NEW PROPOSITIONS
The following described bills were introduced, read the first time and severally referred to appropriate Committees unless otherwise stated:
By Mr. BENZ [S. 76] to amend Section 6 of the homestead law of March 29, 1879, exempting from sale and execution, and exempting certain personal property. It was referred to the Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. FOULKE [S. 78 77 ] to amend Section 272 of the act approved April 14, 1881, concerning public officers, so as to conform to his bill providing for a registration. It was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. MAGEE [S. 78] to amend Section 2 of the act to establish a State Bureau of Statistics, approved March 29, 1879. It was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. RISTINE [S. 79] to amend Section 4 of the act establishing a Bureau of Statistics so as to extend the power of the Chief to call for facts. It amends Section 7 by fixing a penalty, as to foreign corporations doing business in the State, for refusal to furnish facts when applied for.
It was referred to the Judiciary Committee.
By Mr. SPANN [S. 89 80 ] to regulate charges for fare on sleeping cars and the management of the same in this State-[fifty cents fare for each 100 miles traveled.] It was referred to the Committee on Railroads.
By Mr. VAN VORHIS [S. 81] to amend Section 30 of the general city incorporation law, approved March 14, 18[?]7, [relating to the City Prosecutor]- shall be allowed the same fees as County Prosecutor. It was referred to the Committee on Corporations.
By Mr. FOULKE [S. 82] to amend the act approved April 2, 1881, being Section 4,688 of the Revised Statutes of 1881, concerning Boards of Election, so as to conform to his bill for the registration of voters. It was referred to the Committee on Elections.
By Mr. FLETCHER [S. 84] defining cruelty to animals, describing it a misdemeanor, and for the destruction of certain animals. It was referred to the Judiciary Committee.
