The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-07-04
VOLUME 2.
SOME NEW LAWS.

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prohibitive. A license fee of S25
must be paid by all dealers, and
at the usual price 25, 900 will have
to be sold before the profits pay
the license fee.
CANNON CRACKER MUST GO.
With reference to firecrackers
the new law says:
"That from and after the pass
age of this act, any person or
persons manufacturing or sell
ing firecrackers containing dyna-
mite, chlorate of potash, or any
explosive except that containing
ordinary gunpowder, composed
of sulphur, saltpetre, and char
coal, shall be guilty of a misde-
meanor, and, upon conviction
thereof, shall be sentenced to pay
fine of not less than $50 and not
more than 500, or by imprison-
ment of a term not less than six
months and not more than one
year, or both, at the discretion of
the court"
TO LICENSE PEDDLEIlS.
A bill has been signed by the
Governor providing for the IL
cense of hawkers and peddlers in
the boroughs and townships of
the State. 1t provides that the
County Treasurer is authorized
to issue license to hawk or ped
die clothing, drygoods, notions,
crockery and tinware for so for
each person so selling on foot and
$40 where any conveyance, such
as buggy or wagon, etc. lis used
1t does not effect persons selling
their own manufacture nor hold
ers of soldiers licenses. The
penalty for infraction of the law
shall not be less than 500 fine
nor less than three months inn
prisonment. For refusing to
show such license on demand a
fine of $40 shall be imposed.
FIRST COUSINS.
The bill prohibiting first cous-
ms from marrying, has become a
law. Heretofore cousins We're
the nearest relatives that could
marry; the next degree, namely,
uncles and nieces or aunts and
nephews, being forbidden. This
law will, no doubt, come like dire
calamity to great many young
people all over the State. Here
and there are pairs of cousins
who have plighted their troth, and
made all the necessary prepara-
tions for marrying. The hopes
of these will be blasted; or, at
least, appear to be.
Notwithstanding the apparent
hardship it will be to a few, this
is a good law for certain reasons.
Experience has proved that first
cousins are too close in consan-
guinity to marry, and the enforce
ment of this law will eventually
tend to the strengthening of the
race.
NO TIPPLING TEACHERS.
The new law forbids the using
of alcoholic drinks by school
teachers. No certificate may be
issued 10 persons who use either
alcohol or opium. In some parts
Of Pennsylvania nearly everybody
drinks beer, but the governor
says no exceptions will be made
and everywhere the glass and
the school are TO be separated.
This law was made at the sug,
gestion of the state educationa
authorities. 1t is a part of the
school curriculum of the state tC
teach that alcoholic liquors are
injurious and the educational of
ficials have found that pupils are
little affected by words OF TEN
perance from the lips of teacher
they know to be t.ppler. They
have found that a drinking teach
er, be he ever so moderate in hi
indulgence, is very bad exam
pie.
The substance OF the law refer
red to is as follows:
That after the first Monday o
June, one thousand nine hundre'
and two, no teacher in this com
monwealth shall receive from
county, city or borough superin