Act of Jun. 14, 1911,P.L. 933, No. 735 Cl. 35 - NANTICOKE HOSPITAL, REGULATIONS
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NANTICOKE HOSPITAL, REGULATIONS
Act of Jun. 14, 1911,
P.L. 933,
No. 735
Cl. 35
AN ACT
Providing for an examination of the Nanticoke Hospital, of Nanticoke, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania; providing for the transfer, under certain conditions, of the said hospital to the Commonwealth; regulating said hospital in the event of such transfer; and making an appropriation to carry out the purposes of this act.
Whereas, The Nanticoke Hospital Association, of Nanticoke, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, has erected and fully equipped a hospital at Nanticoke, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania; and
Whereas, The said Nanticoke Hospital Association is desirous of transferring and conveying said hospital, including all the buildings, grounds, and equipment appurtenant thereto, unto this Commonwealth, to be hereafter maintained as a State Hospital; therefore,--
Section 1.
Be it enacted, &c., That the Governor is hereby authorized and directed to appoint a commission, consisting of five citizens of this Commonwealth, to serve without compensation, who shall investigate and examine the said hospital, together with all the buildings, grounds, equipment, affairs, and accounts of said association. Said commission shall ascertain the indebtedness of said association, of whatsoever nature, and shall ascertain what, if any, liens there may be of record against said hospital, including said buildings and grounds, and what, if any, claims there may be against said association or against said hospital, including all buildings, grounds, and equipment, and whether said hospital is in good repair, and whether there is ground adjacent and belonging thereto sufficient for the proper maintenance of said hospital. If said commission shall ascertain that said hospital is in good repair, and is fully equipped and in proper condition to accommodate patients, and that there is sufficient ground as aforesaid, and that the total of all claims, debts, and liens against said association and against said hospital, including all buildings, equipment, and grounds, does not exceed the sum of fourteen thousand dollars, said Commission shall have authority, and is hereby directed, to accept said hospital, including all said buildings, grounds, and equipment, in the name of this Commonwealth.
Section 2.
(2 repealed June 7, 1923, P.L.498, No.274)
Section 3.
Said board of trustees, if said hospital be transferred, shall have full charge and supervision of said hospital and its affairs. It shall, subject to the approval of the Governor, prepare and adopt such rules and regulations for the government of said hospital as it may deem necessary. It shall report annually to the Governor, in writing, on or before the first day of December.
Section 4.
Subject to the approval of the Governor, the said board of trustees, in the event of such transfer, may appoint such persons, male and female, as it may deem necessary in the maintenance of said hospital, and at such compensation as shall be fixed by the Governor.
Section 5.
The sum of one hundred dollars ($100), or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby specifically appropriated, for the purpose of defraying the expenses actually and necessarily incurred by said commission of examination and investigation in the performance of the duties herein prescribed. All payments made hereunder shall be upon duly certified and itemized vouchers, verified by the affidavit of the chairman of said commission, and upon warrant of the Auditor General.