The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1864-08-18
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.
SPECIAL SESSION.
Harrisburg, Aug. IL, 1864.

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SENATE-The Senate met at l0@ AN.
Numerous petitions were presented
from interior townships and boroughs, in t
reference to bounties.
One Hundred and Eighty Se0enth Re
o;n,ent.-Resolutions relative to the 18th
regiment Offered yesterday by Mr., VIII
SOM were passed.
Mr.. Worthington presented thirty
en- petitions from Montgomery county, IN
favor of reduction of the tax levy to one
half-per cent. per year.
Messrs. Kinsey, McCandless, and Stein
introduced bounty bills for certain town
ships in Bucks, Butler, and Northampton
counties.
Regulating Elections.-Mr. johnson
read an act regulating elections by SOL
diers in actual service. Adjourned,
HoUsE-The House met at 10 A. NJ.
Reserre Corps.-Mr. Watson, from the
Committee on Military Affairs, reported
bill of seven sections.
Section l. Authorizes the Governor to
borrow not exceeding $3.OO0,OOO, paya-
BILE after three years.
| Section g. Authorizes the Governor to
pay expenses of making the loan.
Section 8. Authorizes the Governor to
appoint-wi,h the consent of the Senate
-"one person of military education, ex-
perience and SKILL" as Major General L
pay same as that of a United States Ma
jor General-also two Brigadier Generals.
Section 4. Provides for the supply OF
troops with commissary stores, &c.
Section s. Provides for the orgaulza-
tion of fifteen reserve rcgiments-term OF
service three years. Two of the regi-
ments to be cavalry and one light infant
Try. Pay and organization same as Unite
States troops.
These regiments to be ''liable to bt
called into the service of this State a
such times as the Governor may deem
their services necessary for the purpose
of suppressing insurrection or to rcpel IN
vasion."
Section 6. Provides for hospital ar
rangements, seizure of trains by the Gov
ernor, ETC., when necessary.
Section 7. Authorizes the Governor t
make an immediate enrolment of militia
and draft the fifteen regiments, if neces
sary.
The bill was ordered to be printed.
Soldiers Foting-Three hundred cop
les of Senate bill prescribing the manne
: of voting by soldiers were, on motion
Mr.. Brown, ordered to be printed.
Reyenue Law.-Mr. Reed, from con
mittee to revise the tax laws of the State
made report which was referred to tn
, Committee of Ways and Means.
Messages were received from the Gov
+ ernor vetoeing
The bills supplementary to the Petrc
y ieum and Venango Banks.
The bill authorizing the city of Phil;
: delphia to make general taxes on stocks
5 loans, mortgages, moneys at interest, 81
}; The bill to incorporate the Mutu;
u Claim Agency, and
|, The bill to incorporate the Philade
d phia Real Estate Association.
!. Among the bills introduced was on
u incorporating the Franklin Improvemer
$ Association, to rebuild Chambersburg.
/ Nary Yard.-A message from the Go
i ernor was received, enclosing a letter fro
q the Secretary of the Navy, asking the L.
II gisIature to give the National Governmel
the right to purchase and hold sma
5 slip of land (from Front street to tt
d Commissioner line to add to the Nav
l. Yard, in conformity with an act of Coz
II gress of last session. Referred to Cor
l. mittee on Federal Relations.
The Surveyor General, through IL
/ Governor, asked for power to appoi
l. more clerks. Referred to committee.
1t After the transaction of other busine
u of no general importance the Legislatu
!; Iadjoured Until Monday.