Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-06-13
THREE ACTS.
APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR.

Race OistinctAon IN the Public
schools. and 60 Prohibit ne
to Minors.
The following important laws having a
local application, which were passed by
the Legislature which has just adjourned,
have received the signature Of Governor
Hoyt:
To punish frauds upon life insurance
companies by agents, physicians and
others.
SECTION /. That any agent of a mutual.
pany or association, physician or other per-
or be concerned or interested in making
any Misrepresentation or false statement
for the purpose of securing from any
mutual, stock or co operative life insur-
ance company or association 4 policy of
insurance or certificate of membership
upon his own life, or the life of any other
person, shall be guilty Of . misdemeapOr,
and upon conviction thereof be fined not
exceeding ono thousand dollars, or under
90 imprisonment not exceeding one year,
or BOTH in the discretion Of the court.
Approved the 10th day of June, A. d. 1881.
HENRY NJ. HOYT.
A further supplement to the school laws
of this commonwealth and to abolish all
distinction of race or color in tho pub
lie schools thereof.
Section 1. That hereafter it shall be uD
lawful for any school director, superinten-
dent or teacher to make any distinction
whatever on account of or by reason of
the race or color Of any pupil or scholar
who may be in attendance upon or seeking
admission to any public or common school
maintained wholly or in part under the
school laws of this commonwealth.
Section 2. That the twenty fourth Sec
tion of an act of Assembly approved the
eighth day of May. A. d. 1854, entitled
An act for tho regulation and cOntinu-
ance of the system of education by COM
mon schOOls'-which section is as follows
That the directors or controllers Of tho
several districts of the state are hereby
authorized and required to establish within
their respective districts separate schools
for the tuition OF negro and mulattO
children whenever such separate schools
can. be so located a. to accommodate
twenty or moro pupils, and whenever such
separate schools shall be established and
kept open four months in any year, the
directors or controllers shall not be c"m-
pelled to admit such pupils into any other
school of the district: PrOuided, That in
cities or borOughs the board Of controllers
shall provide for such schools out Of the
general funds assessed and collected by
uniform taxation for educational pur-
poses''-be and the same is hereby re-
pealed.
Section 3. This law shall take effect ON
the fourth day of July ensuing the passage
thereof. Approved the eigth day of June,
A. d., 1881. HENRY NJ. HOYT.
To prohibit the sale to any person under
sixteen years of age of deadly weapons,
gunpowder and explosive substances in
the commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
That any person who shall knowingly
and wilfully SELL. or cause to be sold, to
any person under sixteen years of age, any
deadly weapon, or who shall knowingly
and wilfully sell, or cause to be sold, to
any such minor any imitation or toy can
non, revolver or pistol so made. construct
cd or arranged as to be capable of being
loaded with gunpowder or other explosive
substances, cartridges, shot slugs or balls
and being exploded, fired off and dis
charged and thereby become dangerous
or deadly weapon, or who shall know
ingly and wilfully sell, or cause to be sold
to any such minor any cartridge, gunpOw-
der or other dangerous and explosive sub
stance shall in every case be guilty of
misdemeanOr and upon conviction thereof
shall be sentenced to pay fine not cx-
ceetling three hundred dollars. Approved
the tenth day Of June, A. d. 1881.
HENRY NJ. IOyr.