Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-06-19
Harrisburg Notes.

On Thursday last, Gov. Pattison vetoed
four bills-the State Weather Service bill;
local school bill; the additional Bird book
. bill; and the firemans relief association
bill. The Gov. always gives his reasons
for vetoing q bill and as he seems to be
thoroughly conversant with the Con-
stitution of the state, his vetoes make
! interesting reading, and they should be
read by every aspirant for legislative honors
in the state.
On Friday last the Governor signed the
following bills-Amending the horse racing
act of 1920 80 o. not to apply to horses used
in races and to incorporated trotting as
sociations; enabling any township which
sdjoins q borough or city to hold It's
elections within the corporate limits Of said
borough of fcity; preventing the adulteration
Of cider vinegar; amending the act relating
to construction and condemnation of turn-
pixies; providing for taking appeals in case
of divorce; relating to competency oil
certain witnesses in civil cases where the
assignor in action is dead or has been
adjudeed a lunatic; amending the act re-
lative to free bridge over the Delaware
river; making an appropriation for the
deficiency in the salary Of the President
Judge of the Tenth Judicial district; allow
ing the Equinunk Bridge Company to con-
struct bridge over the Delaware river: and
he vetoed ten bills as follows-relsting to
the sale of real estate of corporations, Tor
the reason that similar statute is already
on the books; to protect holders of casualty
insurance polices. three private relief bills,
authorizing the sale of real estate by
persons named in q will other than the
Iexecutor; supplement to church bill; IN
creasing the number Of agents Of the state
| Board of Charities; two publication bills;
regarding brevet commissions to graduates
of military academies.
With the exception Of q few items, the
Gov. last week, approved of the general
appropriation bill. The vetoed items were
those providing for the expenses Of Legis-
lIature investigating committees, for copy
ing old documents, and for additional
factory inspectors.
Under the new revenue law the tax on
personal property in Pennsylvania VIII
give the State $546, ,965. .55 and the counties
| 81, $40, ,sg7 SO. There are nearly two thoua-
and corporations in Pennsylvania which
will lie affected by the Boyer tax bill.
These corporations pay in the aggregate
| oyer 81 900, 900 in capital stock tax to the
State. The Boyer act adds two mills TO
| this tax, which Auditor General AcCamant
| estimates will increase the revenues from
| this source alone about 81, 500 000
The Supreme Court sustained Governor
Pattisons appointment Of W. r. Wright,
| as treasurer of Philadelphia, and that city
| now has treasurer who is at least right
by name.
| On Tuesday Gov. Pattison approved
| fifty eight bills, ss follows:
| Authorizing the election of assistant
assessor in certain townships; granting an
| Thirth-fifth Regiment, Pennsylvania
Militia; granting an annuity TO Archibald
D. Knox, of Thirty fifth Regiment, Penn
sylvania Militia; relieving employees from
certain prosecutions and punishments for
conspiracy under certain laws; authorizing
the extension of the corporate existence OF
any railroad corporation organized under
| either o special or general law; relating
to the Illuminating Of boroughs by electric
light; defining the duties Of police magi-
strates in cities Of the second class; author,
izing county commissioners to re1uiia
bridges owned by corporations and which
have been DESTROYED and abandoned; in
oreasing the number of clerks employed in
the Office of the Secretary of the Common
wealth; amending the act of 1874 in respect
10 representation in boards Of school con-
trollers; abolishing the Office of director OF
the poor in cities of the second class;
/ supplementing an act relative to disused
burying grounds forbidding any person to
open or carry on any retail drug store,
chemical store, ETC., unless provided with
q certificate Of competency by the State
Pharmaceutical Examining Board and pro-
law; classifying counties which contain
over SOC, 900 inhabitants and fixing the
compensation Of county officers therein;
4 sppIopristing 81, 900 to the State Normal
School at Clarion; sppropriating 81, 500
for the State Normal School at Edinb0ro;
appropriating 10000 for the Central
Normal School Association at Lock Haven;
appropriating e12, 900 for the State Normal
School ut California, Washington county;
appropriating $50, 900 for the State Normal
School at Mansfield, Tioga county; appro.
School at Millersville, Lancaster county
appropriating $25, 900 for the State Normal
| School at Kutzt0wn, Bcrks county; appro-
priating 100000 for the State Normal
School at Slippery Rock; appropriating
| SIS, 900 to the hospital department OF the
Hahneman Medical College, of Phil
adelphia, $4,000 for the Academy of
Natural Sciences, Philadelphia; $1,000 for
the Pennsylvania Society TO Protect Chill
dren from Cruelty; $50, 900 for the Allie
gheny General Hospital, Of Allegheny City;
q, 900 for the South Side Hospital, Of
Pittsburg; appropriating money for past
deficiencies and current expenses of the
Homeopathic Medical and Surgical Hos
Il pital Of Pittsburg; 1900 to the Phil
adelphia Polytechnic; $50, 900 for the Wills
Eye Hospital, Philadelphia; $50, 900 to the
Mercy Hospital, Of Pittsburg; $1,000 to the
Rosine Home, Of Philsdelphia; "a, 900 to
the Old Ladies' Home, OF Philadelphia;
90, ,O0O to the Bradford Hospital, of Brad
SIC, 900 to the Union Home for Old Ladies,
Philadelphia; q, 900 for the Erie Home of
the Friendless, Erie; $4,000 TO the Chill
dren's Aid Society OF Pennsylvania; 5000
for the Home for Friendless Children, Lam
caster; $5, 900 for the Philadelphia Lying
In Charity; $4,000 for the Philadelphia
Orthopedis Hospital, Of Philadelphia; $35,-
900 to the University of Pennsylvania;
$25, 900 to the Pennsylvania Museum and
School of Industrial Art; 5000 to the
Maternity Hospital, Philadelphia; s12 500
to the Shenango Valley Hospital Of New
Castle; $1,000 to the Homeopathic Hos
pital Association of Erie; 5000 to the
Harrisburg Hospital; 5000 to the Chill
dren's Industrial Home, Harrisburg; 90, 900
to the Altoona Hospital; SIS, 900 to liquidate
q mortgage lien and pay current expenses
of the Memorial Home at Brookville; $l0,-
600 toward erecting and furnishing q hos
pital ct Pottstown; SIC, 900 10 the Northern
Home for Friendless Children; sl7. 500 for
the erection and maintenance of city
hospital at Carbondale, ,Lackawanna county;
$f0, 900 to the Pittsburg and Allegheny
Home for the Fricndlcss; q, 900 TO the
Pennsylvania Prison Society; $1,000 to the
Colored Women's Home, Pittsbnrg; 80 900
TO the Home Of the Ladies Of the q. A. K.
at Hawkins station, Allegheny county;
$36, 900 TO the Wilkesbarre City Hospital.
| And he, that day vetoed four bills-an
act regarding the sale Of coal In cities Of
the first class, and three private bills
| A New Lien Law
The new lien law just signed by Governor
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