The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-04
MARRIAGE MEASURE
OFFERED In HOUSE
Plan 10 Prevent the Wedding Of Feeble
Minded People.
Mr. LAwRENcE's GROCERY BIZ.
House Concurs in the Measure
Authorizing the Governor to APP
point Ladies' tAuxiiliary to the
Pennsylvania Commission to the
Tennessee Exposition--slim Sem
ate Session.

Harrisburg, May "A bill was intro
duced in the house this evening by
Mr.. McGough of Venango, to prevent
the marriage of a person who from
natural, as distinguished from acci-
dental causes, shall be insane in the
past or of a person who shall hereafter
have been twice convicted of a felony,
or of an insane or feeble minded person.
The measure also provides that any
person who shall knowingly assist in
procuring or abetting such a marriage,
including the parties to the marriage,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and
subject to six months Imprisonment
and $500 fine, both or either at the
discretion of the court.
Mr.. Lawrence, of Beaver. presented
bill to authorize the attachment of
wages and salary in cases where food
has been furnished by a retail grocer
and limiting the right of defendants
and garnishee to claim the benefit of
laws eXemptIng property from levy and
sale under execution. on motion of
Mr.. Dunlip, of Philadelphia, a bill
amending the act to regulate and Ii
cense public lodging houses in cities
was recommitted to the judiciary gen.
elal committee.
The house concurred in the bill au-
thorizing the governor to appoint twen-
ty ladies, not more than one from each
county as an auxiliary to the Pennsyl-
vania commission of the Tennessee eX-
position.
Speaker Boyer appointed Messrs. Will
son, of Lancaster; Scott, of Philadel-
phia; Eunkle, of Dauphin: Simon, of
nf hplnhiD
a committee to investigate the insur-
apce scandal. Messrs. Seyfert, of Lam
caster; Coryell, of LycOming; Bolles,
of Philadelphia Farr, of Lackawanna,
and Rhode of Berks, were appointed a
committee to investigate the manage
ment of the Eastern and Western peni-
tentiaries. The committee, on the part
of the senate, We're appointed some
time age.
SLIM SENATE SESSION.
The attendance at this evenings ses-
sion of tire senate was rather slim. The
act to protect policy holders from
fraudulent estimates and the rightful
disposition of the surplus of tontine
form of insurance companies was
killed, as was the house bill to prevent
fraud and deception in the manufac-
ture and sale of cheese.
The senate accepted the invitation of
the committee having the matter in
charge, to attend the unveilng of the
monument of Stephen Girard, in Phil
adelphia, on May 20
BY resolution the chamber thanked
Mayor Strong for the seats furnished
the legislature in the reviewing stand
during the Grant monument ceremon-
les and the Pennsylvania railroad was
thanked for the free transportation tc
New York.
The bill, which among other things
will permit laying of tracks on RroaC
street, Philadelphia, passed second
reading, as did the bin to prohibit the
public exhibition of Photographic re.
productions of prize fights.
These gubernatOrial appointments
were confirmed by the senate: John A
Wiley, of Venango county; John ]
Spearman, of Mercer county, and Geo
f. Davenport, of Crawford county, tC
be trustees of the state institution fo
the feeble minded of western Pennsyl
Vania at Polk: William Ward, jr., o
Chester; Henry II. Wentzell, of Read
ing; Miss Eoline G. Green, of Wes
Chester; Charles James, of Allentown
and Edwin G. Major, of Philadelphia
to be no!aries public.
The senate then adjourned until to-
morrow morning.