A motion was made by Mr Nason and Mr. Phipps, . That rule 21 which requires amended bills to be noted on the Calendar be in this case dispensed with, and the Senate proceed to the consideration of the amendments made by the House of Representatives to the foregoing bill. Which was agreed to. Whereupon, Said amendments were twice read, and printed as required by the Constitution, On the question, Will the Senate concur in the same? The yeas and nays were taken agreeably to the provisions of the Constitution, and were as follows, viz: YEAS. Messrs. Frank E. Baldwin, Richard J. Baldwin, Barnes, Barr, Beales, Boyd, Buckman, Campbell, Craig, Crow, Daix, Davis, DeWitt, Donahue, Einstein, Eyre, Graff, Gray, Hackett, Haldeman, Heaton, Herron, Homsher, Jones, Leiby, Leslie, Marlow, Martin, McConnell, McNichol, Mearkle, Summerfield J. Miller, Murdoch, Nason, Patton, Phipps, Salus, Sassaman, Schantz, Smith, Snyder, Sones, Tompkins, Turner, Vare, Weaver, Whitten and Woodward.--48. NAYS. None. A majority of all the Senators having voted "aye" the question was determined in the affirmative. Ordered, That the Clerk inform the House of Representatives accordingly. He also presented for concurrence bill numbered and entitled as follows: Senate bill No. 960 (House bill No. 1132), "An act reorganizing the Department of State Police; creating therein a Bureau of Fire Protection; providing for a State Police force and defining the powers and duties of the same, including the enforcement of laws relating to game, fish and forestry and water supply and certain other laws and including the collection of information useful for the detection of crime and the apprehension of criminals; providing for the equipment, maintenance and transportation of such police barracks and sub-stations therefor and medical attention for men injured and funeral expenses to men killed in line of duty and prescribing penalties." Which was committed to the Committee on Appropriations. Mr. Daix from the Committee on Appropriations, reported as committed Senate bill No. 960, (House bill No. 1132), entitled “An act reorganizing the Department of State Police; creating therein a Bureau of Fire Protection; providing for a State Police Force and defining the powers and duties of the same, including the enforcement of laws relating to game, fish, forestry and water supply and certain other laws, and including the collection of information useful for the detection of crime and the apprehension of criminals, providing for the equipment, maintenance and transportation of such police barracks and sub-stations therefor, and medical attention for men injured and funeral expenses to men killed in line of duty and prescribing penalties." A motion was made by Mr. Buckman and Mr. Smith, That all bills reported from Committees at this day's proceedings and not previously read, be now read for the first time, Which was agreed to. Agreeably to order, The Senate proceeded to the first reading and consideration of Senate bill No. 376, (House bill No. 497), entitled "An act prohibiting advertisements relating to the treatment of diseases of the general organs and prescribing penalties." And said bill having been read at length the first time, Ordered, To be laid aside for second reading. Agreeably to order, The Senate proceeded to the first reading of Senate bill No. 11, entitled "An act making an appropriation to reimburse the township of New Garden, in the county of Chester, for the cost of repairing a certain section of State-aid Highway and regulating the payments herein provided for." And said bill having been read at length the first time, Ordered, To be laid aside for second reading. Agreeably to order, The Senate proceeded to the first reading and consideration of Senate bill No. 327, entitled "An act authorizing the appointment of a Deputy Commissioner of Health in the Department of Health of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; defining the qualifications, powers and duties of said officer, and providing compensation therefor." And said bill having been read at length the first time, Ordered, To be laid aside for second reading. Agreeably to order, The Senate proceeded to the first reading and consideration of Senate bill No. 771, entitled “An act to amend section three, of an act approved the seventh day of June, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, entitled 'An act to restrain and regulate the use of billiard-tables, pool-tables and bagatelle-boards or tables kept and maintained for the use of the general public for hire or reward in cities of the first class in this Commonwealth; providing for the granting of licenses and providing for punishments for the violations of the provisions of this act.'" And said bill having been read at length the first time, Ordered, To be laid aside for second reading. Agreeably to order, The Senate proceeded to the first reading and consideration of Senate bill No. 946, entitled "An act authorizing cities of the third class to surrender their charter and be constituted a borough, and providing the procedure therefor." And said bill having been read at length the first time, Ordered, To be laid aside for second reading. Agreeably to order, The Senate proceeded to the first reading and consideration of Senate bill No. 629, entitled "An act fixing the salaries of the chief clerk and assistant chief clerk of the board of revision of taxes in counties containing a population of more than one million five hundred thousand inhabitants." And said bill having been read at length the first time, Ordered. To be laid aside for second reading. Agreeably to order, The Senate proceeded to the first reading and consideration of Senate bill No. 959, entitled "An act authorizing boroughs and towns incorporated or acting under any local or special act or acts of Assembly to surrender the provisions of such special acts in so far as the said local or special acts restrict, limit, define, abridge, control or prescribe the borrowing or bonding capacity, special acts, prescribed or limit the method and procedure of creating indebtedness therein and thereby, and providing for the acceptance by said boroughs and towns of the provisions of the general acts of Assembly, approved the twentieth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, entitled 'An act to regulate the manner of increasing the indebtedness of municipalities to provide for the redemption of the same and to impose penalties for the illegal increase thereof; prescribing the method and procedure by which the surrender of said provisions may be effected to be by petition to the court of quarter sessions of the judicial district in which said borough or town is located and approval by said court." And said bill having been read at length the first time, Ordered, To be laid aside for second reading. Agreeably to order, The Senate proceeded to the first reading and consideration of Senate bill No. 902, entitled "An act empowering the cities of the second and third classes, boroughs and counties, to acquire, maintain and operate playgrounds, play fields, gymnasiums, public baths, swimming pools and indoor recreation centers; providing for the exercise of the right of eminent domain for such purposes and the procedure thereon; authorizing school districts to join in the maintenance and operation of said activities, and authorizing the issue of bonds and the levy of taxes for such purposes." And said bill having been read at length the first time, Ordered, To be laid aside for second reading. Agreeably to order, The Senate proceeded to the first reading and consideration of Senate bill No. 888 (House Bill No. 1213), entitled "An act providing for assistance to certain mothers; providing for the appointment of boards of trustees for the several counties of the Commonwealth and for the appointment of a State supervisor and assistants, and fixing the salaries of such State supervisor and assistants; defining the powers and duties of boards of trustees including the power of appointing assistants and investigators and the distribution of funds at their disposal; providing for the apportionment of the State appropriation among the several counties and requiring counties coming under the provisions of the act to appropriate certain moneys, and providing penalties." And said bill having been read at length the first time, Ordered, To be laid aside for second reading. Agreeably to order, The Senate proceeded to the first reading and consideration of Senate bill No. 960 (House bill No. 1132), entitled “An act reorganizing the Department of State Police; creating therein a Bureau of Fire Protection; providing for a State police force, and defining the powers and duties of the same, including the enforcement of laws relating to game, fish, forestry and water supply, and certain other laws including the collection of information useful for the detection of crime and the apprehension of criminals; providing for the equipment, maintenance and transportation of such police barracks and sub-station therefor and medical attention for men injured and funeral expenses to men killed in line of duty, and prescribing penalties." And said bill having been read at length the first time, Ordered, To be laid aside for second reading. The Clerk of the House of Representatives being introduced, presented for concurrence bill numbered and entitled as follows: Senate bill No. 961 (House bill No. 949). “An act to amend and to repeal certain sections of an act approved the twenty-seventh day of June, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen (Pamphlet Laws five hundred and sixty-eight), entitled 'An act providing for the incorporation, regulation and government of cities of the third class; regulating nomination and election of municipal officers therein, and repealing, consolidating and extending existing laws in relation thereto." Which was committed to the Committee on Municipal Affairs. Mr. Haldeman made a motion, That the Senate do now adjourn until tomorrow morning at eleven o'clock. Which was agreed to, Whereupon, The President, Lieut. Governor E. E. Beidleman, adjourned the Senate until tomorrow morning at eleven o'clock. TUESDAY, MAY 6, 1919. The Senate met at eleven o'clock. The President pro tempore, Mr. Clarence J. Buckman, in the Chair. Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. Thomas W. Davis. The President-A quorum of the Senate being present the Clerk will read the Journal of the preceding session. The Clerk proceeded to read the Journal of the preceding session, when, on motion of Mr. Snyder, the further reading was dispensed with, and the Journal was approved. Mr. Campbell, from the Committee on Judiciary General, reported as committed, Senate bill No. 898, entitled "An act to amend sections one and two of an act approved the 26th day of May, 1893 P. L. 143), entitled 'An act to extend the limitation of actions to a right to mine iron ore in lands in this Commonwealth, where the same has not been exercised for a period of twenty-one years.' He also, from the Committee on Judiciary General, reported as committed, Senate bill No. 916, entitled "An act to validate certain municipal claims in the several boroughs of the Commonwealth; providing for the filing of liens therefor, and the proceedings for the collection of such claims." as Mr. Weaver, from the Committee on Judiciary General, reported amended, Senate bill No. 868, entitled "An act to amend section one of an act approved the 8th day of May, 1889 (P. L. 127), entitled supplement to the act of April 20th, 1869, entitled 'An act to provide for the admission of certain classes of the insane into hospitals 'A |