Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-01-27
WANTS HALF MILLION
FOR CATTLE DISEASE
Asks S55S,O0O to Meet Expenses
of Foot and Mouth
Epidemic
NORMAL SCHOOLS, $500, 600
Woman Suffrage Resolution In
troduced by w. F. Wilson,
Philadelphia
NORMAL SCHOOLS, $500, 900

An appropriation of s55S,O00 to
meet the expenses of eradicating the
foot and mouth diseases in Pennsyi-
vania was asked in a bill presented to
the House of Representatives to-day
by Mr.. Hess, Lancaster. The appro-
priation is made to the State Livestock
Sanitary Board and will be used TO
pay the States share in reimbursing
owners of cattle killed to prevent
spread of the disease, the federal gov
ernment bearing half the cost.
Mr.. Hess also presented a bill to
appropriate $S90,0OO to the normal
schools of the State.
The resolution proposing the wo-
man suffrage amendment to the Con-
stitution was introduced by w. II. Will
son, Philadelphia. 1t is the same as
that passed last session.
Bills presented included:
Mr.. Mearkle, legheny-Making 1t
a misdemeanor to issue a check on a
bank or trust company where the
drawer has no funds IL check is not
made good in twenty days.
Mr.. Showalter, Union - Permitting
boroughs owning electric plants to
furnish current for power as well as
light.
Mr.. Dunn. Philadelphia-Pro roviding
that employees of first-clasS cities shall
he paid semimonthly; providing that
in first-clu-- @chool districts school
taxes shall be levied in the same pro-
portion as municipal taxes ana pro-
viding that the school levy in such dis
tricts shall have n minimum of 2i2
mills instead Of mills. Philadelphia
and Pittsburgh comprise the lirst-class
districts.
Mr.. Cromer, legheny-Amending
school code to provTce FOR elective in
stead of appointive school boards In
Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, the first
election to be held in November.
Mr.. Alcorn, Clearfield Relieving
from payment of mercantile license
those corporations, joint stock asso-
Citations and limited partnerships do
ing business as wholesale and retail
vendors of merchandise who pay State
tax on capital stock.
Mr.. Bauerle, phia--Fixing
maximum for Pses appraisers of es-
tates at So per day.
Mr.. Phillips, learfield-Designati
an addition to the State main highway
system.
Mr. Cans, adelphia-Amending
the corporation act o. 1874 to give
"trackleSS trolley companies right to
incorporate. An application for IA GER
tificate for such a corporation was re-
Gently refused by the Public Service
Commission pecause OF lack of pro-
vision for such corporations. The bill
would amend the clause governing
incorporation of motor bus and omn-
bus lines by providing regulations for
corporations drawing power from
overhead wires.
Mr.. Cromer, Allegheny, read a bill
amending school code provision gov
erning terms of teachers so that II
shall apply to school janitors.
The first bill to he reported from
committee was -y Mr.. Stern, Phila-
delpha, who reported the Ehrhardt
bill to allow Peter Kuhn, Lackawanna
county, to sue the State. The deficiency
bill was also reported out and passed
on first reading.
Announcement was made of the
serious illness of Mr.. Hibschman. Lam
caster, chairman of the committee on
agriculture. Mr.. Forster, Philadelphia,
was granted leave of absence because
of illness of his father.
The House adjourned until . p. m.
Monday.