The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-06-26

REPEAL OF SPECIAL re-
peal of the special law imposing u fee o.
two dollars on each and every merchant,
in addition 10 their license as mercantile
appraiser and treasurer's fees, was passed al
the last session of the legislature and
therefore repeats a special act which was
originally enacted for Luzerne and Clear
field counties in 1866, and then amended
so as TO apply 10 this county in 1870, which
has proven quite a burden 10 our mer
chants; Bedford, Westmoreland, Fayette
and other neighboring counties only paid
CO cents.
Last fall the repeal was set in motion
under the indefa,igablc exertions of Hon.
l.. 4. Turner, with the and of our mem
bers ia both branches OF the Legislature.
Hons. E. ID. Yutzy. E. j. Meyers and Al
len ). VIII succeeded in having the above
act repealed so far as this county is con-
cerned. Hereafter the fees will be the
same as under the old law prior to 1870.
l. G., siXty-two cents instead OF two dol
lars, although We notice u County
Treasurer has sent out postal cards all
over the county, still claiming a Zee OF
two dollars; doubtless he is not aware OF
the new law repeating the same, as the
following correspondence will show:
PINE HILL, PA, June 6, 1873.
HoN. Z. j. MEYERs-Sir: | notice
County Treasurer still demands the same
fees two dollars as heretofore; was the
act repeating the same or not passed by
the Legislatureg
Truly yours, etc,
L. A. TURNER.
BERLIN, PA, June Z, 1878.
Hon. J.. A. TURNER-Sir: Your let
ter OF yesterday to hand, and in reply
would say the law you refer to passed and
the Governor signed the bill, and hence
the two dollars cannot be collected.
Respectfully yours,
f. J. MEYERS.
Cor. Of Meyersdale Commercial.
The Commercial correspondent must be
in error. There was a bill Senate bill
No 99) that provides for a reduction IN
fees, but this can hardly apply until after
the expiration of Treasurer Keller's term
as the 18th section of article 3 OF the
Constitution of Pennsylvania reads: mo
law shall extend the term of any public
officer, or increase or diminish his salary
or ~omoluments after his election or ap-
poinlment.
NEW Doc AND SHEEP LAw.-An act
for the taxation OF dogs and protection of
sheep in this Commonwealth was passed
by the Legislature of 1878. 1t contains
ten sections, and the following is an alb
stract of its provisions
Section list provides for q tax of fifty
cents on each male dog and one dollar on
each female dog, TO be collected and paid
TO the county treasurer, who is to keep a
separate account of the amount received
from each district.
Section ID provides hat the assessor
shall return a statement of the number of
dogs kept by persons in their district, with
the names OF the owners
Section Sd provides That persons having
sheep killed by dogs shall make complaint
thereof TO a Justice OF the peace, stating
when, where and by whose dog the dam
age was caused, whcreupon the justice
shall summon the owner OF the dog, and
il he does not appear and settle the loss,
then The justice shall appoint three per
sons 10 appraise the damage, which is to
be paid out OF the sheep fund by the coun-
~ commissioners and afterwards 10 be
recovered OF the owner of the dog, il he
be known. 1T not known the payment
Of the loss is to be made from the sheep
fund.
Sections 4th and 9th provide for the
payment by the county treasurer, of loss
es sustained, and the recovery of money
afterwards from the owners of dogs caus-
ing the loss.
Section 9th provides that all dogs in this
Commonwealth shall hereafter be person
al property, and their owners shall be liza
BILE for the damage they do, and for the
costs and attorneys fees for collecting
losses if suits have to be carried into
court.
Section 7Lh fixes fees of justices of the
peace and appraisers under the act.
Section Sth provides that at the end OF
the year the total sheep fund" in the
county treasurer's hands over two hun.
dred dollars, after providing for the pay
ment of its claims, shall be distributed
proportionately among the school districts
of the county.
Section 9th provides that this act shall
not repeal the provisions of any existing
special laws in relation &c the same sub
iect.
Section 10Th provides that this act shall
not go into effect in any county until the
act has been published and a voting to be
for the sheep law" and against the
sheep law" No election as to an accept
ance or rejection shall be taken otiener
than once in two years.
If this act receives the approval of the
Governor, it will still require a vote of the
people before gong into effect.
EDITOR Misunderstanding seems
serene and lovely in the most ~populous
borough OF Somerset county.
Our borough dads are making strenu-
Gus efforts to have the streets cleaned and
repaired. Notices have been issued TO
a number of our citizens to put down
pavements IN front of their residences.
Now let the alleys be cleaned and drained
so that the intolerable stencil arising there
from oifends our nostrils no more.
The commencement exercises were a
decided success, although there were a
number of speeches down on the bills
that were not delivered" The speakers
conspicuous for their absence were Hon.
Henry w. Hoffman, of Cumberland, A.
J. COlborn, Esq, (after the next election
We will write Hon. before A. Us name)
and Prof. S. L. Trent. Addresses were
delivered by J. l.. Pugh, Esq, Rev. J.
~ Justly W ~ llHthS, III II. ~. MI
Kinley and Prof. NanIIorn. Mr.. Homer
Hartley fairly made the audience shout
with laughter by his humorous declaiming
of abel Law"
j 4 understand that Rev. J. &. Castle will
apply fJr admission TO the Cumberland
bar some time during next month.
The Independent has "gone wen and
left us, " and will hereafter be published at
Connellsville under the name of the Con-
nellsville Chronicle.
The Catholics at this place are making
preparations to have a grand picnic on
the Fourth.
Miners in this vicinity do not anticipate
that there will be any labor troubles dur
ing the coming summer.
There is not much talk lately of the ex-
tension Of the Keystone road 10 Cumber-
land. L. ).
MEYERsDALE, June 81. 1873.
"WAITING AZ rHE RIVER. AS the
Irishman stood waiting at the river for it
10 run by in order that he might cross
over, so people wait when suffering with
consumption, forgetful that the cause is
torpid iicer and dyspepsia, and that IL
neUer cures itself, but must be overcome
by some gentle but positive cathartic. No
medicine or combination of medicines yet
discovered, give such prompt and perma-
nent reliefa as DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Purga-
tive Pellets.
PINE APPLE, Wilcox Co, Ala.
DIR. Pierce, Buffalo, n. u.
Dear Sri was sick from youth up, for
seven years life was a burden, my food