SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 3770, 4241, 4316, PRINTER'S NO. 4437
4402, 4316
No. 2861 Session of 1994
INTRODUCED BY LUCYK, KENNEY, O'BRIEN, BUTKOVITZ, YOUNGBLOOD,
STERN, ZUG AND WOGAN, MAY 24, 1994
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, IN SENATE, NOVEMBER 21, 1994
AN ACT
1 Authorizing and directing the Department of Military Affairs,
2 the Department of General Services, the Department of
3 Environmental Resources and the Department of Public Welfare
4 to transfer jurisdiction within the State government of
5 certain tracts of Commonwealth real property acquired under
6 the act of September 29, 1938 (Sp.Sess., P.L.53, No.21),
7 entitled, as reenacted and amended, "An act relating to
8 institutions of counties, cities, wards, boroughs, townships,
9 institution districts and other political subdivisions, for
10 the care, maintenance, and treatment of mental patients;
11 providing for the transfer to the Commonwealth for the care,
12 maintenance and treatment of mental patients of such
13 institutions, and all grounds, lands, buildings and personal
14 property of such political subdivisions used for the care and
15 maintenance of indigent persons connected with such mental
16 institutions; providing for the management and operation or
17 closing and abandonment thereof; and the maintenance of
18 mental patients therein; including the collection of
19 maintenance in certain cases; providing for the retransfer of
20 certain property to counties, cities, wards, boroughs,
21 townships, institution districts and other political
22 subdivisions under certain circumstances; conferring and
23 imposing upon the Governor, the Department of Welfare, the
24 courts of common pleas and counties, cities, wards, boroughs,
25 townships, institution districts and other political
26 subdivisions certain powers and duties; prohibiting cities,
27 counties, wards, boroughs, townships, institution districts
28 and other political subdivisions from maintaining and
29 operating institutions, in whole or in part, for the care and
30 treatment of mental patients; and repealing inconsistent
31 laws," transferring certain parcels of land on former Byberry
32 State Hospital among the Department of Public Welfare, the
1 Department of General Services and the Department of
2 Environmental Resources.
3 WHEREAS, The site of Byberry State Hospital in northeast
4 Philadelphia was acquired around 1900 by the City of
5 Philadelphia, and a mental hospital was erected and operated
6 there; and
7 WHEREAS, The act of September 29, 1938 (Sp.Sess., P.L.53,
8 No.21), entitled, as reenacted and amended, "An act relating to
9 institutions of counties, cities, wards, boroughs, townships,
10 institution districts and other political subdivisions, for the
11 care, maintenance, and treatment of mental patients; providing
12 for the transfer to the Commonwealth for the care, maintenance
13 and treatment of mental patients of such institutions, and all
14 grounds, lands, buildings and personal property of such
15 political subdivisions used for the care and maintenance of
16 indigent persons connected with such mental institutions;
17 providing for the management and operation or closing and
18 abandonment thereof; and the maintenance of mental patients
19 therein; including the collection of maintenance in certain
20 cases; providing for the retransfer of certain property to
21 counties, cities, wards, boroughs, townships, institution
22 districts and other political subdivisions under certain
23 circumstances; conferring and imposing upon the Governor, the
24 Department of Welfare, the courts of common pleas and counties,
25 cities, wards, boroughs, townships, institution districts and
26 other political subdivisions certain powers and duties;
27 prohibiting cities, counties, wards, boroughs, townships,
28 institution districts and other political subdivisions from
29 maintaining and operating institutions, in whole or in part, for
30 the care and treatment of mental patients; and repealing
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1 inconsistent laws," transferred the real estate and personal
2 property used for the care, maintenance and treatment of mental
3 patients from the City of Philadelphia to the Commonwealth of
4 Pennsylvania. That act contained a reversion of title to the
5 City of Philadelphia in the event the property was abandoned or
6 not substantially improved by the Commonwealth. No consideration
7 was paid to the city for this property; and
8 WHEREAS, The Commonwealth has ceased using all the facilities
9 at Byberry State Hospital for care, maintenance or treatment of
10 mental illness; and
11 WHEREAS, The Commonwealth desires to reallocate finally the
12 land no longer used for care, maintenance or treatment of mental
13 illness; and
14 WHEREAS, The jurisdiction, duties and responsibilities for
15 the parcel described below were assigned to the Department of
16 Environmental Resources through the act of December 22, 1975
17 (P.L.606, No.175), entitled "An act authorizing and directing
18 the Department of General Services, or such department and The
19 General State Authority, to convey to Philadelphia or transfer
20 jurisdiction within the State government of certain tracts of
21 Commonwealth real property acquired under the act of September
22 29, 1938 (Sp. Sess., P.L.53, No.21), entitled, as reenacted and
23 amended, 'An act relating to institutions of counties, cities,
24 wards, boroughs, townships, institution districts and other
25 political subdivisions, for the care, maintenance, and treatment
26 of mental patients; providing for the transfer to the
27 Commonwealth for the care, maintenance and treatment of mental
28 patients of such institutions, and all grounds, lands, buildings
29 and personal property of such political subdivisions used for
30 the care and maintenance of indigent persons connected with such
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1 mental institutions; providing for the management and operation
2 or closing and abandonment thereof; and the maintenance of
3 mental patients therein; including the collection of maintenance
4 in certain cases; providing for the retransfer of certain
5 property to counties, cities, wards, boroughs, townships,
6 institution districts and other political subdivisions under
7 certain circumstances; conferring and imposing upon the
8 Governor, the Department of Welfare, the courts of common pleas
9 and counties, cities, wards, boroughs, townships, institution
10 districts and other political subdivisions certain powers and
11 duties; prohibiting cities, counties, wards, boroughs,
12 townships, institution districts and other political
13 subdivisions from maintaining and operating institutions, in
14 whole or in part, for the care and treatment of mental patients;
15 and repealing inconsistent laws,' imposing powers and duties on
16 the Department of Environmental Resources in connection with one
17 such tract, and providing for use of land conveyed to the City
18 of Philadelphia"; and
19 WHEREAS, The Commonwealth desires to construct a veterans
20 nursing home on the northeast corner of Roosevelt Boulevard and
21 Southampton Road on grounds now part of Benjamin Rush State Park
22 herein conveyed to the Department of Military Affairs; and
23 WHEREAS, The Commonwealth is further committed to the
24 development of Benjamin Rush State Park as a recreational
25 facility and nature preserve to benefit the residents of
26 southeast Pennsylvania and the newly created Veterans home, and
27 the Department of Environmental Resources is herein granted
28 ground for a permanent entrance to the park from Southampton
29 Road with the expectation that the new entrance will be
30 constructed as soon as practicable with funding provided by the
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1 act of December 18, 1980, entitled "A supplement to the act of
2 October 6, 1980 (No.145), entitled 'An act providing for the
3 capital budget for the fiscal year 1980-1981,' itemizing public
4 improvement and furniture and equipment projects, to be
5 constructed by the Department of General Services and
6 transportation assistance projects to be acquired or constructed
7 by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation together with
8 their estimated financial cost; authorizing the incurring of
9 debt without the approval of the electors for the purpose of
10 financing the projects to be constructed by the Department of
11 General Services or Department of Transportation, stating the
12 estimated useful life of the projects; providing for the
13 adoption of capital projects to be financed from current
14 revenues of the Boating Fund and the Fish Fund and making an
15 appropriation."
16 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
17 hereby enacts as follows:
18 Section 1. (a) The Department of General Services, with the
19 approval of the Governor and the Department of Public Welfare,
20 is hereby authorized and directed on behalf of the Commonwealth
21 of Pennsylvania to transfer the control and jurisdiction over
22 the following parcel of land situate in the City of
23 Philadelphia, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to the Department of
24 Environmental Resources, such land being bounded and described
25 as follows:
26 All that certain lot or piece of ground situate in the 58th
27 Ward of the City of Philadelphia and derived from a plan by
28 Vincent J. Nero, Registered Professional Engineer-Surveyor,
29 dated November 26, 1991, as follows (subject to an official
30 survey):
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1 Beginning at an interior point on the Philadelphia-Bucks
2 County Line located the following five courses and distances
3 from a point of intersection formed by the northwesterly side of
4 the Roosevelt Boulevard (254 feet wide - S.R.0001) and the said
5 Philadelphia-Bucks County Line: (1) north 27 degrees 17 minutes
6 56 seconds west, the distance of 36.302 feet to a point; (2)
7 north 67 degrees 18 minutes 5 seconds west, the distance of
8 86.750 feet to a point; (3) south 70 degrees 32 minutes 10
9 seconds west, the distance of 54.250 feet to a point; (4) south
10 83 degrees 14 minutes 10 seconds east, the distance of 42.000
11 feet to a point; (5) north 82 degrees 30 minutes 35 seconds
12 west, the distance of 54.827 feet to a point; to the point of
13 beginning; thence extending from said point of beginning south
14 48 degrees 5 minutes 49 seconds west, the distance of 491.586
15 feet to a point; thence extending north 86 degrees 54 minutes 11
16 seconds west, the distance of 159.687 feet to a point; thence
17 extending north 41 degrees 54 minutes 11 seconds west, the
18 distance of 524.168 feet to a point; thence extending north 3
19 degrees 5 minutes 49 seconds east, the distance of 159.687 feet
20 to a point; thence extending north 48 degrees 5 minutes 49
21 seconds east, the distance of 440.587 feet to a point; thence
22 extending north 41 degrees 54 minutes 11 seconds west, the
23 distance of 851.168 feet to a point; thence extending south 46
24 degrees 6 minutes 32 seconds west, the distance of 412.292 feet
25 to a point; thence extending north 88 degrees 53 minutes 28
26 seconds west, the distance of 200.000 feet to a point; thence
27 extending north 43 degrees 53 minutes 28 seconds west, the
28 distance of 200.000 feet to a point; thence extending south 46
29 degrees 6 minutes 32 seconds west along a line parallel with and
30 at the distance of 200.000 feet southeastwardly of Carter Road
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1 (46.5 feet wide), the distance of 919.647 feet to a point;
2 thence extending south 41 degrees 4 minutes 22 seconds west
3 along a line parallel with and at the distance of 200.000 feet
4 southeastwardly of the said Carter Road, the distance of 277.530
5 feet to a point; thence extending north 41 degrees 41 minutes 49
6 seconds west, the distance of 201.603 feet to a point on the
7 southeasterly side of the said Carter Road; thence extending
8 north 41 degrees 4 minutes 22 seconds east along a southeasterly
9 side of the said Carter Road, the distance of 260.952 feet to an
10 angle point; thence further extending north 46 degrees 6 minutes
11 32 seconds east along a southeasterly side of the said Carter
12 Road, the distance of 1059.795 feet to a point on the Bucks-
13 Philadelphia County Line, thence extending the following 33
14 courses and distances along the said County Line being within
15 the bed of Poquessing Creek: (1) south 36 degrees 19 minutes 58
16 seconds east, the distance of 37.167 feet to a point; (2) south
17 65 degrees 20 minutes 50 seconds east, the distance of 86.479
18 feet to a point; (3) south 38 degrees 17 minutes 50 seconds
19 east, the distance of 126.625 feet to a point; (4) south 52
20 degrees 56 seconds east, the distance of 79.906 feet to a point;
21 (5) north 61 degrees 57 minutes 32 seconds east, the distance
22 of 119.833 feet to a point; (6) north 47 degrees 21 minutes 38
23 seconds east, the distance of 169.937 feet to a point; (7)
24 north 57 degrees 18 minutes 40 seconds east, the distance of
25 103.417 feet to a point; (8) north 38 degrees 8 minutes 40
26 seconds east, the distance of 74.500 feet to a point; (9) north
27 70 degrees 6 minutes 40 seconds east, the distance of 97.896
28 feet to a point; (10) south 88 degrees 12 minutes 35 seconds
29 east, the distance of 74.854 feet to a point; (11) south 63
30 degrees 21 minutes 35 seconds east, the distance of 47.458 feet
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1 to a point; (12) south 8 degrees 6 minutes 35 seconds east, the
2 distance of 100.146 feet to a point; (13) south 80 degrees 39
3 minutes 35 seconds east, the distance of 34.333 feet to a point;
4 (14) north 80 degrees 14 minutes 40 seconds east, the distance
5 of 180.583 feet to a point; (15) south 65 degrees 14 minutes 35
6 seconds east, the distance of 137.687 feet to a point; (16)
7 south 50 degrees 18 minutes 35 seconds east, the distance of
8 171.062 feet to a point; (17) south 15 degrees 17 minutes 35
9 seconds east, the distance of 144.354 feet to a point; (18)
10 south 14 degrees 57 minutes 40 seconds west, the distance of
11 66.333 feet to a point; (19) south 71 degrees 14 minutes 40
12 seconds west, the distance of 49.750 feet to a point; (20)
13 south 19 degrees 20 minutes 35 seconds east, the distance of
14 266.500 feet to a point; (21) south 22 degrees 14 minutes 40
15 seconds west, the distance of 123.375 feet to a point; (22)
16 south 28 degrees 20 minutes 35 seconds east, the distance of
17 40.583 feet to a point; (23) south 74 degrees 27 minutes 35
18 seconds east, the distance of 81.833 feet to a point; (24)
19 south 37 degrees 29 minutes 40 seconds west, the distance of
20 85.000 feet to a point; (25) south 78 degrees 23 minutes 10
21 seconds west, the distance of 69.125 feet to a point; (26)
22 south 44 degrees 54 minutes 10 seconds west, the distance of
23 128.833 feet to a point; (27) south 2 degrees 27 minutes 40
24 seconds west, the distance of 154.500 feet to a point; (28)
25 south 41 degrees 11 minutes 35 seconds east, the distance of
26 162.250 feet to a point; (29) south 33 degrees 30 minutes 35
27 seconds east, the distance of 96.625 feet to a point; (30)
28 south 76 degrees 49 minutes 35 seconds east, the distance of
29 169.083 feet to a point; (31) north 57 degrees 47 minutes 40
30 seconds east, the distance of 202.000 feet to a point; (32)
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1 north 80 degrees 29 minutes 40 seconds east, the distance of
2 70.792 feet to a point; (33) south 82 degrees 30 minutes 35
3 seconds east, the distance of 27.402 feet to the first mentioned
4 point and place of beginning.
5 Containing in total area 21.500 acres.
6 (b) The Department of General Services, with the approval of
7 the Governor and the Department of Environmental Resources, is
8 hereby authorized and directed on behalf of the Commonwealth of
9 Pennsylvania to transfer the control and jurisdiction over the
10 following parcel of land situate in the City of Philadelphia,
11 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, TO THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL <--
12 SERVICES, SUCH LAND BEING bounded and described as follows:
13 Beginning at a point of curve on the northeasterly side of
14 Southampton-Byberry Road (70 feet wide), said point being the
15 southeasterly end of a curve; having a radius of 25.000 feet and
16 an arc distance of 37.789 feet, connecting the northeasterly
17 side of said Southampton-Byberry Road and the southeasterly side
18 of Roosevelt Boulevard (254 feet wide - S.R.0001); thence
19 extending from said beginning point in northwesterly and
20 northeasterly directions on the said curved line bearing to the
21 right having a radius of 25.000 feet and an arc distance of
22 37.789 feet to a point of tangency on the southeasterly side of
23 the said Roosevelt Boulevard; thence extending north along the
24 southeasterly side of the said Roosevelt Boulevard, the distance
25 of 1,265.000 feet to a point on the southeasterly side of the
26 said Roosevelt Boulevard; thence extending in an eastwardly
27 direction 1,330.000 feet to a point; thence extending south a
28 distance of 675 feet more or less to a point on the south side
29 of East Bucks Drive; thence extending in a westwardly direction
30 the distance of 745 feet more or less to a point on the east
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1 side of Lawrence Drive; thence extending in a southerly
2 direction the distance of 890 feet to a point on the
3 northeasterly side of the said Southampton-Byberry Road; thence
4 extending north 2 degrees 15 minutes 31 seconds west along the
5 northeasterly side of the said Southampton-Byberry Road, the
6 distance of 234.458 feet to a point of curve; thence extending
7 in a northwestwardly direction along the northeasterly side of
8 Southampton-Byberry Road on a curved line bearing to the left
9 having a radius of 735.000 feet and an arc distance of 465.018
10 feet to a point of curve, being the first mentioned point and
11 place of beginning.
12 Containing in total area 26.800 acres more or less, including
13 the following parcel reserved for the Rush State Park.
14 Beginning at a point of curve on the northeasterly side of
15 Southampton-Byberry Road (70 feet wide), said point being the
16 southerly end of a curve; having a radius of 25.000 feet and an
17 arc distance of 37.789 feet, connecting the northeasterly side
18 of said Southampton-Byberry Road and the southeasterly side of
19 Roosevelt Boulevard (254 feet wide - S.R.0001); thence extending
20 from said beginning point in northwesterly and northeasterly
21 directions on the said curved line bearing to the right having a
22 radius of 25.000 feet and an arc distance of 37.789 feet to a
23 point of tangency on the southeasterly side of the said
24 Roosevelt Boulevard; thence extending north along the distance
25 of 1265.000 feet to a point on the southeasterly side of the
26 said Roosevelt Boulevard; thence extending eastwardly the
27 distance of 210.000 feet to a point; thence extending in a
28 southerly direction, the distance of 1150 feet to a point of a
29 radius of 100 feet; thence extending in an eastwardly direction
30 275.000 feet more or less to a point along the east side of
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1 Lawrence Drive; thence extending in a southerly direction to a
2 point on the northeasterly side of Southampton-Byberry Road;
3 thence extending north 2 degrees 15 minutes 30 seconds west
4 along the northeasterly side of the said Southampton-Byberry
5 Road, the distance of 234.458 feet to a point of curve; thence
6 extending in a northwesterly direction along the northeasterly
7 side of the said Southampton-Byberry Road on a curved line
8 bearing to the left having a radius of 735.000 feet and on an
9 arc distance of 465.018 feet to a point of curve in the first
10 mentioned point and place of beginning.
11 Containing in area 7.2000 acres more or less.
12 (c) The responsibilities required of the Department of
13 Environmental Resources for managing this parcel 7.2-ACRE PARCEL <--
14 AS DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION (B) in accordance with the act of
15 December 22, 1975 (P.L.606, No.175), entitled "An act
16 authorizing and directing the Department of General Services, or
17 such department and The General State Authority, to convey to
18 Philadelphia or transfer jurisdiction within the State
19 government of certain tracts of Commonwealth real property
20 acquired under the act of September 29, 1938 (Sp. Sess., P.L.53,
21 No.21), entitled, as reenacted and amended, 'An act relating to
22 institutions of counties, cities, wards, boroughs, townships,
23 institution districts and other political subdivisions, for the
24 care, maintenance, and treatment of mental patients; providing
25 for the transfer to the Commonwealth for the care, maintenance
26 and treatment of mental patients of such institutions, and all
27 grounds, lands, buildings and personal property of such
28 political subdivisions used for the care and maintenance of
29 indigent persons connected with such mental institutions;
30 providing for the management and operation or closing and
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1 abandonment thereof; and the maintenance of mental patients
2 therein; including the collection of maintenance in certain
3 cases; providing for the retransfer of certain property to
4 counties, cities, wards, boroughs, townships, institution
5 districts and other political subdivisions under certain
6 circumstances; conferring and imposing upon the Governor, the
7 Department of Welfare, the courts of common pleas and counties,
8 cities, wards, boroughs, townships, institution districts and
9 other political subdivisions certain powers and duties;
10 prohibiting cities, counties, wards, boroughs, townships,
11 institution districts and other political subdivisions from
12 maintaining and operating institutions, in whole or in part, for
13 the care and treatment of mental patients; and repealing
14 inconsistent laws,' imposing powers and duties on the Department
15 of Environmental Resources in connection with one such tract,
16 and providing for use of land conveyed to the City of
17 Philadelphia," shall cease.
18 (d) The above described tracts and parcels of land are a
19 part of the same land vested in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
20 by the act of September 29, 1938 (Sp.Sess., P.L.53, No.21),
21 entitled, as reenacted and amended, "An act relating to
22 institutions of counties, cities, wards, boroughs, townships,
23 institution districts and other political subdivisions, for the
24 care, maintenance, and treatment of mental patients; providing
25 for the transfer to the Commonwealth for the care, maintenance
26 and treatment of mental patients of such institutions, and all
27 grounds, lands, buildings and personal property of such
28 political subdivisions used for the care and maintenance of
29 indigent persons connected with such mental institutions;
30 providing for the management and operation or closing and
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1 abandonment thereof; and the maintenance of mental patients
2 therein; including the collection of maintenance in certain
3 cases; providing for the retransfer of certain property to
4 counties, cities, wards, boroughs, townships, institution
5 districts and other political subdivisions under certain
6 circumstances; conferring and imposing upon the Governor, the
7 Department of Welfare, the courts of common pleas and counties,
8 cities, wards, boroughs, townships, institution districts and
9 other political subdivisions certain powers and duties;
10 prohibiting cities, counties, wards, boroughs, townships,
11 institution districts and other political subdivisions from
12 maintaining and operating institutions, in whole or in part, for
13 the care and treatment of mental patients; and repealing
14 inconsistent laws." The land was subsequently transferred to the
15 use of the Department of Military Affairs by the act of January
16 26, 1966 (1965 P.L.1610, No.569), entitled "An act authorizing
17 the Department of Property and Supplies, with the approval of
18 the Governor, to transfer and convey to the Department of
19 Military Affairs 17.6885 acres, more or less, of land situate in
20 the fifty-eighth ward of the City of Philadelphia,
21 Pennsylvania," and the act of December 10, 1969 (P.L.360,
22 No.157), entitled "An act authorizing the Department of Property
23 and Supplies to transfer the jurisdiction and control over 7.852
24 acres of land situate in the 58th Ward of the City of
25 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to the Department of Military
26 Affairs with the approval of the Secretary of Public Welfare and
27 the Governor."
28 (e) The above transfers shall be made under and subject,
29 nevertheless, to all easements, servitudes and rights of others,
30 including, but not confined to, streets, roadways and rights of
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1 any telephone, telegraph, water, electric, gas or pipeline
2 companies, as well as under and subject, nevertheless, to any
3 estate or tenancies vested in third persons, whether or not
4 appearing of record, for any portion of the said land or
5 improvements erected thereon.
6 Section 2. The parcels of land herein described, and the
7 jurisdiction and control over the same herein authorized to be
8 transferred shall be transferred free and clear of any
9 limitations or rights of reversion more particularly set forth
10 in section 1 of the act of September 29, 1938 (Sp.Sess., P.L.53,
11 No.21), entitled, as reenacted and amended, "An act relating to
12 institutions of counties, cities, wards, boroughs, townships,
13 institution districts and other political subdivisions, for the
14 care, maintenance, and treatment of mental patients; providing
15 for the transfer to the Commonwealth for the care, maintenance
16 and treatment of mental patients of such institutions, and all
17 grounds, lands, buildings and personal property of such
18 political subdivisions used for the care and maintenance of
19 indigent persons connected with such mental institutions;
20 providing for the management and operation or closing and
21 abandonment thereof; and the maintenance of mental patients
22 therein; including the collection of maintenance in certain
23 cases; providing for the retransfer of certain property to
24 counties, cities, wards, boroughs, townships, institution
25 districts and other political subdivisions under certain
26 circumstances; conferring and imposing upon the Governor, the
27 Department of Welfare, the courts of common pleas and counties,
28 cities, wards, boroughs, townships, institution districts and
29 other political subdivisions certain powers and duties;
30 prohibiting cities, counties, wards, boroughs, townships,
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1 institution districts and other political subdivisions from
2 maintaining and operating institutions, in whole or in part, for
3 the care and treatment of mental patients; and repealing
4 inconsistent laws."
5 Section 3. Upon the appropriation of the necessary funds by
6 the General Assembly, the Department of General Services shall
7 be authorized and directed to construct a veterans home on the
8 land described in section 1(b). Jurisdiction to the land
9 described in section 1(b) shall be transferred to the Department
10 of Military Affairs upon completion of the construction of the
11 veterans home.
12 Section 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
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