The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-03-22

per aunum and reimbursement for necessary
expenses incurred Ill the discharge of his
duties. The secretary shall be an ex-officio
member of the hoard of trustees of the State
College of Agriculture; also of the board of
commissioners relative to contagious diseases
in cattle.
has been included within the limits of the
Knox Agricultural Society.
SAVINGS BANKS.
The savings bank law, has been amended so
that pro rata dividend may be declared by
the court whether all or only portion of the
assets have been reduced to money, whenever
the court shall deem it for tho interest of the
depositors and the public
APPROPRIATIONS.
An appropriation of $4,000 has been made
for the Maine Industrial School for Girls at
HallOwell.
The trustees of the State Insane Hospital
have been authorized to erect an additional
building on 5he hospital premises at a cost not
exceeding $4,000, to be completed in 1881.
The sum of $4,000 has been appropriated
for the benefit of the State Prison, of which
1916 900 will go toward paying the liabilities of
that institution.
Resolves have passed appropriating $4,000
for the payment of liabilities incurred in pre-
serving and protecting public property under
the direction of Gov. Garcelon, Gen. Chamber
lain and Gov. Davis, and appropriating $500
for the Houlton and Barring road in Indian
township, Washington county.
$1,000 has been appropriated to pay the ex-
penses attendant upon the investigation of the
election returns and expenditure of public
moneys and 5000 for paying the expenses of
the bribery investigating committee.
The sum OF $3,575 has been appropriated to
be expended under the direction of the Fish
Commissioners, for the propagation of fish.
NAVIGATION.
Our Senators and Representatives in Con-
gress have been requested to use their efforts
to have general pilot law enacted and to
compel the builders of the suspension bridge
| across the East River, New York city, to place
| the roadway at such height as shall not OBJ
struct or impede navigation
The law relating to liens on vessels has been
amended SO that whenever vessel shall have
been attached and the expense of retaining
possession shall be great or the vessel liable to
| depreciate in value any attaching creditor, or
owner of vessel may in term time vacation,
| petition a justice of the Supreme Judicial
Court for the vessel to be sold, and the Justice
may order hearing
Assembly of New York to amend the He'll
| Gate pilot laws of that State so that no half
| pllotage shall be expacted from our vessels
| using He'll Gate passage.
The Lake Auburn Mineral Spring Co. has
| been given the exclusive right to navigate
| Wilson pond in Auburn by steam.
TRAMPs.
A law has passed for the punishment of
tramps. 1t provides that if any person goes
| about begging or subsisting upon charity it
| shall be evidence that he is tramp, and he is
| punishable by Imprisonment at hard labor in
| the State prison not more than fifteen months.
| Tramps entering any dwelling house, or kim
| ding any fire in the highway or on the land
| of another without the consent of the owner
or occupant. or found carrying dangerous
| weapons or threatening to do injury to any per-
son or to real or personal estate, shall be pun
| ished by imprisonment at hard labor in the
| State prison not more than two years. Any
| tramp who shall wilfully and maliciously in
jure any person, or real or personal estate,
| shall be punished by imprisonment at hard
| labor in the State prison not more than five
| years. Any act of beggary or vagrancy by any
| person not a resident of Maine, shall be evil
dence that he is tramp. Any person may
| apprehend a tramp and take him before mag
istrate. Authority is given for the appoint
| ment OF special constables in cities and towns
| for the arrest of tramps The law does not ap-
| ply to any female or minor under fourteen
| years of age, nor to any blind person. Discre-
| ton is given the courts imposing sentence to
| sentence for shorter term than one year.
MINING COMPANIES.
| The Acton consolidated Mining and Milling
Company has been incorporated with capital
stock not to exceed $1.2OOOOO. The incor-
porators are Geo. 2. Wescott, George Walker,
James Bailey, Weston F. Milliken, Hanson
Gregory, ST., John e. Palmer, Benz. Barnes,
Jr., John S. Morris, Payson Tucker. Ferguson
| Haines, VIM. H. Moulton, Clarence Hale,
| Clark H. Barker, Chas. NJ Rice, James E.
Sturges, Chas. Mccarthy, Jr., Stephen Jen-
| nings, and Frank G.. Stevens. Authority is
given to purchase the property of the Acton
Silver mining Company, Portland Acton
Silver Mining Company, Forest City Silver
| Mining Company and Boston Acton Silver
Mining Company, and the sale dissolves those
for limo fl,otr
affairs. The corporation is authorized to
construct a line of telegraph from its mines to
any point in Lebanon on the line of the Port
land & Rochester railroad.
The law eXempting mining companies from
taxation has been restored.
The Hampden Silver Mining Company and
the Dunton Silver Mining Company of Ramp
den have been consolidated with a capital
stock of 81 100000.
The time for organizing the Maine Mining
Company has been extended to June 4, 1880.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
Resolves were passed providing for an
amendment of the constitution, changing the
term of Office of Senators and Representatives
SO that they will hold office two years from the
day next preceding the biennial meeting OF the
legislature, and the amendment proposed if
adopted at the September election this year
shall determine the term of office of Senators
and Representatives to be elected at the same
annual election as we'll as those elected there
after.
The statutes have been amended as required
by the amendment to the constitution, provid-
ing for biennial elections and sessions of the
legislature.
Authority has been given for amending the
legislative records of last winter in relation to
the vote on biennial elections according to the
fact. By some inadvertence it does not appear
that two-thirds vote was recorded in the
journals as was the fact.
STATE VALUATION.
The public laws of 1879, in relation to the
State valuation were amended so that Sec. of
Chap. 161, now provides that assessors of cities,
towns and plantations shall also produce or
cause to be produced before the present or any
future legislature, for their examination, the
full original or full copies of the original poll
lists and valuation lists, duly certified. and
sworn to by the assessors, for 1879.
LIQUOR LAW.
The statutes have been amended in relation
to common nuisances and the sale of intoxcat-
ing liquors so that club houses where liquor is
kept are common nuisances prohibits the sale
of cider in quantities less than five gallons
when kept or deposited with intent to sell the
same for tipping purposes or as beverage;
provides for arrest and fine of intoxicated per-
sons and the remittance of penalty in no case
unless they inform where they obtained the
liquor increases penalty under search and seiz-
ure clauses on first conviction to 800 and costs
or six months imprisonment, and on every
subsequent conviction to 800 fine and costs
and six months imprisonment It also in
creases the efficiency of the enforcement of
the prohibitory laws by providing that upon
petition and representation of thirty or more
well known tax payers in any county that the
provisions of chapters II and q of the revised
statutes and acts additional thereto and
amendatory thereof, are not faithfully en-
forced by county or local officers, it shall be
the duty of the Governor and Council to in
quire into such representations, and if in their
judgment, such representations are we'll
founded, the Governor by and with the con-
sent of the Council, shall appoint two or more
constables for such county, whose duty shall
be to diligently enforce the provisions of said
chapters and acts, and for this purpose such |
constables shall have like powers and duties as
sheriffs and deputies. 1t also amends chap.
60, public laws, relating to sheriffs and county
attorneys, by striking out sec. of said chapter
and substituting therefor the following:
Whenever the Governor shall (after investi-
cation and hearing of the parties) be satisfied |
that any county attorney has wilfully refused |
or neglected to discharge the duties imposed |
upon him by this act, it shall be his duty to re-
move such attorney from Office, and fill his |
place by appointment"