Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-22

IMPORTANT ACTS
UP TO GOVERNOR
Senate and House Have Com
pleted Work on a Number
of Bills This Week

The Senate bill introduced by Mr..
Schantz amending the act to athorize
foreign corporations to become cor
porations of Pennsylvania by regulat-
ing the manner and place of acknowl-
edging and recording the certificate OF
incorporation has been passed finally
by the Senate and goes to the House
At least three of the directors must
acknowledge the certificate before the
recorder of deeds of the county in
which the chief operations are to be
carried on. The corporation is to be
credited with any bonus due the Com
lnonwealth at the date of letters pa
tent II bonus had previously been paid
in another State.
Another bill that has gone through
the final stages in the Senate is the
act that requires banks holding coun-
" FUNDS to pay interest of one and
one-half per cent. on active accounts
per annum and per cent. on inactive
holdings. This bill was introduced
by Senator Eyre.
The McCaig house bill transferring
part OF the fire marshal fund to a
tund for the contingent travelling eX-
penses of the State fire marshal and
MS deputies for the reporting of fire
and mileage incident thereto, for the
services of clerks for the investigation
OF lncendiary fires and payment of
services and expenses of detectives
employed for special work in the de-
lection and prosecution of the crime
of arson also passed finally in the
Senate and goes to the Governor.
By a vote of 20 TO 3 the bill in
creasing the salary of the clerks to
workmen's compensation referees to
Sl,5OO and the salary of each referee
10 $4,000 passed finally in the upper
branch.
The joint resolution on the third
reading calendar proposing an amend
ment TO the Constitution abolishing
the office of associate judges not learn
ed IN the law went over at the requesr
OF Senator Schantz, its author
The Lewis House bill giving the as
sent or the State to the provisions of
an act of Congress which provides that
the United States shall aid the States
In the construction of rural post roads
and comforting the necessary powers
on the State Highway Department also
passed finally in the Senate and goes
to the Governor.
Another bill that has passed both
Senate and House is the Dell act which
fixes the salary of uniformed guards
ana artisans of the Huntingdon Re-
formatory at $1,000 per year, payable
monthly.
The emergency appropriation bill
appropriating S219,00O to the State
Institution For Feebleminded at Polk
passed finally in the Senate. The
money is to be expended for power
house equipment and the remodeling
of the heating, lighting and ventila-
ton system of the institution.
The optometry bill passed finally in
the Senate and has been transmitted
TO the Governor. 1t provides for the
appointment of a board of optometry
education, examination and licensure
OF seven members, who are to be paid
by fees. The bill is intended to pre-
vent incompetent persons from prac-
ticing optometry, fixes the fee at S25
for a standard examination by the
board and $40 for a limited examina-
ton. There is penalty for the prac-
tice of optometry by persons who do
not have State certificate of $500 and
not less than six months imprison-
ment.