Pennsylvania Act 1947-61 — DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION IN SECOND CLASS CITIES

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DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION IN SECOND CLASS CITIES
                   Act of May 2, 1947, P.L. 142, No. 61               Cl. 11
                               A SUPPLEMENT

     To the act, approved the 7th day of March, one thousand nine
        hundred and one (Pamphlet Laws 20), entitled "An act for the
        government of cities of the second class," establishing a
        department of parks and recreation in said cities; providing
        for its officers and employees, and defining the powers,
        duties and jurisdiction of said department.

        The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     hereby enacts as follows:

        Section 1.  That an additional department in the government
     of cities of the second class is hereby created to be known as
     the department of parks and recreation.
        Section 2.  The department of parks and recreation shall be
     under the charge of a director who shall be the head thereof.
     The supervision, equipping, operation, care and maintenance of
     parks, zoological gardens, conservatories, greenhouses,
     forestry, playgrounds, playfields, gymnasiums, public baths,
     swimming pools, and indoor recreation centers and the
     supervision of playleaders, recreation directors, supervisors,
     superintendents and any other officers or employes deemed proper
     for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act,
     shall be under the jurisdiction of this department.
        Section 3.  All the powers and duties as set forth in section
     2 hereof, which are now under the jurisdiction of any other
     department of said city, are hereby transferred to the
     department of parks and recreation.