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                                                      PRINTER'S NO. 2533

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 1937 Session of 2003


        INTRODUCED BY WOJNAROSKI, HALUSKA, McCALL, GEIST, LEDERER, MANN,
           COHEN, FICHTER, CORRIGAN, PAYNE, GEORGE, TIGUE, SOLOBAY,
           ROBERTS, DeWEESE, KOTIK, SCAVELLO, PETRARCA, DeLUCA, HERSHEY,
           TANGRETTI, BEBKO-JONES, HARHAI, DENLINGER, SURRA, LEH,
           SATHER, GOODMAN, ALLEN, HENNESSEY, SHANER, LEWIS, COY,
           KELLER, PHILLIPS, HUTCHINSON, JAMES, ROHRER, BALDWIN,
           LAUGHLIN, STERN, YOUNGBLOOD, GRUCELA, MELIO, BUNT, SAYLOR,
           FABRIZIO, GERGELY, CAPPELLI, PISTELLA, CAWLEY, HORSEY,
           BIANCUCCI AND HESS, SEPTEMBER 8, 2003

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, SEPTEMBER 8, 2003

                                     AN ACT

     1  Redesignating the bridge known as the Napoleon Street Bridge, in
     2     the City of Johnstown, Cambria County, as the Edward A. Silk
     3     Memorial Bridge.

     4     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     5  hereby enacts as follows:
     6  Section 1.  Napoleon Street Bridge.
     7     (a)  Redesignation.--The bridge known as the Napoleon Street
     8  Bridge, in the City of Johnstown, Cambria County, is hereby
     9  redesignated the Edward A. Silk Memorial Bridge.
    10     (b)  Signs.--The Department of Transportation shall erect and
    11  maintain appropriate signs displaying the name of the bridge to
    12  traffic in both directions on the bridge.
    13     (c)  Edward A. Silk.--Recipient of the Congressional Medal of
    14  Honor for valor and bravery in World War II, Edward A. Silk was
    15  born in Johnstown in 1916 and served as a first lieutenant in

     1  the United States Armed Forces. Only four Cambria County
     2  residents have ever been awarded the Congressional Medal of
     3  Honor.
     4  Section 2.  Effective date.
     5     This act shall take effect immediately.

















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