The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-02-25
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HARRI SBURG.
HARRIsBCHG. Feb. l9-ln the Sen
ate, petitions for the repeal Of the To-
cal option law were presented by
Messrs. Warcam, Humphries and
Cooper
| The judicial apportionmcnt bill
was resumed.
Mr.. Rutan offered several amend
ments, which were discussed and
postponed.
Mr.. White called attention to the
fact that an attempt was being made
TO blackmail banks.
The act permitting defendants to
testify was read the second time.
Mcssrs. Mckinley and Wallace
opposed, and Cutler, White and Fitch
favored the bill, which was postpon-
ed for the present.
In the House this afternoon the
assertion was made that a large
amount of money was being raised
by assessment in the various banks
to pass the usury bill. Circulars had
been set bv Sanders & Gibbons to va
rious banks. The names of bankers
here were attached, which they pro-
nouncc unauthorized and forgeries,
and denounced the attempt to black
mail them.
4 special committee, consisting of
Young, 0rvis and McCreery. was
appointed 20 investigate the matter.
SENATE
HARRISBURG, Feb. 2a-The SEN
ate met at elven O'Clock.
Mr.. Collins presented the petition
of seven thousand citizens of Luzerne
county for the repeal ofthe local op-
tion law
Mr.. Coopcr-Thc rcmorstrance of
the New Garden Monthly Meeting
of Friends, OF Chester county,
against the repeal df the local option
law.
Mr. Ermentrout-rhe petition Of
citizens of Kutztown, Berks county,
PRAYING fortne repeal of the act, en-
titled "A supplement to the act for
the regulation Of boroughs," approx
ed April I'd, 1851
Mr.. Wallace, OF the Committee on
Constitutional Reform, reported as
committed, an act entitled "An act
to regulate the mode of increasing
the Indebtedness of Municipalities,
to provide for the redemption of the
same, and to impose penalties for the
Illegal increases thereof"
Bills on second reading being next
in order, Mr.. Rutan moved to pro-
ceed to the consideration of the Ju-
dicial Apportionment bill, and with
drew that part of his amendment de-
taching the county of Wyoming from
the Twenty-third district, composed
of the counties of Columbia, Sulli-
van Wyoming and Montour, and
adding it to Susquehana.
The amendment, as follows, was
agreed to: That Warren be detatch-
ed from Erie county, and that Erie
constitute the Twenty-fourth district: |
that Forest be detached from We
mango, and that Venango constitute
the Thirty-Grst district that Elk be
detatached from Jefferson and Clarion |
and that Jefferson and Clarion consti- !
tute the Thirty-second district; that
Green and Fayette constitute the /
Fourteenth district; that Warren,
Elk and Forest constitute the Thirty /
seventh district.
Mr.. McSherry moved to amend by /
detaching the county of Adams from |
the Fifth district. composed of York |
and Adams, and creating another |
district, to be known as the Forty
second district, composed of the coun- |
ty of Adams The amendment was
not agreed to, and the first section as
amended was agreed to.
The second section, which provides |
for additional law judges in the Elev-
enth, Second, Twelfth, Fifth, Thirty
fourth, Twenty-sixtb, and Twenty |
third districts. was read. when MIR |
White moved to strike out the TWEEN
ty-tbird disnict composed of Colum.
bia. Montour. Wyoming and Suili-
van. After considerable discussion
participated in by Messrs White |
Stranr. Rutan. Wallace and Chalfant
on n call of the yeas and nays the
amendment was defeated by . vote
of % nays to | yea. Ona motion to |
agree to the section. i, was agreed to |
Yeas % nays l. The remaining
sections were agreed to on first read. |
ing.
The following bill passed FIRST read |
ing. Senate bili No - entitled "Ap
act 10 nrovide far the organization
and requlation of insurance comma. |
niesy
Tbe sa,a,o adjourned un,il Mon. /
dav evening at holfnast seven
O'Clock