Food Administration Saved Pennsylvanians Millions in Food
The Pennsylvania Food Administration under Howard Heinz credited with preventing price spikes and store shortages. By regulating wheat flour and sugar, and using a fair price list, the agency saved about two hundred million dollars in Pennsylvania alone, while expanding curb markets and enforcing regulations through inspectors and a pledge system in hotels and restaurants.
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Food Administration
Howard Heinz
Pennsylvania
The
Bermudas
Pood Administration
Department of God Supply
Committee of Public Safety
A Howard Heinz
Pittsburgh
Mer. Henry
Lewis
Sadler
Carlisle
Crutchfeld
W. Babcock
Joseph Basington
W. T. Clause
A.W Mellon
M. T. Bushyng
Quarryville
C. B. Wing
Mt. Union
M. C. Kennedy
Division of
Tout
Wis
Pehrusey
Proposed Amendments to Pennsylvania Constitution for Highway Bonds
The Commonwealth proposes amending Article Nine Section Four to allow fifty million dollars in state bonds for highway improvement and rebuilding. It sets a revenue deficiency cap of one million while permitting bonds for highway funding, with submission to voters at the November 1918 general election per Cyrus E. Woods Secretary of the Commonwealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
Senate
House of Representatives
General Assembly
Pennsylvania
Proposed amendment to Pennsylvania banking article text
Public record shows a joint resolution proposing to amend section eleven of article sixteen of the Pennsylvania constitution. It shifts banking and discounting privileges from requiring public notice to authorizing general law for corporation of banks and trust companies. Signed by Cyrus B. Wood, Secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
H Cyrus B. Woodb
The
Commonwealth
Pennsylvania Amendment Proposal for State Treasury Appropriation
The text outlines a proposed constitutional amendment from Pennsylvania's General Assembly to revise section 16 of article three. It seeks to specify that no money may be paid out of the State Treasury except under a law enacted by the Assembly and on warrants by proper officers, altering the existing grant of appropriations and procedure. The amendment rephrases to require specifying the amount and purpose of expenditures and the timing of appropriation uses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Senate
House of Representatives
Commonwealth of ‘Pennsylvania
General Assembly
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania constitutional amendment proposal on debt limits
A joint resolution proposes amending section eight article nine of the Pennsylvania Constitution. It would strike the current section and replace it with new debt limits: counties cities boroughs townships and districts shall not exceed seven percent of assessed property value, Philadelphia may rise to ten percent, with additional constraints on new debt and increases in indebtedness.
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Pennsylvania
Senate
House of Representatives
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
General Assembly
Philadelphia
State funds to be paid by warrant by Auditor General
A fragment notes that all public money shall be paid by the State Treasurer on warrant drawn by the Auditor General, concluding with a formal signature line stating A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 4 G.RUS E Woods.
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Auditor General
RUS_E. WOODS
The
Commonwealth
Philadelphia debt limits and borrowing rules amendment
Text outlines constitutional amendment for Pittsburgh style debt caps and Philadelphia borrowing in state law. It sets city borrowing not to exceed seven percent of assessed value for most municipalities, with Philadelphia allowed up to ten percent of city debt, plus two percent for new indebtedness with elector consent. Provisions detail deduction of existing debt tied to revenue yielding projects and term limits, sinking fund requirements, and issuance constraints for city projects and public works.
Philadelphia debt limits and borrowing terms outlined
A joint resolution details how Philadelphia may calculate borrowing capacity by excluding debt invested in public improvements yielding net revenue. It covers capitalizing annual net revenue, interest and sinking fund assumptions, and allows issuing obligations up to 60 years with sinking fund provisions. It also permits funding for construction and reclamation projects without immediate tax levies for interest and sinking funds for one year after project completion.
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Philadelphia
General Assembly
City of Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Cyrus H. Woods
The
Commonwealth
One-Year Extension for City Debt Interest and Sinking Fund
A fragmentary text notes that after completion of the work the indebtedness will not require a tax for interest and sinking fund charges for one year. It cites section ten, article nine of the Pennsylvania constitution and references Joint Resolution No. 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Institution of Pennsylvania
Cyrus E. Woods
The
Commonwealth
Amendment to Pennsylvania tax provisions Joint Resolution No 4
A proposed constitutional amendment to section one of article nine would allow the state to classify subjects for graded or progressive taxation while keeping general laws for levy and collection. It seeks exclusions for public property used for public purposes religious worship burial places not for private profit and public charity institutions. Submission to voters is set for the first November after 1919 with ballot printing and election law compliance.
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Pennsylvania
Cyrus E. Woods
The
Commonwealth
Senate
House of Representatives
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
General Assembly
CYRUS_B. WOOD
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Wilson
Hoover
Heliy
Heinz
Famers Bank of
Indiana
Columbia Dry Cell
Wilmer Stewart
Geo. D. Leydie
Philadelphia Street
Moore
Pathe
A SF
Number
the Commonwealth Ance
Phildelphia
Tharein
City of
Aald City
W. G. Chapman
Trottera
Nettie McCurdy
Rayne Township
Savings & Trust Company OF
David Manges
Green Township
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