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HOUSE OF REPRESENTA'l:IVES BILL SIGNED BY SPEAKER MONDAY, February 24, 1947 Bill numbered and entitled as foliows having been pre pared for presentation 1.o the Governor, and the same The House met at 9 p . .m. being correct, the title was publicly read as follows: The SPEAKER (Franklin H. Lichtenwalter) in the Chair. SENATE BILL No. 2. PRAYER An Act to further amend the act, approved the seven The Chaplain Rev. ·James Haldane · Brown offered the teenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred twenty:"' one (P. L. 682), entitled "An act relatinJ?: to insurance; following prayer: amending, revising, and consolidating lhe law provi.d Our eternal God and Father, Thou Who art great, and _ing, for the incor poration of insurance companies, and greatly to be pr aised; Whose ways are past our finding the reguJ alion, supervision, and pt'Olection of home and foreign insurance companies. Lloyds associations, re out all together, Thou hast again brought us safely cipr ocal and inter-insurance exchanges, and fire insur through another week, that now, in this place, we mAy ance rating bureaus, and the regulation and supervision serve Thee as we deliberate concerning those things of insurance carried by such companies, associations, and which shall militate to the welfare of men. Grant now, e..'\changes, Including insurance carried by the Slate Workmen's Insurance Fund; providing p enalties; and we pray Thee, a competency of Thy divine wisdom, that rep al inJ?' e,•isling l aws," repealing se<:tions .tour hun in serving Thee, we shall in like manner ser ve those who dred four, four lrnndred five, and four hundred six have called us to this high calling. Purge us of petty thereof, and adding new sections !'estating and changing requirem en ts relating to the investment of the capilal ness, selfishness, prejudice, and pride, that we may be near reserves and surplus of and relating to the real estate unto Thyself, and know that Thou art God. which may be held by life fosur ance companies; and This our prayer in the redeeming name that is above authorizing agreements between 01· among insurance every name, Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen, comparues concern.ing owne.rship and contl'ol of r eal es tate. JOURNAL APPROVED Whereupon, The SPEAKER, in the presence of the House, signed The SPEAKER. The Clerk will read the Journal of the same. Tuesd.ay, February 18, 1947. The Clerk proceeded to read the Journal of Tuesday, SENATE MESSAGE February 18, 1947, when, on motioll of Mr. STIMMEL TIME OF NEXT MEETING unanimously agreed to, the further reading was dis pensed with and the Journal approved. The Clerk of the Senate being introduced presented an extract from the Journal of the Senate, whid-1 w:is read COMMUNICATION as follows: The SPEAKER laid before the House a communication In the Senate, February 24, 1947. which was read by the Clerk as follows: Resolved (i( the House of Representatives concur) That when the Senale adjourns this w eek it reco.nvene on Monday, March 3, 1947 at four o'cloc:k p. m ., and when February 24, 1947. the House of Representatives adjouTns iliis week it re To thank you all for your sympathy, convene on Monday, March 3, 1947, at nine o'clock, p. n1. You've comforted and helped me more Ordered, That the Clerk present the same to the House Than you can ever know, of Representatives for its concurrence. For your kindness and your sympathy On the question, Meant more than words can show Will the House , concur in the resolution of the Senate? I'd like to write each one a note, It was concurred in. But please let this convey Ordered, That the Clerk inf.arm the Senate accordingly, The thoughts that go to all of you In gratitude today. BILLS ON FIRST READING Mn Robert W. Munley and Family Agreeably to order. The House proceeded to the first reading and considera REPORT OF THE DELAWARE RIVER JOINT tion of Hcruse Bill No. 57. entitled: COMMISSION An Act 1.o add section three thousand seven hundred The SPEAKER laid before the House the Report of twenty-two to the act, approved the Lwenty-third dsy of June, one thousand ii ine hundred and Lllirly-one (P. L. the Delaware River Joint Commission of Pennsylvania 932) , en lilied .. An act relating t o cities ol' the lhil'd lass; and New Jersey for 1946. - and a mendll1g. l'evising, a nd consol idating the J w 1·e (For report see Appendix.) la ling lhel·eto," autJ101'i zing the sale ol unused and un necessary hind and buildings dedica ted to park pL1rposes. SENATE MESSAGES And said bill having been read at length the first time, Ordered, To be laid aside for second reading, The Clerk of the Senate being introduced, presented extracts from · the Journal of the Senate; Agreeably to order, Senate Bills for concurrence 21, 29, 51, 2B, 104. The House proceeded to the first reading and considera Senate Bill to be signed 50. tion of House Bill No. 203, entitled: 19-±7. LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL-HOUSE. 457
An Act validating co,unty treasurers' sales· for de.tin• The first section was. read. quent taxes where the deeds for such properties have been executed and the acknowledgments to such deeds On the question, were not duly made or r ecorded as having be.en made in Will the House agree to the section? the court of common lease or such acknowledgments are Mr. PROPERT offered the following amendment: otherwise defective. Amend sec. 1 (Sec. 206), page 3, lines 15 and 16 by And said bill having been read at length the first time, striking out the words '.for a period in excess of fo.ur ( 4) Ordered, To be laid aside for second reading, years including the current year" and inserting in lieu thereof: 'more than fom· (4) years after contributions i·e Agreeably to order, lating to such i:ecoi·ds have been pi].id." The House proceeded to the first reading and considera On the question, tion of House Bill No. 229, entitled: Will the House agree to the amendment? An Act ·to add subdhdsion (d-1) c:mtaining ection three Mr. CHUDOFF. lVh. Speaker, has the IVlinority Leader thousaJ1d two hundred Iorly- e.ight to the act, approved the received a eopy of these amendments. twenl-y - third day of June one thousand nine hundred The SPEAKER. The Chai1· <::an not answer the gentle thirty-one (P. L. 932), entitled "An act relating. to ci ies .of the third class: and amending, revising, anti consolld.al man's question; but will see that the Minority Leader re i{lg the law relating thereto," authorizing such cities o ceives a copy f1.n:nish and construct" sewerage iacilities outside o! 1.he Jv'Ir. CHUDOFF. Mr. Speaker, I would like to interro ci y, gate the gentleman who offered the amendment. And said bill having been read at length the first time, The SPEAKER. Will the gentleman from Montgomery, Ordered, To be laid aside for second reading. Mr. Propert, permit himself to be interrogated? Agreeably to order, Mr. PROPERT. I shall, Mr. Speaker. The House proceeded to Hie first reading and considera Mr. CHUDOFF. I should like to know, Mr. Speaker, tion of House Bill No. 313, entitled: from the gentleman from Montgomery whether this amendment is offered for the purpose .of making emQ An Act authorizing and empowecing cities of the first players keep records for five years? class of this Commonweatth to acqufre by· purchase, lease or condemnation, any Jand within said cities with U1e Mr PROPERT. I did not he~r the question, Mr. Speaker. buildings thereon, if any, for use as the site .for parking Mr. CHUDOFF. I should like to know, Mr. Speaker, lots or pub1Jc garages; to operate or to lease such parking from the gentleman from Montgomery as to whether or lots 01• ga1·ages for private operation, snd to fix the tenns not this amendment is offered for the purpose of making and conditions of such leases. employers keep unemployment compensation records fo1·_ And said bill having been read at length the first time, a period of five years? Ordered, To be laid aside for second reading. Mr. PROPERT. Mr. Speaker, the amendment clarifies Agreeably to order, - lhe law that the employer shall keep the records for more The House proceeded to the first reading and considera than four years after the obligations have been entailed. tion of House Bill No. 319, entitled: Mr. CHUDOFF. I should like to know from the gentle man, Mr. Speaker. whether the purpose of this :tmend An Act authorizing the mayor, controller and treasurer ment is to allow employe1·s to take advantage o! merit of any city or county of the first class, to invest money in the treasury of· such city or county not required for im rating? mediate use in certain obligations of tbe United States Mr. PROPERT. · The purpose of tbis amendm~nt. Mr. Government, and to sell or have the same redeemed. · Speaker, is to conform with the Federal Act. And said bill having been read at length the first time, Mr. CHUDOFF. I should like to know, Mr. Speaker, Ordered, To be laid aside for second reading. how this amendment would conform with the Federal Act. Mr. PROPERT. The Federal Act, Mr. Speaker, requires BILLS ON SECOND READING all employers, as I understand, to retain records for a Agreeably to order, period of four years. The House proceeded to the second reading and con Mr. CHUDOFF. Mr. Speaker, when this bill was first sideration of House Bill No. 91, ~ntitled: introduced I thought that it was for the purpose of elim inating me~·it rating in Pennsylvania. Under the Unem An Act to further amend section two hundred six of ployment Compensation Laws it is necessary for the em the act, approved the fifth day of December, one thou sand nine hundred thirty-six ( 1937 P. L. 2897), entitled ployer to take advantage of merit rating. The provisions "An act establishing a system of unemployment compen of the Unemployment Act contemplate that the employers sation to be administered by the Department of Labor should have been in business for at least five years. If and Industry and its existing and newly created agencies this ai11endment is offered for the purpose of allowing with personnel (with certain exceptions) selected on a civil service basis: requiring employers to keep records employers lo maintain records for five years in order and make reports, and certain employers to pay con to take advantage of the inerit rating, I do n9t see any tributions based on payrolls to provide moµeys for the objection to it, but what I would like to know and what payment of compensation to certain unen1ployed persons; I am not clear in my mind about is just exactly what the providing procedure and admjnistrative details for the de termination, payment and collection of such contribu gentleman is trying to do by the amendment, and I would tions and the payment of such compensation_: providing like to have the gentleman clarify it. for cooperation with, the Federal Government and its On the question recurring, agencies; creating certain special funds in the custody of Will the House agree to the amendment? the State Treasurer; and prescribing penalties," by pro viding that employers need not retain unemployment It was agreed to. compensation records in excess of four years. 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The title was read and agreed to. And said bill having been read at length the second And said bill having been read at length the second time and agreed to time and agr,eed to as amended. Ordered, To be transcribed for third reading. Ordered, Tot be transcribed for a third reading. Agreeably to order, Agreeably to order, The House proceeded to the second reading and con The House proceeded to the second reading and con- sideration of Senate Bill No. 90, entitled: sideration of House Bill No. 224, entitled: An Act to further amend the act, approved the twenty An Act to amend clause one of section one thousand five fifth day of May, one thousand n1ne hundred thirty hundred two of the act approved the twenty-fourth day of seven (P. L. 814), entitlEd "An act to provide for the June, one thousand nine hundied thirty-one. (P. L. 1206), permanent personal registration of electors in cities of entitled "An act c~mcerning townships of the first class; the second class as a condition of their right to vote at relating Lhe1·eto," making special provisions for 1he pub elections and primaries, and their enrollment as members amending, revising, consolidating. and changing the law o! political paI"ties as n further condition o.f their r1ghl to )jcatipn of ordinances setting up certain codes. • vote aL primaries; pI"escribing certain procedu're for the conduct of elections and primaries and the challenge and And said bill having been read at leng',h the second proo:( of .quaJiiications of electors; and prescribing the time and agreed to pov:ers ~nd dulies of citizens parties, politlcal bodies · Ordered, To be transcribed for third reading. L'eg1stration commissions, commissioners, registrars, in spectors of registration and other appointees of i·egistra Agreeably to order, tion .c?mmissions, county election boards, election officers, municipal officers departments and bureaus, police ofii The House proceeded to the second reading and con ce;l's,_ courts judges, prothonota1'fes sheriffs, county com sideration of House Bill No. 288, entitled: mtss.10nei·s, peace officers, county treasurers, county con trollers, registrai·s of vital statistics, certain public utility An Act to further amend subdivision (1) of subsection corpo1·ations, real estate brokers, rental agents. and boards (x) of section four of the act, approved the Jifth day of of scho.o~ directors; an~ imposing penalties" as amended, December, .one thousand nine hundred thirty-six (]937 by revJSJng and changmg the p1·ov-islons of said act re P. L. 2897), entitled. "An act establishing a system of latin_g. to the _times of r~giste1·ing electors pefore the unemployment compensation to be administered by the li!Lln~CJJ?al '!~ection. comparing and correcting general and Department of Labor and Industry and its existin.g and d1stnct reg1slers and prepal·ing preliminary street lists newly ci·eated agencies with persom1el ( wi tit certain and street li ts. exceptlon.s), selected on a 'chril se1'vice basis: requiring employe1·s to keep records and make reports, and certain And said bill having been read at length the second employers to pay contributions based on payrolls to time and agreed to provide moneys rOr the payment of compensnilon to cer tain unemployed persons: providing prncedure and ad Ordered, To be transcribed for third reading. mjnisti·ati.ve details !or the delel'mination payment and collection of such contribulions and 1he pa~'ment or such Agreeably lo order, compensation; providin_g Ior coopel'alion wilh the Federal The House proceeded to the s cond reading and con Government and its agencies· creating certain special sideration of Senate Bill No. 91, entitled: funds in the custody of the State Treasurer: and prescrlb inJ? penalties." changing definition of woges. An Act lo further amend the act approved the twenty fifLh day of May, one thousand nine hundred thil:ty-seven And said bill having been read at length the second (P. L. 849) ~ntitl .ed "An act to provide !or the permanent time and agreed to personal i·eg1stration of electors in cities of the thlrd class Ordered, To be transcribed for third reading. as a condition of their right to v-ote at elections and pr~aties, and their enrol_lJ?ent as members of politi<:al Agreeably to order, pa!ties_ as a .fur~h~r condition o! their right to vote at The House proceeded to the second rea ,(P. L. 487), entitled "An act to provide for the permanent Agreeably to. order, personal registl'ation of electors in boroughs, towns, and townships as a condition o.f their right to vote at elections The House proceed,ed to the second reading and con and pl'imaries, and their enrollment as members of political sideration of Senate Bill No. 130, entitled: parties as a fw·ther condition of their right to vote at primaries; prescribing certain procedu1·e for the conduct An Act to further amend the act, approved the thirtieth of elections and primaries and the challenge and proof o'f day of March, one thousand nine hund·red thirty-seven qualifications of electors; requiring the county commis (P. L. 115), entitled "An act to provide for ~he permanent sioners of the various counties to act as a registration personal registration o.f electors in cit ies of ~he first c.la~s commission therefor; and prescribing lhe powers and duties as a condition of their l'ight to vole at elections and prt of citizens, parties, political bodies, registration commis mal'ies, and their enrollment as members of political sions, commissioners, regist1·ars, inspectors of registration parties as a further condition of their right to vote at and other appointees o! registration commissions, connty primaries; prescribing certain procedure for the conduct election boards, election officers, municipal officers, depart of elections and primaries and lhe challenge and proof ments and bureaus, police oflkers, courts, judges, pt·o of qualifications or electors: and prescrfoing the powers thonotaries, sheriffs, county commissioners, peace officers, and duties of citizens, parties, bcdies of electors, regis county treasurers, county controllers, registrars of vital tTatl.on commissions. commissioners, registrars, inspec statistics, certain public utility corporations, real estate tors of registration and other appointees of registration brokers, rental agents, and boards of school directors; and commission, election officers. munkioaJ officers, dep:nt imposing penalties,' as amended, by revising and changing ments and bul'eaus, police officers, courts, judges, prothono the provisions of said act relating to the times of reg tades, sherifl's, county commfasioners, peace officers, county is tering electors, and comparing and correcting the gen- treasurers, I county contTollers, registrars of vit.al stati~ eral and dlstr1ct registers. · tics, real estate brokers, rental agents, cer~m publJc The first section was read. service companies, persons, firms. and corporations oper ating vehicl"es for moving fui·niture and household goods, On the question, and boards of school directors; and imposing penalties," Will the House agree to the section? by changing the provisions .a~ said act. as to the 1·egis~a Mr. DALRYMPLE offered the following amendments: tion of electo1·s before mumcrnal elections; the correction Amend sec. 1 (Sec. 16), page 3, line 16, by striking out of registers and the preparation of street lists. the word "Regisration" and inserting in lieu thereof "Registration". · ' Tile first section was read. Amend sec. 1 (Sec. 16), page 3, line 19, by inserting On the question, :.after the word "first" the following: "day". Will the House agree to the. section? Amend sec. 1 (Sec. 16), page 4, line 6, by inserting before the word "five" the following: "the". Mr. DALRYMPLE offered the .following amendments: Amend sec. 1 (Sec. 16), page 4, line 16, by striking Amend sec. l (Sec. 17), page 4, line 11 by inserting out the ·word "thouosand" and inserting in lieu thei·eo1 aftei- the word "claim' the .following: 'that they m:e en "thousand". titled to be' registered as electors of the dty and who ap Amend sec. 1 (Sec. 16), page 6, line .4. by inserting pear for r 0 gistration: Provided, however, That in case o.t after the word "for" the following: "registratio11s, ap a special election within a cerlafo district (congressional plications for". senatorial 01· representative) the regish·ation of electors Amend sec. 1 (Sec. 16) , page 7, line 2, by striking out shall be discontinued· only in the wards comprising such the word "one" and inserting in lieu thereof "on", district for the period of thirty-five days prior. to and lhe They were agreed to. five days next following such special e1ection. In each year the commission may also, when it considers it neces The section was agreed to as amended. sal'y for the convenience of the electors, pi:ovide one or The second and third sections and title were separately more places of registration· in each or any ward of the read and agreed to. city, at which two or more registrars, as the comrllission And said bill having been read at length the second may deem necessa:ry, shall be present to receive personal time and agreed to as amended. · avplications from qualified electors of the city who claim that they are entitled to ):>e registered, which registrars Ordered, To be transcribed for a thil'd reading. shall b!' present thereat between the hours of seven ante meridian and one post n1eridian, and between the hours Agreeably to order, of four and ten post meridian on such days as may be The House proceeded to the second reading and con selected by the commission, which shall be not more sideration of Senate Bill No. 93, entitled: than sixty day~, and not less than fifty days, prior to An Act to fm·thel· amend the act approved the third day any general or primary election, and [until the termina of June, one th_ousand nine hundred thirty-seven, ~P. L. tion of hostilities in the present war, and for six months 1333), entitled "An act concerning elections, including thereafter, not morP than sixty days and not less than general, municipal, special and primary elections, the fifty days prior to any municipal electio.n, and in suh nomination of candidates primary and election expenses sequent yearsl not more than forty days and npt les3 and election contests; creating and defining membership than thirty-five days prior to any muniClpal election: of cotmty boards of elections: imposing duties upon the Provided, furt he•, however, That with respect to an)• person who shall become a citizen of the · United States Secretary of the Commonwealth, cou1·ts1 county boards of elections, county commissioners; imposing penalties for on a day subsequPnt to the sixtieth day . p1·ior to any violation of the act, and codifying, revising and consoli election or prima1·y. but at least one month prior to the dating the laws relatin~ thereto; :md repealing certain acts day o.C such election or prjmary, the commission or any and parts o! acts relatmg to elections; furthe1· regulating commfasio~et. employ~ or cl~k. assigned for tl;iat purpose lhe filing of nomination petitions and nominatton papel's; sbaU receive personal applications from such person jf the withdrawal of nominated candidates; the payment of he or she ls otherwise qualified at the office of the regis fees by persons nominated at primary elections; the filing tration commission until the tbirlielh day i;;·rior to such of substitute nornlnation certificates to fill vacancie cau.sed election or primary dtu·ing" by the withdrawal of candidates, and further regulating Amend sec. 1 (Sec. 34), page 5, line 16, by striking out the date of the primary election. the wo1:d "offier" and inserting in lieu thereof "officer." And said bill having been read at length the second ~n;iend sec. 1 (Sec. }4), page 5, line~ 19 and 20, by time and agreed to. strikmg out the words t~at they are entitled to be regis tered as electors of the city and who appear for registra Ordered, To be transcribed for third reading. tion: Provided, however, That in case of" LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL-HOUSE. Amend sec. 1 (Sec. 34), page. 6, lines 1 and 19 bofu Cole, JohnE.ton, O'Donnell, Turner, Cook. O'Nelll inclusive by striking out all the words in said lines Jones, 1 Upshur, Amend sec. (Sec. 34), page 7, lines 1 to 7, by striking Cooper, Jump, Orban, Vaughan, Cordier, Kean. Patten; Verona. out all the words in lines l to 6 both inclusive, and the Costa. Kelley, Petrosky, wacbhaus, wol'ds "thirtieth day prior to· such election or primary Crowley, Kemp, Pichney, Wagner, during" in line 7 . Dague, Kent, Pickens, Waldron, Amend sec. 1 (Sec. 34), page 7, line 8,. by striking out Dalrymple, Kirley, Polaski, Wallin, the wo:-d 'Commission" and inserting in Jj u thereof Davison. Kline, Power.s, Wal tan, "commission." De Long, Kohl, Price. Waterhouse, Oemech, Kratz, Pr0-pert, Vi"atk!ns, They were agreed to. Dennison, Krise, Ra got, Watson, Depuy, Kurtz, Read}ng;er, \\"e\dner, The section was agreed to as amended. Dix, Laughner, Re3gan, Weiss, The second section and title were separately read and Dye, Layer, Ree,e, D. P., We£·cott, agr ed to. Efenberg, Lee, P..t!ese, R. E., West, Elder, Leisey, Reilly, J . i.VL, wt, eel er, And said bill having been read at length the seC"ond El'b, Llvingston, Rellly, W. T., Wolf, time and agreed fo as amended. Evans~ LI vingstoue, Richter, wood, E\Tring, Loftus, Rlley, Worley, Ordered, To be transcribed fol' a third reading. 0 Lovett, Robbins. Yeakel, ~fs ~~· Lyons; Robertson, Yest er, Fiss, BILLS ON THIRD READING Madden, Root, Yetze~. Plack, Madigan, Rose. Young, Agreeably to order, Fleming, Mazza. Rowen, Lichtenwalter, Foor, McCormack. Royer, Speaker. The House proceeded to the third reading and con Frost, sideration of House Bill No. 58, as follows: NAYS-0 An Act making a deficiency appropriation to Sleighton The majority required by the Constitution having voted Farm School for Gil'ls situate in Delaware County Penn- in the affirmative, the question was determined in the sylvania · affit·mative. The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Penn Ordered, That the Clerk present the same to the sylvania hereby enacts as follows· Senate fol' concurrence. Section l The sum of. eighteen thousand six hundred forty-four dollars ($18,644) is hereby appL•opriaLed to Agreeably to order, Sleighton Farm School fo1· Girls situate in Delawate County Pennsylvania for the payment of the deficiency in The House pro eeded to the third reading and con the appropriation foe the fiscal bfon.niun1 ending the sideration o! Rouse Bill No. 82, s.s follows: thirty-first day of May one thou and nine hundred forty seven for the purpose of maintenance m de bv lhe act An Act to am nd section one thousand four hund.red one approved the twenly-ninth day of. May one thousand nine of th acl appl'oved the twenty-fourth day o.r June one hur;dred forty-five (App):opdalion Acts page twenty-one) thousand nine hundred thirty-one (P. L. 1206) emitted entitled "An act making an appropcialion to SJeighton "A~ ~ct conce1'~ing . tow·:'l.Sh.ips of Ll~e fir L class amending Farm Schoo] for Girls situate in Delaware Counly Penn revisrni:, consoltd~lmg and c~angmg the Jaw~ relating sylvania• thereto auLhonzing the assignment o.f policemen to Section· 2 The provisions of this act shall become ef lrnini11g schools and lhe payment of theit' · expenses fective immediately upon final enactment thereai The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Penn And said bill having been read at length the third time, sylvania J1ereby enacts as follows considered and agreed to. Section 1 Seclion one thousand four hund1'ed one o( On the question, the act.approved the lwenly-fourth day of June one thou Shall the bill pass finally? sand mne hundred thirty-one (P. L. 1206) entiUed .. An Agreeably to the provisions of the Constitution the a~t. concerni~g t~wnsh.ips oI the firsl qass amending re yeas and nays were taken and were as follows: v1smg consohdating and changing the Jaw relat,ing there te>'' is he1·eby amended to read as follows YEAS-204 S~c.~on 1401 . Appointment [and) Compensation and 1'.r:urung of Policemen ?-'he board of township commis Aaronson, Gallagher. Mccosker, Sarra!, s10ners shall fi.x by ordinance or resolution the number Andrews, Getchey, McCullough, Slax. ran.k and compens~t.ion of the members of the township Bane, Gib~on. lVIcDonald, Scanlon. pollce force No policeman shall al lhe same time hold Barrett, Goff, MeKinney, Schuster, Baumunk, ny public o.ffi.ce oll.1e~ than constable a!1d health officer Goodling, Mc Millen, Scott, The board o! c.omm1ss1oners shall prescribe all necessary Beech, Gorman, i.VIil1m, Benderi S<>nlll. rules and l'egulalions for the organziation of the police Grayblll, Mikula, .3hoerns.ker. Bent2el, Greenwood, Miller, Simons. force The boar·d may assign the chief of police or any Bloom, Greer. Mills, Smith, C. C., .other men~b!!r of lhe Iorce to. undergo a course . of raining Boies, Griffiths, Mlntess Smith. C M., at any lrainmg school for polwemen established and made Bonawitz, Guthrie, Snlcitr, Sollenberger, avail.able by the Sta.te 01· Federal Govemment and may Boone, Gyger, Mohr, Sorg, Bower. Pl'o.vrd~ for the payment by the township of his expenses Hall, Mmmey, S!Jroul, Brei YEAS-204 And said bill having been read at length the third considered and agreed to. Aaronson, Gallaghe1', McC-0sker, &ax, On the question, Andrews, Getchey, McCullough, Scanlon, Bane. Gibson, McDonald, Schu!:ter, Shall the bill pass finally? Barrett, Goff, McKinney, Scott, Agreeably to the proviSions of the Constitution the Baumunk, Goodling, McMillen, Serrill. Beech, Gorman, Mihm, Shoemal,er, yeas and nays were taken and were as follows: Bender, Graybill, Mikula, Sin1ons, Bentzel, Greenw-0od, Miller, Smith, c. C., YEAS-204 Bloom, Greer. Mill:;, Smith, C. M., Boies, Griffiths, Mintess, Snider, Aaronson, Gallagher, Mccosker, S•J.x , Bonawitz, Guthrie, Mohr, Solien lJerger, Andrew's, Getchey, McCullough, Scanlon, Boorse, Gyger, Mooney, Sorg, Bane, Gibson, McDonald, Schusteri Bower, Hall, Moore, c. E., C.prouli. Barrett, Golf, McKinney, Soott. Breisch, Haller: Moore, H. A., Stank. Baumunk, Goodling, Mc Millen, Senill, Brice, Ha udenshield, .i\11orrtson, Stimmel, Beech, Gorn1an, Mihm, Shoemaker, Brown. Stockham, Helm, M~HTay, Bender 1 Graybill, ivlil::ula. 1 Simoni:', Brunner, Henry, Myers. Stonier, BEntzel, Greenwood, Millet·, Smlt.h, C. C., Bucchin, Hewitt, NaJaka, Stuart, Bloo111, Greer, Mills, Smith, C. lvI., Cadwalader, Hocker, Naumann, Swope, Boies. Griffiths, Mintes;;, Snider, Capano, Hoffman, Needham, Tahl, Bonawitz, Guthrie, MOl'u', Solien berger, casatdy, Hoopes, Nelf, Thomassy, Boorse, Gyger, Mooney, Soro- Chervenak, Horan, Nelson, TI10mpson, Bower. Hall, Moore, C. E., Sp1~1ul, Chudoff. Imbt, O'Connor, Tittle, Breisch, Haller, Moore, H. A .. Stank, Clevenger, Jer,nings, O'Dare, Tompkins, Brice. Haudenshleld, Morrison, :.. :mmel, Cochran, Jo·bnson, O'Donnell, Toomey~ Brown, Helm, Murray, Stockham, Cole, Johnston, O'Neill, Turner, Brunner, Henry, . Myers, Stonier, Cook, Jones, Orban. Ups·hur, Bucchm. Hewitt. Najaka, Stuart, Cooper, Jump, Patten, Vaughan, Cadwalader, Hoc leer, Naum·ann, Swope, Cordier, Kean. Petrosky, Verona, Capano, Hoffman, Needham, Tahl, Costa, Keney, Plchney, Wachhaus, Cassidy, Hoopes, Neff, Thomassy, Crowley, Kemp, Pickens, Wagner, Chervenak, Horan, Nelson, Th~mpson, Dague, Kent, Polaski, Waldron, Chudoff, lmbt, O'Connor, Tittle, Dalrymple, Kirley, Powers, Wallin, Clevenger, Jemtlng.s, Q'Da1·e, T0mpk1ns, Davison, Kl!ne, Price, Walton, Cochrall, Johnson, O'Donnell, Toomey, De Long, Ke>hl, Propert, Waterhouse, Cole, Johrnoton, O'Neill, Turner. Ragot, Viatkins, Upshut_ Demech, Kratz, Cook, Jone.::- 1 Orban, Dennison, Krise, Readinger, Watson, Cooper. Jump, Patten, Vaughan, Depuy, Kurtz, Reagan. \Yeidner, Cordier, Kea.n. Petrosky, Verona, D!x, Laughner. Reese, D . P., Welss, Costa, Kelley, Plchney, Wachhaus, Dye, Layer, Reese, R. E ., Wee·cott, Crowley, Kemp, Picken2, wa.gnel':i Efenberg, Lee. Rellly, J. M., West, Dague, Kent, Polaskl, Waldron, Elder, Leisey, Re1lly, w. J., Wheeler, Dalrymple, Kirley, Power:>, Wallln, Erb, LIvingston, Richter, Wolf, Davison, Kline, Price. Walton, Evans, Livingstone, Riley, .rood, .De Long. Kohl, Proper!:, Waterhouse, Ewing, Loftus, Eobblns, Worley, Demecll, Kratz, Ra got, Watkins, Feola., I 10V'2tt, Robertsm1, Yeakel, Dennison, Krise, Readinger, Watson, Yester, Fish, Lyons, Root, Depuy, Kurt~. Reagan, vYeidnet', Fiss, Madden, Rose, Yetzer, Dix, Laughner, Rec6e , D. P , , Weiss, Young, Flack, Madigan, Rowen, Dye, Layer, Re~ .-; e, R. E ., W&-cott, Fleming, Mazza, Royer, Lichtenwalter, Etenberg, Lee, Remy, J . M., West, Speal,er. Foor, McCormack, S1rrat, Elder, Leisey, r illy, \V, J ,, Wheeler, Frost, Erb, LI vlngston, Richter, Wolf, NAYS-0 Evans, Livingstont, Riiey, wood, Ewing, Loftus, Robbins. Worley, The majority requir~d by the Constitution having voted Feola, Lovett, Robertson, Yeakel, in the aflinnative, the question was determined in the Fish, Lyons, R-0nt, Yeste-r, Fls3, Madden, Ro3e, Yetzer, affirmative. 1 Plack, Madigan, Rowen, Young, Ordered, That the Clerk present the same to the Senate Fleming, Mazza, ' Royer , Lichtenwalter, Foor, McCormack, Sarraf, Speaker. for concurrence. Frost. NAYS-0 Agreeably to order, The House proceeded to the third reading and con The majority required by the Constitution having voted sideration of House Bill No. llO, as follows: in the affirmative, the question was determined in the An Act authorizing cities boroughs lowns and townships affirmative. to regulate parking lots within their b.oundm·ie and Ordered, That the Clerk present the same io the Senate to collect license or permit fees sntl require bonds from for concurrence. the ooerators thereof The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Penn sylvania hereby enacts as follows Agreeably to order, Section 1 For the pui·pose of protecting lhe publk and The House proceeded to the third reading and con 1he i·aisin~ of' additional revenue each city borough town sideration of House Bill No. 113, as follows: and 1.ownship shall have. the power to enact or adopt suitable ordina1ices or resoJutions for lhe purpose of An act to add section eight point one :md to amend section regulating the busin ess of opel'aling for profit motor thirteen of the ad approved the twenty-first day of vehicle parking lots within the boundaries thereo·f. Licensr;> June one thousand nine hundred thirty-nine (P. L. 626) or permit fees may be charged and collected from each entitled "An act proviqing for and ·regulating the assess such operator and where such regulatory plan is adopted ment and valuation of all subjects of taxation in coun it. shall require from each operator good and sufficient ties of the second class creating and prescribing the bonds for the protection of. the public from loss of or powers and duties of a Board of Proper ty Assessment damage to the vehicles parked stored or placed under Appwls and Review imposing duties on certain county the jurisdiction of such parking lot operator and city officers abolishing the board for the assessment 46Z LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL-HOUSE. Febrn:.uy 2~-, and rev1s1on of· taxes in such counties and prescribing of the total assessment of the land as acreage or unim penalties" by further providing for the assessment and proved property for a perio~ of thr~e years after t~e valuation of buildings under construction and land which recording of such plan or until such time a.s the l~ts are has been laid out in building lots a-ctually improved with permanent construction whichever The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Penn period is the shorter sylvania hereby enacts as follows All assessments required to be ma~e ~y the proper assessors in the year between the tnenmal assessment Section l ·The act approved the twenty-first day of June shall be returned to the board not later than the first one thousand nine hundred thirty-nine (P. L. 626) en Monday of September of the year preceding the one for titled "An act providing for and regulating the assessment which it is made and valuation of all subjects of ta.'{ation in counties of the Section 3 All acts or parts of· ads inconsistent herewith second class creating and prescribing the· powers and du ties of a Board of Properly Assessment Appeal and Re are hereby repealed view imposing dulies on certain county and cily officers On the question, . abolishing the boa rd for the assessment and revision or Will the House agree to the bin on third reading? ta.·es in such counties and prescribing penalties" is hereby amended by adding t!):ter section eight a new section lo It was agreed to. l·ead as f ollows On the question, Section 8.1 No new bttilding ?n the process of construc Shall the bill pass finally? tion shall be valued or assessed for any purpose until the Mr. BROWN. Mr. Speaker, I should like to interro expiration of one ye:u· fl:om the date the construction of gate the gentleman from Allegheny, Mr. Haller. the new building was begun or the date of issuance of the building permit cover.ing such building where such per The SPEAKER. Will the gentleman from Allegheny mit is required and no land assessed as acreage or urum permit himself to be interrogated. proved property which is subsequently laid out in lots Mr. HALLER. I shall, Mr. Speaker. and the plan of such lots is recorded sba U be assesed Mr. BROWN. The amendments that the gentleman has jo excess of the total assessment of the land as acreagc-' or unimproved property for a pel'iod of three years after inserted to House Bill 113, Mr. Speaker, apply as I under the recording of such plan or until such time as lhe lots stand it to Second Class Counties only. Is thnt correct? are actually improved with permanent constr ctJon which- Mr. HALLER. That is right, Mr. Speaker. ever period is the shorter • Mr. BROWN. Mr. Speaker, is there such an amendment Section 2 Section thirteen of said act ·is hereby amended or any law that is similar to this applying to any other to read as follows Section 13 The proper assessors shall between the trien counties in the state of Pennsylvania? nial assessments revise any assessment or valuation accord Mr. HALLER. Not within my knowledge, Mr. Speake1·. ing to right and equity by correcting errors and by adding Mr. BROWN. Under the present law dealing with thereto any property or subjects of taxation which may assessments in Allegheny County the assessors may at have been omitted or any new property or subjects of taxation which may have come into being since the last any time during the triennial assessment period re-assess triennial assessment property, is that right'? They shall also add thereto the names of any persons l\ilr. HALLER. That is right, Mr. Speaker. who may have moved into such district and strike there :tvir. BROWN. The gentleman makes no change in that from the names of any persons who have removed frolTl provision? such districts since the last triennial assessment Mr. HALLER. That is right, Mr. Speaker. The proper assessors shall also l'evise assessments and Mr. BROWN. Now, under the gentleman's amendment valuations between the triennial a sessments by incr eas jng or decreasing the same where the alue of the if he will permit me to cite a specific case, if I purchase property or subjects of taxation assessed or valued has a lot and I do not record a plan the Assessors may in changed by reason of any change of conditions thereon crease or decrease the assessment on that lot that I or adjacent thereto or in the vicinity thereof or for the purchased, is that right, Mr. Speaker? reason that the property assessed or valued has been sub Mr. HALLER. That is true, Mr. Speaker, if they have divided or laid ottt into a plan of lots or ot her sub divisions or :for the 1·eason that improvements have been grounds to do so, by reason of increased valuntion since placed thereon or added thereto or for the reason that it was assessed last. any p ublic or other improvement bas been made adjacent Mr. BROWN. The fact remains, Mr. Speaker, that thereto or in the vicinity thereof or for the reason that if they have grounds under the act they may either in the assessor and the majority of the board decides that the assessor erred in the value which he placed on the crease or decrease the assessment on my lot even though property or sul>jects of taxation when making the trien· I have added nothing to my lot. nial assessment or where for any other rea:;on whatsoever Mr. HALLER. That is right, Mr. Speaker, providing the value of the property has changed and ii. seems to the value of the property has in fact increased, ::ind as the board necessary and equitable lo make a change in the gentleman knows, the final decision in that respect tJ1e valuation thereof The assessors shall also between the ttiennfal assessments in all cases where it is apparent lies in an appeal to the Assessors, i£ anyone feels that lhat any assessment is not in accord with the generality that they have 'acted in error. 01· uniform slandard o! assessments revise and correct the Mr. BROWN. If the Assessors follow the Act, and same by increasing 01· decreasing the same where Lhe if they feel and they have reasonable grounds to believe value of the p1·operly or subjeets of taxation assessed that the taxes on this lot should be either increased 01· do not conform to lhe generaJity 01· uniform standard of assessments decreased they have the power of acting within the act No new building in the process of construction shall be so to do, do they not, Mr. Speaker? valued 01· assessed for any puL·pose until the expfration Mr. HALLER. That is right, Mr. Speaker. of one year from the date the construction of the new Mr. BROWN. Under the gentleman's act, if I purchase building was begun or the date o~ issuance of the building the lot or several of them and then would record those permit covering such building where such permit is lots they have no power to increase the taxes except at required and no lalld assessed as acreage or unimproved property which is subse.quently laid out in lots and the acreage for a period of three years is that not correct, plan of such , lots is recorded shall be assessed in excess Mr. Speaker? - 1947. LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL-HOUSE. 463 Mr. HALLER. They have the "power to increase' the sincere in seeing that it is defeated, although I know assessments, Mr. Speaker, if they can show that the fair that the odds are tremendously against me. market value of the property has increased as in the case There is no reason why we should start so early in the of other properties, but the mei:e recording of the plan session passing special and -privileged legislation. This act under the act does not of itself permit the increase in is unconstitutional. It not only violates the uniformity the assessment. clause of the Constitution, it violates that section of the Mr. BROWN. But, Mr. Speaker, they must increase it Constitution which prohibits the Legislature from pass as to acreage, and not as a lot, is that not correct? ing special and local legislation. Mr. HALLER. They can increase it as acreage, assum I don't know who will profit by this bill but it is ing that the fair market value of the property has in inconceivable to me that this House would p_ass a measure creased, and if the fair market value of the property has which says that if I buy one lot I am assessed in one increased I cannot see what difference it would make · if way and if I buy a dozen lots I am assessed in another it were acreage or laid out in lots, the value of the way. The Constitution never intended to give this legis ground has been increased. · lature such power. It did not give it, it does not have Mr. BROWN. Under the first case .where I purchased it now. This piece of legislation should be defeated. On the one lot, Mr. Speaker, they may increase or decrease the very face of it it will create a fraud, it will create tur entirely dependent on what they feel is the value of one moil in our Assessors' office in the County of Allegheny. lot, is that not right? Those in charge of assessments in Allegheny County are Mr. HALLER. That is right, Mr. Speaker. opposed to it. The law is opposed to it and it ought to Mr. BROWN. If I purchased two lots and recor.ded the be defeated. plan of the two lots then they must either increase or On the question recurring, decrease on the basis of acreage, is that not true? Shall the bill pass finally? Mr. HALLER. No, it is not, Mr. Speaker, they must Agreeably to the provisions of the Constitution the increase or dec1·ease on the basis·. that the value .of the yeas and nays were taken and were as follows: land itself has increased. YEAS-150 Mr. BROWN. Has the ·gentleman read the a~t, Mr. SpE>aker:. Baumunk, Goff, l\!cCosker, Sel'l·lll, Mr. HALLER. I have, Mr. Speaker. Beech. Goodling, McCullough, Shoemaker, Bender, Graybill, McDonald, Simone, I believe that the act spedfies that the assessment shall Bloom, Greenwood, McKinney, Smith, c. c .. not be changed . by reason of the recording of the plan. Bonawitz. GuUuie, McMillen, Smith, C. M., Boorse, Gyger, Mikula, Solienberger, In other words the mere fact that you have recorded a Bower. Hall, Mlller, Sorg, piece of paper in the recorder's office does not auto Breisct1, Haller, Mintess, Stimmel, ma_tically give a basis for an increase in the ·assessment. Brice, Haudenshield, Mohl", Stockham, Brunner, Helm, Moore, c. E., Stonier, ht other words the law remains as heretofc're that if Cadwalader, ~enr~,r, Moore, H. A., Stuart, a property increases in value it can be assessed a~cording Clevenger, Hewitt, Morrison, Tahl, Cook, Hocker, Mye1"S, Thomassy, to that change. Heretofore the practice has been to in Cooper, Horan, Najaka, Thompson, c;rease the assessment on real estate by reason of.recording Cordier, Imbt, NaumB.lm, Tittle, a plan even though there has been no physical or actual Costa. Jennings, Neff, Tompkins, Crowley, Johnson, Nelson, Toomey, change in the fair market value of this property. Dague, JohnStton, O'Donnell, Upshur, Mr. BROWN. May I refer the gentleman to page five, Dalrymple, Jonez·, Orban, Vaughan, D_avison, Jump, Patten. Wachhaus, lines four and five, and ask the gentleman if 'he will De Long, Kea.u, Plchney, Wagner, read those two lines? Probably it would be clearer if Demech, Kelley, Pickens, Waldron, Dennison, Kemp, Price, Wallin, the gentleman would read the entire amendment. I am Depuy, Kent, Propert, Walton, trying to save the time of the House. Dye. Kline, Rago-t, Waterb.ou;;e, Mr. HALLER. "No land assessed as acreage or un Efenberg, Kc·hl, Reese, D. P., ·watkins, Elder, Kratz, Reilly; J. M., Watson, improved property which is subsequently laid out in Erb, Krise, Reil:y, w. J., "Weidner, lots and the plan of such lot is recorded, shall be assessed Ewin~, · Kurtz, Richter, We=·oott, Feoh1, Laughner, Rile;'. Yfest, in excess of the total assessment of the land as acreage, Fish, Lee. Robbins, Wolf. unimproved pr operty for a p·eriod of three years after Fi.,,. Leisey. Robertson, Wc;cd, the recording of such plan." Flacl<. Livingston, Root, Worley, Flemin~. Livingstone, Rose, Yeakel, Mr. BROWN. Mr. Speaker, my question was very Foor, Loftus, Rowen, Your..g, simple, th_en my two lots would be assessed as acreage; Fro:;;t, !\1adigan, Roy m·, Llcl1tenwalter, Getcl1ey, Mazza, ::'.'3..X, Spealrnr. my one lot would. be assessed as a separate lo.t, is that Gibson, McCormack, Soott, not true? Mr. HALLER. Mr.- Speaker, it would be assessed just NAYS-40 exactly as was a piece of ground, 'based on the . fair Andrews. Cochran, Need.ha1n, Schuster, market value of the property. The only line of demarka Bane, Cole, O'Connor, Snider, Barrett, Dix. O'Neill, Sproul, tion between a lot and acreage is that a lot may be less Bentzel, Evans, Petrosky, Stank, than an acre, whereas acreage comprehends property in BoiP.s, l{l.rley, Polaski, Swope, Brown. Laye\. Powers, Verona, excess of one acre. Buccbin, Lovett, Readinger, Weiss. Mr. BROWN. I thank the gentleman. Capano, Mihm, Reese, R. E., Wheeler, Mr. Speaker, this act on its face appears to be innocent. Chervenak, M!lls, Sorra.f, Yester, Chudoff, Mooney, Scanlon. Yetzer, I am sure that the gentleman :from Allegheny, Mr. Haller, is sincere in hoping that this act is passed. I am just as The majority required by the Con_stitutio11. having voted 464 LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL-HOUSE. February 24, in the affirmative, the question was determined in the dollars ($50) J seventy-five dollars ($75) for each head affirmative. stone or concrete base or lettering or bronze memorial Ordered, That the Clerk present the same to the Senate tablet and the county commissioners of each such county acting under this section shall draw a warrant on the for concurrence. treasurer of: lheir county for the payment of said expense in favor of the paTty or parties furnishing such headstone Agreeably to order, OJ: concrete base or lettering or bronze memorial tablet The House proceeded to the third reading and con Provided however That ir. cases of dispute concerning lhe sideration of House Bill No. 113, as follo1\·s: legal l'esidence of a deceased service person th~ county in which a deceased service per-on is buried shall per An Act lo further amenrl the Lhirc1 paragraph o( section form the du ies hereinbefore ei Iorlh No such paymen five o!· tbe acl approved tile elevenU1 day o( June one Cir payments shall be made unless lhe application therefor thousand nine l1undred thirty-five (P. L. 326) enlilled shall be approved before tl1e commencement o~ the pro "An act relating l.o counties of the ftrsi class definmg ject by ~e county commissioners decea ed service persons providing !or contributions by the county lo the !uneral expenses for sucb persons and And said bill having been read at length the third their widows providing Lor the erection and care of time, considered and agreed to. markers headstones and flags and for the compilation o! On the question, war records'' authol'izing tbe erection of headstones .for Shall the bill pass finally? deceased service persons whose bodies will not or can not be returned to the United States and increasing Agreeably fo the provisions of the Constitution the amount of costs in certain cases yeas and nays were taken and were as follows: The _Generat Assembly of the Commonwealth of Penn YEAS-204 sylvania !"lereby enacts as follow~ Section I The third paragraph of. section five o'f the Aaronson, Gallagher, Mccosker. S•ax, act approved the eleventh day of June one thousand nine AndJ:ews. Getchey, McCullough, Scanlon. hundred lhirly-five (P. L. 326) entilled "Au act relating Bane, Gibson. McDonald, Sclrnster, to counties of U1e fil'st class defining deceased service Barrett. Goff. j\iicKinney, Scott. persons providing Lor contributions by the county lo the Baumunk, Goodling, McMillen, SerriU. :funeral expenses !or such µersons and their widows pro Beech, Gorman, Mll1m. Shoemaker, Bender, Graybill, Mikula, Silnone, viding for lhc erection and cai:e of markers headstones Bentzel, Greenwooct, Miller, Smith, c. C., and flags and fo1· lhe compilation of war 1·ecords" as lasl Bloom, Greer. Mlll5, Smith, c. M., amended by the act approved the eighteenth day of May Boies. Griffiths, l\'Iintess, Snider, one thousr.nd nine hundred forty-five (P. L. 6!17) is here Bonawitz, Guthrie, Mohr, Sollenberger. by furlher amended lo read as follow~ Boor.=e, Gyger, Mooney, Sorg, Section 5 Markers for G1·avcs Headstones Bower. Hall . Moore, c. E., Sproul, . . . :Breisch. Haller. Moore, H. A., Stank. Brire . Haud en shield, Morrison, Stimmel. It shall also be lhe duly o! the county commissioners Brown. Helm, Murray, Stockham, o[ such county upon or a any time subsequent to the Brunner, Henry, Myers, Stonier, death of any deceased ~e rvice person who at U1e lime Bucchin, Hewitt. Najaka, Stuart, o! his or her death had bis or her legal 1.'esidence in the Cadwalader, Hocker. Naumann, Swope, county on application as hereinafter provided to cause a Capano, Hoffnian, Needl1a111, Tahl, headstone or bronze memorial Lablet to be placed at the Cassidy, Hoopes, Neff, Thomar,..sy, head of or on lhe grave of each such deceased service Chervenak, Hora.ni Nelson. Thompson, person [containingJ Such headstone shall contain his or Chudoff, Imbt, O' Connor, Tittle, Clevenger, Jennings, O'Dare, Tompkins, her name and the rank and 01·gan.ization to which he or Cochran, Johnson, O'Donnell, Toomey, she belonged or in which he or she served in letters 1·aised Cole, Johns-ton. O'Neill, Turner, or cut Jn at least three-sixteenths of an inch deep [on Cook, Jonet:o, Orban, Upshur, such 1 Such headstone [toJ shall be of either marble or Cooper. Jump, Patten, Vaughan, granite and to be placed 01· set in a concrete base at le~st Cordier, Kean. Petrosky. Verona, three feet deep or if a headstone has been provided for Costa. Kelley, Pichney, wachhau.s, such grave by the United States Government the county Crowley, Kemp, Pickens, Wagner, Dague, Kent. Polaski. Waldron, commissioners shall provide such concrete base therefor Dalrymple, Kirley, Powers, Wall1n, er if lettering only on an existing memorial is desired· Daviso11. Kline, Price. Walton, by ibe £ami1y the county commissioners shall provide such De Long, Kohl. Propert, Waterhouse, lettering In the event lhe body of.. any deceased sel'vice Demech. Krntz. Ragot. V\atl Agreeably to order, in which a deceased sei·vice person is bw·ied shall per The House proceeded to the third reading and con rorm the duties hereinbefore sei forth No such payment or payments shall .be made unless the application then~fo~ sideration of House Bill N q. 120, as follows: shall be approved before the commencement o:f lhe p1·0Ject by the county commissioners An A<:t to :(u1·lhe.r amend lhe third paragraph of seclion four hundred twenty- ix of the act approved the And said bill having been read at length the third second day of May one thousand nine hundred twcnty time, considered and agreed to. nit1e (P. L. 1278) entilled 'An act i-elating o counties On the question, of the second third fourth fiflh sixth seve11Lh and eighth classes and revising amending and consolidalin~ the Sha 11 lhe bill pass finally? laws relatin~ thereto" authorizing Lhe erection o( head Agreeably to the. pro isions of the Constitution the stones for aeceased service pe~·sons whose bodies will yeas and nays wel't" taken and were as follo~ ' s: not 01· cannot be retw·ned to the United St.ates and in creasing amount of costs in certain cases YEAS-204 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Penn sylvania hereby enacts as follows Aaronson, Gallagher, Mccosker, E.·1x, Section 1 The third paragraph of section four hundred Andrews) Get.Chey, McCullo~b, Scanlon, Bane, Giboon, McDonald, Scl1uster, twenty-six o.f the act approved the" second day of May . Barrett. Goff, McKinney, Scott, one thousand nine hundred twenty-nine (P. L. 1278) en Baumunk, Goodling, Mc Millen, Serrill, titled "An act relating to counties of the second third Beech, Gorman, Mihm. Shoemaker, fourth fifth sixth seventh and eighth classes and revising Bender, Grayb11l, Mikula, Sin1ons, amending an·d consolidating the laws relat)ng thereto" as Bentzel, Greenwood. MiJler, Srrilth, c. c., last amended by lhe act approved the eighteenth day of Bloom, Greer. Mills. Smith. c. M., May one thousand nine hundred iol'ty-five (P. L. 699) is Boies. Griffiths·, :VIintess, Snide,·, hereby further amended lo read as follows Bonawitz, Guthrie, Mohr, Sollenberger, Boorse, Gyger. Mooney. Sorg, Section 426 Markers .for Graves Headstones Bower. Hall, Moore, c. E., Sproul, ·* * Brel.sch, Haller, Moore, H. A., Stank. Brioe. Haudenshield, Morrison, Stimmel, It shall al o be the dut.y of the cou11ly commissioners of Stockham, each county in this State upon oi· al any lime subseque1it Brmvn . Helm, lVIurray, Brunner, Henry, Myers, stonier, to the d~aU1 of any deceased service person who at tbe Bucchin. Hewitt, Najaka, Stuart, time of hls or her death had his or her legal i·esidence Cadwalader, Hock.er, Naumoann, Swope, in Uie counl r on dpplicatio·n as hern.inartei: provided te Capano, Hoffman, Needham, Tahl. c;iuse a heaclslone or bronze memorial tablet to be placed casslc1y, Hoopes, Neff. "- omassy, a the head of or on the grave or each uch deceased Chervenrtk, Hamn, Nelson, Thomp:;nn, service person [containing] Such head st.one shalJ con Chucloff. . Imbt. O'Connor, Tittl.e, . Clerenger, Jennings. O'Dare. Tompkins, tain h.is OI' her name and the rank and organization "to Toome)·, which he or she belonged or in which he 01· ·he s -rved Cocl1ran, .Joh11so11, O'Donnell, Cole, John,;,ton, O'Neill, Turner. in letters raised or cul in at least three-sixteenths o.f an Cook. Jones, Orban. Upshur, inch deep [or sucn] Such headstone [to] sbaU be of Cooper. Jump, Patten, Vaughan, either marble or granite and to be placed or set in a Cordier, Kean. Petrosky. Verona, concrete base at least three feet deep 01· if a headstone Cost.a. Kelley, Pichney, Wachhaus, has been provided for such grave by the United States Crowley, Kemp, Pickens, Wagner, Government the county commissioners shall provide such Dague, Kent. Polaski, Walctron, concrete base therefor or if lettering only on an existing Dalrymple, Kirley, Power3, wall!n, Davison, °Kline, Price, Walton, memorial is desired by the family the county comm:is Prope11:, Waterhouse, si,oners shall provide such lettering In the event the body De Long, Kohl, Demech. Kratz, Rag ct, Watkins, of any deceased service person either cannot be or will Dennison, Krise, Readinge1·, Watson, not be returned to the United States of America it shall Depuy, Kurtz, Reagan. ·weidner, be the duty of lhe countv commissioners to cause a head Dix, Laughner, Reese. D. P., Welsh. slone to be placed in the family plot of such de~eased Dye. Layer, Reese., R. E., Weecott, service :person Said 1head stone shall have iJ1sc1·ibed Efenberg, Lee, Reilly. J. M .• Wes•t. lhereou (a) the name rank and organization of such Elder, Lei~ey, R?illY. w. J., Wheeler, Richter, Wolf. dece'!sed service pe!son ~b) the name of the country Erb, LiYlngston, location or manner m wluch such person lost his or her E\'ans, L-ivingstone, Rile~r . wood, Ewing, Loftus. Robbin•. Worley, life an_d (c) the cemetery or location in _whi_eh the body Feola, Lo·:rtt, Robertson, Yeakel, 1 f buried was finally laid to rest Application therefor Fish, Lyons, Root, Yeoter, shall in each case be made on forms prescribed by lhe Fis<5 , Madden, Rose, Yetzer, Depa_rtmenl of Military Affair . and may be made by an~r FlaG), , J\1sclig;in. :::towen! Young, relative of lhe deceased service person or bv a friend Fleming, l\'1azz3 , Royer. Lichte!lwalter, provided in lhe latter case there is no objection bv the Foor, McCormack. Rarraf, Speaker. 11earest relative and I he application is approved by an Frost, organization or vetel'ans or aJJy war in which the United NAYS-0 Stales has been is now or shall hereafter be mi~ageci Tbe expense in each case shall be borne by the county The majority required by the Constitution having voted in which the deceased serdce p·erson ha·d his or her le~al in the affirmative; the question was determined in the residence at the . time of his or her dealh whether or not affirmative. he or she died in the county and wbether or not he or she was buried in the county Provided however That the Ordered, That the Clerk present the same to the Senate exoense shall not e~•ceed the sum of (fiftv dollars for concurrence. ( 50.00)] seventy-five dollars ($75) for each headstqne or conc;rete base or lettering or- bronze memorial tablet Agreeably to order, and the county comm.issioners of each county acting under !.his section shall draw a warrant on lhe treasurer The House proceeded to the third reading and con~ of their county for the payment of said expense in favor sideration of House Bill No. 135, as follows: of ihe party or parties fur.hishing such headstone 01· concrete base or lettering or bronze memorial tablet Pro An Act to amend sections one thousand tbJ:ee and one vided however That in cases Qf dispute --concerning the thousand one hundred ten of the act approved the tliird legal residence of a deceased service person :the county day of June one thousand nine hundred thirfy-seven ·. 466 LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL HOUSE. · Febru;uy 24, (P. L. 1333) entitled "An act concemincr elections in Socialist For cluding general municipal special and primary elections John Smith the nomination of candidates primary and election ex and penses and election contests ci·eating and defining mem William Jones bership of county boards o~ elections imposing duties Socialist ...... ' upon the Secretary of. the Commonwealth courts county Citizens boards of elections county commissioners imposing pen Unit:d States Se··ator alties :for violation of the act and codifying revising (Vote for o;w) and consolidating the laws i·clating lbe1·eto and reJ?eal ing ce~·tain acts and parts of acls relatin~ le elections" Richard Roe ...... D2n10cni lie changing method of determining priorily of political John Do2 ...... Republican parties on ballot Richard Stiles . , ...... Socialist The General Assembly of 1.he Commonwealth of Penn Governor sylvania hereby enacts as follo\vs (Vo~e for one) Section 1 Sections one thousand three and one thousand Richard !:.o :? ...... Demoerntic one bundr~d ten of ilie act approved h ~ ihir:I dav of June John D.n ...... Republican o_ne thousand nine hunclred thirty-seven (P. L. '1333 ) en Richard ::>tiles ...... Socialist t1_tl7d "An a~t concerning elections indttding genera] mu mc1pal spec1al and primary elections the nomination of Representatives in Congress ...... District candidates primary and election exoenses and election (Vote for one) conte5ts creating and defining membershio of county Richard Roe ...... Democratic boards of elections in1posing duties upon the Secretary John D~ :.> ...... •.•.....•.•...... Republican of the Commonwealth co.urts county ho::i..r<:ls of elec:t'oni: Hichai·d ::.., :: 2.> ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••. SociaHst county com.missioners imposing penalties for violation S211ator in the General Ass2rnb:iy o.fi the ac~ and codifying revising and consolidating tbe ...... i, stri(;t laws relalm.15 thereto an.d r~pealing certain acts and part oJ; acts relatmg. to electlons are hereby amended to read (Vote for one) as follows · John Doe ...... Democratic Section 1003 Form ol Official Election Ballot Richa1 ci .tfoe ...... ReP'Ublican (a~ The official ballots for general municipal and special (b) 011 lhe back of. each baJ!ol shall be printed in clect1011s shaJl be in substantially the followin'g form prominent type lhe wol'ds "Olficia1 Ba1Jo," followed by Official Ballot the designation of the electio9 districl for w~icfi it . is prepared lhe dale o! the eleclJon and the facsmnle :>1g· · · · ·· . .... District ...... Ward City or natu1·es of the members or Lile county board of elecL10ns C6unty oJ .. : ...... •.••.. State of. p~,;~~ .) . j~, ~~i~ The names o candidates shall be auanged unde1· the tiUc ...... Election held n the ...... day or ...... 19 . . . . Of the office for which they ar andklales and shall be A cr?ss ma_rk .(X) in the square opposite the name o! any printed thereunder in U1c order o.i: the votes obtained by candidate indicates a vote Cor the candidate I tbe presidential electors o'fJ the parties .or bodies I uom inating I at the last I presidential.I gubernatodal election To vo~e a straight party ticket mark a cross (X) in the beginning with U1e parLy obtaining the high.est number ol .square 10 the Party Column opposite the name of the \'Otes Provided however That in lbe case of parties or party of your choice To vote fol· an indlviduaJ can.dictate bodies not represented on lbe ballot at the last. lpresi of another party afte1· making a mru'k in the party square dential.J gubernatorial election the names of the ca11didales mark a cross (X) o.pposite his name For an office where o~ such parties shall be arranged alphabetically accord mo~e. tha:1 one candidate is to be voted for the voter after ing to lhe party name or political appellation In the case !Darking .Lll the pa1·ty square may divide his vote by m<1rk of offices for which two OL' more candidates are to be voled mg a cross q{) lo the right of each candidate for whom for the candidates of each party shall be arranged to he or she desires _to vote For such offi e , otes shall not be gether jn the order of the number of votes obtained by counted for candidates aot .individually marked them at the pl·imat , begillnlng with the candidates ob ~o vote for a :t?e.rson whose name is not on the ballot taining the highest number of votes and the candidates wnte or paste his name in the blank spa<:e provirle-::1 t:or of eaci1 political body sha l1 be an:anged in the order' in that pw·oose A cr?ss mark in the squarP oooositP. th e> w11ich their names were placed in ilieir nomination paper n_ames of. the candidates of anv party for Pr esident and Opposite or under the name of each candidate shall be v1ce-Pres1de~l of the United States indi·cRtes ;i vote for printed the name or appellation of the political party or a.11 lhe cand~da~e~ Of that "?arty for presidential elector political body nominating him and at· the dghL of such 1 To : ote for md1v1dual candidatP. for p1·esid1rntial elei:to1 name or appe1Jahon there shall be a sq uare of sufficient wnte or paste t heir nam<'s il1 the hlank spai.:es "l'Oviiierl size for the convenient inserlion of a cross mark fQ1· the purpo;;e u1:d<>1· _lhc title "Presidential Electors" (c) When presidenLial electors are to be elected their Use only pencil or mdellble pencil names :;hall not be printed upon the ballot but in lieu Party Column thereof lbe names o[ the candidates o! thei1· respective Presidential Elc~1.01·s pal'lies or political bodies for President and Vice-Presi To . Vole a , Straight Party (Vote for the 'candidates dent of the United Slates s11all be printed together in Ticket of one part , for Pr':'si pa!>'s under the title "Presidential Electors" All ballots Mark a Cross (X) in this dent and Vice-President marked for the candidates for President and Vice-Presi Column or inset lh.c names of dent of a parly or politic.al body shall be counted as votes candidates) fo1· each candidate for presidential elector of ·such party Democratic or political body For · (d) Whenever any candidate shall receive more U1an John Stiles one nomination for U1e same office hJs name shall bP and p,riuted once and U1e names of each political party so Richard Doe nominating him shall be printed opposite the I?amP of such Democratic · · · · · · · · · candidate arrang·d in the same order as candidates name. Republican For . are required to be arranged At the d~ht of_ every nanw or John Doe appellation shall be a square of sufiiCJent size for the con and venient insertion of a cross mark Richard Roe (e) There shall be left at the end of the group of can Republican ...•.•.. dictates for President and Vice-President of the United 1947. LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL-HOUSE. 467 States under the title "Presidential Electors" as many nomination by a political party shall appeal' in adjacent blank spaces as there are presidential electors to be l'OWS or columns containing genera]ly the names of can elected in which spaces the elector may insert the names didates nominated or seeking n omination by such party of any individual candidates for presidential electors for provided that t he names of individual candidates io1· whom he desires to vote There shall also be left at the presidential elector shall not appear u pon the ballot labels end of each group of candidates for each other office (or but in lieu th<.>.reof the names of Ule candidates of said under the title of the office itself· in case no candidates party for President and Vice-President shall be printed have been nominated therefor) as many blank spaces as on a single ballot label together with ·the name of said there are persons to be voted for for such office in which party space the elector may insert the name of any person or (0 When the same person has been nominated for the persons whose name is not printed on the ballot as a same office by more than one political party his name shall candidate for such office apperu: in the r ows or colun ms containing generally lhe (f) In order that each elector may have the opportunity names of candidaleg nominated by each such party his of designating his choice for all the candidates nominated position in such rows or columns to be determined by the by. one political party or political body there shall be n umber of votes he received at the primary in the party pnnted on the extreme left o:B the ballot and separated entitled to priority on the ballot as determined by the from the rest of the ballot by a space of at least one votes obtained in the State at the last I presideuLia.11 ha]~ ?nch a fat of the names of all the political parties or gL1bernatodal eleclion by U1e fcandidates for presidentia political bodies . repvesented on such ballot which have electors1 candidate fol' Governor · nominated candidates to be voted for at such election · (g) The form aad ai.:rangement ol ballol labels shall be Such names shall be arranged in the order of the votes prepaJ.red by the county election boar d and submitted by obtained at the last I presidentialJ aubernatorial election said board lo the Secretary of lhe Commonweallh lor ap by the I.presidential electors] candid ate for Governor of p!'ovaJ f lhe Seci·etary of iht! Commonwealth shall ap the part i ~s or bo clie~ nominating beginning willl the party prove Lb.e form and arrangement submiLteaJ1o1: at the last [presiden tial] gubernatoria l form and ari·angemen t of ballot labels submitted he shall election an:anged alphabetically accor ding to the party indicate the changes to be made and the county election name or appellation A square of sufficient size fo1· the board after h aving made the changes indicated b y U1e conv~nient inse1·tion of a cross mar k shall be placed at Secretary of the Commonwealth shall procw·e further the right of each party name or ap pellation copies of the same as may be n ecessary at the cost of the (g) The official ballots shall vary in form only as the county names of districts offices candidates or the provisions of (h) The names of all candidates of a political p arty shall this act may require When constitutional amendments or appear in the same row or column and no other name sha]l or other questions are submitted to a vote of the electors appear in the same row or column to the left or !OP of each amendment or other question so submitted may be whi,ch shall be a straight party lever by means of wb Leh an printed u pon the ballot below the groups of candidates elector may ·in one operation vote .for an the candldates for the, v.arious offic ~ s a_nd when required by law shall o:l1 that political party for every office to be voted for be so pnnted Constitutional amendmen ts so submitted Tbe names of such candidates shall be arrariged under 01· shall be printed in brief form to be determined by the opposite the title of the office for which they are can Secretary of the Commonwealth and other questions so didates and shall appear io the order of the votes ab submitted .shall be printed in brief form to be determined ta·ined by the !'presidential electors] candidate for Gov by the Secretary of the Commonwealth in the case of ernor o.f lhe party nominated at foe last fpresidenliafl questions to be voted on by the electors of the State at gubernaloriaJ ele·cUon beginning with the party obtaining lani;e and by lhe county boards in otbei· cases To the right the highest number of votes Provided howev.er That in he of each quesWon lhere shall be placed the words "yes" case of parties or bodies not represented q,n· the baltoL and "no" together with appropriate squares to the right al the last I presidentiaJ'J gubernatorial election the names of each for the convenient insertion of a cross mark of the candidates of such pa1·lies shall be arranged alpha Section 1110 Form of Ballot Labels on Voting Machines belic.:ally according lo the party or body narne The i1ames (a) The papers cards or strips enclosed within the bal of· all candi.dales of a political body shall appear in q1 lot Erame or frames of any voting machine and containing same row or column and if the number of parties and the names of. a candidate or candidates or political pa1· ty bodies permits each political bod shall be entilled ex or the statement of a question to be voted upon herein clusively lo a separate rnw or column wil.h a slra·~ht after referred to as ballot labels shall be printed in black paJ.tv lever It however the number of polltical parties ink 1.lpon clear white material of such size as will fit the and 'political bodies renders il impossible 0.1: impl'acticable ballot frame and in plain clear type so as to be easily Lo so arra11ge the political bodies in such case shld bodies readablf' by persons with normal vision shall not be entitled to a sepu.ra.te row or column and a ( b) If the construction of the machine shall require it straight party lever but shall be listed by political appella the ballot label for each candidate group. of candiates tions on the :lh'st left band or top row with the desi~nati ng political partv or question to be voted on shall bear the letter and number of the ballot label where their can designating letter or number of the counter on the voting didates may be found together with the political appella machine which will register or record votes therefor Each tions of other political bodies whose candidates may be question to be voted on shall appear on the ballot labels interspersed on the same r ow or column Subject to the · in brief form of not more than seventy-five words to be aforesaid limitations the form and anangement ot ballot determined by the Secretary of the. Commonwealth in the labeh as to the placing thereon of political bodies shall case of constitutional amendmentg or other questions to be within the discretion of t he county boai·d he voted on by the electors of the State at large and by the county election board in other cases (i ) In primary elections the b allt.'t 1abels c on tainin~ the (c) The ballot label for each candidate or grouo of names of candidates seeking nomination by a political ~andi Cassiay,, Helm, Mohr, Stockham, may specify The township comnnss1oners may by Clevenger, Henry, Moore, c. E., Stonier, ordinance ·impose penalties to enforce any regulation or Cook, Hewitt, Moore, H. A., Stuart, order they may ordain with reference to any sewer Cooper, Hocker, Morrison., Tahl, Coroier, Hoffman, Murray, Thomassy, connections Costa, Hoopes, Myers, Thompson, Crowley, Horan, Najaka, Tittle, And said bill having been read at length the third Dague, Imbt, Naumann, Tompkins, time, considered and agreed to. Dalrymple, Jennings, Netr, ToomeyJ On the question, Davison, Johnson. Nelson, Turner, De Long, Johnsiton, O'Dare, Upshur, Shall the bill pass finally? Demech, Jones, O'Donnell, Vaughan, Agreeably to the provisions of the Constitution the wachhaus, Dennison, Jump, Orban, nays Depuy, Kean, Patten, Wagner, yeas and were 'taken and were as follows: Dix, Kelley, Plchney, Waldron, Dye, Kemp, Pickens, Wallin, YEAS-204 Efenberg, Kent, Price, Walton, Elder, Kline, Propert, Waterhouse, Aaronson, Gallagher, McCosker. Sa.x, Erb, Kohl , Ragot, ·watkins, Andrews, Getchey, McCullough, Scanlon, Ewing, Kratz, Reagan, Watson, Bane, Gibson, McDonii.ld, Schuster, Feola, Kl'l~e. Re.~~e. D. P, V\"eidner, Barrett, Gotr, McK1nn£y, Scott, Fl.sh, Kurtz, Rellly, J. M., W£&eott, Baumunk, Goodling. McMlllen, Serrlll, Flss, Laughner, Reilly, w. J ., West, Beech, Gorman, Mihm, She1emaker, Flack, Layer, Richter, Wolf, Bender. Graybill . Mikula., Simons, Fleming, Lee, Riley. Wood, BentzeJ, Greenwood, Ml!ler, Smith, C. C., Focr, Leisey, Robbins, Worley, Bloom, Greer, Mliis, Sll).lth, C. M., Froot, :Livingston, Robertson, Yeakel, Boies, Griffiths, M1ntess, Snider, Gallagher, Lh•lngstone, Root, Young, Bonawitz, Guthrie, 11.Ioh.r, SOilenberger, Getchey, Loftus, Rose; Licht enwalter. Bool'se, Gyger, Mooney, Sorg, Gibson, Lyons, Rowen, Speaker. Bower. Hall, Moorn, C. E., Sproul, Breisch, . Haller, Moore, H. A., Stank, NAYS-36 Brice, Haudenshield, Morrison. Stimmel, Brown, Helm, Murray, Stockham, A11drews, Chudoff, O'Connor, Schuster, _ Brunner, Henry, Myers, Stonier, Bane, CochraJ1, O'Neill. Shider, Bucchin, Hewitt, Najaka, Stuart, Barrett, Cole, Petrosky, Stank, Cadwalader, Hocker. Naumann, Swope·, Bentzel, Evans, Polaski, Swope, Capano, Hoffman, Needham, Tahl, Boies, Kirley, Powers. Veron.a, Cassiay, Roop es, Nell', . Thomassy, Brown, Mihm, R·eadlnger, Weiss, Chervenak, Hora.n, Nelson, Thompson, Bucchin, M1lls, Reese, R. E., Wheeler, Chudoff, Imbt, O'Connor, Tittle, Capano, Mooney, Sa.I'm!, Yester, Clevenger, Jennings, O'Dare, Tompkins, Chervenak, Needham, Scanlon, Yetzer, Cochl:an, Johnson, O,Donnell, Toomey, Cole, John.eton, O'Neill, Turner. The majority required by the Constitution having voted Cook, Janee~ Orban. .Upshur, Vaughan, in the affirmative, the question was determined in the Cooper, Jump, Patten, Cordier, Kean. Petrosky, Verona, affirmative. Costa. Kelley, Plchn£y, Wachhaus, Ordered, That the Clerk present the same tq the Senate Crowley, Kemp, Plcken.-;, Wagnt.J'. Dague, Kent, Pora.ski, Waldron, for concurrence. Dalrymple, Klrley, :Power • Wallin, Da,,lson, Kline, Price. Walton, De Long, Kohl. P rop er~ . Waterhouse, Agreeably to order, Demech. Krnt?., Ra got. ~ at!> in & , The House proceeded to the third reading' and con Dennl: revising consolidating and changing the law relating The majority required by the Constitution having voted thereto" increasing expense allowance in the affirmative, the question was determined in the The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Penn affirmative. sylvania hereby enacts as follows Section 1 Section six hundred twenty-two of the act Ordered, That the Clerk present the same to the Senate approved the twenty-fourth day of June one thousand for concurrence. nine hundred thirty-one (P. L. 1206) entitled "An act concerning townships of the first class amending revising Agreeably to order, consolidating and changing the law relating thereto" The House proceeded to the third reading and con as· amended by tne act approved the thirty-first day of sideration of House Bill No. 176, as follows: May one thousand nine hundred_thirty-three (P. L. 1096) is hereby further amended to read as follows An ad to amend section two thousand four hundred one Section 622 Expenses of Delegates Paid by Towush ips of the act approved the twenty-fourth day of June Tbe expenses of the delegates and other officers altendin,g one thousand nine hundred thirty-one (P. L. 1206) the annual meelin~ shall not exceed fseven dollars aud , en ti tied "An act concerning townships of the first class fifty cents] ten dolJars ($10) per day for each officer at amending revising consolidating and changing tl:le law tending for not more than three days together with the relating thereto" broadening powers of fir.st class town a,ctual mileage at the prevailing nte of railroad fare and ships relating to sewers and drains shall be paid by the respective townships The Gener.al Assembly of the Commonwealth of Penn Sec ion 2 The provisions of this act shall become effec sylvania hereby enacts as follows tive immediately upon final enactment Section 1 Section two thousand four hundred one of And said bill having been read at length the third the act approved the twenty-fourth day of June one thou sand nine hundred thj1·ly-one (P. L. 1206) entitled "An time, considered and agreed to. act concerning townships of the first class amendin!i On the question, revising consolidating and changing the law relating · Shall the bill pass finally? thereto" is hereby amended to read as follows Agreeably to the provisions of the Constitution the Section 2401 Power to Establish and Construct Sew yeas and nays were taken and were as follows: ers and Drains Require Connections Sewer Rentals Town ships may establish and construct a system of sewers YEAS-204 and drainage locating the same as far as practicable along and within the lines of the public roads of the township J!aronsvn, Gallagher, Mccosker, S-ax, as seem advisable to the commissioners The township Andrews, Getchey, McCullough, Scanlon, Bane, Gibson, McDonald, Schuster, commissioners may permit and where necessary for the Barrett, Goff, ~{cKinney, SCDtt, public health [require adjoining and adjacent property BaUmunk, Goodling, McMlllen, Serrill, owners to connect with and use the same] by ordinance Beech, Gorman, Mihm, Shoemaker, require any owner of property abutting on or adjoining Bender, Graybill, Mikula, Sllnone, any street or alley in which is a sewer to make connec Bentzel; Greenwood, Miller, Smith, c. c., Bloom, Greer, tions with such sewer in such manner as the commis Mills, Smith, C. M., sioners may order for the purpose of discharge of such Boies, Griffiths, Minte£:, Snider, Bollawitz, Guthrie, Mohr, Solienberg· er, dtainage or waste maLter as the commissioners may Boorse, Gyger, Mooney, Sorg, specify The township commissioners may by penalties Bower, Hall, Moore, c. E., Sproul, enfor<:e any regulation they may ordain with reference. to Breisch, Haller, Moore, H. A., Stank, Brice, any sewer -connection All connections required sball be Haudenshield, Morrison, S'.:mmel, uniform All persons so connecting may be required lo Brown, Helm, Murray, Stockham, Brunner, Henry, Myers, StoJ?,ier, pay in addition Lo Lhe cost o! making such connection a Bucchin, Hewi1t. Najaka, Stuart, mo·nthly 0 1· annu.al rale presci:jbed by ordinance Such Cadwalader, ,Hocker, Naumann, Swape, monthly or annual Tale shall coiistit ute a lie.n un~il pajd Capano, Hoffman, Needham, Tahl. against Lhe properly so conneeting with such system and Cassidy, Hoopes, N,tr, Thomassy, the amount thereof may be recovered by due process of Cheryenak, Horan, Nel~on. Thompwn, law Chudoff, Imbt, O'.Connor, Tittle. Clevenger, Nothing in this section shall be conslru·ea 'to repeal or ' .Jennings, O'Dare, Tompkln.s 1 Cochran, .Johnson. O'Donnell, Too1ney, modify any of the provisions of the Public Service Com Cole, JohDE•ton, O'Neill, Turner, pany Law Cook, Jon ea, Orban. Upshur. Seclion 2 Tbe provisions of lhis act shall become effec Cooper, Jump, Patten, Va.ughan, tive immediately upon .final enactment Cordier, Kean, Petrpsky, Verona, Costa, Ke.Jley, Pichney, Wachhaus, And said bill having been read at length the third Crowley, Kemp, Pickens, "\Vaguer, Dague, Kent, Polaski, Waldron, time, considered and agreed to. Dalrymple, Kirley, Powers, Wallin, On the question, Davison, Kline, Price, 'Val ton, Shall the bill pa'ss finally? De Long, Kohl, Pro pert, Waterhouse, Demech, Kratz, Rago~. ·watkins, Agreeably to the provisions of the Constitution the Deru:Uson, Krise, Readinger, 'Vatson, yeas and nays were taken and were as follows: Depuy, Kurtz, Reagan, \\,eidner. Dix, Laughner, Reese. D. P., Weiss, YEAS-204 Dye, Layer, Reese, R. E., We.'!!Cott, Efenberg, Lee, Rellly, J. M., WEst, Aaronson, Elder, Leisey, Reilly, J., Wheele1·, Gallagher, Mccosker, S-ax, w. Andrews, Erb, Livingston, Richter, Wolf, Getchey, McCullough, Scanlon, Evans, Llvingstone, Riley, Bane, Gib~on, McDonald, Schuster, Wood, Barrett, Ewing, Loftus, Robbin&, Goff, McKinney, Scott, Worley, Baumunk, Goodling, Feola, Lovett, Rs>bertson, Yeakel, McMlllen, Serrill, Fish, Lyons, Root, Beech, Gorman, Mil1m, Shoemaker, YesteT, Bender, Fiss, Madden, Ro:se, Yetzer, Graybill. Mikula, SiimOll.9', BentzeJ, Greenwood, Miller, Flack, ~fadig~n. Rowen, Young, smith, c. a., Bloom, Greer, Mills, Fleming, Mazza, Royer, Lic~1tenwalte1', SmitJ1, C. M., Boies, Griffiths, Mlntess, Snider, Foor. McCormack, Sarraf, Speaker~ Frost, Bonawjtz, Guthrie, Mohr, Sollenberger, Boors~, Gyger, Mooney, Sorg, NAYS-0 Bower, Hall, Moore, c. E., Sproul, 1947. LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL-- HOUSE. 471 Breisch, Haller, Moore, H. A., stank, of supervisors unless such meeting is held during the Brice, Haudenshield, Morrison, Stimmel, nighttime Brown, ~elm, Murray, Stockham, Brunner, Henry, Myers, Stonier, And said· bill having been read at length the third Bucchin, Hewitt, Najaka, Stuart, Cadwalader, Hocker, Naum.iann, Swope, time, considered and agreed to. Capano, Hoffman, Needham, Tal1l, On the question, Cassidy, Hoopes, Neff, Thomassy, Chervenak, Horan, Nelson, Thompson, Shall the bill pass finally? Chtidoff, Imbt, Tittle, Agreeably to the provisions of the Constitution the g:~~~e~or, Clevenger, Jennings, Tompkins, yeas and nays were taken and were as follows: CGchran, Johnson, O'Donnell, Toomey, cci1e, Johneton, O'Neill, TuTner, Cook, Jones- Orban, Upshur, YEAS-203 Cooper, Jump', Patten, Vaughan, Cordier, Kean, Petrosky, Verona, Aaronson, Frost, Mikula, S _! ------• ---- 472 LEGISLATIVE JOURNAL-HOUSE. :E'e1Jruary 24, The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Penn Flss, Madden, RoBe, Yetzer, sylvania hereby enacts as follows Madigan, Rowen, Young, Fle1ning, Mazza, Royer, Lichtenwalter, Section 1 The sum of seven thousand five hundred dol Foor, McCormack, Sarra!, Speaker. lars ($7 500) or as much thereo.E as may he necessary fa Frost, hereby specifically appropriated from the Motor License Fund to Lhe Department of Property a11d Supplies for the NAYS-0 two fiscal ;years commencing the first day of June one thousand nine hundred forty-five as a deficiency apprn The majority required by the Constitution having voted pliation !or i.be payment of the salaries wages 01· oilier in the affirmative, the question was determined in the compensation of such bureau or division c·hiefs experts affirmative. engineers accountants seci·etarie auditors inspectors ex Ordered', That the Clerk present the same to the Senate amincts statisticians clerks tenographers bookkeepers messengers and other assjstants and emplo_yes for the for concurrence. payment of postage traveling expenses telephone toll chai·ges ielegl'ams newspap r advertising :ind notices fo.r REPORT OF JOINT COMMITTTEE TO INVESTI 1.he payment <>f Lhe cosls of adveJ:tising scheduk!i o1 sup plies propo al fol' executing any contract work advertis GATE REVENUES NEEDED FOR STATE )ng and schedule· OL' p1·oposals when nece~sary foi· the . FUNCTIONS p1.11·ehase of office supplies' and equipment s:ationery print ing supplies and printing processes !or the purpose o! a 1 Mr. SOR.G ?.SkAd and obtained 1mamimous consent to o hel' materials supplies and equipment and for lhe pay submit the Repol'l; of the Joint Committee to Investigate menl of such other expenses as may be necessa1·y for the Revenues Needed For State Functions, appointed under proper conduct of lhe ·work o.t Uie department i11 o.ctin authority of Concurrent Resolution No. 3, Session of as purchasing agent for the Department of Highways Section 2 This ac shall take effecl immediately upon 1947. .final enactment The report was read by the Clerk as follows: And said bill having been read at length the third The members of the ,Joint Comn1lttee i.o Investigate time, considered and agreed to. Revenues 1eeded For State Function!i~ a ppointed under On the question, authority of Concurrent Resolution l'IO. 3, adopted by lhe House on January 28 and agreed to by ttie Sen ate on Shall the bill pass finally? the same day, herewith respectfully subn1lts its report t o Agreeably to the provisions of the Constitution the the Gen.eral Assembly. yeas and nays were t aken and were as follows: In accordance with the duties imposed u pon the Com mJtLee by this Resolution, the Committee studied the YEAS-204 surplui; io existence as of May 31, 1945, finances of the J.945-1947 biennium and estimated finances Of the 1947- 1949 biennium. Aaronson, Gallagher, Mccosker, S•ax. Andrews, Getchey, McCullough, Scanlon, Surplus, May 31, 1945 Bane, Gibson, McDonal Department of Health the General Fund of about $5,000 000 can-ied over from School Health Examinations ...... $4,000,000 the 1945-1947 b iennium. The estimate of revenue pre Constructibn-Health institutions and elim- pared by the Daparlment of Revenue last fall is $372,- 000,000. Since that time the manufactuxers' e..xempLion ination of stream pollution • , .. , .. , .. , , . . . 10,325,000 from the Capital Stock Tax has gone into eflect and it is ·estimated that this will cause a reduction of $24,000,000 Sub-Total ...... $14,325,000 i;n the estimate, reducin~ the amount to $348,600,000. Department of Military Affairs Moreove1·, since tha estimate was niade there has been a change in the melbod of calculating tbe mark-up on Postwar Construction ...... , ...... $2,450,000 liquor sold in State stores whe1·eby $5.00 of Federal tax Preserving War Re<:ords .•...... 150,000 is now included before the mark-up wliereas before it was ex.eluded. lL is estimated this chanjie will ·esult in Sub-Total ...... $2,600,000 increased revenue ol 40.000.000, bringing the estimate Postwar Planning Commission fl"Om present tax sources up to $388,600,000. With the estimated surplus of ~5,000,000 from t he 1945- 1947 bien Agr eements with political subdivisions ...... $1 ,000,000 nium this wouJd make available funds of $393.600,000. Department of Pr operty and Supplies The reques1s for appropriallons fo1· c~trent operations submitted by the departments total $602,000,000. This Governor's Mansion-Construction and Land $250,000 compaIO es wilh requests for the previous biennium of Pennsylvania State Police-----Barrack and $391,532,632, of which amount $388,731.664. was appro Training Stjlool ...... 1,850,000 priated. Deticiency requests are $33 115,820 and if appro Conslruction of Office BuiJdings-PhiladeJ- p1·iated will brinj! total appropriations for lhe 1945-1947 phia and Pitt-sburgh ...... 1,500,000 biennium lo $41,847,484. Appropriations requested. for the Publi.c Inst:ructi.on- Constr uclion ...... 7,000,000 1947-1949 biennium, U1erefore, exceed estimated revenues Capi tol Park Extension , ...... , .....• 6,000,000 by $214-,000,000 for lhe normal operations of the State Welfar e-Construction ... , , ...... , , , •.. 16,485,000 Government, under existing la\ . Since lhe Governor has not yet su!nnitted hls budget, it is not known what Sub-Total ...... • ...... • • • . • ...... $33,085,000 amount of appropr~ations he will request. P ast experience indicates that departmental requests considerably ex Grand Total-Postwar Program ...... $76,235,000 ceed the Governor's budget. Moreover, it appears t o the Redemption of General State Authority Bonds $48,870,240 Committee that the estimate of i·eveni.te is very conser vative and conld be revised upwards. Total State Authority Bond Redemp- The depal'tments submitted req uests :for the 194.7-1949 tion and Postwar Program ...... $125,105,240 biennl.um for $99.000.000 for construction and public works. $87,000.000 of this amount was requested for the $60,628,000 of this program represents sm·plus fonds. Deparlment of Weliare. In this connection it should be The balance, $15,707,000, was appropdated from estimated mentioned there is a $50.000,000 bond issue for public current revenues of the 1945- 4'1 biennium. works which has been passed by U1e voters and caa or this tolaJ $76 235.000 program, $46,352,295.97 had be made available in this Session. been allocated .fol" definite pr jecls b the depai·trnenls Any amounts that may be approved .for teachers' sal and the Governot· as o! Janual·y 31, 1947. TJle Commit aries or ior any other pm·poses beyond existing law must tee fi nds that of this $46 352,295.97, $7,916,302.32 has b provided 1o1· in addition to any amounts set forth in been spent. ' this report. '.I: he P ost-War program adopted by the previous legis Respectfully submitted, lalure would 1·equire Ulat these aJlocations remain. The surpJu in ihe Motor Fund is all restricted by con- HERBERT P. SORG. 1itutional aine·ndment io use Lor highways safety, and aeronautics. The small sur pluses in the other funds are The SPEAKER. The r eport will be spread upon the restricted by law for use in funds in which they exist. J ournals of the House. Finances of the J 945-47 biennium Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. Speaker. I am very sorry that The statement iss ed by Governor Martin on .June 3. I have been unable to sign this report in company with 1945. showed hat total !Ulld available in the Gener I want to say to the Majority Leader that if he will I say further that if you will take from that point check the expenditures of the Departments made up to and project expenditures during the· next five months January 1, if he will compile for himself a statement on a comparable basis, · comparable to the expenditures showing what the departments spent during the first during the last nineteen months that you will show nineteen months of the present biennium, and if then money on hand in excess of 35 million dollars, and that he will project expenditures during the first five months is just one example of the errors with which this report of this year, up to May 31, 1947, he will find that there is replete. will be cash on hand, not of five million dollars but in Mr. SORG. Mr. Speaker, I desire to interrogate the excess of thirty-five million dollars. gentleman from Cambria, Mr. Andrews. There is no reason to believe that the expenditures of The ·SPEAKER. Will the gentleman from Cambria the Governor's office are going to be accelerated. If you permit himself to be interrogated'? check the expenditures of the Governor's office for the Mr. ANDREWS. Yes, Mr. Speaker, but no lawyer's first twelve months, you will find expenditures of $286,- questions. 000, that he has a balance of $99,000, and your report The SPEAKER. The Chair again warns the gentleman shows no surplus and no deficit for the Governor·s office. from Elk, no lawyer's questions. If the expenditur es during the next five months are Mr. SORG. Mr. Speaker, I just recently \lave gotten ratably made, there will be 24,000 and some odd dollars out some figures and I was wondering whether t.he genlle- unexpended. Now, if you will take 1.be Board of Finance 111an would want Lo revise the date on this $60,322,000. and Revenue. compute the figure of expenditures for I jotted it down as June 1. 1947. the first 19 months, and project over the next five months ·Mr. ANDREWS. January 1, 19<17. Mr. Speaker. for the same rate of monthly expenditures you will Mr. SORG. Mr. Speaker, is the gentleman of the find that they have over 200 million dollars Lhat they opinion that requests from the Departments are lhe have not SJ?ent. figures of the Budget Office'? Now Mr. Speaker, the mountain has labored and Mr. ANDREWS. Mr. Speaker, requests for appropria brought forth a mouse; we haven't produrnd a single fact tions are a matter of tabulation. If you wanted to find or figure for the information of this House that was not out what the Departments have requested you get an available to the Governor; that was not available to adding machine and add them up. You got the $60,602,- any -Member of this House. We have simply taken the 000 I understand. muddled figures of a muddled Budget Office which has Mr. SORG. Mr. Speaker, I respectfully submit, that not been right in its estimate in the last five years. the figures which we have came from the Departments In the report of the Committee, Mr. Speaker, there and not from the Budget Office. has been little thought of the transfers of funds between I should like to submit further, Mr. Speaker that I am the various Departments. There has been no careful sure that the House will fin