The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1877-02-15
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HARRupuRa Feb. Q.

Inc Work OF the past week In se
legislature has been very slow indeed
In the senate matters are pushed
through with considerable speed as Il
Is a comparatively. small body and ca
silly handled, but the house of two
hundred members each feeling that he
must do some important thing 10 dis
tinguish himself in the estimation OF
the folkes at home and a large num-
Der wishing TO say something on every
bill that is brought up consumes a
great deal Of time and delays legisla-
ton. Half Of the session has already
passed and only Ave bills have been
passed upon finally and four d these
defeated and one enacted upon law.
EXTRA SERVICE.
The legislature has been in the hab-
IL OF extending its sessions over one
hundred days and voting 70 the MEM
bers ten dollars per day for all such
extra service, and also originating fav-
oring committees to serve during the
summer recess for which they also de-
mand extra pay and expenses footing
up IN toto n beautiful bill Of ofexpence for
the state, Tho legality of such allow.
ance being brought before attorney
Gen. Lear in reference to the bill rem
dered by the committee appointed to
investigate the Phila. Il Reading coal
and iron company. that officer pro-
nounced such bills unconstitutional
which puts MI end to these convenient
summer exercises. But now the senators
are after the attorney general. They
h n k they have discovered h n
he has been pocketing some perqui.
sites 10 which he is not legally entitled
and they are going to make matters
warm for him.
Az KR EMPLOYEES.
Some timc ago q resolution was introdu % 4
from tho democratic side as q matter of bun.
comb requesting the heads OF tho several dc.
partments TO furnish tho house with list OF the
employees and salaries OF same together with
nm opinion whether these could be curtaiioi in
any manner. These departments all made re'
ply to tho house this woek-inciuding tho two
departments now under democratic control -
united In tho opinion that tho number and sal =
arios Of employees was already down to the very
lowest number Compatible with tho Interests OF
tho service. This certainly Is u very strong en-.
dorsement OF Rcpubiican administration and
wo hopo put an end TO this kind OF buncombo
from tho other sido ot the house .or one session,
At least
have q bill In progress, stsrted In tho Senate,
providing regulations Tor tho practice OF inedi.
cine and surgory In this State. For years an
tnefecsuai oifort has boon made In this dircc.
Aen. The bill provides that no person sh All be
Allowed to practice mediiine or surgery uuless
no shall be regular graduate OF some chAr-
tered Medical College, without reference to tho
particular schools Of medicine, And that no
shall have a thorough knowledge af the several
branches pertinent And essential In the prAc.
professions sucn As the Jaw are filly protected
from ch>riAtAn prAtico by como such law "a
this And the life Aud health of tho community
deserves equal Safeguards, Don.
A BILL has beeu introduced in the
House Of II, prescntat,vcs ani refe, red 10
the Committee on Educ,tiou which pro-
vides for the purchase Of leE, books Tor
use in the public schools of their respect
i've districts. out of the school funds Of
their respective districts, 10 be supplied
free Of cost to each pupil, subject 10 the
order OF the directors or controllers
thercof, who are to provide for the safe
keeping and care Of the books, which
shall be returned by the pupils at the
close Of the annual school term ia each
year. An account of the moneys so eX.
pended is to be kept AMI report Of the
same under separat. items is - be made
in the annual accounts US authorized by
law.
1t further provides that the boards Of
directors or controllers Of every district
shall, after the close Of he current school
year, and prior to the beginning OF the
ncxi school term. adopt n uniform se"ies
OF school books in all the studies pursu-
ed in the schools, which books OF series Of
books shall be continued in use by the
bonrd Of directors or controllers for and
during term Of five yeas, aud there
after shall not be changed in whole or in
part more than once in ise years.
Any school director. controller or su.
preintenden, or board of directors or con>
trollers who shall cause more frequent
change In the school books than named
iu tho act, or accept any compensation
whatever, either direct or indirect, from
publishers of books or their agents
or violate any Of the provisions of the act
shall he deemed guilty OF o misiem en- nor,
and upon conviction thereof sh all he sen.
tenoen by the cour, TO pay fine nnt ex-
ceeling i've huulrel dollars AMI be de-