Ordered, That said bill as amended be printed for use of the Senate. Agreeably to order, The Senate proceeded to the third reading and consideration of Senate bill No. 920, entitled "An act granting the right and lawful authority to corporations to construct, operate and maintain tunnels under the bed of navigable streams where necessary to reach their coal supply subject to the approval of the Water Supply Commission." And said bill having been read at length the third time and agreed to, On the question, Shall the bill pass finally? 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, 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, Woodward and Buckman, Pres. Pro. Tem. -48. None. NAYS. A majority of all the Senators having voted "aye" the question was determined in the affirmative. Ordered, That the Clerk present said bill to the House of Representatives for concurrence. Agreeably to order, The rule requiring bills to be considered in committee of the whole being in this case dispensed with, The Senate proceeded to the second reading and consideration 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 regu lating the payments herein provided for.” And said bill having been read at length the second time and agreed to, Ordered, To be transcribed for a third reading. Agreeably to order, The rule requiring bills to be considered in committee of the whole being in this case dispensed with, The Senate proceeded to the second 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 there for." And said bill having been read at length the second time and agreed to, Ordered, To be transcribed for a third reading. Agreeably to order, The rule requiring bills to be considered in committee of the whole being in this case dispensed with, The Senate proceeded to the second 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 second time and agreed to, Ordered, To be transcribed for a third reading. Agreeably to order, The rule requiring bills to be considered in committee of the whole being in this case dispensed with, The Senate proceeded to the second reading and consideration of Senate bill No. 629 (House bill No. 504), 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 second time and agreed to, Ordered, To be transcribed for a third reading. Agreeably to order, The rule requiring bills to be considered in committee of the whole being in this case dispensed with, The Senate proceeded to the second reading and consideration of Senate bill No. 771 (House bill No. 802), 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; provid ing 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 second time and agreed to, Ordered, To be transcribed for a third reading. Agreeably to order, The rule requiring bills to be considered in committee of the whole being in this case dispensed with, The Senate proceeded to the second 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 second time and agreed to, Ordered, To be transcribed for a third reading. Agreeably to order, The rule requiring bills to be considered in committee of the whole being in this case dispensed with, The Senate proceeded to the second 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 play-grounds, 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 second time and agreed to, Ordered, To be transcribed for a third reading. Agreeably to order, The rule requiring bills to be considered in committee of the whole being in this case dispensed with, The Senate proceeded to the second 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 second time and agreed to, Ordered, To be transcribed for a third reading. Agreeably to order, The rule requiring bills to be considered in committee of the whole being in this case dispensed with, The Senate proceeded to the second 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 te 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 act 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 second time and agreed to, Ordered, To be transcribed for a third reading. Agreeably to order, The rule requiring bills to be considered in committee of the whole being in this case dispensed with, The Senate proceeded to the second 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 and including the collection of information useful for the detec tion 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 pen alties." And said bill having been read at length the second time and agreed to, Ordered, To be transcribed for a third reading. The Clerk of the House of Representatives being introduced, informed that the House has concurred in the amendments made by the Senate to House bills, numbered and entitled as follows: House bill No. 550. "An act relative to the payment over to the county treasurer of certain counties of taxes collected by tax collectors of county taxes." House bill No. 572. "An act to amend section one of an act approved the fifth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen (l'amphlet Laws three hundred and thirty-three), entitled 'An act to amend section one of an act entitled 'An act to provide for the removal of judges of the Supreme, Superior, Common Pleas and Orphans' Courts permanently disqualified by reason of physical or mental disability to perform their judicial functions and duties with half pay for their unexpired terms, and the filling of vacancies caused by such removal,' approved eleventh day of May, one thousand nine hundred and one, as amended by an act entitled 'An act to amend section one of an act entitled 'An act to provide for the removal of judges of the Supreme, Superior, Common Pleas and Orphans' Courts permanently disqualified by reason of physical or mental disability to perform their judicial functions and duties with half pay for their unexpired terms, and the filling of vacancies caused by such removal,' approved May eleventh, one thousand nine hundred and one, so as to allow them full pay during the balance of their terms of office, and under certain conditions half pay during the remainder of their lives," approved twenty-third day of June, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, so as to provide that any judge of the Supreme or Superior Courts who has served in judicial office for twenty or more years shall be entitled to receive the benefits of said act immediately after his honorable retirement from office by expiration of term, resignation or otherwise, whether said service be continuous or not and extending the provisions of said act to judges of the court of common pleas and orphans' court who have served continuously for twenty years or more and have reached the age of sixty-five years after retirement from office of any such judges after the expiration of their term, resignation or otherwise,' extending the provisions thereof to judges retired prior to the passage of the act and not entitled to the benefits thereof." Bills numbered and entitled as follows having been prepared for presentation to the Governor, and the same being correct, the titles were publicly read as follows: House bill No. 550. “An act relative to the payment over to the county treasurer of certain counties of taxes collected by tax collectors of county taxes." House bill No. 572. "An act to amend section one of an act approved the fifth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen (Pamphlet Laws three hundred and thirty-three), entitled 'An act to amend section one of an act entitled 'An act to provide for the removal of judges of the Supreme, Superior, Common Pleas and Orphans' Courts permanently disqualified by reason of physical or mental disability to perform their judical functions and duties with half pay for their unexpired terms, and the filling of vacancies caused by such removal,' approved eleventh day of May, one thousand nine hundred and one as amended by an act entitled 'An act to amend section one of an act entitled 'An act to provide for the removal of judges of the Supreme, Superior, Common Pleas and Orphans' Courts permanently disqualified by reason of physical or mental disability to perform their judicial functions and duties with half pay for their unexpired terms and the filling of vacancies caused by such removal,' approved May eleventh, one thousand nine hundred and one, so as to allow them full |