uniform rate of one dollar and seventy-five cents per week for each person, including clothing, chargeable to the respective counties or poor districts from which such insane shall come; and the excess over said one dollar and seventy-five cents shall be paid by the State, but in no case shall said excess exceed two dollars and fifty cents per week for each indigent insane person. APPROVED-The 1st day of May, A. D. 1907. EDWIN S. STUART. Chronic insane. Section 15, act of Cost of maintenance. How paid. No. 118. AN ACT Amending section fifteen of an act, entitled "An act to provide for the selection of a site and the erection of a State asylum for the chronic insane, to be called the State Asylum for the Chronic Insane of Pennsylvania, and making an appropriation therefor," approved the twenty-second day of June, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, so as to fix the maximum amount for maintenance, weekly, per capita. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That section fifteen of an act, entitled "An act to provide for the selection of a site and the erection of a State asylum for the chronic insane, to be called the State Asylum for the Chronic Insane of Pennsylvania, and making an appropriation therefor," approved the twenty-second day of June, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, which reads as follows: "Section 15. That the cost of the care and detention of the said chronic insane, in said asylum, shall not exceed the sum of two dollars and fifty cents per week for each patient, including clothing; one dollar thereof to be chargeable upon and paid by the several counties and poor districts from which the said insane are received; but the State shall not be required to pay more than the remainder of the actual cost of maintenance in said institution, after said payment by said counties; and should any surplus remain, annually, after the cost of maintaining said patients as aforesaid has been ascertained, the same shall be returned to the Commonwealth," be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 15. That the cost of the care and detention of the said chronic insane, in said asylum, shall not exceed the sum of three dollars per week for each patient, including clothing; one dollar thereof to be chargeable upon and paid by the several counties and poor districts from which the said insane are received; but the State shall not be required to pay more than the remainder of the actual cost of maintenance in said institution, after said payment by said counties; APPROVED The 1st day of May, A. D. 1907. EDWIN S. STUART. No. 119. AN ACT To carry out the provisions of acts of Assembly relating to the care and treatment of the indigent insane, approved June thirteenth, one thousand eight hundred and eightythree, and June twenty-second, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, and June twenty-sixth, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, and May twenty-fifth, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, and May tenth, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, and amendments, 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 June twenty-second, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, and amendments, during the two fiscal years beginning June first, one thousand nine hundred and seven. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That the sum of two Indigent insane. million five hundred thousand dollars, or so much. thereof as may be necessary, be and the same is hereby specifically appropriated for the care and treatment of the indigent insane, as prescribed by acts of Assembly approved June thirteenth, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, and June twenty-second, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, and June twenty-sixth, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, and May twenty-fifth, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, and May tenth, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, and amendments, for the two fiscal years commencing June first, one thousand nine hundred and seven; and the sum of fifty cents per week for each and every patient, or so Fifty cents per much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby specifically appropriated, in addition to the maximum amount provided, for the care and maintenance of inmates at week additional. the State Asylum for the Chronic Insane of Pennsyl- Chronic insane. vania, under the provisions of the act approved June twenty-second, one thousand eight hundred and ninety one, and amendments: Provided, That this additional Proviso. appropriation of fifty cents per week, or so much there of as may be necessary, is limited to the two fiscal years beginning June first, one thousand nine hundred and seven. The said appropriation to be paid on the warrant of How payable. the Auditor General, on a settlement made by him and Quarterly report. Itemized statement. Cash balances. Proviso. Duty of county overseers of the poor. the State Treasurer; but no warrant shall be drawn on settlement made until the directors or managers of the respective hospitals or asylums for the insane shall have made, under oath, to the Auditor General, a quarterly report containing the actual number of indigent insane persons received and maintained in said hospitals or asylums for the insane during the quarter, with date of admission, date of discharge or death, and showing the actual time each indigent insane person was treated and cared for. Such quarterly report, or account, shall be accompanied by a specially itemized statement, made under oath by the directors or managers, of the receipts and income from all sources whatever, and of the expenditures for all purposes whatsoever, during the quarter, together with the cash balance on hand at the beginning of or available at any time during the quarter. And any such cash balances, on hand at the beginning of any quarter, or that is available during the quarter, shall be deducted from the amount chargeable, for maintenance, to the State for such quarter: Provided, That the words "care, treatment, and maintenance,” used in this act, shall be contrued to mean medical and surgical treatment, and nursing, food and clothing, and absolutely necessary repairs to the present buildings. Section 2. It shall be the duty of the county comcommissioners or missioners, or the directors or overseers of the poor, of the different counties or poor districts of the State, to report, under oath, to the Auditor General, on the first day 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, and shall show when he or she was admitted, the length of time cared for in said State hospital or asylum, and the date of discharge or death. Contents of report. Neglect to report. Forfeit. Proviso. Section 3. That for the neglect or refusal of the county commissioners or directors, or overseers of the poor, or other officials controlling the custody of the indigent insane in the various almshouses of the State, 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 for 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 own expenses, be admitted, and that accommodations shall be furnished for such 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 certi fied to the Auditor General, under oath, that the quarterly report of the cost of such care and treatment contains no charge except for maintenance, as con strued by this act. APPROVED-The 2d day of May, A. D. 1907. EDWIN S. STUART. No. 120. AN ACT Requiring all newspapers published in this Commonwealth to print, in a conspicuous place, in every issue, the names of the owners, proprietors, or publishers, and the managing editors of the same; and making a violation of this act a misdemeanor and fixing the penalty therefor. Publication of proprietor and names of owner, managing editor. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That from and after Newspapers. the passage of this act, every newspaper published in this Commonwealth, whether it be published monthly, bi-weekly, semi-weekly, or daily, or whether such publication be at regular or irregular intervals, shall publish in every copy of each issue, on the editorial page, in a conspicuous position, at the top of the reading matter, the name or names of the owner, owners, proprietor or proprietors of such newspapers, together with the names of the managing editor thereof; and if said newspaper or newspapers shall be owned or published by a corporation, then the name of the corporation shall be published, together with the names of the president, secretary, and treasurer, and managing edi tor thereof; and if the said newspaper or newspapers shall be owned or published by a partnership, or partnerships limited, then the names of the partners and officers and managers of said partnership, or partnerships limited, shall be published in like manner. ership, etc. Section 2. In the event of any change being made in Change of ownthe proprietorship, ownership, or publishers or managing editors of any newspaper, or in the office of president, secretary, or treasurer of any corporations. owning and publishing said newspaper, or any change. in the names of the copartnerships, the said change or changes shall be duly set forth in the next edition, or issue, of said newspaper, following such change or changes. Section 3. Any person, firm, limited partnership, or corporation, publishing a newspaper in Pennsylvania, which omits, fails, or neglects to carry out the provisions of this act, and the publication required by the Misdemeanor. preceding sections of this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined one hundred dollars for the first omission thereof, and a like sum of one hundred dollars to be increased by Fine. the sum of one hundred dollars for each and every additional violation of this act. Section 4. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith be and the same are hereby repealed. APPROVED-The 2d day of May, A. D. 1907. EDWIN S. STUART. Schools. Attendance at more convenient school. No. 121. AN ACT To permit children, who reside one and one-half miles, or more, by public road, from the nearest school in the district where they reside, to attend any more convenient school in any other district, without the consent of the directors or controllers of the district where they reside or where they may attend; and making the district where they reside liable to the district where they attend, for the cost of tuition. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That from and after the passage of this act, all children who reside one and one-half miles, or more, by public road, from the nearest school in the district where they reside, may attend any school more convenient in any other district, without the consent of the directors or controllers of the district where they reside or where they may attend, provided the consent of the directors or controllers of such other district be first obtained; and the district where such children reside shall be liable to the disLiability for tul- trict where they may attend, for the cost of tuition; tion. Proviso. Repeal. provided, the cost of tuition shall not exceed the tuition of children in the schools and grades in the district receiving such non-resident children. Section 2. All laws or parts of laws, general or special, inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. APPROVED The 2d day of May, A. D. 1907. EDWIN S. STUART. No. 122. AN ACT To repeal an act, entitled "An act defining the pay of certain officers in Dauphin county," approved February second, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That the act of Assem bly, approved the second day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five (Pamphlet Laws, eighty-two), entitled "An act defining |