The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-02-22
Local Measures
at State Capital

Harrisburg. Feb. 81.
-NER SINCE the repeal in 1895 of the "New
II County Act" Of 1873, Lsckawanna has had
l. no law enabling parties who had mortgages
recorded In Luzerno county-prior TO the
divlsion-on lands in Lackawanna county, to
enforce the same without recording them in
Lackawanna. This difhcuty was discovered by
President Judge n. ". Archibald, In a case which
he was recently called upon TO decide, and he
made memorandum Of ~ with view OF
having It remcdied. The appended bill intro.
duced, last night, by Representative fhilbin,
covers the point:
AN ACT, directing how TO proceed, when
county has been divided and a new county
erected therefrom, on mortgages, judgments,
liens and othrr records which have been madS
or entered in the original county and relate
to or affect lands or tenements in the new
county.
he IL enacted, ctc., that whenever a county Is
or has heretofore been divided and a county
erected therefrom. the lien Of all mortgages,
Judgments, mechanics or other liens, verdicts,
orders, DEGREES, awards Of srbitrators and all
records which shall have been made or entered
IN the original county and relate 10 or affect
lands or tenemen.s in the new county, shall not
be affected by the establishment OF such new
county, but to proceed thereon, certified copies
thereof shall he made by the recorder, pro.
thonotary, clerk, register or other proper OH.
Ger, which shall he entered by the like officer
IN the new county as part Of the records of his
ofhce and like proceedings be had there the
same as IL originally entered in such new county.
section ?. Wherein any proceedings taken in
accordance with the provisions Of this act the
satisfaction OF any mortgage, judgment, mechan'
ics or other lien, decree, order or other record,
shall be ordered upon the production of copy
OF such order duly certified, the prothonotary,
clerk, recorder or other officer Of the original
county shall satisfy the record in his office
The Philbn bill Is a substantial re-enactment,
as an independent measure, OF the Seventh sec.
tion Of the "Ncw County Act" (Purdons digest.
7 4i2). IL is elaborated upon, somewhat, to
cover other like cases.
Senator Muchbronner's bill providing for the
examination and registration Of plumbers in
cities OF the second class is virtually an exten.
sion Of registered plumbers act" of Philadel.
pha TO the cities OF Scranton, Pittsburg and
Allegheny. It was drafted by the Master
Plumbers association OF Pittsburg and Allc-
gheny and approved by the scranton Master
Plumbers association. The bill provides that
the director OF the department Of public safety
shall have supervision Of all plumbing and shall
appoint a board consisting Of the health officer
or superintendent of the bureau of health, the
plumbing inspector and two competent plumbers
not in the cty's employ, TO conduct the eN.
aminations. II is sufficient that any one mem.
ber OF corporation, firm or partnership, or the
the examination. A license 70 conduct a plumb.
ing business will be granted il the examination
Is passed to the satisfaction of the board. The
master plumber must pay s. for hi. license and
30 cents each for the registration Of journeymen.
full code OF plumbing and drainage regula.
tions is made a part OF the bill 1t prescribcs
how all standard work shall be done and re.
quhes that plans for new work and the work
when completed shall be approved by the in.
spector,
The stroh bill fixing the salaries Of directors
Of the poor in counties or districts having pop.
ulation OF less than 100000 will affect every
municipality In Lackawanna county, excepting
those in which local laws obtain in the matter
of salary. 1t provides that the annual salary
shall be as follows:
In counties or districts containing ten thou.
sand population or less, $50; over ten thousa III
population and less than thirty thousand Sl0O;
over thiyty thousand population and less than
fifty thousand, 500; over fifty thousand popula-
tion and less than seventy thousand, si00; over
seventy thousand population and less than one
hundred thousand, $500; over one hundred thou.
sand population and less than five hundred thou
sand, 500 No allowance whatever shall be made
for travelling or any other expenses.
So much of the general acts heretofore passed
as are inconsistent herewith are repealed,
An act to validate municipal liens which have
become void because of not having been filed
within the prescribed six months or prosecuted
to judgment within the prescribed period was
in the house this morning by Repre-.
sentative James. 1t provides as follows:
From and after the passage Of this act in all
the cities Of this commonwealth all municipal
claims or liens which have not been filed within
the period fixed by law, and all such claims and
liens which have not been proceeded upon aud
such proceedings prosecuted to Judgment within
nprol. hereby declared N hp nj
and subSisting claims and liens against the re.
spcctl,c properties against which the assess.
ments for which such claim and lien was or
should have been filed, and the collection OF the
same either by a proceeding upon such lien or
by suit in aSsumpsit against the owner Of the
property benefited, Is hereby authorized.
All laws inconsistent herewith are hereby re.
pcalcd.
The bill is Ter the especial benefit Of Scian.
ton, where various liens have become imperative
through failures to strictly adhere to the law re.
lating to their dline.
The bill introduced by Representative Palm,
Ci Crawford, empowering school boards to es.
iahlish kindergartens Q" cooperate in the con.
duct of kindcrgartcns already established meets
a difhulty confronting the Scranton school board.
As will be remembered the Free kindergarten
association sought assistance from the school
district and could only receive 1t condtionally
because ol the TACT that there was no law au
thorizing school boards to contribute money to
any institution over which they have not the
direct control 10 overcome the prohibition the
school controllers assumed d quasi.control OF
the kindcrgartcns and allowed them a small
M. Palms hill gives full au.
thority to the school boards To act with private
concerns, and as applied to Scranton will effect
a very desirable purpose. II. J. Duffy.
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