Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-02-08


Bill an act to amend an act to incerporaAs
the Eastern Steamboat Company.
Bill an sct to rAtify the lease Of the Ban
gor and Kstzhdin Iron Works Railway 10 the
Bangor and fiscstsquis Railroad.
Bill an act to prohibit the taking Of trout
in Chase's pond in Moscow. Somerset county.
Bill an act to Incorporate the Nicksrson
Boom Comptay
Bill an act to incorporate tho New Sharon
Water Power Compsny.
Il II an act to authorize the navigation BY
steam of Hermon pond and the connecting
ponds.
Bill an act to Incorporate the winterport
Savings Bar l..
Bill an act I, incorporate the Bangor Fire
mans Relief Association.
Bill an act 10 amend section 2, chapter <S1
of the Private and Special Laws Of 1888 re.
lating TO An act repeating an act to incorpor-
ate the town of Lexington.
Bill sn act TO incorporate the Maine Water
Company.
Bill an act additional to and ammendatory
of chapter l5a, Special Laws Of 1866 en-
n'led an act t, supply the people Of Portland
with pure water.
TA9ES FRoA rus TAnLH.
On motion of ME- Talbot Of East Machias,
Bill an act TO tax. cnfranchise and admit
to the public schools the Indians residing
within the limits OF the State Of Maine. was
taken from the table aud referred 10 the
Committee on lndian Affairs.
rAMSS rRoM rus TAnLx AND PAssEp TO
Br ENoaossKp.
On motion of Mr.. peor Of SebsHo,
Resolve in favor of the town Of French
vile was taken from the table and passed to
be eugro d.
On motion of MIR Clifford of Auburn
Bll an act 10 exempt Penobscot Bay and
Belfast Bav from the provisions Of section
Is. chapter 10, of the Revised Statutes re-
la'ing 10 close time for SALMON was taken from
the table and passed to be cnerossed.
Ga motion Of Mr.. Looncy Of Portland,
the following act WAS taken from the table
an passed TO be engrosscd.
Bill an act TO set oil Crotch Island from
the town Of Cumberland and annex the came
10 the city Of Portlsnd.
Ga motion Of Mr. Clark OF Saco, bill an
act to Incorporate the Rockland Trust Com
psny wgs taken from the table and passed to
engrossed.
On motion Of Mr.. St,arns Of Caribou. bill
an act To incorporate the Randolph Mutual
Fire | sIraace Co. of Randolph, was taken
from the table and passed u be ensrossed.
On motion of Mr.. wiswcll of Ellsworth
III an act amcudatory of section Is Of
chapter II of the Revised Statutes was taken
from the table and pa,sed 10 be cngrossed.
On motion of MIR. " ilbur OF Avon, bill
IN act additional to chapter ?N OF the
Private and Special Laws of 1856 inco.por-
,ting the North Franklin Telephone and
Telegraph Company vas taken from The
liable and passed to be engrossed.
TApLnp.
On motion of Mr.. Barker OF Bangor,
House document 81, resolve In aid Of dairy
ny, beef raising, sheep, horse and poultry
growing interests of the State of Maine, wAs
aken from the assigned list and tabled.
SPECIAL AssiGsMKsr.
Bill an act 10 protect sheep owners from
iamage done to their 1ocks by dogs came up
~ special assignment, and on motion Of Mr..
3urieigh Of Vassalboro. vas rccommitted TO
he Committee On Agriculture.
bill an act To insure the 'etter education Of
practitioners Of dental surgery and to regulate
he practice of dentistry 10 the state Of Maine
,amc up by special assignment, and on
notion of Mr.. Looney of Portland was re-
assigned To Friday at eleven O'Clock, A. M.
RECESS.
Mr. Manl-y Of Ausu,ta said "There 10
upon the hDor Of this House q gentleman
NJ. T. thu stevens of Rcadaeldl who has
passed the first century and is now l0l years
oi age. lie was born and h Is always lived In
what now cun-titut = the County Of Kenne-
bee. Born prior u the adoption Of the Fed
cral Constitution, he has lived under every
l...,. .f ant In Il
well preserved in body and mind and has
driven this morpiug seven miles In order that
h. might attend scs. on of the Legislature.
Mr. Speaker move sir that this House take
n recess of ten minues in order that the mem
bcrs may be presented to this gentleman"
A recess Of 10 minutes was then taken for
this purpose.
RECoMMfrrED.
On motion of Mr.. Wiswcll Of Ellsworth.
bill an act to incorporate the South Portland
Land improvement Company was recommit-
ted tpgetacr with the proposed amendments
of MIR Tlton of Cape Elizabeth 10 the C,m-
mitrc on the Judiciary
MIR. Cord of It. Georg, moved to take
from the table Sena'e document No, 90 In
relation to the fortniVhtly payment Of wages
Mr. Gordon said that the last legislature
passed ibis fortnightly payment b II and II
incln led htm a'd cofpor 1t ons, compelling
them to pay their employees fortnightly.
Section second of that bill provides that
fl,s of from ton to tsenty five dollars shall
be imposed upon these corporations IL they
fail to comply with the requirements Of the
fret section. The amendment which Sen
ntir Walker presented, tines all Arms and
individuals who do not comply with the re-
q1irement- of the fret section, so that they
will he on an an equal footing with the cor
pora,ions. lie was Informed that the princi-
pal opposition 80 this bill came from lum.
bermen. Now he understood that they are
not cmoraced in this bill. lie believed that
| it would be difficult matter for lumbermen n
away bstk in the wood. to comply with {
employees fortnighily.
Nr. Eng,l said that Of all the ridiculoui
b ! . he had ever seen this reached the ell
mar. As the gentleman from st. George
had well said, lumbermeD object to II. Ont
could easily see from the nature Of the lum
| bering business carried on as IL 10, abot
three hundred milss from any civilization
| that to be obliged tn carry the monsy into
the woods IL perfectly sbsurd. But the gen
tleman said h 1t ,bi. doe, not apply to lum.
bermen. In fact IL simply means that tn
iulDbermen must ask some Ia syer whether
applies or not. Well the minute you con
suit lawyers YOU know 1t costs something
lie believed that The best thing they coul
do Was 10 concur with the Senate, where
was debated yesterday and refused . passage
The bill purpofted % be in the interest o
the laboring man. Well, they were o.
there in the interest Of the laborinp ma
, but they depended as much upon him =
the laboring man depended upon them.
It becsms necessary they had to pay thel
laborers as often as they wanted money
They couldn't carry on their business withou
labor. 1Ie moved that the House concu
with the Senate rhch meant TO refuse
passage 70 the bill
Mr.. Loonsy Of Portland sal > that he vas
member Of the Committee on Labor ~
years ago which reported this bill. II
4 for,nigb,ly payment bill which passed tn
last legislature applied TO certain corpori
). ,ions and large Arms bu, the penalty Of u
o bill only applied u corporations and not
firms. This amendment As he understood
h was simply To remedy that defect 20 that II
large ffm violates the provision Of the act
. can be punished eIactly in the same mann
a that the corp ration can be published. tt
n bill 10 demanded by all the granite lahore
in this s ate - far a. he kne'
Il Petitions had been sent 10 sign,
n by grAnite laborers all along u
coast In some towns there are corporate