The Republican journal., 1885-02-05
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Augusta. Jan IS. Senate. Referred-Bill
to protect legitimate trade by actual re>id nee
IN Maine. ''Per>un> bringing in goods and re-
manning in he State less than year shall pay
a license OF ) per cent. ON their Stock" Bin
providing for the taxation Of life Insurance
companies: petition ful a registry law tor cities
OF 1900 Inhabitants and over: also for /. change
Of he trustee law. Passed u BE- en-ru>s;.,
Resolve ~ favor of an appr0l riailon Tor The IN
sane Hospital.
House. Petitions for i Bureau Of Labor
Statistics and The adjustment Of railroad tatiif>
came in: bill referred in relation 10 property
held III common. ami another i'll IL gard TO the
discharge Of in>ulstnl debtors. Orders MIRO
duced-lbat The Eiuc tilonhl Committee inquire
into the cNpcdiency of rendering aid to The
Boston Institution for the Blind for the pui-
pose OF educating The blind Of nur State that
the Committee GA Commerce inquire into the
eXpedcncy of allowing Licenses 70 vessels to
take mackerel with senr> within The waters OF
The State; that the Committee on judiciary as
certain what legislation j. necessary to prevent
discrimination on account of color and race in
hotels and other public places. Passed 10 he
tngrosstd-Act relating 10 The jurisdiction OF
police judges. and that Of trial justices for yio-
lalion OF The fish and game laws.
Jan. %. Senate. Ordered. That the Coumt-
tee on Judiciary inquire into the eNpedienc! of
amending chap. G5. sec. Il of the X. s. that
The Judges of Probate may be authorized to
rem out OF The real as well as The personal
estates II deceased persons Passed to be en-
gro>>ed-Act 10 amend sections and ,, chap.
l22. Il. 5, relating to the crime of perjury.
House. Petitions We're introduced to relieve
the Grand Trunk RAILWAY from taxation: 10
abolish capital punishment; rrmonslrance
against the repeal of the lobster law came in
Passed TO be engro>sed-Bll providing for the
extension of the Rumforl Falls X I}ucklied
Railway: bill in favor of the town of Embten,
relating to the retirement of town bonds.
Jan. 30. Senate. Ordered. That the Com
mittee on judiciary inquire into the eXpediency
OF amending the divorce laws 50 that cases of
divorce n.xt Shall become absolute after six
months; also thai the same committee inquire
into the expectancy of amending the law relat-
ing TO fees of jurors: also that the same com
mttee inquire into the cXptdiencv of legisa-
ton to prevent the trustees of Institutions of
the State from making expenditures in excess
of appropriations. Passed to be engro- se,l-
Act relating to the jurisdiction of municipal
and police Judges and triad Justices in proseru-
tons for violation of the fish and game laws
resolve appropriaing $500 for ST. Elizabeth
Catholic Orphan Asylum at Portland. Adj
iourned till Monday.
House. The usual petition for the ten-hour
labor law; to prevent the manufacture and sale
of oleomargaTine: that all persons who fur
nshed substitutes in the late war NAV be
reimbursed. We're introduced. Also AN order
looking 10 the equalization of compensation of
clerks in the various courts in the State
Passed to be engroS>ed-Act to create "a lien on
wood; to authorize the town of Bucksport to
retain or exchange its bonded indebtedness
and to issue new bonds for that purpose
Jan. 81, Senate not in session. In the House
petitions for adjusted freight tariffs and the re-
peal of the capital punishment law were pre-
scented. Referred: An act fixing the iurisdic-
ton of ibels of divorce so that the 5 j. court
would have exclusive jurisdiction: an act com
polling speedy trials against corporations and
firms. Ordered that the Committee on Judiciary
enquire into the expediencv of 80 amending
the statutes that the testimony of a deceased
witness NAV be used in the subsequent trials
of the same case. Passed to be engrosspd an
act to incorporate the Bath Military and Orphan
Asylum. The time for the reception of petitions
expires to-day.