Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-24
STATE CAN NOT
ACT AS AN AGENT
| Opinion Given Prison Labor
Commission Is Very Strict
on the Subject

mo State commission or depart
ment may use it's official position to
further the financial interests of a
private, business. Public policy for
bids such an undertaking, even
though it be based upon considera-
ton and be without personal gain
to those constituting such commits
sion or department" declared an
opinion from the Attorney Generals
Department to the State Prison La
bor Commission in which the COM
mission is informed that it cannot
act as agent for shoe manufactur-
ing material concern in introducing
its product to county prisons even
though money could be saved by
such an arrangement. The opin-
ion was written by Deputy Attorney
General Frank n. Hunter.
In another opinion it is held that
the Board of Public Grounds is not
required to rent rooms for meet
ings of the trustees of the soldiers
home at Erie outside of the Capt.
tol. 1t is held that the proper place
to meet is at the institution itself.
Tho Eric County Light Company
has filed with the Public Service
Commission notice of a decrease in
rates for cooking. laundry and SINH
lar service.
The State Board of Public
Grounds and Buildings has taken
hVe options on properties on the
north side of State street between
Twelfth and Thirteenth streets for
the construction of the North side
approach.
Governor Sproul will take part
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cier in Philadelphia Friday.
Robert w. Herbert well-known
editor, and A. w. Wyant, Green's
burg attorney, were at the Capitol
to-day.
Oscar Folstron, of this city, has
been named as a clerk in the Treas
ury filing division.
Ex-Ircsident Pro Tenn. C. j.
Buchanan of the Senate, was here
to-day.
Professor j. G. Sanders, director
of the Bureau of Plant Industry of
the Department of Agriculture, ar
rived in New York yesterday from
Holland on the st teamship Rotter-
dam. Professor Sanders has spent
several months in England and 9TH
er European countries studying the
potato wart disease which the State
10 hOH lISlHS " COInDdI IN IuZerne,
Carbon and Schuylkill counties.
Professor Sanders was an agent for
the Federal government and will
report the result of his trip at Wash
ington.
The first return from n county
fair association to the Department
of Agriculture was made by the
Cambria County Agricultural Asso-
citation which held its fair at Car
rolltown. The report shows the
winners of all premiums and gives
detailed business report of the
conduct of the fair and details the
portion of State funds it is entitled
to. The report must be certified
by the Secretary of Agriculture be-
fore being sent to the Auditor GEN
eral.
Rates of the Mt. Holly Springs
Water Company We're attacked to-
day at a hearing held before Public
Service Commissioner M. J. Becht,
1t being alleged that the company
had advanced them in violation of
its franchise ordinance and that
they were unreasonable.
Governor Sproul was visited to-
day by Senator w. c. Mcconnell,
and County Treasurer Jack" Glass,
of Northumberland county.
Congressman w. W. Gricst, of
Lancaster, may succeed Congress
man George S. Graham, of Phila-
delphia. as the Pennsylvania mem
Der of the Republican congressional
campaign committee.