troller in all boroughs of this Commonwealth prescribing the qualifications, powers and duties thereof and abolishing the office of borough auditors in said boroughs approved the twelfth day of June, Anno Domini one thousand nine hundred and thirteen prescribing certain additional duties of said controller the audit by him of the acounts of all officers of the borough the filing of his report in the of fice of the prothonotary the surcharge of any officer by him the entry of judgment against any officer upon said report the method by which the controller may obtain evidence before him making persons guilty of false testimony before him guilty of perjury providing for appeals by the borough or taxpayers or officers from the controllers report of audit to the court of common pleas and thence to the Superior and Supreme Courts prescribing the method of disposition of appeals giving certain rights to taxpayers in connection with said appeals fixing the amount of the bond and regulating the salary of the borough controller." 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. 817, entitled "An act requiring each county having a population of less than one million five hundred thousand and over one million to establish a pension fund for employes of said county and regulating the payment of such pensions." 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. 820, entitled "An act regulating through the Commissioner of Labor and Industry the business of assisting employers to obtain employes and persons to secure employment including the business of collecting information to the same end 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. 821, entitled "An act establishing under the Depart ment of Labor and Industry a system of regulation of employers seeking employes and of persons seeking employment and prescribing incidental thereto certain duties of employers and of county municipal township and school authorities and of agencies procuring employes for others 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. 830 (House bill No. 1034), entitled "An act relative to borough and township employes prescribing a method of paying them and fixing the duties of the borough and township authorities." On the question, Will the Senate agree to the first reading? A motion was made by Mr. Catlin to amend the same in line five, by striking out after the word "semi-monthly" the word "on;" also in line five, by adding after the word "semi-monthly" the words "the first payment to be made between;" also in line six, by striking out the word "respectively" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "and the second payment to be made between the fifteenth and the last day of the month." Which was agreed to. The section as amended was then agreed to. The second section and the title were separately considered and agreed to. And said bill as amended was then agreed to. And said bill as amended 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. 867), entitled "An act conferring authority upon the commissioners of the counties respectively within this Commonwealth to appropriate money for the maintenance of such indigent residents of the county as may be patients in a hospital or sanitorium of any district in the county which has been erected and equipped according to plans and specifications approved by the Department of Health of Pennsylvania." 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. 838, entitled "An act to repeal the first, third and fourth sections of an act, entitled 'An act to regulate places of public amusement in cities of the first class,' approved the twenty-second day of May, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine." 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. 847, entitled "An act to incorporate the Knowlton Bridge Company of Northampton county, Pennsylvania." 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. 852, entitled "An act making an appropriation to the State Highway Department." 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. 870 (House bill No. 1008), entitled "An act dividing the counties of this Commonwealth into eight classes designating the mode of ascertaining and changing the classification and providing for the regulation of their affairs according to their respective class." 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 Senate proceeded to the first reading and consideration of Senate bill No. 152, entitled "An act providing for the establishment, erection, equipment and management of a Pennsylvania Home for Boys and for the commitment thereto of delinquent boys between the ages of six and sixteen years and making an appropriation." 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. 491, entitled "An act to amend section three of an act approved the twenty-third day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, entitled 'An act relating to marriage licenses providing for officers herein indicated to issue licenses for parties to marry,' as amended." 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. 582 (House bill No. 747), entitled "An act amending the first section of an act approved the twenty-fifth day of May, one thousand nine hundred seven, entitled 'An act authorizing the board of public charities to appoint two assistant general agents and prescribing their duties." 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. 583 (House bill No. 785), entitled "An act authorizing the Board of Public Charities to appoint two additional assistant general agents and prescribing their duties.” 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. 634, entitled "An act giving to banks, bankers and trust companies in case of insolvency of any depositor therein or of an assignment for the benefit of creditors by any such depositor or of the appointment of a receiver for the property of such depositor a lien on any balance to the credit of such depositor at the time of such insolvency assignment for the benefit of creditors or appointment of receiver to the extent of the liability of such depositor to such bank, banker or trust company upon any promissory note bill of exchange, letter of credit or other indebtedness in any form whether or not the same has then matured." 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. 666, entitled "An act supplementing and amending section eleven of an act, entitled 'An act establishing a court for the county of Philadelphia prescribing its jurisdiction and powers providing for the service of its writs, process or warrants by the proper officers of the county or city of Philadelphia regulating the procedure therein and appeals therefrom and providing for the expenses thereof,' approved the twelfth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen by conferring jurisdiction on the court in certain additional criminal actions involving and including forgery, kidnapping, perjury, rape and robbery and by conferring exclusive jurisdiction upon the said court in all proceedings concerning or trials of charges brought against all persons, adults or minors accused of disorderly street-walking and in all proceedings concerning or trials of charges brought against all minors between the ages of sixteen and twentyone years absenting themselves from school or who shall disobey their parents' command or be found idle in the streets and against all disorderly children and defining disorerly children and repealing all acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith." And said bill having been read at length the first time, Ordered, To be laid aside for second reading. |