apr. 13, 1927, P.L.207, No.164)

Compiler's Note: Section 7 of Act 50 of 2009 provided that section 202 is repealed insofar as it is inconsistent with Act 50.

Section 203. Advisory Boards and Commissions.--The following advisory boards and commissions are hereby created and designated in and as parts of the respective departments, as follows:

In the Department of Forests and Waters--

State Forest Commission.

Fort Washington Park Commission.

Wyoming Valley Memorial Park Commission, and Bushy Run Battlefield Commission.

In the Department of Labor and Industry--

Industrial Board.

In the Department of Health--

Advisory Health Board.

In the Department of Welfare--

State Welfare Commission.

In the Department of Property and Supplies--

Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Commission.

General George Gordon Meade Statue Commission.

Robert Morris Monument Commission.

General Galusha Pennypacker Monument Commission.

Camp Curtin Monument Commission.

In the Department of Internal Affairs--

State Aeronautics Commission.

(203 amended Apr. 13, 1927, P.L.207, No.164)

Section 205. Department Heads--Each administrative department shall have as its head an officer who shall either personally, by deputy, or by the duly authorized agent or employee of the department, and subject at all times to the provisions of this act, exercise the powers and perform the duties by law vested in and imposed upon the department.

(a) The following officers shall be the heads of the administrative departments following their respective titles:

Auditor General, of the Department of the Auditor General.

State Treasurer, of the Treasury Department.

Secretary of Internal Affairs, of the Department of Internal Affairs.

Secretary of the Commonwealth, of the Department of State.

Attorney General, of the Department of Justice.

Superintendent of Public Instruction, of the Department of Public Instruction.

Adjutant General, of the Department of Military Affairs.

Secretary of Agriculture, of the Department of Agriculture.

Commissioner of Forestry, who shall hereafter be known as Secretary of Forests and Waters, of the Department of Forests and Waters.

Commissioner of Labor and Industry, who shall hereafter be known as Secretary of Labor and Industry, of the Department of Labor and Industry.

Commissioner of Health, who shall hereafter be known as Secretary of Health, of the Department of Health.

State Highway Commissioner, who shall hereafter be known as Secretary of Highways, of the Department of Highways.

Commissioner of Public Welfare, who shall hereafter be known as Secretary of Welfare, of the Department of Welfare.

Commissioner of Banking, who shall hereafter be known as Secretary of Banking, of the Department of Banking.

Insurance Commissioner, of the Department of Insurance.

Chief of the Department of Mines, who shall hereafter be known as Secretary of Mines, of the Department of Mines.

(b) The incumbent of the office known as Secretary of Property and Supplies, which is hereby created, shall be the head of the Department of Property and Supplies.

(c) The incumbent of the office known as Secretary of Revenue, which is hereby created, shall be the head of the Department of Revenue.

(205 amended Apr. 13, 1927, P.L.207, No.164)

Section 208. Compensation of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Heads of Departments.--Annual salaries shall be payable, in equal semimonthly installments, as follows:

To the Governor, eighteen thousand dollars.

To the Lieutenant Governor, eight thousand dollars.

To the Secretary of the Commonwealth, eight thousand dollars.

To the Attorney General, twelve thousand dollars.

To the Auditor General, twelve thousand dollars.

To the State Treasurer, twelve thousand dollars.

To the Secretary of Internal Affairs, eight thousand dollars.

To the Superintendent of Public Instruction, twelve thousand dollars.

To the Adjutant General, eight thousand dollars.

To the Secretary of Agriculture, eight thousand dollars.

To the Secretary of Forests and Waters, eight thousand dollars.

To the Secretary of Labor and Industry, ten thousand dollars.

To the Secretary of Health, ten thousand dollars.

To the Secretary of Highways, twelve thousand dollars.

To the Secretary of Welfare, ten thousand dollars.

To the Secretary of Banking, ten thousand dollars.

To the Insurance Commissioner, ten thousand dollars.

To the Secretary of Mines, ten thousand dollars.

To the Secretary of Property and Supplies, eight thousand dollars.

To the Secretary of Revenue, twelve thousand dollars.

Neither the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, nor the head of any administrative department, hereafter elected or appointed, shall receive any additional compensation for any services rendered to the Commonwealth in any capacity.

(208 amended Apr. 13, 1927, P.L.207, No.164)

Section 209. Compensation of Members of Independent Administrative Boards and Commissions.--Annual salaries shall be payable, in equal semimonthly instalments, as follows:

To the Commissioner of Fisheries, six thousand dollars.

To the Chairman of the Public Service Commission of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, ten thousand five hundred dollars.

To the members of the Public Service Commission of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, other than the chairman, each, ten thousand dollars.

The members of the Board of Game Commissioners and of the Board of Fish Commissioners, other than the Commissioner of Fisheries, shall not receive any compensation.

(209 amended Apr. 13, 1927, P.L.207, No.164)

Compiler's Note: Section 7(3)(i) of Act 86 of 2012 provided that section 209 is repealed insofar as it is inconsistent with Act 86.

Section 2804. Statutory Salaries.--It is the intention of the General Assembly that this act shall be construed to be inconsistent with and, therefore, to repeal any and all laws of this Commonwealth, heretofore enacted, fixing the salaries of officers of, and persons connected with or employed in or by, every administrative department, board, commission, bureau, division, or other agency of the State Government, except the Department of the Auditor General and the Treasury Department and the bureaus and divisions thereof. (2804 amended Apr. 13, 1927, P.L.207, No.164)

ARTICLE XXIX.

REPEALER.

Section 2901. Acts and Parts of Acts Specifically Repealed.--The following acts and parts of acts are hereby repealed:

Except the first two paragraphs of section one thereof, the act, approved the twenty-sixth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen (Pamphlet Laws, six), entitled "An act reorganizing the Department of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, designating the officers and employes thereof and fixing their salaries and making an appropriation therefor to the end of the fiscal year."

The act, approved the fourth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and five (Pamphlet Laws, three hundred and eighty-four), entitled "An act to provide for the appointment of a Statute Clerk in the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth; defining his duties and fixing his salary."

Section twenty-five of the act, approved the thirtieth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eleven (five Smiths Laws, two hundred and twenty-eight), entitled "An act to amend and consolidate the several acts relating to the settlement of the public accounts, and the payment of the public monies, and for other purposes."

The act, approved the fourteenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, (Pamphlet Laws, nine hundred and thirty-seven), entitled "An act making an appropriation of twenty-one thousand dollars for the erection of a monument to Robert Morris, in the city of Philadelphia and empowering the appointment of a commission to select a site and to build such monument, and providing for the expenses of the said commission and dedication of monument."

Sections two, three, four, six, seven of the act, approved the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen (Pamphlet Laws, one hundred and three), entitled "An act creating a State Art Commission in the Board of Commissioners of Public Grounds and Buildings; requiring the approval of the commission of the design and location of all public monuments, memorials, buildings, or other structures, and certain private structures, proposed to be erected anywhere in this Commonwealth other than in cities of the first and second classes."

The act, approved the sixth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, (Pamphlet Laws, two hundred and seventy-nine), entitled "An act reorganizing the Attorney General's Department, designating the officers and employes thereof and fixing their salaries, and making an appropriation therefor to the end of the fiscal year."

The act, approved the seventh day of June, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen (Pamphlet Laws, eight hundred and seventy-six), entitled "An act regulating the legal business of the State government, and the employment of attorneys therefor; and defining the duties of the various departments, bureaus, boards, agents, and commissions in relation thereto."

The act, approved the twelfth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one (Pamphlet Laws, one hundred and twenty-seven), entitled "An act to amend section one of an act approved the sixth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen (Pamphlet Laws, two hundred and seventy-nine), entitled 'An act re-organizing the Attorney General's Department, designating the officers and employes thereof and fixing their salaries, and making an appropriation therefor to the end of the fiscal year.'"

Section one of the act, approved the thirtieth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three (Pamphlet Laws, one hundred and eighty-one) entitled "A supplement to an act, entitled 'An act to fix the salaries of the several state officers of the Commonwealth, the number of clerks to be employed in the several departments and their compensation, and providing for the incidental expenses of said department,' approved May fourteenth, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, providing for an increase in the salary of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, Deputy Attorney General, Auditor General and Secretary of Internal Affairs."

Section five of the act, approved the twenty-seventh day of February, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven (Pamphlet Laws, one hundred and seventy-two), entitled "An act requiring the inspectors of prisons, sheriffs, prothonotaries and clerks of criminal courts and others, to make annual returns to the Secretary of the Commonwealth, and for other purposes."

The act, approved the fourteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four (Pamphlet Laws, one hundred and thirty-nine), entitled "An act to authorize the Secretary of the Commonwealth and Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth to administer oaths or affirmations."

The act, approved the twenty-eighth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight (Pamphlet Laws, forty-one), entitled "An act to authorize the Secretary of the Commonwealth to record official bonds."

The act, approved the second day of May, one thousand eight hundred and nine (five Smith's Laws, page thirteen), entitled, "An act to perpetuate the great seal of this Commonwealth."

The act, approved the eighteenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen (Pamphlet Laws, seventy-seven), entitled "An act to amend the first section of an act, approved the ninth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand nine hundred and fifteen (Pamphlet Laws, one hundred and eleven), entitled 'An act to provide for the immediate printing and distribution of advance sheets from time to time, to persons making application therefor and to certain officials, so as to include members of the General Assembly.'"

The act, approved the thirteenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and seven (Pamphlet Laws, six hundred and thirty-five), entitled "An act making an appropriation for the erection of a monument or memorial structure on the Battlefield of Gettysburg, in memory of the volunteer soldiers, sailors, and marines from Pennsylvania, who participated in the late Civil War, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one to one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five."

The act, approved the fourteenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and eleven (Pamphlet Laws, nine hundred and thirty-five), entitled "An act providing for the erection by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania of a statue in memory of General George Gordon Meade, in the city of Washington, and making an appropriation therefor."

The act, approved the sixteenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen (Pamphlet Laws, four hundred and eighty-two), entitled "An act creating a Board of Commissioners of Public Grounds and Buildings; providing for the appointment of a Superintendent of Public Grounds and Buildings and subordinate officers and employes, and fixing their salaries, defining the powers and duties of the board and the superintendent with regard to contracts for and the furnishing of furniture, furnishings, stationery, supplies, paper and fuel for the executive and legislative branches of the State Government and the Executive Mansion, the supervision of the Capitol grounds and buildings, the State Arsenal, and Executive Mansion, and repairs, alterations, and improvements thereto, and to other buildings, land, and property of the State, the disposal of unserviceable personal property of the Commonwealth, the renting of office rooms outside of the Capitol, the bonding of officers and employes of the Commonwealth, and the supervision of the erection of, and repairs and additions to, State institutions, and the expenditure of funds therefor; and repealing supplied and inconsistent laws."

The act, approved the seventh day of February, one thousand nine hundred and five (Pamphlet Laws, three), entitled "An act to create the Department of Public Printing and Binding, to carry out the provisions of section twelve, article three, of the Constitution, in relation to the public printing and binding, and the supply of paper and other materials therefor."

Section two of the act, approved the second day of May, one thousand nine hundred and five (Pamphlet Laws, three hundred and sixty-one), entitled "An act creating the Department of State Police: providing for the appointment of a Superintendent thereof, together with the officers and men who shall constitute the force; defining their powers and duties, and making an appropriation for the expenses connected therewith."

Sections two, three, four, five, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, sixteen, seventeen and eighteen of the act, approved the third day of June, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen (Pamphlet Laws, three hundred and sixty-six), entitled "An act reorganizing the Department of State Police; creating a Bureau of Fire Protection; providing for the State Police Force, and defining the powers and duties of the same, including the enforcement of laws relating to game, fish, forestry, and water supply, and certain other laws, and including the collection of information useful for the detection of crime, and the apprehension of criminals; providing for the equipment, maintenance, and transportation of such police; providing for barracks and substations therefor; and prescribing penalties."

The act, approved the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and eleven (Pamphlet Laws, one hundred and seven), entitled "An act providing for the sale of any personal property belonging to the Commonwealth which is or shall hereafter become unserviceable; repealing section ten of the act of March twenty-sixth, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, entitled 'An act relative to Public Grounds and Buildings; defining the powers of the Commissioners; authorizing the Board of Commissioners to carry into effect the provisions of section twelve, article three, of the Constitution, relative to contracts for stationery, supplies, fuel, furniture, furnishings, distribution of documents, repairs, alterations, or improvements, and other matters needed by the Legislature, the several departments, boards, and commissions of the State Government, and Executive Mansion; authorizing the appointment of a superintendent, and defining his powers, authority and duties, and providing for the appointment of subordinate officers required by this act, and fixing the compensation of the same', relating to the sale of furnishings of the several departments, the Senate Chambers, the House of Representatives, boards and commissions of the State Government".

Sections two to six inclusive, of the act approved the twentieth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen (Pamphlet Laws, ninety), entitled "An act constituting a Board of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws; authorizing the appointment of the commissioners, defining their duties, and providing for their expenses".

The act, approved the sixth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and four, (four Smith's Laws, one hundred and twelve), entitled "An act to continue in force for a limited time, the act entitled 'An act for instituting a Board of Property, and for other purposes therein mentioned'".

The act, approved the seventeenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one (Pamphlet Laws, eight hundred and sixty-five), entitled "An act reorganizing the Adjutant General's Department, designating the officers and employes thereof, and fixing the salaries of each".

Section thirty-five of the act, approved the seventeenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one (Pamphlet Laws, eight hundred and sixty-nine), entitled "An act providing for the organization, government, discipline, maintenance, and regulation of the armed land forces of this Commonwealth."

The act, approved the ninth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and eleven (Pamphlet Laws, eight hundred and sixty-four), entitled "An act to amend section three of an act entitled 'An act, for the appointment and maintenance of a board, to be known as the Armory Board of the State of Pennsylvania, and for the payment of its expenses, and for providing, managing, and caring for armories for the use of the National Guard of Pennsylvania, and making an appropriation for the same; authorizing the State Armory Board to receive from counties, cities, municipalities, and other sources, donations or contributions for the purpose of this act,' approved the eleventh day of May, Anno Domini one thousand nine hundred and five; fixing the salaries, and providing for the payment of expenses of the members of the Armory Board."

Sections one, three, six and ten of the act approved the eleventh day of May, one thousand nine hundred and five (Pamphlet Laws, four forty-two), entitled "An act for the appointment and maintenance of a board, to be known as the Armory Board of the State of Pennsylvania, and for the payment of its expenses, and for providing, managing and caring for armories for the use of the National Guard of Pennsylvania, throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and making an appropriation for the same; authorizing the State Armory Board to receive from counties, cities, municipalities and other sources donations or contributions for the purpose of this act."

Sections five, six and seven of the act, approved the twenty-seventh day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one (Pamphlet Laws, one thousand one hundred and seventy-eight), entitled "An act providing for a bonus for the residents of this Commonwealth who served in the military or naval forces of the United States during the World War, creating a Soldiers' Bonus Commission, and prescribing its powers and duties; and making an appropriation".

The act, approved the twenty-sixth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one (Pamphlet Laws, three hundred and twenty-two), entitled "An act creating a commission to select an historic spot as a cemetery for the burial of bodies of soldiers, sailors, marines, war nurses, and members of the National Guard; defining the powers and duties of the commission; and making an appropriation".

The act, approved the twenty-fifth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and three (Pamphlet Laws, three hundred and fifteen), entitled "An act authorizing the Superintendent of Public Instruction to employ or aid in the employment of lecturers and instructors, to attend the summer assemblies or associations incorporated for the promotion of education and popular culture, and of the Pennsylvania Educational Association, and providing for the payment of such lecturers or instructors".

The act, approved the sixteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen (Pamphlet Laws, two hundred and sixty-eight), entitled "An act creating the Bureau of Vocational Education of the Department of Public Instruction; creating the divisions of the same; providing for the appointment of its officers and other employes by the Superintendent of Public Instruction; defining the duties of the same, and fixing the compensation of its employes".

The act, approved the twenty-seventh day of May, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen (Pamphlet Laws, two hundred and ninety-six), entitled "An act to amend section one of an act, approved the fifteenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and seven (Pamphlet Laws, eighty-six), entitled 'An act fixing the salary of the superintendent of Public Instruction, and of the Deputy Superintendents of Public Instruction', fixing the salary of the Superintendent of Public Instruction for all services required to be performed by law".

In so far as inconsistent with the provisions of this act, the act, approved the twentieth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one (Pamphlet Laws, one thousand and fourteen), entitled "An act to amend article nine of an act, approved the eighteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and eleven (Pamphlet Laws, three hundred and nine), entitled 'An act to establish a public school system in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; together with the provisions by which it shall be administered, and prescribing penalties for the violation thereof; providing revenue to establish and maintain the same, and the method of collecting such revenue; and repealing all laws, general, special, or local, or any parts thereof, that are or may be inconsistent therewith', as amended; creating a State Council of Education; defining its powers and duties; and transferring thereto the powers and duties now vested in the State Board of Education".

In so far as supplied by or inconsistent with the provisions of this act, Articles IX and X of the act, approved the eighteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and eleven (Pamphlet Laws, three hundred and nine), entitled "An act to establish a public school system in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, together with the provisions by which it shall be administered, and prescribing penalties for the violations thereof; providing revenue to establish and maintain the same, and the method of collecting such revenue; and repealing all laws, general, special or local, or any parts thereof, that are or may be inconsistent therewith".

In so far as inconsistent with the provisions of this act, the act, approved the nineteenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and eleven (Pamphlet Laws, one thousand and forty-five), entitled "An act to create a Bureau of Professional Education, as a sub-department of the Department of Public Instruction; to define the powers and duties of the said Bureau, and to make an appropriation therefor".

Sections two, three, and six of the act, approved the twenty-fifth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen (Pamphlet Laws, one thousand two hundred and sixty-five), entitled "An act providing for the establishment of the Pennsylvania Historical Commission; defining its powers and duties; and making an appropriation for its work".

Sections three, four, five, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen and nineteen of the act, approved the fifteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen (Pamphlet Laws, five hundred and thirty-four), entitled "An act relating to motion-picture films, reels, or stereopticon views or slides; providing a system of examination, approval, and regulation thereof, and of the banners, posters, and other like advertising matter used in connection therewith; creating the Board of Censors; and providing penalties for the violation of this act".

The act, approved the twenty-fifth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one (Pamphlet Laws, one thousand one hundred and twenty), entitled "An act to amend section eleven and section thirteen of an act, approved the fifteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred fifteen (Pamphlet Laws, five hundred thirty-four), entitled 'An act relating to motion-picture films, reels, or stereopticon views or slides; providing a system of examination, approval, and regulation thereof, and of the banners, posters, and other like advertising matters used in connection therewith; creating the Board of Censors; and providing penalties for the violation of this act'".

Section twelve, and in so far as supplied by the provisions of this act section two, of the act, approved the seventeenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen (Pamphlet Laws, two hundred eight), entitled "An act to regulate the practice of pharmacy and sale of poisons and drugs, and providing penalties for the violation thereof; defining the words 'drug' and 'poison'; and providing for the appointment of a board which shall have in charge the enforcement of said law, and the power to make rules and regulations for the enforcement of said law; and providing for the purchase of samples of drugs for determining their quality, strength, and purity".

In so far as inconsistent with the provisions of this act, sections one, three, and four of the act, approved the fifth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one (Pamphlet Laws, three hundred ninety-nine), entitled "An act regulating and defining the powers and duties of the Dental Council and the State Board of Dental Examiners; providing for appointment of examiners; defining qualifications of applicants for examination; conditions of granting and revoking licenses; regulating and limiting and defining the practice of dentistry; limiting and defining operator in dental surgery; prohibiting practice by or employment of unlicensed and unregistered persons, and providing punishment therefor; requiring the recording of licenses and registration of practitioners and disposition of fees and fines; providing for an annual registration fee for licensed practitioners and the disposition of such fees; defining evidence of violations and providing punishment; fixing the appropriations to the Dental Council".

In so far as inconsistent with the provisions of this act, sections three and four of the act, approved the thirtieth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen (Pamphlet Laws, twenty-one), entitled "An act defining optometry; and relating to the right to practice optometry in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and making certain exceptions; and providing a Board of Optometrical Education, Examination, and Licensure, and means and methods whereby the right to practice optometry may be obtained; and providing for the means to carry out the provisions of this act; and providing for revocation or suspension of licenses given by said board, and providing penalties for violations thereof; and repealing all acts or parts of acts inconsistent therewith".

Section two, and in so far as inconsistent with the provisions of this act section one and three, of the act, approved the nineteenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and nine (Pamphlet Laws, forty-six), entitled "An act to regulate the practice of osteopathy in the State of Pennsylvania, to provide for the establishment of a State Board of Osteopathic Examiners; to define the powers and duties of said Board of Osteopathic Examiners; to provide for the examining and licensing of osteopaths in this State; and to provide penalties for the violation of this act".

In so far as inconsistent with the provisions of this act, sections one, two, three, four, five and six of the act, approved the twentieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen (Pamphlet Laws, five hundred forty-five), entitled "An act to amend sections one, two, three, nine, ten, and eleven, and to amend also sections four, five, and seven, as amended, of an act, approved the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and nine (Pamphlet Laws, three hundred and twenty-one), entitled 'An act to provide for State registration of nurses, to establish a State Board of Examiners in connection therewith, and to provide penalties for the violation of certain provisions regarding such registration,' by providing for a change in membership of said board, for an increase in salary of the secretary and educational director, and for the registration of persons properly qualified as licensed attendants for the care of the sick".

In so far as inconsistent with the provisions of this act, sections one, two, three, and four of the act, approved the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and nine (Pamphlet Laws, three hundred and twenty-one), entitled "An act to provide for State registration of nurses, to establish a State Board of Examiners in connection therewith, and to provide penalties for the violation of certain provisions regarding such registration".

In so far as inconsistent with the provisions of this act, the act, approved the fourth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen (Pamphlet Laws, eight hundred and nine), entitled "An act to amend an act, entitled 'An act to provide for State registration of nurses, to establish a State Board of Examiners in connection therewith, and to provide penalties for the violation of certain provisions regarding such registration,' approved the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and nine; providing further regulation as to applications for examination for registration of nurses and the fee chargeable therefor, and providing for the making of reports of training schools for nurses whose competency for instruction is approved by the said board".

In so far as inconsistent with the provisions of this act, sections two and three of the act, approved the seventh day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five (Pamphlet Laws, one hundred and sixty-seven), entitled "An act to provide for the better protection of life and health by diminishing the danger from infectious and contagious diseases through the creation of a State Board of Undertakers in the cities of the first, second and third classes, with systematic examinations, registration and licenses for all entering the business of burying the dead, and penalties for violations of the provisions thereof".

Sections three, four, five, six, and, insofar as inconsistent with the provisions of this act, sections one and seven, of the act, approved the fifth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen (Pamphlet Laws, two hundred and forty-eight), entitled "An act regulating the practice of veterinary medicine, including veterinary surgery and veterinary dentistry, or any branch thereof; and establishing as incidental thereto, a State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners, and defining its powers and duties".

In so far as inconsistent with the provisions of this act, the act, approved the twenty-fourth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one (Pamphlet Laws, one thousand and seventy-three), entitled "An act to amend section two of an act approved the twenty-ninth day of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine (Pamphlet Laws, twenty-one), entitled 'An act to establish a board for the examination of accountants, to provide for the granting of certificates to accountants, and to provide a punishment for the violation of this act', as amended".

Section four, five, six, seven, nine, ten, and insofar as inconsistent with the provisions of this act sections three and eleven, of the act approved the twenty-fifth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one (Pamphlet Laws, one thousand one hundred and thirty-one), entitled "An act to regulate the practice of the profession of engineering and of land surveying; creating a State Board for the Registration of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors; defining its powers and duties; imposing certain duties upon the Commonwealth and political subdivisions thereof in connection with public work; and providing penalties".

In so far as inconsistent with the provisions of this act, sections one, four and five of the act, approved the twelfth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen (Pamphlet Laws, nine hundred and thirty-three), entitled "An act to regulate the practice of architecture in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by providing for the examination and registration of architects by a State Board of Examiners; defining the power and duties of said board of examiners and providing penalties for the violation of this act".

Article nineteen, section one of the act, approved the ninth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and eleven (Pamphlet Laws, seven hundred and fifty-six), entitled "An act to provide for the health and safety of persons employed in and about the bituminous coal mines of Pennsylvania, and for the protection and preservation of property connected therewith".

In so far as inconsistent with the provisions of this act, section one of the act, approved the seventeenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one (Pamphlet Laws, eight hundred and thirty-one), entitled "An act providing for the appointment of a Board of Examiners to examine applicants for the office of inspector for the anthracite mines of this Commonwealth; prescribing the qualifications, defining the powers and duties, and fixing the compensation of such examiners; providing for the appointment and removal of inspectors of anthracite mines; prescribing their qualifications, and regulating their salaries and term of office; and abolishing the terms of office of the present mine inspectors of the anthracite mines".

Sections two, three, four, eight, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, seventeen, and insofar as it is inconsistent with the provisions of this act, sections five, six and nine of the act, approved the eighth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen (Pamphlet Laws, one hundred and forty-one), entitled "An act reorganizing the Department of Agriculture, creating bureaus therein, and providing for the proper administration thereof".

The act approved the twenty-second day of April, one thousand nine hundred and three (Pamphlet Laws, two hundred and fifty-two), entitled "An act to amend sections two and six of an act, entitled 'An act to establish a Department of Agriculture, and to define its duties, and to provide for its further administration', approved the thirteenth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five; increasing the number of bulletins which it shall be lawful to publish, and to provide for the reapportionment of the annual reports published by the Department of Agriculture".

The act, approved the twenty-seventh day of June, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen (Pamphlet Laws, six hundred and forty-one), entitled "An act to further amend an act, entitled 'An act to establish a Department of Agriculture, and to define its duties and provide for its proper administration' approved March thirteen, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, as amended by the acts of April fourteenth, one thousand nine hundred and three, and June seven, one thousand nine hundred and seven; and to amend an act, approved the fourth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and five, entitled 'An act entitled a supplement to an act, entitled "An act to establish a Department of Agriculture, and to define its duties and to provide for its proper administration", approved the thirteenth day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, providing for the appointment of an Assistant Economic Zoologist, and a stenographer and messenger for the Economic Zoologist'; by adjusting the salaries of the officers and other persons appointed to service in said department"

In so far as supplied by or inconsistent with the provisions of this act, the act, approved the twenty-seventh day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one (Pamphlet Laws, one thousand one hundred and ninety-one), entitled "An act creating a State Fair Commission for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; defining its duties; and making an appropriation therefor".

The act, approved the twenty-third day of May, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen (Pamphlet Laws, two hundred and forty-two), entitled "An act to amend, revise, and consolidate the law relating to the State Library and Museum, including the law relating to the Free Library Commission and the Division of Public Records; abolishing the Board of Trustees of the State Library, the Advisory Commission of Public Records, and the Free Library Commission; and repealing existing laws in relation thereto".

The act, approved the seventeenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one (Pamphlet Laws, eight hundred and fifty-four), entitled "An act to amend an act, approved the third day of June, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen (Pamphlet Laws, page seven hundred and ninety-seven), entitled 'An act to establish a Bureau of Forest Protection within the Department of Forestry; designating the officers who shall constitute the bureau, their duties and salaries; prescribing penalties for the violation thereof; and repealing all laws, general, special, or local, or any parts thereof, that may be inconsistent with or supplied by this act', by providing for a chief of the Bureau of Forest Protection; empowering district foresters to act as district fire-wardens; providing for the compensation of the chief and other fire-wardens and persons assisting in the extinguishing forest fires".

The act, approved the seventeenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one (Pamphlet Laws, eight hundred and forty-eight), entitled "An act to amend an act approved the twenty-fifth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and one (Pamphlet Laws page eleven), entitled 'An act to establish a Department of Forestry, to provide for its proper administration, to regulate the acquisition of land for the Commonwealth, and to provide for the control, protection, and maintenance of forestry reservations by the Department of Forestry', as amended; by establishing additional bureaus and offices in said department, establishing forest districts; providing for forest officers, assistants, and labor; providing for the salaries of the officers and employes of the department; fixing the amount of expenditures for the acquisition of land; and repealing certain acts".

In so far as supplied by or inconsistent with this act, the act, approved the twenty-fifth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and one (Pamphlet Laws, eleven), entitled "An act to establish a Department of Forestry, to provide for its proper administration, to regulate the acquisition of land for the Commonwealth, and to provide for the control, protection and maintenance of Forestry Reservations by the Department of Forestry".

The act, approved the fifteenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and three (Pamphlet Laws, two hundred), entitled "An act to empower the Commissioner of Forestry and the Forestry Reservation Commission to give street railway companies the privilege to construct, maintain and operate their lines of railway over, along and upon public highways within or bordering on forest reservations owned by the Commonwealth".

The act, approved the thirteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and three (Pamphlet Laws, three hundred and seventy-three), entitled "An act directing the Commissioner of Forestry to erect buildings on the Mont Alto Reservation or to purchase land and buildings adjacent to the said reservation, wherein to provide instruction in forestry, to prepare forest wardens for the proper care of the State Forestry Reservation lands, and making an appropriation therefor".

The act, approved the fourteenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and five (Pamphlet Laws, one hundred and fifty-six), entitled "An act to empower the Commissioner of Forestry and the Forestry Reservation Commission to give to boroughs and other municipalities the privilege of impounding water on forest reservations owned by the Commonwealth, and of constructing, maintaining and operating lines of pipes over and through the same for the purpose of conveying water therefrom".

The act, approved the twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen (Pamphlet Laws, twelve), entitled "An act authorizing the Department of Forestry to lease portions of the State forest for church, school, health, and recreation purposes".

The act, approved the fourth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen (Pamphlet Laws, eight hundred and sixteen), entitled "An act empowering the Department of Forestry to grant rights of way through the State forests".

The act, approved the eleventh day of July, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen (Pamphlet Laws, seven hundred and eighty-one), entitled "An act permitting the Department of Forestry to lease for agricultural purposes small areas of land which, from time to time, it may acquire in the purchase of lands for State forests, and which areas shall be determined to be more useful for the growing of agricultural crops than for forest trees".

Articles II, III and IV, and Article I, except clauses (h) and (j), of section one hundred and two thereof, of the act, approved the third day of June, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen (Pamphlet Laws, seven hundred and ninety-seven), entitled "An act to establish a Bureau of Forest Protection within the Department of Forestry; designating the officers who shall constitute the Bureau, their duties and salaries; prescribing penalties for the violation thereof; and repealing all laws, general, special, or local, or any parts thereof, that may be inconsistent with or supplied by this act".

Sections one, two, three, four, six, seven and eight of the act approved the fourth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and five, (Pamphlet Laws, three hundred and eighty-five), entitled "An act creating the Water Supply Commission of Pennsylvania; defining its duties; fixing the scope of its authority and powers, and making an appropriation for the payment of the salaries and expenses connected therewith".

Sections two, three, four of the act, approved the twenty-fifth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen (Pamphlet Laws, one thousand two hundred and thirty-three), entitled "An act defining the water resources of the Commonwealth; providing for the taking of an inventory thereof by the Water Supply Commission of Pennsylvania; vesting in said Commission certain powers and duties; providing penalties for violation of this act, and making an appropriation to carry the same into effect."

The act, approved the twenty-third day of May, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen (Pamphlet Laws, three hundred and forty-seven), entitled "An act authorizing the Water Supply Commission of Pennsylvania to establish and maintain gauging stations on certain streams within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; authorizing said commission to issue flood warnings, and making an appropriation therefor."

Sections one, two, and three of the act, approved the eighth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen (Pamphlet Laws, seven hundred and seventy), entitled "An act creating a Division of Township Highways in the State Highway Department; conferring powers, and imposing duties upon officers of the State Highway Department; requiring certain duties of clerks of the courts of quarter sessions; and providing penalties".

In so far as the same is supplied by or inconsistent with this act, the act, approved the twenty-fifth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one (Pamphlet Laws, one thousand one hundred and forty-four), entitled "An act creating a Department of Public Welfare; defining its powers and duties; abolishing the Board of Public Charities, the Committee on Lunacy, and the Prison Labor Commission, and all offices thereunder, and vesting all the powers of said board, committee, and commission in the Department of Public Welfare; requiring all reports, notices, statements or matters, heretofore required to be made, given, or submitted to the Board of Public Charities or the Committee on Lunacy, to be made, given, or submitted to the Department of Public Welfare; and providing penalties".

Section seven of the act, approved the twenty-third day of April, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, entitled "A further supplement to an act, entitled 'An act to reform the penal laws of this Commonwealth'".

Section three of the act, approved the twenty-third day of May, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen (Pamphlet Laws, three hundred and twenty-eight), entitled "An act to amend an act approved the twenty-third day of April, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, entitled 'A further supplement to an act, entitled "An act to reform the penal laws of this Commonwealth'", as amended".

Section seven of the act, approved the twelfth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight (Pamphlet Laws, one hundred and seventy-nine), entitled "To create a middle penitentiary district in this State, and to provide for the erection of a State penitentiary for the same".

Section one of the act, approved the twenty-eighth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven (Pamphlet Laws, sixty-three), entitled "An act in relation to the imprisonment, government and release of convicts in the Pennsylvania Industrial Reformatory at Huntingdon".

Section one to six inclusive of the act, approved the twenty-fifth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen (Pamphlet Laws, one thousand three hundred and eleven), entitled "An act providing for the establishment of a State Industrial Home for Women; authorizing the purchase of a site, and the erection thereon and equipment of necessary buildings; providing for the commitment to said State Industrial Home for Women of females between the ages of sixteen and thirty years, convicted of, or pleading guilty to, the commission of any criminal offense; and providing for the government and management of said institution and making an appropriation to carry out the purposes of this act".

Section twelve of the act, approved the twenty-second day of April, one thousand eight hundred and fifty (Pamphlet Laws, five hundred thirty-eight), entitled "An act to secure the cities of Pittsburgh and Allegheny, and the neighborhood thereof, from damage by gun-powder; to incorporate an association for the establishment of a house of refuge for western Pennsylvania; and relative to the Pennsylvania State Lunatic Hospital".

Section two of the act, approved the eighth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen (Pamphlet Laws, one hundred sixty-three), entitled "An act providing for and examination of the Pennsylvania Oral School for the Deaf, at Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania; providing for the transfer, under certain conditions, of the said Oral School for the Deaf to the Commonwealth, regulating said school in the event of such transfer; and making an appropriation to carry out the purposes of this act".

In so far as inconsistent with the provisions of this act, section five of the act approved the twentieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred ninety-one (Pamphlet Laws, three hundred seventy-one), entitled "An act making an appropriation for the erection of a home for the training in speech of deaf children before they are of school age".

The act approved the seventeenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred twenty-one (Pamphlet Laws, nine hundred and nine), entitled "An act to amend section three of an act, approved the twenty-seventh day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three (Pamphlet Laws, one hundred seventy-one), entitled 'An act providing for the erection of the Pennsylvania Soldiers Orphans' Industrial School; the purchase of land and the erection and equipment and the maintenance of children admitted therein, of the building and buildings necessary therefor; and making appropriations for such purposes, erection and equipment, and the maintenance of children admitted therein, placing the care of the same in the commission now known as the Commission of Soldiers' Orphan Schools of the State of Pennsylvania, and regulating the admissions to the said Pennsylvania Soldiers' Orphans' Industrial School and the said Soldiers' Orphan Schools'".

Section three of the act, approved the twenty-seventh day of May, one thousand eight hundred ninety-three (Pamphlet Laws, one hundred seventy-one), "An act providing for the erection of the Pennsylvania Soldiers Orphans' Industrial School; the purchase of land and the erection and equipment of the building and buildings necessary therefor; making appropriations for such purposes, erection and equipment, and the maintenance of children admitted therein, placing the care of the same in the Commission now known as the Commission of Soldiers' Orphan Schools of the State of Pennsylvania, and regulating the admissions to the said Pennsylvania Soldiers Orphans' Industrial School and the said Soldiers' Orphans' Schools".

Section one of the act, approved the third day of July, one thousand eight hundred eighty-five (Pamphlet Laws, sixty-two), entitled "An act to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a home for disabled and indigent soldiers and sailors of Pennsylvania".

The act, approved the seventeenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, (Pamphlet Laws nine hundred and five), entitled "An act to amend section one as amended, and section seven, of an act, approved the third day of June, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five (Pamphlet Laws, sixty-two), entitled 'An act to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a home for disabled and indigent soldiers and sailors of Pennsylvania'".

In so far as inconsistent with the provisions of this act, section seven of the act, approved the eighteenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and one (Pamphlet Laws, seven hundred thirty-seven), entitled "An act to provide for the selection of a site and the erection of a State Hospital, for the treatment of the insane under homeopathic management, to be called the Homeopathic State Hospital for the Insane, and making an appropriation therefor".

In so far as inconsistent with the provisions of this act section eight, of the act, approved the eleventh day of May, one thousand nine hundred and five, entitled " An act to provide for the selection of a site and the erection of a State Hospital, for the treatment and care of the criminal insane, to be called the State Hospital for the criminal insane, and making an appropriation therefor".

Section two of the act, approved the ninth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and eleven (Pamphlet Laws, eight hundred fifty seven), entitled "A supplement to an act entitled "An act to provide for the selection of a site and the erection of a State hospital for the treatment and care of the criminal insane, to be called the State Hospital for the Criminal Insane, and making an appropriation therefor', approved the eleventh day of May, Anno Domini one thousand nine hundred and five; directing the commissioners for the erection of said State Hospital for the Criminal Insane to surrender their trust to a board of trustees, to be appointed by the Governor; authorizing the said board of trustees to continue the erection and completion of the buildings of said State Hospital for the Criminal Insane; and authorizing said board of trustees to receive, at any time, such numbers of criminal insane patients as can be accommodated in the buildings before the completion of the entire institution; and further defining the powers and duties of said board of trustees".

In so far as inconsistent with the provisions of this act, section five of the act, approved the fourteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five (Pamphlet Laws, four hundred and forty), entitled "An act to establish an asylum for the insane poor of this Commonwealth, to be called 'The Pennsylvania State Lunatic Hospital and Union Asylum for the Insane'".

In so far as inconsistent with the provisions of this act, section eight of the act, approved the fifth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six (Pamphlet Laws, one hundred twenty-one), entitled "An act to provide for selection of a site and the erection of a state hospital for the insane for the city and county of Philadelphia, and the counties of Bucks, Montgomery, Delaware, Chester, Northampton and Lehigh, to be called the State Hospital for the Insane for the Southeastern District of Pennsylvania and for the management of the same."

In so far as inconsistent with the provisions of this act, sections one and two of the act, approved the eighth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one (Pamphlet Laws, eighty-three), entitled "An act to organize the state hospital for the insane at Warren, Pennsylvania".

In so far as inconsistent with the provisions of this act, section nine of the act, approved the twenty-second day of June, one thousand eight hundred ninety-one (Pamphlet Laws, three hundred seventy-nine), entitled "An act to provide for the selection of a site and the erection of a State Asylum for the chronic insane, to be called the State asylum for the chronic insane of Pennsylvania, and making an appropriation therefor".

Section eight, and insofar as inconsistent with the provisions of this act, section nine of the act, approved the eighteenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen (Pamphlet Laws, one thousand and fifty-five), entitled "An act to provide for the selection of a site and the erection of buildings for a State Hospital for the Insane, to be erected west of the Allegheny Mountains, and to be known as the Western State Hospital for the Insane, providing for the management of the same, and making an appropriation for the purchase of said site and the preparation of plans for the construction of buildings for the said hospital".

In so far as inconsistent with the provisions of this act, the act, approved the eighth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen (Pamphlet Laws, seven hundred and seventy-four), entitled "An act to amend section eight of an act entitled 'An act to provide for the selection of a site and the erection of buildings for a State Hospital for the Insane, to be erected west of the Allegheny Mountains, and to be known as the Western State Hospital for the Insane; providing for the management of the same, and making an appropriation for the purchase of said site and the preparation of plans for the construction of buildings for the said hospital', approved the eighteenth day of June, Anno Domini one thousand nine hundred fifteen (Pamphlet Laws, one thousand and fifty-five)".

In so far as inconsistent with the provisions of this act, section eight of the act, approved the eleventh day of June, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine (Pamphlet Laws, one hundred and fifty-seven), entitled "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".

In so far as inconsistent with the provisions of this act, section eight of the act, approved the fourteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven (Pamphlet Laws, four hundred and one), entitled "An act to provide for the selection of sites and the erection of State Hospitals thereon for injured persons, to be located within the bituminous and semi-bituminous coal regions of this Commonwealth, to be called the State Hospitals for Injured Persons within the Bituminous and Semi-Bituminous Coal Regions of Pennsylvania, and for the management of the same, and making appropriations therefor".

In so far as inconsistent with the provisions of this act, the act, approved the fourteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven (Pamphlet Laws, three hundred and ninety-nine), entitled "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".

Section one of the act, approved the fourteenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and eleven (Pamphlet Laws, nine hundred and twenty-one), entitled "An act providing for the examination of the Panther Creek Valley Hospital; providing for the transfer, under certain conditions, of the said hospital to the Commonwealth; regulating said hospital in the event of such transfer; and making an appropriation to carry out the purposes of this act".

Section two of the act, approved the fourteenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and eleven (Pamphlet Laws, nine hundred and thirty-three), entitled "An act providing for an examination of the Nanticoke Hospital, of Nanticoke, Luzerne county, Pennsylvania; providing for the transfer, under certain conditions, of the said hospital to the Commonwealth; regulating said hospital in the event of such transfer; and making an appropriation to carry out the purpose of this act.

Section one of the act, approved the eighteenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and one (Pamphlet Laws, seven hundred and seventy-five), entitled "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".

Section two of the act, approved the twenty-fifth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen (Pamphlet Laws, one thousand three hundred and nineteen) entitled "An act to establish a State village for feeble-minded women; providing for the appointment of a board of managers to select a tract of land for that purpose in the State forest reserve, and to erect and furnish buildings on the same, and to manage said institution; and providing for the commitment thereto of feeble-minded females between the ages of sixteen and forty-five years; defining the powers and duties of the board of managers; and making an appropriation for the purposes aforesaid, also for the expenses of maintenance until June one, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen".

In so far as inconsistent with the provisions of this act, section nine of the act, approved the fifteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and three (Pamphlet Laws, four hundred and forty-six), entitled "An act to provide for the selection of a site and the erection of a State Institution of the Feeble-Minded and Epileptic, to be called The Eastern Pennsylvania State Institution for the Feeble-Minded and Epileptic, and making an appropriation therefor".

In so far as inconsistent with this act, section nine of the act, approved the third day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three (Pamphlet Laws, two hundred and eighty-nine), entitled "An act to provide for the selection of a site and the erection of a State institution for the Feeble-Minded, to be called the Western Pennsylvania State Institution for the Feeble-Minded, and making an appropriation therefor".

In so far as inconsistent with this act, the act, approved the twenty-fifth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen (Pamphlet Laws, one thousand two hundred and six), entitled 'An act to provide for the selection of a site and the erection of buildings for a State Hospital for the Insane, to be erected east of the Allegheny Mountains, and to be known as the Eastern State Hospital for the Insane; providing for the management of the same, and making an appropriation for the purchase of said site and the preparation of plans for the construction of buildings for the said hospital".

In so far as inconsistent with provisions of this act, the act, approved the twenty-fifth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen (Pamphlet Laws, one thousand three hundred and six), entitled "An act to provide for the selection of a site and the erection of a State Institution for the detention, care and treatment of inebriates, or persons habitually addicted to the use of alcoholic drink or intoxicating drugs, to be called the State Institution for Inebriates, and making an appropriation therefor".

In so far as inconsistent with the provisions of this act, the act, approved the twenty-fifth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen (Pamphlet Laws, one thousand two hundred and twelve), entitled "A supplement to an act approved the twenty-fifth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, entitled 'An act to provide for the selection of a site and the erection of a State institution for the detention, care and treatment of inebriates, or persons habitually addicted to the use of alcoholic drink or intoxicating drugs, to be called the State Institution for Inebriates, and making an appropriation therefor'; making an appropriation, and providing for the admission of patients to said institution, and providing for the payment of the costs and fees of hearings and of maintenance of patients by the respective counties".

Article IV, sections nine, ten, sixteen, seventeen, nineteen and twenty, and insofar as inconsistent with this act, section six of the act, approved the twenty-sixth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen (Pamphlet Laws one thousand three hundred and seventy-four), entitled "An act defining public service companies; and providing for their regulation by prescribing and defining their duties and liabilities prescribing, defining, and limiting their powers, and regulating their incorporation and to a limited extent regulating municipal corporations engaged or about to engage in the business of public service companies; creating and establishing a Public Service Commission for the regulation aforesaid; prescribing and defining the powers and duties of such Commission and its officers, including the exclusive power to regulate the construction, alteration, relocation, or abolition of the crossings of railroad corporations, street railway corporations, or other public service companies, and of public highways by the tracks or other facilities of said companies; providing for the ascertainment by the Commission of the expense and damages resulting from such construction, alteration, relocation, or abolition, and for the payment of such expense and damages, severally or proportionately, by the public service companies interested, the State, or municipal corporation concerned, and giving persons whose property is thereby taken, injured, or destroyed, authority to sue the Commonwealth for damages in such cases; providing for the terms, salaries, and compensation of the members of the Commission, its officers, counsel, and employes; prescribing and regulating the practice and procedure before such Commission, and upon appeal and judicial review of its orders and determinations by the courts of common pleas; and giving the court of common pleas of Dauphin County exclusive jurisdiction of such appeals in certain cases, and of all injunctions, mandamus, or other appropriate proceedings to enforce the provisions of this act and the orders of the Commission, and to restrain such orders, subject to an appeal to the Supreme Court; prescribing penalties, fines, and imprisonment for the violation of the provisions of this act and for the violation of orders of said Commission; making it the duty of the Public Service Commission to enforce the provisions of the act approved the nineteenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, entitled 'An act to promote the safety of travelers and employes on railroads, by compelling common carriers by railroad to properly man their trains,' by amending section nine thereof; repealing the act approved the thirty-first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and seven, which provided for the appointment of the Pennsylvania State Railroad Commission; and sections one and two of the act, approved the fourth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, entitled 'An act to enforce the provisions of the seventeenth article of the Constitution, relative to railroads and canals'; and an act, entitled 'To provide the maximum car service charges, including car storage charges, that railroad companies and corporations or associations, may charge and collect on each car loading, and not unloaded within the free time for unloading cars', and fixing the free time that shall be allowed for unloading cars', approved twenty-fourth day of May, Anno Domini one thousand nine hundred and seven; and the proviso of clause three and the provisos of clause seven of section thirty-four of the act, entitled 'An act to provide for the incorporation and regulation of certain corporations', approved the twenty-ninth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, and all other legislation inconsistent with or supplied by this act".

The act, approved the twenty-seventh day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one (Pamphlet Laws, one thousand two hundred), entitled "An act to authorize the acquisition by purchase or condemnation of lands, with or without buildings thereon, and the erection of buildings, for a State Truancy School, and for the appointment of a commission to acquire the same; and making an appropriation for the purpose of this act and providing for its operation by the State Board of Education".

The act, approved the twenty-fifth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen (Pamphlet Laws, one thousand one hundred and ninety-three), entitled "An act to provide for the extension of the public works of the Commonwealth during periods of extraordinary unemployment caused by temporary industrial depression, and regulating employment therein; providing a fund for the purpose aforesaid, to be known as the Emergency Public Works Fund; constituting the Governor, the Auditor General, the State Treasurer, and the Commissioner of Labor and Industry as the Emergency Public Works Commission, as trustees and custodians of the said fund, and defining the powers and duties of the said commission; appropriating the sum of fifty thousand ($50,000) dollars to the said commission, to constitute a part of the said fund; imposing upon the Industrial Board of the Department of Labor and Industry the duties of ascertaining the existence of periods of extraordinary unemployment within this Commonwealth, and of notifying the same to the commission aforesaid; providing for the distribution and administration of the said fund by the said commission to promote the extension of public works and the relief of such unemployment; and repealing all acts inconsistent with the provisions hereof".

The act, approved the twentieth of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one (Pamphlet Laws, one thousand), entitled "An act to commemorate the memory of Thaddeus Stevens by designating one of the educational buildings to be erected in Capitol park as 'The Thaddeus Stevens Educational Memorial'; and constituting a commission to prepare a pamphlet dealing with the life and speeches of Thaddeus Stevens to be distributed to the public schools".

The act, approved the fourteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and nine (Pamphlet Laws, eight hundred and thirty-seven), entitled "An act authorizing the Board of Pardons to appoint a secretary, and fixing his compensation".

The act, approved the fourteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four (Pamphlet Laws, one hundred and fifty), entitled "An act to fix the salaries of the several State officers of the Commonwealth, the number of clerks to be employed in the several departments, and their compensation, and providing for the incidental expenses of said department, approved May fourteenth, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, providing for an increase in the salary of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, Deputy Attorney General, Auditor General, and Secretary of Internal Affairs".

In so far as inconsistent with the provisions of this act sections one and two of the act, approved the twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three (Pamphlet Laws, fifty-four), entitled "An act to organize the State Hospital for the Insane at Danville, and provide for the government and management of the same", as amended by the act approved the seventh day of June, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, (Pamphlet Laws, four hundred and sixty), entitled "An act to organize the State Hospital for the Insane at Danville, and provide for the government and management of the same", approved the twenty-seventh day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, so as to change the term of the superintendent of said hospital and extend the powers of the trustees of said institution".

The act, approved the ninth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen (Pamphlet Laws, one hundred and eleven), entitled "An act to provide for the immediate printing and distribution of advance sheets of the laws of this Commonwealth, as they are enacted from time to time, to persons making application therefor and to certain officials".

In so far as inconsistent with the provisions of this act, the act approved the twelfth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen (Pamphlet Laws, nine hundred and thirty-two), entitled "An act to amend section three of an act, entitled 'An act to provide for the appointment of Game Commissioners for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; defining their duties, the empowering them to appoint game protectors', approved the twenty-fifth day of June, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, as amended by the act of the fifteenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and eleven (Pamphlet Laws, nine hundred sixty), as further amended by the act of the twenty-second day of April, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen (Pamphlet Laws, one hundred sixty-eight); authorizing the Board of Game Commissioners to increase its force of game protectors to eighty, if so many be needed".

Section two, and insofar as inconsistent with the provisions of this act, section one of the act, approved the second day of April, one thousand nine hundred and three (Pamphlet Laws, one hundred and twenty-eight), entitled "An act to establish a Department of Fisheries, to provide for its proper administration, and to provide for the protection and propagation of fish by the Department of Fisheries".

Sections twenty, twenty-one and twenty-two, of the act, approved the twenty-seventh day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one (Pamphlet Laws, one thousand one hundred and ninety-two), entitled "An act affecting anthracite coal mines and operations; establishing the Pennsylvania State Anthracite Mine Cave Commission, defining its jurisdiction and powers; imposing duties upon owners and operators of anthracite coal mines; and imposing penalties".

In so far as inconsistent with the provisions of this act, the act, approved the twenty-fifth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five (Pamphlet Laws, two hundred and seventy-three), entitled "An act to provide for the appointment of game commissioners for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, defining their duties and empowering them to appoint game protectors".

In so far as inconsistent with the provisions of this act, the act, approved the fifteenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and eleven (Pamphlet Laws, nine hundred and sixty), entitled "An act to amend section three of an act, entitled 'An act to provide for the appointment of Game Commissioners for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; defining their duties, and empowering them to appoint game protectors', approved the twenty-fifth day of June, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five; providing for an increase in the number of game protectors as authorized by said section, and authorizing the publication of reports and bulletins at public expense".

Sections one, two, three, five, ten, eleven, and twelve of the act approved the seventh day of June, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen (Pamphlet Laws, four hundred and twenty), entitled "An act creating a Bureau of Topographic and Geological Survey in the Department of Internal Affairs; providing for a topographic and geological survey of the State; and abolishing the Topographic and Geological Survey Commission of Pennsylvania and all offices or places held under said commission".

The act, approved the eighteenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen (Pamphlet Laws, one thousand and fifty-three), entitled "An act to provide for a survey of Militia Hill and Fort Hill as a site for a public park, with an approach thereto from Philadelphia, and to make an appropriation therefor".

Section two, three of the act, approved the twelfth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one (Pamphlet Laws, one hundred and twenty-three), entitled "An act providing for the establishment and the regulation of a State park, to be known as the Snyder-Middleswarth State Park".

The act, approved the eleventh day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one (Pamphlet Laws, five hundred and twenty), entitled "An act providing for the taking over of the Wyoming Valley Memorial Park as a State Park; and providing for the regulation thereof".

Sections two, three, four, six, seven, eight, nine, and ten, of the act, approved the twenty-seventh day of June, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen (Pamphlet Laws, six hundred and fifty-two), entitled "An act providing for the location, construction, operation, and maintenance by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania of a canal or waterway, from the junction of the Ohio and Beaver rivers, in Pennsylvania, to Lake Erie, at or near the mouth of Indian Creek, in the State of Ohio, with all appurtenances necessary or convenient for the purpose and for the utilization of the water power developed or created in the construction and operation thereof; providing for the payment of the cost of construction of said canal or waterway and appurtenances out of funds to be contributed by certain counties in the States of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia, or any of them, and by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and other public authorities; providing for the creation of a canal board to have charge of said work; prescribing and defining the powers and duties of the said board, and the conditions under which the said work shall be carried on; providing for the payment of damages sustained by reason of the appropriation of property and rights in the exercise of the right of eminent domain herein conferred; providing for the reimbursement in the manner provided in this act, of said counties contributing to the payment of the cost of constructing said canal or waterway and appurtenances; imposing certain duties upon the Auditor General and State Treasurer; authorizing the said canal board to make certain rules and regulations for the use of said canal, and making violations thereof misdemeanors, and providing penalties therefor; and making appropriation for carrying out certain provisions of this act."

Section two of the act, approved the seventeenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen (Pamphlet Laws, nine hundred and ninety), "An act amending sections one, two, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-four, twenty-six, and twenty-seven of an act, entitled 'An act providing for the location, construction, operation, and maintenance by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania of a canal or waterway, from the junction of the Ohio and Beaver rivers, in Pennsylvania, to Lake Erie, at or near the mouth of Indian Creek, in the State of Ohio, with all appurtenances necessary or convenient for the purpose, and for the utilization of the water power developed or created in the construction and operation thereof; providing for the payment of the cost of construction of said canal or waterway and appurtenances out of funds to be contributed by certain counties in the States of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia, or any of them, and by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and other public authorities; providing for the creation of a canal board to have charge of said work; prescribing and defining the powers and duties of said board, and the conditions under which the said work shall be carried on; providing for the payment of damages sustained by reason of the appropriation of property and rights in the exercise of the right of eminent domain herein conferred; providing for the reimbursement, in the manner provided in this act, of said counties contributing to the payment of the cost of constructing said canal or waterway and appurtenances; imposing certain duties upon the Auditor General and State Treasurer; authorizing the said canal board to make certain rules and regulations for the use of said canal, and making violations thereof misdemeanors, and providing penalties therefor; and making an appropriation for carrying out of certain provisions of this act,' approved the twenty-seventh day of June, Anno Domini one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, by making provision, among other things for the following: providing for a change of depth of the canal or waterway; an alternative route, and branch canals; regulating the utilization of surplus water; authorizing the canal board to make deviations in certain cases from the route of said canal or waterway as located by it; regulating the number of members of which the canal board may consist, and defining their duties and powers in certain respects; regulating and limiting the tolls and charges to be collected for the use of the canal or waterway, and defining the rights of the public in the use of said canal or waterway; providing for the utilization of surplus water; directing that certain of the public authorities, contributing to the cost of constructing said canal or waterway and appurtenances, be reimbursed out of the surplus revenues of said canal or waterway, in the manner herein set forth; providing a method for receiving the appropriations in money or bonds made by the contributing authorities, and regulating the sale of bonds so contributed; and imposing certain duties upon the Treasurer of the Commonwealth in connection therewith and in other respects; enlarging the powers of eminent domain in certain cases, and regulating the method of its exercise; providing for the manner of paying the expense incident to changing the location of, or altering or otherwise modifying, certain works, and the crossing of highways and railroads by the canal, its branches, or channels; and regulating the manner of letting certain contracts."

Sections two, three, four, seven, and eight, and insofar as inconsistent with the provisions of this act, section one of the act, approved the twenty-seventh day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one (Pamphlet Laws, one thousand one hundred and eighty), entitled "An act dedicating certain lands of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, situated in the city and county of Erie, to public use as an historical memorial and public State park, aiding in the development of the harbor of Erie; and creating a commission to manage and control said lands and said harbor improvements; empowering said commission to purchase or receive by gift other lands for the purpose of this act; providing for the appointment of members of said commission, and that the Secretary of Internal Affairs and the Commissioner of Fisheries shall be ex-officio members thereof; defining the duties and powers of said commission; excepting rights and privileges in said lands heretofore granted; and making an appropriation".

In so far as inconsistent with the provisions of this act, section two of the act, approved the twenty-fifth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen (Pamphlet Laws, one thousand two hundred and nine), entitled "An act to authorize the acquisition, by purchase or condemnation, of lands for a park, and the erection of a monument commemorative of Washington crossing the river Delaware, and for the appointment of a commission to acquire said lands and erect such monument; and making an appropriation for the purpose of this act".

In so far as inconsistent with the provisions of this act, section two of an act, approved the thirtieth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three (Pamphlet Laws, one hundred and eighty-three), entitled "An act providing for the acquisition by the State of certain ground at Valley Forge for a public park, and making an appropriation therefor."

The act, approved the twenty-sixth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one (Pamphlet Laws, three hundred and twenty-three), entitled "An act to amend section two of an act, approved the thirtieth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three (Pamphlet Laws, one hundred and eighty-three), entitled 'An act providing for the acquisition by the State of certain ground at Valley Forge for a public park, and making an appropriation therefor'".

The act, approved the twenty-fifth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one (Pamphlet Laws, one thousand one hundred and six), entitled "An act to amend section fourteen of an act, approved the twenty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen (Pamphlet Laws, one thousand seventy-seven), entitled 'An act to provide for the administration of the Workmen's Compensation act of one thousand nine hundred fifteen by creating the Bureau of Workmen's Compensation of the Department of Labor and Industry; providing for the establishment of the Workmen's Compensation Board to have charge of such bureau; authorizing the division of the Commonwealth into workmen's compensation districts, and the appointment of workmen's compensation referees; defining the powers and duties of the Commissioner of Labor and Industry, the Bureau of Workmen's Compensation, the Workmen's Compensation Board, the workmen's compensation referees and the factory inspectors of the Department of Labor and Industry, in enforcing the said act; and fixing the salaries of the members of the Workmen's Compensation Board, the workmen's compensation referees, and certain of their employes and assistants; and repealing certain acts'".

Sections two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, seventeen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two of the act, approved the second day of June, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen (Pamphlet Laws, three hundred and ninety-six), entitled "An act creating a Department of Labor and Industry; defining its powers and duties; establishing an industrial board, providing for appointment of a Commissioner of Labor, inspectors, statisticians, clerks, and others to enforce the provisions of this act, and providing salaries for the same, prescribing a standard of reasonable and adequate protection to be observed in the rooms, buildings, and places where labor is employed; empowering the said industrial board to make, alter, amend, and repeal rules and regulations relating thereto; transferring the powers and duties of the Department of Factory Inspection to the Department of Labor and Industry, and abolishing the Department of Factory Inspection; and providing a penalty for the violation of the provisions of this act, or the rules and regulations of the said board".

The act, approved the twenty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen (Pamphlet Laws, one thousand and sixty-four), entitled "An act fixing the salary of the Commissioner of Labor and Industry".

The act, approved the eighteenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen (Pamphlet Laws, one thousand and sixty-one), entitled "An act to fix the salaries of the supervising inspectors of the second grade, and of the chief of the Bureau of Mediation and Arbitration, in the Department of Labor and Industry".

The act, approved the twenty-sixth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen (Pamphlet Laws, one hundred and sixty-seven), entitled "An act authorizing the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to appoint additional officers and employes in the Department of Labor and Industry; fixing their duties and salaries, and increasing the salaries of the chief medical inspector, chief of the bureau of statistics and information, and the chief clerk".

Sections two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, and ten of the act, approved the fourth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen (Pamphlet Laws, eight hundred and thirty-three), entitled "An act establishing under the Department of Labor and Industry a system of regulation of employers seeking employes and of persons seeking employment; and prescribing, as incidental thereto, certain duties of employers, and of county, municipal, township, and school authorities, and of agencies procuring employes for others; and prescribing penalties."

The act, approved the eighteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen (Pamphlet Laws, two hundred and fifty-nine), entitled "An act to provide for the classification of inspectors of the Department of Labor and Industry according to qualifications determined by a committee of the Department of Labor and Industry, and fixing the salaries of inspectors within the several classifications."

Sections two, three, four, five, six, and thirteen of the act, approved, the twenty-seventh day of April, one thousand nine hundred and five (Pamphlet Laws, three hundred and twelve), entitled "An act creating a Department of Health, and defining its powers and duties."

The act, approved the fourth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen (Pamphlet Laws, three hundred and eighty-seven), entitled "An act authorizing the appointment of a Deputy Commissioner of Health in the Department of Health of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; defining the qualifications, powers and duties of said officer; and providing compensation therefor."

Sections one and seven of the act, approved the twenty-fourth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen (Pamphlet Laws, one thousand and fifteen), entitled "An act to establish a Bureau of housing; for the sanitary inspection and control of tenement, boarding and lodging houses; defining its powers and duties; and providing certain penalties."

The act, approved the sixteenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen (Pamphlet Laws, seven hundred and fifty), entitled "A supplement to an act, entitled 'An act to provide for the immediate registration of all births and deaths throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, by means of certificates of births and deaths, and burial or removal permits; requiring prompt returns to the Central Bureau of Vital Statistics at the Capitol of the State, as required to be established by the State Board of Health; and to insure the thorough organization and efficiency of the registration of vital statistics throughout the State as provided in section seven of "An act to establish a State Board of Health, for the better protection of life and health, and to prevent the spread of contagious and infectious diseases in this Commonwealth," approved June third, eighteen hundred and eighty-five; and making an appropriation for establishing and maintaining such a bureau, and providing certain penalties,' approved May first, nineteen hundred and five (Pamphlet Laws, three hundred and thirty); authorizing the statistics required to be obtained and preserved by the tenth section of an act, entitled 'An act creating a Department of Health, and defining its powers and duties,' approved April twenty-seventh, one thousand nine hundred and five (Pamphlet Laws, three hundred and twelve), or by any subsequent law or laws, to be obtained, collected, compiled, and preserved by and in said Central Bureau of Vital Statistics; and fixing the salary of the State Registrar of Vital Statistics."

In so far as inconsistent with the provisions of this act, section sixteen of the act, approved the eleventh day of July, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen (Pamphlet Laws, seven hundred and fifty-eight), entitled "An act for the protection of the public health by regulating the possession, control, dealing in, giving away, delivery, dispensing, administering, prescribing, and use of certain drugs, and keeping records thereof; by regulating the use of drugs in the treatment of the drug habit; by providing for the revocation and suspension of licenses of physicians, dentists, veterinarians, pharmacists, druggists, and registered nurses for certain causes, and by providing for the enforcement of this act, and penalties;" as amended by section four of the act approved the twentieth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one (Pamphlet Laws, one hundred and fifty-two), entitled "An act to amend an act, approved the eleventh day of July, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen (Pamphlet Laws, seven hundred and fifty-eight), entitled 'An act for the protection of the public health by regulating the possession, control, dealing in, giving away, delivery, dispensing, administering, prescribing, and use of certain drugs, and keeping records thereof; by regulating the use of drugs in the treatment of the drug habit; by providing for the revocation and suspension of licenses of physicians, dentists, veterinarians, pharmacists, druggists, and registered nurses for certain causes, and by providing for the enforcement of this act and penalties;' regulating the age of users of drugs, providing for an annual report by public institutions; and giving certain powers to inspectors in the Bureau of Drug Control."

In so far as supplied by or inconsistent with the provisions of this act, section one of the act, approved the thirteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three (Pamphlet Laws, one hundred and nineteen), entitled "An act for the promotion of medical science, by the distribution and use of unclaimed human bodies for scientific purposes, through a board created for that purpose, and to prevent unauthorized uses and traffic in human bodies;" as amended by section one of the act approved the fourteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen (Pamphlet Laws, five hundred and six), entitled "An act amending and supplementing sections one and two of an act, entitled 'An act for the promotion of medical science by the distribution and use of unclaimed human bodies for scientific purposes, through a board created for that purpose, and to prevent unauthorized uses and traffic in human bodies,' approved June thirteenth, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three; by providing that the name of said board of distribution shall be Anatomical Board of the State of Pennsylvania; by extending its provisions to all persons having charge or control over bodies required to be buried at the public expense; by requiring immediate notice of the death of any person required to be buried at the public expense; by requiring notice in all cases; but providing that there shall not be delivered to the board created under the act the bodies of deceased indigent persons, where claimed by relatives within twenty-four hours after death, for interment at the expense of the claimant, or the bodies of honorably discharged soldiers, sailors, or marines who have served the United States in any war, or who were in active service in the militia of the State of Pennsylvania under and in pursuance of any of the proclamations issued by the Governor during the Civil War, and not duly mustered into the service of the United States; by repealing the provisions as to deceased indigent travelers; by providing for the burial at the expense of the county of indigent persons unfit for anatomical purposes, upon the certificate of the board or its duly authorized officer or agent that such bodies are unfit for anatomical purposes, or are the bodies of soldiers, sailors or marines required to be buried at the public expense, and that the provisions of this act have been complied with; that no warrants for payment of expenses of burial shall be drawn or paid except upon such certificate; by providing for the burial of bodies rendered unfit for anatomical purposes by the failure to comply with the provisions of this act, at the expense of the person failing to comply with its provisions."

Sections two and four, and insofar as inconsistent with the provisions of this act, sections one and three of the act, approved the thirty-first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and eleven (Pamphlet Laws, four hundred and sixty-eight), entitled "An act providing for the establishment of a State Highway Department, by the appointment of a State Highway Commissioner, two Deputy State Highway Commissioners, chief engineer, chief draughtsman, superintendents of highways, and a staff of assistants and employes; defining their duties and the jurisdiction of the State Highway Department, and fixing salaries of the commissioner and deputies and other appointees; providing for taking over from the counties or townships of the Commonwealth certain existing public roads connecting county seats, principal cities, and towns and extending to the State line; describing and defining same by route numbers as the State Highways of the Commonwealth; providing for the improvement, maintenance and repair of said State Highway solely at the expense of the Commonwealth, and relieving the several townships or counties from any further obligation and expense to improve or maintain the same, and relieving said townships or counties of authority over same; requiring boroughs and incorporated towns to maintain certain State Highways wholly and in part; requiring the State Highway Commissioner to make maps to be complete records thereof; conferring authority on the State Highway Commissioner; providing for the payment of damages in taking of property, or otherwise, in the improvement thereof; providing for purchase or acquiring of turnpike or toll roads forming all or part of any State Highway, and procedure therein; providing for work of improvement of State Highways to be done by contract, except where the State Highway Commissioner decides the work be done by the State; providing aid by the State to counties and townships desiring the same in the improvement of township or county roads; defining highways and State-aid highways; providing method of application for State aid in the improvement, maintenance and repair of township, or county roads and prescribing the contents of township, county, borough or incorporated town petitions; providing for percentage of cost of improvement or repairs to be paid by State, county, township, borough, or incorporated town, and requiring contracts by counties, townships, boroughs, and incorporated towns with Commonwealth governing same; providing for the minimum width of State Highways and State-aid highways, and kind of materials to be used in the improvement; providing for payment of cost of improvement and repairs; providing penalty for injuring or destroying State Highways; making appropriations to carry out the provisions of the act; and providing for the repeal of certain acts relating to Highway Department and improvement of reads, and of all acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith; and providing that existing contracts are not affected by provisions of this act."

The act, approved the eleventh day of March, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen (Pamphlet Laws, twelve), entitled "An act to amend section one, and section two as amended, of an act approved the thirty-first day of May, Anno Domini one thousand nine hundred and eleven (Pamphlet Laws, four hundred and sixty-eight), entitled 'An act providing for the establishment of a State Highway Department, by the appointment of a State Highway Commissioner, two Deputy State Highway Commissioners, chief engineer, chief draughtsman, superintendents of highways, and a staff of assistants and employes; defining their duties and the jurisdiction of the State Highway Department, and fixing salaries of commissioner and deputies and other appointees; providing for taking over from the counties or townships of the Commonwealth certain existing public roads connecting county-seats, principal cities, and towns and extending to the State line; describing and defining same by route numbers as the State Highways of the Commonwealth; providing for the improvement, maintenance, and repair of said State Highways solely at the expense of the Commonwealth, and relieving the several townships or counties from any further obligation and expense to improve or maintain the same, and relieving said townships or counties of authority over same; requiring boroughs and incorporated towns to maintain certain State Highways wholly and in part; requiring the State Highway Commissioner to make maps to be complete records thereof; conferring authority on the State Highway Commissioner; providing for the payment of damages in taking of property, or otherwise, in the improvement thereof; providing for purchase or acquiring of turnpikes or toll-roads forming all or part of any State Highway, and procedure therein; providing for work of improvement of State Highways to be done by contract, except where the State Highway Commissioner decides the work be done by the State; providing aid by the State to counties and townships desiring the same in the improvement of township or county roads; defining highways and State-aid highways; providing method of application for State aid in the improvement, maintenance and repair of township or county roads and prescribing the contents of township, county, borough, or incorporated town petitions; providing for percentage of cost of improvement or repairs to be paid by State, county, township, borough, or incorporated town, and requiring contracts by counties, townships, boroughs, and incorporated towns, with Commonwealth governing same; providing for the minimum width of State Highways and State-aid highways, and kind of materials to be used in the improvement; providing for payment of cost of improvement and repairs; providing penalty for injuring or destroying State Highways; making appropriations to carry out the provisions of the act; and providing for the repeal of certain acts relating to Highway Department and improvement of roads, and of all acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith; and providing that existing contracts are not affected by provisions of this act."

In so far as inconsistent with the provisions of this act, section five of the act of the twenty-first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen (Pamphlet Laws, two hundred and nine), entitled "An act relating to the organization, maintenance, and operation of the Banking Department, and the scope of its supervision and control over corporations, partnerships, unincorporated associations, and individuals, and the assets and liabilities thereof; providing penalties for the enforcement of its provisions; and repealing certain acts."

Sections two hundred and three and two hundred and four of the act, approved the seventeenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred twenty-one (Pamphlet Laws, seven hundred and eighty-nine), entitled "An act relating to insurance; establishing an insurance department; and amending, revising, and consolidating the law relating to the licensing, qualification, regulation, examination, suspension, and dissolution of insurance companies, Lloyds associations, reciprocal and inter-insurance exchanges, and certain societies and orders and the examination and regulation of fire insurance rating bureaus, and the licensing and regulation of insurance agents and brokers; providing penalties; and repealing existing laws."

The act of the twenty-fifth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and three (Pamphlet Laws, sixty), entitled "An act authorizing the Governor to appoint a Deputy Commissioner of Forestry, and an additional clerk in the office of the Commissioner of Forestry."

The act of the eleventh day of March, one thousand nine hundred and three (Pamphlet Laws, twenty-four), entitled "An act conferring upon persons employed, under existing laws, by the Commissioner of Forestry, for the protection of State Forestry Reservations, after taking the proper oath of office, the same powers as are by law conferred upon constables and other peace officers; to arrest, without first procuring a warrant, persons reasonably suspected by them of offending against the laws protecting timber lands; also, conferring upon them similar powers for the enforcement of the laws and rules and regulations for the protection of the State Forestry Reservations, and for the protection of the game and fish contained therein; and further, conferring upon them power to convey said offenders into the proper legal custody, for punishment. This act to apply only to offenses committed upon said reservations and lands adjacent thereto."

The act of the fourteenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen (Pamphlet Laws, four hundred and eighty-one), entitled "An act to enlarge the limit of purchase price to be paid by the Department of Forestry for lands to be purchased and used for State forest purposes."

Sections four, five, six, seven, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, seventeen, and twenty-five of the act of the twenty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen (Pamphlet Laws, one thousand and seventy-seven), entitled "An act to provide for the administration of the Workmen's Compensation Act of one thousand nine hundred fifteen, by creating the Bureau of Workmen's Compensation of the Department of Labor and Industry; providing for the establishment of the Workmen's Compensation Board to have charge of such bureau; authorizing the division of the Commonwealth into workmen's compensation districts, and the appointment of workmen's compensation referees; defining the powers and duties of the Commissioner of Labor and Industry, the Bureau of Workmen's Compensation, the Workmen's Compensation Board, the Workmen's Compensation referees and the factory inspectors of the Department of Labor and Industry, in enforcing the said act; and fixing the salaries of the members of the Workmen's Compensation Board, the workmen's compensation referees, and certain of their employes and assistants; and repealing certain acts."

Sections twenty-six and twenty-seven of the act, approved the second day of June, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen (Pamphlet Laws, seven hundred and sixty-two), entitled "An act providing for the creation and administration of a State Fund for the insurance of compensation for injuries to employes of subscribers thereto; declaring false oaths by the subscribers to be misdemeanors; and providing penalties for the violation thereof."

Section three of the act, approved the twentieth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen (Pamphlet Laws, one thousand one hundred and thirty-nine), entitled "An act to amend an act approved the second day of June, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, entitled 'An act providing for the creation and administration of a State Fund for the insurance of compensation for injuries to employes of subscribers thereto; declaring false oaths by the subscribers to be misdemeanors, and providing penalties for violation thereof'; by making money paid in premiums by subscribers available for the payment of expenses for administering the State Fund, and by increasing the salary of the assistant manager."

Section 2902. Other Acts Repealed.--All other acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed, including all acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith enacted at this session of the General Assembly, and approved by the Governor or passed notwithstanding the Governor's veto, prior to the passage of this act.