Pennsylvania Act 1931-34 — AUTHORIZING FIRST CLASS CITIES TO ACQUIRE LAND FOR HOSPITALS

Act text

AUTHORIZING FIRST CLASS CITIES TO ACQUIRE LAND FOR HOSPITALS
                  Act of Apr. 24, 1931, P.L. 43, No. 34               Cl. 11
                                  AN ACT

     Authorizing and empowering cities of the first class in this
        Commonwealth to acquire by gift, lease, purchase or
        condemnation proceedings, within or without the limits of
        said cities, any land located within the Commonwealth of
        Pennsylvania necessary for the purpose of establishing and
        maintaining hospitals or other institutions for the care and
        treatment of the sick or disabled; and, with the consent of
        the local authorities where such land is situated, to
        maintain the same in the exercise of the health functions of
        such city.

        Section 1.  Be it enacted, &c., That all cities of the first
     class within this Commonwealth are hereby authorized and
     empowered to acquire by gift, lease, purchase or condemnation
     proceedings any land lying within the Commonwealth of
     Pennsylvania, either within or without such cities, which, in
     the judgment of the corporate authorities thereof, is necessary
     and desirable for the purpose of establishing and maintaining
     municipal hospitals for the care and treatment of the sick or
     disabled.
        Section 2.  That all such cities having previously obtained
     the consent of the county commissioners of the county and the
     council of any city or borough, or the township commissioners or
     township supervisors of the township, where such land is
     situated, are hereby authorized and empowered to operate and
     maintain hospitals for the care and treatment of the sick or
     disabled within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, either within
     or without the limits of the county in which such city is
     located, to the extent and in the manner that such functions are
     now carried on within the city limits.