Contents. Penalty for neg report. Proviso. of the different counties or poor districts of the State, to report under oath to the Auditor General, on the first days of September, December, March and June of each year, the number of indigent insane persons transferred, as provided by law, to the State hospitals or asylums for the insane in their respective districts; said report shall contain the name of every indigent insane person, when admitted, length of time cared for in said State hospital or asylum, and date of discharge or death. Section 3. That for the neglect or refusal of the lect or refusal to county commissioners or directors of the poor of the county poor houses or almshouses, or otherwise, controlling the custody of such indigent insane persons, or of the directors or managers of the State hospitals or asylums wherein the indigent insane are treated and cared for, to make report to the Auditor General as required by this act, said counties, hospitals or asylums shall forfeit the whole amount due for the quarter in which no report was made: Provided, That all insane persons who apply for admission to any of said hospitals with proper papers, and are willing and able to pay their expenses, be admitted, and that accommodations shall be furnished for said insane: Provided, also, That no payment shall be made on account of the care and treatment of the insane until the Secretary of the Board of Charities shall have certified to the Auditor General, under oath, that the quarterly report of the cost of such care and treatment contain no charge except for maintenance as construed by this act. Proviso. Approved-The 18th day of July, A. D. 1901. WILLIAM A. STONE. $100,000 appro priated. No. 341. AN ACT To provide for a deficiency arising under provisions of an act, approved May tenth, one thousand eight hundred and ninetynine, entitled "An act to carry out the provisions of acts of Assembly relating to the care and treatment of the indigent insane," approved the thirteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, and the twenty-second day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, and the twenty-fifth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, and making an appropriation therefor, and providing for an additional appropriation for the care and detention of the chronic insane, under the provisions of the act approved the twenty-second day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, during the three fiscal years ending May thirty-one, one thousand nine hundred and one. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and the same is hereby specifically appropriated to provide for a deficiency in the appropriation for the care and treatment of the indigent insane, and to be paid in the same manner as prescribed by the act approved May tenth, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, entitled "An act to carry out the provisions of the act of Assembly relating to the care and treatment of the indigent insane," approved the thirteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, and the twenty-second day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, and the twenty-fifth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, and making an appropriation therefor, and providing an additional appropriation for the care and detention of the chronic insane, under the provisions of the act approved the twenty-second day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninetyone, during the three fiscal years ending May thirtyfirst, one thousand nine hundred and one. Approved-The 18th day of July, A. D. 1901. WILLIAM A. STONE. No. 342. AN ACT priated. Making an appropriation to the Western State Penitentiary. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That the following $128,300 approsums, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and the same are hereby specifically appropriated to the Western State Penitentiary, for the several purposes hereinafter named, for the two fiscal years commencing June first, one thousand nine hundred and one, as follows: For salaries of officers, the sum of one hundred and $120,000 for salatwenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. ries. For repairs and painting buildings, the sum of two $2,500 for repairs, thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. etc. ance. For insurance, the sum of four thousand eight hun- $4,800 for insurdred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For books and stationery for the prisoners, the sum of one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be $1.000 for books, necessary. etc. convicts. For each discharged convict from the city of Pitts- For discharged burg or whose residence is within fifty miles thereof, the sum of five dollars, and for each discharged con vict, whose residence is over fifty miles from the penitentiary, the sum of ten dollars. Said appropriation to be paid in accordance with the provisions of an act of assembly approved March the fifteenth, one thousand eight hundred and ninetynine. Approved-The 18th day of July, A. D. 1901. Appropriation Salaries. Insurance. Books, stationery, etc. Mechanical instruction. Inmates' kitchen. Fences, etc. Repairs to steam heating plant. Machinery, etc. No. 343. AN ACT Making an appropriation to the Pennsylvania Industrial Reformatory at Huntingdon. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That the following sums, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and the same are hereby specifically appropriated to the Pennsylvania Industrial Reformatory at Huntingdon, for the two fiscal years commencing June first, one thousand nine hundred and one, for the following specific purposes, namely: For the payment of the salaries of officers and employes, the sum of one hundred and fifty-nine thousand six hundred and sixty dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For insurance of buildings, the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For library books, stationery, postage, school books, maps and apparatus for reformatory schools, the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For tools, materials and necessary supplies for mechanical instruction and for special mechanical instruction, the sum of seven thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For additional equipment to inmates' kitchen, the sum of five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For rebuilding farm fences and tile for drainage on farm, the sum of three hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For necessary repairs to steam heating plant, the sum of five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For purchase of machinery and equipment, the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For addition to, and necessary repairs to, two green Greenhouses. houses, the sum of seven hundred and thirty dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For building sewer to drain kitchen, cold-storage, Sewer. and industrial buildings, the sum of three hundred and forty-five dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For placing new floor in pump house, including Floors. iron beams for same, the sum of one hundred and three dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For extending brick arch sewer from public road Sewer. to reformatory barn and slaughter house, the sum of six hundred and ninety-five dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For the purpose of conducting a series of lectures Lectures. to inmates, two years, the sum of seven hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. paroled inmates. For discharged or paroled inmates, whose residence Discharged or is within fifty miles of Huntingdon, five dollars; and for each discharged or paroled inmate, whose residence is more than fifty miles from Huntingdon, the sum of ten dollars. Approved-The 18th day of July, A. D. 1901. WILLIAM A. STONE. No. 344. AN ACT Making an appropriation to the trustees of the Cottage State priated. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That the sum of twen $21,650 approty-one thousand six hundred and fifty dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and the same is hereby specifically appropriated to the trustees of the Cottage State Hospital of Connellsville, Fayette county, for the two fiscal years beginning June first, one thousand nine hundred and one, for the following purposes, namely: tenance. For the purpose of maintenace, the sum of twenty $20,000 for mainthousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be neces sary. For new floors on porches, the sum of one hundred $150.00 for floors. and fifty dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. chinery. For laundry machinery, the sum of seven hundred $750.00 for maand fifty dollars, or so much thereof as may be neces sary. For steam sterilizer in the operating room, the sum of four hundred and fifty dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. $450.00 for sterilizer. $200.00 for insurance. $100.00 for spout ing. Proviso. Advertising. Awarding contract. For insurance for two years, the sum of two hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For repairing spouting, the sum of one hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. Provided, That the trustees shall, after the passage of this act, for three consecutive weeks, and yearly thereafter for the same length of time, commencing on the first Monday of September, advertise in three newspapers of general circulation for bids to furnish all needed supplies for the year beginning January first next ensuing; said trustees shall furnish promptly. on application, to all persons desiring to bid, an itemized list of the kind and probable amount required; the board of trustees shall, at a stated meeting, open such bids, and award the contract for supplies to the lowest responsible bidder, taking such security for the faithful performance of such contract as they deem necessary; said appropriation to be paid in accordance with the provisions of an act of Assembly approved March fifteenth, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine. Approved-The 18th day of July, A. D. 1901. WILLIAM A. STONE. $18,500 appropriated. $16,000 for maintenance, etc. $2,500 for painting, etc. No. 345. AN ACT Making an appropriation to the trustees of the State Hospital for Injured Persons of the Bituminous and Semi-Bituminous Coal Regions of Pennsylvania, located at Blossburg, Tioga county. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That the following sums, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and the same are hereby specifically appropriated to the trustees of the State Hospital for Injured Persons of the Bituminous and Semi-Bituminous Coal Regions of Pennsylvania, located at Blossburg, Tioga county. for the two fiscal years beginning June first, one thousand nine hundred and one, for the following purposes, namely: For the purpose of the maintenance of said hospital and care of sick and injured persons, the sum of sixteen thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For the purpose of painting the hospital building and making necessary repairs thereto, the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. Approved-The 18th day of July, A. D. 1901. WILLIAM A. STONE. |