The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-23
.JERMYN.

lHS sunday afternoon at which the fOl-
lowing officers were elected for the en-
suing year: President, John Merrick;
vice. president, Thomas Tallett; record
ING secretary, p. f. Kilkur; financial
secretary. j. j Burns; sergeant-at-
arms, Dennis Hickey; tellers. William
Kilker and Patrick Tallet; auditing
committee, f. j. Burke. Frank McCar-
ferty, James Kilker; sick committee,
Martin Davitt, James Henry and Will
lam Kennedy; trustee, C.. j. Dunleavy,
George McGoff, C. +. Cannon; investi-
eating committee, John Campbell, John
Meehan, Patrick Burns and George
Cannon.
William Kilker, of Mayfeld, is quite
sick.
Jesse Winters, Frank Winters, Har-
ry Blakeslee and Richard Gendall will
return to their studies at Wyoming
seminary today.
The Delaware and Hudson breaker
Will be idle for several dErs. In lay
ing the new track a great deal of earth
was eXcaVated under the chutes. This
naturally weakened this part of the
breaker, and when the "oockcts' were
loaded, the weakened part began to
sag, and the company will now build
strong foundation.
Miss Nellie CaffreY, of Archibald. is
visiting Mayfeld friends.
Arthur Fowler, of west Chester
State Normal school IS spending. a
few days with his parents in town.
The following is from the Carbondale
Leader of March %:
Hon. j. F. Reynolds has forwarded
copies of the bill introduced in the
house of representatives by Mr. Ford.
and which passed third reading this
week, having already passed in the
senate. The proposed legislation strikes
directly at the difficulty into which the
borough of Jermyn finds itself and the
| text of the bill which follows will be of
| especial interests to residents of that
| place.
Whereas divers municipalities of this
/ commonwealth have enormously con-
/ strued said act of assembly tact of
| April is, 1880 to permit the increase of
municipal indebtedness at any one
| election to the amount authorized by
! the vote of the electors of such munich
palities not exceeding seven per CEN
! tum upon the last preceding assessed
valuation of the taxable property
therein and have issued municipal
! bonds or other obligations in amounts
greater than two per centum of such
! last assessed valuation which bonds
! have been sold by such municipalities
! have received and used the moneys
| lent and advanced upon the same and
| it is Just that the said bonds or other
! obligations should be made valid legal
obligations of such respective munich
palities.
Section 1.-Be ii enacted by the SEN
ate and house of representatives Of the
commonwealth of Pennsylvania in gen.
eral assembly met ana II is hereby en-
| acted by the authority of the same that
all bonds or other obligations of any
county, city. borough, township, school
| district or other municipality or incor-
| porated district in conformity with
the requirements of the law EXCEPT
that the same have been issued since
the eighteenth day of April Ammo
Domini one thousand eight hundred and
ninety five, in amounts in excess of two
per centum of such last assessed valua-
ton, for which bonds the said purchas-
ers thereof have paid to the respective
municipality or Incorporated district
the purchase money, b. and the same
are hereby made valid legal obligations
of the respective county, city, borough,
township school district or other mu-
ncipality or incorporated district shall
be and is bound for the payment in full
of said bonds or other obligations ac-
cording to the tenor thereof, in like
manner as if the said recited act of as
sembly had contained nv limitation of
two per centum.
Francis. the G-months-old child of
Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander Clark after
short illness of inflammation of the