Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-19

BEJGG5a ssts''aSs lssa, taxing b1: si.
~ most s5o pages of
eazzzzszz<zE<AS<1S pamphlet size.
-.~ .rss time these statutes
nave Been brought together In code
form sad i represents months OF
work by John RI. Fertig, tho assist
ans direoto. Mr. Fer;ig went clear
back TO carly provincial days for
rome OF tho Gets 70 which he re-
/ ters. but tho bulk OF the laws are OF
the last century. those no longer ap-
plicable having been left out. over
n dozen codes dealing with other
subjects have been heretofore issued.
This latest one OF the series OF
compilations Issued by the bureau as
general rule deals with the SUBJ
lects IN private capacity and does
not include public employees, so that
| inspectors, wardens, constables. for
estsrs, tpstaves. health officers and
the like are not included. Similarly,
mining and navigation officers are
LEFT out, as they are governed by
other codes. In the list published
are accountants, attorneys. auction
GERS, bakers, bankers and brokers
chauaeurs, factors. surveyors. civil
and railway engineers, cooks, farm
ers, hawkers, fortune tellers, mid
wives, nurses, junk dealers, pawn
/ brokers, plumbers, sections, taxi
derm:sts. undertakers, walters and
many others, together with ply
sicians, dentists, pharmacists and the
people in various specialized
branches OF those callings.
Make Inquiry.-State Health De-
partneat inspectors are making
careful inquiries into outbreaks of
IL, - =, -f1a .,.a a..,,, ;.,A
reported lately. The cases have been
moro or less localized. Efforts are
being madeSto prevent typhoid out
breaks, which are classed as likely
to happen about this time of the
year owing to people travelling more.
Grammar Grade Taken.-The calls
for 669 drafted men with grammar
scAoo! education to go to Philadel-
phia and other places for special
mechanical instruction just issued
by State Draft Headquarters will
make over 5000 such young men
sent TO school this summer from
Pennsylvania. The men called up
are to be entrained September /.
Penn Not Well.-The oak tree
planted in Capitol Park and named
for William Penn as the start of the
row of Pennsylvania oaks to be
named for the Governors of the state
may have 10 be replaced. The tree
was planted last spring by Governor
Brum baugh and the top appears to
have died, although there is a fringe
of green about the trunk. The next
section of Governors row" will be
| planted next year.
To Pay Arrears.-The situation
with regard to the arrears of the
. in naNU,anf nf tho rash road
tax bonus is now being studied at the
Capitol and efforts 10 include ST.
142, 2,04s.3S in next years appropria-
tions will be made. The money now
being disbursed is for 1910. 1911 and
1919 and the last of 1911 is now be-
/ ing paid. The money TO be appro-
! priated IS for 1918 and 1914. Sec
ond class townships of the state re-
ceivc the money upon complying
with certain requirements as to col
lection Of road taxes and reports.
Money For Roads>-Four western
counties OF Pennsylvania have been
certified to the state Treasury for
I the payment of almost S+s.OO0 as
: their shares of the cash road tax
/ bonus for 1911 and the counties not
vet listed will be taken care of short
/ ~. The payments are under way
/ from the treasury, Highway Com
! missioner ], Denny O'Neil has certi-
fed Fayette county, with almost
1900 miles OF road. for payment OF
sli,s6T43 among Its second class
| townships; Clarion, for S16,54S. Al;
! Cambria, which has over 600 miles
I OF second class township road, for
s1o,i52.36, and Clearfeld. which has
over 1900 miles, for s17,231.52.
Beary Complimented-The Phila-
delphia Press in an extended article
written by ]. O. Hauser compliments
| Adjutant General Beary upon the
success which had attended the or
ganization of the Pennsylvania Re-
serve Militia. He tells how General
Beary carried through the formation
/ OF the Guard and assumed the great
. task laid down by General Stewart.
| AfacNeille Named-Judge Ray
mond MacNeille, OF the Philadelphia
municipal court and we'll known
here, has been named a member of
the Philadelphia Recreation Board.
Harbold Declines-According to
Lancaster people, P. NJ. Harbold, for
n,er head OF the Millersville State
Normal school, has declined a dep.
utyship in the Department OF Public
instruction and will become educa-
tional director at Camp Meade.
Wayne Gets s17,469.41-wayne
county has been certified for $17,-
| 469.4I as Its share of the township
cash road tax bonus, Damascus
township gets s2,s2O.
I Big Payments-Register Of Wills
William Conner, of Allegheny coun-
ty. paid the state $4,000 as state
| inhe heritance taxes.
object to CaIEs-Complaint against
the Bell Telephone Company's sys-
tenn OF recording outgoing calls in
Philadelphia and criticism Of the SER
vice were made to the Public Service
/ Commission to-day by counsel for the
United Business Mems Association OF
| Philadelphia. It is charged that
| hundreds Of complaints have been
| made against the calls recorded as
excessive and that there is no check
upon what the company reports. The
complaint will be sent to the COM
pany for answer. The commission is
in executive session to-day with the
Philadelphia Rapid Transit lease