Digest of Laws Relating to Local Parks and Recreation as of January 2, 1940 |
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... recreation in our national life , and the responsibility of government to provide recreational facilities , have become increasingly recognized in the last few years . The President expressed this trend when he recently said : " It is ...
... recreation in our national life , and the responsibility of government to provide recreational facilities , have become increasingly recognized in the last few years . The President expressed this trend when he recently said : " It is ...
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... recreation , to fill a long - felt need . It is hoped that agencies of government and other interests will find it a useful auxiliary in prosecuting their own programs and in continuing to cooperate with each other . NEWTON B. DRURY ...
... recreation , to fill a long - felt need . It is hoped that agencies of government and other interests will find it a useful auxiliary in prosecuting their own programs and in continuing to cooperate with each other . NEWTON B. DRURY ...
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... recreation ; recreation commissioners .. !!! Cities ; counties ; cities and counties ; other municipal corporations .. Parks , etc. Special municipal tax districts . Counties ... Parks , etc .. Recreation districts_ Regional park ...
... recreation ; recreation commissioners .. !!! Cities ; counties ; cities and counties ; other municipal corporations .. Parks , etc. Special municipal tax districts . Counties ... Parks , etc .. Recreation districts_ Regional park ...
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... Recreation department ; recreation council .. Cities ; villages ; boroughs ; towns ; counties ; school districts_ Public recreation and playgrounds .. 265 266 267 268 268 Counties_ Parks , playgrounds , etc. Lakes ; beaches__ State aid ...
... Recreation department ; recreation council .. Cities ; villages ; boroughs ; towns ; counties ; school districts_ Public recreation and playgrounds .. 265 266 267 268 268 Counties_ Parks , playgrounds , etc. Lakes ; beaches__ State aid ...
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... recreation centers-- 421 422 Cities , counties , and towns .. 423 Counties_ 423 Parks and recreational areas . 423 Schools and school districts_ 424 Private corporations_ 424 Public parks and memorials_ 424 General__ 425 PENNSYLVANIA ...
... recreation centers-- 421 422 Cities , counties , and towns .. 423 Counties_ 423 Parks and recreational areas . 423 Schools and school districts_ 424 Private corporations_ 424 Public parks and memorials_ 424 General__ 425 PENNSYLVANIA ...
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amount annexed annual tax appointed appropriate approved benefit board of park board of supervisors boulevards buildings city council city or town commission condemnation construction corporate limits cost demnation devise directors driveway duties easement election electors eminent domain empowered erect establish exceed exceeding expenses fee simple filed forest gift governing body grant highway improvement indebtedness issue bonds lands for parks lease located maintain maintenance majority mayor ment municipal corporation municipality operation ordinance otherwise owners paid park board park commissioners park district park fund park or parks park purposes parkways percent petition playgrounds and recreation population powers president proposed district public grounds public parks purchase purposes ibid real estate real property recreation centers rules and regulations school district special assessments streets submitted tax levy taxable property term territory thereof tion township trustees unincorporated area vested village voters votes cast
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Page 347 - ... three years from the date of their appointment, and until their successors are appointed and qualified...
Page 303 - Any city containing a population of more than three thousand five hundred inhabitants may frame a charter for its own government, consistent with and subject to the Constitution and laws of this State...
Page 491 - Cause parks, playgrounds, recreational, community, educational, water, sewer or drainage facilities, or any other works which it is otherwise empowered to undertake, to be furnished adjacent to or in connection with housing projects...
Page 113 - The Legislative Assembly shall provide for raising revenue sufficient to defray the expenses of the state for each year, not to exceed in any one year four (4) mills on the dollar of the assessed valuation of all taxable property in the state...
Page 313 - Chicago, to lay out, establish, open, alter, widen, extend, grade, pave, or otherwise improve streets, alleys, avenues, sidewalks, wharves, parks, and public grounds, and vacate the same.
Page 17 - Any city containing a population of more than one hundred thousand inhabitants may frame a charter for its own government, consistent with and subject to the Constitution and laws of this State...
Page 71 - The Governor may remove the superintendent for cause at any time, giving to him a copy of the charges against him, and an opportunity to be heard in his defense.
Page 105 - No county, city, township, school district or other municipal corporation, shall be allowed to become indebted in any manner or for any purpose to an amount, including existing indebtedness, in the aggregate exceeding five per centum on the value of the taxable property therein, to be .ascertained by the last assessment for State and county taxes, previous to the incurring of such indebtedness.
Page 69 - The managers may take and hold in trust for the state any grant or devise of land, or any gift or bequest of money or other personal property, or any donation, to be applied, principal or income, or both, to the maintenance and education of epileptics and the general uses of the colony.
Page 17 - City and county governments may be merged and consolidated into one municipal government, with one set of officers, and may be incorporated under general laws providing for the incorporation and organization of corporations for municipal purposes.