under existing laws. For this reason the bill is not approved. SAML. W. PE No. 16. AN ACT To prohibit the use of any adulteration or imitation of d charitable or penal institution; being supplementary to act for the protection of the public health, and to pr dairy products and fraud in the sale thereof," approv Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and eighty-f penalties and punishment for violations, and the means cedure for the enforcement, thereof. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c.. That it shall not charitable or penal institution, in the State of Pe or furnish to its inmates any substance the manu which is prohibited by section one of the act, en the protection of the public health, and to preve dairy products and fraud in the sale thereof," app first, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred an Section 2. That any officer, agent, steward, or o such charitable or penal institution, who shall the manufacture or sale of which is prohibited by said act of May twenty-one, Anno Domini one th dred and eighty-five, for use in such charitable o or who shall knowingly cause such substance to mates of such charitable or penal institution. guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, sh a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or imp ceeding two years, for each offense, or either of cretion of the court. Section 3. Every person who shall sell or off officer, agent, steward, or other official of any c institution any substance the manufacture or sa hibited by section one of the said act of May Domini one thousand eight hundred and eighty-fi charitable or penal institution, shall be deemed meanor, and, upon conviction, shall be punished ceeding one thousand dollars, or by imprisonm two years, or either or both, at the discretion of Section 4. The Dairy and Food Commissioner Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Executive Department, Harrisburg, March 31, 1905. orable, the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: : I return herewith, without my approval, House bill tled “An act to prohibit the use of any adulteration or dairy products in any charitable or penal institution; mentary to an act, entitled ‘An act for the protection of alth, and to prevent adulteration of dairy products and sale thereof,' approved May twenty-one, Anno Domini d eight hundred and eighty-five, and to prescribe penalishment for violations, and the means and method of r the enforcement thereof." conceived in a spirit of violence. It provides that any haritable or penal institution who shall "buy any submanufacture or sale of which is prohibited by section rt of May twenty-one, one thousand eight hundred and and every person who sells it to him, shall be guilty of or, and, upon conviction, be punished by a fine not exthousand dollars or imprisonment not exceeding two ch offense, at the discretion of the court. The recital f May 21, 1885, is incorrect. The purpose of that act revent the manufacture and sale of the substance de- but to prevent their manufacture and sale "with inthe same as an article of food." There is no suggesundamental thought in the present bill. If the oleagines therein described were used in an institution for ons, it would be an offense within the terms of the act. gnizes a well defined difference between the principles 1 be applied to vendors and vendees. The vendor is know the nature of the article which he sells. A or may not know it. He may be deceived. He may rely ation which turns out to be false. To make the mere hase, without any evidence from which knowledge or y be inferred, a crime, subject to severe punishment, ust. The penalty appears to be disproportionate to the I though clearly established. Imprisonment for two vere punishment for the purchase of "any oleaginous her than butter." In the original act the maximum 00, and the maximum period of imprisonment is thirty we consider that the manufacturer, who must know a. ent, 1905. ommon use bill ation or itution; ction of cts and Domini e penal hod of hat any y subsection ed and ailty of not exng two recital at act ce de th inugges vagin n for e act. ciples lor is s. A ■ rely mere re or ment. o the two nous num irty now Providing for the enlargement of cemeteries already e side the corporate limits of cities, towns and boro acreage thereof for burial purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That whenever or the board of managers of any incorporated in this Commonwealth, the land and the prop ated outside the corporate limits of cities, shall be unable to procure additional land for such cemetery, by increasing the acreage there expedient, by agreement with the owner or ow fair, just and quitable price, it shall and ma board of directors or board of managers, in bel association, to enter upon and occupy sufficien poses; and for all damages done and suffered to the owner or owners of such land, by reason same for the purpose aforesaid, the propert cemetery association shall be pledged and deen it shall and may be lawful for the court of proper county, on application thereto by petiti cemetery association, through the president board of directors or the board of managers, owners of said land, or any of them, in behal jury of viewers, consisting of three discreet a zens of said county, who shall not reside or ow distance of five miles of such land taken, as a a time, not less than twenty nor more than th for said viewers to meet upon said land, of whi days notice shall be given by the petitioners to to the other party. And the said viewers, or any first duly sworn or affirmed faithfully, justly a cide and a true report to make concerning all 1 be submitted to them, and having viewed the p tablish and determine the quantity and value to be used for the purposes aforesaid; and af just valuation and appraisement of the amour which has or may be sustained, and to whom port thereof to the said court. And if dama the report confirmed by the said court, judgr thereon, and, if not paid within thirty days a: judgment, execution to enforce the collection t as in other cases of judgment. And each vie to enlarging cemeteries located on coal or mineral likely to be disturbed by mining operations, nor in he first class. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Executive Department, Harrisburg, March 31, 1905. able, the House of Representatives of the Commenwealth of Pennsylvania: I return herewith, without my approval, .House bill d "An act providing for the enlargement of cemeteristing, and located outside the corporate limits of nd boroughs, by increasing the acreage thereof for S." on of the right of private property is one of the chief hich governments exist. John Hampden aroused the to a life-and-death struggle with the Stuarts, over ship-money, and John Dickinson aroused the Ameriour Revolution, to a like struggle over the proposition government to take a very small proportion of what em, through taxation. So important has this right that our own Constitution declares that all men have right "of acquiring, possessing and protecting propher declares that this right "shall forever remain inonly exception is when the Commonwealth, exerer of the State for the public good and for the public ve danger of our carelessly frittering away that for gton fought and which cost Charles Stuart his head. a frequent device, when one man wants to get posproperty which belongs to another, to organize a corpersuade the Commonwealth to surrender to this corer which ought never to be exercised except for the e Commonwealth itself, looking to the good of the ill proposes to give to another class of corporations inent domain. It provides that in certain cases inetery associations may exercise this unusual power. ated cemetery association should desire to extend ere seems to be no good reason why they should not pay for them, as all individuals conducting business ompelled to do. A careful reading of the bill makes t it is an effort to aid one of two parties in a controI values, in a particular case, and, therefore, that it nor in at, 905. nmen Se bill meterits of of for chief d the few individuals. It is further provided that cemeteries situate within the corporate limit boroughs." Cemeteries are apt to be situa limits of cities, and are, therefore, liable to b if not so situated at the present time. It is cemeteries." It is not to apply to cemeteries first class." It is not to apply to cemeterie mineral lands." Why is this grace accorde lands, and not to the other great interests o and its people? The exceptions are numerou be extended. For these reasons the bill is not approved. over meri sition what right have propin inexerublic for ead. pos cor cor the the ons s in wer. end not ess kes ro No. 18. AN ACT To provide for the better protection of deer and fa wealth, and prescribing penalties for violation of Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That from and this act, it shall be unlawful for more than t Commonwealth to unite or join themselves to or in any other manner, either as watchers or other capacity, in hunting deer or fawn within and each person engaged in such hunt shall meanor, and, upon conviction thereof before tice of the peace of the county wherein the of shall be subject to payment of a fine of ten d for each day thus engaged in hunting. That i violations of any of the provisions of this ac shall have the right to call such person or per accused, as may seem best, as a witness or v may be; and the fact that any one or more called and used as a witness or witnesses sha onerated of any charge preferred, or that mi that specific offense, and shall not prevent an thus set aside, from refusing to testify upon crimination. |