Mr. Eyre from the Committee on Public Roads and Highways, reported as committed, Senate bill No. 992, entitled "An act amending an act, approved the 14th day of July, A. D. 1917, entitled 'An act concerning townships, and revising, amending and consolidating the law relating thereto."

Mr. Smith from the Committee on Judiciary Special, re-reported as amended, Senate bill No. 994, entitled "An act to provide for the administration of the Workmen's Compensation Act of 1915, by creating a 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, authoriz ing 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, and the Workmen's Compensation Referees, and certain of their employes and assistants, and repealing certain acts."

Mr. McConnell from the Committee on Judicary Special, re-reported as amended, Senate bill No. 993, entitled "An act to amend an act, approved the 2d day of June, A. D. 1915 (P. L. 736), entitled An act defining the liability of an employer to pay damages for injuries received by an employe in the course of employment, establishing and electing schedule of compensation and providing procedure for the determination of liability and compensation thereunder,' and providing when the same shall become effective.”

Mr. Phipps from the Committee on Judiciary General, reported as committed, Senate bill No. 867, entitled "An act authorizing R. B. Taylor, of Bellefonte, Centre County, to bring suit in the court of common please, of Dauphin County, against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania."

Mr. Daix from the Committee on Appropriations, reported as committed, Senate bill No. 1144 House bill No. 1395), entitled “An act fixing the salary of the Auditor General."

He also from the Committee on Apprporiations, reported as com mitted, Senate bill No. 1145 (House bill No. 1394), entitled "An act fixing the salary of the State Treasurer."

He also from the Committee on Appropriations, re-reported as committed, Senate bill No. 1166, entitled "An act fixing the salary of the Commissioner of Labor and Industry."

Mr. Crow from the Committee on Elections, reported as committed, Senate bill No. 1096 (House bill No. 111), entitled “An act fixing the time of meeting of the return judges in the several Congressional, Senatorial, Representative and Judicial districts composed of two or more counties, or parts of two or more counties, prescribing the manner of making and certifying the consolidated returns, imposing certain duties on prothonotaries and county commissioners, and fixing the compensation of such return judges."

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He also from the Committee on Elections, reported as committed, Senate bill No. 1097 (House bill No. 112), entitled "A supplement to an act approved the 11th day of July, 1901 (P. L. 652), entitled 'An the places in which the return judges of such Congressional districts t to apportion the State into Congressional districts,' designating

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two or more counties."

He also from the Committee on Elections, reported as committed, Senate bill No. 1098 (House bill No. 113), entitled "An act authoriz ing county commissioners to appoint return judges to cast up primary election returns in Congressional, Senatorial and Judicial Districts.”

He also from the Committee on Elections, reported as committed, Senate bill No. 1171 (House bill No. 608), entitled "An act providing for voting by soldiers, sailors and marines in service or discharged therefrom, returning to their homes, who have been unable to qualify themselves as electors in accordance with existing laws.

He also from the Committee on Finance, reported as committed, Senate bill No, 926 (House bill No. 457), entitled "An act to further amend section one of an act approved the 6th day of May, 1887, (P. L. 79), entitled 'An act to provide for the better collection of collateral inheritance taxes,' as amended."

He also from the Committee on Finance, reported as committed, Senate bill No. 1018 (House bill No. 1346), entitled "An act to amend section twenty of an act, approved the 1st day of June, 1889 (P. L. 420), entitled 'A further supplement to an act, entitled 'An act to provide revenue by taxation,' approved the 7th day of June, A. D. 1879,'

as amended."

He also from the Committee on Finance, reported as committed, Senate bill No. 1025 (House bill No. 1345), entitled "An act providing for the collection and payment over to the Commonwealth by private and public corporations of State taxes on scrip bonds, certificates and evidences of indebtedness, issued or assumed by such corporations, and requiring certain reports in connection therewith."

He also from the Committee on Finance, reported as committed, Senate bill No. 1026 (House bill No. 1344), entitled “An act amending section seventeen of an act approved the 17th day of June, 1913 (P. L. 507), entitled 'An act to provide revenue for State and county purposes and in cities co-extensive with counties for city and county purposes, imposing taxes upon certain classes of personal property, providing for the assessment and collection of the same, providing for the duties and compensation of prothonotaries and recorders in connection therewith, and modifying existing legislation which provided raising revenue for State purposes.'

He also from the Committee on Finance, reported as committed, Senate bill No. 1027 (House bill No. 1343), entitled “An act to amend section four of an act approved the 30th day of June, 1885 (P. L. 198), entitled A further supplement to an act, entitled 'An act to provide revenue by taxation,' approved the 7th day of June, 1879.'"

He also from the Committee on Finance, reported as committed, Senate bill No. 1028 (House bill No. 1342), entitled “An act to amend section eighteen of an act, approved the 17th day of June, 1913 (P. L. 507), entitled 'An act to provide revenue for State and county purposes, and in cities coextensive with counties for city and county purposes, imposing taxes upon certain classes of personal property, providing for the assessment and collection of the same, providing for the duties and compensation of prothonotaries and recorders in connection therewith, and modifying existing legislation which provided for raising revenue for State purposes."

He also from the Committee on Finance, reported as committed, Senate bill No. 1029 (House bill No. 440), entitled "An act to amend section one of an act approved the 11th day of July, 1917 (P. L. 832), entitled 'An act for the imposition and collection of certain inheritance taxes."

He also from the Committee on Finance, reported as committed, Senate bill No. 1042, entitled "An act to amend sections sixteen and eighteen of an act approved the 17th day of June, 1913 (P. L. 507), entitled 'An act to provide revenue for State and county purposes, and, in cities coextensive with counties for city and county purposes, imposing taxes upon certain classes of personal property, providing for the assessement and collection of the same; providing for the duties and compensation of prothonotaries and recorders in connection therewith, and modifying existing legislation which provided for raising revenue for State purposes.'

He also from the Committee on Finance, reported as committed, Senate bill No. 1086 (House bill No. 1024), entitled “An act to amend section one (1) and section seven (7) of an act approved the 4th day of June, 1915, entitled 'An act to provide revenue by imposing State tax upon sales and agreements to sell or memoranda of sales of stock and upon deliveries or transfers of shares or certificates of stock in domestic and foreign corporations, co-partnership associations and joint stock associations, providing the manner of collecting such tax, and prescribing penalties."

Mr. F. E. Baldwin from the Committee on Judiciary General, rereported as amended, Senate bill No. 206, entitled 'An act authorizing corporations incorporated under the laws of any other State of the United States to acquire, erect and maintain buildings and manufacturing establishments and to take, hold, mortagage, lease and convey real estate necessary and proper for such corporate purposes."

Mr. Whitten, from the Committee on Judiciary General, reported as committed, Senate bill No. 1167, entitled "An act to amend the act, approved the 13th day of May, 1913 (P. L. 295), entitled 'An act authorizing companies incorporated under the laws of any other State of the United States for certain purposes, to erect and maintain buildings and manufacturing establishments, and to take, have and hold real estate neessary and proper for such purposes,' as amended."

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On motion of Mr. Eyre,

The following resolution was twice read, considered and agreed
In the Senate, May 28, 1919.

Resolved. if the House of Representatives concur), That Senate Bill schools, providing for the establishment and regulation of consolidated schools and providing for State-aid for the transportation of pupils to and from consolidated schools," be recalled from the Governor for the purpose of amendment.

Ordered, That the Clerk present the same to the House of Representatives for concurrence.

Mr. Woodward read in his place and presented to the Chair, Senate bill No. 1172, entitled "An act making an appropriation to the Philadelphia Art Alliance Association, of Philadelphia."

Which was committed to the Committee on Appropriations.

Mr. Weaver read in his place and presented to the Chair, Senate bill No. 1173, entitled 'A supplement to an act, entitled 'An act providing for the raising of revenue for state purposes, by imposing upon certain foreign corporations, limited partnerships and joint stock associations a bonus of one-third of one per centum upon the capital actually employed in Pennsylvania, and requiring the filing of certain reports in the office of the Auditor General,' approved the eighth day of May, Anno Domini one thousand nine hundred and one."

Which was committed to the Committee on Finance.

Mr. Crow read in his place and presented to the Chair Senate bill No. 1174, entitled "An act to amend the second section of, and to supplement an act, entitled 'A supplement to the twenty-fourth seetion of an act entitled 'An act to provide revenue by taxation, approved the seventh day of June, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine,' approved the first day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine, amending the twenty-fourth section by providing for the payment by the State Treasurer of one-half of the two per centum tax on premises paid by foreign fire insurance companies to the treasurers of the several cities and boroughs within this Commonwealth,' approved the twenty-eighth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, amending the same to provide for the payment of the net proceeds of the entire two per centum tax for the purpose indicated in the original act, and supplement including townships among the distributees."

Which was committed to the Committee on Finance.

He also read in his place and presented to the Chair, Senate bill No. 1175, entitled "An act to amend section one thousand nine of an act, approved the eighteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred eleven (Pamphlet Laws 309), 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.'"

Which was committed to the Committee on Education.

He also read in his place and presented to the Chair, Senate bill No. 1176, entitled "An act to amend section nine hundred two of an act, approved the eighteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred eieven (P. L. 309), entitled 'An act to establish a public school system in the Commonwealth of Pennsylania, 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."

Which was committed to the Committee on Education.

Mr. Hackett read in his place and presented to the Chair, Senate bill No. 1177, entitled "An act to prohibit the sale, transfer or gift of cannons, guns, revolvers, firearms, pistols, powder caps, torpedoes, skyrockets, pinwheels, firecrackers, red or white, or any other colored lights and fireworks of all description, and all kinds of devices or containers containing any kind of explosive substance, to any minor, male or female, under the age of 16 years, and providing penalties for the violation of this act."

Which was committed to the Committee on Judiciary Special.
Agreeably to order,

The Senate resumed the consideration of Senate bill No. 148, entitled "An act authorizing recorders of deeds in counties having a population of, from one hundred and fifty thousand to five hun dred thousand inhabitants to appoint a solicitor prescribing the duties of said solicitor and fixing his term of appointment and salary."

And said bill having been read at length the third time, and agreed to,

And the amendments made thereto having been printed as required by the Constitution,

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, Beales, Boyd, Campbell, Crow, Daix, DeWitt, Donahue, Eyre, Graff, Hackett, Heaton, Herron, Homsher, Jones, Leiby, Leslie, McConnell, McNichol, John S. Miller, Summerfield J. Miller, Murdoch, Patton, Phipps, Sassaman, Schantz, Smith, Snyder, Sones, Vare, Weaver, Whitten, Woodward and Buckman, Pres. Pro. Tem.—36,