Pennsylvania Act 1917-6 — DEPARTMENTS OF STATE GOVERNMENT, ABSENCE OF AGENCY HEADS

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DEPARTMENTS OF STATE GOVERNMENT, ABSENCE OF AGENCY HEADS
                   Act of Mar. 22, 1917, P.L. 11, No. 6               Cl. 71
                                  AN ACT

     To provide for the discharge of the duties of any department of
        the State Government, when, by absence or incapacity, the
        head of such department is unable to discharge such duties,
        or during a vacancy in the office of the head of any such
        department.

        Compiler's Note:  Section 53 of Act 130 of 191 provided that
            Act 6 is repealed insofar as it relates to the Banking
            Department.
        Section 1.  Be it enacted, &c., That whenever, by reason of
     the absence, incapacity, or inability of the head or chief of
     any of the departments of the State Government to perform the
     duties of his office, or whenever a vacancy in the office of the
     head or chief of any of the departments of the State Government
     occurs, the duties of the head or chief of such department shall
     be performed by the deputy, chief clerk, or other person next in
     authority, until such disability is removed or the vacancy
     filled.
        Section 2.  All acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith
     be, and the same are hereby, repealed.