Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-16
SENATE HAS BIG
WEEK IN PROSPECT
$2,0O0,000 Item For State De-
fense to Come Up For De
bate This Evening

In the foreground in the Senate this
week is the consideration of the ST.
600, goo war fund asked by the Cover
nor and delayed because of difference
of opinion among senators as to the
personnel of the disbursing board.
The Governors message urging the
Legislature to act promptly is in the
appropriations committee. of which
Senator Buckman is chairman. This
committee is to meet tomorrow to
act on the big appropriation bill and
the Governors recommendations. The
$2O,000,0 600 bond issue bill is likely to
receive attention also.
There is a big calendar for the Sem
ate when 1t meets to-nigh at
O'Clock. Many House bills have been,
sent to the upper branch besides the.
Senate bills reported from commit
tee Immediately before adjournment
last Wednesday after the spirited de-
bate precipitated by the Eyre motion
to refer the Governors message to
committee. There are 90 measures
on the calendar. Sixteen of these are
House bills. six of which are on final
passage. The Croft bill transferring
the liquor license Jurisdiction from the
courts to the county commissioners
and in the larger counties to excise
COMMISSIONS is on tnlru feaulnS. Oln-
er bills on this calendar include the
Shattuck House bill fixing the COM
pensation of banking department em-
ployes and authorizing an additional
clerk; the Snyder act defining cold
storage, regulating time of storage of
certain articles of food and provid-
ing penalties; the Crow bill, making
the assessments of property quadri-
ennial instead of triennial; the Burke
bill, increasing the salaries of second
class city employees who receive ST.
500 or less $3.50 per year; the DaiX
measure providing for a stadium in
Philadelphia; Senator Eyre's bill to
relieve the crowded condition of
schools where the number of build
ings is restricted and Senator Beidle-
mans proposed act authorizing addi-
tional clerical help in the department
of the superintendent of public in
struction.
There are 10 bills on the calendar
of third reading bills postponed for
the present either to afford a hear
ing or because it had been thought
time before asserting to final passage.
Senator Snyder's bill transferring the
moving picture censorship from the
present board to a commissioner of
amusementS under the supervision of
the Auditor Generals Department is
OH llllS CdlGUudT. likewise MS supple
ment to the act regulating the legal
business of the Commonwealth and
the employment of attorneys there
/ for.
!, Senator McNichols bill which for
bids the placing of compensation in
surance with companies not operating
under Pennsylvania laws may be call
ed up during the week. Because OF
war hazards State companies have ad-
vanced the rates on this form of
/ insurance, department officials say,
and for this reason it had bene de-
cided to place large risks with Lloyd s
/ This bill may have opposition, the In
surdnce Commissioner hears, there be-
/ ing a conviction in some quarters that
State companies should get the bust
ness.
| Senator Buckmans law advancing
! the automobile license fees and pro.
viding other regulations in the opera.
ton of automobiles is with the com
mittee on public roads, recommitted
at the instance of the author so thai
opponents of the bill could be heard
The bill makes the minimum license
fee $40 instead of 50 and raises the
cost of the dealers fee from $40 t.
SIS.
Senator Beidleman's act providing
for special registration of voters fol
special elections is on the first readins
calendar. The bill introduced by Sen,
ator c. \. Snyder fcrbidding brewer.
from having offices or agents for the
solicitation of business without
county agents license is on first read
ing.