The Portland daily press., 1885-03-07
FROM AUGUSTA.
The sixty-Second Legislature Ad-
iourns Sine Die.
Two Hundred and Ninety.two Acts and
Seventy-Seyen Resolves Passed.
The New Temperance Bill Finally
Passed.
The Tea Hour Bill Fails to Become
Law.
Closing Scenes in Both Branches
Special to the Press.

Special to the Press
AUGUsTA, Mar. 6.
The 62d Legislature of Maine adjourned fl
nally tonight after a session of fifty -nine days
| during which 292 acts and n resolves were
passed and approved by the Governor. Its
closing proceedings were characterized by the
customary paper fusilade with its accompany
ing hilarities. There has been about the usual
amount of legislation There has been agood deal
of general legislation, and considerable tinker
ing of the statutes But few measures of import.
| ancs have passed among which has been the
| establishment of State board of health. Sew
eral amendments to the prohibitory law were
passed, with increased penalties and restric-
tions Lille insurance companies were taxed,
and the sale of oleomargarine prohibited ia
this State. The law makers provided for the
establishment Of fertilizer experimental sta
ticn, while itinerant traders who come into
goods law was passed providing for the use
of patent ballot boxes at our elections. The
town of Brunswick was made city. A law
was passed to prevent incompetent persons
pursuing the business OF apothecaries. Here.
after our public schools will also be instructed
in scientific temperance literature. There
were few changes in our fish and game laws.
The lobster law in its close-time provisions was
changed amieably to the Gamers and poor
fishermen, and an office of commissioner of
sea and shore fisheries was created. There was
some railroad legislation and few changes
made in our railroad laws at the recommends
tion OF cur railroad commissioners.
Among the measures killed were those pro-
viding for the registration of voters; the
establishment OF reformatory for women to
permit voting by proxy; the enlargement OF
the Stats House; the reimbursement of $500
to drafted men who furnished substitutes; the
abolition of Imprisonment for debt; the adjust
ment of freight and tariff rates on railroads.
changing the time of election to November,
and changing the divorce law.
The temperance bill on its final passage in
the Senate came so near being defeated that
only the casting vote of President Pennell
saved it. The amendment that Col. Heath
proposed to offer was to the effect that no in
toxicated person could be arrested unless he
was disturbing the peace.
THE TEN HOUR LAW.
The ten-hour bill was taken up in the Sen.
ate during the forenoon when Mr.. Simonton
moved to amend SO that the bill should not ap-
ply to women. He did not believe in any dis
elimination to the opposite eek. 1t was step
backwards, and an attempt to say to women
that you are not fit to control your hours of
labor. He believed in that provision of the
bill relating to children and their education.
: Mr.. Heath offered sn amendment so that the
bin should apply to all corporations. AS the
bill now stands he believed it was class legisla-
ton. He thought labor should be put on the
same footing.
Mr Young offered sn amendment to the ef-
feet that for twelve weeks of the year woolen
mills should be allowed TO run as many hours
as may be agreed upon.
The amendments were adopted and then
the bill was Indefinitely postponed by nearly a
unanimous vote.
COOPERATIVE INSURANCE
The cooperative insurance bill introduced
by Senator Young, which was regarded as be-
ing of too speculative and dangerous charac-
ter to be placed upon the statute book, has
been killed. This is regarded as victory by
bL0 " AiUA N1ubu6i 11il6 luSuTdub 20.
APPROPRIATIONS.
Among special appropriations made were:
For the National Government. t...,..,,.....$10, 600
For Maiae Insane HosOsa a8,S9S 29S
For 1885 respectively for State College
For State Reform School for 885 ........ 26' 900
For Maine General Hospital for 1856 and
1856 respectively ly-....................-... 10000
Maine General Hospital for completion of
anphi theatre. ............... $500
Normal shoots for 1886 respectively. 1900
Bath Military Orphan Asylum. ............ 1880
Maine Industrial School for Girls .......... 5000
For For completing new building 1899 1ss5 1900
Or if the building is finished and fully ofic-
cred and ready for reception of girls by
Feb. l. of that year. ar....................... 5000
State Prison. ..,..........a 1900
The total expenditures of the government as
provided by the Legislature for the year 1885
amount to 81, $40, ,293.S4. For 1886, the sum of
$1,249,106 65 has been appropriated
The State Treasurer has been authorized 10
procure temporary loan for 1886, and SINH
lar amount for 1886, each TO oe payable in 12
months.
The State tax respectively for the years 1885,
86 is assessed at 1886, ,S99. .1S, or 50 milla.
When the bill went back to the House, that
NA~hoh iHoAoU00 oA AoS AOAlAot so0o giving IL q
passage and called for a committee. of confer
ence. The Senate refused and adhered to its
vote, indefinitely postponing the bill
MISCELLANEOUS
Governor Robbie this afternoon signed the
act giving the Governor power to appoint a
person, without regard to sex, register of deeds
for Franklin county, and Immediately ap-
pointed Ella r. Brackett of Pennington to
that office. The Governor and Council ad-
journed tonight to March 25th