and fifteen (Pamphlet Laws eight hundred and ninety-five)), entitled An act authorizing township school districts which entirely sur round a city or borough to acquire in such city or borough lands, and to erect thereon buildings for high school purposes, and exempting property so acquired from taxation by such city, borough or school district thereof, and authorizing such township school directors to enter upon and occupy sufficient ground for such high school purposes, and providing for the determination of damages done and suffered by the owners of the land by reason of the taking thereof for such high school purposes."" And said bill having been read at length the second time and agreed to, Ordered, to be transcribed for a third reading. Agreeably to order, The rule requiring bills to be considered in committee of the whole being in this case dispensed with, The Senate proceeded to the second reading and consideration of Senate bill No. 665 (House bill No. 395), entitled "An act regulating the sale, conveyance, transfer of disposition of second hand motor vehicles, requiring the making and filing of sworn descriptions thereof and statements in relation thereto; regulating the registry of such vehicles; imposing certain duties on the State Highway Commissioner relative to such stolen vehicles; forbidding the removal, defacement, alteration, destruction, obliteration or concealment of the trademarks, identification numbers, serial numbers or other distinguishing marks of motor vehicles or the having possession of motor vehicles or parts thereof on or from which such trade or other distinguishing marks or numbers have been removed, defaced, altered, destroyed, oblitrated or concealed; imposing certain duties upon deputy sheriffs, constables, police officers and proprietors of public garages; prohibiting the registration of motor vehicles subject to the provisions of this act. unless in compliance with its terms providing for the licensing of the business of dealing in second-hand motor vehicles, and fixing penalties for violation of the provisions of this act, and providing that the making of a false affidavit under the provisions of this act shall be perjury and shall be punishable as such." And said bill having been read at length the second time and agreed to, Orderd, To be transcribed for a third reading. Agreeably to order, The rule requiring bills to be considered in committee of the whole being in this case dispensed with, The Senate proceeded to the second reading and consideration of Senate bill No. 670, entitled "An act to amend section two of an act approved the eleventh day of July, Anno Domini one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, entitled 'An act to regulate the importation into the State of Pennsylvania of dependent, delinquent or defective children, and providing a penalty for the violation thereof,' so as to reduce the amount of the indemnity bond in favor of the State of Pennsylvania from ten thousand dollars to one thousand dollars." And said bill having been read at length the second time and agreed to, Ordered, To be transcribed for a third reading. Agreeably to order, The rule requiring bills to be considered in committee of the whole being in this case dispensed with, The Senate proceeded to the second reading and consideration of Senate bill No. 679, entitled “An act making an appropriation to the Homeopathic State Hospital for the Insane at Allentown, Pennsyl vania." And said bill having been read at length the second time and agreed to, Ordered, To be transcribed for a third reading. Agreeably to order, The rule requiring bills to be considered in committee of the whole being in this case dispensed with, The Senate proceeded to the second reading and consideration of Senate bill No. 699, entitled "An act to amend an act to amend an act, approved the eleventh day of May, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, entitled 'An act to provide for the appointment of county and city inspectors of weights and measures; providing for their com pensation and expenses; prescribing their duties; prohibiting vendors from giving false or insufficient weights, and fixing the penalties for the violation. of the provisions hereof,' approved the twenty-fourth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen." And said bill having been read at length the second time and agreed to, Ordered, To be transcribed for a third reading. Agreeably to order, The rule requiring bills to be considered in committee of the whole being in this case dispensed with, The Senate proceeded to the second reading and consideration of Senate bill No. 705 (House bill No. 954), entitled "An act to amend section six of an act approved the nineteenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and eleven (Pamphlet Laws ten hundred and fiftyfive), entitled 'An act authorizing the release on probation of certain convicts instead of imposing sentences, the appointment of probation and parole officers and the payment of their salaries and expenses, regulating the manner of sentencing convicts in certain cases, and providing for their release on parole, their conviction of crime during parole, and their rearrest and reconviction for breach of parole, and extending the powers and duties of boards of prison inspectors of penitentiaries." And said bill having been read at length the second time and agreed to, Ordered, To be transcribed for a third reading. Agreeably to order, The rule requiring bills to be considered in committee of the whole being in this case dispensed with, The Senate proceeded to the second reading and consideration of Senate bill No. 714 (House bill No. 361), entitled "An act relating to criminal procedure before aldermen, justices of the peace and magistrates in cases, of assault and battery, and providing for the assessment of costs in such cases upon the prosecutor, defendant or the county, and the commitment of the prosecutor or defendant in case of default." And said bill having been read at length the second time and agreed to, Ordered, To be transcribed for a third reading. Agreeably to order, The rule requiring bills to be considered in committee of the whole being in this case dispensed with, The Senate proceeded to the second reading and consideration of Senate bill No. 755, entitled "A joint resolution proposing an amend ment to article nine, section seven, of the Constitution of Pennsylvania." And said bill having beeen read at length the second time and agreed to, Ordered, To be transcribed for a third reading. Agreeably to order, The rule requiring bills to be considered in committee of the whole being in this case dispensed with, The Senate proceeded to the second reading and consideration of Senate bill No. 775 (House bill No. 935), entitled "An act to amend section two, article one, of an act approved the eighth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight (Pamphlet Laws three hundred and ninety-nine), entitled "An act relative to the Berks county prison and to discharged convicts." And said bill having been read at length the second time and agreed to, Ordered, To be transcribed for a third reading. Agreeably to order, The rule requiring bills to be considered in committee of the whole being in this case dispensed with, The Senate proceeded to the second reading and consideration of Senate bill No. 843, entitled "A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, so as to consolidate the courts of common pleas of Philadelphia county." And said bill having been read at length the second time and agreed to, Ordered, to be transcribed for a third reading. Agreeably to order, The rule requiring bills to be considered in committee of the whole. being in this case dispensed with, The Senate proceeded to the second reading and consideration of Senate bill No. 844, entitled "An act prohibiting children between eight and fourteen years of age, unaccompanied by their parents or other responsible adult, attending without permits, moving picture theatres during certain hours, and providing penalties.” And said bill having been read at length the second time and agreed to, Ordered, to be transcribed for a third reading. Agreeably to order, The rule requiring bills to be considered in committee of the whole being in this case dispensed with, The Senate proceeded to the second reading and consideration of Senate bill No. 862, entitled “An act fixing the salaries of the county engineer and deputy county engineer in counties containing a popu lation of more than eight hundred thousand and less than one million four hundred thousand." And said bill having been read at length the second time and agreed to. Ordered, To be transcribed for a third reading. Agreeably to order, The rule requiring bills to be considered in committee of the whole being in this case dispensed with, The Senate proceeded to the second reading and consideration of Senate bill No. 893, entitled, “An act fixing the salary and compensation of the sheriff in certain counties." And said bill having been read at length the second time and agreed to, Ordered, To be transcribed for a third reading. Agreeably to order, The rule requiring bills to be considered in committee of the whole being in this case dispensed with, The Senate proceeded to the second reading and consideration of Senate bill No. 915, entitled "An act making an appropriation to the Water Supply Commission of Pennsylvania to continue the work upon the Pymatuning Swamp Reservoir." And said bill having been read at length the second time and agreed to, Ordered, To be transcribed for a third reading. Agreeably to order, The rule requiring bills to be considered in committee of the whole being in this case dispensed with, The Senate proceeded to the second reading and consideration of Senate bill No. 935 (House bill No. 1218), entitled "An act to amend an act approved the twenty-sixth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine (Pamphlet Laws sixty-four), entitled 'An act to prevent the deterioration of stock by animals running at large on public highways of this Commonwealth,' extending the same to animals going beyond or outside the enclosures of their owners and straying upon the lands of others and to provide for the impounding of strays and for indemnity for damages done by strays." And said bill having been read at length the second time and agreed to, Ordered, to be transcribed for a third reading. Agreeably to order, The rule requiring bills to be considered in committee of the whole being in this case dispensed with, The Senate proceeded to the second reading and consideration of Senate bill No. 941 (House bill No. 417), entitled "An act to further amend section one thousand four hundred twelve in article fourteen of an act approved the eighteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and eleven (Pamphlet Laws three hundred nine), entitled 'An act to establish a public school system in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, together with the provisions by which it shall be administered, and prescribing penalties for the violation thereof; providing revenue to establish and maintain the same and the method of collecting such revenue and repealing all laws, general, special or local, or any parts thereof, that are or may be inconsistent therewith,' as amended." And said bill having been read at length the second time and agreed to, Ordered, To be transcribed for a third reading, Agreeably to order, The rule requiring bills to be considered in committee of the whole being in this case dispensed with, |