Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-05

L.
were made through the bureau of
collection of back taxes established !
on January /, 1918, for gathering in
money long due the Commonwealth,
have amounted to $2,216,63l.44 in
eighteen months. Several accounts
more than four years old were
cleaned up and the money secured
for the State Treasury.
The collections during 1918 were
$1.694,654.20, the largest amount
collected in overdue taxes in years.
The June collections were $76,762.33
and May $S5,4S2.19.
Preparations for clearing up va
rious accounts of the big corpora
tions in which some features have
been questioned are being made at
the Auditor Generals Department
and it is expected to get in the bulk
of the big payments weeks before
the close of the fiscal year in No
Vember.
New Registrars - Appointments
have been made at the State De-
partment of Health as follows: Will
fred Selwitz. registrar of vital sta
tistics for Altoona; HI. III. Finch
baugh for Loganville borough and
Springfield township, York county;
w. Ross Campbell for Milesburg,
Center county; f. p. Tiley for
Girardville.
July Sittings-July sittings of the
State Compensation Board have
been announced as follows: Read
ing. July Z; Pottsville, July 8;
Wilkes Barre. July 8; Scranton, July
10: Pittsburgh, July 16 to IS, with
other meetings in Philadelphia.
Few Offices Open-Few Capitol
Hill offices were open to-day, most
nlnGn6 the
Surveying Tracts - State game
protectors are surveying tracts
available for game preserves In
Cambria and Clarion counties.
Foust's New Record-Revenue of
| the State Dairy and Food Division,
now the Bureau of Foods OF the
| State Department of Agriculture,
went over the half million-dollar
mark for the first six months of this
wear for the first time. The great
bulk of the income was for licenses
for the sale of oleomargarine,
which have broken all records. The
receipts for the month of June were
s4.466.S2, of which $1,400 came
from oleomargarine licenses and a
like sum from fines for sale of milk
which did not conform to the State
standards. The total receipts for the
| hall wear were S0OE, luA.fu VI illOlS
than twice as much as it costs to
operate the bureau for two years,
During June 142 prosecutions were
started by State agents for sale of
milk below State standards for fats
and solids, a third of the counties
of the State being affected.
Two Opinions-Opinions have been
given by the Attorney Generals De-
partment to the State Public School
Employees Retirement Fund Board
that continuation school teachers
whose salary is paid by manufac-
turing company and clerks to coun-
| ty superintendents of schools paid
| by County Commissioners are not
eligible to membership in the State
retirement system.
New Electric Concerns-Applica-
ton for approval of incorporation
of a dozen electric companies to
operate in Northampton, Carbon, Le-
high, Northumberland and other
counties are listed for hearing by
the Public Service Commission dur
| ing the coming week. Ten western
companies are applying for approval
of a merger in Beaver county The
| commission will have hearings in
| Harrisburg and Scranton during the
week. The Bingaman street bridge
case from Reading is to be heard on
| JulV H.