The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-05-31
Pennsylvania Legislature.

Inc senate passed number OF appr0pr..
alton bills In addition to the following:
themselves ~ doctors Of dental surgery
without diploma; authorizing incorpora.
tion OF drainage companies; House bill 10
authorize church corporations owning bur.
ial grounds tn purchase other grounds;
to empower the Governor to suspend
the State quarantine; to create
Quarantine Board TO authorize
the Governor 10 appoint quarantine
physician and TO purchase or lease or ac-
quire land for a State quarantine station,
and To abandon the present lazaretto: TO
provide for the painting OF portraits OF John
Penn, Thomas Penn. Major General Han
cock and Brigadier General Reynolds: Tor
the release of sure,ies on bonds required In
various courts aud the substitution Of new
sur.ties to provide for publication, in sep
arate pamphlet form, of the list OF corpora
tons; making an appropriation Of sigb.00)
for the maintenance OF the Pennsylv lvania
Soldiers Home ut Erie. and for improve
inents to the building, making an appro.
priation of s2)s,000 for the maintenance
and education OF soldiers orphans.
Several House bills were passed finally
for the payment Of members OF the Nation.
al Guard who contracted diseases while in
the performance of military duty at Home
stead.
In the House bills were pqssed finally ap-
propriating s2il 900 TO the normal schools
of the State, slT7.000 to the Huntington
Reformstory, and $50 900 to purchase land
for the Western Penitentiary. The bill
authorizing the appointment of policemen
in boroughs was passed finally.
The governor to-day signed the following
bills: TO abolish the Philadelphia public
building. commission; providing Tor the ex-
penses OF presidential electors; requiring all
deeds OF sheriffs to be recorded In the office
OF the prothonotary; defining to whom ben
eft certificates issued by fraernal societies
hall k. a 4
ty officers shall make monthly returns TO
the state treasurer: to authorize cities and
boroughs to establish police pension funds;
to prohibit the employment Of minors
under IA years In OF about elevators.
EidnrY.SIxTR DAY.-The Senate to-day
passed the resolution of Senator Dunlap ap-
propriating 81 900 00Dfor The improvement OF
roads; the house bill to EN- BILE taxpayers OF
townships and road districts to make con-
tracts for the improvement OF roads was
passed finally by the senate. Representa-
tive Nesbits road bill was reported 70 the
senate from committee without the tl.Op.'
900 which IL contained and with an amend
ment providing for n county tax not ex-
ceeding one mill for improvement OF roads.
The senate has been doing some great hust-
ling during the past few days, and wiped
from the calender every senate bill except
that which prescrbes standard quantity
of bottled porter. ale and beer. to prevent
deception therein. Two important measure,
go down. One is Logan's bill changing the
basis OF distribution OF the State appropria-
tion to common schools from the number
| of taxable citizens 10 the number OF schools
and the other the Hackenbers license court
scheme. The senate will now dis ose OF
, house bills only
In the house i3 bills were passed making
appropriations of $40, ,0)Ot to each Of the l3
normal schools in the state. A bill was also
passed finally making an appropriation OF
% mil tim
on elections. The McCarroll bill TO empower
traction and motor companies TO lease and
| purchase street railway lines was passed
finally by the honse-yess, l42: nays. 81.
| As was anticipated. Governor Pattison We.
| toed the bill to reimburse the several
| counties for one-h alf the net cnst OF the
re.erection and construction OF county
bridges which were swept away by the
great floods of 1889 on the ground OF uncon'
,titutionality. He also sent messages giving
| his reasons for vetoing Senator McCreary' :
bill providing for the purchase Of Gi les ID.
Price index to local legislation, and the
bill of Senator Brown of York authorizing
| the erection and maintenance OF ell-weirs
and fish baskets. He vetoed the latter bill
because 1t Is contrary to the policy pursued
by the state fish commissioners for quar-
ter of a century, and he thinks the commits
sioners, who have a made a study Of the
subject, should be the best judges.
EIGnTy-SEvESTH DAY.-The senate to-day
passed large number of bills on second
reading which originated in the house. re-
ceived many reports from committees
lamong them the general appropriation
bilD and adjourned until Monday evening
In the house the senate bill appropriatins
sl,O00,00O to aid various townships in the
improvement ami maintenance OF roads
was favorably re orted. Senate bill To re-
peal the act Of 1855 imposing fine OF s25
ior violation of Sunday law passed second
| A nNn nf haf nj Rnfl lar
to reconsider the vote was defeated The
bill to empower courts to grant transfers Of
| license for the sale of vinous. spirituous
malt or brewed liquors or any admxturs
thereof, passed finally.
The governor sent 10 the Senate message
to day in which he announces his approval
OF these bills: To further define the evi.
dence of stock ownership and the right TO
vote thereon; TO extend limitations OF &C.
tons to right TO mine ore on lands where
the same has not been exercised for 2l years
to provide that bridge commissioners. view
ers and surveyors shall be paid by the pro-
per county, or by petitioners to courts; 10
enable boroughs not divided into wards for
school purposes to establish public high
schools. The governor gave notice to the
house OF his disapproval OF the Farr COM
pulsory EDUCATION bill.
The governor has approved the bill TO re-
peal the prnhibitory liquor law in Mt.
Pleasant, Westmoreland county.
Appropriation bills debates and routine
business constituted the work OF the House
for the day,
EIGnry-EIGHTH DAY.-The senate was
not in session.
In the house the bill appropriating $50 ,00C
to pay the incidental expenses of the crea-
ton of the proposed dairy and food com.
mission was negatively reported, and the
bill appropriaiing $4,000 for the expenses OF
the geological survey was atfirmatively re-
ported. A message was received fro II the
governor announcing his approval Of these
bills; Providing for the erection OF the Penn
sylvania soldiers orphan industrial school
Making appropriations to the Western pen.
tentiary to the State board OF agriculture
for the support OF the National Guard and
naval forces; to State hospital for injured
miners al Blossburg; to the board Of public
charities, to Western Pennsylvania institu
ton for the blind at Pttsburg; to Western
Pennsylvania Institution for deaf and dumb
The consideration OF senate bills on secont
reading occupied the rest of the time of tn,
house, which then adjourned until Monda,
afternoon.