The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1866-02-14
legislative.

la alancing over some OF The late pro-
ceedings Of The Legislature. we notice that
the Member from this District has intro
doced the following bills:
A bill providing for the pay meDt of local
counties 10 Veteran Volunteers. This bill
is general, and no doubt will meet the hear
ty approval OF the soldiers and their friends.
A bill Incorporating the Centralia Water
Company.
A bill authorizing the appointment Of
Commissioners 10 lay out.a new road be-
tween Ashland. SchuylkiIl county, and Gen.
lralia, Columbia county.
A bill Incorporating the Moniour and Col
orada Gold Mining Company.
A bill changing The time of holding the
Spring Elections in the Borough OF Berwick,
fixing il al the same time the township cleo
lions are held iE this county.
We also notice that psii..i,1ons have 5yson
presented from ciiize9s oil Columbia county,
and feIeHed 10 The proper committee pray
ing for the passage Of more stringent laws
for the punishment OF horse thieves and like
criminals. This being The only County
moving in the last mentioned matter it may
hardly be expected that any alteration viii.
be made in the law in that particular. I'm
porant general laws are not so easily made
or changed, as some people may imagine.
| local bill was passed few days since,
increasing the fees Of certain officers TO.
the coubties OF Cra&f ford, Bradford, Susque
| hanna, Sullivan and Wyoming, 10 which
the county of Montonr was included al the
instance OF the Member representing this
! District. These counties received no bene-
fiji of the bill which was passed al the last
session, increasing the fees Of county Off
GERS Of this Commonwealth; they being ex-
cluded from the provisions Of the bill, by
the Members representing those counties,
upon the ground that The people in those
counties were not desrous of any increase
of ices.
bill was passed on the 9th inst, for the
( relief OF certain citizens of Cham bersbuIg
and vicinity, whose property was destroyed
by fire, by the rebels, on the 18th of July,
1864. The vote on the bill stands 73 yeas
to % nays; The Democrats supporting the
bill with but two exceptions. The Repub-
lican side Of the House made fierce fight
against the bill. This bill provides for the
appointment of appraisers by the Court of
Dauphin county, whose duty shall be TO as
sess the damages. The bill, also appropri-
ates the sum of five hundred thousand dol
lars for this charitable purpose.
TIE appraisers shall as soon as they will
have finished their duties of assessing dam.
ages, make return to The Auditor General Of
all The petitions presented 20 Them, with The
awards thereon, and when such return has
been filed, the said sum of five hundred
Thousand dollars shall be aPportoned to said
awards, pro rate, upon The valuation of the
losses admitted, by the Auditor General and
his warrant shall be drawn upon the Treas
urer iu favor OF the persons 10 whom the
awards and apporiionment have been made
and The sums thus ascersained 10 be due re-
spectiyely TO sufferers, ,sbslI be paid 10 hsm
or their heirs, executors, administrators or
assigns, npou their receipling for the same,
W .Hich receipts shall Stale the amount paid,
al d authorize The State 10 receive from The
General Government said sums out OF any
money which may hereafter be spProPra-
led by Congress 10, compensate ri.em Tor
losses sus. .fained by the war. Ii also PIC
vides for paying the appraisers four dollars
per day while employed in making the as
sessmenis, an d their clerk three dollars per
dsy.