16 Pa. Stat. § 5562

Current through Pa Acts 2024-53, 2024-56 through 2024-92
Section 5562 - Plan of hall; special rooms to be provided
(a) The memorial hall shall be in honor of the soldiers, sailors and marines from the county who served in the Army and Navy of the United States in any war in which the United States has been or may hereafter be engaged. Such memorial halls shall each contain one large assembly room or auditorium for public meetings of the soldiers, sailors and marines of such county, which may be used also for other public meetings and patriotic gatherings by the consent of the board of control herein provided for.
(b) Such memorial hall shall also contain rooms for meetings of posts of the Grand Army of the Republic, encampments of the Union Veterans Legion, commanderies of the Loyal Legion, camps of the Sons of Veterans, Women's Relief Corps, Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic, chapters of the Daughters of the Revolution, organizations of the Spanish-American War and Philippine insurrection, the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and organizations of veterans of all other wars in which the United States has or may be engaged, and also rooms for such committees of public defense and welfare as may be created by the State, or as may be approved by the board of control hereinafter provided for.
(c) Such memorial halls shall also provide room for the display and preservation of relics and trophies of all wars in which the United States has been or may be engaged, photographs, paintings and portraits, busts and statues of the soldiers, sailors and marines of the county, and mural tablets upon which shall be inscribed the names of such soldiers, sailors and marines. Such memorial halls shall also contain waiting and rest rooms with lavatories attached.

16 P.S. § 5562

1953, July 28, P.L. 723, art. XXV, § 2562.