Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-28
PRINTING BILL
NOW WABOUT READY
Important Measure Prepared
by Superintendent Miller to
Be Presented Soon

for the last two weeks and which
| is designed to straighten out the
| kinks in the Commonwealth's OFF,
cial printing and to increase the au-
thority of the Superintendent as well
as make a number of definitions
which have long been needed will
make it's appearance in the Legisa-
ture this week. superintendent of
| Public Printing r. w. Miller has
| been at work on the bill, having
| found after he assumed office that
there were places where if efficiency
was to be obtained and a schedule
that would be understandable be
provided, a new law would be
! needed.
The new bill reorganizing the
! Department of Public Grounds and
! Fuildings, which will provide for ar
chitects and superintendence to ham
die the Capitol Park and other op-
erations, is also expected to be ready
this week.
These will be among the last of
the administration measures.
Senator Frank A. Smith expects
| to set prompt action on his tax re-
| ceiver bill. His other bills are now
\
| flee building measure, joint con-
taeious disease hospital and other
bills having attracted considerable
attention.
| The usual rush of new bills is eX-
pected tonight when the two Houses
| meet Both have extensive calen-
| dars and prospects are for strenu- =
| Gus week because of the Philadel-
I phia situation, the numerous near
lings and the return of the Governor
who will indicate his desires on some
| legislation.
! Owing to the hearing scheduled
! for Tuesday on the Phlladelphla
charter revision bills and the return
os United States Senator Boies Pen
rose to this city to urge the passage
| of Philadelphia legislation, these bills
will be the center of interest. The
hearing is to be held by the Senate
committee on municipal affairs. The
Philadelphia district attorney bills
which attracted much attention last
week vii probably pass the Senate
| before adjournment for the week.
The conservation department Dill
| also comes up for hearing before
| Senate committee and a hearing
will be held by the Senate commit
| tee on Iealth and sanitation Tues
| day on the narcotic control bill. The
! same CAY the House judiciary gen.
cral committee will give a hearing
on the anti-sedtion bill. Several
other hearings will be held and there
is much interest in the meeting of
| the Law and Order Committee of
! the House for Tuesday when it is
planned to act on all bills in custody
of the committee.
The Senate calendar contains the
| Department of Agriculture hill,
| amended IN the House, and which
will be sent to the Governor this
week. The bulk of the Senate CAL
endar is third reading and contains
election bills, State Athletic Com
mission bill, Philadelphia district at
torney bills; State sinking fund bill,
fresh egg bill and National Guard
retirement act The bill reorganiz-
ing the banking department is on
second reading with several changes
made to it,
The Woodruff teachers salary
increase bill is the special order on
second reading in the House at
9:30 p. m. Monday night, with the
State Art Commission, fishermen's Ii
cense and amended motor vehicle
bills on the final passage postponed
stage. The State police bill is also
on the postponed list. On the third
reading calendar are the bills pro-
viding salaries instead of fees for
county treasurers in counties having
less than 10000 population. Blue
Sky" bill; measure dividing counties
of the State into eight classes and
Scott military training bill. There
is big second reading calendar
headed by the Brady bills, the Daw-
son bill extending terms of third
class city councilmen, Sterling bill
abolshing the appointive school
boards of Philadelphia and Pitts
burgh, establishing Frances Willard
day in the schools, short title bill"
and measure establishing the Topo-
graphic and Geological Survey Bu-
reau in the Department of Internal
Affairs.
| Every county in Pennsylvania will
be affected if the Willert House bill
/ providing that county engineers shall
| be named by county commissioners
goes through the Legislature in it's
present form. Originally, the bill
was aimed to change the system in
counties having less than 200
| population, where engineers are now
| elected, so that these officers shall
be chosen by the commissioners. 1t
was intended to meet conditions in
Erie and several other counties. The
! bill was amended in the Senate ju-
| dietary general committee TO in
clude all counties. In most of the
| counties engineers are chosen under
special acts, all of which would be
affected by the measure.
The coming week is going to be an
| interesting one in the line of new
| legislation if the activity at the Leg
islative Reference Bureau is any in
dication. A number of rough drafts
of bills have come here the last few
days to be put into shape for intro
! duction and many inquiries indicate
that more bills are coming. The
House now has 1,400 on it's list.
Discussion of a date for stopping
! introduction of bills has begun here
again and it is likely that a meeting
| of the speaker and the rules COM
mittee will be held during the week
! to consider a date. 1t will probably
I be early in May, as Representative
| William T. Ramsey and other House
leaders consider that the House has
enough bills on hand now.
The Jones bill reorganizinS the
State Department of Agriculture, an
administration measure, is expected
| to be on the desk of Governor Will
liam C. Sproul for his action the
middle of the week. 1t is up for con-
sideration of trifling House amend