PUBLIC OFFENSES.
The consideration of the bill [H. R. 393] concerning public offenses and their punishment, was resumed, commencing at Section 376.
On motion by Mr. CHAPMAN, an additional section was adopted in these words: "Every person undergoing imprisonment in any Prison or Jail upon a conviction for any public offense shall be disfranchised during the period of such imprisonment.
Mr. VAN VORHIS offered an amendment, which was adopted, fixing severe penalties for the sale of diseased meats or for any article of food or drink when sold for something other than than it really may be. The object of the amendment is to check the sale of oleomargarine.
Mr. WILSON offered an amendment, which was adopted, fixing a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $500 for attendance upon prize fights The amendment does not admit the attendance of newspaper reporters.
On motion by Mr. CHAPMAN, an amendment was added to protect the property of Public Libraries.
Mr. WOOD offered an amendment which was adopted, imposing a fine not less than $10 nor more than $29 on anyone letting or loaning a seine for the purpose of fishing in any lake or stream in this State in violation of the provisions of this act.
Mr. VAN VORHIS offered an amendment, that whoever shall knowingly sell to any person or deliver to any cheese or butter manufactory any milk diluted with water or in any way adulterated, or milk from which any cream has been taken, or milk, commonly known as "skimmed milk," or shall keep back any part of the milk known as "strippings," with intent to defraud, or shall knowingly sell milk from any diseased cow, or cow fed upon the refuse of distilleries or breweries, or shall knowingly use any poisonous or deleterious material in the manufacture of cheese or butter, shall be fined not less than $50 nor more than $500.
The amendment was adopted.
On motion by Mr. GARRIGUS, the words "grown within this State" were stricken out of the prohibition against adulterating "any wine made from grapes grown within this State."
A vote on the report of a Special Committee on the section permitting pool selling at horse races--which was postponed on Saturday morning till a quorum shall appear--was now taken by yeas and nays, but no quorum voting, the roll-call was laid aside by unanimous consent till other Senators shall come in. Subsequently, after a sufficient number of Senators had appeared the vote was completed and the result announced--yeas, 13; nays, 24.
So the report was not concurred in.
Eleven Committee and eleven other amendments were adopted.
