The Portland daily press., 1881-02-22
TUESDAY MORNING, FEB. 90.
BI TELEGRAPH.
AUGUSTA.
The Minority's Bill to Regulate
the Mackerel Fishery.
FURTHER TESTIMONY BEFORE THE
INSANE HOSPITAL COMMITTEE.
Swan to be Expelled from the House
To-Day.
Special Dispatch to the PressJ

Special Dispatch to the Press)
AUGUSTA, Feb. 21.-The bill reported by
the minority of the committee on fisheries re-
gulating the mackerel fishing on the coast of
Maine is as follows:
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives in Legislature assembled, as
follows:
Section 1.-The taking of mackerel, or fish
ing therefor, by the use of purse or drag seines,
is hereby prohibited in all of the small bays,
inlets, harbors or rivers of this state, where
any entrance to the same, or any part thereof
from land TO land, is not more than two nauti-
cal miles in width, under penalty upon the
master or person in charge OF such seine OF
seines, or upon the owner or owners of said
vessel, seine or senes, of not less than one
hundred nor more that three hundred dollars,
and there shall be lien on the vessels,
steamers, boats and apparatus used in such I'M
lawful pursuit until said penalty, with cost OF
prosecution, is paid; but net for meshing
mackerel, of not more than one hundred
meshes in depth, shall not be deemed seine.
Section 2.-All penalties named in section
one may be recovered by indictment or action
of debt; and one-fourth part of the penalty re-
covered or imposed shall be for the benefit of
the complainant or party prosecuting, and the
remaining three-fourths to the county in
which the proceedings are commenced.
Section 3.-This act shall take effect when
approved.
The bill to incorporate the Boothbay Tele-
graph Company was read twice in the House
and assigned for tomorrow.
The bill extending the right of the munich
pal officers of the city of Portland to send for
persons and papers was taken up in the House
and given a passage.
All opposition to the proposed amendment
of the Lake Megantic Railroad charter has
been withdrawn, and the railroad committee
will report bill satisfactory to all parties,
which provides for an alternative route from
some point on the line of the European &
North American Railway between the south
line of the town of Lincoln and the north
line of the town of Mattawamkeag to Green
vile near the foot of Moosehead Lake which
shall not be at any point within fifteen miles
of the Bangor & Piscataquis road except
when it shall approach and cross the line of
that road near the foot of Moosehead Lake.
The Senate held ne session to-day having no
quorum present.
The Swan investigating committee held a
meeting this afternoon and decided to make
their report to the House tomorrow. They
will report that the evidence before them fully
sustaius the charges of swindling and en-
bezzling against Swan and will recommend
his expulsion. 1t is understood that Keegan,
one of the Fusion members of the committee,
will make minority report, which, while it
will admit the charges against Swan fully
proven, will not recommend his expulsion, but
leave it to the House to take such action it
sees fit.
nj fiop from, tho Vain ar
mission will be transmitted to the House to-
morrow, in which will be recommended the
enactment of law providing for uniform
valuation of all taxable property in the State
at full, fair cash value. and also recommend
ing Board of Equalization, to be established
for that purpose.
The Committee on Congressional Appor-
tionment will have a meeting tomorrow
night.
The Temperance Committee will give hear.
ing Wednesday afternoon to those interested
in a constitutional amendment to prohibit the
manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors.
AT the Insane Hospital investigation this af-
ternoon A. B. Hodgkins, for twenty or more
years Supervisor, was examined. He testified
that several cases of abuse had come under his
notice which he had promptly reported to the
Superintendent. On the whole he believed
the hospital was generally we'll managed.
John B. Norton, who lives near the Hos
pital, testified to two or three cases of over
work and cruelty which he had witnessed in
the conduct of attendants towards patien is.
DR.. 81. NJ. Harlow testified in the afternoon,
giving in a clear manner detailed statement
of the duties performed by himself and other
officers.
NJ. V. B. Chase testified in the evening as
to the defalcation sof former treasurer, and
intimated that his act must have been known
to the superintendent and concealed.
John II. Shaw, formerly an attendant, testi-
fed to three cases of kicking and cutting. He
also testified to his belief that there had been
great improvements in the hospital manage
agement.
Adjourned till tomorrow.