PRINTER'S NO. 2555
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1854
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY F. KELLER, SAYLOR, A. HARRIS, SCHLEGEL CULVER,
BIZZARRO, BRADFORD, BURNS, CONKLIN, D. COSTA, COX, DAVIS,
DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, DUSH, GILLEN, GROVE, HAHN, HENNESSEY,
JOZWIAK, KINSEY, LONGIETTI, MILLARD, NEILSON, O'NEILL, RYAN,
SONNEY, TOEPEL, WARD, WATSON AND WHEELAND, OCTOBER 10, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, OCTOBER 10, 2017
AN ACT
Designating a portion of U.S. Route 522 in Snyder County as the
Staff Sgt. Stanley R. Saylor Memorial Highway.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Staff Sgt. Stanley R. Saylor Memorial Highway.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Staff Sgt. Stanley R. Saylor, a community leader in
Snyder County, was born on December 17, 1916, to William and
Ida Saylor and passed away on October 12, 2011.
(2) On September 8, 1944, Staff Sgt. Saylor, of
Infantry, Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 415 Infantry,
United States Army, was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for
meritorious service in connection with military operations in
Belgium, Holland and Germany from October 1944 to May 1945.
(3) During combat with the enemy, Staff Sgt. Saylor
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performed his duties as communications platoon sergeant in a
highly meritorious manner. On one occasion, he personally
assumed the responsibility of laying wire across a river
following an assault crossing, completing his mission despite
enemy fire.
(b) Designation.--The section of U.S. Route 522 in Snyder
County from the west end of Beavertown Borough to Elm Street in
Beaver Springs is designated the Staff Sgt. Stanley R. Saylor
Memorial Highway.
(c) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the highway to
traffic in both directions on the highway.
Section 2. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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