establish and maintain the same, and the method of collecting such revenue, and repealing all laws general, special or local or any parts thereof that are or may be inconsistent therewith'; by providing for the special education of certain children incapable of receiving proper education in the regular classes of 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. 993, entitled "An act to amend an act approved the second day of June, Anno Domini one thousand nine hundred and fifteen (Pamphlet Laws seven hundred and thirty-six), entitled 'An act defining the liability of an employer to pay damages for injuries received by an employe in the course of employment; establishing an elective schedule of compensation, and providing procedure for the determination of liability and compensation thereunder,' and providing when the same shall become effective." 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. 994, entitled "An act to provide for the administration of the Workmen's Compensation Act of one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, by creating the Bureau of Workmen's Compensation of the Department of Labor and Industry; providing for the establishment of the Workmen's Compensation board to have charge of such bureau: authorizing the division of the Commonwealth into Workmen's Compensation districts and the appointment of Workmen's Compensation Referees; defining the powers and duties of the Commissioner of Labor and Industry, the Bureau of Workmen's Compensation, the Workmen's Compensation Board, the Workmen's Compensation Referees and the factory inspectors of the Department of Labor and Industry in enforcing the said act, and fixing the salaries of the members of the Workmen's Compensation Board, the Workmen's Compensation Referees and certain of their employes and assistants, and repealing certain acts." 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. 995, entitled "An act providing for the licensing of employers exempted from issuing their liability under the Workmen's Compensation Act of one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, imposing certain duties upon such employers and certain expenses in connection with such licensing, and making an appropriation 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. 996, entitled "An act providing for the appointment of Director of Rehabilitation, and conferring upon such director the power to direct the rendering of certain physicially handicapped persons fit to engage in remunerative occupations, providing for the ap pointment of subordinate officers and employes, and making an ap propriation." And said bill having been read at length the first time, Ordered, To be laid aside for second reading. Mr. Smith made a motion, That the Senate do now adjourn until next Monday evening, at nine o'clock. Which was agreed to. Whereupon, The President, Lieutenant-Governor E. E. Beidleman, adjourned the Senate until next Monday evening, at nine o'clock. MONDAY, MAY 12, 1919. The Senate met at nine o'clock. The President, Lieut.-Governor E. E. Beidleman, in the Chair. 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. Crow, the further reading was dispensed with and the Journal was approved. Mr. Mearkle asked and obtained leave of absence for Mr. Einstein on account of illness in his family. . Mr. Barr presented the petition of the Chamber of Commerce of Pittsburgh, protesting against the passage of the bill to repeal the nonpartisan law of this State and particularly as affecting second class cities. Which was referred to the Committee on Municipal Affairs, Mr. Nason, from the Committee on Judiciary General, reported as amended Senate bill No. 704 (House bill No. 660), entitled "An act authorizing the transfer by township poor districts to the township school districts of certain poor funds." Mr. Eyre, from the Committee on Public Roads and Highways, reported as committed Senate bill No. 459 (House bill No. 569), entitled "An act to amend section two of the act approved the twenty-first day of April, one thousand nine hundred three (Pamphlet Laws two hundred and twenty-eight), entitled 'An act authorizing and requiring county commissioners of the several counties of this Commonwealth to have the county bridges of their respective counties painted and the bolts of the same tightened as often as may be necessary,'” as amended. He also, from the Committee on Public Roads and Highways, reported as committed Senate bill No. 657 (House bill No. 198), entitled "An act relating to petitions for laying out certain public roads and to reports of viewers thereon." Mr. S. J. Miller, from the Committee on Public Health and Sanitation, reported as committed Senate bill No. 32, entitled "A supplement to an act approved May twenty-fourth, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred eighty-seven (Pamphlet Laws seven hundred twentyseven), entitled An act to regulate the practice of pharmacy and sale of poisons and to prevent adulterations in drugs and medicinal preparations' in the State of Pennsylvania." Mr. McConnell, from the Committee on Judiciary Special, reported as committed Senate bill No. 716, entitled "An act to amend an act, entitled 'An act granting to water power companies and other corporations owning or controlling water power, authority to develop and distribute clectric power by means of their water power and to erect, construct and maintain the necessary buildings, plant and apparatus for that purpose,' approved the second day of July, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred ninety-five, by giving to such companies the right of eminent domain, and conferring upon the Public Service Commission of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania certain powers with respect thereto." Mr. Daix, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported as committed Senate bill No. 886 (House bill No. 1260), entitled "An act to further amend section nine of an act approved the fifth day of May, one thousand eight hundred ninety-nine (Pamphlet Laws two hundred forty eight), entitled 'An act supplementing and amending an act, entitled 'An act to establish an intermediate court of appeal, regulating its constitution, officers, jurisdiction, powers, practice and its relation to the Supreme Court and other courts, providing for the reports of its decisions the compensation of the judges and other officers and the practice and costs on appeals from its judgments, approved June twenty-four, one thousand eight hundred ninety-five,' as amended, increasing the amount to which the judges of the Superior Court shall be entitled to be reimbursed for the sums expended by them in each year for expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties, and for the help for briefers, investigators, stenographers, typewriters and clerks." Mr. Vare, from the Committee on Municipal Affairs, re-reported as committed Senate bill No. 514, entitled "An act to amend the act approved the fourteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred 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.'" Mr. Eyre, from the Committee on Public Roads and Highways, reported as committed Senate bill No. 1021 (House bill No. 107), entitled "An act relating to and regulating the use and operation of motor vehicles and vehicles propelled by or trailing after motor vehicles, requiring the registration of the same and the licensing of all operators thereof, providing the fees therefor, and the disposition of such fees, prohibiting the unauthorized use of and tampering with motor vehicles, limiting and defining the powers of cities, boroughs, incorporated towns, townships and counties as to the regulation of the use and equipment of motor vehicles and the taxing, registration or licensing thereof, imposing certain duties on the State Highway Commissioner and on proprietors of public garages, providing procedure and penalties for violations thereof and the disposition of fines collected and regulating the service of process and proceedings in actions for damages arising from the use of any motor vehicle." Mr. Snyder, from the Committee on Education, reported as committed Senate bill No. 986, entitled “An act to amend section two thousand one hundred five of an act approved the eighteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and eleven (Pamphlet Laws three hundred and nine), entitled 'An act to establish a public school system in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, together with the provisions by which it shall be administered, and prescribing penalties for the violation thereof; providing revenue to establish and maintain the same, and the method of collecting such revenue, and repealing all laws, general, special or local, or any parts thereof, that are or may be inconsistent therewith." Mr. Nason, from the Committee on Game and Fisheries, reported as committed Senate bill No. 1033 (House bill No. 1404), entitled "An act requiring the Fish Commissioner within one year to certify whether adequate provision has been made at McCall's Ferry for the passage of fish, and unless such certificate that said dam no longer prevents the fish from passing up said stream is filed with the Attorney General within thirteen months, authorizing and directing the Attorney General to institute and prosecute quo warranto and other legal proceedings against the Pennsylvania Water and Power Company." Mr. Schantz read in his place and presented to the Chair Senate bill No. 1035, entitled "An act to amend clause (a) section twentythree of an act approved the seventh day of June, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen (Pamphlets Laws), four hundred three), entitled 'An act relating to the form, execution, revocation and interpretation of wills; to nuncupative wills; to the appointment of testamentary guardians; to spendthrift trusts; to forfeiture of devise or legacy in case of murder of testator; to elections to take under or against wills, and to the recording and registering of such elections. and of decrees relative thereto, and to the fees therefor.” Which was committed to the Committee on Judiciary General. He also read in his place and presented to the Chair Senate bill No. 1036, entitled "An act directing the State Librarian to cause certain old church records of this State to be translated, preserved and published, and making an appropriation therefor." Which was committed to the Committee on Appropriation. He also read in his place and presented to the Chair Senate bill No. 1037, entitled "An act providing for the pensioning of certain soldiers, sailors and marines and the widows of certain soldiers, sailors and marines who served in the Civil War and making an appropriation for the payment thereof. Which was committed to the Committee on Appropriations. Mr. Woodward read in his place and presented to the Chair Senate bill No. 1038, entitled "An act to amend section sixteen hundred and seven, of an act approved the eighteenth day of May, Anno Domini one thousand nine hundred and eleven, entitled 'An act to establish a public school system in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, together with the provisions by which it shall be administered, and prescribing penalties for the violation thereof; providing revenue to establish and maintain the same, and the method of collecting the same; and repealing all laws, general, special or local, or any parts thereof, that are or may be inconsistent therewith,' so far as to provide for training in the honest, intelligent and persistent use of the elective franchise, in every public school in the Commonwealth." Which was committed to the Committee on Education. Mr. Patton read in his place and presented to the Chair Senate bill No. 1039, entitled "A joint resolution proposing an amendment to seetion one of article fourteen of the Constitution of Pennsylvania.” Which was committed to the Committee on Judiciary General. He also read in his place and present to the Chair Senate bill No. father to desert or neglect to support his wife or children; prescribing 1040, entitled "An act making it a misdemeanor for a husband or a penalty therefor, and making the wife or any person having the care, custody or control of minor children a competent witness." Which was committed to the Committee on Judiciary General. Mr. Smith read in his place and presented to the Chair Senate bill No. 1041, entitled "An act to amend an act approved the eighth day of June, one thousand eight hundred eighty-one (Pamphlet Laws eightyone), entitled 'An act to authorize the courts of common pleas of this Commonwealth, on sale of real estate by surety for the sheriff or coroner, in application by petition, to release the lien of recognizance on said real estate,' by extending the provisions of the act to include the sale of real estate of any sheriff or coroner." Which was committed to the Committee on Judiciary General. |