

PENNSYLVAN1 \. 



An u laws provides ilmt 



no candidate's name shall apj-ear more than n< 



on I la* official Itallnt. Tin- paxmelit of the oecli|a- 

 lion or (mil tax ili.-r than 



himself is prohibited, and ano toe assessment -f 



|M>litii-al contributions fr.-m orti. , i - of the Mate r 



ities. and any demand f<>r MX i 

 trilmt. 



A school law that was enact,, | the 



rv districts a largvr share ..f the $5.500,000 

 fund n't I In- exjieiiM' of the more populous di-: 



school ag? i* raised fn>in thirteen 



Inn i! npts children between fourteen and 



:irly cmpl 





rovides that "in nnv civil action 



for liU-l the plea of justification shall IN- accepted 



n adequate when it i> pleaded by the defendant 



that the publication i- substantially Inn- in 



material respect and i- proper for pultlic informa- 



f such a plea shall U- established to the 



.iciimi of the court and jury there shall be in> 



In no civil action for libel shall dan 

 be awarded U-\,.nd jn-t restitution for injury actu- 

 ally sustained 



A r<ad bill that passed in>\ : !< - f i 

 inent for nad purjM>ses: tije act goes into elTect 

 aftT $500,000 shall have been appropriated by the 

 to In- distributed in pro|ortion to the number 

 of miles of public road* in each township; no town- 

 ship is to receive more State money than it raises 

 by local taxation. 



A division of forestry was created in the Depart- 

 ment ..f Agriculture, with a commissioner of for- 

 estry to serve for four year-. 



Another act pn\id<-> that the owner of land hav- 

 ing on it forest or timU-r trees of not less than .'( 

 trees to the acre, each tree to measure at 1 

 inches in diameter (' feet above the ground, with no 

 (Mtrtion of the land absolutely cleared of the tn -. 

 shall IN- entitled \n receive annually during the 

 |eriod that the tree- an- maintained in sound con- 

 dition a MIIII equal to so p,-r cent, of all taxes annu- 

 ally assessed and paid upon the land. 



toother a-t provide* that the Fore>t Commis- 

 sioner may bid in for the State any lands offered 

 for sale fo'r taxes which he thinks an- desirable for 

 forest reservations. 



Still another act provides for taking by the State 

 under the right of eminent domain and paying for 

 the three forest reservations as follows : One of not 

 less than 40,000 acres upon waters that flow mainly 

 into Delaware river, one of not less than l 

 acres upon waters that flow mainly into Su*|ii.- 

 hanna river, and one of not less than 40.(KM 

 upon waters that flow mainly into Ohio river. 



The following bills 



hibiting and punishing the circulation or 

 sending of anonymous letters containing HU-lous 

 or defamatory matter. 



Prohibitingaduitcration of drugs and fixing pen- 



r it. 



inn ing boroughs to make appropriations f,, r 

 public libraries. 



Providing for recording of legal instrun 

 mad* by married wot 



Th- appropriation i,jn s till 



nft.r the adjournment, disallowBtl i cut 



down others. Among those signed were 1 : For new 

 buildings of the insane hospital in HarrM.nrg. 

 $167,000: for the school for training deaf chil- 

 dren in speech ticfore they an ..f s<.},, M ,l ape> |UJ6.- 

 the hospital for injured persons of the 

 anthracite-coal region. $70.fKK i : IVi,n*ylvaniji 

 College. f87^332.-"0 : t"niver^i:y ..f |v n n*yl- 

 $200,000; Lehigh rniv, r ty. $150,000 : school 

 among Cornplanter Indians. * 4<m : nautical schrtol- 

 .. > Philadelphia Polyclinic and College 



i Medicine. $25,000; mnsenms and 

 i .-f imliiMrial Arts. $.|o.(NNi; for Investiga- 

 tion of the disea.scs of d<>mc*tic animals, s].-,,,,,,,. 

 i of Health and its im-ri:eney fun. I. $62,000; 

 ;>or(atioii of old s,ldiers to and from Chatla- 



i battlefield. *-JII.IMMI; K\.- '111 1 ve Committee 



Chickamauca and Chattanooga I'.alt lelield Connnis- 

 si.-n. ,|s ,,f volunteer^ of tin- 



civil war. > 



( Mher enactments \\ 



:nployei-s , i!|.>Hs iii their 



right to In-long to ial 



[libiting the wearing of insignia <>f lai>- : 

 iti"ii^ iiy nonmeinbeti. 



Me bun-ail of mining in coiinertii.n 

 with the I Depart inent of Internal All 



Aut hori/in^ the transfer of wholesale >r retail 



liquor licenses from one pencil to another and rrom 



one place t, . another. 



Providing for tin- weighing of coal as it . 

 from the miners and before screening. 



To protect the livrx ami lin.bs of miner- (mm the 



langi'i-s resulting from incompetent miners in the 

 anthracite region... 



Providing that any person who shall willfully and 

 maliciously damage or destroy any American flag 

 or llagstalT which now <-r hereafter may be erected 



n any private or public building or place, or on 

 any public or private high\va\ or any public or pri- 

 vate grounds, or use the flag for advert JMiig an\ 

 business or trade, shall be guilty of a felony 

 upon conviction .shall pay a line not exceeding $500 



or suffer imprisonment not exceeding -i\ months. 

 or both. 



Prohibiting importation of cattle into the - 

 unless accompanied by a certificate >how ing t hat 

 they have been subjected to the tuberculin tot and 



are free from di- 



!,' 'gulat ing the employment and providing for 

 the health and -afety of persons when- clothing. 

 cigarettes, cigars, and certain other articles are 



made. 



Ke.jiiiring the branding of ch. 



Resolutions were passed expn-ssjn^ >\ ni|'athy 

 with Cuba ami requesting the PennajiTanil Con- 

 gressmen to vote for bills increasing the s.,| : ,rjex of 

 railway postal clerks ami making tin- Vicksburg 

 battlefield a national park. 



The Legislature attended the dedication of the 

 (irant monument in New York in April. There 

 was some trouble over the bill for the exjjenses, 

 which amounted to $7.500. It was cut to s: 

 and then vetoed by the (inventor. The greater iart 

 of the bill was for catering on board a boat \\hidi 

 the '-(.mmittee leased fr, r the day for $500. The 

 charge for the wines and UquOTl fnrni^ied was 

 ..60. and for cigars $4.'ii. 



'.mmissjon appointed by the Legislature of 

 I'sii.'i to ascertain the be<t methods of utili/inur con- 

 vict labor M as not to interfere with legitimate in- 

 dustries submitted its report, in which it wa- 

 gested that convicts might be -mp|oyed to furnish 

 supplies for the charitable institutions and in work 

 on buildings for them, and recommended that ma- 

 chine labor In- dispensed with in the prison-. Tin- 

 commission was continued at it* o\\n request. An 

 appropriation of $5.<MM> was made for its expenses. 



The sfaii. ling committees on public buildings of 



- nate and \\<>\\-t> wen- instructed to act as a 



joint committee to inoiiirc into the cause of the fire 



that destroyed the State Capitol building: the prog- 

 ress of the fire at the lime the fire alarm was given : 

 and the delay of the fire department to respond, sis 

 well as the delay in securing water and cause of the 

 insufficient Supply. .More in reference to this matter 

 mav be found under the head "The Capitol." 



umittees were appointed to investigate the 



