defining its powers and duties, providing for the appointment of a State Geologist, who shall be chief of said bureau, and other assistants and employes, and for the fixing of their salaries, providing for the transfer of all papers, maps, surveys and other property of the State in the possession of the Topographic and Geological Survey Commission of the State to the Secretary of Internal Affairs, and abolishing the said commission." Whereupon, The President, Lieut.-Gov. E. E. Beidleman, in the presence of the Senate, signed the same. He also returned bills from the Senate numbered and entitled as follows: Senate bill No. 754. "A supplement to the act approved the twentyLinth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five (Pamphlet Laws twenty-nine), entitled 'An act to provide for the incorporation and regulation of natural gas companies,' authorizing corporations created under said act to renew their charters which are about to expire or have already expired, and providing a procedure therefor and for the payment of fees and bonus." Senate bill No. 666. “An act amending section nine of article seven of chapter six of an act approved May fourteenth, one thousand nine hundred fifteen, entitled 'An act providing a system of government for boroughs and revising, amending and consolidating the law relating to boroughs,' by adding thereto a sixth sub-section which shall provide that where the total distance by an unpaved street or unpaved streets from the paved streets of a borough to the borough line to there connect with an improved State highway or an improved Stateaid highway or an improved county road leading to the county seat of the same or an adjoining county or to a State line is less than twothirds of a mile the borough may grade, curb and pave the connecting link between its paved street and such improved highway without the petition of the abutting property holders and charge the same part of the cost thereof to the abutting property holders that was charged to the abutting property holders along the streets of such boroughs that were graded, curbed and paved prior to the time the ordinance for the improvement provided for in this amendment is introduced into council, provided that the amount of streets in such borough graded, curbed and paved on the same basis prior to said time exceeds one mile in length and is more than one-half of the grading, curbing and paving done in such borough." Senate bill No. 595. "An act to exempt certain playgrounds not used for private or corporate profit from taxation where the entire revenue is applied to support said playgrounds, and to increase the efficiency and improvement thereof." Senate bill No. 588. "An act requiring the county commissioners of the several counties and all collectors and assessors of taxes for local purposes in this Commonwealth to furnish to the Secretary of Internal Affairs, or his representatives, any and all other statistics and information relating to the collection and assessing of said taxes in addition to those required to be furnished under existing laws as may be demanded by him." Senate bill No. 587. "An act to amend a section of an act approved the seventh day of June, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen (Pamphlet Laws eight hundred and seventy), entitled 'An act to amend, revise and consolidate the law providing for the burial of certain honorably discharged soldiers, sailors and marines at the expense of the counties in which they shall die or have a legal residence at the time of their death, to provide a system for effecting the burial of such soldiers, sailors and marines, to provide headstones and markers for the graves of such soldiers, sailors and marines and to authorize the county commissioners of the several counties to purchase plots of ground for the burial of such soldiers, sailors and ma rines,' as amended, providing for the payment of funeral expenses of soldiers, sailors and marines dying while in service and for headstones for the graves of such soldiers, sailors and marines." With the information that the House of Representatives has passed the same without amendments. The Private Secretary to the Governor being introduced, presented the following communication in writing from His Excellency, the Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, which was read as follows, viz: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Executive Department, To the Honorable, the Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: Gentlemen: In conformity with law, I have the honor herewith to nominate for the advice and consent of the Senate, the following named persons to be justices of the peace, until the first Monday of January, 1920: H. O. Jones, Sharon. Mercer County. Monroe County. WM. C. SPROUL. Pierre M. Nilis, Stroudsburg. By unanimous consent, A motion was made by Mr. Crow and Mr. Smith, That rule 38, which requires nominations made by the Governor to be referred to proper committees, be dispensed with and the Senate do now resolve itself into executive session, for the purpose of acting on the foregoing nominations. Which was agreed to. Whereupon, A motion was made by Mr. Crow and Mr. Smith, That the Senate do advise and consent to said nominations. On the question, Will the Senate agree to the motion? 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, Eyre, Gray, Hackett, Haldeman, Heaton, Herron, Homsher, Jones, Leiby, Leslie, Marlow, McNichol, Summerfield J. Miller, Murdoch, Nason, Patton, Sassaman, Smith, Snyder, Sones, Tompkins, Turner, Vare, Weaver, Whitten and Woodward—40. NAYS. None. Two-thirds of all the Senators having voted "aye" the question was determined in the affirmative. The Clerk of the House of Representatives being introduced, returned bill from the Senate numbered and entitled as follows: Senate bill No. 81. "An act amending section six of an act approved the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred seven (Pamphlet Laws one hundred and thirty-five) entitled 'An act relating to the appointment of stenographers and assistant stenographers to report proceedings in the several courts of oyer and terminer and general jail delivery and courts of quarter sessions of the peace of this Commonwealth, as well as before commissioners, masters and special masters in chancery, referees, examiners, auditors and other officers, prescribing their powers and duties, and when such reports shall be evidence of the facts reported, prescribing their compensation and allowances for expenses when the same shall be paid by the county wherein such stenographers or assistant stenographers are employed and when by the parties to such proceedings, and repealing an act, entitled 'An act directing the appointment of official stenographers in the several civil courts of this Commonwealth, authorizing the appointment of stenographers by examiners, masters, referees, commissioners and auditors, authorizing the appointment of assistant stenographers, repealing an act to authorize the appointment of stenographers in the several courts of this Commonwealth, prescribing their duties and fixing their compensation." " With the information that the House of Representatives has passed the same with amendments, in which the concurrence of the Senate is requested. A motion was made by Mr. Nason and Mr. Snyder, 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, Eyre, Gray, Hackett, Haldeman, Heaton, Herron, Homsher. Jones, Leiby, Leslie, Marlow, McNichol, Summerfield J. Miller, Murdoch, Nason, Patton, Sassaman, Smith, Snyder, Sones, Tompkins, Turner, Vare, Weaver, Whitten and Woodward—40. 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. A motion was made by Mr. Smith and Mr. Homsher, That all bills reported 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. 887 (House bill No. 254), entitled "An act amending section sixteen of an act, entitled 'An act to provide for the personal registration of electors and their enrollment as members of political parties in cities of the first and second classes of this Commonwealth, to make such registration a condition of the right to vote in such cities and their said enrollment as members of a political party a condition of the right to vote at primaries in said cities; and providing for the payment of witness fees for persons summoned before the commissioners, to provide penalties for violation of its provisions, and to repeal acts inconsistent herewith; approved July twenty-fourth, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, providing for a change in salaries of the employes of the registration commissioners." 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. 981 (House bill No. 924), entitled "An act providing for and regulating the payment into the State Treasury without escheat of certain unclaimed moneys in the hands of depositories, fiduciaries, prothonotaries and clerks of orphans' courts; defining the terms 'depositories' and 'fiduciaries' as used in the act, providing for the refund of such moneys with interest thereon when claimed by persons entitled thereto, making an appropriation for such refunds and imposing 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. 910 (House bill No. 964), entitled "An act to amend an act approved the twenty-eighth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, entitled 'An act to revise, amend and consolidate the law relating to fish, 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. 955, entitled "An act to amend part of clause (d), section seven of the act approved the fifth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and eleven (Pamphlet Laws one hundred and ninetyeight), entitled 'An act to establish a county court for the County of Allegheny; and prescribing its powers and duties, regulating the procedure therein, and providing for the expenses thereof; as amended, by providing that informations in cases of desertion and non-support may be made before alderman and justices of the peace, and providing for the binding over of persons arrested on warrants issued on such informations." 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 ing Frances Willard Day in the public schools." 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. 977 (House bill No. 1168), entitled "An act to amend 90-Sen. Jour. |