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Legislature Bills Considered

Gov. Hastings Sends Message to the
IegisIature-B Bills Considered
HARRISBURG, Feb. Ex-Governor
Hastings sent to the legislature a mess
age cautioning the mem ers to keep the
expenditures within the revenues of
the state for the next two years, which,
he said based on estimates of the fiscal
officers, would not allow a greater ag-
gregate sum TO be appropriated than
about $4,000, 900. The message was
referred TO the committee on appropria-
tions.
A bill was introduced in the house by
Mr.. Anderson TO protect miners and
operators and providing for the APP
pointment by the governor of sealer
of weights and measures, whose duty II
shall be to visit all mines and test the
scales at least every three months.
A bill introduced by Mr.. Mackrel re-
peals the local option law at Derry,
Westmoreland county.
Mr.. Douthett offered a bill appropria-
ting So, 900 for the transportation 10
Chattanooga, Tenn, at the time of the
dedication of the monuments of the
PENNSYLVANIA organizations, for surviv
ing soldiers of the Pennsylvania organ
izations participating in the battles of
Chickamauga, Wauhatchie. Browns
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tain. Missionary Ridge and RinggoId or
either of them.
The bill authorizing an additional
clerk in the state treasury at a salary of
S2, POO a year went through on third
reading and final passage ON a special
order.
The firemen's relief bill passed finally.
Other bills passed this stage as follows:
Compensating George Gould and Will
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guard, for disability produced by
typhoid fever contracted at Homestead.
The following bills We're read in
place:
Mr. Compton Crawford for pen
sion for Sarah ]. Dennis, widow of "a
deceased member of the national guard
Mr.. Smith Bedford appropriating
$4,000 TO the Bedford hospital.
Representative Porter of Westmore-
land offered a bill to repeal as far as
Westmoreland county Is concerned the
special law for Indiana, Blair and West
moreland. prohibiting brewers from
bottling their own product.
The senate worked throughout the
session ON its own bills on final passage
and disposed of a large number Many
of them were of local and trivial in
terest. But one bill was defeated, that
authorizing the erection of public
hold elections. public meetings and to
store roadmaking utensils Those
passed include one for state establish
ment of free kindeagartens for infants
and children under six years; the bill
incorporating ship canals, VIII ch Is for
the benefit of the proposed PittSburg
and Erie ship canal; the Brown good
roads bill and the Osborn bill intro
ducing pictorial illustrations into the
public schools.
These bills We're introduced: BY Mr..
Stiles, to authorize the courts Of com
mon pleas and orphans courts to APP
point and remove trustees; Mr.. Mere
dith, to require prothonotaries TO keep
a bond docket; Mr.. Grady, to give
building and loan associations chartered
i'll this state an interest on the life of
each of their members; Mr.. Kennedy,
to provide for Incorporation of aSsOcia-
tions for the transaction of business of
real estate brokers; Mr.. Lands, TO au-
thoriZe the appointment by the superin-
tendent of public instruction of COM
mittee on permanent certificates: Mr..
Laubach. to incorporate water. ice and
cold storage cooperative companies;
Mr.. Grouse, to protect nests and eggs
of game birds.