Luzerne,' as amended by an act approved the twenty-second day of April, one thousand eight hundred seventy-nine, entitled 'A supplement to an act, entitled 'An act to authorize the erection of a poorhouse by the borough of Dunmore, borough of Scranton, and township of Providence, in the county of Luzerne,' approved April ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two,' by defining the Scranton poor district, providing for the election of the poor board therein, defining the powers and duties of such board, and abolishing the present office of poor directors." This bill changes the management of the Scranton poorhouse from an appointive to an elective board. The bill is so manifestly in violation of the Constitution in re defective title and in other counts that only litigation over a matter so vital to the people of Scranton would ensue. (See Article III, Sections 3, 6, and 8.) For these reasons the bill is not approved. MARTIN G. BRUMBAUGH. No. 28. AN ACT To amend the second section of an act of Assembly, entitled "An act authorizing the Bureau of Health in cities of the first class to make and promulgate rules and regulations for the sanitary keeping of stables and other places, in such cities, where horses, mules, cows, sheep, goats, or swine are kept, and for the collecting, storing, and transporting of manure from such animals; providing that no manure shall be collected or stored in any stable, manure-pit, or other place, without a permit, or transported in violation of said rules and regulations; making a violation of the act or of said rules and regulations a misdemeanor; prescribing penalties therefor, and repealing inconsistent acts," approved the twenty-fifth day of July, one thousand nine hundred thirteen; so as to permit the deposit of manure on wharves and piers, for shipment beyond the limits of such cities. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That the second section of an act, approved the twenty-fifth day of July, one thousand nine hundred thirteen, entitled "An act authorizing the Bureau of Health in cities of the first class to make and promulgate rules and regulations for the sanitary keeping of stables and other places, in such cities, where horses, mules, cows, sheep, goats, or swine are kept, and for the collecting, storing, and transporting of manure from such animals; providing that no manure shall be collected or stored in any stable, manure-pit, or other place, without a permit, or transported in violation of said rules and regulations; making a violation of the act or of said rules and regulations a misdemeanor; prescribing penalties therefor, and repealing inconsistent acts," which reads as follows: "Section 2. No manure from such animals, or any of them, shall be collected or stored in any stable, stall, manure-pit, wharf, or other place, in any such city, without a permit from the Bureau of Health of such city, or contrary to the terms of said permit, or contrary to said rules and regulations; nor shall any such manure be transported through any such city, or any part thereof, except in accordance with said rules and regulations," be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 2. No manure from such animals, or any of them, shall be collected or stored in any stable, stall, manure-pit, or other place in such city, without a permit from the Bureau of Health of such city, or contrary to the terms of said permit, or contrary to said rules and regulations, except on a wharf or pier, for shipment beyond the limits of such city; nor shall any such manure be transported through any such city, or any part thereof, except in accordance with said rules and regulations. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Executive Chamber, Harrisburg, April 23, 1915. To the Honorable, the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Gentlemen: I return herewith, without my approval, House bill No. 70, entitled "An act to amend the second section of an act of Assembly, entitled 'An act authorizing the Bureau of Health in cities of the first class to make and promulgate rules and regulations for the sanitary keeping of stables and other places, in such cities, where horses, mules, cows, sheep, goats, or swine are kept, and for the collecting, storing, and transporting of manure from such animals; providing that no manure shall be collected or stored in any stable, manure-pit, or other place, without a permit, or transported in violation of said rules and regulations; making a violation of the act or of said rules and regulations a misdemeanor; prescribing penalties therefor, and repealing inconsistent acts,' approved the twenty-fifth day of July, one thousand nine hundred thirteen; so as to permit the deposit of manure on wharves and piers, for shipment beyond the limits of such cities." This bill is an amendment to the rules regulating the collecting, storing, and transporting of manure in cities of the first class. This bill exempts from the present law of regulation manure on a wharf or pier for shipment beyond the limits of such city. If manure is a menace to health, as it is by law, and its disposal regulated by the Bureau of Health, it is not clear to me how manure on a pier or wharf should be placed by law beyond health regulations. A menace to health is quite as much a menace on a wharf as it is in the manure-pit. The Bureau of Health should have city-wide jurisdiction. For these reasons the bill is not approved. MARTIN G. BRUMBAUGH. No. 29. AN ACT To amend section four of article two of an act, approved the eighth day of June, Anno Domini one thousand nine hundred and one, entitled An act amending article two of an act, entitled 'An act to provide for the health and safety of persons employed in and about the anthracite coal-mines of Pennsylvania, and for the protection and preservation of property connected therewith,' approved the second day of June, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and ninetyone," increasing the per diem pay of the members of the Mine Inspectors' Examining Boards and providing for their expenses. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That section four of article two of an act, approved the eighth day of June, Anno Domini one thousand nine hundred and one, entitled "An act amending article two of an act, entitled 'An act to provide for the health and safety of persons employed in and about the anthracite coal-mines of Pennsylvania, and for the protection and preservation of property connected therewith,' approved the second day of June, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one," which reads as follows: "Section 4. The said Board of Examiners shall be composed of three reputable coal miners, in actual practice, and two reputable mining engineers, all of whom shall be appointed at the first term of court in each year, to hold their places during the year. Any vacancies that may occur in the Board of Examiners shall be filled by the court as they occur. The said Board of Examiners shall be permitted to engage the services of a clerk, and they, together with the clerk, shall each receive the sum of five dollars per day for every day they are actually engaged in the discharge of their duties under this appointment, and mileage at the rate of six cents per mile from their home to the place of meeting and return, by the nearest practicable railway route," be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows: Section 4. The said Board of Examiners shall be composed of three reputable coal miners, in actual practice, and two reputable mining engineers, all of whom shall be appointed at the first term of court in each year, to hold their places during the year. Any vacancies that may occur in the Board of Examiners shall be filled by the court as they occur. The said Board of Examiners shall be permitted to engage the services of a clerk, and they, together with the clerk, shall each receive the sum of ten dollars per day for every day they are actually engaged, and all necessary expenses incurred, in the discharge of their duties under this appointment. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Executive Chamber, Harrisburg, April 23, 1915. To the Honorable, the House of Representatives of the Common. wealth of Pennsylvania. Gentlemen: I return herewith, without my approval, House bill No. 253, entitled "An act to amend section four of article two of an act, approved the eighth day of June, Anno Domini one thousand nine hundred and one, entitled 'An act amending article two of an act, entitled 'An act to provide for the health and safety of persons employed in and about the anthracite coal-mines of Pennsylvania, and for the protection and preservation of property connected therewith,' approved the second day of June, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one,' increasing the per diem pay of the members of the Mine Inspectors' Examining Boards and providing for their expenses." This bill provides that the mine examiners in the anthracite field shall have their per diem compensation doubled. There is no evidence that their work has not been satisfactorily done under the existing act with its compensation provisions. To double the compensation without a sufficient reason seems to me unwise. For these reasons the bill is not approved. MARTIN G. BRUMBAUGH. No. 30. AN ACT To amend an act, approved the ninth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one, entitled "An act authorizing companies incorporated under the laws of any other State of the United States, for the manufacture of any form of iron, steel, or glass, to erect and maintain buildings and manufacturing establishments, and to take, have, and hold real estate, necessary and proper for manufacturing purposes, as amended; by extending the same to companies incorporated for the purpose of the manufacture and sale of explosives; or of fire-bricks and refractories; or of cheese, butter, or other dairy or creamery products. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That section one of an act, approved the ninth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one, entitled "An act authorizing companies incorporated under the laws of any other State of the United States, for the manufacture of any form of iron, steel, or glass, to erect and maintain buildings and manufacturing establishments, and to take, have, and hold real estate, necessary and proper for manufacturing purposes," as amended by an act, approved the twenty-third day of June, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, entitled "An act to amend an act, entitled 'An act to amend an act, entitled "An act to amend an act, entitled 'An act to amend an act, entitled “An act authorizing companies incorporated under the laws of any other State of the United States, for the manufacture of any form of iron, steel, or glass, to erect and maintain buildings and manufacturing establishments, and to take, have, and hold real estate, necessary and proper for manufacturing purposes," approved the ninth day of June, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one; extending the same to companies formed for the purpose of quarrying slate, granite, stone, or rocks, or for dressing, polishing, working, or manufacturing the same, or any of them, and to mineral springs companies incorporated for the purpose of bottling and selling natural mineral springs water,' approved the sixteenth day of June, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three," ap proved the nineteenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand nine hundred and one; extending the same to companies formed for the purposes of manufacturing and selling chemicals, foodstuffs, cement and cement products, and the quarrying of cement rock,' approved May twenty-eight, one thousand nine hundred and seven; extending the same to companies incorporated for the manufacture, buying, selling, leasing, using and operation of electrical apparatus and machinery, and articles of every kind appertaining to or in any wise connected with the production, use, regulation, control, distribution, or application of electricity or electrical energy or products, for any use or purpose; constructing, acquiring, using, selling, buying, or leasing any works, construction, or plant or part thereof, connected with or involving such use, distribution, regulation, control, or application of electricity, or the control or use of electrical apparatus for any purpose, and of producing, furnishing, and supplying electricity or electrical apparatus in any form and for any purpose, and to carry on a general manufacturing business," which reads as follows: "It shall and may be lawful for any company incorporated under the laws of any other State, for the manufacture of any form of iron, steel, or glass, or for the quarrying of slate, granite, cement 1ock, stone, or rocks of any kind, or for dressing, polishing, or manufacturing the same, or any of them, or for any mineral springs company incorporated for the purpose of bottling and selling natural mineral springs water, or for any company incorporated for the purpose of manufacturing, supplying, and sale of ice, or for the manufacture and sale of chemicals, or for the manufacture and sale of foodstuffs and eatables, cement and cement products, and the quarrying of cement rock, or for the manufacture, buying, selling, leasing, using, and operation of electrical apparatus and machinery, and articles of every kind appertaining to or in any wise connected with the production, use, regulation, control, distribution, or ap plication of electricity or electrical energy or products, for any use or purpose; constructing, acquiring, using, selling, buying, or leasing any works, construction, or plant, or part thereof, connected with or involving such use, distribution, regulation, control, or application of electricity, or the control or use of electrical apparatus, for any purpose, and of producing, furnishing, and supplying electricity or electrical apparatus in any form and for any purpose, and to carry on a general manufacturing business, to erect and maintain buildings and manufacturing establishments within this Commonwealth, and to have and hold real estate to an amount necessary and proper therefor: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be deemed to prevent or relieve real estate, taken and held by such company under the provisions of this statute, from being taxed in like manner with other real estate within this Commonwealth: And provided further, That no foreign corporation shall be entitled to employ any greater amount of capital in any such business in this State than the same kind of corporations organized under the laws of this State are entitled to employ: And provided further, That every such foreign corporation, doing business as aforesaid in this Commonwealth, shall be liable to taxation to an amount not exceeding that imposed on corporations organized for similar purposes |