The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1901-06-19
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE
TUESDAY.


ly In the House.
Reducing the fees of court stenog
raphers.
TO qualify libellant In an action for
divorce TO he competent witness to
all matters material In the Issue, where
there has been personal service of the
subpoena. as well as In all cases pend.
Ing where there have been two re-
turns OF subpoenas of non est lnventus
by the sheriff and due notice to the
respondent by publication, ms required
by law and the rules of the respective
courts.
The Senate passed these bills finally:
House bill authorizing boroughs TO
require The planting OI shade tees
along public streets by owners Of
abuttlng property.
Providing for the regulation of
channels of creeks.
Authorizing appeals from the decls-
ion of the various courts of common
superior court.
Authorizing any municipality to con
meet with the sewer of any other
municipality for sewage purposes.
Regulating cOnstnblcs' fees.
Comforting Jurisdiction upon com.
mon pleas courts to authorize the adop.
tlon of children by n person living in
another state upon petition of either
parent of such child.
Providing that persons charged with
certain felonles shall be triable ex.
cluslvely in the courts of oyer and
termlncr and general Jail delivery.
House bill providing for the cstnb-
lishment and maintenance of public
lib-arles in second and third class
| cities and in boroughs.
Repeating section II of the act OF
April %, 1880. and the supplement
thereto Of April II, 1868, which relate
| to the house of refuge of Western
Pennsylvania.
WEDNESDAY.
The House passed finally the bill ap-
proprlatlng $25O.OOO to erect memor
ial building on the Gettysburg battle
field in memory Of the volunteer sol
dlcrs, sailors and marines from Penn
sylvania who participated in the civil
war.
The senate passed finally:
House bill prohibiting the manufac-
/ ture and sale of iirecrackers contain.
Ing dynamite.
Authorizing water companies To sup
ply water to the public In townships
boroughs, cities ard districts adjacent
to or In the proximity of the town
! borough. city or district where they
may he located.
House bill regulating and defining
the boundary lines of public roads.
House bill defining boiled or process
| butter. providing for the licensing OF
manufacturers and dealers and regu
lating the sale and labelling of the
same so ms to prevent fraud and decep
tlon In It's sale.
House bill making II wllful trcspass
| to hunt trap and take game birds oi
game animals upon cultivated lands
and providing for the punishment OF
such trespass.
THURSDAY.
The Senate passed finally these bills
Repeating an act prohibiting tn,
sale of intoxicating liquors i'm Monon
gahela City and Carroll township
| Washington county.
House bill authorizing the transfer
upon the books of the corporation oi
lots in cemeteries owned by the cor
poratlons of the first class.
| Au.-oilzlng corporations organized
for profe to dispose of the shares o
capital stock or any bonds, securities
or evidence of indebtedness created by
any other corporation.
The following House appropriation
bills were also passed and now 90 t.
| the Governor:
Cottage State Hospital Connclls
vile, S2l.650; Western State peniten
| tlary, S12S,3O0: for the care of an,
treatment of the INDECENT and chroni,
insane, 100000; Pennsylvania Sol
diers and Sailors Home, Erie, S125,000
for the support of the national Guart
and the naval force. $4,000.
The bill recalled from the Govcrno
regulating the duty of assessors II
boroughs and providing that in max
Ing the valuation of the property tn
assessors of all the wards shall act as
board of assessors passed finally.
| The House passed the Congressional
apportionment bill finally and sen
| II back to the Senate for concurrence
| 1t Will so to conference committee
| The House amended 1t by transposin
number of counties from one dis
trict to another.
FRIDAY.
In the House the following bill
were reported from the appropriation
committee:
| University of Pennsylvania, S2J
900: Monument to Pennsylvania troop
in battle of Shiloh, $4,000; Monumen
to One Hundred and Ninth Pennsyl
vania regiment at Chattanooga Ma
tlonal park, $4,000.