Section 6. Said memorial hall shall be in honor of the soldiers, sailors and marines from Allegheny County, who served in the army and navy of the United States in the war for the suppression of the rebellion. It shall contain one large assembly hall, or auditorium, for public meetings of the soldiers, sailors, and marines of Allegheny County, but which may be used for other public meetings. It shall also contain rooms for meetings of the posts of the Grand Army of the Republic, encampments of the Union Veteran Legion, commanderies of the Loyal Legion, and kindred patriotic organizations. It shall also contain rooms and places for the proper display and preservation of relics and trophies of the war for the suppression of the rebellion; flags, histories, rosters, and records of the Grand Army posts, encampments of the Union Veteran Legion, commanderies of the Loyal Legion; regimental and company histories, photographs, paintings and portraits, busts and statues, of soldiers, sailors, and marines of Allegheny County; and mural tablets, upon which shall be inscribed the names of the soldiers, sailors, and marines of Allegheny County who served in the war for the suppression of the rebellion. A committee of ten, with power to fill vacancies, shall be selected by the survivors of the war for the suppression of the rebellion, residing in Allegheny County. The president judge of the court of common pleas, the judge next oldest in commission in said court, and the three county commissioners of said county, shall, ex officio, be members of the committee who, together, shall constitute a board of managers. The board of managers thus constituted shall annually select from their number a president, a secretary, and such other officers as may be necessary--but no member shall receive any compensation, except the secretary--but shall be allowed the necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duty. The board shall select the superintendent, and the necessary employes, the number and salaries to be fixed by the salary board of the county. The board of managers shall have full power to maintain, operate, and rent Memorial Hall and the grounds, for purposes not inconsistent with the memorial character of the building, and shall determine what supplies, materials, decorations, or improvements are required in the building and grounds, and the design and character thereof; and, when so determined by the board, the president and secretary shall certify the same to the county commissioners, together with designs, plans, and estimates of the cost of any proposed improvement or decoration. The county commissioners shall, thereupon, make all contracts for supplies, materials, decorations, or improvements, in the manner now provided by law. The board shall make a detailed report at the close of each fiscal year, to the commissioners and controller, in the form prescribed by them; and, at least thirty days prior to the beginning of each fiscal year, submit to the county commissioners a detailed estimate of the amount of money which will be required by them for the coming year; and, should the board of managers and the county commissioners differ in their judgment as to the amount of money required, the estimates shall be submitted by the board of managers to the court of common pleas of the county, which court, after investigation, shall certify the amount to be allowed; and its decision shall be final, and no expense shall be incurred in excess of these amounts without the consent of the county commissioners: Provided, however, That any improvement or decoration requiring an expenditure of over five thousand dollars ($5,000) must receive the approval of the grand jury and the court of quarter sessions of the county before such improvement shall be made. The president and secretary, upon direction of the board, shall issue certificates for all moneys to be paid, which certificates shall be changeable at the office of the county commissioners for such forms of warrant as may be in use for the distribution of county funds for general county purposes; and all moneys so expended shall be paid and accounted for in the same manner as moneys expended for general county purposes, and any moneys realized by the board shall be paid into the county treasury and become a part of the general county fund.
(6 amended May 23, 1913, P.L.301, No.208)