Pennsylvania Act 1925-53 — DEPARTMENT OF FORESTS AND WATERS AUTHORIZED TO ACCEPT GIFTS

Act text

DEPARTMENT OF FORESTS AND WATERS AUTHORIZED TO ACCEPT GIFTS
                  Act of Mar. 26, 1925, P.L. 84, No. 53               Cl. 32
                                  AN ACT

     Authorizing the Department of Forests and Waters to accept
        gifts, donations, or contributions under certain
        circumstances; and providing for the use of such gifts.

        Compiler's Note:  Section 304(c) of Act 18 of 1995, which
            created the Department of Conservation and Natural
            Resources and renamed the Department of Environmental
            Resources as the Department of Environmental Protection,
            provided that the Department of Conservation and Natural
            Resources shall exercise the powers and duties conferred
            upon the Department of Forests and Waters by Act 53 of
            1925.
        Section 1.  Be it enacted, &c., That the Department of
     Forests and Waters is hereby authorized to receive gifts,
     donations, or contributions from townships, counties,
     corporations, associations, individuals, or other agencies, for
     purposes within the powers and duties of the Department of
     Forests and Waters.
        Section 2.  Any gifts, donations, or contributions received
     under the provisions of this act, shall be employed for the
     purpose or purposes specified by the donors to whom an
     accounting shall be made.
        Section 3.  If any gift, donation, or contribution of money
     received under the provisions of this act was in such amount as
     the Department of Forests and Waters estimated would be
     necessary to accomplish a specific purpose, and it shall
     subsequently appear that such estimated amount was in excess of
     the actual amount necessary to accomplish such purpose, the
     excess shall be returned to the donor.