The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1893-05-26
Legislative poings.

Last Thursday was a busy day in
the Legislature. Early in the even
ing the House received from the
Governor two veto messages. The
first vetoes the bill repeating SO much
of the act placing premium on the
destruction of wolves and wildcats as
applies to Washington County be
cause it is special legislation and,
therefore, unconstitutional.
The second applies to the bill al
lowing Aldermen, Magistrates and
Justices of the peace fees for affidavits
of claim tax and copies thereof, and
also authorizing them to tax certain
additional costs. The Governor says:
"rhis bill gives to Aldermen, Magis-
trates and Justices, in addition to
what is now allowed by law, a fee of
IS cents for each affidavit filed and IS
cents for each copy thereof made by
them. Such charge may not be ex-
travagant or out of the way for the
work performed. But the act further
adds the authority to tax such other
costs as are now by law taxed upon
the recovery of judgments in several
courts of Common Pleas These
costs would include the So attorney
fees, and in the event Of an appeal
the judgment recovered in the court
would include in the costs therein tax
ed an additional attorney fee Of S.,
or cost of Sc for attorneys fee on
judgment. Most of the claims upon
which these costs would be taxed are
small and the costs in many cases
would be out OF all proportion with
the amount involved. Such an IN.
crease would be manifestly burden
some to the unfortunate. There is
no demand for these increased costs
upon debtors, and l am unwilling to
approve this measure at time when
the better policy is in the direction
of decreasing rather than increasing
fees"
In the House Senator McCarrelPs
bill to provide for the payment Of
jurors compensation by the State was
reported negatively from committee.
Senator Ross bill providing for the
government and regulation of county
prisons by board of seven inspectors
was reported afirmatively.
The Appropriations Committee sent
in bills as follows: State College,
$685. Children's Hospital, Pitts
burg, $4,000; Home for the Friend
less, Pittsburg, $4,000; experimental
station in Lancaster County for tobac.
CO culture, $4,000. The bill appro-
priating $1,000 to the Veterinary Hos
pital OF the University of Pennsylva-
MIA for maintenance was reported ia
vorably, but the proposition to give
the same hospital $25 900 for an ad-
ditional building was negatived. The
Senate bills amending the surety law
SO as to authorize certain corporations
to become sole surety upon bonds, re-
cognizances and obligations, stipula.
tions and undertakings and author
izing certain officers to approve the
same and relating to leases of lands
and tenements, establishing the length
of notice to surrender the possession
of the leased property, which shall be
required when the parties have not
agreed upon the same and providing a
remedy for the recovery of the posses
sion thereof in such cases and also in
cases in which the parties have agreed
upon the length of notice were de-
feated.
The following Senate bills passed
finally
Changing the salaries of certain
officials in Schuylklll and Luzerne
Counties amending the act to settle
title to real estate by designating the
matter in which notices may be served
designating general election days, i. e.,
the third Tuesday of February anC
the first Tuesday after the first Mon
day of November of each year, as le
gal half holidays, from IL o'clock noon
until midnight of such davs, and pro
viding for the payment, acceptance
and protesting of bills, notes, dr'fts
checks and other negotiable papers OF
such days regulating the fee to b'
charged for filing petitions for th'
adoption of minors and entering orde
of court thereon; authorizing cities tc
enter upon, take, use and appropriate
private property for the construction
Of piers, abutments, hill, slopes ant
, approaches for bridges crossing river
within the corporate limits thereof
and providing the manner in whicI