The Journal of Prison Discipline and Philanthropy 1919 (New Series, No. 58)Pennsylvania Prison Society
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The Journal of Prison Discipline and Philanthropy 1919 (New Series, No. 58)
Pennsylvania Prison Society
Charities -- Periodicals; Prisons -- Periodicals
SECTION 15. All salaries, compensation, and expenses, payable under
this act, except wages for labor performed by inmates shall be paid by
the State Treasurer on the warrant of the Auditor General.
SECTION 16. To carry out the purposes of this act the sum of two
hundred thousand dollars, ($200,000), or such part thereof as shall be
necessary is hereby appropriated to the Committee on Delinquency.
SECTION 17. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby
repealed.
STATE INDUSTRIAL FARMS ACT.[2]
SECTION 1. _Be it enacted, etc._, That this act shall be known and
may be cited as “The State Industrial Farms Act of one thousand nine
hundred and nineteen.”
SECTION 2. There are hereby established four state industrial farms for
the first, second, third, and fourth districts respectively.
SECTION 3. The first district shall comprise the counties of Berks,
Bucks, Chester, Dauphin, Delaware, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh,
Montgomery, Northampton, and York; and the state industrial farm
therein located shall be known as the “Southeastern Industrial Farm.”
The second district shall comprise the counties of Bradford,
Carbon, Columbia, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Lycoming, Monroe, Montour,
Northumberland, Pike, Schuylkill, Snyder, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga,
Union, Wayne, and Wyoming; and the state industrial farm therein
located shall be known as the “Northeastern Industrial Farm.”
The third district shall comprise the counties of Armstrong, Butler,
Cameron, Centre, Clarion, Clearfield, Clinton, Crawford, Elk, Erie,
Forest, Jefferson, Lawrence, McKean, Mercer, Potter, Venango, and
Warren; and the state industrial farm therein located shall be known as
the “Northwestern Industrial Farm.”
The fourth district shall comprise the counties of Adams, Beaver,
Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Cumberland, Fayette, Franklin, Fulton, Greene,
Huntingdon, Indiana, Juniata, Mifflin, Perry, Somerset, Washington, and
Westmoreland; and the state industrial farm therein located shall be
known as the “Southwestern Industrial Farm.”
SECTION 4. Upon the approval of this act a board of managers for each
district shall be appointed by the Governor. Each board shall consist
of either five or seven reputable citizens, one or two of whom shall
be women. The members of such boards shall serve without compensation,
but all of their expenses actually and necessarily incurred shall be
paid by the State Treasurer on the warrant of the Auditor General,
which shall be issued upon the order of the board, countersigned by the
secretary of the Committee of Delinquency of this Commonwealth. The
members of the various boards shall serve for a term of five years and
their successors for the same period. The Governor may remove any of
the managers for misconduct, incompetency, or neglect of duty, and in
case of a vacancy for any cause shall fill such vacancy by appointment
for the unexpired term.
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