The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-03-12
VOLUME 4.
IN THE HALLS OF LEGISLATION.
Bills Of Local Interest Introduced
Last Week.
A PENSION FOR TEACHERS.

A PENSION FOR TEACHERS.
Representative White, of Lack
awanna, on Tuesday of last week
introduced a bill in the House at
Harrisburg providing a State
pension for teachers after thir-
ty years of service. 1t pro-
vides that all teachers in pub
lie schools who have made teach.
ing a life profession and have Civ.
en- thirty years service to the
State in their capacity as teach
ers shall be entitled to a pension,
to be paid out of the State Treas
ury, if at the expiration of the
period they become mentally or
physically incapacitated for fur
ther service. 1t is further pro-
vided that the minimum pension
shall not be less than one. third of
their average monthly salary for
the last five years preceding their
retirement.
TO COMPEL YOU TO VOTE.
Civic pride will be made COM
pulsory upon persons of voting
age if the bill introduced in the
House by Representative Zane,
of Berks, shall be enacted into
law.
The bill imposes fine of S.
upon all qualified voters who fail
to exercise their privilege as citi-
zens and provides for the manner
in which the fine shall be collect
ed. The Judges of Election are
required to examine the book
containing the names of the quail.
flied electors after the polls have
been closed at any general cleo
tion and to make red mark un-
der the name of the voter who
shall be recorded as not voting
and to make a list of the names
of all such persons and send it to
the Court.
All persons whose names have
been underlined in red in the poll
books will be summoned to ap-
pear before the Court and show
cause why tLey failed to vote and
the Court shall impose the fine of
IS in every case where the delin.
quent voter shall fail to show that
he was either i'll or absent from
the county on election day.
The property of all delinquent
voters convicted under this act
shall be exempt from liability to
fine to the amount of 500.
NEW GAME Bill.
Another bill of interest to every
sportsman in Fulton county was
introduced by Representative
Brinkerhoff, of Cum berland, des-
ignating the open season for varl.
Gus game and fixing penalties for
the shooting of Gel tain game and
birds at any time. The bill fixes
the following open seasons:
Elk, deer and fawn, Novem ber
10 to November 30. The hunting
of elk, deer or fawn in the waters
of any streams and their hunting
by dogs is prohibited at any time
under penalty of 500, and dogs
used in hunting deer shall be kill
ed by any one.
Wild turkey, quail or Virginia
partridge, Novembe l to Novem.
Der 10, provided that it shall be
lawful to kill woodcock, ruffied
grouse or pheasant from October
10 to December Is. The penalty
Tor each bird killed contrary to
this provision is S25.
Rail, reed birds, doves, grackle
commonly called blackbird, gray,
black or fox squirrel, Septembe
10 to October Is and November Is
: and the first fifteen days of Dec
ember.
No game of any kind shall be
killed in the month of October
a penalty of 800 is imposed for
the sale of each elk, deer or fawn
and S25 for each wild turkey, ruff
led grouse or Virginia partridge
or woodcock. The limit for one
season for each person is fixed at
forty ruffled grouse, three wild
turkeys, thirty woodcock or 100
Virginia partridge.
VI course, these bills have been
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