The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-03-03
AUGUSTA.
The Capital Punishment Bill Strip
ped Of it's Amendments.
A Recess for Several Week Probable.
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AUGUSTA, March g
Today the House undid the work of We'd
nesday, reconsdering the vote whereby it ae-
cepted the amendment to the death penalty
bill giving the Jury the privilege of recon-
mending to mercy and allowing the respond
ent the closing argument. The bill was then
passed to be engrossed substantially as report
ed originally by Judge Hall. The debate was
very sharp and large number of spectators
were present.
PROBABILITY OF A RECESS.
1t looks tonight as if the legislature could
not avoid taking a recess.
The committee on the revision of the stat
utes held meeting this afternoon at which
several of the'subcommittees reported that con-
siderable general work remains to be done and
of C, urse the committee cannot incorporate the
laws enacted this winter until the legislature
ceases to grind them out Judge Goddard will
be in Augusta next week to supervise the
work. In his opinion recess of from two to
four weeks is absolutely necessary.
THU DOCTORS BILL.
The new draft of the medical bill provides
that any one shall be considered as physi-
clan who advertises publicly to be physician
or who shall take the title of doctor. The use
ef electricity, magnetism or message by lay
men residing in the State shall be allowed
These agents, however, shall not be used in
the State by persons residing out of it. A
board of registration shall be formed which
shall consist of five members. This board
shall inquire into the qualifications of all ap-
plicants and shall register the names of those
qualified to practice. The standard of medi-
cal education required of applicants by the
act shall be equal to that of the medical school
of Maine. Every person who has received
diploma or license from any college or insttu-
tion whose standard of qualifications is equal
to that just stated, shall be entitled to regis
tration. Any person who has been in continu-
GUS practice of medicine for ten pears prior to
the passage of this act shall also be entitled to
registration, whether he has received diplo-
ma from college or not. Any one practlc-
ing medicine without complying with the act
shall ferfeit not less than 800 nor more than
$500, or be imprisoned for not less than three
months nor more than one year.
THE TAX BILL
Among tho new measures before the legisla-
ture is bill called out by the debate on tax
reform, which requires every tax payer to
make sworn inventory of his entire taxable
assets. There was provision in the original
bill imposing penalty of 30 per cent additional
to his assessment, on the tax payer who did
not furnish sworn inventory, but this pre-
vision has been struck out. The bill puts
$50 fine on assessors who fail to require such
sworn inventory and on persons evading the
law in regard to their property it imposes
fine not exceeding $500 OR not exceeding six
months in jail
THE REFORM SCHOOL BILL.
The only change made in Mr. Haskill's Re
form school bill was in striking out section 2
and substituting the following;
That committee of three from the Execu-
tive Council, ass ciated with one woman, shall
be appointed 10 visit the school, listen TO The
complaints if any are made and report annu-
ally to the Governor and Council.