The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-04-19
Pennsylvania Legislature.

condemnation to provide manner of reduc.
ing capital stock of corporations; to author.
ize burgeses tO serve as members Of borough
councils; to restore to water compa nies the
exclusive right to furnish water. The bill
to EXEMPT from payment Of mercantile H.
cense dealers whose sales are less than 90, e
900 year was defeated The bill to provide
for the election of township trustees was
defeated for the second time. The senate
then adjourned.
In the House these bill passed on third
reading: To require fences to he built and
maintained in Crawford county along rail.
roads at the expense Of the owners of the
railroads; to prevent minors under the age
OF III years from gaming or pawning goods
or using tobacco; to empower courts Of
quarter sessions To fix the place Of holding
general elections
The act to regulate the employment OF
railroad telegraph operators, prohibiting the
employment OF operators under % years Of
age ns discussed for some time aud passed
finally by 40 yeas TO - nays,
The bill To establish boards of arbitration
To settle all questions Of wages and other
matters Of variance between capital and
labor came up in the house on final pas.
sage at this mornings session, and was
passed finally by vote Of $50 to 9. Tho
house then went into comthittee Of the
whole to consider on third reading the
Agnew Local option bill. Mr.. Cochran, Of
Armstrong offered an amendment, which
was htlDptel, tnat UOfbUBlS rs well uS cities
be permitted to vote ON the question OF
local option. The bill was further amended
that elections shall be held on this question
every 10 years instead OF every three
years The house refused % agree to the re-.
port of the committee by "A vote of SO to W.
The bill was then declared lost, and for this
session at least II dead, Its friends say they
will have II before the lawmakers two
years hence. The defeat OF the bill prohib
ing the sale OF liquor on Decoration day had
much to do with the killing Of the Agnew
bill, many of the friends of the Decoration
bill voting against today's victim In nc.
cordanCe with their threat that IL the Deco.
ration day measure was defeated they would
slaughter all liquor legislation, good, bad
and Indifferent. The bill to make election
day Il legal holiday was also defeated on
third reading. The House then adjourned.
FiFiY-,3fxrn DAY.-fhe following bills
were introduced In the senate to-day TO
repeal the registry act of 1891. To require
bottles containing porter and beer or ale, to
have the quantity in them indicated on the
outside Regulating the Organization and
management of secret fraternal beneficial
societies, To regulate nomination and
election of public officers Bills TO give
municipal or public corporations in the
construction or purchase of water works the
right Of eminent domain in the nppropria-
ton of necessary property, and to authorize
the governor TO appoint trustees of the
state normal schools were passed finally.
The following bills also passed finally To
prohibit erection Ot toll houses and toll
gates in boroughs; to provide female escorts
Tor female insane patterns In transit; TO
continue the state weather service. Senator
LOgan's Crawford County Fence bill was
defeated, which will prevent the cOnsdera-
ton of a similar bill passed by the House
unless the adverse vote should be reconsid
cred
In the house these bills we're passed: To
extend the powers OF notaries public By per.
mitting them to go outside Of the county in
which they reside to take ailidavits. TO per.
NIT bridge companies maintaining a bridge
over 3,ODJ feet long TO make certain i'm
provements when authorized 10 do so by
the courts These senate bills passed second
reading TO authorize sheriffs to serve wrlts
in any county. To authorize cities 10 pur-
chase bridges already erected or TO erect and
maintain bridges over streams and rivers
which may separate portions of such cities
and providing for the condemnation of
necessary property.
FrrTY.SEvEETn DAY,--fn the senate 10.
day the bill introduced short time ago by
Senator Brown Of York, making counties
responsible for the losses sustained by riots
and the expenses Of the State incident to
the calling out Of the militia was mega
lively reported. Among the bills passed
finally were these: To enable towns bor-
Oughs and municipalities TO surrender their
charters and become subject to the general
borough law. TO provide for election of
township treasurers. To provide for the
appointment Of game commissioners and
to empower them to appoint game wardens
To provide for the establishment Of and
maintenance Of schools for instruction in
mechanics arts and kindred subjects in
cities of third class. TO authorize the print
ing and distribution Of an extra edition OF
the Mine Inspectors reports. To provide
for the relief OF the needy, sick, injured
and in case Of death burial Of INDECENT per-
sons whose legal place Of settlement is un.
known. To authorize the erection Of work
houses in the several counties. To
authorize the incorporation Of
all companies for the purpose of quarrying
slate, granite, stone or rocks, or for dressing
polishing, working or manufacturing the
same, or any Of them. To provide for the
incorporation OF companies for the manu-
facture and production OF silyerware,
jewelry, works Of ornament and art and
pictures and the buying and selling Of such
articles. To provide for the incorporation
OF real estate companies whose prime object
Is the encouragement OF trade, commerce
and manufacture To authorize the for.
nation OF corporations for the purpose of
carrying on any wholesale or retail hard
ware business. To provide for recount Of
vOtes in contested election cases. To pro-
vide for the destruction OF wildcats, foxes
minks, ETC., for protection of game. To
pTOnlDlt peuulltlB IN Cltles WITHOUT "a license
To provide for the licensing and regulation
oflying in hospitals. The senate adjourned
until monday night.
In the honse Mr.. Cessna of Bradford re.
ported from the judiciary general com
mittee a bill amending the ballot law by
providing for the marking Of the names OF
candidates instead Of by groups. No other
business Of importance was done and th'
House adjourned.
FIFTY-EIGHTH DAY. senate was not
In session TO day.
There were many empty seats in the
house this morning and the few members
present behaved more like madmen than
rational human beings. Pandemonium
reigned for time and Speaker Protein
Tewksbury was compelled to cal on the
assistant sergeant-at-arms 10 preserve order,
but when hat official came valiantly TO the
front he was laughed at for his pains. Final
ly Chief Clerk Voorhees, was heard above
the din Indignantly demanding that order
be restored. This is a deliberative body
and not a mob. =" said Mr. Voorhees,. The
house felt the rebuke and was soon in
Oriar fterWard tho ~ iaf nlark tnok tba