Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-21
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BY the Ex-ComInitteeman

Less than two score bills of GEL
| eral character and about $50 appro-
| priation bills remain in the hands of
| the Governor at the start of the final
week of the period in which he must
! dispose of measures passed by the
| recent Legislature. When the law
makers adjourned they left 696 bills
! on the Governors desk, one of the
| largest lists in years.
The Governor has been Naving in
| formation obtained on the appro-
| pr1ation measures and the lists are
being made up for scanning. 1t is
expected that over 900 will be
cut off these bills. Up to date the
Governor has taken over S2,750, 900
off bills carrying appropriations.
Thus far SS4 bills of general char
acter have ben approved, together
with forty-siX carrying appropria-
tions, not including any acted upon
| to-day.
The Governor has vetoed 157
measures, exclusive of any which
may be acted upon to-day.
When the Governor finishes his
work next Saturday a proclamation
will be read in the rotunda of the
State Capitol announcing what has
been done to every bill and the rec
ords will then be filed in the office
of the Secretary of the Common
wealth, who has charge of the print
ing of the various acts.
The thousand blank forms for
nominating petitions ordered by the
Secretary of the Commemorative
Department for the judicial nomi-
nations this year would have been
exhausted several times if requests
for blanks had been granted. One re-
quest was for $50 forms, each
capable of holding over 100 names
and addresses with other data. Only
200 names are required to nomi- |
nate any candidates under State !
auspices this fall. Only two candi- |
dates for common pleas or orphans |
court judgeships have filed papers,
but there are score seeking nomi- |
nations for associate judge. Most of |
those who have filed are from Juni- |
alta, Mifflin or Union counties.
The Ware Construction Company |
yesterday got the. contract for the |
construction of sewage = treatment |
works in Philadelphia at $4,000. |
The McNichol firm was the only
other bidder
Mayor Smith has shaken up the /
vice squad in Philadelphia as re-
suit of the government charges.
The borough council of Hanover
has passed a stringent curfew law
which is attracting much attention.
Capitol Hill does not expect the
Governor to give any hearings on
any bills. He will probably dispose
of the bill to suspend the full crew
law without a hearing.
= The decision of Justice Brown
declaring the act erecting Clinton
county into a separate judicial dis
trict to be unconstitutional was cer-
titled to Secretary of the Common
wealth Woods yesterday. Clinton will
elect its associate judges again. JUS
tiee Brown will hand down his opin-
ion shortly. 1t is expected to be an
important declaration on apportion-
ment law.
-Ex-State Treasurer Young con-
tinues to improve in the Blossburg
Hospital. His operation was a sue
cess.
Secretary of Internal Affairs
Houck has let it be known in his
department that he does not con-
template many changes.
Talk of changes in the State In
surance Fund Board is again rife.
Auditor General Snyder will re-
turn here on Monday and will prob-
ably have conference with Attor-
ney General Brown, who has been
spending the week since Tuesday at
Elkton, where he goes out and works
on his farm to forget such things as
State governmental problems. Mr..
Brown is said to be more interested
in big tomatoes and prize shoats at
this moment than the legacies of the
late Legislature.