The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-05-10

No Great Amount of Discussion INDUCED
in Previous to tho Vote Being Taken
The House Kills the Niles Bin by Vote
of 1870 to 60-Both Houses to Adjourn
Sine Die on Juno1.
HARmsBURe, May 10.-The legislators
got to work early yesterday and before ad-
journment last night had finished up suf-
ticient business to convince the average
citizen that the calendars will be cleared
before the last day of this month in order
to allow both branches to adjourn sine die
on the day following June 1, as now agreed
upon.
The features Of legislation yesterday
were the defeat of the Niles tax bill in the
house and the passage by the senate of the
free school book bill and the McCarreli bill
requiring the state to pay the per diem and
mileage Of jurors
The first debate in the senate was
upon the Farr free text book bill, which
wIll require school directors or controllers
TO furnish school books and other school
supplies free of cost Senator Brown of
York, wanted to amend by inserting pro
vision that the books shall be purchased
gradually. His amendment was discussed
and defeated. Senator Ross made a speech
against the bill He thought the present
law, leaving the question Of supplying text
books optional with school boards, was
good enough. Senator Hackenberg took
the opposite view aud presented many
reasons for the passage Of such law. Sen
ator Brsnt also supported the measure. 1t
passed finally-42 yeas and 2 nays those
voting in the negative being Senators Ross
and Mitchell, of Bradford.
Among the bills passed finally were the
following:
House bill to enable borough councils to
establish boards Of health.
Defining the duties of pawnbrokers or
other persons who shall receive any article
OF personal property in pawn pledge or as
security for the payment OF money bor
rowed, III order to facilitate the detection
OF thieves and the recovery of stolen prop
erty, and providing penalties for the viola
tiOu of the same.
House bill to authorize the election or a
chief burgess for three years in the several
boroughs Of this commonwealth, who shall
not be eligible to the office for the next
succeeding term.
House bill to establish a medical council
and three state boards of medical eXamiu-
ers to define the powers and duties Of said
medical council and said state boards Of
medical examiners, to provide for the eX-
animation and licensing Of practitioners of
medicine and surgery, and to make az ap-
preparation for the medical council
Senator McCauells bill to provide for
the payment of the per diem and mileage
OF jurors attending courts out of tho
state treasury was called up on third read
ing when Senator McCarrell stated that he
lad been gathering statistics from the seve-
raj counties and found that the average
cost per annum in the state for jury ser
vice was 5000. 900 Senator Herring sup
ported the bill He said the state was well
able to pay this expense. Senator Grady
declared the condition OF the treasury would
not Justify the passage of the bill at this
time Senator Baker thought the bill
would relieve local taxation. After some
| further discussion and after Senator Nc
| Carrell had replied to some objections to
the bill the yeas and nays were called, re
sulting in the passage of the bill by the
vote of 80 to Z.
Senator Goblin created breeze by rails
ing the point of order that the bill to eX-
empt from the payment of mercantile Ii
censes all dealers in merchandise in Phila-
delphia whose annual sales are less than
So, 0O0 WAS improperly upon the calendar.
de contended that it had not been reported
from the committee to which it had been
re-committed, but Senator Grady and other
members of the committee declared that
the gentleman from Lebanon was mis-
taken. The chair decided his point not
well taken and the consideration of the
bill went on. The bill was defeated by the
vote of 21 to 21.
The senate concurred in the resolution
providing for final adjournment on Thurs
day, June /.
At the afternoon session Mr.. McCarrel
4 urged against the passage of the Baker bill
, providing for the incorporation of easualt,
Insurance companies that it would give
monopoly to this class of companies doinI
business without charter and simply a
puarantors H said it's provisions shoul'
apply to all associations whether incorpoI
ated ornot, The bill passed-yeas S8, nays