16 P.S. § 5562 Plan of Hall; Special Rooms to Be Provided

• Library: Pennsylvania Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through P.A. Acts 2023-21
• Year: 2023
• Citation: 16 P.S. § 5562

(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.