Pennsylvania Act 1921-443 — STATE FAIR COMMISSION LAW

Act text

STATE FAIR COMMISSION LAW
                 Act of May 27, 1921, P.L. 1191, No. 443              Cl. 03
                                  AN ACT

     Creating a State Fair Commission for the Commonwealth of
        Pennsylvania; defining its duties; and making an
        appropriation therefor.

        Compiler's Note:  Section 2501 of Act 274 of 1923 provided
            that Act 443 is repealed insofar as it is inconsistent
            with Act 274.
        Section 1.  Be it enacted, &c., That a State Fair Commission
     is hereby created, which shall consist of eleven citizens of the
     Commonwealth. The Governor, the Secretary of Agriculture, the
     Superintendent of Public Instruction, and the Commissioner of
     Labor and Industry shall be ex officio members of the
     commission. The remaining seven members of the commission shall
     be appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent
     of the Senate. Of the first appointments, three members shall be
     appointed for terms of four years each, two for terms of three
     years each, and two for terms of two years each. Thereafter, as
     the terms of the respective members shall expire, all
     appointments shall be made for terms of four years each.
     Vacancies happening by death, resignation, or otherwise shall be
     filled by the Governor for the unexpired term.
        Section 2.  As soon as may be, the commission first appointed
     shall organize by the selection of a permanent chairman, and
     thereafter the commission shall organize, at Harrisburg, on the
     fourth Wednesday of January of each year. The commission shall,
     at each organization meeting, appoint a secretary, who shall not
     be a member of the commission. The commission shall define the
     duties of its officers. The members of the commission shall
     serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for all
     expenses actually incurred in the discharge of their official
     duties. The Attorney General of the Commonwealth shall act as
     the legal adviser of the State Fair Commission. All moneys
     appropriated for the work of this commission shall be paid upon
     warrants of the Auditor General on the State Treasurer, after
     the filing of itemized vouchers by the commission.
        Compiler's Note:  Section 502 of Act 164 of 1980 provided
            that the powers and duties of the Attorney General and/or
            the Department of Justice contained in section 2 were
            transferred to the Office of General Counsel.
        Section 3.  It shall be the duty of the State Fair Commission
     to formulate plans for the establishment, organization, conduct,
     and management of an annual State fair, to embrace exhibits of
     all agricultural, industrial, and artistic products of the
     Commonwealth, including exhibits of all classes of farm
     products, embracing live stock, dairying, horticulture, all
     classes of manufacture, industries, mining, mechanics, and
     domestic arts, and such other exhibits as will best advance the
     interests of agriculture and the other industries of the
     Commonwealth.
        In the furtherance of this duty, the State Fair Commission
     shall have power to examine sites, and, if possible, to secure a
     donation of a proper and convenient site for the annual State
     fair. It shall also have power to examine sites for purchase by
     the Commonwealth for the purposes of the State fair, and for
     this purpose to secure options. It shall prepare plans for
     exhibits, together with their equipment, and formulate plans for
     advertising, management, and exhibits. The commission shall have
     general power to do and undertake all preliminary work looking
     to the establishment of an annual State Fair. The State Fair
     Commission shall present a full and complete report to the
     General Assembly not later than the third Monday of January, one
     thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, together with its
     recommendations.
        Section 4.  The sum of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) is
     hereby appropriated to carry out the provisions of this act.
        Section 5.  All act and parts of acts inconsistent with this
     act are repealed.