The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-03-23
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.
Senate.

HARRISBURG March 23.-Among the bills
fayorably reported were the following
House bill repeating an act relative to appeals
from transcripts OF Aldermen.
House bill authorizing private patrolmen to
perform police duty in Philadelphia, under the
direction of the Mayor.
House bill authorizing Councils to widen any
street upon the application of majority of
property owners on it's line.
House bill in1icting penalty upon parties
who fail to register their property in Phiadel-
phia at the office designated for that purpose.
House bill Incorporating the Citizens Bank.
House bill Tor the punishment OF gambling.
Among the new bills introduced and referred
were the following
Mr.. Connell, Incorporating the Bank of Ame-
rica; also, increasing the capital stock of the
Moyamensng Fire Insurance Company; also,
supplement to the Pennsylvania Musical Insti-
tute.
Mr. Randall, Incorporating the Butchers and
Drovers' Bank.
Mr.. Watt rearranging the election divisions
of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth wards
Mr.. Brooke, authorizing the West Chester
Railway Company to increase its capital stock.
The House bill prohibiting sidewalk markets
in Philadelphia between Walnut street and
Girard avenue was passed finally.
House.
Mr.. Aimes offered joint resolution appoint
ing Thomas Nicholson a commissioner to iuyes-
tigate the cases of all applicants pensions and
TO ascertain whether any persons now receive
pensions who are not entitled to them. The
commissioner is to be paid $4,000 per annum.
Passed.
An effort was made by Mr.. Bum to report the
Police bill, which was objected to by Mr.. Daley.
Mr. Humphreys offered resolution to direct
the resident clerk to prepare his Legislative
Handbook for 1871, and to furnish the usual
number of copies next year. Passed.
MIR. Harvey introduced bill authorizing the
Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown Rail-
road to increase its capital stock to two and
half million dollars, which passed.
Mr.. Niles offered resolution giving twenty
five copies of Bates Military History" to each
member, the cost of printing and binding each
volume not to exceed three dollars and seventy
five cents per volume.
Mr.. Davis opposed this resolution because the
| Legislature had not made any contract with the
| State printer TO print the books. The contract
| price for them authorized by law was three dol
| lars and twenty-five cents per volume completes;
| and now it was proposed to charge three dollars
and seventy-fve cents per volume for the bind
ing and printing alone, without regard to the
material, which would largely increase the ex-
| penses.
| Mr.. Brown moved to postpone the resolution
| for the present. which was agreed to by 40 ayes
to Al nays. Tho Phiadelphians voting to post
pone were Albright, Daley, Davis, Elliot, For
| syth Maxwell.
Those voting in favor of considering the reso-
| luton were Messrs. Hong, Stokes, Adaire,
Bum, Carlin, Cloud, Comfy, Miller, and
| Mooney.
| The House bill, authorizing the Fifth and
| Sixth and the Second and Third Streets Railway
| Companies to salt their tracks north of York
| and Berks streets, was amended by Mr.. Mooney
| to include all the railways west of the Schuyl-
| kill, and was passed.