Municipal Affairs.

Messrs. Matson, Chairman, Fox, Keyser, Gransback, Goehring, Crawford, W. S. Woods, Sisson, Scott, Vare, Brown, Shepard, Catlin, Wilbert, Herbst, Cochran, Dewalt, Sproul, ex-officio.

New Counties and County Seats.

Messrs. McNees, Chairman, McPherson, Miller, McConkey, Thomson, Wilbert, Catlin, Irvin, Hill, Danner, Sproul, ex-officio.

Pensions and Gratuities.

Messrs. Catlin, Chairman, Hackett, Thomas, Wilbert, Herbst, Grim, Hill, Freeland, Sproul, ex-officio.

Public Grounds and Buildings.

Messrs. Stineman, Chairman, Fox, Cumings, Heidelbaugh, Bolard, White, Stewart, McPherson, Keyser, Gerberich, Thomson, Zern, Calpin, Sproul, ex-officio.

Public Printing.

Messrs. Stewart, Chairman, Thomas, W. S. Woods, Fox, Quail, Cumings, Danner, Sproul, ex-officio.

Public Health and Sanitation.

Messrs. Quail, Chairman, Stober, Cumings, Gransbach, Fisher, Crawford, Miller, Gerberich, Brown, McConkey, Hall, Herbst, Zern, Sproul, ex-officio.

Public Supply of Light, Heat and Water.

Messrs. Thomas, Chairman, Sisson, White, Fox, Goehring, Vare, Crawford, McNees, Dewalt, Hall, Calpin, Sproul, ex-officio.

Public Roads and Highways.

Messrs. Roberts, Chairman, Heidelbaugh, Cumings, Stineman, Matson, McPherson, Quail, Goehring, Quail, Goehring, Edmiston, Fisher, Godcharles, Cochran, Calpin, Hall, Sproul, ex-officio.

Railroads.

Messrs. Stober, Chairman, Scott, C. E. Woods, White, Cumings, Stineman, Roberts, Vare, Stewart, Cochran, Hall, Sproul, ex-officio.

The President pro tempore announced the appointment of the Hon. J. A. Stober as a trustee of the Soldiers and Sailors' Home at Frie.

The President pro tempore announced the appointment of Hon. J. C. Stineman and Hon. E. A. Irvin as commissioners of the Soldiers' Orphan Schools.

Mr. Scott read in his place and presented to the Chair a bill, en

titled "An act to quiet the title of real estate, and to enable citizens of the United States and corporations chartered under the laws of this Commonwealth and authorized to hold real estate therein, to hold and convey title to real estate which has formerly been held by corporations not authorized by law to hold real estate in Pennsylvania."

Which was committed to the Committee on Judiciary General.

He also read in his place and presented to the Chair a bill, entitled "An act to provide for the retirement of judges of courts of record in this Commonwealth who have served as such judge for twenty-five successive years and have attained the age of seventy years, and for the payment of such retired judges, and for the filling of vacancies caused by said retirement."

Which were committed to the Committee on Judiciary General.

He also read in his place and presented to the Chair "A joint resolution to provide for the participation of the State of Pennsylvania in the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition to be held in the city of Portland, Oregon, in the year one thousand nine hundred and five, in commemoration of the one-hundredth anniversary of the exploration of the Oregon country by an expedition planned by President Jefferson and commanded by Captain Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, and providing for the appointment of a commission, and making an appropriation to defray the expenses of the same."

Which was committed to the Committee on Exposition Affairs.

He also read in his place and presented to the Chair a bill, entitled "An act relative to the employment of children."

Which was committed to the Committee on Judiciary General.

Mr. Edmiston read in his place and presented to the Chair a bill, entitled "An act to create the Department of Public Printing and Binding, to carry out the provisions of section twelve, article three, of the Constitution in relation to the public printing and binding and the supply of paper and other materials therefor."

Which was committed to the Committee on Public Printing.

Mr. Crawford read in his place and presented to the Chair a bill, entitled "An act increasing the number of courts of common pleas in the county of Allegheny, establishing therein a distinct and separate court of common pleas, designated court of common pleas number four, and providing for the election and appointment of judges for said court."

Which was committed to the committee on Judicial Apportionment.

Mr. White read in his place and presented to the Chair a bill, entitled "An act making an appropriation to the Southwestern Nor

mal School of Pennsylvania, located at California, in the county of Washington, for the two fiscal years beginning June five, one thousand nine hundred and five."

Which was committed to the Committee on Appropriations.

Mr. Cumings read in his place and presented to the Chair a bill, entitled "An act making an appropriation for the purpose of continuing and maintaining schools among the Cornplanter Indians of Warren county."

Which were committed to the Committee on Appropriations.

Mr. Stober read in his place and presented to the Chair a bill, entitled "An act to authorize the several counties of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to pay all witnesses serving under writs issued by the Courts of Quarter Sessions, Common Pleas or Orphans' Court."

He also read in his place and presented to the Chair a bill, entitled "An act to exempt from payment of collateral inheritance tax bequests and devises for the building or erection of churches for public use."

Which were committed to the Committee on Judiciary General.

Mr. Fox read in his place and presented to the Chair a bill, entitled "An act entitled an act to provide for the extension of Capitol Park in the city of Harrisburg, and for the purchasing or tak ing and condemnation of the real estate in connection therewith, and making an appropriation therefor, and the expenses, et cetera, in connection therewith."

Which was committed to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.

Mr. Roberts read in his place and presented to the Chair a bill, entitled "An act creating a department of health and defining its powers and duties."

Which was committed to the Committee on Public Health and Sanitation.

He also read in his place and presented to the Chair a bill, entitled "An act to provide for charging the cost of construction of sewers and drains heretofore or hereafter constructed in townships of the first class against properties accommodated or benefited thereby, authorizing the township commissioners to create sewer districts, to apportion the cost of sewer construction among the same, and to prescribe the manner in which the charges shall be assessed on properties and municipal liens for the same, or to assess an annual tax for payment of such cost."

Which was committed to the Committee on Judiciary General.

He also read in his place and presented to the Chair a bill, entitled "An act to provide for the protection and preservation of game,

game quadrupeds and game birds, and song, insectivorous and other wild birds, and prescribing penalties for violation of its several provisions."

Which was committed to the Committee on Game and Fisheries.

He also read in his place and presented to the Chair a bill, entitled "An act for the preservation of the purity of the waters of the State."

Which was committed to the Committee on Public Health and Sanitation.

Mr. Woods (Allegheny), read in his place and presented to the Chair a bill, entitled "An act making an appropriation to the Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic Home, Department of Pennsylvania, at Hawkins Station, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania.”

Which was committed to the Committee on Appropriations.

He also read in his place and presented to the Chair a bill, entitied "An act authorizing the councils of incorporated boroughs to require the sub-grading, paving, curbing and macadamizing of streets or thoroughfares or parts thereof, and assess the cost of the same on the owners of property abutting thereon, provided four-fifths of said owners petition councils for same, and providing for the collection of the cost of same."

Which was committed to the Committee on Municipal Affairs.

He also read in his place and presented to the Chair a bill, enti tied "An act to provide the sale and use of certain fire-works, firecrackers, pistols, explosive canes and ammunition, and providing penalties for violations thereof."

Which was committed to the Committee on Judiciary General.

He also read in his place and presented to the Chair a bill, entitled "An act increasing the number of courts of common pleas in the county of Allegheny, establishing therein a distinct and separate court of common pleas, designated court of common pleas number five, and providing for the election and appointment of judges for said court."

Which was committed to the Committee on Judicial Apportionment.

On behalf of Mr. Goehring, Mr. Woods (Allegheny), read in place and presented to the Chair a bill, entitled "An act increasing the number of persons who shall be summoned and returned as jurors in the courts of common pleas in counties having three or more courts of common pleas."

Which was committed to the Committee on Judiciary General.

On behalf of Mr. Goehring, Mr. Woods (Allegheny), read in his place and presented to the Chair a bill, entitled "An act to amend

section one of an act, entitled 'An act requiring written notice to be served upon supervisors of the proposed opening and construction of new roads for public use and of views, reviews and re-reviews in connection with such proposed new roads,' approved the second day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine. so as to require notice to be served on the supervisors of the terri tory through which the proposed public road is to pass, of the time and place of the appointment of viewers, reviewers and re-reviewers to lay out the same, and of the time and place of their meetings."

Mr. Vare read in his place and presented to the Chair a bill, entitled "An act in reference to the eligibility of road jurors and jurors of view."

Which were committed to the Committee on Judiciary General.

He also read in his place and presented to the Chair a bill, entitled "An act to appropriate the sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) for the deepening and improving of the channel of the Delaware river between the city of Philadelphia and Delaware bay."

Which was committed to the Committee on Appropriations.

Mr. McNichol read in his place and presented to the Chair a bill, entitled "An act authorizing the sale of certain articles and the performance of certain labor on the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday."

Which was committed to the Committee on Judiciary General.

Mr. McPherson read in his place and presented to the Chair a bill, entitled "An act making an appropriation to the Todd Hospital, of Carlisle, Pennsylvania."

Which was committed to the Committee on Appropriations.

Mr. Thomas read in his place and presented to the Chair a bill, entitled "An act to fix the number and salaries of officers, clerks and other employes in the Department of Mines."

Which was committed to the Committee on Judiciary General.

He also read in his place and presented to the Chair a bill, entitled "An act making an appropriation to the trustees of the State Hospital for Injured Persons of the Anthracite Coal Region of Pennsylvania, at Fountain Springs, near Ashland Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania."

Which was committed to the Committee on Appropriations.

He also read in his place and presented to the Chair a bill, entitled "An act to amend paragraph sixteen of section one of an act, entitled 'An act to regulate the publication, binding and distribution of the public documents of this Commonwealth,' approved