Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-17
'SMITH SEEKS
ACTION ON BILL
The Joint City-County Office
Building Measure Finds
Favor Among Senators

Senator Frank A. Smith expects
to get favorable action this week on
the bill he introduced into the Sem
ate providing that county seats and
counties may unite in joint office
building. This is the measure draft
ed to enable Harrisburg and Dau-
phin county to meet the call of
Governor Sproul for such a building
to front. on Capitol Park extension.
Dauphin's new Senator has found
no objection to the bill and its pass
age is generally expected.
Senator Smith Will tonight intro
duce the appropriation bills for Har-
risburg charities. They are also in
the House.
Discussion of May Is as a pos
Sible date for adjournment of the
Legislature of 1919 has had the et-
feet of expediting the preparation of
bills and scores are being drafted for
early submission TO the two Houses.
The Legislative Reference Bureau,
which has drawn up or passed upon
the form of almost ninety-f1Ne per
cent of the bills which have been
presented, is fairly swamped with
proposed legislation and the force
is working at nights TO advance the
tasks contided to the bureau.
Both branches of the Legislature
will meet this evening at 9 ocloch
and it is probable that Governor
Sproul will send some departmental
appointments to the Senate and that
some of his administration bills Will
be introduced. The House appro-
priations committee is sending out
calls to members to get IN thell
bills for charity appropriations and
is about to begin work on the general
appropriation bill.
Several hearings are scheduled fol
the week, including one for Western
Pennsylvania peopIe on the Sterllns
bill TO make the school boards oil
Philadelphia and Pittsburgh elec-
tive, which is to be held tomorrow
while Wednesday there will be hear
ings on the Rorke bill to permit
Sunday concerts and entertainments
and the mercantile license tax re-
! pealer. A hearing was held on tht
Rorke bill in Pittsburgh this morn
! ing.
| The Senate calendar is mainly
| made up of second reading bills, in
| cluding those to create the state
/ Welfare Commission, providing FOL
cooperation with the Government
in eradication OF the potato war
disease, several State hospital deti
cheney bills and the West Nlrgini;
natural gas suit resolution.
on the House calendar are mor'
! than sixty bills, forty-two being OF
second reading alone. The frs
reading list includes the bills Il
authorize municipalities to abolish
'skip-stops:" Brady registration ant
primary bills; Cox bill increasing
penalties for illegal operation o
automobiles: while the S50,0OO,OO'
bond issue BILL which was amende,
in minor details, is up for final pass
age. The third reading list include
the bill to authorize the retun'
of liquor license money paid for
year or other periods together Wit
the Bolard bill requiring all otficla
and legal advertisements to be print
ed in English language newspapers
The Hepburn milk bills, first an,
third class city police pension bills
Forestry Department reorganizatiol
and water resource survey bill an
live pigeon shooting bill and count
aid for comfort stations bill are o.
second reading.
Tomorrow night the biennial din
ner of the Legislative Sons of 81
Patrick will be held and be attende'
by State officials and legislators.