Pennsylvania Act 1925-137 — EXCHANGE OF UNSERVICEABLE PERSONAL PROPERTY

Act text

EXCHANGE OF UNSERVICEABLE PERSONAL PROPERTY
                  Act of Apr. 7, 1925, P.L. 189, No. 137              Cl. 71
                                  AN ACT

     Authorizing the Department of Property and Supplies under
        certain conditions to exchange unserviceable personal
        property of this Commonwealth for, or on account of, the
        purchase price of new personal property required by the
        Commonwealth.

        Section 1.  Be it enacted, &c., That whenever any department,
     board, or commission of this Commonwealth shall put into the
     possession of the Department of Property and Supplies any
     personal property of this Commonwealth as "unserviceable," and
     at the same time requisition the Department of Property and
     Supplies to furnish or order said department, as purchasing
     agency, to purchase new property of a similar character to
     replace the unserviceable property delivered as aforesaid, the
     Department of Property and Supplies, with the approval of the
     Board of Commissioners of Public Grounds and Buildings, shall
     endeavor to induce the person, partnership, or corporation from
     which such new property is purchased to accept said
     unserviceable property for, or on account of, the purchase price
     of the new property purchased in accordance with such
     requisition or purchase order: Provided, however, That such
     unserviceable property shall not be delivered for, or on account
     of, the purchase price of such new property at a lower valuation
     than the price which such unserviceable property would bring if
     sold in the open market for cash. To the extent that advertising
     may be necessary to enable the Department of Property and
     Supplies to determine the market value of any such unserviceable
     property by offering it for sale for cash, said department is
     hereby authorized and directed to advertise as now provided by
     law in connection with the sale of unserviceable property of
     this Commonwealth.
        Section 2.  The Department of Property and Supplies shall
     obtain from the person, partnership, or corporation to whom any
     personal property is delivered in exchange under the provisions
     of this act, a receipt therefor describing such personal
     property, and specifying the value at which said property was
     taken in exchange; and such receipt shall be delivered to the
     Auditor General attached to the requisition for the payment of
     the balance of the purchase price due for the new property
     purchased.
        Section 3.  Except as hereinbefore provided, unserviceable
     personal property of this Commonwealth shall be sold by the
     Department of Property and Supplies, as provided by law.
        Section 4.  Nothing in this act contained shall be construed
     to prevent departmental administrative boards or commissions of
     this Commonwealth from selling surplus products of the soil,
     meats, live-stock, timber, or other materials raised or grown
     upon, or taken from, property of the Commonwealth, as may now or
     hereafter be provided by law.