The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1872-03-29
BIAN AND DEMOCRAT BLOOMsBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA

State librarian, Prof j. z. Wickersham
to be Superintendent ofcommon schools.
The latter nomination was confirmed
by an unanimous vote.
Nothing ofgeneral interest transpired
in the house.
In the Senate on Monday last Secre-
tary Jordan presented the returns of
the fifth senatorial district, and Mr..
Waddell, the senator elect, appeared
and was sworn in.
A communication was received from
the Philadelphia councils Offering to
give the state site in Fairmount park
or elsewhere, the state to choose, as a
site for the public buildings.
Mr.. Anderson introduced a Joint reso.
luton providing for removing the CAPT.
tai, and desired to consider it at once,
but Mr.. Mumma objected, and it went
to the finance committee.
Bills were introduced, by Mr.. Bucka.
lew, Incorporating the Northumberland
iron company. Passed.
Mr.. Allen, supplement to the act
providing for the training of common
school teachers in the commonwealth.
Also, authorizing the borough officers
or managers ofwater companies to con.
tract for the supply of public water.
The following resolution, offered by
Mr.. Billingfelt, was adopted.
Resolved, That the commissioners oil
the sinking fund be required to inform
the senate what amount of the public
debt has been redeemed each month
since last May, and the amount of unex.
pended balance in the state treasury
and the amount of overdue loans re
naming unpaid.
The appropriation bill was called up
The pending section-the Danville hos
pital appropriation-was postponed in
formally, and the bill passed up to the
forty-second section.
A motion of Mr.. Davis, of B erks, tC
reconsider the twelfth section, for the
purpose of inserting s., 900 for each Nor
NAL school, was postponed for the pre-
sent.
Then came stream Of additions, al
of which were agreed to.
In the House reports of COMMITTEES
werepresented as follows:
By Mr.. White, joint resolution on re
moving the state capital to the city O
Philadelphia.
BY Mr.. M'Junkiu, senate bill to pro
vide for the election of judges, and Il
increase the number of Supreme Judge.
to seven.
BY Mr.. Mitchell, Of Tioga, to sec urt
to married women their own earnings
Also, an act providing for submitting
} amendments to the constitu tion to
vote of the people, which bill was taker
up and passed.
BY Mr.. Porter, supplement to act re
lating to elections in this common
wealth.
BY Mr.. Brockway, an act relating t.
legal proceedings against boom com
panies.
By Mr.. Rogers, senate bill relating tc
the competency of witnesses in crimina
prosecutions.
by Mr.. Brockway, to provide for thu
support of the poor in certain townships
! in Columbia county.
On the speakers table, senate amend
ment to general local option bill, by
striking out "boroughs and townships
and inserting ''cities and counties"
On the question, will the house concur
the yeas were 62 and the nays 80.
Messrs. Cooper, Starr and Brock way
OF Columbia, were appointed commit
tee of conference on the constitutions
convention bill.
In the Senate on Tuesday last the ap
preparation bill was discussed at length
In the House a large number of bill
on the private calendar We're passed
but none of local interest.