The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-04-27

into laws and that their course viii
have a tendency to give them no little
trouble when they come to pass upon
their measures. 1t is thought this in
nuence is so marked that it will have
bearing on the passage OF e-road bill
with a good sized majority, as well as
others they have been antagonistic to-
Nowhere is selhshness so despised and
condemned as in a body of lawmakers
This was very manifest while the
Hamilton road bill was under discus
sion.
The New Railroad Bill.
The governor has approved of the
new railroad bill which requires cor
porations to report to the bureau Of
railroads. This is a measure of very
great Importance It requires all rail-
roads, canals, telegraph and telephone
/ companies doing business in or partly
in Pennsylvania, or whether foreign
corporations owning, leasing or con-
trolling railroads in the common
wealth, to report to this department
Of the state, This new law brings the
Baltimore and Ohio, the New York
Central and Hudson River railroads
and the New Jersey Central under the
control of the secretary Of internal af-
fairs. The time of reporting is changed
to June 30, instead of May 81, as here
tOfore.
Among the bills passed finally was
the state fish commission bill amend
ing the act of May A. 1889, to extend
the period of limitation of liens for tax
es entered of record for three years
authorizing the county commissioners
to rebuild bridges on sites owned by
corporations over streams or rivers
forming the boundary lines between
counties where they have been destroy
ed by ice, flood or otherwise which may
have been abandoned by the own
ers, and rebuild on another site, which
bridges We're used for vehicles or foot
purposes exclusively and provide for
the cost of their construction; allowing
licensed dealers and their employees
to give testimony in cases relating to
the furnishing of Intoxicating liquors
to minors; authorizing state banks to
| pay interest on demand deposits; per-
/ mitting school directors the authority
| to grant the use of public school houses
/ for Sabbath school or religious services;
for the preservation of forests, and
partially relieving forest lands from
taxes; to prevent the adulteratiOn, al
teration and substitution of drugs an5
medicinal preparations, and to pro
hibit the adulteration or coloring oil
milk by the addition of so-called pre-
servalines or coloring matters.
The obnoxious pool racing bill, which
licenses pool selling, and which is az
effort to transfer the iniquities that in
tested New Jersey for several years t,
this state, has passed the senate, anC
the members of that body who favored
Its passage are somewhat concerned
as to how they are to explain to thei
constituents their reasons for aiding
in its being put through. 1t is beinl
pushed along by it's friends in tn,
house, but if the temper of the hous
continues as has been characteristic
during the session the bill is destined
to meet with overwhelming defeat /
would be a disgrace to the state o
Pennsylvania to have such a Law
placed upon the statutes. All tn
friends of morality and law and orde
should protest earnestly against It.
passage.
An Excellent Measure Defeated.
A very excellent and important bill
mel with QeIedl recently ana surely I
was mistake in the opponents of thi
measure This was introduced by Mr.
Baldwin. of Delaware, who champion
ed its passage ably and forcibly Th
hill nrovides that all, policies of life ip
surance shall contain m Ualh ngure
the guaranteed amounts of the casl
value of each policy at the end Of eacl
year, and that the policy shall becom
a paid up policy for the amount tina
the reserve would purchase on the
lapse Of the third future premium
and it further provides that upon any
anniversary of a policy, or within 81
days thereafter, the holders shall have
the right TO demand and receive the
amount of the reserve in cash. This
measure, had Il become a law, would
have confined insurance companies tC
the payment of certain sums at the
end Of each year in the event of q
lapse Of any policy, and prevented in
surance agents from misleading policy
holders in their estimate of the casf
value of policies each year in the
event Of a lapse. The house of repre-
sentatives has certainly committed q