The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-01-20
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.



HARRISBURG, Jan. 20.-Petitions were pre-
Rented in favor of allowing the people TO vote on
licenses, and for the abolition Of the death
penalty.
Reports were made by committees on the fol-
lowing Senate bills;--
Requiring persons who make up medical pre-
scriptions TO be graduates of some regular medi-
cal college. Ahirmatvely.
Providing for the calling of q convention to
make general amendments to the Constitution.
Affirmatvely.
Prohibiting justices of the peace from prac-
ticing law. Afirmativey.
Authorizing guardians, executors and other
hduciary persons to avail themselves of the law
allowing Interested parties testimony. Mega
lively.
Allowing per cent. interest to be charged on
special contracts as q legal rate. Negatively.
Allowing husbands and wives to testify in
divorce cases. Negatively.
Preventing the destruction and injury Of bag
gage. Af1lrmatively.
Senate bill yacatlng Pemberton lane Afr
matively.
Authorizing railroad and canal and
plank road companies to combine to issue
bonds and vacate portions of their line AfRrma-
lively.
Supplement to the Manayunk Bridge Com
pany. Afiirmstivey.
:, Senate bill forming a new county, to be called
Petroleum, of parts of Crawford Venango, and
Warren. Afflrmatively.
Senator White offered the report of special
committee to provide some means of publishing
a contract with George Bergner, of Harrisburg,
to print the proceedings In the form of q daily
legislative record, containing the actual busi-
ness of the two houses, and sketches of debate,
at the cost of fourteen dollars and fifty cents per
page for q daily edition of six thousand copies.
Mr.. Young moved to indefinitely postpone the
whole subject. Finally the ratification of the
co ntract was postponed for the present
New bills were introduced and referred as fol-
lows:-
Mr.. Connell, fixing Thursday, 18th of March,
for final adjournment Also, extending the
charter of the Southern Transportation Com
pany.
Senate joint resolution to print five thousand
copies OF the Governors message; lost by 35
ayes to SO noes.
Mr.. Hong asked leave to withdraw the resolu-
tton, offered by him few days since, relative to
the LuZerne County Prison denounciDg its con-
struction. Leave was given The cause given
is that the Legislature has no legal power TO
interfere with the county buildings.
motion to print the report of the State Lii
brarlan, Hon. Wien Forney, was lost.
Mr.. Davis, from the Ways and Means Com
mittee, reported an act to provide for the post
age expenses of the Senate and House as fol-
lows
That each member be allowed in lieu of the
franklng privilege the sum of one hundred dol
lars during the regular session. and that the
chief clerk of each house be allowed one hum
dred dollars for himself and assistants.
Mr.. Adaire moved to amend by giving the off,
GERS each s25 for the same purpose, but after
wards by request, expressed Willingness to
accept $5, which was agreed to.
On the final passage of the resolution the ayes
were Messrs. Adaire, Albright, Aimes. Armstrong,
Boileau Bowlan, Brown. Cnrlin, Chamberlain,
Cloud, Comfy, Craig, Creitz, Daily, Davies Den
ninger, DILL Dimmes, Elliot Engelman, For
sythe. Fulton, Godshall, Hall, Harvey Herr,
Hill, Hong, Humphrey, Hurst Johnson, John
son, Josephs, Keene Kerr, Kreps, Leslie, Long,
Longnecker, McAleer, McJunkin McKinstry,
Mcmahon, Marshall, Maxwell, Meyer, Millar,
Miller, Montgomery, Mooney, Niles, Parsons,
Porter 9 orll), Robinson, Scott, Sehurlock,
Skinner, Smith, Stephens, Stokes, Stone, Taylor,
Thomas, Walton, Webb, Wheeler, and Strang.
The nays were Messrs. Beans, Brobst, Bufing-
ton, Bum, Church, Cooper Coray, Darlington,
Ellis, Eschback, Keech, Keffer, Leidig, Mill
ken, Porter, of Cambria; Reinoehl, Roberts
Rohrer, Schnattly, Sedgwick, Steele, Tyler
Vankirk, White, Wiley, Woolyer.
The following reports from committees
Senate bill increasing the salary of the Governor
to $1,000. negatively. House bill relative to
damages for opening streets in Philadelphia, as
published, afIirmatively. House bill restoring
ground formerly used by the West Philadelphia
Canal to its owners, affirmatively.