The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-01-24
IN EXTRA SESSION.
The Legislature Back at Harrisburg In
0bedience TO Call Of the Gov.
ernor. Old Bosses
CONSPICUOUS .soR, ,IHaR Af4Ecs,
Continued from rrst page.

In addition, United States, state,
county or municipal bonds equal
to the amount of deposit must be
assigned to the Treasurer. If a
bank fails to honor a check or
draft on the Treasurer the bonds
may be sold in the open market
on ten days notice. Each month
the Treasurer must advertise for
bids from banks wishing TO be-
come State repositories. The de-
posit is limited to one-half of the
capital stock and surplus. The
minimum rate OF interest is fixed
at 2 per cent. The highest bid
ders are to beselected.. One bank
10 Dauphin, and two each in Ale
gheny and Philadelphia, are to be
selected as active repositories
The Treasurer does not need to
resort TO bids to select them.
They are to pay II per cent. on
daily balances. There is a heavy
penalty for any one Offering any
thing of value in order to secure
State deposit, and the Treasur-
er accepting is deposed, fined
$1,000 and deprived of holding Of
flee for ten years. ~
Three primary election bills
were introduced in the House by
Messrs. Cook, of Allegheny; Am,
norman, OF Montour, and Hitch.
cock, of Tioga.
The Cook bill provides for the
holding of the general primaries
under the Irregular election officers,
members of all political parties.
voting for their respective candi-
dates on the same day. The bill
abolishes party primaries and
conventions. The names of all
the candidates belonging to the
various partlesappear on the same
official ballots, which are printed
by the County Com missioners.
The distribution of the ballots is
hedged about by the same restric-
tions provided for the official bal.
lots of a regular election.
u" he Republican or Democrat
or any other political partisan
who wants to run for nomlnat on
to office ona party ticket must
file his intention with the Secre-
tary of the Commonwealth if he
wants State Office, or with the
County Commissioners ifhe,as-
pres to a county, municipal, Dor.
ough or township elective office.
Would be congressional, judicial
or State senatorial candidates
must file their declaration of In
tention with the County Com mis-
sioners of all the counties includ-
ed in their districts. Infractions
of the primary election law, frauds
in the casting or counting of votes
and every other offense punish
able under the regular election
law are also penallzed py this bill.
The sessions of the respective
branches on Wednesday were al
so short.
The bills to pay the Secretary
of the Commonwealth $4,000
year and abolishing- their fees
were reported to the House today
with a favorable recon menda-
tlon. 80 :, ~
These officers have been getting
the innocent looking salaries of
$4,000 and $1,000 respectively,
but there has been a string at
tached. 1t was shown, that the
Secretary of the Commonwealth
last year in addition to his salary
drew iu fees" $4,000, thus ma.
king the emoluments Of his offic e
moro than three times that OF the
salary of the Governor.
State Treasurer Mathues threw
consternation into the ranks of
the impecunious legislators-and
there are many of'thenh attend.
ing this sesslon-rby announcing
that he would make no advances
to them on their salaries.
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