490 ANNUAL REPORTi OF THE Off. Doc. 



liberal appropriation to enable bim to use effective means to sup- 

 press San Jos6 Scale and other insect pests. 



We also favor a change in the road law of 1903 as follows: 



That the township and county be relieved of the levy of taxes in 

 the construction of these roads, and that each county receives its 

 share of the State appropriation according to the road mileage, and 

 that the Highway Commissioner spend said amount in each county 

 for the next two years on the building of the main-traveled roads 

 of each county, with a view of ultimately having the inter-county 

 main roads of the State improved. We believe the township road 

 law of the State should be repealed and the act of 1897, so far as re- 

 lates to the payment of road tax and the election of road supervi- 

 sors. 



We heartily endorse the resolution offered by Mr, McGowan, of 

 Berks, pertaining to the Experiment Station and the completion of 

 the Dairy Building at State College. 



We recommend that legislation be enacted to permit the printing 

 of such increased number of bulletins of the Economic Zoologist of 

 the Department of Agriculture as may be necessary to meet the de- 

 mands of our citizens. 



We approve of Nature Studies being taught in our public schools, 

 and also recommend the centralization of our rural schools so far 

 as possible. 



We are also unalterably opposed to the repeal of the Grout Bill. 



We recommend that the present dog-law be so changed or 

 amended, that it shall be the duty of the assessors to assess said 

 dogs at a value placed upon them by the owners, that the taxes for 

 said dogs be ten per centum of their value per annum, but in no case 

 shall the taxes be less than one dollar per dog, that the taxes be col- 

 lectable as other taxes are; that after the dog or dogs have been 

 assessed, the constable of the district shall furnish to each owner 

 of dogs a metal tag on which the number of the dog corresponding 

 to that of the register of the assessed dogs made out by the assessor 

 for which the constable shall receive a compensation of a sum not 

 exceeding 25 cents per tag, and it shall be the duty of the constable 

 to kill any and all dogs found in his bailiwick without such tags at- 

 tached to its collar for which service he shall receive a compensation 

 of fifty cents per dog killed, and said constable make these returns 

 under oath to the court of quarter-sessions every three months at 

 the regular term, damage to be assessed and paid as under the 

 present law. 



We recommend that the Legislature be requested to make a lib- 

 eral appropriation for the purpose of improving the poultry in- 

 dustry of the State. 



We heartily endorse the efficient work of the Department of Agri- 

 culture, including the Farmers' Institutes, Dairy and Food Division, 

 Division of Economic Zoology and the State Veterinarian. 



We also recommend that such law or laws be enacted as will al- 

 low the trolley companies of Pennsylvania to carry freight. 



We recommend that the appropriation for the use of the Farmer's 

 Institutes be increased. 



We ask that the present Legislature appropriate a sum sufficient 

 to cover the actual expenses of the members of the State Board of 

 Agriculture when in attendance at their regular meetings. 



