Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-27
ASSEMBLY STARTS
FINAL RUSH TODAY
Fewer Bills to Be Consid-
cred at Last Session
T. Than for Years
HOUSE CLEARS CALENDAR
Pet Measures Go Into Discard to
Make Way for City Tran
sit Legislation
HOUSE CLEARS CALENDAR
BIZ a Stdd Correspondent
HARRISBURG June 97

4 q.
The 1917 Legislature. when II starts on
che last twenty-four hours of its labors to-
Say will try to rush through fewer last
hour measures than any General Assembly
for many years
The Senate has cleared its calendar and
.riy has to consider bills that come from,
ne House Of Representatives The lower
brahch has less than 100 bills to consider
before noon tomorrow, when final adjourn
nent will he taken.
The House calendar was cleared of 1s5
House bills last night by the Ware Brun,
hsugh forces, who wanted to advance the
salOs transit bill and make certain that II
would come up for vote before the Legis-
lature adjourns sine die
Representative Powell of Luzern.
started this maneuver by offering a motion
10 strike from the calendar six measures
which he had introduced and which were
on third reading. Representative Phillips,
ef Ciearfield. then offered an amendment to
the Powell motion to include all House
bills that were on the third reading
calendar. The Penrose members and the
Country members. voted with them on tbe
notion. When they checked things un.
however they found that many of their
De, measures had been sent to the scran
hsaJ. 80.
TIE Philadelphia smaller council hill
vas among the measures that went into the
discard through the adoption of the motion
The Ware forces wanted this and had this
in view when they had the motion offered
The amendments to the workmens com
pensation act that were introduced by the
iabo element in the Legislature also we're
sacrificed in order to advance the Salus bill
The House last night passed the Tompkins
eenate bill providing for pension system
forteachers who come under the supervision
OF the state. The measure does not include
those in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh II
vas amended in the House to provide pen
sions for all teachers who are sixty-two
years Of age or over and who have served
for forty years or more. The teachers will
pav one-haif of the cost Of the system the
school districts one-fourth and the State
one-fourth. The vote on 1t was 172 to II. II
goes to the Senate today for concurrence in
the amendments, and will then be sent to
the Governor.
The Ware antelope bill which was passed
BY the Senate last Monday night Is on the
House calendar today for final passage
II had to lie over for a day because of the
delay Of the State printers.
The House last night finally defeated the
etern bill granting State appropriation of
100000 for the improvement of the sub
urban roads in Philadelphia County. II
also defeated the Ware bill granting an APP
propriation OF $4,000 as a preliminary
l
At Philadelphia. This bill will come up
again today however, when the Ware mem-
bers will make an effort to have it recon-
sdered.
An agreement has been reached upon the
last revenue-raiser still on the calendar
This Is the auto license bill The BuckInan
bill which increased the license fees will
be dropped and the Mearl<le. which was
the original bill, will be amended and rushed
through the Senate.
Incidentally, the amendments TO the
Mearkle bill that have been agreed upon
include provision that all members of the
legislature and the general officers of the
legislature shall receive free auto licenses
from the State.
The bill would increase the States
revenues from 100000 to $500 600 wear,
II reduces the age limit for drivers from
eghteen to sixteen years of age and
changes the time limit for haf-year licenses
from July ! to September / The minimum
rec for pneumatic tire vehicles, or pleasure
cars, under thirty-hve horsepower is
placed at SO, which is an increase for all
light pleasure cars
The new schedule of fees for trucks and
etner solid tire automobiles is as follows
$500 pounds or less, $40; between 5000 and
5000 pounds. $15 between 1000 and 5000
pounds $50 between 5000 and 1000 pounds,
t2b over 1000 pounds, $50. The fees for
railers are increased proportionateiy The
new law would go into effect on January
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