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taken to the Supreme Court, which sustained the Superior 

 Court, making the pollution law absolutely effective. The 

 Department of Health at the same time had its law ques- 

 tioned, the case was appealed, and the Supreme Court 

 decided in favor of the Department of Health, or the state, 

 in this case also. Unless interfered with by adverse legisla- 

 tion at the coming session of the Legislature, there will be a 

 big advance in the next twelve months, for the foundation 

 for purification has been well laid. 



I am glad to see a resolution passed today in regard to 

 the purification of waters, for it may be that when the time 

 comes this will help to prevent any possible repeal or modi- 

 fication of the Pennsylvania law. It is a good law and 

 probably one of the strongest there is on the statute books 

 of any state. It was passed at the last session of the Penn- 

 sylvania Legislature in 1909. 



