Pennsylvania Act 1941-257 — ACQUIRING LAND FOR A STATE PARK

Act text

ACQUIRING LAND FOR A STATE PARK
                  Act of Aug. 1, 1941, P.L. 609, No. 257              Cl. 32
                                  AN ACT

     Providing for the acquisition by the Department of Forests and
        Waters, in the name of the Commonwealth, of certain lands in
        Luzerne, Sullivan and Wyoming Counties for use as a State
        Park; making an appropriation for said acquisition; providing
        for the management of said property by said department, and
        defining the uses to which the property shall be put.

        Compiler's Note:  Section 303(b) of Act 18 of 1995, which
            created the Department of Conservation and Natural
            Resources and renamed the Department of Environmental
            Resouces as the Department of Environmental Protection,
            provided that the Department of Conservation and Natural
            Resources shall exercise the powers and duties conferred
            upon the Department of Forests and Waters by Act 257 of
            1941.

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

        Section 1.  For the purpose of preserving and perpetuating
     the unparalleled beauty of the several glens which converge and
     from Rickett's Glen, likewise known as Kitchen Creek, and the
     surrounding area thereof, all of said area being located in
     Luzerne, Sullivan and Wyoming Counties, and for the further
     purpose of enjoyment of the same by the general public, the
     Department of Forests and Waters is hereby authorized to
     acquire, in the name of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the
     area hereinabove generally described, or any portion or portions
     thereof, determined by the department to be necessary, the same
     to be laid out, preserved and maintained as a State Park.
        Section 2.  The sum of one hundred fifty thousand dollars
     ($150,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby
     specifically appropriated to the Department of Forests and
     Waters for the purpose of purchasing said property. No part of
     said consideration shall be paid until the title to said
     property shall be approved by the Attorney General of the
     Commonwealth.
        Section 3.  After the said property shall have passed into
     the possession of the Commonwealth, the Department of Forests
     and Waters shall have full control and supervision thereof, with
     power to adopt and carry into effect plans for the improvement,
     preservation and use thereof. The department may enforce such
     rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the laws of this
     Commonwealth, as it may make for the protection of life and
     property, the maintenance of good order and the carrying into
     effect the full and proper use of said property as a State Park.
     The department shall also have power, with the approval of the
     Governor, to make and carry out such plans for the profitable
     utilization of the dead and down timber, and such other
     operations for the profitable employment of said lands as may
     not be inconsistent with their full use as a State Park, and
     which the said department deems to be to the best interests of
     the Commonwealth. Any moneys derived therefrom shall be paid
     into the State Forests and Waters Fund.