NEW PROPOSITIONS.
The following bills were introduced, read the first time and referred to appropriate Committees:
By Mr. SHAFFER [S. 321]: To amend Section 22 of an act concerning inclosures, partitions and trespassing animals, approved June 4, 1852. [In relation to fences, each party shall give eight feet, so as to leave a lane of sixteen feet where they refuse to join.]
By Mr. VOYLES [S. 322.] To amend Sections 17 and 18 of an act providing for the organization of County Boards, approved June 17, 1852. [So as to authorize Boards of Commissioners to issue bonds, upon which interest may be payable semi-annually instead of annually, as the law now is.] The author of the bill believes that it will materially aid in the negotiation of County bonds if interest can be collected on them semi-annually.
By Mr. HEFRON [S. 323]: To amend Section 22 of the act of May 14, 1856, relating to decedents' estates. [Under the present law, when a man dies without issue, intestate, leaving a widow surviving and leaving neither father or mother, the whole of his property goes to his widow, and at her death it all goes to her heirs. The amendment proposes to give to the widow one-half in fee and the residue to the brothers and sisters of the deceased husband--provided that if the whole estate does not exceed $2,000, the widow shall take it all.]
By Mr. WILSON [S. 324]: To regulate the business of telegraphing in this State, fixing the rates for telgraphing, etc. [It fixes the uniform rate of twenty-five cents for every telegram of ten words, and at the same ratio from point to point.] The object of this bill is to prevent a consolidated monopoly from charging whatever rate it may please.
