Pennsylvania Act 1911-308 (session 4) — APPROPRIATION ACT

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APPROPRIATION ACT
            Act of 1911, Special Session 4, P.L. 308, No. 308         Cl. 79
                      Special Session No. 4 of 1911
                               No. 1911-308

                                  AN ACT

     Appropriating the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars
        to the city of Philadelphia, toward the erection of buildings
        for the care and maintenance of feeble-minded and idiotic
        persons in said city, to be known as the Philadelphia
        Institution for the Feeble-Minded.
        Section 4.  The buildings, when so erected, shall be under
     the administration, supervision, and control of the city of
     Philadelphia, acting by the Department of Public Health and
     Charities, which department is hereby authorized to make rules
     and regulations for the admission and discharge of feeble-minded
     and idiotic persons, for their maintenance, care, government and
     control while inmates thereof, and for the supervision and
     management of the said buildings and institution. Such rules and
     regulations shall be approved by Councils and by the Board of
     Public Charities before they shall become effective, and no
     changes in such rules and regulations shall be made without the
     approval of the said Board of Public Charities and of said
     Councils.
        Section 5.  The buildings herein provided for shall be known
     as the Philadelphia Institution for the Feeble-Minded.