Pennsylvania Act 1913-112 — PENNSYLVANIA ORAL SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF

Act text

AN ACT

Providing for an 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.

Whereas, The Pennsylvania Oral School for the Deaf, at Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, has been erected and equipped; and

Whereas, It is desired to transfer and convey said Oral School for the Deaf, including all the buildings, grounds, and equipment appurtenant thereto, unto this Commonwealth, to be hereafter maintained as a State school; therefore,--

Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That the Governor is hereby authorized and directed to appoint a commission consisting of five citizens of this Commonwealth, to serve without compensation, who shall investigate and examine the said school, together with all the buildings, grounds, equipment, affairs and accounts of said school. Said commission shall ascertain the indebtedness of said school, of whatsoever nature, and shall ascertain what, if any, liens there may be of record against said school, including said buildings and grounds, and what, if any, claims there may be against said school, including all buildings, grounds, and equipment, and whether said school is in good repair, and whether there is ground adjacent and belonging thereto sufficient for the proper maintenance of said school. If said commission shall ascertain that said school is in good repair and is fully equipped and in proper condition to accommodate pupils, and that there is sufficient ground as aforesaid, and that the total of all claims, debts, and liens against said institution, including all buildings, equipment, and grounds does not exceed the sum of thirty thousand dollars, said commission shall have authority, and is hereby directed, to accept said school, including all said buildings, grounds, and equipment, in the name of this Commonwealth.

Section 2. (2 repealed June 7, 1923, P.L.498, No.274)

Section 3. Said board of trustees, if said school be transferred shall have full charge and supervision of said school and its affairs. It shall, subject to the approval of the Governor, prepare and adopt such rules and regulations for the government of said school as it may deem necessary. It shall report annually to the Governor, in writing, on or before the first day of December.

Compiler's Note: Section 7 of Act 50 of 2009 provided that section 3 is repealed insofar as it is inconsistent with Act 50.

Section 4. Subject to the approval of the Governor, the said board of trustees, in the event of such transfer, may appoint such persons, male and female, as it may deem necessary in the maintenance of said school, and at such compensation as shall be fixed by the Governor.

Compiler's Note: Section 7 of Act 50 of 2009 provided that section 4 is repealed insofar as it is inconsistent with Act 50.

Section 5. The sum of one hundred dollars ($100), or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby specifically appropriated for the purpose of defraying the expenses actually and necessarily incurred by said commission of examination and investigation in the performance of the duties herein prescribed. All payments made hereunder shall be upon duly certified and itemized vouchers, verified by the affidavit of the chairman of said commission, and upon warrant of the Auditor General.