Pennsylvania Statutes Title 16 P.S. Counties § 5570. Purchase or condemnation of additional land; equipment, furnishing and decorating

In any county in which there has been or may hereafter be erected a memorial hall in honor of the soldiers, sailors or marines from such county who served in any war in which the United States has been or may be hereafter engaged, upon petition of at least fifty (50) citizens to the court of quarter sessions setting forth that it is necessary or desirable to acquire additional land adjoining that upon which said memorial hall is erected to enhance and preserve the beauty and character of said memorial hall and the object had in its erection, or that it is necessary or desirable to equip, furnish and decorate said memorial hall, or both, the court shall lay said petition before the grand jury then or next sitting for their approval. If said petition shall be approved by said grand jury, it shall be certified back to the court. If no exceptions thereto are filed within ten (10) days from the date upon which said petition was certified back to the court, or if exceptions are filed and are dismissed, the court shall confirm said petition absolutely, and thereupon the court may make an order authorizing the board of commissioners to acquire, by purchase or condemnation, such additional land, or to equip, furnish and decorate said memorial hall, or both. The cost to said county of acquiring such additional land shall not exceed a sum equal to one-fourth ( 1/4 ) of the total cost of said memorial hall and the land upon which said memorial hall has been erected, and the cost to said county of equipping, furnishing and decorating said memorial hall shall not exceed a sum equal to one-twelfth ( 1/12 ) of the total cost of said memorial hall and the land upon which said memorial hall has been erected.