Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-04-22
NEWS OF THE LEGISLATURE
|STIFFEN UP
STATE TAXLAWS
Means TO Get Taxes Dodged
by Foreign Corporations
Are Devised

In the House last night. Mr..
Walker, chairman of the Committee
on Banking. introduced a seres of
bills drafted by the Auditor General
to facilitate collection of State taxes
from foreign corporations and to re-
quire loan reports to be filed for
the same period as capital stock
reports. Under the present law, 1t
is claimed, number of concerns
operating in Pennsylvania under
charter of other States, are evading
| taxation through technicalities.
"A bill forbidding adulteration of
! tobacco in any form with glyCerine,
| saltpeter or any other chemical
! under penalty of $500 fine was pre-
sented by Mr.. Alexander. Delaware.
at the opening of the evening session.
| MIR. Glass, Philadelphia, introduced
| a bill removing express companies
| from the exempted list in the private
bank, act. Mr.. Woodruff, Snyder,
offered bill authorizing issuance of
provisional teachers certificates 10
graduates in music. An appropria- =
ton of Sl50,000 to deepen French
| Creek was asked by Mr.. Boland,
| Crawford.
Mr.. Baldridge, Allegheny, read in
place bill repeating requirement
for publication of Allegheny sheriff 5
advertising in German newspapers.
Mr.. Sinclair Fayette, introduced bills
repeating acts of 1909, 1928 and 1888
relative to poor in Germantown,
Bristol and RoXborough, Philadel-
phia. y bill defining what shall be
considered garage keepers and
establishing liens for work done was
presented by Mr.. Ramsey, Delaware.
Mr.. Scott, Philadelphia, introduced
resolution for the creation of the
Valley Forge Paramount Park Road
Commission to consider advisability
of road competing the parks. The
commissioners of the parks are to
constitute the Commission and the
state Highway Department is to CO.
operate.
Other bills presented were:
Mr.. Willert, Erie-Providing for
teachers training school certificates.
Mr.. Shaffer, Columb bia-Authoriz
ing boroughs to issue bonds for
soldiers memorials.
Mr.. Dunn, Philadelphia-Pcrm
ting building and loan associations
to make temporary loans on Federal
bonds as collateral
Mr.. Donnelly, chuylkill-ReQuif-
ing explosives in anthracite mines to
be furnished by operators after
July /.
Mr.. Mangan, Estab-
fishing 1000 pounds as the weight
of legal ton of anthracite.
Mr.. Walker. Philadelphia-Au-
thorizlng building and loan associa-
tons to accept provisions of Federal
farm loan bank legislation and 10
become members of farm loan dis
tricts; establishing the Short title"
FOR laws; regulating sanitation OF
bakeries and requiring certificates
that employees are free from dis
ease; providing for sale of bread
by weight.
Mr.. Catlin, Observation-Disclosures
judges to fix fees for coronor's.
physicians in counties having less
than $4,000 population.
Mr.. Jones, LaCkawanna-Rcg
ing terms of borough counrilmen.
Mr.. Rorke. PhIladelphia-Au Author
izing Philadelphia Municipal Court
to issue writs of attachment and In
assumpsi and trespass.
Mr.. Hess, Lancaster-Amend
child labor law so that minors under
1G years of age may be employed
in manufacture of cigars.
Mr.. Campbell, Philadelphia-For
bidding display of flags or embiems
or printing of any matter melting to
violence of overthrow of the state
or Federal Government.
Mr.. Sewers, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ten years as the time d lring which
Judgments and other claims shall be
liens on real estate unless revived
Mr.. McCaig, observation-disclosures
ating $4,000 for payment of hospi-
tai care for injured employees of the
State and compensation charges.
Mr.. Barnhart, Butler-Estab blish-
ing a new notaries' fee bill.
Several bills increasing fees of
county officers werS EetUIncd to the
counties committee E6HJa hearing
and the State PolicesahdfAgr gricultural
Department bills were amended on
second reading in minor details.
The Brady primary and registra-
ton bills We're not called up. The
woman suffrage resolution passed on
second reading without comment,
Resolutions providing for the
Governor to name a commission OF
ten to work with a similar commit
tee of the city OF philadelphia in
arranging the celebration OF Inde-
pendence Day and the return Of the
soldiers and sailors on July !. next,
were presented by Mr.. Dunn, Phila-
delphia. An appropriation of $15,-
900 is carried.