Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-18
HOUSE TACKLES
BIG CALENDAR
Members Heed Speakers Adj
monition to Push the
Sessions Work

The House of Representatives got
down to real work last night and
cleaned up the largest calendar ever
known in the middle of February.
The session lasted almost two hours
and Speaker Spangler's urgings to
work produced results.
The House passed by n vote of
179 to IL the bill increasing fees
of jurors to 81 and witnesses to 81.
A bill increasing salaries OF tip-
slaves was also passed, 16 votes be-
ing cast in opposition. Both bills
went to the Senate.
A resolution was. adopted re-
questing the Secretary of War to
permit soldiers to keep their uni
forms when they return to civil
life. It was presented by Mr.. Alex
ander, Delaware.
The Act introduced by Mr.. Neary
of Philadelphia, providing foe the
regulation of the sale and possess
sion of firearms of a size which
may be concealed upon the person,
passed second reading. This bill
is similar to one introduced by Mr..
Neary at the last session but which
failed to get out of committee. 1t
was intended to prevent the great
number of homicides which take
place in the larger cities of the
Comm particularly in Phil
adelphia, where there is a great in
huX of a lawless element who OBJ
tain reVolvers with ease and who
make use of them upon the slight
est provocation. This bill has the
approval of all the prosecuting at
torneys of the State and particu-
larly that of District Attorney Rotan
of Philadelphia, who is backing the
passage of this act.
Over 100 bills were introduced
and a number reported out by COM
mittees. A second reading calendar
of over forty bills was disposed Of.
Bills recommitted were Alexander
judges salary, regulating sales of
food and Bolard repeating REQUIRE
ment of advertisements in German.
For New Department
bill to abolish the State Board
of Moving Picture Censors and
create in its place State Bureau
of Amusements under a commits
sioner at $1,000 a year, was pre-
sented by Mr.. Bucher, Philadelphia.
A whole new department is created.
The tax on films is made 81 for
each 1900 feet with so cents for
duplicates.
Counties. cities and boroughs are
authorized to appropriate money to
entertain and care for soldiers.
sailors and marines in a bill pre-
sented by Mr.. Stadtlander, ALLIE
gheny. He also presented a bill
penalties for pick-pockets
and authorizing fling of liens for
expenses of abating nuisances.
A series of appointments to the
third class city code to enable
councils to enact ordinances to reg
ulate sanitary conditions, alterations
ana additions of buildings. removal
and repair of insecure buildings.
numbering and REMEMBERING of
buildings either by owners or oc-
or by cities was introduced
by Mr.. Alum, Mercer. Provision
is also made for regulation of plumb
ing, elevators, wiring. stairways and
hre escapes and for building codes.
Roosevelt Highway
Authority for the State Highway
Commissioner to designate any
series of highways forming n con-
tinuous route across the State as
the Roosevelt Highway" is con-
tanned in a bill introduced by Mr..
Alum, Mercer. Under terms of the
bill the highway would be as des-
ignated on all State highway maps.