July and August, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, and the first days of January and February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, the sum of one million five hundred and fifty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. SECTION 12. For the payment of the interest on the certifi- Interest on cercates of loan, issued for the relief of the citizens of Cham- tificates of loan for relief of bersburg for war damages, the sum of eighteen thousand citizens of dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary. Chambersburg. SECTION 13. For the salary of the superintendent of com- School departmon schools, the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars. ment. For the salary of the deputy superintendent of common schools, one thousand eight hundred dollars. For the salary of an additional deputy superintendent, one thousand eight hundred dollars, and two hundred dollars for traveling expenses. For the salary of three other clerks in the school department, one thousand four hundred dollars each. For expenses of principals of state normal schools and superintendents, in attending annual examinations, including the school years of one thousand eight hundred and seventytwo and one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For engraving and printing warrants, one hundred and seventy-five dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For salary of messenger, nine hundred dollars. For stationery and blank books in the school department, three hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For postage, telegrams and express charges, one thousand two hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For cleaning office and miscellaneous expenses of the school department, three hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For expenses in packing and distributing blank forms, reports, school laws and decisions, to the school directors of the state, one thousand two hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For publishing and circulating among the school officers of the state, the official decisions and instructions of the department, two thousand two hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For traveling expenses, on official business of the department, six hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. SECTION 14. For the support of the common schools for Common the school year, which will begin on the first Monday in June, schools. Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, to be paid on warrants, to be drawn by the superintendent in favor of the several school districts of this commonwealth, the sum of seven hundred and sixty thousand dollars, inclusive of the salaries of the county superintendents and inclusive of the sum of twenty thousand dollars for the education of teachers in the normal schools of this commonwealth, of which the Lincoln University of Chester county shall be considered one, and shall receive a pro rata share of this appro 8 Soldiers' or priation with other normal schools, to be applied in the same way, and under the same conditions as a similar appropriation was directed to be applied by the general appropriation act, approved the eleventh day of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six: Provided, That each student in a normal school, drawing an allowance from the State, must receive regular instruction in the science and art of teaching, in a special class devoted to that object, for the whole time such an allowance is drawn; in the allowance to soldier students to normal schools, no distinction shall be made on account of age; and that all examinations of the graduating classes at the normal schools shall be conducted by a board, of which the state superintendent, or his deputy, shall be president, of two principals of normal schools, of whom the principal of the school where students are under examination, shall be one, and two county, city or borough superintendents of the district in which the school is located, to be appointed by the state superintendent: Provided, That the city of Philadelphia shall be entitled to a proper proportion of this appropriation without contributing to the salaries of the county superintendents, and that the sum of three thousand dollars of the amount received by the city of Philadelphia, shall be paid to the teachers' institute of said city for its corporate purposes. SECTION 15. For the expenses required by the act, entitled phans, expenses "An Act to provide for the continuance of the education and of department maintenance of the destitute orphans of the deceased soldiers for, education and sailors, and the destitute children of permanently disof, &c. abled soldiers and sailors of the state," approved April ninth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, as follows: For the superintendent, in addition to his salary as superintendent of common schools, twelve hundred and fifty dollars. For the salary of the chief clerk, eighteen hundred dollars. For the salary of one other clerk, fourteen hundred dollars. For the salary of inspector of orphan schools, two thousand dollars, and two hundred dollars for traveling expenses. For the salary of the female inspector of orphan schools, twelve hundred dollars, and two hundred dollars for traveling expenses. For postage, telegrams and express charges, three hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For stationery and blank books, one hundred and fifty dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For printing and circulating decisions and instructions, two hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For transferring pupils, two hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For funeral expenses, four hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For traveling expenses of the superintendent and his assis tant in conducting the annual examinations, three hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For furniture and miscellaneous expenses, two hundred and fifty dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For the purpose of aiding deserving soldiers' orphans who leave the schools at sixteen years of age to fit themselves for teachers at the state normal schools, five thousand dollars. For the education and maintenance, including clothing, of each orphan of less than ten years of age, admitted into such orphan homes or institutions, as have received appropriations from the state, the sum of one hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For the education and maintenance, including clothing, of each orphan, of less than ten years of age, admitted into such orphan home or institutions as have received no appropriations from the state, the sum of one hundred and fifteen dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary; for the education and maintenance, including clothing, of each orphan above the age of ten years, admitted into such institution as may be selected for them by the proper authorities, and which have received no appropriation from the state, the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary; the gross amount appropriated for all purposes connected with the soldiers' orphans' schools, not to exceed one hundred and fifteen thousand dollars for each quarter, in addition to any surplus that may accrue from the appropriation for the school year ending May thirty-first, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, and such moneys, not otherwise appropriated, as may be returned to the treasury from the loans made to certain schools, under the act of April fifteenth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, and its supplements; and all accounts to be settled by the auditor general and state treasurer in the usual manner, and to be paid on the warrant of the auditor general; and it is hereby further declared that no child born after the first day of January, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, shall be admitted into any of the institutions aforesaid; and it shall be the duty of the superintendent, on or after the first day of June next, to discharge from any and all the institutions which have received or which shall hereafter receive any such children, under the provisions of the act of April ninth, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, as shall have arrived at the age of sixteen years; and so much of the act, entitled "An Act to provide for the education and maintenance of the destitute orphans of the deceased soldiers and sailors of the state," approved April ninth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, as conflicts herewith, be and the same is hereby repealed; and it is hereby declared to be the further duty of the superintendent to prescribe the kind of clothing to be worn by the children of said orphans' schools, and to see that each receive an amount of the full value of twenty-five dollars. SECTION 16. For the several state normal schools, organized Normal schools and accepted as such under the laws of this commonwealth, the sum of fifty thousand dollars, to be distributed by the governor, the superintendent of common schools and the attorney general, on such terms and conditions as they may determine, looking to the interest of the state as well as the welfare of the schools, except that the board of trustees of each school accepting its allotment of the appropriation now made, shall Institutions with debt ex ceeding $20,000, or not pro hereafter be composed of a number of members not exceeding fifteen, to be elected by the stockholders, as now provided by law, and appointed under the provisions of the act approved the fifteenth of February, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, in the proportion, as nearly as may be practicable, to the amounts of money each school has received from private sources, exclusive of its own earnings, and from the state, respectively; and that no institution shall hereafter be recognized as a state normal school with an indebtedness of over twenty thousand dollars, nor without being fully provided with buildings, furniture and apparatus, as the law requires ; buildings, &c., all proceedings of the above named officers under this section not to be recog- to be reported to the Legislature, in detail, in the next annual report of the superintendent of common schools: Provided, That the Cumberland Valley State Normal school, at Shippensburg, shall, in lieu of its share under this section, receive twenty thousand dollars additional, which, however, shall not be paid until satisfactory evidence is furnished the state treasurer that the remainder of the debt contracted for the buildings of the said school, and for which the said building may be liable, shall be provided for by voluntary subscription or donation. vided with nized. Bureau of statistics. Contingent expenses of bu SECTION 17. For the commissioner of bureau of statistics and agriculture, for salary, the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars; and for three clerks in the same, the sum of one thousand four hundred dollars each, the pay of these clerks to commence March first, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three; for messenger therein, two hundred dollars; for messenger, for services in same from January to June, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, one hundred dollars. For stationery, two hundred and fifty dollars. For traveling expenses, three hundred and fifty dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. SECTION 18. For the payment of the contingent expenses of the bureau of statistics of labor and of agriculture, from reau from May the sixth day of May, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hun6, 1872, to Jan- dred and seventy-two, to the first day of January, Anno uary 1, 1873. Domini, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, the sum of one thousand and fifty-three dollars and thirty-four cents, on bills to be approved by the auditor general and state treasurer. SECTION 19. For the salary of the state librarian, the sum State library. of twelve hundred dollars, for the assistant, nine hundred dollars; to the state librarian for supplying states heretofore cut out of the exchange of our reports of supreme court, one thousand dollars. For miscellaneous books, one thousand five hundred dollars. For law books and exchanges, fifteen hundred dollars. For reports of supreme court for the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, six hundred dollars, for the purpose of exchanges with other states. For freight on books, express, cleaning room, et cetera, four hundred dollars. For enclosing book cases and repairs, six hundred dollars. For completing the catalogue of library, eight hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. SECTION 20. For the salary of the superintendent of public Superintendent printing, the sum of sixteen hundred dollars. of public print expenses of of For payment of postage, stationery, making fires, cleaning ing, salary and room and other necessary expenses for the year one thousand fice. eight hundred and seventy-three, the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For the same, for the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, not heretofore provided for, fifty dollars. SECTION 21. For the public printing, folding, stiching and Public printing binding, seventy thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, on settlement of the accounts of the public printer, according to law; the account for the same to be audited and settled in the usual manner by the auditor general. SECTION 22. To the publishers of the Legislative Journal, Publishers of fourteen dollars per page, in accordance with the contract, Legislative the amount to be settled by the auditor general as per con- Journal. tract; and for making out an index to the journal, the further sum of three hundred dollars; and that the publishers of said journal be authorized to resume the publication of the same Authorized to at the commencement of the next session, and continue the resume publisame under the terms of the existing contract, until otherwise cation of same ordered by the two houses. next session. SECTION 23. For the salary of the superintendent of the Public buildpublic buildings and grounds, fourteen hundred dollars. ings and For four assistant watchmen, an annual salary of nine grounds. hundred dollars each, to be paid monthly; and for necessary repairs and improvements to public buildings and grounds, seven thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For winding and oiling the clock on the capitol, and repairing the same, the sum of one hundred and twenty-five dollars, to be paid on account certified by the clerks of the two houses; and the superintendent is hereby required to make a detailed statement of his expenditures to the next legislature. SECTION 24. For the payment of the city of Harrisburg for Water and gas supplying the public buildings with water, according to the for public act of twenty-eighth April, Anno Domini one thousand eight buildings and hundred and forty, the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars, grounds. and also for gas for the public buildings and the walks, such amount as may be found due the Harrisburg gas company on the contract with the company, and upon a regular account being rendered to the auditor general, who is hereby authorized to examine and settle the same in the same manner as other accounts are settled in said department, in pursuance of its charter and supplements, to be paid on the warrant of the auditor general. SECTION 25. For the fire companies of the city of Harris- Fire comburg, the sum of seven hundred dollars, to be distributed in panies, Harrisequal amounts to and among said companies. burg. |