The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1901-01-31
IN THE LEGIsL AZURE.

mere was q nOOd OF DlllS OF all
kinds in both Senate and House,
many of them being appropriation
bills. Among those of general in
terest were the following
Senator Fox, Dauphin, intro
duced a bill creating a board of
three commissioners learned in the
law for the promotion of uniformity
of legislation in the United States.
The commissioners shall serve for
four years and shall receive no
compensation, but shall be allowed
actual disbursement of necessary
expenses.
Senator Cummings, of Warren,
introduced, by request, bill au-
thorizing the courts of quarter ses-
sions to grant licenses to sell intox-
icating liquors at retail, wholesale
or by brewers, for a longer or
shorter period than one year in GER
tain cases The bill provides that
whenever any of the several courts
of quarter sessions shall deem it
expediept and desirable to change
the dates, as fixed by rules or
standing order, from which licenses
to sell Intoxicating liquors, either
at retail, wholesale, or by brewers,
shall run, it shall be lawful for any
of the courts, in order to make
sucL change, to grant such licenses
for longer or shorter period than
one year provided that in no case
shall licenses be granted under or
by virtue of this act for a shorter
period than six months, or longer
period than eighteen months.
Mr.. Champaign, of 1ioga-Pro-
viding that District Attorneys in
counties whose population does not
exceed 100, 900 shall be paid a sal
ary in lieu of all fees. The salary
in counties whose population does
not exceed 10000 shall be paid
$500 year in counties whose
population does not exceed 20, 900,
$500 /; in counties whose population
does not exceed 3o,ooo, S7oo III
counties whose population does not
exceed 10000, $500 in countie;
whose population does not exceed
| SO, 1000, 5000 in counties WHOSE
population does not exceed 90, 900
81, 100 in counties whose popula-
tion does not exceed 1000, 81 200
in counties whose population does
not exceed $4,000, SI,5oo, and il
counties whose population is more
than 10000 and does not exceed
100, 900, shall be paid 1900.
! A new and comprehensive com
pulsory education bill comes from
Mr.. Ford, of Allegheny. 1t pro
poses that all children between TIL
ages of and I6 shall be require,
to go to school continuously durin!
the entire time that a day school il
their district shall be in session. II
regular attendance will not be per
mitted.
! Children between ii and 10 VIII
can read and write the English Ian
guage intelligently are not reache
by the bill if they are in useful en-
ployment. Persons employing child
rem shall furnish each month a
facts regarding the children, name
age and parentage, under I6 year
of age in their employ. Failure
conform to the law subjects prime
pal, teacher or employer or parer
to conviction for misdemeanor.
The employment oftruant officer
by school boards is provided fol
They shall arrest and apprehen
truants and others. They shall
placed in schools especially estat
lished for rtruants. Truancy is deem
ed disorderly conduct and the truar
, officers shall proceed before an a
derman or justice against all inco,
rigible child, who may be sentence
to reformatory.
The bill further provides for
census OF school children in ever
district of the State. Parents fai
ing to observe the law are liable I
fine, and trusnt officers neglectin
their duties are also liable to fir
not exceeding SIS. School district
neglecting or refusing to enfore
this act shall have their State schoc
appropriation withheld.