Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-11
NEW MINIMUM
SALARY BILL
Contains Ideas in Line With
Charles A. Snyder's Plan
Big Appropriation

a new teaCneTS minimum salary
bill was presented to the House by
Mr.. Palmer, Schuylkill. 1t provides
as follows:
Seven months term, $500.
Eight months term, $3.50.
Nine months term, $500.
All others $45 per school month.
1t applies to all teachers of two
years services and holding higher
than provisional certificates.
An appropriation of $3.350,000 is
carried and it is provided the State
shall not be relieved from increases
heretofore provided.
" The House had another Hood of
bills. Over eighty were introduced,
bringing the total close to 800.
Other bills presented were:
Mr.. Cox, Philadelphia-Auth
ing Philadelphia director of safety
to fix date for applications for Ii
censes for pool and billiard tables.
Mr.. Palmer, Schuylkill-Fixing
fees of prothonotaries in counties
having between 100000 and 1,000,-
900 population.
Mr.. Simpson, Allegheny-Making
incurable insanity cause for divorce.
Mr.. Curry, Armstrong-Regula
ing election of school board officers
in second, third and fourth classes.
Mr.. Hoffman, Lancaster-Appro-
priating $272,546.10 to meet nor
NAL schools deficit.
Mr.. Lafferty, Philadelphia-Appr
.priating $4,000 to Jefferson Medi-
cal College.
Mr.. Dithrich. Allegheny-Provld-
ing that the Auditor General shall
appoint five mercantile appraisers
for Allegheny county at $4,000 each
per year.
Mr.. Simpson, Allegheny-Regula
ing sales of land by boroughs for
schools.
Mr.. Wells. Philadelphia-Provid-
ing that when bonds are filed in
eminent domain certificates of
amounts admitted to be due shall
be entered.
|, Mr.. Palmer Schuylkill-Amend-
ing juvenile court acts providing for
carrying out of court orders by
guardians and restoration of prop
erty stolen by parent or guardian.
Primary Reform Bills
Mr.. Brady, Philadelphia. intro
duced two bills to amend primary
laws, one changing the fall primary
from the third Wednesday to the
fourth Tuesday of September and
the other making over 100 changes
in details of the act.
Mr.. Wells, Philadelphia. presented
amendments to the Philadelphia
pension system and Mr.. Neary. Phil
adelphia-a bill fixing salaries of
| clerks of State Department in Phil
adelphia treasurer's office. Ad-
vances are made.
Mr.. FitZgibbon, McKean-Fixing
pay of fourth class school district
attendance officers at four dollars q
day instead of two dollars.
Mr.. Neary, Philadelphia-Forbi
ding furnishing Of guns to persons
| under 1S years of age.
Mr.. Powell, Luzerne-Regulatin
collection of taxes by sureties or
deceased tax collectors.
Mr.. Walker, Philadelphia-Mak-
ing a misdemeanor for notaries to
| certify when a person does not ap-
| pear in person.
Mr.. Benninger, Northampton
Validating official acts by deputy
notaries.
Mr.. Alum, Notwithstanding
food on sale in restaurants to be
placed under glass. under penalty
of s25.
MIR. Mckay, Luzerne-Requiring
certificates of freedom from disease
to be filed with marriage license
applications.
Counties Want Share
Mr.. Hess, Lancaster-Requirin
| one-fourth of hunters license reve-
nue. to be paid to county commits
sioners for purchase of game.
Mr.. Perry, delphia-Provid-
ing that Philadelphia court tipstaves
shall be appointed by prothono-
! taries.
| Mr.. Wallace, Philadelphia-Reg
ulating annuity benefits of frater-
nal societies on lives of children.
Mr.. Boland, Crawford-Declarin
gas engines operated without muf-
! fiers to be nuisances.
Mr.. Boyman, umberland-Au-
! thorizing Game Commissioners to
buy or accept lands for game pre-
serves and to except mineral rights.
The price is limited to ten dollars
| per acre.
Mr.. Wells, Philadelphia-Req
| ing red lights beside auto tags, shad-
I ing of headlights and stops when
| ordered by officers.
Mr.. Hoffman, Lancaster-Author-
izing counties to issue bonds for
freeing toll roads.
Mr.. Martin, Providing
naturalized persons certificates shall
be filed with applications for hunt
ers' licenses.
A series of amendments to the
game and fish codes was introduced
| by members.