Pennsylvania Statutes Title 16 P.S. Counties § 5577. Acquiring of property

(a) Counties shall have power to take by gift, purchase or acquire through condemnation proceedings, property for the purpose of erecting thereon public auditoriums, public libraries, public memorial buildings and monuments.

All proceedings for the condemnation of any property under the provisions of this section shall be in the manner and subject to the restrictions and procedure provided by law.

(b) Counties may appropriate money from the public funds or by issuance of bonds in accordance with 53 Pa.C.S. Pt. VII Subpt. B  1 (relating to indebtedness and borrowing) for the erection on said property taken, purchased or acquired through condemnation proceedings, public auditoriums, public libraries, public memorial buildings and monuments. They may appropriate moneys for the operation and maintenance of such public auditoriums, public libraries, memorials, buildings and monuments.