SENATE BILLS READ THE FIRST TIME.
The bills [ . 110] to license and regulate the business of pawn brokers; [S. 75] enabling the owners of wet lands to drain the same; [S. 119] legalizing acts of the Board of Trustees of Monroeville; [S. 82] touching guardian and ward; [S. 142] regarding the adoption of heirs; [S. 103] to protect the property of Public Libraries; [S. 161] authorizing the appointment of short-hand reporters in Courts; [S. 183] authorizing the issuance of military stores to certain Colleges; [S. 179] legalizing the employment of persons to discover unassessed property.
Were severally read the first time,
The bill [S. 271] concerning proceedings in civil cases was read the first time by title only and made a special order for to-morrow morning.
The bill [S. 214] concerning drainage; [S. 2] to repeal the whistling law of March 29, 1879: [S.97] to appropriate real estate for school purposes,
Were severally read the first time.