TO CREATE A BOARD OF CHARITIES ACT Act of Apr. 5, 1872, P.L. 42, No. 34 Cl. 67 A SUPPLEMENT To an act, entitled "An Act to create a board of public charities," approved the twenty-fourth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine. Section 1. Statements to be made to Department of Welfare (1 repealed Dec. 14, 1992, P.L.887, No.142) Section 2. Time of return of statements (2 repealed Dec. 14, 1992, P.L.887, No.142) Section 3. Overseers and directors of poor to keep records, and make returns thereof It shall be the duty of the overseers and directors of the poor, or other persons having charge of the poor in the several counties, cities, boroughs and townships of this Commonwealth, and of all directors and managers of charitable and correctional institutions of the Commonwealth receiving State aid, to keep their records after the manner and in the form to be prescribed by the Board of Public Charities, and to make returns thereof to said board at such times as they may direct; and in default thereof, the person or persons so offending shall forfeit and pay a fine of not less than one hundred dollars, to be sued for and collected by the general agent, in the name of the Board of Public Charities, for the use of the Commonwealth. 1872, April 5, P.L. 42, Sec. 3. Section 4. Plans of prisons and almshouses to be inspected and approved Before any county prison or county almshouse shall be erected within this Commonwealth, the plan of construction of such prison or almshouse, drawn sufficiently in detail for clear comprehension thereof, shall be submitted by the commissioners of the county in which the same is to be built, to the Board of Public Charities, and shall be inspected and approved by said board, and so certified by the secretary of said board upon the plan, a copy of which shall be furnished by the commissioners at the time of their submitting the original as aforesaid, and shall be signed by the secretary of said board, and shall be filed and remain in the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth. 1872, April 5, P.L. 42, Sec. 4. Section 5. Clerical assistance The said Board of Public Charities may engage and employ such clerical assistance as they may require, the expense thereof not to exceed fifteen hundred dollars per annum. 1872, April 5, P.L. 42, Sec. 5. |