Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-01-16
HOUSE.
MONDAY, Jan. 18th.

MONDAY, Jan. 10Th.
Prayer by the Chaplain.
Papers from the Senate disposed of in
concurrence.
Mr.. Thatcher of Bangor laid on the table
to be printed bill an act to make valid the
acts and doings of the Bangor and Pscata-
quis Railroad Co, and the city of Bangor.
relative TO the extension of the Bangor and
Piscataqui, railroad, with a statement of
facts. Provides for the ratification of the
action Of the city Of Bangor in agreeing to
waive its rights 80 ~ to allow the Bangor and
Piscataquis railroad to execute mort
gage to cover bonds for the extern
sion of their road from some point on
its present location to some point at or near
the foot of Moosehead Lake, and this new
mortgage 10 take precedence of all other
mortgages.
On motion Of Mr.. Wentworth of Gardiner
Ordered, That the Committee on Mercan-
tile Affairs and Insurance be directed to in
quire into the eypediency of so amending
chap. Al of the revised statutes as to prevent
the liability of excessive insurance.
On motion Of Mr.. Hall of Rockland,
Ordered. That all suggestions of the COM
missioner to revise the statutes. as to amend
ments of the statutes which are included in
his report he referred to the Committee on
Revision of the Statutes.
The reports of the liquor commissioner for
the years 1881 and 1892 came from the Sen
| ate referred to the Committee on Temper
anse.
Mr.. Rogers Of Bath, desired to call atten-
ton to the reports Of the liquor commissioner,
and to the analogy which exists between
the fulflment Of the laws regarding the sale
of liquor in this State and the law regarding
the report Of the State liquor commissioner
II saems1 I'm hin, a good time In faE
port of the attorney general and see how the
| law had been carried out In its penalties,
and to examine the report Of the liquor COM
missioner and see how he had complied with
| the law. In the report was the mere state
ment that the commissioner had sold Ger
tain towns much liquor during
| the past two years. and naming
the towns and the amount of spirit
each had bou ght. " hen the law requires that
he should keep record Of the names of
the towns to which liquors are sold, of the
persons purchasing for said towns, the kind
and quantity of liquor sold to each, and price
paid for the same, and shall make report
thereof to the Governor and Council annu-
ally in the month of Dec" He was also re-
quired to furnish a printed quarterly state
ment, under oath, Of all the liquors pur-
chased by the cities and towns, ennumerat-
ing the different kinds and the quanti-
ty of each, and the price paid. and
the terms Of payment; also the names of
parties of whom the liquors were purchased.
and their place of business, date of purchase
which statement should be sent by mail at
the end Of each quarter, to each city, town or
plantation who were purchasers at his
establishment.
He was certain that Bath, for the last
seven years, had received no such statement
from the liquor agent, and he assumed tha,
the same state of things existed
throughout the State. In Saga
dahoc county there was not an in
stance within the past seven years where this
provision of the law has been carried out.
He therefore moved to recommit the report
70 the source from which it came with in