The Portland daily press., 1885-02-17
Amendment Relating to Trout and
Land-Locked Salmon,
Resolve in Favor of the National En-
campment, G. A. Re-,
To be Brought Up in the Senate
Wednesday.
Amending the Act Relating to the
Portsmouth and Kittery Ferry Co.
Act Providing for Taxation of Life
Insurance Companies.
AUGUSTA, Feb. 16.
Special to the Press.)


the transportation OF trout and land-locked
salmon, amends the present law SO that no
person shall take, catch, kill or have
in his possession at any one time for
tee purposes of transportation more than
fifty pounds of land-locked salmon,
trout or togue in ALL nor shall any such be
transported except in the possession of the
owner thereof, under penalty of $50 for the
offence and So for every pound of land-locked
salmon, trout or togue in all so taken, caught,
in possession or transportation in excess of fifty
pounds, and all such fish transported in viola
tion OF this section, may be seized on COM
plant and shall be forfeited to the prosecutor.
Whoever has in possession more than fifty
pounds in all OF such fish shall be deemed to
have taken them in violation of this section.
UNION WATER POWER COMPANY.
A bill was reported in the House granting
the Union Water Power Company the right by
its dams now erected or which shall hereafter
be erected on its own land to raise and store
the waters of the Rangeley, Mooselucmaguntic
and Richardson lakes, their connecting and
tributary waters, and to use the same for the
purposes set forth in its certificate of incorpor-
alton; provided that it shall not affect the ex-
isting rights Of any person or corporation in
the drifting or driving of logs and other tim-
Der or the rights Of fishery in said waters and
streams on the Androscoggin river.
VIOLATIONS OF THE GAME Law.
The bill reported in the House amending the
law relating TO the disposal of fines recovered
for violation of the game law, provides that
one-half of the fines shall bs paid into the
county treasury, instead of being appropriated
to the protective society
NATIONAL ENcAMPMENT, G. A. R.
The resolve appropriating $4,000 for the
National Encampment which passed the
House, was read once in the Senate and as
signed for Wednesday next on motion of Sem
there will bc any opposition to its passage in
the upper branch.
TAXATION OF LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES.
The act providing for the taxation of life
insurance companies is as follows:
SECTION 1. Every life insurance company or as
sociation organized under the laws of this State in
lieu of all other taxation shall be taxed as follows
First: Its real estate shall be taxed by the munic
palityiin which such real estate is situated in the
same manner as other real estate is taxed therein.
Second: 1t shall pay q tax of two per cent. upon
all premiums, whether in cash or notes absolutely
|
ing the year preceding the assessment hereinaf-
ter provided; first deducting therefrom all divi-
dends paid to policy holders in this State account
Of said premiums.
Third: 1t shall pay tax of one-half of one per
cent. per annum on its surplus computed according
to the laws of this State after deducting the value
of its real estate fixed in determining such sur
plus said surplus to be determined by the insurance
commissioner and his certificate thereof to the
State Treasurer to be final.
SECT. 2. Every such company shall enclose in
its annual return to the insurance commissioner a
statement Of the amount of premiums liable to tax
alton, as provided in the preceding section, and of
the real estate held by it on the 3lst day of Decem
ber.
SECT. 8. Sections sixty-one and sixty-two of
chapter six of the revised statutes far as not in
consistent herewith. shall apply to such companies
or associations.
: SECT. 4. This act takes effect when approved.
PoRTaMoUTH AND KITTERY FERRY.
The bill to amend the pending act to incor-
ate the Portsmouth and Kittery Steam Ferry
Company applies to section 2, so that it will
read as follows:
SECTION 2. That said corporation be authorized
to carry on and operate steam ferry for twenty
from the date of approval of this act for the
purpose of carrying teams of all kinds such freight
as is not prohibited by law also individual passen
gers, across the Piscataqua river, between, at or
near the end of the Navy Yard bridge, in Navy
Yard village SO called in said Kittery and State Of
Maine, and to some convenient point in Pepperill's
Cove, in said Kittery and Portsmouth and Newcas-
tie in the State of New Hampshire.
Also amending section 6 by substituting the
following therefor:
Said corporation may run one or more boats of
such construction, power and capacity as the Uni
ted States steamboat inspectors for the district in
which such ferry is run shall approve but said boats
shall not have less capacity than for two double
teams of horses. Said corporation shall provide
suitable slips and approaches to its ferry and make
such number of trips each day, between the hours
of six in the morning and in the evening the
county comm issioners for York county shall direct
ADDrOR6. unreasonable DGOlnpf 6alQy
during the hours to be liked for running as afore-
said penalty of one hundred dollars shall be re-
covered by any party effected thereby, by suit at
law or by indictment.
COUNTY TEACHERS CONVENTIONS.
The act to provide for the holding of county
teachers conventions is as follows:
SECTION 1. Whenever not less than thirty of the
teachers and school officers of any county shall
have formed an association under rules Of govern
ment approved by the State Superintendent of
Common Schools, for the purpose of mutual inn
provement in the science and art of teaching, and
of creating popular interest in and diffusing a
knowledge of tho best methods of improving our
public school system by the holding of conventions
at least once every year under the supervision of
the State Superintendent the State shall defray the
necessary expenses attending the holding such con-
ventions, for which purpose the sum of 5000 is
hereby annually appropriated to be deducted and
set aside therefor by the State Treasurer from the
annual school fund of the State; provided, how
ever that more than two such associations shall
be formed in any county, and that the expenses as
aforesaid of no more than two conventions of any
such association in any year shall be betrayed by
the State.
SECT. 2. Teachers of public schools are hereby
authorized to suspend their schools for not more
than two days in any year during the sessions of
such conventions within their counties, unless
otherwise directed in writing by the school officers
and attend said convention without forfeiture of
pay for the time of such attendance; provided,
they shall present to the officers employing them
certificates signed by the secretaries of such
ventions and countersigned by the State Superin-
tendent Of Common Schools, showing such attend
ance.
SECT. 8. The Governor and Council are hereby
authorized to draw warrants the State Treasurer
for the payment of bills for the expenses herein
provided for, when such bills shall have been ap
! proved by the State Superintendent of Common
Schools; provided, however, that bills shall be
so paid except those for advertising such conven-
tlons and for actual travelling expenses of speakers
and lecturers not residing in the counties where
such conventions are held.
SECT. 4. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent
herewith are hereby repealed
BoDwELL WATER POWER COMPANY.
One of the special assignments in the House
tomorrow is the Bodwell Water Power Com
| pany's bill. 1t was expected that this measure
wonld bs sharply contested under the lead of
parties known to be opposed to the establish
ment Of cotton and WOODEN mills on the Penob-
scot. Today, however, the enemies to the bill
withdrew their opposition This cessation of
hostilities was brought about by the introduc-
tion into the House By Mr.. Dyer of Fox
croft, of an amendment restoring the right of
trial by jury instead of a single justice on the
! question of damages which may arise by the
| dams to be built by the company. or by the use
| of the water or it's detention in any manner
not authorized by Law; and also establishing a
method OF determining when the natural flow
| of water is needed to drive logs ana lumber ov-