on of its several provisions."

e of this bill is to make it a misdemeanor for more duals to unite in hunting deer or fawn. This purpose early expressed. The bill then provides, "that in all or violations of any of the provisions of this act, the h shall have the right to call such person or persons he accused, as may seem best, as a witness or witcase may be; and the fact that any one or more perso called and used as a witness or witnesses shall, in onerated of any charge preferred, or that might be premight be preferred, for that specific offence, and shall y person or persons thus set aside from refusing to e ground of self-incrimination." It seems impossible what is meant by this provision.

easons the bill is not approved.

SAML. W. PENNYPACKER.

No. 19.

AN ACT

of securing better police protection for the rural districts of this , the creation and incorporation of police districts, and the of rural police.

e it enacted, &c., That any number of contiguous bornships, or boroughs and townships, either or both, mmonwealth, but not exceeding ten such districts in for the purpose of securing better police protection, corporated into a police district upon obtaining the e court of quarter sessions, as hereinafter provided. Proceedings for the purpose of aforesaid shall be beion, adopted by the borough council of each and every Le board of commissioners of each and every township ss, and by the board of supervisors of each and every e second class, desiring to unite as aforesaid.

pon the adoption of such resolution, the burgess of y borough, the board of commissioners of each and p of the first class, and the board of supervisors of y township of the second class, so desiring to unite, hall jointly petition the court of quarter sessions of which they are situate, to incorporate the said borough township or townships into a police district, to be e district number of county. Said peti

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Section 5. Any taxpayer or taxpayers (male oughs and townships may appear in support o mental petition, or may traverse the allegati answer, in either case filed at least five days b of the rule. Any number of taxpayers may jo in one answer.

Section 6. Upon return day of the rule the session shall examine fully and carefully into t tion, and shall hear all the evidence that may davits, depositions or viva voce testimony, in vention of the allegation of the petition; and payer (male or female) of the district affected to appeal, individually or collectively, in pers contest or support of the petition.

Section 7. If, after the hearing as aforesaid advisable to grant the prayer of the said petiti declare the borough or boroughs in township have joined in the said petition, to be incorpo trict, under the style of police district No. which said police district, so incorporated, sh the powers hereinafter set forth, and no oth erened and controlled as follows:

Section 8. The powers of the said district s affording and assuring of proper police prot of the persons and property of the inhabitan powers shall be exercised by a board of three dents of the boroughs or townships included in not more than two shall be residents of the sa ship. The term of office of the members of th three years, beginning April first, and they sufficient cause, by the court at any time. board, due to death, disability or removal, shal of the councils of each and every borough, of t commissioners of each and every township of of the board of supervisors of each and every ond class, included within the proper police dis vention met.

Section 9. Male taxpayers only shall be eli police commissioner created by this act; and any State, county, borough or township office. the United States Government, or who is in

led in the said police district, who shall meet for that e day after the election, at the most central pollingthe said police district. The candidates having the er of votes, respectively, shall be deemed as elected, ng that they may have received a majority of all the a case of a tie, no matter how many candidates may ht of the office shall be determined by lot; and in case the election of more than one commissioner, succesbe taken until the election of a full board is deterto be cast within two days after the result of the elecaced.

The said board of police commissioners shall organize ek after the first day of April, and shall proceed to eir number as president. They shall appoint a secre 11 act as treasurer of the board, and who shall be a e board, and shall fix his salary. They shall hold gs, at least once a month, and special meetings at the esident or of any two members of the Board. Two e board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction xcept the appointment of policemen. The commisreceive no compensation for their services under this

The said board shall have power to commission a mber of policemen to afford the necessary police prohout the district, and to provide police headquarters and all such other things as are necessary for the proa police department, and generally, to take all needsecuring the safety of persons and property within the uding the arrest and confinement of vagrants, who, der the authority of the police district, may be comx on the roads of the township or borough in which sted. The powers of the district policemen, so comall be the same as are now conferred upon police offi ips of the first class, and their jurisdiction shall be e district for which they are appointed. They shall powers or jurisdiction, and their jurisdiction in servshall be limited to cases in which the constables withare incompetent or unable to act.

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Section 16. It shall be the duty of the board a sum as may be for their organization, an est expenses of maitenance of the police force including the erection of necessary buildings necessary paraphernalia, exclusive of uniform statement to the borough councils, commissi of the boroughs and townships composing their the first day of June in each year; and the boar ment, apportion the aforesaid amounts amo and townships, in proportion to the assessed estate situated therein. The proportion of t lotted, shall be a charge upon the respective and it shall be, and it is hereby made, the dut missioners or supervisors of the aforesaid bo to levy a cash tax, which shall be sufficient to portioned to them by the board. And upon 1 and signed by the president of the board and tary thereof, the proper borough and townshi sue their warrant to the borough or townshi him to pay over to the board the proceeds of such times and in such amounts as may be r But in case a cash tax for the erection of bu too heavy a burden for that year, the borough ties may borrow money, and issue bonds the limitations prescribed by the Constitution a monwealth. The accounts of the board shall ditors of all the boroughs and townships ind trict, or a majority of them, in general conven

Section 17. In case of the incorporation o under this act, between the first day of Febru of December of any year, the court of quar point three commissioners, qualified as afore board of Commissioners for the said distric ceeding election, and until their successors are

Section 18. In case a police district shall less than the maximum number of boroughs tioned in section one of this act, any adjoini

on all taxpayers, male and female, shall be entitled to a certificate of the return of the said election being he said court, the said court shall decree that the or townships shall no longer form part of the said or shall dismiss the petition, as the case may be. All laws or parts of laws inconsistent herewith are

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,

Executive Department, Harrisburg, March 31, 1905.

ble, the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania:

I return herewith, without my approval, House bill d “An act for the purpose of securing better police he rural districts of this Commonwealth, the creation tion of police districts, and the establishment of

is to provide for a very proper subject of legislation, n carefully considered. It arranges a system for the 2 boroughs and townships into police districts, and he appointment of policemen within such districts. gins, "Proceedings for the purpose of aforesaid shall solution, adopted by the borough council." There is ± redundancy of words. Section three provides for a court of quarter session of the county "in which they incorporate the said borough or boroughs in townips into a police district." There is here an evident s. The same section further provides, "said petition iled with the clerk of the court at least four weeks urn day of the rule to show cause why the prayer of all not be allowed." The date of the filing of the refore, to be determined by reference to a future ununknown at the time the petition is filed. Section eeds to direct that the court shall grant a rule to y the prayer of the petition shall not be allowed, the first day of the term next ensuing the date of e petition." Assuming that the first day of the next st Monday of June, and that the petition should be e day late in the month of May, the four weeks reon three will not have intervened. The correct plan en to allow the petition to be filed, and then to fix ter when an application for a rule may be made.