Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-11
HEATON TAKES
SENATE SEAT
Numerous Bills Introduced
Into the Upper Branch
Last Night

Robert D. Heaton, Schuylkill
county, was formally sworn in last
night as a member of the Senate,
by President Judge, George Kunkel
of the Dauphin County Courts. Sem
ator Heaton who was elected for the
session, had been unable to take his
seat prior to last night, due to his
duties as a, member of Congress,
where he served in the House.
The Senate passed finally the Eyre
bill carrying $25o.OOO appropria-
ton for the purchase of land in
Valley Forge Park. ~
An act sponsored by Senator
Mearkle, Allegheny, which makes it
a misdemeanor for any person to
issue a check or draft, without hav-
ing sufficient funds to cover the same.
was passed on third reading, 41-1.
Three measures went through on
second reading. and six bills were
up for consideration for the first
time. E
Senator Crow, Fayette. presented
a bill which vitality effects Harris
burg and Dauphin county, as it pro-
vides for the appointment in coun-
ties having a population between
,0o0 and 100000 of a cost and in
dictment clerk in the office of the
District Attorney. Dauphin county
will contain we'll over $50, 900
people, it is estimated when the
Federal census is taken next year.
A bill sponsored by Senator Daix.
Philadelphia. and up for second
reading, which would make it un-
lawful to resell theatre tickets, and
would practically put the ticket
scalper" out of business, was re-
ferred back to committee for further
consideration. So was the measure
providing for military training in the
public schools. ..
New bills resented include the fol-
lowing:
Senator Snyder. Blair, amending
school code to provide for safety
first" instruction in elementery
schools.
Senator Davis. Lackawanna. de-
fining the procedure to be observed
in building branch railroads from
mines, quarries, manufactures, etc,
to trunk lines.
Senator Leslie. Allegheny, abolish
ing the topographic and geological
commission. and establishing a bu-
reau of the same under the Depart
ment of Internal Affairs.
Senator Mason, Erie, permitting
lands more than 500 feet from a
street benefited by public improve
ments, to be assessed for the inn
provements; permitting the board OF
visitors for institutions or societies
caring for dependent and delinquent
children, to visit institutions without
the county, to which residents of the
county have been committed.
Senator Eyre, Chester, authorizing
light, heat and power companies 70
merge with street railway corpora
tons.
Senator Heron. Washington, pro-
viding for a quadrennfal instead OF
a trienniai assessment by the county
commissioners OF the various coun-
ties.
Senator Crow, Fayette, providing
that under the act creating liability
on the part of an employer to the
relatives of a deceased employee
should any dependent who at the
time of the death of the employe
was a widow or a widower, remarry
all compensation shall cease; pro-
yiding for the appointment. of a
committee of five by the Governor
to recodify the laws pertaining to
the insane and the feeble-minded;
establishing a Bureau of Statistics
and Information in the Department
of Internal Affairs.
Senator Baldwin, Potter providing
for the payment of losses incident to
shipments of cattle prohibited by the
State Livestock Sanitary Board. and
validating proceedings by councils by
councils in boroughs for the paving
and curbing of public highways, and
validating municipal liens filed
therefore.
The Senate adjourned at 10 P. NJ