The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1891-05-29
Closing Hours of the Legislature

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damages to trees along the public high
ways by telegraph, telephone and cleo
trio light companies
An act coniering upon husbands
wives and parents the right Of posses
sion of the bodies of their deceased
wives, husbands and children.
An act making it the duty of the
prothonotary of the courts of common
pleas, upon entering satisfaction OF
judgments in said courts, to mark sat
isfacton of said judgment in all books,
dockets and indexes where record OF
said judgment appears.
A supplement to an act of May
I4th, 1883, aboEshing the position Of
messenger for the bureau of industrial
statistics, and in lieu thereof establish
ing the position of stenographer for
said bureau.
An act to make an appropriation for
the payment of the deficiency in salary
of president Judge Of the Tenth judi
cial district of Pennsylvania.
The senate apportionment bill was
passed finally. 1t gives Allegheny
county an additional senator, making
FIVE in all
To amend the sixty third section of
an act entitled 'An act relating to ex.
ecutions,' approved June I6, 1896,
providing that sheriffs' sales shall be
advertised in one newspaper printed
in the German language.
An act to authorize the burgess and
council of all incorporated boroughs
to widen and deepen streams and
water courses running through said
boroughs, land to erect dykes and en-
bankments along the same, and to en-
power the burgess and councils to en-
ter upon private property on and along
such streams and water courses for the
purposes of procuring material for such
work, and to provide for the payment
Of the expenses thereof and the assess
ment of damages to private parties
thereby.
An act relating to and defining the
powers and duties of police magistrates
in cities of the second class.
A supplement to an act making an
appropriation for the relief of the Cen
tral normal school association of the
state of Pennsylvania in the Eighth
district, approved May "a, 1850.
| A further supplement to an act en-
titled, San act to fix the salaries of the
several state officers of the common
wealth, the number of clerks to be en-
ployed in the departments and their
compensation, and providing for the
incidental expenses of said depart
ment," approved May IA, 1874, abol-
ishing the position Of messenger for
the bureau of industrial statistics, and
in lieu thereof establishing the position
of stenographer for said bureau.
An act regulating the standard
weight of bushel of potatoes.
AN act to provide for the publication
and distribution of additional copies
of the report on birds of Pennsylvania.
An act to amend the forty-ninth Sec
ton of an act entitled, "An act to pro-
vide for the organization, discipline
! and regulation of the National Guard
of Pennsylvania" approved the thir-
! teenth day of April, A. ID. 1887.
An act to protect the holders of pol
icies of insurance issued by casualty in
surance companies organized under
the laws of this or any other state gov
eminent.
The Compulsory education bill is
ready for the Governors signature. 1t
requires that all children between 8
and IL years old attend school six
teen weeks each year.
At midnight Governor Pattison sent
these nominations to the senate. Z.
X Snyder, Indiana, to be superintend-
ant of public instruction: Robert
Watchorn. of Washington county, to be
chief factory inspector, their terms to
begin June 1, 1891, for four years !;
William Ross Hartshorn, of Clearfeld,
to be commissioner to erect memoir
ial tablets or monuments to mark the
position of Pennsylvania commands
on the battlefield Of Gettysburg, July
I, 2, and ;, 1865, vice Samuel Harper
deceased; John Mcdowell, of Wash
ington county, to be commissioner to
have charge of that portion of the
National road lying between the
Monongahela river, westward, and the
West Virginia state line for the term
of three years from June I. 1891 1;
Jacob Stager, to be alderman for the
Fourth ward, York, Penna., vice
George f. Sherwood, deceased Will
liam c. Armor, Harrisburg, to be no.
tary gublic.
At midnight a recess for lunch was
taken, the house reassembling at Ia.45
o'clock.
The senate went into executive ses-
sion Thursday morning at two o'clock
for the confirmation of the appoint