Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1872-03-13
Letter from Harrisburg.
HARRISBURG, March II, 1872.

Another week has passed, and it has
been an exceedingly cold one, yet very
busy legislative week. Some very i'm
portant public bills have been acted on
| notice in this correspondence only the
action of the Legislature on all public
bills. and bills relative to your county
believing that they are the only ones In
which your readers have any interest,"
The Senate acted on the following bills
relative to your county:
An act relating to the publication OF
legal advertising i'll the county OF Juniata
Providing an assessor of school tax for
Evandale school district, in Juriata and
Snyder county.
An act to allow the patching Of GER
tain survey in Juniata county. Passed
A further supplement to an act, emit
tied an act to incorporate the Odd Eel
lows hall association of the borough OF
Mihlintown, Junia;a county, approved
April 9th, 1850 Passed.
The bill in relation to the public print
ing in your county has passed both
Houses and requires the county commits
sioners to have the county advertising
done in but two papers, and they the
ones having the largest circulation.
The following are all the public bills
of importance, and are of interest to all
your readers:
JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
Mr. White called up bill providing
for two additional judges of the Supreme
Court-one to fill the vacancy, and one
additional to the present number, making
six in all-the two so elected to hold
office for fifteen years from the first Mon
day in December next. Each voter may
give one vote to each of two candidates,
or two votes to one, as he may see fit.
This is the bill referred to in my last
letter.
LIQUOR on ELECTION DAY.
House bill preventing the sale or CIV
ing away of liquor on election day. dur
ing the hours in which the polls are
open, came up, The Senate committee
having struck out the provision prohibit
ing the ,gioing of liquor on that day by
any person, thus extending the provl-
sions alone to dealers and saloon kee-
pers.
This bill has passed both branches
and goes to the Governor for his sigma
ture:
FJECTMENT.
An act passed providing that in case
Of nonsuit or verdict for defendant in
an ejectment, the defendant may enter a
rule requiring the plaintiff to sue out
writ of error to the Supreme Court with
in one year, or be forever debarred from
so doing.
DOVER
Mr. Davis, of Berks. called up bill
which passed, making the act of March
IA, 1865, to actions of dover where the
plaintiff died before the passage of that
act.
The bill securing to married women
their separate earnings came up on thnd
reading and passed-yeas II, nays l3.
Mr. Dechert called up bill extending
the competency of persons to witnesses
in certain criminal cases,
The bill provides that parties accused
of misdemeanors, except perjury and
forgery, may at their own request be
witnesses on their own behalf.
A bill was passed and signed by the
Governor authorizing an increase in the
capital stock Of Pennsylvania Railroad
Company s22 100000, aud to change the
time of the annual meeting of stock
holders and election of directors. This
increase makes tie capital stock of that
corporation about SSO,O00,000 Five
years ago it was but 100000.
The following bills were introduced in
the Senate:
Mr. Davis. of Philadelphia, introduced
a bill protecting practitioners of medicine
and surgery against unfounded law suits.
Mr.. Petriken - Compelling railroad
to provide caboose cars for
the protection of conductor and other
employees on freight trains.
Mr.. White-Regulating the sale of
drugs aud poisons in Pennsylvania,
which authorizes the Governor to ap-
point an examining Board of two physi.
clans and one druggist.
An act for the reorganization, regula-
ton and discipline of the State Militia
was up and discussed in the House, but
laid over without reaching any definite re-
suits, snd will hardly be passed the pres
ent session.
The Mcclure Gray committee were
given leave to set in Philadelphia during
the session of the Senate and until the
end of this week
A little speck of war is brewing in the
oil regions between the people and the
greed of corporate power. At the last
session of the Legislature a bill was
passed chartering the South Improvement
Company, which is combination made
up of the refining interest and all the
railway interests leading out of the oil
regions Of Pennsylvania, which together
propose to make themselves the sole ex
elusive men between the oil producers
on the one hand, and all the consumers
of oil throughout the globe on the other.
The operation of this combination is in.
tended to be as simply this That every
barrel of oil produced shall pass through
the hands of this company, and shall
pay tribute to said company, starting off
at, say at the rate of one dollar per bar
rel, and this toll must come ont of tho