Governor Stuart Vetoes Key Bills While Cutting Road Grants
Harrisburg May 14. Governor Stuart vetoed the school code the Philadelphia to Pittsburg highway and the Capitol park extension bills to avoid cutting 3 million from state charities and to protect school and charity funds. He also explained reductions in road and other appropriation bills and signed several measures including anti spitting and proper state accounting.
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Capitol Park
Stuart
Pennsylvania State Educational Commission
Pennsylvania Educational Commission
Senate
Commonwealth
Thave
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
State Highway Department
Governor Signs Fox Bill Tightening Small-Loan Rules
The Fox bill regulates small loans under $200 with a license from the Clerk of Quarter Sessions. Lenders may charge a 10 percent brokerage fee but no higher, renewals included. Regulations require written employer acceptance for wage assignments and a wife’s signature for married borrowers. Banks and certain loan bodies remain exempt. Penalties include a $50 to $200 fine or up to 60 days imprisonment.
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Stuart
Pure Food Bill Signed by Governor Stuart
Governor Stuart signs the Murphy pure food law after bitter legislative fights. The act permits limited benzoate of soda use and sulfur dioxide in certain foods, bans many preservatives, and shifts from civil to criminal penalties for adulteration. The dairy and food commissioner says the measure strengthens protections against impure foods.
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Stuart
Washington
Roosevelt
Dr. Wiley
Dairy and Food
Foust
Governor vetoes several bills amid state finance gaps
Governor Edwin S. Sturt vetoed bills raising pay for the general agent and secretary of the State Board of Public Charities, the secretary of the lunacy committee, deputy factory inspectors, and primary election officers. He also rejected measures on city inspector fees, district attorney pay, and the garnishee bill citing overextended revenues.
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Edwins. Sturt
State Board of Public Charities
Stuart
Supreme Court
Superior Court
Board of Public Charities
Edward H. Fahey
Philadelphia
Committee On
Fahey
E. R. Cox
Pittedelphie
Erie
Clearfield
Susquehanna
Northampton
Allegheny
Bradford
General Assembly
Veto Overturns City Inspection Bill Amid Fee System Doubts
In a veto of Senator Langfitt's inspectors of weights bill the administration argues it would revive the fee system, clashing with long standing policy. The McKean bill proposal on city inspections is also referenced as part of the debate.
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Paris
Bordeaux
Joseph A. Langfitt
McKean
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