Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-11
BOROUGH CODE IS
REPORTED OUT
Put Into Shape and Proposed
Amendments viii Be Carried in
Separate Bills
100000 FOR PENSIONS
Interesting Actions by Committees
of the Legislature Last
Evening
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The bill codifying over 500 laws now
relating TO ooroIgns was reported to
the House from the judiciary general
committee with some few amend
ments made on minor parts yesterday
by MIR. McVicar, Allegheny. Copies
of the proposed code were mailed to
borough officials throughout the state
and the answers received have been
j favorable. The Association of Penn
sylvania Boroughs recently gave the
code its approval. suggesting some few
| amendments which are now made a
part of the code. If this bill becomes
will be more clear and. of course,
much easier of reference than it has
been in the past.
The amendments offered in COM
! mittee providing for general man
ager for boroughs, changing the
method of fixing the salary of bur
gesses and comforting on burgesses the
power to appoint and discharge po-
licemen were not included in the code
for the reason that there is a consid-
| cradle division of opinion on these
matters. 1t is understood that sepa-
rate bills will be offered covering these
subjects.
SSOO.O0O for Pensions
Application was made to the House
appropriation committee for an ap-
preparation of 100000 for mothers
pensions for the coming two-year
period and the committee will take
action within the next few weeks. The
speakers included Mrs. Theresa Mo-
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Mrs. Paul w. Houck, Pottsville, and
Miss Davies, Philadelphia. In the
course of the discussion Chairman
James F. Woodward suggested that
as only twelve counties had taken ad-
vantage of the act of 1918 and had
organized pension systems, the appro-
priation be made for only such coun-
ties as accept the act. He pointed out
that of the money appropriated only
$4,000 had been reuuisitioned under
the present system of allotting funds
! The sentiment of the speakers did not
agree with the suggestion.
Mayor James Murrin, of Carbon
dale, to-day appeared before the ap-
preparation committee in favor of the
bill to appropriate S150,000 to extin-
guish the Carbondale mine fire.
Game Fund Bill Out
The House game committee favor
ably reported the bill to appropriate
10 lne tame commission for game
propagation and other expenses
S534,O00 paid in for hunters licenses,
as provided by the act of 1918, and
the bill to permit establishment OF
game preserves on leased land.
The bills to permit second class
cities to tax automobiles in order to
raise additional city revenues were
held over by the House municipal cor
porations committee after extended
hearings. Mayor Armstrong, City So
licitor O'Brien and other Pittsburghers
appeared in behalf of the bills and
exception was taken to the automobile
taxation bill by l.. b. Kent Pitts
burgh; r. p. Hooper. Philadelphia;
Edwin Kneeland. Pittsburgh: o. NJ.
Wolff. Reading. The automobile own
ers contended that they already paid
licenses to the State.
The resolution proposing an amend
ment to the Constitution to abolish the
fee system for county officers and to
put them on salaries was negatively
recommended to the House, together
with bills enlarging powers of justices
of the peace and regulating sales in
bulk.