of the members of the board, who shall go together, and make a joint report. The said Board of Visitation shall make report to the court, from time to time, of the treatment the children receive by or in charge of such institutions, societies and associations, and shall make an annual report to the Board of Public Charities in such form as the board may prescribe. The said Board of Visitation shall be entitled to receive from the county in which they shall be appointed, such sum or sums of money for actual and necessary expenses as may be approved by the Board of County Commissioners.

APPROVED-The 26th day of February, A. D. 1903.

SAM'L W. PENNYPACKER.

The foregoing is a true and correct copy of the act of the General Assembly, No. 7.

FRANK M. FULLER, Secretary of the Commonwealth.

No. 12.

AN ACT

Relating to Institutions, Associations and Societies Having the Care of Delinquent, Neglected or Dependent Children.

SECTION I. Be it enacted, etc., That the institutions, associations and societies, into whose care the custody of delinquent, neglected or dependent children may be committed by order of the courts of this Commonwealth, shall be subject to the same visitations, inspections and supervisions of the Board of Public Charities as the public charitable institutions of this State and the courts of Common Pleas of this Commonwealth may require such information and statistics from such institutions, associations or societies as said Judges deem necessary in order to enable them to exercise a wise discretion in dealing with children. Every such institution, association or society shall file with the Board of Public Charities an annual written or printed report,

which shall contain a statement of the number of children cared for during the year, the number received, the number placed in homes, the number died, the number returned to friends; also, a financial statement showing the receipts and disbursements of such institutions, associations or societies. The statement of receipts shall indicate the amount received from public funds, the amount received from donations, and the amount received from other sources, specifying the several sources. The statement of disbursements shall show the amount expended for salaries and other expenses, specifying the same; the amount expended for lands, buildings and investments. The secretary of the Board of Public Charities shall furnish to each of the said Courts of Common Pleas a list of such institutions, associations and societies filing such annual reports, and no child shall be committed to the care of any such institution, association or society which shall not have filed a report, for the fiscal year last preceding, with the Board of Public Charities.

APPROVED -The 5th day of March, A. D. 1903.

SAM'L W. PENNYPACKER.

The foregoing is a true and correct copy of the act of the General Assembly, No 12.

FRANK M. FULLER, Secretary of the Commonwealth.