Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-23
PERSONALLY TAX
FOR THE STATE. TOO
Woodward Presents a Bill to Re-
peal the Act of 1913 Which
Made 1t County Tax

Representative James F. Woodward,
Allegheny, chairman of the House ap-
preparations committee, last night intro
dueed a bill to repeal the act of June
II. 1913. which makes personal prop
erty taxable for county purposes. The
effect of the repeater would be to
make personally taxable for State pur-
poses as in years prior to 1918, when
counties had three-fourths of the tax
returned to them and the State re-
tained one-fourth. The act was passed
to furnish revenue for Philadelphia to
construct rapid transit lines and to
make other improvements and to in
crease county incomes. AS a result
the State has lost over S1,250,OO0 a
year, which 1t Is desired to restore to
the funds of the Commonwealth 1t
is believed the tax has not been as big
success as hoped as revenue raiser
Mr.. Dunn, Philadelphia, presented a
bill to amend the public service COM
pany law to provide that it may re-
quire street railways to construct and
maintain connections with lines owned,
leased or operated by a municipality
where reasonably practical to form
continuous line and to establish rates
and routes.
Other bills introduced were:
Mr.. Kits, Erie-EXtending to coun-
ties having over 100000 population
act regulating publication of legal no.
tices in weekly journals.
Mr.. Graham, delphia-Making
it unlawful for any solicitor, officer
director or stockholder of q building
and loan association to accept any
commission or compensation of q
mortgage loan with the association
with which he is connected under PEN
atty of fine of not over $500.
Mr.. Powell, Luzerne - Providing
N ri We ffNY.h h.,t..
ployes.
Mr.. Baldwin, Delaware-Providing
for recognition of veterans of Spanish
War in erection of county mmeorials
in counties having between 500, 900
and 100000 population.
Mr.. Benn, Allegheny Allowing
realty companies Incorporated in other
States to hold real estate in Pennsyl-
vania.
Mr.. Swan, llegheny-Providing for
UNIFORM taxation in second class cities.
More Inspectors
MT. Maurer, Berks - Establishing
fifty additional inspectorships in the
Department of Labor and Industry.
creating office of secretary of indus
trial board and other positions.
Mr.. Maurer, Berks-Providing that
1t shall not be unlawful for working
men ana women to organize or carry
on labor unions for the purpose of
lessening hours of labor. increasing
wages or bettering conditions; pro-
hlbiting issuance of restraining injunc-
tons by Judges except in certain cases.
Mr.. Dunn, adelphia-Providing
semimonthly paydays for State em-
| ployes
Mr.; Beyer, adelphia-Continuin
Penal Laws Commission and appro-
| priating $4,000 therefor.
| Mr.. Jones. Susquehanna-App
ating $477,000 to State Institution for
| Criminal Insane.
Mr.. Milliron. Armstrong-Increas
ing salaries of deputy school superin-
| tendents from 50 900 to $2.5O0.
Pure Barber Bill
| Mr.. Palmer. Schuylkill-Providing
for State licensure of BARRIERS, to he
| supervised by a State board of five to
! be named by the Governor and regu-
| lating students of barbering and
regulation of barber shops barber
| schools and barber colleges"
Mr. Woodward, Allegheny-Provid-
ing means whereby Auditor General
may advance appropriations to State
\ institutions upon proper security be-
ing given.
Mr.. Kaiser, Allegheny - Validating
transactions of building and loan as
sociations whose charters have ex-
pired.
Mr.. Wilson, Philadelphia - Regu-