Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-24
HELP WAR BOND
SALES IN STATE
Swartz Bill Passed and Sterl-
ing Bill Reported Out of
the House Committee

Steps to assist In the sale of war
bonds were taken by the House Of
Representatives late yesterday after
noon when it passed the Swartz bill
to allow all corporations to invest
surplus funds in war bonds and af-
frmatively reported the Sterling bill
to authorize building and loan asso-
Citations to make similar investments.
The Swartz bill authorizes invest
ments to be made without consent OF
stockholders and extends the right to
corporations of all classes. There
are thousands of corporations which
will be enabled by the bill to buy
war bonds.
The House also passed the Boyer
bill providing that persons connected
with governmental service shall not
be held to have resigned on entering
army or navy, and for payment OF
half of salary to dependents of those
paid not over $4,000 per year.
The House reconsidered its morning
defeat of the Lewis bill regulating en-
penditure of state money for high
ways and passed finally the bill Pre-
viding that any county, borough
township bridge crossed by st~ee
or state-aid highway shall become a
part of said highway and be main
tanned by the state. This Will re-
lieve Dauphin county of dozen
bridges.
Bills providing that constables shall
receive half of penalties in game and
fish law prosecutions and forbidding
use OF high power rifles except Tor
hunting were defeated.
Bills Reported Out
In addition to the resolution to sub
nit the 5O,O00,O00 bond issue amend
ment to the constitution House COM
mittees reported out the bill to abol-
ish all state taxes on bonds or mu-
inequalities, school districts, boroughs
and other governmental units.
The Sarig trust buster and char
table appropriation apportionment
bills were also reported along with
bills to tax all real estate one mlli
for state purposes and to tax real
estate of public service corporations
for local use. The Western Peniten-
tiary bill was reported for S4l6,OOO
The constables' fee bill was negatively
reported.
House bills passed finally were:
Fixing pay of assessors for county
taxes in third class cities at 50 per
day.
Regulating salaries in Philadelphia
recorders office.
Authorizing second class townships
to erect fire hydrants.
Recurring male applicants for huht-
ers' licenses to present tax receipts.
Authorizing appeals to the Superior
Court in all habeas corpus cases
Authorizing second class cities to
buy and store and sell food, coal, etc,
to residents.
Senate bills passed finally were:
Authorizing manufacturing corpo-
rations to produce raw materials ana
to own and operate means of trans
portation for them.
Empowering banks and trust COM
panies to accept draIts anu lssue 4e'
ters of credit.
Regulating compensation of poor
directors in counties having less than
500, 900 population.
providing for a stadium In Phila-
delphia. -
Recurring second class cities to
give an increase of $3.50 per year to
all employees receiving less thah
81 500 per year.
Regulating manner in which per-
sons who have left Philadelphia city
service and returned to 1T can receive
benefits of pension system.
lust before adjournment the House
nassed the Powell bill making 1t
misdemeanor to remove or steal or
destroy seeds or plants from gardens
or farms. ,,
At D. m. the House adjourned
Mr. whitaker, Chester, making lsfer-
ence TO the death of X-Representa-
tive C. p. Greenwood. Chester.