Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-25
LAW DEPARTMENT
REORGANIZATION IN
Attorney General Presents His
Ideas in Two Well Drawn
Bills For the House
CENTRALdZES MATTERS
House Holds Busy Evening Ses-
sion to Clear the Deck For
the Week End
CENTRALIZES MATTERS

Attorney General Browns bills fol
reorganization of the States law de-
partment and centralization of the
legal business of the Commonwealth
were introduced into the House by Mr.
McNichol. Philadelphia, last night and
will be promptly acted upon by the
judiciary general committee.
One bill places all legal business and
affairs of every branch of the govern
ment under direction and control of
the Attorney General" requiring all
chiefs of departments or bureaus to
report all litigations or difficulties, de-
linquent taxes or other accounts to
the Attorney General, who will look
after them, and to follow advice given.
No branch of the government may
employ counsel for departmental busi-
ness after passage of the act, but all
selections of local or special counsel
to handle cases are to be made by the
Attorney General, who will designate
their compensation. The act will
affect most of the departments of the
State government now having their
own counsel.
Attorney Generals department, fixing
offices and salaries are follows: Attor-
ney General, $4,000 per year; first
deputy, $1,000; one deputy at $4,000;
two deputies at $4,000 each; two depu-
ties at $500, all to be appointed by
the Governor; private secretary, who
is also to be a stenographer, $3,500:
three law clerks at $4,000 each; five
stenographers at 81. 200 each; one mes
senger at $1,000 and one telephone
operator at 5000. The Attorney Gen
eral is authorized to appoint such
additional deputies. law clerks and
stenographers "as he may deem neces-
sary, whose compensation shall not
exceed in the aggregate $4,000 per
annum." All officers and employees
are to perform such duties as shall be
assigned them by the Attorney Gen
eral.
Rush to Report
Seventytwo bills were reported to
the House as the result of activities of
committees during the day. In the
list of bills reported were those author
izing municipalities to tax real estate
of public service corporations, author
izing third class cities to tax realty of
railroads, etc; reducing retail oleo
license; for State licensure of BARRIERS;
classifying counties as cities are classi-
fled; appropriating $24O,32047 to
counties as reimbursement for boun-
ties paid; providing for taxation OF
life insurance companies without capt.
tai stock: second class city automo-
bile taxation bills; requiring posting OF
primary election returns at polling
places; regulating practice of op-
tometry; requiring assessors to supply
agricultural statistics to county CON-
missioners; amending the dental laws
and regulating sale of chicory.
The manufactures committee has
been called to meet Tuesday. wher
the administration child labor bill will
be considered. Tuesday was also fixeC
by the House judiciary general com
mittee as the time to consider the
compensation acts.
| The House worked for two hour,
| last night.
Bills passed finally included:
| Providing for State education Of
blind children over years of age.
Providing fine of $40 for hinderinl
attendance officers.
Regulating granting of State teach.
ers' certificates on county permit Ger.
tificates.
Regulating State inspection of up.
holstering
Giving commission on State Indus.
| trial Home for Women right of emf.
nent domain.
Regulating salaries of clerks in
office of recorder in Philadelphia.
Providing registration of realty own.
| ership in second class cities.
Establishing State license for insur.
ance associations known as Lloyds.
Bills introduced included:
Mr.. lands, Montgomery-Red
ing county commissioners to furnish
to first class townships duplicates OF
valuation for taxation purposes.
Mr.. Eby. Perry-Authorizing county
commissioners to appoint a county
chemist and to equip a laboratory:
amending road tax law so that abate.
ment may be allowed on tax paid to
August 1.
Mr. Habgood, Observation-Disclosures
that no one may he eligible for dis
trict attorney unless he has had one