The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-03-16
rap DsY.-Tn the Senate to-day

THfRry-THfnp DAy.-fn the Senate to-day
| the following bills were introduced:
Providing for a recount Of votes In con
tested election cases To give street railways
the same power possessed by steam railroad
companies 80 far as appointment OF police
u concerned. TO prevent the spread OF ~.
bercnlosis among domestic animals. To
prohibit peddling without a license. To
give a husband grounds for divorce IL
his wife treats him brutally and barbsr-
iously.
A resolution was adopted postponing nc.
ton on the death OF Senator Mech until
next Wednesday evening at 3 o'clock.
These bills passed finally: To constitute
IawreLce county a separate judicial dis.
trict; TO quiet titles to land which has ceased
to be used by corporations having right To
eminent domain; to give mauufacturers
spinners aud throwsters OF cotton, wooden
and silk goods lien on property of other,
that may come into their possession: to au.
thorile cities to purchase. maintain. use ani
condemn bridges erected aud In use over
rivers aud streams separating or dividing
any part or district of such cities; to author.
ize municipal corporations to appropriate
private lands aud property for their use IN
the construction maintensnce and Use OF
bridges In order to connect public parks or
other public properties The pill to pre-.
vent the spearng OF fish by the Use of
torchlights was defeated. The Senate then
adjor rned
In the House to-day Mr.. Farr. Of Iack,.
wanna introduced bill appropriating o. q
0OO0UO to the several school districts OF the
Commonwealth, To be ussd exclusively fo-
the purchase OF text books snd furnishing
the same free of cost to the pupils Of th-
public schools. This measure supplement,
the Farr free text book bill which makes i,
obligatory upon school districts TO furnish
books and school supplies free OF charge 10
the pupils of the public schools, One.thifd
each year until all are furnished.
al. l.,. Ill,
committee were the following ESemp,n,
all cattle from taxation OF any sort whatSo
ever repeating the act TO prevent the consU L
idation ui pipe lines. amending the Cotpof.
alton act extending Us provisions To- iue,
companies The bills to prevent the form,
tion of trusts. and to abolish the inhcritauc,
tax on money bcqucathcd t. seclarian hp,
piisls were reported negatively.
Mr.. Lullof Sullivan. presented the M
norty report in theCrawiord county election
contest. Contrary TO expectation the fe
port OF the ma iority. prrscutcl on Tucsday
was not called up. The matter will come
up in the House early next week. when
heated discussion is sure 90 follow. The
Democrats will be supported by ex.Spenk
ers Hewitt and Cessna and Reprc,cntarw
Cotton, of Allegheny. There seems how
ever. no doubt uf the adoption of the ma
jorlty report. The minority report dcii
mainly with the votes of Cambridge, Spirti
and line townships rejected by Judge lien
dcrson because they were Cast IN the outs,!s
bOroughs. This aCtiod OF the Court the fe
port attacks strongly. setting forth that such
polling places have been recognized by The
courts and bv acts of Assembly and thai
the law of 1891. legalisiug tncni. has neyc
teen declared unconstitutional. The r.
port then sums up the status of the vots
cast, as first counted and after being canya,
sed WI. llighoy having received GH
votes, of which 1856 were Illegal (outside th.
townships ot Cambridge, Sp1r'a and Pine
leaving 61oI. ". II. Andrews received o.
g2l of which lsl were Iouud to ne illrc, +
(Oltside tho townships named) leaving hia -
b,1Il legal votes aud making Higbyi
plurality 80. IL concludes with resolution |
10 the effect that W. T. Highly was dur
elected, duly certified took the oath and
entitled 10 "A seat in the House. The caIea
dar was cleared of bills on second read.ni
after which the House adjourned.
THIITY- -FouRrm DAY.--Ihe Senate va
not in session to-day, having adjourned ua
Ill Monday evening
in the House q bill OF great importance %
patrons OF electric light companies was PR
sented by Mr.. Reinoehl. of Lebanon, 70
regulate charges for supplying electric light
The charges are regulated as follows: FG
light supplied Tor public lighting IN any
city, borough. town or townships, IS -ctnr
Per day OF ~ hours for each arc lamp; fo
light supplied TO individuals in the sad
cities ana towns. % cents per day for each
hour for each incande>cent lamp. A viola
tion OF the law is punishable By q tine
not less than 500 nor more than 81 0OO
A bill was introduced by Mr.. Rurdick.
Mexican, amending the act authoriZlnl X
Boards of Control of Education in citie,
the second class to establish aud mainial
schools for instruction i'll the mechanic IN
arts and kindred subjects. so as to exten
the provisions thereof to cities of the thirh rh#
class. Mr.. Seyleft. of La ncaster, introduCc "A
bill making an appropr iation of $500 Nt
complete monument To the memory Of III.
Revolutionary soldiers buried at Ephra IA
Mr.. kuhbaCk, OF Wayne, introduced a b
to authorize any soldier ar sailor to buj VA
suit against any county city. ward, borous
or township in the Commonwealth to 4
cover the amount OF money tn which he
came entitled by reason OF his cnlistms
in the service OF the United States and b. M
accredited tn any county, city, ward, b 1.
ough or township in the State. bill VI W
introduced by Mr.. Broadhead, of Luzer
To prevent foreign corporations from min '
anihricite coal without license and 10 N |<
vent its exhaustion. ~
preamble reCitc' that the anthrlc <
coal bed of the world. comprising an area 1
40 square miles, is wholly contained vi
IN the state OF Pennsylvania. There I;
now actually no undrvrlopri coal lands |N
the Lehigh. ShamOkin aud Mount Carr N
coal heds Ot the Wyoming region. and LIZA
region Il likely to be exhausted IN five VI
ut the present rate of consumption.
limit the production foreign corpora m
are required by the hill to- take out "A liu IA
To mine coal and must not sell coal for %
liyrry outside OF the state for less thar
per ton. Heavy penalties ARE provide 1
the violation nf The act. A large numb
bills were read the first time, and then
House adjourned until Monday evenin
Tools OF tho Pyramid Builde-s.