The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-05-08
Pennsylvania LEGISLATURE.
MONDAY.

duced In the House n bill to enable
homeless or landless persons to pur.
chase or appropriate at the assessed
value any building lot, house and lot,
or farm not exceeding 200 acres not
personally occupied by the owner, EN-.
| powering the courts to enforce the
same after tender of the amount of
such assessed value. After clearing
the calendar of first reading bills, the
death of Mr.. Calder, of Dauphn, was
formally announced by his colleague,
Mr.. Elrlch. After appointing com
niittees to arrange for memorial ser.
vices and to attend the funeral, the
! House adjourned.
In the Senate these bills were in.
| troduced: Mr. Scott. PHILADELPHIA, by
request of Mr.. Snyder of Chester
| Providing the registration by the State
| Department of labels. trademarks
stamps. designs, devices. etc, and to
protect and secure the rights. property
end interest therein of persons co.
| partnerships or corporations. Mr.
Heidlebaugh. Lancaster-Providlng for
the establishment of boards of city
trusts In any municipality.
TUESDAY.
A bill was read In place in the
House to-day by Mr.. Kirker. ALLIE
gheny. authorizing county commits.
sioners TO levy a tax of one e-tenth of
one mill for the purpose of creating a
fund for the relief of honorably dis.
charged soldiers. sailors and marines
and their wives, widows and children,
| to be disbursed by a relief committee
of soldiers.
The following bills passed finally:
Authorizing county commissioners
to construct public roads leading TO
either end of county bridge across
any river.
Amending the act exemptlng from
taxation public property used for pub
lie purposes and places of worship.
places of burial not used or held for
private or corporate profit. and insti-
tutions of purely public charity. un.
less the same shall be seizor of the le-
gal or equitable title in the realty and
possessor of the personal property alb
solutely.
rhe order Of business In the House
Mt the night session was bills on sec.
ond reading.
In the Senate concurrent resolu-
| tion. presented by Mr.. Scott. Phila-
delphla, was adopted, providing for
the appointment of commission to
inquire into the condition of the In
sane In State and county institution
The commission Is to consist of thr g
Senators appointed by the Presid, at
pro TEN. and four members Of the
House to be selected by the Speaker.
WEDNESDAY.
While the Senate passed bills appro-
priating S6.008,0OO. S5.OO0.0O0 for the
completion of the State capitol build
ing and 81 ,OOOOOO to make up the de.
ficiency In the public school appropria.
tion. several measures were passed
finally which are calculated to raise
revenue to meet these contemplated
expenditures.
Among the bills passed were:
House bill amending an act provid-
ing for the laying out of private roads
to reach bituminous coal. iron ore or
fire clay underlying adjacent land by
extending the provisions of the act to
kaolin clays. stone. marbles and sands.
House bill providing for the COM
mutation of sentences for good be-
havior OF convlcts I'm prisons, penlten-
tiaries. work houses and county jails.
House bill empowering bOroughs to
tax persons. property and occupation
for general borough purposes.
After the calendar had been cleared
of bills on second reading the Senate
adjourned.
In the House most of the time was
taken up in the consideration Of two
bills that grew out of the visit Of the
Legislature to New York In 1897 for
the Grant monument dedication.
THURSDAY.
In the House the following bills
were passed finally:
Directing the state treasurer to tc-
fund direct inheritance tax paid into
the state treasury by virtue of the act
Of May ~. 1897.
Authorizing school directors. boards
or organizations having control of any
district to divide and distribute public
Libraries among the schools of the dis
trict.
The Drase bill. fixing the legal rate
of interest at instead of q per cent
which was defeated last "Wednesday.
was reconsldered and placed ON the
postponed calendar for third reading
and final passage.
The Senate congressional apportion-
ment bill was read the seconu time and
then recommitted for amendment. \
number of other Senate bills passed
second reading, after which the House
/
adjourned
After clearing the cal,ndar of first
reading bills the Senate adjourned un.
til o o'clock Monday night. The Cor
| yell renovated butter bill. which has
passed the House. was reported from
| committee.
FRIDAY.
The order of business In the House
to-day was Senate bills on second read
| ing. There was slim attendance and
the business was disposed of in short
order. The bill providing for the ex-
tingulshment of any ground rent. an
nulty or other charge upon real estate
after 81 years and making the same
applicable In cases where the common
wealth is party claimant the same
as in the case of other parties was
amended by Mr.. Bedford of Philadel-
phia, so that 1t shall not apply TO lands
of minerals beneath and co-extensive