The Portland daily press., 1885-02-06
Hearing on Bill for State Board
of Health.
To Amend the Law Relating to COn-
tagiOus Diseases,
Bill Reported to Establish Re
formatory for Women.
Details Of the Work Done Yesterday in
Both Branches.
Special to the Press.)

day. He clinched his position with authori-
ties. Mr.. Marble was unable to reply on ac-
count of a sore throat, and the matter went
over until tomorrow, when, it is understood,
he will make more savage attack on the bill
than he did yesterday. The amendments
offered by Judge Tapley. the friends of the
bill claim, kills it completely.
The ten-hour law bill will be considerably
pruned by the committee before it is reported.
A bill was introduced by Mr.. McGillicnddy
! of Lewiston, in the House, to amend the saw
| ings bank law SO that the amount OF national
| bank stock owned by savings banks shall be
| held by way OF investment more than one
tenth of the capital stock of any one national
stock.
The bill reported to the House amending
| the law relating to State prison makes section
4 Of chap. 140 of the statutes read as follows:
"The supervision of the State prison is vested
in the Governor and Council, but its govern
msnt and direction are in board of three
| prison and Jail inspectors, one warden, one
| deputy warden, one clerk, one commisssry,
| ten guards and such number of overssers and
aids as the inspectors determine to be neces-
| sary.
! Mr.. Parsons of Kennebunk introduced q bill
in the House to amend the law relating to con-
| tagious diseases. This bill makes it the duty
OF the health committee, on complaint of any
citizen or on information that nuisance or
cause of danger to the health of any inhab.
liant exists in any part of their town, to imme-
| diately make thorough inspection of all such
sources of filth, nuisance or cause of danger to
health, and for that purpose they are author
lied to enter into any building, cellar, vessel,
wharf, lane, alley, court and enclosure, or
| other place in their towns, and when such filth
or nuisance dangerous to health is found, to
| take such action in the premises as is by law
| required. For their services they shall be en-
titled to $1.50 each day for every day so em-
| ployed.
The bill reported in the House to establish
tho Maine Reformatory Institution for Women
provides that the Governor and Council pro-
vide lot, buildings and all suitable accommo-
| dations for such an institution, and when it is
established the Governor shall issue public
| proclamation of the fact. The supervision and
| government of the institution is to be vested
| in board Of managers consisting of five, who
| shall be women, and who ave not to receive
any compensation for their services, excepting
their actual travelling expenses. The reform
atory is to be ussd exclusively for women, and
| 70 this end all female prisoners in the State
prison and in jails shall, upon the order of the
Governor, be transferred to the reformatory to
serve out the remainder of their several sea-
tences unless the said remaining sentence be
less than three months and more than ten
| years, provided that no one under sentence of
death, or who is known to be insane, or suffer-
| ing from severe and incurable illness, shall be
so transferred
The bill in the hands Of the judiciary COM
mittee, amending the statutes relating to
record Of qualification of justices of the peace,
makes chap 2, sections 40 and Al, read as
| follows:
SECT. 40. The Secretary of State shall on the
| first days of June and December, forward to the
police courts, clerks of United States courts. and
United States pension agents in the State list of
all justices of the peace, justices of the peace and
quorum, trial Justices and notaries public, whose
commissions are then in force, and the evidence of
whose qualifications has been filed in his office with
in the six months next preceding the time of for
warding such lists, which shall contain the name
and residence of every such officer the date of his
commission, and the county counties for which
he is commissioned, and he shall send at the same
time two copies of such lists to each of the clerks
| of the State courts.
| SECT. Al. The clerks Of the State courts shall
| make memorandum on such lists of the fact and
date OF their reception and either of such lists
attested, or thecertfcate of such clerk under the
seal of his court shall be legal but not conclusive
| evidence of the appointment and qualification of
such officers, and at the expiration of each decade
of years it shall be the duty of the clerk then in
office to have one set of such lists received during
| the decade bound in a substantial manner.
| The Maine Central Institute at Pittsfeld,
having complied with all the requirements of
an act passed by the Legislature of 1870, by
which fund of $4,000 was placed to their
| credit in the State treasury. will receive the
| same.
The Legislature will probably give the Gov
ernor and Council authority to appoint among
| the Penobscot tribe OF red men cne of their
own number as a special constable
| The leaders among the Democratic members
| will make an effort to have the gubsrnatorial
election changed TO the day of the Presidential
election, notwithstanding the unfavorable re-
port of the committee which considered the
mstter.
COMMITTEE HEARINGS.
The committee on agriculture voted to report
an appropriation of $27, 400 for the benefit of
the Agricultural College, the amount asked
1Ok Wy Guo bEu6bochs p1C,OUU 1b 1rE buS now
! building for Department. OF natural history
and agriculture.
The committee on insurance voted to report
general law, by a vote Of to 2, authorizing
mutual relief Insurance. associations to do
business in this State on deposit of $50, 900.
By this law ten OR more persons in any town
can form themselves into an association to do
a life business by making such deposit, which
shall constitute their capital stock. The law
will not affect existing associations made up of
mutual aid societies of different orders, like
those of the Knights of Pgthias, Odd Fellows,
Masons, etc., but applies to associations which
desire 10 do life business. The bill for the
Cooperative Insurance Company was tabled.
Geo. d. BIsbee and George @. Wing appeared
in its favor.
The fish and game committee gave hearing
On several petitions relating to changes in the
game laws. The principal hearing was on
abridging the close-time for deer by dropping
the month Of September. This was what par
ties from the Rangeley Lake region wanted,
and their statements seemed more in the inter
eats of hotels and guides on account of visiting
sportsmen than for the protection of the deer
The opposing parties were principally from
Washington county, who expressed themselves
as satisfied with tho law as it is 60 far as tht
close-time provision is concerned. The com
mittee have agreed upon bill relating to the
close-time for Holsters which satisfies the op
ponents of the present law and the Gamers.
The committee on legal affairs voted adverse
ly on petition relating to fee for recording chat
tel mortgages, and on electing city marsha
of Augusta by plurality vote.
The judiciary committee have voted to re
port bill establishing Superior Court il
Aroostook county, with two terms during tn
year at Houlton and two at Caribou.
The committee gave hearing to Judg
Knowlton of Lewiston, GU The bill to compe
registration of voters. The bill provides fo
the appointment OF board OF registration Il
consist of three members and clerk, to be Sc
! lected equally from the two political partie
throwing the largest number of votes TIL
Judge took the ground that it would be SAT-
, guard against fraudulent votes. The bill ws
tabled.
A hearing was given on the bill prcvidin