For the education and maintenance, including a complete line of clothing, for the two fiscal years, of the destitute orphans of the deceased soldiers, sailors, and marines, and the destitute children of permanently disabled soldiers, sailors, and marines, of the State. admitted to the Soldiers' Orphan Schools and to the Soldiers' Orphan Industrial School, and the necessary repairs and improvements to the Soldiers' Orphan Schools and the Soldiers' Orphan Industrial School, the sum of three hundred and fifty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary: Provided, That the per capita rate for the education, mainte nance, and clothing of the children in the Soldiers' Orphan Schools shall not exceed the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars per annum, or so much thereof as may be necessary; and for those admitted to the Soldiers' Orphan Industrial School the per capita rate shall not exceed the sum of two hundred and twentyfive dollars per annum, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For the construction of an additional building, enlargement and completion of present buildings aud furnishing of the same, of the Soldiers' Orphan Industrial School, at Scotland, in accordance with the purposes of the fifth section of an act of Assembly, approved May twenty-seventh, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, the sum of sixty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. APPROVED-The thirteenth day of June, Anno Domini one thousand nine hundred and seven, except as to the item appropriating $60,000 for the purpose of constructing an additional building, enlargement and completion of present buildings and furnishing the same. This item is approved in the sum of $40,000. I withhold my approval from the remainder of said item because of insufficient State revenue. EDWIN S. STUART. Whereas, No. 358. AN ACT Authorizing the refunding of purchase money and fees erroneously paid to the Commonwealth by F. M. Taylor, on warrants for twenty and fifty acres of land, respectively, in Tod township, Fulton county. Whereas, The Secretary of Internal Affairs, on pay ment of twenty-eight dollars and sixty-seven cents into the State Treasury, for purchase money and fees, did on June first, one thousand nine hundred and four, issue to F. M. Taylor, of McConnellsburg, Fulton county, Pennsylvania, warrants for twenty and fifty acres of land, respectively, in Tod township, Fulton county; and Whereas, It was subsequently discovered, when sur vey was made by the county surveyor, and filed with the Secretary of Internal Affairs, that said tracts of land were covered by previous surveys, and that therefore the warrants issued to F. M. Taylor were, in effect, null and void; therefore,- Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That the Auditor Auditor General. General be authorized to draw his warrant on the Refunding of State Treasurer, in favor of the said F. M. Taylor, for purchase money so much of the money paid on the above tracts as was received by the Commonwealth. APPROVED The 13th day of June, A. D. 1907. EDWIN S. STUART. to F. M. Taylor. No. 359. AN ACT Making an appropriation for transportation to Fredericksburg, Virginia, for the dedication of a monument being erected there by the Fredericksburg Battlefield Memorial Commission, and for the expenses of the Commission, incident there to. Preamble. Whereas, Pursuant to the provisions of an act, entitled "An act providing for the erection of a monument and memorial tablets on the Fredericksburg battlefield, for certain Pennsylvania Regiments that participated in the charge on Maryes' Heights, December thirteenth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, and making an appropriation therefor," approved the eleventh day of May, Anno Domini one thousand nine hundred and five, the Commission thereunder constituted, known as the Fredericksburg Battlefield Me- Fredericksburg morial Commission, is having the monument, therein provided for, erected, the same being under specific contract to be completed and ready for dedication by October first, one thousand nine hundred and eight; And Whereas, It is the urgent desire of the Commission to have said memorial dedicated at the ear. liest day practicable after its completion; Dedication of Battlefield Monument. And Whereas, Pennsylvania by a time-honored custom has remembered by a proud distinction her heroic Appropriation. soldiery; therefore,― Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and the same is hereby specifically appropriated, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be used by the Fredericks Transportation. Warrants. burg Battlefield Memorial Commission in providing and furnishing to such State officials and guests as the Governor may designate, and to all surviving honorably discharged Pennsylvania soldiers, who were members of the One Hundred and Twenty-third, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth, One Hundred and Twentyninth, One Hundred and Thirty-first, One Hundred and Thirty-third, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth, and the Ninety-first and One Hundred and Fifty-fifth Regiments of Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, transporta tion from the railway stations in Pennsylvania nearest to the place of residence of such State officials or guests, or such Pennsylvania soldiers, to Fredericksburg, Virginia, and return, to enable them to be present at the dedication of said monument, and for the payment of the dedicatory expenses of the Commission. Section 2. That the Fredericksburg Battlefield Memorial Commission is hereby authorized to provide and furnish transportation for such State officials and guests as the Governor may designate, and for said sarviving honorably discharged soldiers, by railway as aforesaid, to Fredericksburg, Virginia, and return; and for such transportation the Commission is authorized to pay such sums of money as shall be agreed upon, not exceeding one and one-half cents per mile. by the shortest available route, and shall employ all necessary and practicable methods to give publicity to this act. And shall provide all necessary blank forms, and establish such rules for the issuance and reception of applications, and issuance of transportation to persons legally entitled thereto, under the provisions and import of this act, as shall in the judgment of the Commission be deemed necessary. Section 3. That any person who shall personate or attempt to personate any soldier, or secure or attempt to secure, by such impersonation, transportation to which he is not legally entitled under the provisions of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and. upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding sixty days, or both, at the discretion of the court. Section 4. That the money by this act appropriated shall be available after the Governor shall have given his official approval to the day set for the dedication, and due publicity thereof given, and be paid on the warrant of the Auditor General on the State Treas urer, in favor of and upon the requisition of the said Fredericksburg Battlefield Memorial Commission. The same to be accounted for by the said Commission to the Auditor General, within ninety days after the dedication of the said monument, by properly itemized vouchers showing the disbursements, when any unexpended balance shall be returned to the State Treasury. APPROVED-The 13th day of June, A. D. 1907. EDWIN S. STUART. No. 360. AN ACT Providing for the erection of a monument for the grave of tery at Arlington, Virginia. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That the sum of five Appropriation. thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be neces sary, be and the same is hereby specifically appropri ated for the purpose of erecting a monument for the Monument. grave of Brigadier General Theodore J. Wint, in the National Cemetery at Arlington, Virginia. Section 2. That the Governor, the president judge of the forty-fifth judicial district, the senator from the twenty-second senatorial district, the commander of Ezra Griffin Post, number one hundred thirty-nine, Grand Army of the Republic, Scranton, and the commander of the Medal of Honor Legion of the United States (Honorable P. DeLacey, Scranton, Pennsylvania), be and the same are hereby constituted a commission to procure said monument and cause the same to be erected. Section 3. The money appropriated under this act Commission. shall be drawn on the warrant of the Auditor General, upon requisition of the commission herein provided, and such money shall be used for the payment of the monument and the necessary expense of its erection, and for no other purpose whatever. All expenses here. in provided for shall be accounted by certified vouchers, under the hands of the Commission, and filed with the Auditor General, and any balance remaining unexpended shall be turned into the State Treasury. Section 4. Upon the approval of this bill, the Gover nor shall call a meeting of the Commission, and they shall at once proceed to the discharge of the duties imposed by this act. APPROVED The 13th day of June, A. D. 1907. EDWIN S. STUART. Laws prior to 1800. Commission continued. Appropriation. No. 361. AN ACT Supplementary to an act, entitled "An act for the compilation and publication of the laws of the Province and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania prior to the year one thousand eight hundred," approved the nineteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, continuing the commissioners appointed in accordance with the provisions of said act for the further period of two years, and making an appropriation for the expenses therein referred to. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That the Commissioners appointed pursuant to the provisions of an act, entitled "An act for the compilation and publication of the laws of the Province and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania prior to the year one thousand eight hundred," approved the nineteenth day of May, one thousaid eight hundred and eighty-seven, be continued for a further period of two years. The said Commission ers shall receive no compensation for their own ser vices, but are authorized to employ such clerical aid as may be necessary; and the sum of eight thousand dollars be and is hereby appropriated for clerk hire and traveling expenses of the Commission, for the two years beginning the first day of June, one thousand nine hundred and seven. Said sums to be paid by the State Treasurer, from time to time, upon warrants drawn by the Auditor General upon certificates of the Commissioners of the services performed, approved by the Secretary of the Commonwealth and filed in the office of the Auditor General. APPROVED The 13th day of June, A. D. 1907. No. 362. Appropriation. Maintenance. AN ACT Making an appropriation to the Institute for Colored Youth, at Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That the sum of six thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be neces sary, be and the same is hereby specifically appropri ated to the Institute for Colored Youth, at Cheyney. Delaware County, Pennsylvania, for the two fiscal years beginning June first, one thousand nine hundred and seven, for the purpose of maintenance and edu cation of colored youth of either sex, residents of this Commonwealth, at an annual rate not exceeding two hundred dollars per capita, for each year. APPROVED-The 13th day of June, A. D. 1907. EDWIN S. STUART. |