and conditions to be agreed upon by the school directors of the distracts interested." And said bill having been read at length the first time, Ordered, To be laid aside for second reading. Agreeably to order, The Senate proceeded to the first reading and consideration of Senate bill No. 426, entitled "An act creating the townships of each county in this State, bodies corporate for the purpose of constructing, maintaining, widening, straightening and repairing public roads, providing for the organization and prescribing the powers and duties thereof." And said bill having been read at length the first time, Ordered, To be laid aside for second reading. Agreeably to order, The Senate proceeded to the first reading and consideration of Senate bill No. 427 (House No. 236), entitled "An act to regulate the catching or taking within this Commonwealth of bull frogs and terrapin and providing a penalty therefor." And said bill having been read at length the first time, Ordered, To be laid aside for second reading. Agreeably to order, The Senate proceeded to the first reading and consideration of Senate bill No. 428 (House No. 161), entitled "An act to amend section twenty-six of an act, entitled 'An act providing when, how, upon what property and to what extent liens shall be allowed for taxes and for municipal improvements and for the removal of nuisances, the procedure upon claims filed therefore, the methods for preserving such liens and enforcing payment of such claims, the effect of judicial sales of the properties liened and the manner of distributing the proceeds of such sales,' approved the 4th day of June, A. D. 1901, so as to provide a different method of filing, entering, docketing and indexing such liens in certain counties." And said bill having been read at length the first time, Ordered, To be laid aside for second reading. Agreeably to order, The Senate proceeded to the first reading and consideration of Senate bill No. 429, entitled "An act granting a pension to George W. Lightner of Tyrone township, Perry county, Pennsylvania, late of a company known as the 'Curtin Horse Guards' emergency men of 1863, attached to the Twentieth Pennsylvania Cavalry, commanded by Colonel Wyncoop." And said bill having been read at length the first time, Ordered, To be laid aside for second reading. A motion was made by Mr. Sproul, That the Senate do now adjourn. Which was agreed to. Whereupon, The President adjourned the Senate until to-morrow morning at ten o'clock. WEDNESDAY, March 25, 1903. The President in the Chair. Mr. Herst asked and obtained leave of absence for Dr. Danner on account of illness. Mr. Stober, from the Committee on Appropriations, to which was committed a bill, entitled (House No. 348) “An act making an appropriation to the Columbia Hospital, located at Columbia, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania," Reported bill No. 524 without amendment. Mr. Sisson, from the Committee on Game and Fisheries, to which was committed a bill, entitled "An act to amend an act, entitled 'An act to provide for the protection and preservation of game quadrupeds and game birds and song and insectiverous birds and prescribing penalties for the violation of its several provisions,' approved the 4th day of June, A. D. 1897," Reported bill No. 525 with amendment. Mr. Weiss read in his place and presented to the Chair a bill, entitled "An act amending an act, entitled 'An act to provide for the attendance and for reports of attendance of the children in the schools of this Commonwealth, for the enumeration of the children for that purpose and providing computation for the persons making such enumeration; for the appointment of attendance officers, defining their powers and duties and providing for their compensation; for giving the boards of school controllers where they exist or school directors under certain conditions power to designate the schools to which pupils offending under this act shall be sent; for the establishment and maintenance of special schools, defining truancy and incorrigibility as disorderly conduct and providing penalties for the same: And providing for the disposition of truant and incorrigible children: And providing penalties for the violation of any provisions of this act, and providing for reports of employers of children, and withholding a part of the State appropriation from school districts not enforcing this act and for the repeal of the compulsory acts of May 16, 1895, and July 12, 1897, and all acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith, approved the 11th day of July, A. D. 1901." Which was committed to the Committee on Education. Mr. Drury read in his place and presented to the Chair a bill, entitled "An act to repeal the twenty-ninth section of an act, entitled 'An act to incorporate the city of Wilkes-Barre,' approved the 4th day of May, A. D. 1871." Which was committed to the Committee on Municipal Affairs. Mr. McPherson read in his place and presented to the Chair a bill, entitled "An act to protect the employes of any individual, firm, partnership, co-partnership, association and corporation in their right to form, join or belong to labor organization by prescribing penalties for any interference therewith." 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 better protection and preservation of game, game quadrupeds and game birds and prescribing penalties for violation of its several provisions." Which was committed to the Committee on Game and Fisheries. Mr. Sisson read in his place and presented to the Chair a bill, entitled "An act authorizing the boards of school directors of the respective school districts of the Commonwealth, in their discretion, to provide for the maintenance of dependent, neglected, incorrigible or delinquent children under the age of sixteen years in certain cases." Which was committed to the Committe on Judiciary Special. Mr. Calpin read in his place and presented to the Chair a bill, entitled "An act making it the duty of owners, lessees or operators of mines in the Commonwealth to exercise proper care to protect the surface above such mines and providing how and when suits for damages may be brought for a failure to do so." Which was committed to the Committee on Mines and Mining. Agreeably to order, The Senate resumed the consideration of the report of the committe of conference on Senate bill No. 13, entitled "An act defining the powers of the several courts of quarter sessions of the peace within this Commonwealth with reference to the care, treatment and control of dependent, neglected, incorrigible and delinquent children under the age of sixteen years, and providing for the means in which such power may be exercised." Said report having been read. On the question, Will the Senate agree to the same? The yeas and nays were taken agreeably to the provisions of the Constitution, and were as follows, viz: YEAS. Messrs. Berkelbach, Bolard, Calpin, Drury, Fisher, Freeland, Goehring, Grady, Gransback, Grim, Hall, Harrison, Herbst, Hill, Keyser, Matson, McPherson, Miller, Patton, Quail, Roberts, Sisson, Snyder, Sproul, Stewart, Stineman, Stober, Thomas, Weiss, White, Williams, Woods (Allegheny) and Zern—33. NAYS. None. A majority of all the Senators having voted "aye" the question was determined in the affirmative. Ordered, That the Clerk inform the House of Representatives accordingly, Agreeably to order, The Senate resumed the report of the Committee of conference on Senate bill No. 33, entitled "An act to amend sections two and three of an act, entitled 'An act to provide for the adoption of trademarks, labels, symbols or private stamps by any incorporated or unincorporated associations or union or workingmen and to regulate the same,' approved March 21, A. D. 1895, amended by an act approved May 2, A. D. 1901." Said report having been read. On the question, Will the Senate agree to the same? The yeas and nays were taken agreeably to the provisions of the Constitution, and were as follows, viz: YEAS. Messrs. Berkelbach, Bolard, Calpin, Cumings, Drury, Edmiston, Fisher, Focht, Fox, Freeland, Goehring, Grady, Gransback, Grim, Hall, Harrison, Heidelbaugh, Herbst, Hill, Keyser, Matson, McPherson, Miller, Patton, Quail, Roberts, Sisson, Snyder, Sproul, Stewart, Stineman, Stober, Thomas, Weiss, White, Williams, Woods (Allegheny) and Zern-38. None. NAYS. A majority of all the Senators having voted "aye" the question was determined in the affirmative. Ordered, That the Clerk inform the House of Representatives accordingly. The title of the following bills which had passed both houses of the General Assembly, having been publicly read immediately before signing, the President in presence of the Senate, signed the same, viz: Senate No. 75. "An act to amend the first section of an act, entitled 'An act to amend the first section of an act, entitled 'A further supplement to an act, entitled 'An act to incorporate the Pennsylvania Training School for Idiotic and Feeble-Minded Children,' approved the 7th day of April, A. D. 1853, as amended by the supplement approved the 27th day of March, 1862, and amending the first section thereof,' approved the first day of May, 1887, increasing the charge of maintenance from one hundred dollars to one hundred and seventy-five dollars per annum per capita,' approved the 26th day of June, 1895, increasing the charge of maintenance from one hundred and seventy-five dollars to two hundred dollars per annum per capita." Senate No. 134. "A joint resolution providing for the appointment of a commission to select and purchase a silver service for the battleship "Pennsylvania," and making an appropriation therefore, and providing for the appointment of a committee to arrange the presentation exercises." Senate No. 153. "An act to provide for the payment of the expenses of the maintenance and instruction of children committed to Houses of Refuge which are not exclusively under State control jointly by the State, and by the counties from which they may be sent, and providing a method for determining the amount due and collecting the same from said counties." Senate No. 211. "An act to further amend an act, entitled ‘An act relating to marriage licenses providing for officers herein indicated to issue licenses for parties to marry,' approved the 23d day of June, 1885." Senate No. 228. "An act authorizing the courts of common pleas of this Commonwealth to decree the dissolution of certain corporations in certain cases, and to order the sale of their real estate, and make distribution of the proceeds thereof." Senate No. 263. "An act to further amend clause one of the thirtyfirst section of an act, entitled 'An act to provide for the incorporation and regulation of certain corporations,' approved the 29th day of April, A. D. 1874, as amended by an act approved the 25th day of May, A. D. 1887, authorizing and providing the manner of reconstructing or rebuilding old bridges and legalizing those heretofore reconstructed or rebuilt." Senate No. 281. "An act authorizing the boards of township commission ers of townships of the first class to levy and collect a license tax on stages, hacks, carriages and other vehicles carrying persons or property for pay and to limit the rate of fares to be charged therefor." 76 Sen. Jour. |