The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-30

! ed within one week from the conn mencenent of the employment, Q enter the name of such person in the leSisla- tive docket to be kept by the Secretary of State. Two dockets are required, one known as the legislative docket Of counsel before committees; the other known as the docket of Legislation Agents. Such dockets must give the name of the person, date of employ ment. the agreement under which em- ployed, and the special subjects to which the employment relates. These dockets are to be open to public in- spection. The counsel and agents are required. within 90 days after adjourn ment of session. to file with the Secfe- tary of State, detailed statement of pended for the purpose of aiding or op- posing legislation. Failure to comply with the requirements of the act, sub tects the guilty party to fine cf not less than $100 nor more than S1 100, and disbarment from appearing before le- gislative committees.
 Among other changes in the National Guard law Is a provision authorizing the Adjutant General to purchase "travellng library" for each regiment of infantry.
 Sweeping legislation is enacted against the use of free passes. franks or other privileges accorded by common carriers. It forbids any person to give any political committee or any member of it. to any candidate for any office. or to any person for them, any free pass or frank, and political commit tees are prohibited from asking or re- ceiving them. Violations of the rrovis- ions of the staute shall be punished by Imprisonment in the peniten.iary not less than one nor more than five years, or by fine of not less than s1,o00 nor more than 5000. No person Is privileg- ed from testifying in relation to the matters. and persons testifying shall not be liable to prosecution.
 A memorial was adopted, asking an amendment to the Constitution, so as to give Congress concurrent jurisdic- ton with the State for the suppression l of trusts and other combinations. to stifle competition, and to regulate com binations affecting the price of products i a9Iu wages Uf faDUrers. Amendments were proposed to the 1 Constitution to give more power to tax the people for public roads. joint resolution proposed an amendment to
 the provisions of the State Constitu-
 tion against free passes.
 West Virginia.
 An act created humane society for
 the protection of children of helpless age. The board consists of women, as well as men. It is given broad power | for the care of abandoned, neglected i children, or children cruelty treated by l their parents; and any judge, upon the | application of the society, may issue a
 writ of habeas corpus, requiring child ren in proper cases to be put under the 1 rare of the society.
 An Advisory Board is created in the 1 matter of pardons.
 | Records on file in the Supreme Court are required to be printed.
 Provision Is made to punish boarders or iodRers who defrsnd boarding Or l lodging house keepers.
 l Appropriation is made for gathering | war records of the Civn War. Free hospitals are required tO he maintained by the State. known as Miners Hospitals. for the treatment of | persons injured while engaged in ein- pioyufnt dangerous to health, life or l limb.
 Joint resolution was passed request ing Senators and Representative to | vote for an amendment. providing for
 the election of United States Senators t'J h ulTcCl NOIc Ol lIle pCOpiC. General election days are made nuli-
 days.
 It Is made unlawful to trade horses
 on highways. or within one mile of any | fair or religious camp meeting. l It Is made unlawful for any person
 not a citizen of West Virginia to hunt in any county in the State, without first obtaining a license from the clerk
 or The county.
 | light hours are declared to const;-
 tute days labor on public work.
 Porto Rico.
 A civil government was established in Porto Rico by an act of Congress approved April i2. 1900. by which all ! focal legislative powers in the island
 were vested in a legislative assembly
 consisting of two houses. and one Exe-
 rutive Council. The act of Congress. which stands as the Constitution of that island. follows in the main the i usual provisions of our State Consrt- tutions. though all laws passed must | be reported to Congress, which has l power to -annul them. All citizens of
 Porto Rico must be bona fide resi- dents for one year and possess the
 qualifications of voters under the
 laws. and military orders in force, sub- l
 tionS as to registration as may be re.
 Quired by the Executive Council, arc l permitted to vote. Among the first
 acts passed by the legislative assembly
 was that giving the right of jury trial,
 another declares that the office of ths | House of Delegates is incompatible with other public offices. Ten thousand dol
 lars is appropriated for the Pan-AnerI-
 can Exposition. Contribution Is made 1 for the education of twenty good and
 worthy young men and women in the 1 United States in the various arts and | trades. Among the colleges designat- | d which said students shal lattend is | that at Tuskegee. Ala. All cemeter-
 les constructed with municipal funds small be free; and burIals may be made without religious restrictions, though | religious ceremonies are not prohibited
 A penitentiary Is established. The 2Sth day of July, the anniversary of the
 urst landing of American troops m Porto Rico. is made a legal holiday. A | system of public schools IS establish
 ed, evidently based on the hHst provis- ion of the several States in this coun- try. Executions are required to DC private.
 I can not ascertain from these acts that any particular mode of death
 punishment is prescribed. There Is a | provision that the officer must make a return upon the death warrant, show
 ing the time. mode and manner Tn | which it. was executed. As the laws
 and ordinances in Porto Rico in force
 at the time of the passage of the Act
 of Congress were continued in force
 until further modified. it would seem IA AE1,, d.