The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-04-22
HARRISBURG.
Pennsylvania Legislature.
HARRIsBURG, April IA, 1874.
SENATE.

HARRISBURG, April IA, 1874.
SENATE.
!, Mr.. Graham introduced an &C
requiring the admission of childrel
over six years Of age into the com
mon schools without regard to color
The act to provide for insane per
sons charged with crime failed.
Mr.. Rutan introduced an act au
thorizing the Secretary and Deput.
Secretary of the Commonwealth t
administer oatbs.
HOUSE.
The House resumed consideration
of bills on third reading and passet
the following finally. An act regu
lating the tax on the franchises o
mining corporations; act relating Il
affidavits of defense; act empowering
courts to vacatc roads laid out thirty
years and not opened; act relating
to estates OF decendents act rclativ,
to burial grounds in Incorporated bor
oughs; act providing for the con
struction of sewers by and in incor
porated borongbs; act to repeal the
act to prohibit the issuing of license:
in the borough of Braddock, in the
county of Allegheny, approved the
9th of April, 1870.
An act to compel the attendance
of children at school was supported
by Messrs. Ol yer, of Erie, and
Campbell, of Butler, and opposed by
Mr. Ramey, of Indiana, and others.
The bill fell.
The act establishing an additional
Normal School for training teachers
for colored schools, was also lost.
Mr.. Hays, of Allegheny, support
ed, in a lengthy speech at the after
noon session, the act defining the nee
esary expenses incident to the nomi,
nation and election of all State and
county officers, called up by Mr..
Newmyer' 1t allows, first for print
ing and travelling; second, for the
dissemination of Information to the
public; third, for political meetings,
demonstrations and conventions, and
inficts fine Of one thousand dollars
and one years Imprisonment for the
violation of its provisions. The bill
passed-61 to l5.
Mr.. Christy called up on first read
ing the bill exempting all churches,
meeting houses, FIVE acre burial
grounds, school houses, court houses
and jails from all and every county,
city, bounty, road, school and poor
tax. Agreed to.
Mr.. McCreery, Of Venango, called
up and had passed, on second read
ing, the act authorizing Courts of
Common Pleas to appoint inspectors
of spirits and gaugers of oil.
Mr.. Oliver, of Crawford, moved
and carried a reconsideration of the
Normal School bill. 1t was amend
ed and laid over.
The act requiring foreign corpora
tions to have known place of busi-
ness, passed second reading.
At five O'Clock, after a hard days
work, the House adjourned.
SENATE.
HARRIsBURG, April l5.-The SEN
ate passed finally the act to provide
for the incorporation of banks, and
also reconsidered the bill relating to
the care of the criminal insane, and
passed it finally.
The appropriation Of ten thousand
dollars for the Indiana Normal School
was also passed.
Bills were read in place as follows:
Mr.. Myer, of Bradford, int oduced
and had passed resolution to adjourn
on the 18th Of May.
Mr.. Bates, To pay the troops en-
ployed in putting down the riot at
Susquehanna Depot.
Mr.. Henry, For the removal of the
records of the Criminal Court of
Cambria county.
ue IlOusc COilSiutIcu Diiio vi hi St
reading and passed a number of un-
important ones; such as fixing the
compensation of bridge viewers, au-
thorizing the Government to fill
vacancies in the Office of Alderman,
for the relief of Richard Budd and
Abram Troxel, soldiers of 1912, au-
thorizing common carriers to sell
goods. The act granting additional
compensation to county treasurers
vas defeated.
The act regulating medical prac-
tice, preventing all persons from prac-
ticing unless they shall have regular
ly graduated, created considerable
discussion. All the doctors in the
House ralh ed to its support. Doctors
Dewitt, Piper, Cressler, Bailey and
Smith spoke in favor of the bill,
which went up to second reading.
A resolution to pay for Pnrdon's
Digest occasioned an amount of fill
clustering by parties who were anx-
ious to keep the books and vote
against paying for them. The reso-
luton passed-63 to 10.
A supplement to the Game laws,
authorizing county treasurers 10 pay
a bounty on the scalps of certain
animals, came up and became theI
subject OF all kinds of amendments,
tn include catamounts wild cats
panthers, wolves, et a., with a provi-
so that it should not apply to wolves
in sleeps clothing, &c, &c. /
Speaker McCormick took the House
to task for frittering away their time,
and suggested that they had better
adjourn if they could not improve
Suiting the action to the word, he
slapped down the gavel and adjourn
ed the House.
SENATE.
HARRISBURG, April l6.-Mr. Ru-
tan offered an act to authorize the
Auditor General and State Treasurer
to settle all outstanding claims for
work done and material furnished
for the Constitutional Convention.
Also, an act authorizing the Cover
nor to appoint commission of seven
to report amendments to the new
Constitution to the next Legislature.
Mr. Anderson reported, as COM
the act to repeal all laws re-