Governor OKs Fifty Bills Including Philadelphia Only Measures
Governor Stuart approves fifty Senate and House bills in conference, including a highway speed act setting limits and fines, a legislative reference bureau, and Philadelphia specific measures. Also allows a union chapel memorial, escheatment and lien reforms, and tax/insurance provisions, with various local and state funding and administration changes.
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McIlhenny
Legislative
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Legislative Reference Bureau
Chate
Law Library
Dixon
Mont Alto
John G. Gilbert
Common Pleas
Orphans’ Court
County Poorhouse
Board of Revision
Numerous 1907 Pennsylvania bill provisions signed into law
The text lists multiple acts and amendments covering guardianship, taxation, lib rary funding, criminal procedure, notarial acts by bank staff, penalties for animal abuse, proof procedures, and other governance changes. It notes quotes about new search for exceptions, tax collection, and a veto by Governor Stuart on a Rowland bill related to liquor money handling and exemptions, with directive to repeal inconsistent parts.
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Stuart
Rowland
Commonwealth
Governor Stuart Orders Budget Cuts to Match Revenue
Harrisburg Governor Edwin M. Stuart says the Legislature’s appropriation bills total over 47 million dollars while revenues cap at 45 to 47 million. He warns hearings on appropriations cannot be provided due to time limits and the need to avoid a deficit.
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Harrisburg
Edwin 5
Stuart
Commonwealth
Governor Signs Nurses Registration Bill in Pennsylvania
Governor Stuart signs the Hunters bill creating a State Board of Examiners for Nurse Registration with three physicians and two nurses, all with five years practice in Pennsylvania. Applicants 21, trained, with a $35 fee earn a certificate. unlawful to claim to be registered without certificate after one year. The governor also signs new game and fish bills clarifying convictions require actual possession of fish contrary to law.
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Stuart
Pennsylvania
Makes Wages Liable for Debt in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg report outlines a proposed bill to allow attachment of part of a debtor’s wages or salary for debts. The measure amends the 1849 exemption, reducing wage protection to 75 percent of earnings and retaining a $300 exemption for family household goods.
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Harrisburg
Stuart Approves Broad Child Labor Bill in Pennsylvania
Governor Stuart signed the Shern child labor bill restricting underage work in paints matches acids and tobacco with English literacy tests. It limits hours for minors under 16 and 18, sets no night work for younger groups, and requires school authority issued employment certificates. Columbus Day holiday and numerous ancillary measures were also signed.
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Stuart
Harrisburg
Shern
Houck
Condition of Trade Shows Improvement in Iron and Steel
Two developments mark the week with impact on industry. Iron and steel demand rises as prices ease, boosting construction and farm sectors, while foreign trade data show heavy imports of raw materials signaling revived manufacturing. Cold weather dampens mercantile activity. bank clearings and rail earnings rise, Turkish events bolster markets, and cotton goods stay active in the West.
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New York
Turkey
Bank of England
Southern Democrats Favor Protective Tariff Adjustments
The Review of Reviews notes Southern Democrats in Congress back a tariff that protects Gulf and Southern products like sugar rice oranges lemons and tobacco while pursuing a revenue principle. Iron ore and lumber remain contested with modest duties likely. New England seeks free coal from Canada while the South supports local Appalachian coal. The piece argues Southern leaders support concrete protection despite free trade talk.
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Congress
Gulf States
Florida
Virginia
Texas
Aldrich
Northwest
New England
Canada
Appalachian
Roosevelt Prepares in Africa Beard Contention Stated
Report states Mr. Roosevelt will not grow a beard abroad and could not win the American whiskerine title from Col. James Ham Lewis.
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Roosevelt
Africa
James Ham Lewis
Danyway
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