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of the commission appointed to erect the monuments," approved July eighteen, one thousand nine hundred and one, which reads as follows:

"Section 2. That the sum of four thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and the same is hereby specifically appropriated, for the purchase of ground upon which to erect the monuments of the said One Hundred and Ninth Regiment and the said Seventy-third regiment, Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers, upon the battlefields at Wauhatchie and Missionary Ridge, for the erection and construction of the monuments upon the ground so purchased, for the payment of the necessary expenses incurred by the said regimental commissioners in locating the positions of the said regiments in the said battles, and in superintending the erection and construction of the said monuments and the dedication thereof, and for the payment of necessary expenses incurred by the said Executive Committee of the ChickamaugaChattanooga Battlefields Commission and the chairman thereof in erecting and dedicating the said monuments, and for the payment of the necessary expenses incurred in transporting the members of the Survivors' Association of the said One Hundred and Ninth Regiment and the said Seventy-third Regi ments, Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers, to and from the said battlefield, at the dedication of the said monuments; and unexpended balances of the sum herein appropriated shall revert to the State Treasury at the close of the fiscal year beginning June first, one thousand nine hundred and four.

"Said appropriation, so far as the same relates to payments for all expenses herein enumerated, excepting the expenses incurred in transporting the members of the Survivors' Association of the said One Hundred and Ninth Regiment and Seventy-third Regiment, Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers, to and from the said battlefields, at the dedication of the said monuments, shall be paid on a warrant or warrants of the Auditor General on a settlement made by him and the State Treasurer, upon specifically itemized vouchers approved by the chairman of the said Executive Committee of the Chickamauga-Chattanooga Battlefields Commission: Provided, That the ground selected on which to erect the said monument shall be purchased in the name of the said Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park," be and the same it hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 2, act of July 18, 1901, cited

for amendment.

Section 2. That the sum of seven thousand five hun- Appropriation. dred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and the same is hereby specifically appropriated, for the purchase of ground upon which to erect the

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battlefields at Wauhatchie and

monuments of the said One Hundred and Ninth Regiment and the said Seventy-third Regiment, PennsylMissionary Ridge. vania Veteran Volunteers, upon the Battlefields at Wauhatchie and Missionary Ridge, for the erection and construction of the monuments upon the ground so purchased, for the payment of the necessary expenses incurred by the said regimental commissions in locating the positions of the said regiments in the said battles, and in superintending the erection and construction of the said monuments and the dedicatoin thereof, and for the payment of necessary expenses incurred by the said Executive Committee of the Chickamauga-Chattanooga Battlefields Commission and the chairman thereof in erecting and dedicating the said monuments, and for the payment of the necessary expenses incurred in transporting the members of the Survivors' Association of the said One Hundred and Ninth Regiment and the said Seventy-third Regiment, Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers, to and from the said battlefields, at the dedication of the said monuments; and unexpended balances of the sum herein appropriated shall revert to the State Treasury at the close of the fiscal year beginning June first, one thousand nine hundred and four.

Proviso.

Said appropriation, so far as the same relates to payments for all expenses herein enumerated, excepting the expenses incurred in transporting the members of the Survivors' Association of the said One Hundred and Ninth Regiment and Seventy-third Regiment, Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers, to and from the said battlefields, at the dedication of the said monuments, shall be paid on a warrant or warrants of the Auditor General on a settlement made by him and the State Treasurer, upon specifically itemized vouchers approved by the chairman of the said Executive Committee of the Chickamauga-Chattanooga Battlefields Commission: Provided, That the ground selected on which to erect the said monument shall be purchased in the name of the said Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park.

Approved-The 15th day of May, A. D. 1903.

SAML. W. PENNYPACKER.

No. 381.

AN ACT

Making an appropriation to the Sylvan Heights Home for
Orphan Girls, in the city of Harrisburg.

Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That the sum of one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be nec

essary, be and the same is hereby specifically appro- Appropriation. priated to the Sylvan Heights Home for Orphan Girls, in the city of Harrisburg, for the two fiscal years beginning June first, nineteen hundred and three, for the purpose of maintenance.

Approved-The 15th day of May, A. D. 1903.

SAML. W. PENNYPACKER.

No. 382.

AN ACT

Making an appropriation to the Children's Home of South
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That the sum of one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and the same is hereby specifically appro- Appropriation. priated to the Children's Home of South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, for the two fiscal years beginning June one, one thousand nine hundred and three, for the purpose of maintenance.

Approved-The 15th day of May, A. D. 1903.

SAML. W. PENNYPACKER.

No. 383.

AN ACT

Making an appropriation to the Messiah Home Orphanage, of the city of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That the sum of one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be neces sary, be and the same is hereby specifically appro- Appropriation. priated to the Messiah Home Orphanage, of the city of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, for the two fiscal years beginning June first, one thousand nine hundred and three, for the purpose of maintenance.

Approved-The 15th day of May, A. D. 1903.

SAML. W. PENNYPACKER.

No. 384.

AN ACT

Making an appropriation to Meredith Monument Association,
for the purpose of erecting a monument to the memory of
General Samuel Meredith, first treasurer of the United
States under the Constitution.

Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That the sum of three thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be neces

Appropriation. Meredith Monument Association.

sary, be and the same is hereby specifically appropriated to the trustees of the Meredith Monument Association, for the erection of a monument to the memory of General Samuel Meredith, the first Treasurer of the United States under the Constitution, at his grave, in the township of Pleasant Mount, Wayne county, Pennsylvania.

Section 2. Said appropriation to be paid on the warrant of the Auditor General on a settlement made by him and the State Treasurer, upon the trustees of the Meredith Monument Association furnishing an itemized bill of the actual cost of said monument.

Approved-The 15th day of May, A. D. 1903.

SAML. W. PENNYPACKER.

Appropriation.

Building.
Proviso.

Maintenance.

No. 385.

AN ACT

Making an appropriation to the Beaver County General Hospital.

Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That the sum of fourteen thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and the same is hereby specifically appropriated to the Beaver County General Hospital, located at Rochester, Beaver county, Pennsylvania.

For the purpose of assisting in the erection of a new building, the sum of ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary: Provided, That the trustees of the hospital raise the sum of ten thousand dollars, and that no part of the sum herein appropriated shall be paid until the trustees shall have filed with the Auditor General a certificate, under oath, setting forth that the sum of ten thousand dollars has been subscribed, and paid into the treasury of the hospital for the purpose of assisting in the construction of said building; and further, that the title to the property on which the hospital is erected shall be free from all encumbrances. For the purpose of maintenance, for the two fiscal years beginning June first, one thousand nine hundred and three, the sum of four thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

Approved-The 15th day of May, A. D. 1903.
SAML. W. PENNYPACKER.

No. 386.

AN ACT

Making appropriations to the Eastern State Penitentiary.

Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That the following sums, or as much thereof as may be necessary, be and the same are hereby specifically appropriated to Appropriation. the Eastern State Penitentiary, for the two fiscal years beginning June first, one thousand nine hundred and three, for the following purposes, namely: For salaries of officers, the sum of one hundred and twenty-seven thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

For repairs the sum of three thousand dollars, or Repairs. so much thereof as may be necessary.

For library books and stationery, the sum of one Books, etc. thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be neces

sary.

victs.

For each discharged convict from the city of Phila- Discharged condelphia, or whose residence is within fifty miles thereof, the sum of five dollars; and for each discharged convict, whose residence is more than fifty miles from the city of Philadelphia, the sum of ten dollars.

For installing the Webster low-pressure steam- Heating system. heating system, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

For addition to cook-house and mill, the sum of ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

Cook-house, etc.

For new doors and frames for first block, the sum of Doors, etc. one thousand two hundred dollars, or so much thereof

as may be necessary.

For new doors and locks for third block, the sum of Doors, etc. four hundred and fifty dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

For covering yard walls and improving ground outside of wall, the sum of one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

Walls.

For additional wiring, the sum of two thousand dol- Wiring. lars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

Approved-The 15th day of May, A. D. 1903.

SAML. W. PENNYPACKER.

No. 387.

AN ACT

Making an appropriation to the Children's Aid Society of Penn

sylvania.

Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be neces

Appropriation.

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