The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-04-15
STATE
LAW MAKERS

HarriSburg.-The House Dill pr0yid
Ing for the semi-monthly payment q
county employees In Philadelphia, whid
was deafeated In the Senate last weel
was reconsidered by that body and
passed finally. The bill now goes {.
the Governor.
Other bills passed finally include the
following:
Giving banking companies the rigttI
to bring suit and maintain an action
either at law or In equity and TO malr
tain any action already brought fa Il
the recovery or possession Of propert
bought the same as an individual couIt
do.
House bill making the lIbellant nj
divorce suits on the ground OF desef
tion a competent witness generally
House bill repeating the Act OF June
!, 1911. taxing traction engines.
House bill authorizing the Depart
ment OF Forestry to grow and distrb
ute young trees.
The bill providing for the retire
ment OF State employees on half pg
in case Of disability was read the see
ond time in the Senate. as was als0I
the bill creating a new moving picture
censorship law.
The four bills amending the present
laws relating TO the construction III
moving picture buildings in Philadel
phia, passed first reading.
The bill creating liquor licens
commission In Schuylkill County.
which was defeated in the Senate. wa,
reconsldered and placed on the post
poned calendar.
These bills were recommltted III
committees by the Senate:
To bring the anthracite mine WORK
ers under the proposed workmenil
compensation Act.
Preventing the charging Of commls
sions for the placing OF building and
loan association mortgages.
Repeal OF so much Of the blue laws
Of 1894 as relates TO the sale or de-
livery Of the necessaries OF life on
Sunday.
House bill providing a pension fund.-
for county employees in Philadelphia.
Among the bills reported from CON
mittee to the Senate were the follow
ing:
Authorizing the Second Regiment o|
visit the San Francisco Exposition.
Creating State Racing Commission
Providing for the payment Of city
employees of Philadelphia semi.monthly.
A bill was introduced in the Senate
making evidence as to the registG|
number of a motor vehicle prima facs
evidence as to the ownership In Ger
tain civil cases by Senator Mills, n
Bradford County. The bill further
provides:
''In any civil proceedings for injuul
done by a motor vehicle the regists'
number displayed on the vehicle shsI
be prima facie evidence.
"If In any hearing or proceeding The
owner shall testify under oath or afr
nation that he was not operating The
motor vehicle at the time OF the occur
renee Of the alleged injury and shall
submit himself to an examination as oI
who at that time was actually Operat
ing the motor vehicle and reveal The
name Of the person, II known, then the
prima facie evidence arising from tht
register number shall be overcome and
removed and the burden OF proOI
shifted"
Other bills introduced include:
Burke, Allegheny. = Increasing the
salary OF the chief of the Department
OF Mines from $4,000 to $1,000 year
and that of the deputy chief from SSOOc|
to $4,000 also,> bill restricting the
right to kill hunting dogs that ar,
caught chasing protected game.
McNlchol, Philadelphia, ,-Appropr-
atlng $4,000 to the Philadelphia
Osteophathic Hospital.
Mills, Bradford.-Appropriating S25'|
900 TO establish secondary schools
throughout the State for the purpOs
OF Increasing the scope and efIlcienG|
of the extension work of State COllest|
in agriculture and home economics
Farley. Philadelphia. - Giving th'|
wage Garner the right to file a lien
against a new building or an altera
tion or repair, notwithstanding AMI
contract to the contrary between theI
owner and contractor.
Kline, Allegheny.-Creating a pen'I
sion fund for county employees in AlleI
gheny County.
Sensenich, Westmoreland.- .-AuthOrifI
ing the attachment OF wages or salap
on judgments obtained for necessariesI
and limiting the amount of exemption
to be claimed.
Snyder, Schuylkill.-Licensing and
regulating employment agencies'
through the State Department OF EI
Dor and Industry; also, a bill estat
fishing a bureau of employment In thai
department with director at $4,000 Il
year