Section 2. Establishment of kindergartens
The said controllers (the "controllers of the public schools for city and county of Philadelphia," subsequently designated the "board of public education.") are hereby authorized, whenever they shall think proper, to establish schools for the instruction of children under five years of age, and the moneys expended in the establishment and support of these schools shall be provided for and paid in the same manner as is now, or shall hereafter be directed by law, with respect to the other public schools in said district. 1828, April 14, P.L. 458, Sec. 2.