Bill Information - History

An Act amending the act of May 25, 1921 (P.L.1144, No.425), entitled "An act creating a Department of Public Welfare; defining its powers and duties; abolishing the Board of Public Charities, the Committee on Lunacy, and the Prison Labor Commission, and all offices thereunder, and vesting all the powers of said board, committee, and commission in the Department of Public Welfare; requiring all reports, notices, statements, or matters, heretofore required to be made, given, or submitted to the Board of Public Charities or the Committee on Lunacy, to be made, given, or submitted to the Department of Public Welfare; and providing penalties," further providing for the powers of the Department of Public Welfare relating to the commitment of juvenile delinquents.