Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-10
SCHANTZ'S BILLS
FAIL IN SENATE
Would Have Permitted For
eign-Born Residents of
Farms to Own Dogs

Two bills introduced by Senator
Schantz, of Lehigh. were defeated at
the session of the Senate last night.
The first. which headed the calendar,
was that which permitted foreign born
residents occupying farms to own dogs
The measure fell by vote of 10 to 16.
IL had been defeated once before, but
was amended and placed on the calen-
dar to meet similar fate. The other
Dill was one that was opposed by the
laboring classes, that permitting mag
istrates and justices of the peace in
any township in the Commonwealth to
appoint private policemen for corpo-
ration or industrial establishments The
vote against this bill was more decis-
i've, there being % Senator'S to oppose
its passage to II in its favor.
The bill introduced by Senator
Charles A. Snyder, of Schuylkill, Great
ing commissioner of amusements to
perform the duties now devolving on
the board of moving picture censors.
was on the third reading calendar. Sem
ator Ware inquired as to the advisable
ity of placing this office in the Auditor
Generals Department and Senator Sny-
der, in order to give the Philadelphian
any information he might want, moved
that the bill go over in its order.
Bills Passed Finally
following:
By Mr.. Catlin-An act to quiet the
title to real estate and to enable citi-
zens of the United States and corpora
tions authorized to hold real estate in
Pennsylvania to hold title formerly
held by or for corporations not author
lied to hold them.
BY w. p. Graff-Accepting an act of
Congress to provide for the promotion
of vocational education and providing
for the cooperation of the State in the
promotion of such education in agri-
culture, trades and industries; empow-
ering the State Board of Education to
make purchases and sales of real es-
tate for normal schools purchased by
the State.
Br. Mr.. Hackett-Amending the fe-
male labor act so that it's provisions
shall not apply to female help engaged
at State and charitable institutions, ho-
tells and boarding houses.
BY Mr.. McNichol-Giving the presi
dent of the board to fix and determine
the number and compensation of en-
ployes in all county offices, boards,
bureaus, departments and divisions the
deciding vote in case of a tie
BY c. A. Snyder-Classifying the in
spectors of the Department of Labor
and Industry and fixing a new sched-
ule of salaries.
Clerical Assistance
Senator Beidleman introduced a bill
which provides additional clerical as
sistance in the Department of Public
Instruction. His bill authorizes the SUI
perintendent of public instruction to
appoint one clerk who shall be an eX-
pert stenographer, at $4,000, and four
stenographers to be also typewriters
at $1,000, payable semi-monthly.
bill validating divorces granted
10y reason of the hopeless insanity of
the respondents was read in place by
Senator Salus. The same Senator in
troduced bill supplementing the pub
lie service act by permitting street
railway systems to connect in munich
palities.
Senator McNichol introduced a bill
providing for the creation of COM.
mission of fifteen members to arrange
for the sesquicentennial celebration in
1926 of the Declaration of Independ-
ence. The bill appropriate $4,000 for
the purpose and provides that besides
five members to be appointed by the
Governor there shall be three Senator'S
and three Representatives named by
the president protein of the Senate and
speaker of the House.
The salary of the assistant chief en-
gineer in the Department of Public
Buildings and Grounds is to be $4,000,
according to the terms of a bill read
in place and referred to the committee
on appropriations by Senator Jenkins.