Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-16
BALDWIN CHANGES
APPROPRIATIONS
Presents a Bill That Would Get
Rid of the Numerous Separate
Bills in Session
FLOOD OF BILLS KEEPS UP
House Receives Many New Meas
ures, but Works Away on Its
Calendar Just the Same
FLOOD OF BILLS KEEPS UP

Representative r. J. Baldwin, of
Delaware, last night presented a bill
which would revolutionize methods of
presenting bills for appropriations Ia
State and State-aid institutions and all
requests for State aid for hospitals or
charitable institutions. 1t provides
that they must appear as petitions to
the president pro TEN or speaker, set
ting out amounts requested and the
purpose for which desired, the amount
expended the previous year and for
what purpose. These petitions are TO
be referred to the appropriations COM
mittee chairman who shall prepare
separate bills for each class of inSti-
tions and shall include in one bill prop
| er title the amount indicated by each
separate petition and indicate by para
graphs the amounts for each institu-
ton. These bills are to be presented
to the House not earlier than the Sec
ond Monday of March and not later
than the third Monday of March. The
act also provides: This act shall not
be taken to prohibit the introduction
of a bill or bills appropriating of Il
| bill or bills appropriating to a single
institution of either class"
To Register Farm Names
Representative Gibson, Lycoming.
introduced bill providing that the
owner of farm may have the name
/ thereof recorded with a description by
meteS and bounds in n register Of
farm names" to be kept in the office
of the recorder of deeds. The act gives
right to exclusive use of a name so
recorded. Names to be registered
must be twice advertised.
Other bills presented We're:
| MIR. Harper, Lawrence-AuthoriZi
| boroughs to collect annual sewer rents
from properties abutting on sewers
constructed at public expense.
! Mr.. Swan, MISUNDERSTANDING for
| free distribution of maps by the State
| Highway Department.
Mr.. Maurer, Berks-Directing De-
| partment of Labor and Industry to in
Vestigate the working conditions of
women and minors with special refer
ence to minimum wages before Sep
tember l, 1916, and report to the Gov
ernor sixty days later.
| Mr.. Adams, DEMONSTRATING that
anthracite coal tax. If held constitu-
tional, shall be paid to school boards
! in townships where roads are made
and repaired by taxpayers under con-
! tract.
Mr.. Walsh. Philadelphia--A code
governing fishing, classifying game fish
and regulating wardens.
New Shad Fishing Bill
Mr.. Berntheizel, Lancaster-Makins'
| it legal to use floating gill nets during
shad season in the Susquehanna.
= MIR. MetZenbacher, CraWtord-PrO-
Viding u one mill special State tax
for road improvement on all property
subject to State taxation, proceeds to
be distributed to townships, according
to mileage of public roads.
Mr.. Habgood, McKean-Establishi
a system of dog licenses under super
vision of dog commissioner in town
ships, boroughs and cities. The tax
| is made So.
Mr.. Berntheizel. Lancaster-Estab-
fishing staff of'the Adjutant Generals
Department and State arsenal.
Mr.. Mearkle, Allegheny-The Pitts
burgh Chamber of Commerce bill au-
thorizing second class cities to con-
struct and maintain subways.
Mr.. Diefenderfer, Lehigh--Re eGulat-
ing issuance of permanent certificates
to teachers in certain cases.
Compensation In
/ Mr.. w. II. Wilson, Philadelphia
The administration workmen's COM
pensation bills.
! Mr.. McVicar, Allegheny Regulat-
! ing fees of Allegheny county prothono-
! tary.
Mr.. Showalter, Union Repeating
section LIS of the school code which