PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 229 PRINTER'S NO. 807
No. 195 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY PAYNE, BARRAR, BELFANTI, BEYER, BOYD, BUXTON,
CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, CAUSER, COHEN, DALEY, DENLINGER,
FABRIZIO, FAIRCHILD, GABIG, GALLOWAY, GEIST, GEORGE,
GILLESPIE, GINGRICH, GOODMAN, GRELL, GRUCELA, HARHART,
HENNESSEY, HERSHEY, HICKERNELL, M. KELLER, MAJOR, MANN,
MARKOSEK, MARSICO, METCALFE, MILLARD, MOYER, MUSTIO, PALLONE,
PETRONE, PHILLIPS, RAMALEY, RAPP, REED, REICHLEY, ROHRER,
ROSS, SCAVELLO, SIPTROTH, SONNEY, STERN, VULAKOVICH, WALKO,
YOUNGBLOOD, JAMES, MENSCH AND HESS, FEBRUARY 5, 2007
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, MARCH 12, 2007
AN ACT
1 Designating the bridge on Burd Street CARRYING SR 441 OVER THE <--
2 SWATARA CREEK in the Borough of Royalton, Dauphin County, as
3 the Sgt. Major Clarence Edward Mathias Bridge.
4 The General Assembly find and declares that:
5 (1) Clarence Edward Mathias, Sergeant Major, United
6 States Marine Corps, was born in Royalton Borough, Dauphin
7 County, on December 12, 1876.
8 (2) He was a career noncommissioned officer in the
9 Marine Corps who was awarded the Medal of Honor as a private
10 in the Marine Corps while serving in the Boxer Rebellion in
11 Tientsin, China, on July 13, 1900.
12 (3) He died on December 9, 1933, and was buried in
13 Arlington National Cemetery.
14 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
1 hereby enacts as follows:
2 Section 1. Bridge in Royalton Borough, Dauphin County.
3 (a) Designation.--The bridge located on Burd Street CARRYING <--
4 SR 441 OVER THE SWATARA CREEK, LOCALLY REFERRED TO AS THE CANAL
5 STREET BRIDGE, in the Borough of Royalton, Dauphin County, is
6 hereby designated as the Sgt. Major Clarence Edward Mathias
7 Bridge.
8 (b) Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect
9 appropriate signs on the bridge to mark the designation.
10 Section 2. Effective date.
11 This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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