The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-26
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between ten and fifteen million dollars.
posed to the resolution but he believed
if the committee was appointed it
would be used to threaten the insur-
anec companies connected with the
scandal with adverse legislation IL they
submitted the evidence which they
claimed to have against certain senat-
ors.
Mr.. Voorhees, said he would go as far
as his colleague (Mr. Stewar) to un-
earth the insurance scandal. This res
olution has no connection with that in
vestlgation and it was unfair to try
to couple the two.
The main question was finally put
and roll call was taken on the resolu-
tion, the house refusing to concur by
yeas 10, nays 1874.
EVENING SESSION.
A short session of the house was held
this evening, the order of business be-
ing senate bills on second reading. The
bill regulating and establishing the
fees to be charged by constables was
referred to the judiciary local COM
mittee on motion of Mr.. Moore, of But
| Ter, for amendment.
Mr.. Scott, of Philadelphia, reported
from the judiciary general committee
| with a negative recommendation, re-
| committed senate bill to authorize
| bridge companies to erect toll draw
! bridges across the Delaware river to
| connect New Jersey with Pennsyl-
| vania About half the bills on the cali
| endar were read, and then the house
| took q recess until 10 o'clock tOmor-
| row morning.
! A message was received from the
! governor giving notice of his approval
| of bills requiring grand and petit juries
| to dispose of the costs in criminal
| prosecutions for larceny where the
| value of the goods alleged to be stolen
| is less than $40 and in the prosecu-
| ton for assault or assault and bat
| terry, where felony is charged and in
] which the prosecutor has no reason
| able ground for making the charge of
| felony; to allow the town council of
| consolidated borough to elect an
nually one street commissioner; repeal
ing the act of May s, 1895, providing
| for the ascertaining and paying the
| separate Indebtedness of second class
cities, and of any territory that may be
| annexed thereto; repeating the act of
| May s, 1895, providing for the annexation
| of one city of the second class to an
| other these are the Greater Pitts
| burg" bills passed by the last X gis-
lature) for the preservation of forest
and partially relieving forest lands
| from taXat ton; to provide for levying
school and school building taxes on the
city valuation in third class cities
| where the school district comprises the
| same territory as the city, furnishing
| the sending of anonymous communica-
| tions of a lbelOus, defamatory, sour
| rilouS or opprobrious nature; to secure
| state forestry reservations; to prevent
the adulteration, alteration and SUBJ
! stitution of drugs and medicinal prep
| arationS; to authorize boroughs to
| make aDDropria tlOns to establish and
| maintain free public libraries: valid
atinS conVeyances and instruments of
writings made by attorneys in fact;
to provide for the maintenance, care
ana treatment of the INDECENT insane
in county and LEGAL institutions; au.
thoriztng the recording of all releases
| contracts, letters of attorney and othe,
instruments of writing which a married
woman is or shall be authorized by law
to execute without the Joinder of he,
husband, making the record thereof q,
the same force and effect for all pur
poses ir all respects as if unmarrief
and validating the records thereo
made prior to the passage of this act
repeating the act relative to the roar
laWs in Peters township, Washinrto,
county; relating to the prosecution!
of licensed q lars and their empIove
on the charge Of furnishing intoyicat
ing liquors to minors.