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

] Representative Il. 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 tenn 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 10
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
be taken to prohibit the introduction
of a bill or bills appropriating of a
bill or bills appropriating to single
institution of either class"
To Register Farm Names
Representative Gibson, Lycoming.
introduced a bill providing that the
owner of a farm may have the name
thereof recorded with a description by
metes and bounds in a 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 were:
Mr.. Harper, Lawrence-Authorizi
boroughs to collect annual sewer rents
from properties abuttins on sewers
constructed at public expense.
Mr.. Swan. legheny-ProViding for
free distribution of maps by the State
Highway Department
Mr.. Maurer, Bcrks-Directing Dc
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. Luzerne-Providing 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 code
governing fishing, classifying game fish
and regulating wardens.
New Shad Fishing Bill
Mr.. Berntheizel, Lancaster-Making
1t legal to use floating gill nets during
shad season in the Susquehanna.
Mr.. Metzenbacher, Crawford-Pro-
viding Il 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-Establishin
a system of dog licenses under super
vision of dog commissioner in town
ships. boroughs and cities. The tax
is made 50.
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-Regulat-
ing issuance of permanent certificates
to teachers in certain cases.
Compensation In
Mr.. w. III. 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 1,715 of the school code which