The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-02-15
MUEKLBRONNER
BILL IN HOUSE


IConoluded from Page III
Another bill of Judge Archbald's
drafting was introduced in the house
by Mr.. Harris, of Clearfeld. 1t pro-
vides that party who claims title to
real estate by squatter right, and who
is not in actual possession of the
property, shall be required to record
his title SO that notice of his claim
may be apparent. At present, owing
to the inadequacy of the law above
indicated a party may purchase va
cant land and then discover that an
other party is claiming it by having
squatted on II for twenty-one oonsecu-
tive years at some time or other.
Mr.. Hartman, of Luzerne. intro
duced a bill to provide for an addi-
tional law judge In Luzerne county.
similar bill for Blair county was
introduced by Mr.. Gamble.
Playwrights' Bill Defective.
The bill to prevent pirates from
stealing unpublished and undedicated
plays was reported from committee
this morning. The bill was drafted by
the American Dramatists' club of New
York and is copy of a law recently
enacted I'm New York. The associa-
ton is trying to have it adopted in
every state. The copyright laws do
not adequately provide protection
against these thefts, so it is deemed
necessary to strengthen it by state
legislation. Dan l.. Hart has charge
of the bill in this state. lie entrusted
1t to Sol Bacharach, the governors
executive clerk, and Mr.. Bacharach
had Mr.. Stroh, of Lebanon, to father
it. The Elks have sent a petition for
Its adoption.
The committees report was a mega
tive one, but this was not because 1t
opposes the bill There was a legal
defect in 1t. This afternoon the COM
mittee got together and drafted a new
bill along the lines of the other. and
tomorrow it will be reported favoraby.
Among the other bills reported from
committee were the following: Pro-
viding for a department of building
and loan associations: permitting
barbed wire fences to be erected along
highways; protecting trade marks and
union labels: making Somerset and
Carbon counties separate judicial dis
tricts; providing for the burial OF in
dgent soldiers.
To Protect the Flags.
The resolution to prevent the taking
of flags from the executive mansion
to be used in the Grant tomb was re-
ported with an amendment to the eff
feet that it might be permitted If a
majority of the survivors OF the regi-
ment which the flag represented IA
vored 1t. The amendment was killed
and the resolution was passed as origi-
nally introduced. 1t requires that the
consent of a majority of the Grand
Army posts Of the state shall be Sc
cured before any flag can b. taken
from the state depository.
The committee on military affairs
reported adversely the bill providing
that military instruction be provided
for in all public schools.
The resolution recommending Lieu
tenant Colonel Theodore j. Wint for
promotion to the position of brigadier
general of regulars was unanimously
concurred in by the house today, on
motion of Mr.. Scheuer and is now
ready for the governors signature.
The bin amending the notaries public
act by removing the prohibition against
directors or stockholders of banking
institutions becoming notaries was
passed on third reading in the senate.
A proVso is made that such nOtaries
cannot transact any business with
which the bank they represent is con-
neCted.
Passed Second Reading,
An act creating the office of assist
Mt IfCt rI a
hitting councils to make an annual
appropriation not exceeding $500 to the
support of each company of the Ma
tional Guard having permanent quar-
ters in the city, passed second reading
in the senate. The bill creating the
Office of receiver of taxes IN third
class cities was halted on second read
ing by a motion to postpone for the
present. The motion was made by Mr..
Fox, of Dauphin, the father of the bill.
He says there is a question as to
whether or not Harrisburg wants the
bill to pass,
The act authorizing the superintend-
ent of public instruction TO employ
lecturers for summer assemblies for
educational purposes was defeated i'm
the senate on second reading.
Mr. Fllnn'S BOND Scheme.
on motion of Senator Finn, the bill
| introduced by him permitting county
commissioners To borrow money and
! issue bonds for improving county
roads was laid over for amendment.
The famous Finn road bill, by which
county commissioners can, IL they so
elect. levy and collect taxes for road
| building Is not furnishing revenue
| enough to keep the contractors busy,
and Mr.. Flinn proposes to permit them
| to go into the pockets OF future gen.
| erations by means of a bond issue.
| Since the bill was passed in 1895 Allie
| sheny county, which was the only
one to take advantage of the act has
! expended "A million dollars in improv-
! ing seventy miles of the county roads.
There are over three hundred more
miles of road that viii permit of being
improved and it Is the purpose of the
Flinntes TO improve them as rapidly
as possible. The vigorous attacks
] chat ,rn r,nVV haipos mo do n,, IA, Di,t.