The sworn statement of the superintendent, steward, or other person in whose custody are kept the records of any hospital, home, asylum, or other institution not owned by the State wherein persons are maintained in part at the expense of this Commonwealth, and a statement of the Department of Revenue issued under its seal on behalf of any State-owned institution wherein persons are maintained in part at the expense of the Commonwealth, shall be received as prima facie evidence in any court of this Commonwealth, of the amount expended by the Commonwealth for the support or maintenance of any such person, in any proceeding brought to recover the amount of such maintenance.
71 P.S. § 1785