The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-03-29
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PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.
House.

House.
Chairman Hosack of the ways and
means committee ntruiuced n bill I'm
the house Monday evening authoriz-
ing the governor to appoint a solicitor
or the commonwealth at an annual
salary of $4,000. The preamble to the
bill recites that the state finances are
In such condition as to render lmpera-
tive the collection of taxes due the
commonwealth from delinquent cor
porations and that the solicitor would
be able to collect and pay into the
state treasury not less than 100000
annually which otherwise would be
lost to the commonwealth.
Representative Hosaok also pres
ented a bill taxing the capital stock
OF manufacturing corporations.
The order of business I'm the house
Tuesday was bills on third reading.
Senate bills creating n bureau of
health in cities of the first class and
repeating that portion of the act of
June l, 1885, creating board OF health
IN such cities, passed finally. The
keegan bill to provide for the weigh
Ing of coal at bituminous and semi
bituinlnous mines and for the pay
ment by weight also passed finally.
Mr.. Allen of Philadelphia moved to
reconsider the vote by which the sem
ate bill to protect persons who have
been convicted OF crime and who have
reformed from having their previous
record used against them In any man
ner, and to protect minors who may
have been committed to any place of
reformatory from having their record
used against them unless under GER
tam circumstances, was defeated last
wednesday on second reading. The
motion was adopted and the bill was
read the second time.
The House Wednesday passed final
ly the Fow multiple store bill, which
met little opposition. The bill Is
backed by the Retail Grocers Associa-
tion of Philadelphia, and is claimed to
be intended as protection tn the pro-
prietors of but one or two stores and
the comparatively small dealers gem
orally against individuals and COM
panies that grasp a large amount of
the business for themselves by con-
trolling many stores. The bill would
impose. in addition to the mercantile
tax now required by law a tax of $500
on each store more than three which n
person or company has in a county.
ON third reading and final passage
the following passed.
Making school taxes lien against
real estate and providing for the re-
vival of the same; further regulating
the duties and liabilities of collectors
VI ENibOi DIONlulTR LOT Iflt reg
istration and collection of unpaid taxes
assessed against real estate; imposing
additional duties from school treasury
and specifying the additional duties
and fees of the prothonotary for serv-
ices in and about the registration.
The following revenue bills passed
In the House Thursday:
Providing for the payment of bonus
upon the bonds which corporations
10 mt tt.,, he .l -a,N
are authorized to issue. BY this meas
ure all corporations Except those of
the first class) existing under the laws
of this state are required to pay a
bonus of one-third of 1 per cent upon
all bonds that they are now authorized
to issue, and no corporation can issue
bonds or Increase its bonded indebted
ness until II has paid the bonus of one
third of l per cent. 1t is estimated
this will increase the State revenue
5000, 900 annually.
Taxing all beer, ale and porter man.
ufactured or brewed within this Com
monwealth. BY this measure a tax of
three-fourths of ] per cent per gallon
Is levied upon all beer. ale and porter
manufactured or brewed in the State.
This measure requires a uniformity of
taxation upon all the breweries of the
State. The estimated annual amount
of revenue that will be derived from
this bill Is s515,530, or s3O7,3S0 more
than the state now receives This
measure repeals the act &c 1897, taxing
brewers.
In the house Friday Mr.. Fow of
Philadelphia introduced bill making
licenses to sell liquors, spirituous,
vinous or malt either at wholesale or
retail, personal property and subject
to levy and sale, and providing for the
transfer thereof to the purchaser.
Mr.. Garvin, Delaware. attempted to
get special orders for bill to remedy
bill of 1897, to create a dental council,
and for the registration of dentists.
Mr.. Fow attacked the dental author
tiles for having refused to accept this
bill from the legislature. and he was
of opinion that the legislature should
have nothing to do with them. The
house denied the special order.