The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-10-11
LATEST LEGAL LORE.
ENAcT:-NTs mvE LAST Ln0-
rsbATUKEIN BOOR FORM.
Interesting Pointers For Corporations,
Criminals ard People,

The pamphlet laws Of 1893, containing
the acts Of the last ,gi5lature. have Just
been issued. II Is only now thai a general
know edge ofthe new laws can be gained.
as until the books are printed there is no
collection of the legislative acts
Now the lawyers can examine the laws
at their leisure and begin to discuss how
much the course of legal procedure In var.
ious lines will change on account Of recent
acts.
The neatly bound volume OF 1893 Is trifo
larger than those of the past few years. IL
contains many important enactn ents some
that are not 81 important, aud then there
are others which will not have any nppar-
ent effect in any way on the public. so far
as public interest goes the acts range from
the Baker ballot law which materially
affects every citizen OF the state, down to
the modest little enactment which prescrib.
es what kind OF butter Jail birds shall eat
An attorney examined the new law for
the benefit of the Pitsburg "Lender''
and pointed out a few of the more interest
Ing acts. First among them IL the Baker
ballot law, which. however, has been so
well aired all through the State that repeti-
tion Of the amended law Is unnecessary.
A law that has not drawn much attention
to itself as yet. nut which will have fjr
reaching results OF an important nature. was
that which permits the increase OF the CAPT
tai stock of all corporations to 100000, 600.
This applies to all corporations for profit
and the increase Is to be allowed In spite OF
limitations in earlier acts, either special or
general.
Verdicts Of sccond.degrce murder mean
something more serious now than before.
The maximum penalty has been increased
from twelve years to twenty. This may not
displease the criminal class. as jures NAV
feel less dis posed to find first degree vefdicts
when second degree will put a man away
for so long time. 1he maximum penalty
for manslauehter remains at twelve years
Another interesting criminal enactment
relates 10 children. IL provides that no chid
under 16 shall be placed with adults in any
cell or courtroom, nor in any vehicle for thu
transportation OF prisoners. IL Is also pro.
vided that trials must take place in a room
separated from that where adults are tried
and separate docket of the proc rgs
must he kept.
What may be cassed as a supplement to
the oleomargarine law is the enactment
forbidding any charitable or penal institu-
tion from furnishing anything but genuine
butter to its inmates. IL any warden or
steward shall knowingly violate the law he
shall become liable to a fine not exceeding
t,OOO or imprisonment not exceeding two
years, or both. Anyone who sells or offers
to sell is liable for the same penalty.
law tnHt makes tne progress OF woman
rights movement is the new married wo-
mans property act Ii provides that mar.
ried women may make contracts the same
as when single, and their rights are in all
respects the same, except that
they may not become accom-
mediation maker or indorser and may
not sign deed without their husbands
consent. They may sue and be suel in their
own name.
The law relating to the board of assessors
in second class cities has been altered and
may work change in the next triennial
assessment.
The downfall of the turnpike road Is sug-
ment of toll gates in boroughs.
An echo of the Homestead riots Is found
in the appropriation for the benefit of Al
bert NJ. Luther. Company c. Fifteenth Reg
iment, who was afflicted with typhoid at
Homestead and was paid for the time he
was sick.
A law that will interest secret society men
Is that which provides for the incorporation
OF secret fraternal societies. Heretofore
the organizations might have been incor.
rorated as beneficial societies, but now
they can be organized IRON the start as
secret societies.
Young men about TO get married ought to
know that the price is higher than it was
before the legislature met. The new fee bill
allows the squires a fee of $5-an Increase
of e.
A cursory glance through this latest nc
1uisition TO legal Libraries failed to develop
much more of interest. and the examination
was given up until some Of the points arire
In suits.