The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-06-13
PENNSYLV ANA LEGISLATURE
important Measures Considered by Gu,
Lawmakers

Important Measures Considered by Ou,
Lawmakers
TuEsDAY-Thesc House bills passed finally
In the Senate;
To prevent the issuing Of fraudulent tax re.
ceipts.
10 authorize foreign glue companies TO
maintain buildings and establishments in this
state
For the more immediate care aud support
OF INDECENT insane persons committed on
criminal charges less than felony.
To increase the bonus to be- paid by cor.
por6tions on the renewal of their charters
and on being hereafter Incorporated from ia
to Ia per cent
To authorize county commissioners 90
sell TO actual settlers and convey unsettled
lands.
To legalize dehorning cattle.
To fix standard weight OF bushel OF clover
seed at 60 pounds.
House bill to prevent purchase OF salt pork
sugar cured ham aud dried beef outside OF
Pennsylvania for any charitable institution
receiving state aid.
Mr.. Finn amended the House plumbing
bill by greatly a6ridGing it and requiring
plumbers In second class cities to be examin-
cd. licensed and registered.
These House bills passed finally;
To prohibit adultcration OF milk by addition
OF so-called prese-vatives
Making appropriations TO Western peni-
tentiary. Eastern PcnUentary, Conncilsville
Cottage Hospital. to National Guard Dan
vile Hospital. state Board OF Health, Chick
amRuga. Chattanooga battleields commission
Mercer state Hospital, TO adjutant generals
department 20 continue employment o, two
muster roll clerks for maintenance ofindigent
insane
To authorize sale Of lands whcrc channels
OF navigable streams have been abandoned
for purposes OF navigation.
To provide that none but citizens OF tho
United States shall ha t,ipvg1 IN ,uhIi.,
buildings.
WrDSrsDM. Tho bill creating the Office
OF deputy auditor general passed finally IN
the House to-day by vote Of lG3 10 g5 Tho
House has completely reversed itself on thI.
measure Three weeks ago II was defeated
by vote OF b9 Tor to 30 against 1t was sub.
sequently reconsidered and remained undis.
turbed on the calendar this morning. when
II was called up by Mr.. McClain, OF Iancns.
ter, and passed finally after it had been fu lily
explained.
Tho House concurred in the senate amend.
menis to the bill providing that none but
citizens OF the United States shall be employ.
ed ia the erection Of any public work. Tho
senate amendments provide that the pro.
visions OF the act shall not apply To any pub.
he work on which tho cost thereof is met In
whole or part by assessments for benefits.
In tho Senate to-day these House bills
fnally passed: To give half the fines under
the o.comarIarlne act TO the dairy and food
commi@sloner instead OF the informcr OF yio.
la,ions Of tho law
The House general revenue hill was re
ported anltmntiy"y with amendment To re.
due" the taN on foreign building and loan
associations from per cent to . mills. The
House bill passed finally To pruhibt exhibit
lions oi physical or mental deiormitics Ia
certain public places.
LAST pAY-Ihc senate buried tho Judges,
pension bnl to-day. IL has been given
special order for ilnal passage, It's friends
having some hope that they might get IL
through. tut when senator Grady moved
that It b" recommended To committee thero
was no dissenting voice.
The senate also ended the life OF the new
revenue llil which has caused much time aud
money TO get together II was referred 10
the committee, whence IL will never emerge.
In order, however, To make "a test Of its value
~ "a revenue producer, the auditot-gcneral
Will for the next two years Keep two soperato
statements Of the receipts that come into tho
Office; ono statement viii be- kept according
to the system provided for in the now and re-
lec,cd revenue BILL ana the other under the
existing law.
The house tonight was the constant scene
Of turbulence and hilarity. The members in-
iulged Ia all sorts OF pranks incident to tho
last night Of the session. Amid continuous
babble OF voices, the loud explosion OF large
aud small ilre crackers, the burning Of RI
lights IN corners, and various other methods
Of making noise, the house passed some aud
defeated other bills on the calendar Among
those rejected was the Andrews bill providing
Tor the building by the Pennsylvania railroad
company of fence along its lines ia Craw-
ford county.
The house got into n wild turmoil over tho
bill making II unlawful for for foreign build
ing and loan associations To establish offices
or to employ agents Ia this state. The bill
was on It's final passage, tut the house de-
feated II.
Tho bill TO tax beer % cents barrel was
smotherod Ia AN obscure corner at tho re-
quest OF the administration circles.