541

The sum of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) shall be used by the Secretary of Education for the acquisition, through purchase or condemnation proceedings, of lands for public schools or second rural units in various parts of the Commonwealth which lack lands or do not have sufficient land for the practical and efficient teaching of agriculture; Provided, That for the purpose of enforcing §§ 541—544 of this title and of making it [immediately] effective, the power of expropriation is vested in the Secretary of Education for the purposes set forth, and the lands selected may be expropriated without the previous declaration of public utility provided for by the General Expropriation Act, §§ 2901—2913 of Title 32. Said lands and lots and accessories thereof are hereby declared [to be] of public utility.The acquisition of said land shall be devoted exclusively for agricultural education and the Department of Education may not alter its use. History —Mar. 30, 1944, No. 19, p. 36, § 2; May 15, 1945, No. 277, p. 986, § 1; Apr. 3, 1946, No. 257, p. 528, § 2; Apr. 19, 2007, No. 34, § 1.

The sum of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) shall be used by the Secretary of Education for the acquisition, through purchase or condemnation proceedings, of lands for public schools or second rural units in various parts of the Commonwealth which lack lands or do not have sufficient land for the practical and efficient teaching of agriculture; Provided, That for the purpose of enforcing §§ 541—544 of this title and of making it [immediately] effective, the power of expropriation is vested in the Secretary of Education for the purposes set forth, and the lands selected may be expropriated without the previous declaration of public utility provided for by the General Expropriation Act, §§ 2901—2913 of Title 32. Said lands and lots and accessories thereof are hereby declared [to be] of public utility.The acquisition of said land shall be devoted exclusively for agricultural education and the Department of Education may not alter its use. History —Mar. 30, 1944, No. 19, p. 36, § 2; May 15, 1945, No. 277, p. 986, § 1; Apr. 3, 1946, No. 257, p. 528, § 2; Apr. 19, 2007, No. 34, § 1.