Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-24
FLOOD OF BILLS
IS ANTICIPATED
Talk of Early Adjourner Has
Stimulated the Bill Draft
ers-Many Lose Out

Discussion of date for adjourn
ment in the next six or seven weeks
has had the effect of causing much
activity in the line of drafting of
legislation to cure all sorts of con-
ditions and notwithstapd ding the
fact that many measures now in
hand. to say nothing of what will
come, will never see the light of day,
it is expected that there will be a
rush of bills in the next fortnight
to the general assembly. The legis-
lative Reference Bureau is fairly
swamped with requests for legisla-
ton.
Next to adjournment and the
close of the open season for bills
interest just now inclusive more to
possible action by committees on
bills which have been much in the
public eye rather than to the meet
ingS of the two branches of the
general assembly. Both houses will
meet tonight at 9 o'clock with un-
usually heavy calendars and Nir-
tually every committee will have
sessions or hearings Tuesday or We'd
nesday.
The Philadelphia charter revision
bills will be the subject of Sem
ate hearing tomorrow and the same
day there may be a hearing by the
House Law and Order Committee
on the Fox bill for enforcement of
the prohibition law. The House
committee on Education is schedul-
ed to take action on the bill to pro-
vide elective school boards for Phila-
delphia and Pittsburgh on which
hearings have been held: the Ways
and Means Committee to discuss re-
peal of the mercantile license tax
and the judiciary Special Committee
| to consider the Rorke bill to. permit
|, Sunday concerts and moving pic
ture entertainments of an educa-
cational and historical nature. The
Educational Committee may also
consider reporting out one of the
bills establishing new minimum SAL
aries for teachers. Game and Fish
! legislation will be taken up by COM
mites of both houses and an effort
TO get out the fishermen's license
bill will be made.
vive the Bolard bill to require legal
advertiseme ents to be made only in
English language newspapers and
the Dawson bill to empower the
Auditor General to appoint clerks
in charge OF collection of inheritance
taxes in offices of registers of wills
will be made tonight in the House.
Both were defeated by close votes.
An attempt to recommit the Brady
bills relating to primary and regis
tration law changes is to be under
taken.
The administration will likely sub
/ nit the last of its proposed bills
within a fortnight. Some are sched-
uled to appear in the Senate this
evening.
! The Senate calendar contains the
classification Of cities constitutional
amendment. several of Govern OF
! Sprouts bills including the constitu-
| tional revision. commission, Internal
Affairs Department bills, school con-
| solidation and increase of pay for
Legislators; the third class city code
amendment bill and the measure
| to provide DEFICIENCIES in appropria-
! tions for care of insane.
The Cox bill raising penalties for
Illegal operation of motor vehicles
skip stop" bill and Forestry de-
partment reorganizer are among
! bills in the House. Another bill on
! the House calendar would authorize
| juries in first degree murder cases
to fix penalty at either death or file
| imprisonment. Two of the Internal
Affairs Department bills are also on
| House calendars