Section 1

Act 319 of 1901, § 1, under STATE COLLEGES, POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN.

Act 319 of 1901, § 1

Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That whenever the board of trustees of any State normal school of this Commonwealth deem it necessary to enlarge the area of the real estate upon which the buildings of said normal school are erected, to meet the growing demands of said institution, including a campus, and cannot agree with the owner or owners of the land they wish to acquire, as to its purchase or occupancy, it shall be lawful for said board of trustees, on behalf of said normal school district, to enter upon and occupy sufficient ground for the purposes aforesaid, which they shall mark off, not exceeding two acres and to use and occupy the same, for the purposes for which they desire to use and occupy the same in connection with the said school; and for all damages done for the taking of the same, for the purposes as aforesaid, the trustees of such normal school district shall give bond, with security approved by the court of common pleas of the county in which such lands are situated, conditioned for the payment of such damages when the same shall be agreed upon by the parties or assessed according to law, which bond shall be filed in said court, for the use of the person interested.