Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-07-11

light companies TO purchase the stock or
bonds of other companies and lease ther
property, the bill authorizing the erection
~ work houses in the several counties,
also the -bihs amending the act of 1860 TO
consolidate, revise and amend the laws
rel sting to penal proceedings and plead
ings, providing for the employment OF
persons sentenced to simple Imprisonment
in the county jails; to cede jurisdiction TO
the United States over certain pubhc
roads within the National park, Gettys-
burg; to regulate building contracts where
such contracts have IS part Thereon eltner
incorporated or separately made supuls,
ton that no mechanics liens shall be hled
against the bnilding, whether by con-
tractor or By any sub-contractor, material
or other person, requiring tnat such sup
ulatior shall be in writing, and shall be
recorded in the prothonotsry's Office in the
county in which the land lies; providing
for the permanent improvement OF GER
tain public roads or highways IN the sew,
ersl counties, making such improved
roads and highways county roads, autnor-
izing the relocation, opening, stralghten.
ing, widening, extension and alteration OF
the same and the vacation OF so mucn
of any road, as many thereby become un-
necessary, authorizing the taxing OF prop
erty for such improvement, and providing
for the compensation thereof and the
damages resulting from such taking, pro,
viding for the payment of the costs and
expenses incurred in making such I'M
proyements and thereafter repairing and
maintaining said roads, and authorizing
the levy OF a tax TO provide a fund for
said purposes; for the prevention OF bind
ness, imposing a duty upon all midwlves,
nurses or other persons having the care
of infants, and also upon the health Oh
ficers and fixing q penalty for neglect
thereof; that directing the State treasurer
to pay into city, borough and toWnsnlp
treasures on e-half of the per centum
received from fire insurance companies OF
other States as tax on premiu ms collect
ed in PENNSYLVANIA. The annual revenue
obtained from lite and fire insurance COM
psnies is nearly 500, 600, Of which $780,
600 are paid by the latter. The measure
is known as the Firemen's Pension bill,
which is somewhat different from those
twice vetoed By Gov. Psttison and once
by Gov. Beaver, the bill for the establish
ment. classification and maintenance OF
high schools. the distribution of spproprl-
alton of 100000, but owing TO the
congested condition of the State Treasury
it was not incorporated II It; fer the
establishment of free public Libraries IN
school districts. except in cities OF the hrst
and second class; authorizing the sp-
pointment of committee by the 81
perintendent of Public Instruction to ex-
anime applicants for teachers perman ent
certificates; 10 empower the trustees OF
State normal schools to enter into an
agreement with school directors BY which
the pupils of school districts may be in
structed in such normal schools; fixing
the number of teachers necessary for
separste teachers institutes in cities an
boroughs at not less than 80. The
Kennedy school bill; that authorizing the
Dairy and Food Commissioner to enforce
all laws against the adulteration Of apple
products.
VETOED BILLS.
On thursday the 9th Gov. Hastings,
voted the bill repeating an act to prevent
cattle, horses, mules, sheep and SWINE
from running at large in Middlesex, Butler
and Mercer township, and Harrisville
borough, Bntler county. The Governor
Gays: "This act, by its title, proposes an
entire repeal OF special act, which is IN
nowise Objectionable. The body of the
act, however provides that the special act
referred to in the title shall be repealed
-1ly 80 far az the same applies to Harris
Vile borough. The subject is not, there
fore, clearly expressed in the title. 1t is
open to the further objection that, by the
partial repeal of special law, it attempts
TO regulate the affairs Of borough, which
is forbidden by section Z, article 3, of the
Constitution. The Quay comfy bill was
vetoed on constitutional grounds.