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 precribed 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 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, Donahne, Eyre, Gray, Hackett, Haldeman, Heaton, Herron, Homsher, Jones, Leiby, Leslie, Marlow, MeNichol, Summerfield J. Miller, Murdoch, Nason, Patton, Sassaman, Smith, Snyder, Sones, Tompkins, Turner, Vare, Weaver, Whitten, Woodward and Buckman, Pres. Pro Tem.-40. 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 Represen tatives for concurrence. A motion was made by Mr. Snyder and Mr. Nason, That Senate bill No. 380 (House bill No. 376) on third reading, entitled "An act forbidding the advertising, publishing, selling, distribution or otherwise disseminating or imparting or attempting to disseminate or impart knowledge or information tending to interfere with or diminish the number of births of human beings in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania," be recommitted to the Committee on Public Health and Sanitation. Which was agreed to. 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. 383 (House bill No. 439), entitled “An act to amend section five of an act approved the fifth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five (Pamphlet Laws fifty-six), entitled 'An act relative to the establishment and jurisdiction of magistrates' courts in the city of Philadelphia." And said bill having been read at length the second time and agreed to. Ordered, To be transcribed for a third reading. A motion was made by Mr. Snyder and Mr. Nason, That Senate bill No. 476 (House bill No. 719) on second reading, entitled "An act relating to the organization, maintenance and operation of the Banking Department and the scope of its supervision and control over corporations, partnerships, unincorporated associations and individuals and the assets and liabilities thereof providing penalties for the enforcement of its provisions and repealing certain acts," be recommitted to the Committee on Banks and Building and Loan Associations. Which was agreed to. 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. 556, entitled “An act to amend section two, article five, chapter seven of an act approved the fourteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen (Pamphlet Laws three hundred and twelve), entitled 'An act providing a system of government for boroughs and revising, amending and consolidating the law relating to boroughs," as amended. 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. 642, entitled "An act creating a Department of Conservation charging the department with the enforcement, administration and execution of laws heretofore enforced, administered and executed by or through the Department of Fisheries, the Department of Forestry, the Board of Game Commissioners, the Water Supply Commission and the State Forestry Reservation Commission, defining the powers and duties of the Department of Conservation and prescribing penalties, abolishing certain departments, boards, commissions and offices providing for the disposition of certain moneys received by the department and making appropriations." And said bill having been read at length the second time and agreed to. Ordered, To be transcribed for a third reading. A motion was made by Mr. R. J. Baldwin and Mr. Smith, That Senate bill No. 642, the bill just read, be recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations. Which was agreed to. 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. 752 (House bill No. 1019) entitled "An act reorganizing the Adjutant General's Department designating the officers and employes thereof and fixing the salaries of each." 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. 808 (House bill No. 1125), entitled "An act to amend section one of an act approved the fifteenth day of April, one thou sand nine hundred and seven (Pamphlet Laws eighty-six), entitled An act fixing the salary of the Superintendent of Public Instruction and of the Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction,' fixing the salary of the Superintendent of Public Instruction for all services required to be performed by law." 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. 812 (House bill No. 423), entitled "An act making unlawful the operation in certain cases of steam traction and steam portable engines unless equipped with spark arresters and providing penalties for violation of its provisions." 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. 814, entitled "An act amending the third section of an act approved the twenty-third day of May, one thousand nine hundred and seven (Pamphlet Laws two hundred and six), entitled 'An act to regulate and improve the civil service of the cities of the second class in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, making violations of its provisions to be misdemeanors and providing penalties for violations thereof,' providing for the method of making the annual appropriations to conduct the business of the Civil Service Commission." 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. 832 (House bill No. 775), entitled "An act providing for the payment of certain claims for damages done to property by bear, providing a method for the ascertainment of such damage and making an appropriation." 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. 856 (House bill No. 362), entitled "An act to amend chapter three, article one of an act approved the fourteenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen (Pamphlet Laws eight hundred and forty), entitled 'An act concerning townships and providing, amending and consolidating the law relating thereto." 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. 868, entitled "An act to amend section one of an act approved the eighth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine (Pamphlet Laws one hundred and twenty-seven), entitled A supplement to the act of April twentieth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, entitled 'An act to provide for the admission of certain classes of the insane into hospitals for the insane in this Commonwealth and their discharge therefrom,' fixing the amount of compensation to be paid to the commissioners appointed under section six of said act and declaring who shall be liable therefor and for the costs of proceedings under said section.” 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. 891, entitled "An act regulating the licensing to practice dentistry of honorably discharged soldiers, sailors and marines who served during the war with Germany and who were licensed and qualified to practice dentistry in other states." 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. 895, enitled "An act creating a Division of Documents defining its powers and duties, regulating the number of documents to be printed, bound and the requisition, distribution and sale of the public documents of this Commonwealth providing penalties for the violation of this act and repealing certain acts." And said bill having been read at length the second time and agreed to. Ordered. To be transcribed for a third reading. |