The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-06-10
WORK OF The legislature
Resume of Business of the Past
Winter at Harrisburg.
BILLS APPROVED BY Governor
List of Important Measures Considered
by the House and Senate and the
Fate OF the Bills An Office.
Creating Body.


/ Harrisburg, June 9.-The legislature
which closed up its affairs yesterday
disposed of a great deal of business.
1t was a session in which there was
much discussion upon almost every
measure of Importance. The principal
bills that passed finally, and which
| were the subjects of the warmest de-
bate, were the Marshall bill, repeating
the pipe line law; the Farr compulsory
education bill; the Smith religious garb
| bill; the Woods water works bill; the
bills allowing traction companies to con-
solidate and lease competing lines; the
bilrcreating Superior court, and those
| for the making OF a greater Pittsburg
About 1,2OO bills were introduced. OF
these 5S7 have gone to the governor.
He has signed 112, vetoed 25 and has
45O to decide upon in the next thirty
days.
The legislature will go down into
fame for creating more new offices than
any other in the history of the common
wealth. The legislation of this char
acter was the act ,reorganizing the
banking department and increasing the
salary of the commissioner to $4,000;
increasing salary of the adjutant gen.
eral from $500 to $4,000; creating the
Office of executive clerk, and providing
for the appointment of two additional
janitors for the senate; creating the de-
partment of agriculture for a term of
four years, with a salary of $4,000; a
deputy secretary at $4,000, to be direc-
tor of Farmers institutes; also dairy
and food commissioner, economic
zoologist, forestry commissioner and
state veterinarian, with salaries OF
81, 500 each, and clerk at $1,000 each;
creating the Office of deputy auditor
general at a salary of $3,000 increasing
the salary of the superintendent of
public buildings and grounds from 81, 400
to s3,OOO authorizing the election of
two additional transcription clerks, a
bill clerk and two additional doorkeep-
ers of the house; increasing the number
of factory inspectors from twelve to
twenty, at a salary of $1,4OO each; au-
thorizing the employment of two addi-
tional draughtsmen in the department
of internal affairs to copy old reports
and surveys, and increasing the salary
of the deputy secretary of Internal af-
fairs to $4,000; establishing state
| board of veterinary medical examiners,
to consist of five members whose eX-
| penses are to be paid from fees; Great
| ing a commission to consist OF three
| senators and three representatives to
| make inquiry and report to the next
legislature the best method of utilizing
convict labor so as not to interfere with
legitimate industries; establishing a
live stock sanitary board to consist of
the governor, secretary of agriculture,
state dairy and food commissioner and
the state. veterinarians; establishing a
separate orphans court in Schuylkill
county.
Bills Approve d by Governor.
Some of the most important bills ap-
proved by the governor follows: Max
ire IT a misdemeanor punishable by
fine of 500 or imprisonment not eX-
cneding one year to wilfully or wan
the number of councilmen to be elected
IL boroughs at seven, they ITO be elect
ed for a term of three years; authorlz-
| ing judges during vacation or When
court Is not in session, to approve bonds
of railroad and canal companies for
| land damages; authorizing notaries
public prothonotaries and clerks of
courts to administer oaths and take
affdavits in divorce proceedings; abol-
ishing the law of 1772, by striking out
the provision requiring the kissing of
the Bible in the administering of oaths.
so that hereafter all swearing will have
to be done with the uplifted hand or the
laying of the hand on the Book; au-
thorizing county commissioners to erect
and maintain suitable monument at
the county seat in memory of the SOL
diers and sailors of the late war; pun
ishing pool selling, the receiving or
Transmitting of bets by telegraph or
aiding in pool selling or betting; au-
thorizing county commissioners to ap-
point county solicitors to serve for
three years; requiring the clerks of
orphans court to keep their marriage
license docket open for the inspection of
the public; to allow copies and alb
stracts of the same to be made for pub
lication in newspapers and providing
a penalty of $50 to be levied on such
officials who refuse to fulfill the obli-
cations of the act.
There was vast amount of impor-
tant legislation killed. From a. politi-
cal standpoint the most important were
the congressional, senatorial and leg
islative apportionment bills and the
various propositions to amend the bal.
lot law. In the closing hours of the ses-
sion the revenue bill framed by the
state tax conference and the Cochrane
bill taxing brewers "a cents barrel OF
lthirty-ore gallons failed In the senate
after having gone through the house
In the way, of railroad bills there were
killed measures providing for a re
duced fare of one cent to persons who
are compelled to stand in street cars
making the uniform railroad fare
cents a mile; regulating the Pullman
car service OF the state, and com
pelling companies to post at their sta
tons a time card announcing all de
layed trains.
The five and three year game bills
which prohibited the killing of dec
within these periods; an act to pre-
vent the pollusion Of streams; the gam,
commission bill and the eel basket bill
is some of the game legislation which
failed.
Liquor Legislation.
In the way of liquor legislation
number of bills which were introduce