Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-01-09
JANUARY Z, 1873.


ed, among them several praying tor the
enactment of local option law.
The following bills were introduced :;
An set to abolish tolls in certain
cases.
License engineers of steam engines
and boilers of over 25-horse power.
Repeal an act to prohibit the sale OF
intoxicating liquors in certain ooroughs
and townships in Allegheny county.
Fixing the salaries of judges OF the the
supreme court (chief justice Sl0,0OO
ond assistant judges $4,000 eachl:
Facilitating the transfer to the United
States Of the title to Antietam national
cemetery, in the state of Maryland.
Permitting the fling of petitions,
answers, motions and points In the seV.
eral courts of the commonwealth, and
making them part of the record.
Prevent fraud in the manufacture
and sale of commercial fertilizers.
Repeal an act relative to the pay OF
jurors in Cameron county.
Supplement- to an act of lS43 author
izing holding of special courts OF COM
mon pleas.
Prescribing manner in which the
courts may divide boroughs into wards.
Authorizing cities of the third class
to levy tax for park purposes.
Revise and codify the school laws of
this commonwealth.
Supplement to an act to exempt
property of the value Of $500 from levy
and sale.
Prohibit the sale of liquors by sam
pie without license.
Provide for the collection of borough
taxes and county and township rates and
levies.
Supplement- to sn act regulating the
rate of interest.
To prevent deception in the sale Of
butter.
Prescribing the mode of electing
county superinteDdents of common
schools.
Provide for the purchase of school
books out of district school funds.
Appropriating $4,000 to the Lack
awanna hospital of Scranton.
Prohibit the running at large of do
mestic animals.
Relative to replevin.
Repeal an act to regulate stay of ex-
ecution, approved March 2s 1877.
Prescribing the conditions under
which the state treasurer shall pay
money appropriated to certain institu-
tions in this commonwealth.
Prevent the adulteration of and traf-
ic in impure milk.
Appropriaring 5000 to Orpans'
Home, of York.
An act to enable voters Of any bor-
ough or township where probibitory
law exists TO determine where they will
have license or not.
Provide for the compulsory educa-
tion of the children of this common
wealth.
Relating to cruelty to children IN this
commonwealth.
Compensate parties whose property
may be destroyed IN consequence OF
mobs or riots.
Providing for the payment BY the
state of the adjudicated claims for losses
in the border counties by rebel raids.
Mr.. Billingsley offered the following:
ReSoired that is the sense Of this
house that the bill now pending in the
United States senate, known as the
Bland silver bill providing for the free
coinage of silver dollars of the weight
and fneness to be legal tender for
any amount and all purposes should be-
come law.
Mr.. Faunce moved to refer to the
committee on federal relations. Agreed
to by a vote Of LOG yeas to 3s nays.
Mr.. Richardson offered the following
Resoired, That it is the sense of the
house that the bill to repeal the third
section of the resumption act now pend
ing IN congress ought to become a law,
and that duties on imports ought to be
payable in greenbacks.
Mr.. Quirk moved to adjourn. The
yeas 81 nays ITO.
Mr.. Salter moved to refer Mr.. Richard
sons resolution to the committee on
federal relations.
Mr.. Schnatterly called for the yeas
and nays, which resulted-yeas SO,
nays SO.
Adjourned until Tuesday morning at
ten O'Clock.