Pennsylvania Act 1911-727 — PROVIDE CERTIFICATES OF ELECTION

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PROVIDE CERTIFICATES OF ELECTION
                 Act of Jun. 14, 1911, P.L. 926, No. 727              Cl. 25
                                  AN ACT

     To provide for the issuing of certificates of election to
        Senators and Representatives in the General Assembly of
        Pennsylvania; authorizing the proper officers of the Senate
        and House of Representatives to procure seals; and making an
        appropriation therefor.

        Section 1.  Be it enacted, &c., That from and after the
     passage of this act, the President pro tempore of the Senate and
     the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall be and they
     hereby are authorized and directed, upon receipt of the returns
     of elections for Senators and Representatives in the General
     Assembly of Pennsylvania, held in the several counties of this
     Commonwealth, to issue to each person so returned as elected as
     Senator or Representative an appropriately engraved and
     engrossed certificate of his election. Said certificates to be
     signed by the said President pro tempore of the Senate and the
     Speaker of the House of Representatives, respectively, attested
     by the Chief Clerks of the respective Houses, and sealed with
     the seals hereinafter provided for.
        Section 2.  The President pro tempore of the Senate and
     Speaker of the House of Representatives are further authorized
     and directed to procure seals bearing the same device as is
     engraved on the Great Seal of the State; and, on the part of the
     Senate, shall have for legend, "Seal of the Senate of
     Pennsylvania," and, on the part of the House of Representatives,
     shall have for legend, "Seal of the House of Representatives of
     Pennsylvania."
        Section 3.  The sum of seven hundred and seventy-one dollars,
     or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and the same is
     hereby specifically appropriated, to cover such expenditures as
     may be necessary to supply the Senators and Representatives of
     the session of one thousand nine hundred and eleven with the
     certificates hereinbefore provided for: one hundred and ninety-
     two dollars and seventy-five cents, for the use of the Senate;
     and five hundred and seventy-eight dollars and twenty-five
     cents, for the use of the House of Representatives. The
     necessary expenditures shall be paid by the State Treasurer on
     warrants of the Auditor General, upon the presentation of
     vouchers approved by the President pro tempore of the Senate and
     the Speaker of the House of Representatives, respectively.