STATE'S LATEST DEPARTMENT Philadelphia Newspaper Dis cusses Plans For Consolida tion of Conservation The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin has thia to Bay about the new De partment of Conservation which will be created by the bill just reported * favorably to the House of Represen tatives after having passed the Sen ate: "Pennsylvania's growing, inter est in the conservation of its natural resource is Indicated in the enumera tion of the State's protective meas ures set forth in Senator Buckman's bill for the creation of a new depart ment of the State Government to be known as the Department of Conser vation. The bill for this purpose, which is now under consideration by the Senate, embodies many of the suggestions set forth by the Economy and Efficiency Commission and would merge into one department the pow ers now held by the Board of Game Commissioners, the Fishery Commis sion, the State Forestry Reservation Commission, the Water Supply Com mission. the Department of Fisheries and the Department of Forestry as well as to abptlsh the offices of the Chief Game Pmtector, the Commis sioner of Fisheries and the Commis sioner of Forestry. But it is the listing of the specified duties of the new Department which is chiefly of interest as indicating how the State system of protecting the public in the enjoyment of what are essentially public rights and property has grown. No fewer than forty-one sections of the Buckman bill are devoted to this end and in the classification and description of the numerous statutes adopted for the purpose of establishing and protect ing preserves, the acquisition of lands and safeguarding of natural resources, together with the general supervision . of the timber lands and water supply of the States and its game and fish, they show how, in the course of a few administrations, all these sub jects have been brought under State control. "Many of the laws relating to these subjects are of recent origin. The oldest of the existing agencies that would be merged into the Depart ment of Conservation dates only from 1895 and the other branches which would becpme subordinate bureaus of the new Department, are among the youngest and newest branches of the State Government. But on this work there is expended now nearly a mil lion dollars a year, while nearly three hundred employes are engaged direct ly In protecting the public lands. "Philadelphia's interests arc touch ed directly and indirectly by the operation of the existing agencies in numerous ways. The hunter and the fisherman know of the requirements of the Game Commissioners and of the work of the Fish Commission at the Torresdale and Erie hatcheries, both of which affect not only the pleasures and pastimes of the sports man, but also the supply of such foods in the local markets. Of larger Inter ests to the city, however, is the broadening system of State protection regarding the sources of water sup ply, a State-wide survey of which has been under way for the past four years. Thus, in addition to the reg ulations which the Public Service Commission imposes upon the private water companies, whose operations sometimes tend toward diminishing the upply of cities and towns, the rresent Water Supply Commission specially supervises this subject at present. "Of added concern now is the fact that the proposed merger of the For estry Department and the Water Supply Commission would place all the water sheds and water courses under one control. In this way not only is it suggested would there be an increased patrol of the river banks, with the intention of anticipating ar.d preventing pollution and thereby les sening the danger of bacteria in the water, but the vast acreage of the huge water sheds needed to supply the primary sources would be under Ctate protection. The buying of for est lands for a new source for Phila delphia's supply, the laying of pipe lines or of aqueducts, the construction of dams and Impounding reservoirs, would all be among the subjects of the department's control. In this way, following up the work already In charge of the Water Supply Com mission, all the streams and water courses, mountain brooks and forest rivulets, would be under State control the quantity and flow of water deter mined, the limits of consumption determined, and the allotments of each county or district fixed. In this fashion does the State recognize that county control does not suffice in this regard and that the large cities and more thickly populated areas have State as well as local natural re sources to be protected by the State's agencies of conservation, with a view as to the future, as well as to merely the present needs." Public Dances Will Be Under the Mayors Every dance held in a city of the first, second or third classes in Penn sylvania, with the possible exception of Lancaster which operates under a special charter of its own, for which an admission is charged will have to be conducted under a li cense from the mayor's office on and after a week from next Monday. And each dance will have to stop at one o'clock in the morning unless a special dispensation is granted by '.he mayor upon application. These are essential features of the Walker bill signed by the Governor to-day and effective June 1. It is ne of the most far reaching acts of this session and will affect hundreds of dances for which an admission is charged and which are "conducted In connection with instruction in lancing, for hire and any dance or _ ball to which admission may be had V oy the payment of a fee or by* the purchase, possession or presentation if a ticket or token or in connection with which a Qharge is made for paring for clothing or other prop srty." The bill provides that no per 10ns or any organization shall hold t dance after June 1 without ob :ainlng a permit from the mayor it a rate of one dollar. Further more, every dance hall where dances ire held for which admission of any kind is charged, is to secure an an nual license. The licenses shall be >lO a year for dances conducted In ronnection with classes and sls for nails rented for dances. Wide police powers are conferred i in the mayor and his policemen and violations are punishable by $25 fine. 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