The Portland daily press., 1885-01-27
. FROM AUGUSTA.
Indications of a Busy Week for
the Maine Lawmakers.
Full Text of Senator Wescott's Portland
and Ogdensburg Bill.
An Important Bill Relating to
Criminal and Immoral Matter.
Major Dlckey2 Narratesi the History Of
the Fort Kent Block House.

AUGUSTA, Jan. 26.
The House held their session as usual in the
forenoon today, while the Senate held theirs
| in the afternoon. The attention of both
branches was principally confined. to routine
matters.
| bill of particular interest to the citlzens of
| Portland reorganizng the Portland ana Og-
| densburg Railroad, with authority to Portland
| to join in lease, was introduced in the Senate
| by Senator Wescott The following is the
| full text of the bill:
| STATE OF MAINE, A. d. 1886.
AN ACT IN RELATION TO THE PORTLAND AND
oGDENsBURa R. R. Co.
| Be it enacted etc:
| SECTION 1.-The act passed in A. D. 1877 entitled
Gan act giving authori to the city of Portland in
to authorizs the City Council OF Portland to join
| in any lease of any railroad named said act,
TO confirm any such lease SO far as any interests of
said city in either of said railroads are eoncerned
and to further authorize said council TO to be
executed agreements for the sale lease of any of
the said interests of said city, provided that moth
ing herein contained shall authorize incurring any
exactory obligation liability, contingent or abso
Lutte in behalf of said city except agreements incl
dental to what is hereby authorized for warrantinp
to the lessee purchaser the title of said CITY, AMI
| for binding said city to deliver whatever it may
| agree to sell or lease
| SECT. 2-Whereas the railway of said P. and O.
| K. r. Co is partly 1ithin and partly without the
whereas,
ticable or legal to foreclose the mortgages herein
after set out 10 the manner provided@ pts the
of this State therefore, the holders of the
bonds and coupons secured by the mortgage of said
| P ana o. K. h. Co.. dated November lst 1871 and
the holders of any other bonds or coupons secured
by any mortgage of said compsny of any portion of
the State of Name shall be entitled to the benefit of
Sec. 49, Chap. 5l, Of the r. s., constituting the
holders OF bonds and of coupons. and ether claims
secured by mortgages of railroads. their successors
| and assigns. a corporation from the date of the
ing s6a also be entitled fu to the iusn benefit noS
of ali the other provisions of said chap. 81 and Of
al acts whibh may be passed in amendment there
Of or in addition thereto relating to the formation
OF corporations and to the rights powers and prvi-
| leges of corporations formed or to be formed by
noders OF bonds or coupons, secured by mortgages
from railroad corporations, and such holders of
said bonds and coupons shall be entitled the ben
eft of said section 90, and of all other parts of
| chap 81 and of all acts which NAV be passed
amendatory thereof or additional thereto with ref
erence 10 all portions Of the railway and franchises
outthe State of Maine, and with reference to all
the franchises and rights, powers, privileges and
obligations OF said company, whether within or
without the State af Maine including the right to
consu uet any portion of the railways projected by
said 7. & o. X. R. Co., not now completed,
and including all rights of connection or
of leasing or consolidating with other
railways corporations, whether within or with
the said State of Maine subject nevertheless to
all provisions contained in section LOG of said CT ap-
ter bl, such holders OF said bonds and coupons
shall have all the rights, privileges and powers
and of all other provisions of said chapter and
OF all acts which may be passed amendatory there
OF or in addition thereto, in whatever way the
mortgs ge securing sail bonds and coupons may be
foreclosed, aud whether foreclosed ia the manner
provided in chapter 81 or by some decree judg-
ment of some court of equity or law, or however
else forecosed; that upon the completion of such
foreclosure in whatever way the may be made,
such holders o said bonds and coupons, their sue
cessers and assigns shall become a corporation as
provided in said section 90, with all such powers
privileges and obligations and subject TO the re.
mt NIT
relation 10 all such railways franchises powers
privileges ano rights, whether within without the
SECT. 3-Secton 1o5 of chapter 81, shall apply
to any bondholder or other person purchasing ct
any sale decreed by any court at law in equity,
of any portion of the said railway franchises,
rights, powers and privileges whether the same
be q sale as descfibsd in Section 105 or fore
closure sale by virtue OF any such decree or judg-
ment, and whether the same relate to any said
railway franchises, powers, privileges and rights
or portions thereof without the State of Maine:
and such purchasers shall have all the rights
powers privileges, and be subject to all obIipa-
tions set out in section of this act with refer
ence to all said portions of said railway fran.
chise., rights. powers. and priv leges, whether
within or without the State of Maine Provided
however that no purchaser or purchasers at any
foreclosure sale shall have the benefit of the sec
ton, unless he or they shall give opportunity to
any holder OF any bond or coupon secured by the
mortgage foreclosed by said sale, to acquire an in
terest in such purchase by him them in the same
proportion to the interest acquired by said pur
Chase which all the bonds and coupons of such per
son bear 10 the whole amount of bonds and coupons
secured by such mortgage. Provided nevertheless,
such person shall pay the same proportion of the
cost of such purchase; such payment be made
within three months after notice has been given by
the purchaser or purchasers that he or they desire
to avail himself themselves of this section to be
published ut least six times in daily newspaper
in Portland, Boston and New Hampshire.
SE9r. 4-Whenever any corporation may be
formed contemplated in the second or third
sections of this act said corporation may issue stock
to the persons constituting the same and in pro-
portion to their several interests therein to an
amount in all not exceeding the whole face of the
bonds and coupons outstanding, secured by the
mortgage upon which the existence of said corpora
ton is based, except as otherwise provided il said
chapter 5l, or in lieu thereof said corporation
may issue pro alta to all holders of bonds or cou-
poDs secured by said mortgage its own bonds which
may be secured by mortgage upon the whole any
part OF the railway and franchise owned by it,
tue amount of the face of said bonds and coupons;
provided the amount for which said bones shall be
issued shal not exceed in all 20 per cent. of the
lace OF the said bouds and coupons; or said corpor
| alton i'll lieu of issuing its bonds as aforesaid
may issue upon the same pro rata pre- erred stock
10 an equivalent amount, subject TO such proyis-
ions in references to the voting power of the holders
of said stock and TO the dividends upon said stock
as may be adopted by said corporation.
SECT. 3 Such new corporation corporations
are authorized TO obtain curent or other legis
lation of the State of New Hampshire, for the pur
poses of giving full effect to the rights power, priv
| ileges and franchises intended to be secured by
this act and for the purpose of enabling it to COM
| plete and extend its line of railway within sand
| State of New Ham pshre, and for the purpose of
securing to itself any or all powers rights fran
Portland and ogdensburg Railroad Company within
| the state of New Hampshire elsewhere, or under
| The laws of said State of New Hampshire.
| The president and directors of the Skowhe-
gan and Athens Railroad want their charter
extended so as to finish a narrow gauge road
between the two paces.
| Representative Heath Of Augusta introduced
an important bill relating to the sale and dis
| tribution of criminal news and immoral mat
| ter. 1t provides that person who sells, lends,
| gives away. or offers to give away, OF shows or
| has in his possession with intent to sell, or
give away, Or to show or advertises, or other
| wise for loan, gift, GALE distribution, al OBJ.
scene OR indecent book, magazine. pamphlet,
newspaper, story paper, writing, paper, pic
| ture, drawing or photograph, or any article or
instrument of indecent or immoral use, or who
designs, copies, draws, photogra Dbs, prints, ut
ters, Publishes, or otherwise prepares such
book, picture, drawing, paper CT other articles,
or writes or prints, or causes to be written or
printed, circular advertisement, or notice Of
any kind, or gives information orally, stating
when, where, how, or of whom, or by what
means such indecent or obscene article or
thing can be purchased or obtained or sells,
lends, gives away, or shows or has in his pos
session with intent TO sell or give away. or TO.
show, or advertses or otherwise offers for loan,
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azine, newspaper, or other printed paper de-
voted to the publication orfprincipallY made
up of criminal news, police reports, or ac-
counts of criminal deeds, or pictures and Ste
ries of deeds OF bloodshed. lust or crime, or ex-
| hlbltS upon any street or highway, or jn any
other place within the view, or which may be
within the view of any minor child, any book,
magazines, pamphlet, newspaper, writing,
paper, picture, drawing, photograph, or other
article or articles, or exhibits orculstes, or
posts or causes to bs exhibited Sor circulated or
posted in any conspicuous or public place, any
picture, handbill or poster containing obscene,
indecent or immoral representations, or, in
any manner hires, uses or employs any minor
child to sell or give away, or in any manner to
distribute, or who having tho care. custody or
control of any minor child, permits such child
to sell or give away, or in any manner to dis
tribute any book. magazine, pamphlet, news
paper, story paper, writing, paper, pictures,
drawing, photograph, or other articles or mat
ter, shall be punished by imprisonment in the
county Jail not more than six months, or By
fine not less than $25, nor more than $780, or
by both imprisonment aud fine The bill pro-
vides for the seizure OF all snch obscene litera-