Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-05-25
THE SCHOOLS.

Here are the bills which relate TO educational.
religious and charitable institutions They
ns IA number anu Tour nave been approved by
tbc governor and are now laws, These are the
laws;
Amending the law providing for free evening
public schools, So that children of the state who
arc from any cause unable To attend the day pub.
lie schools shall he taught free evening schools
ana that the restriction OF teacher for each fifty
such children in the act of May 20 1888, shall be
repealed and providing IN Its place that MS the
average daily attendance increases adit iona,
teachers shall DO employed at the tiscrctn ~ the
school directors
Authorizing the controllers or directors Of any
school district to enter upon land held or owned
by any county, but not used or occupied for pub.
ho purposes; take such property for school pur.
poses, and To erect school buildings upon IL. Pay.
ment TO the county must he made by the school
boards for the land taken In thus way philadel.
phia ia excluded from the provisions Of this act.
To allow religious charitable and cleemosynary
corporations OF other states to convey the title of
real estate which would fail into their possession
hut for the law Of escheat
Limiting the extent To- which any literary, re-
hgious, charitable or beneficial association, con
gregation or corporation having capacity 10 hold
real and personal property In the state 10 the ag
gregate yearly value Of 5000
Providing for the incorporation aud regulation
OF Young Mems Christian associations This bill
provides that each member OF the board OF trus
tees shall he a member OF one of the Protestant
evangelical denominations but majority OF such
members, exclusive OF the president uf the asso
ciatlUn shall not be members Of any ono ,enonI
nation; that the officers aud members of corpora
tions created or amending their charters under
the provisions OF this act shall not De individually
liable for the debts of said corporation The pro
vision requiring trustees TO be Protestants was
vigorously opposed in the house as being In con.
fict with the bill OF rights
Authorizing the court upon petition to increase
the number OF councinien and school directors In
horoughs
Repeating the instruction act, which provides
that Scranton shall constitute more than one
school district
These are the bills awaiting the governor $ ap-
proyal at adjournment: Supplem.nting the act II
1854 10 enable school districts having high schools
20 establish instruction in the industrial arts To
make each city of third class q single school dis,
trici, and providing for the Ieyyng and collection
OF its taxes. Continuing the education and main
tehahce OF the soldiers orphans IN the schools
unt 1895, and placing the children under the care
ana management Of a commission. This bill to.
se,her with the appropriation bill wipes out the
syndicate at the end OF six months The commis
sion Is Instructed 10 take absolute control OF the
schools, and Is prohibited from making contracts
with any individual firm or syndicate Permission
bsNen the commissioners to place the children
IN the slate normal schools or orphanages of a
charitable nature, II they do not choose to DO
this they may rent schools and employ teachers
ana all other necessary help To conduct the insti
tuition.
In addition % these bills there we're about thirty
or forty bills Of educational character Killed
Many OF them had for their object the preIara-
uon Of uniform text books for an Tue couni!s Of
t.a state. others related 10 the manner az elect.
ing ltApoi directors. aud directing how they
shoilld Iiidoaace the sehonls