Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1849-03-15
PenusyIvania Legislature.
HARRISBURG, March y, 1874

HARRISBURG, iNafcD y, IS4S.
c,x.rE.--The Senate on motion of Mr.
,.hn.ou. went into Executive Session. and
'D.Dimousy confirmed The nomination OF Sam.
~ Shaffer as Associate Judge of the Court ol
"ommon Please of Chester county
B;lls read in Place.-By Mr.. Overfeld, 10 in
.,,oora,e the Delaware and Cobb Gapp Rail
rad Company.
Rv Mr.. Crabb 10 annul the marriage contract
,.,ween Daniel Chris,y and his wife, Of Phil
sdephla
coun,y Saving FGnd Society. Also, bill re.
l.,iye 10 publishing the accounts OF Supervisors
'nd Soperintendants on the Canals and Rail
,o.as of his CommonS ealh.
HARRISBURG, March 9. lSi9.
SENATE Mr. Johnson, from the Committee
On Executive Nominations. TO whom was re-
C,ued The message of the Governor nominating
Frederick Waits as President Judge OF The
,Olh Judicial District. composed oi The coun-
,ss of Cumberland Perry, and Junaa, report
,.d unanimously in favor of The nomination.
oo MOTION of Mr.. j., the Senate went into Ex-
a,u,i,e session, and unanimously confirmed the
nonlnailon.
HoUsE.--Mr Bloom called up the bill to ex.
,.u5 The charter of the Farmers Bank of Bucks
,ounpv which passed Committee Of he Whole
and debated on second reading I'LL o'clock
The Governor sent in a message that he had
allowed the bill TO repeal the charter of the
OHIO and Erie Railroad Company to become a
law without his signature.
Afternoon Session The bill in relation To
The Farmers Bank of Bucks county was passed.
HARRISBURG, March 10, 1919.
SExATE.-Among the petitions offered this
morning was one from citizens OF Allegheny
county, praying tha, their own store-keepers
should be projected by the passage OF law
mobbiring the sale of merchandise by persons
not residents OF the place wherein il is Offere
lur sale.
remons,rance was also presented from citi-
lens Of Schuylkll county, agains, granting 10
The Reading Roilroad Company a further ex-
tension of The time TO construct their roa into
The town Of Po,svile
A remonstrance was presented from the Cit
liens of seventh ward, Spring Garden, against
changing the place for holding their elections
Mr. Crabb, in place, read bill extending
and county OF Phladel phia.
The Senate then occupied The rest of The
session IN the consideration OF the bill TO avoid
The inclined plane.
nousE-A remonsirance from the commits
siOners Of Spring Garden, was presented by the
Speaker, against The proposed route for the rail-
oal 10 avoid The inclined plane.
The bill relative to sales by persons in hd-
uriary, was taken up and passed.
The consideration Of the bill for the compile.
iOa of the North Branch Canal was resumed
Mr. Ball submitted his amendment which ap-
popriates 100000 from the treasury for the
completion of The work. which is 10 be borrowed
from The banks of The Stale in three annual in
salments, each giving ten per cent, on the a.
mount Of its capital stock in reiprn for this
loan The banks 10 have the privilege TO issue
small notes, counerslgned and registered by
lbe Auditor General, and 10 receive certificates
Of loan TO run twelve years with 2 per Get. in
leresi. The entire revenue of The work 10 be
appropriated 10 the payment of interest and the
repayment of the loan, and The remainder, il
any there be, appropriated TO sinking fund
Tor The eylnguishment of The State indebed-
ness. In case Inc DankS ueCllifc 10 issue Sfndli
notes. then the tax TO be increased 10 6 per
rsnl, on all dividends Of per cent, and increas-
/ lug one per cent, on every per ceniage of in
sTesl, SO that the tax should be IL per cent,
on all dividends exceeding s per nj. Banks
! applying for recharler to pay SO per cent, on
heir increased capital, TO be applied to paying
he loan or TO the sinking fund, and 10 receive
certificate of stock bearing per cent, inter.
est during the first three years, afterwards
per cent, and during the third three years 4
per cent.
The amendment occasioned long debate,
aIler which il was finally ca.ried--yeas 49,
nays az.
debate followed upon the first section oil
The bill, Mr.. Roberts making speech in oppo.
GIiou.
The previous question was demanded by Mr.
Little, when the section was losl-yeas Al
| nays As.
The use of Quimime at the west.
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