Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-02-16
M4INE LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.

Papers from the House disposed Of m con-
currence.
On m tion Of Mr.. WAKEFIELD.
Ordered. That when the Senate adJourns.
il be to meet on MONDAY at O'Clock r. NJ.
Mr.. HAYES of Cumberland. from the Com
mittee o, Financial Affairs. on order in ret.
erence 10 the paw of W. j. Smith, Folder OF
the last House. reported resolve IN his FAVOR.
which received passage
Same Senator. from same committee. on
order in reference 10 mileage Of members OF
the legislature. reported legislation inexpe-
dent. Accepted.
Mr. Cornish. from the committee 10 wnicn
WAS referred an order inquiring rs to the
raising Of more money for school purposes
reported IL .,isla,ion ineNpedient. Accepted
During the temporary absence OF the RES
ident. Senator Bradford was called to the
chair ,,
Under a suspension of the rules. Mr.. Flint
presented the petition of David Sanders and
others. relating TO fisheries. Referred to the
Committee on Fisheries.
Mr.. HARRIS presented bill an act TO pre-
vent the obstruction Of business on certain
publjc corporations. The following Is the
full text of the bill:
An act TO prevent the obstruction of bust
ness on certain public corporations.
BE II enacted &c.
See. |. ANY employee ola railroad cOrpo-
ration who. ir pursuance of an agree
ment or combination by two or more persons
to do or procure to be done. any act In con-
temptation or furtherance of dispute be-
tween such corporation and its employees.
shall unlawfully or in violation of his duty or
contract stop or unnecessarily delay or aban-
don. or in any way injure locomotive or any
a. of
such corporation, or in any way hinder or OBJ
struct the use of any locomotive, car or train
of cars on the railway of such corporation.
shall. upon conviction. be liable to fine not
exceeding five hundred dollars or imprison-
ment in the state prison or in the county Jail
not exceeding one year.
Sec. .. Whosoever. by any Unlawful act.
or by any willful omission or neglect, shall
obstruct or cause to be Obstructed any en-
CINE or carriage on any railway, or shall aid
OF assist therein: or whatsoever. having
charge of any engine or carriage while upon
or in use on any railway Of any railroad cor
poration, shall willfully stop. leave or aban-
don the same. or render. or aid or assist in
rendering the same unfit for or incapable of
immediate use, with intent thereby to hinder,
delay, or in any manner to Obstruct or in
jure the management and operation of any
railroad, or the business of any corporation
operating or owning the same, or Of any
other corporation or person, or whoever
shall aid or assist therein, shall, upon con-
viction, be liable to Il fine not exceeding one
thousand dollars. or imprisonment in the
State prison or in the county Jail not exceed
ing two years.
Sec. 8. Whoever having any management
Of, or any control either alone or with others,
over any railroad locomotive, car or train
while being used for the carriage of persons
or property, or at any time is guilty of gross
carslessness or neglect on or in relation to the
management or control of the same; or shall
maliciously stop or delay the same, in viola
ton of the rules and regulations then in force
for the operation and running of the same or
abstract therefrOm the tools and appliances
pertaining thereto. with intent thereby ma
liciously to delay the same, shall, upon con-
viction, be liable to a fine not exceeding one
thousand dollars or Imprisonment in the state
prison or in the county Jail not exceeding
three years.
Sec. 1. Any person who alone, or in pur-
suance or furtherance of any agreement or
combination with others, to do, or procure
to be done, any act in contemplation
orfurtherance of dispute or controversy be-
tween gas, telegraph or railroad corporation
IL,
fully or without legal authority use violence
towards or iniimidate any person in any
way or by any means, with intent thereby
to compel such person against his will to do,
or abstain from doing, any act which such
person has a legal right to do or abstain from
doing; or shall on the premises of such cor
poration induce or endeavor or attempt to in
duce such person to leave the employ and SER
vice of such corporation by bribery or in any
manner OF by any means, with intent thereby
to further the objects of such combination or
agreement; or shall in any way interfere with
such person while in the performance of his
duty; or shall threaten or persistentlv follow
such person in disorderly manner, or injure
or threaten to injure his property with said
intents. or either Of them, shall, upon convic-
ton, be liable to fine not exceeding three
hundred dollars, or Imprisonment in the
county Jail not exceeding three months.
Sec. .. Any person in the employ Of a
railroad corporation, who shall, in further
ance of the interests Of either party to a dis
pute between another railroad corporation
and its employees. refuse to aid in moving
the cars of such other corporation, or trains
in whole or in part made up of the cars of such
other corporation, over the tracks of the corpor-
alton employing him; or refuse to aid in load
ing or discharging such cars. in violation of
his duty as such employee, shall, upon con.
viction. be liable to a fine not exceeding five
hundred dollars or Imprisonment in tina State
prison or in the county Jail not exceeding one
year.
The bill was referred to the Committee on
Railroads.
An act to amead section 80 of the public
laws OF 1879, coming up on its passage to be
engrossed, was, on motion of Mr. HAYES
amended by adding to the title '.relating to
crimes formerly capital" 1t was then passed
READ AND ASSIGNED.
Resolve in favor of John NJ. Thurlow: an
act to amend acts relating to the municipal
court for the city of Lewiston.
PASSED TO BE ENGRossEp
An act to change the name Of the trustees
Of the fund for the support of the Episcopate
Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese
OF Maine; an act to amend chapter 80 of the
public laws of 1879, relating to crimes for
merry capital an act to amend an act to in
corporate the city of Rockland in relation
to the election of Mayor
FINALLY PASSED.
Resolve for the appointment Of a commits
sion to revise the militia laws.
On motion of Mr. SMITH,
Adjourned.