The Portland daily press., 1891-01-29

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h.use and said property shall thereafter be held
] in seyeraty as may be agreed upon between said
and o all Interest title sa IN Ss
other. -,
represent and act for said county in all things
that may be done under the provisions Of section
Section s-said commissioners Of said county Of
| Cumberland and said city OF Portland are each
sucS an amount as msv S to
sary to provide the funds required for the pur-
poses aforesaid, not. however, TO exceed the con.
Section 4-This act shall take effect when ap-
| proved.
Insurance LeeIslation.
Mr.. Osgood of Lewiston. presented today
a bill additional to chapter 40. r. S., relating
| to the payment of losses by fire insurance
companies. The bill Is as follows:
Section lin any suit that may be brought in
this state against an insurance company to recov-
uaity to real estate or buildings on the land Of
another the amount OF damage shalt be the
snred and no other evidence shall Be admitted on
trial to the value OF the property insured; pro-
yided. whenever there is partial destruction or
damage to the property insured, 1t shall be the
duty Of the company 20 pay the insured sum of
money equal 10 the damage done to the property.
tion shall be construed to prevent the admission
OF testimony to prove overinsurance frauduiently
Section 2-The insurance commissioner shall
provide standard form of policy ana contract
for companies insuring property in this state and
lowed TO do an insurance business unless It shall
conform to the regulations Of the insurance COM
Section s. All acts and parts Of acts inconsist-
ent with the provisions Of this act are hereby re-
peaed and this act shall take effect from and af-
ter January l, 1892.
Petitions are coming in favoring law to
require fire insurance companies to use the
Massachusetts standard policy. Mr.. Hahn.
introduced In the Senate today bill to make
some slight amendments in the laws govern
Ing insurance agents.
Nature Is With Them.
Nelson Fl. Campbell, Otis NJ. Wait, George
P. Flagg. Geo. E. Small. Alvin l.. Ludden
and Stillman V. Harlow. citizens of Canton.
ask that they and their farms be transferred
| and annexed to the town of Jay. They say
| that they live In an isolated portion Of the
town and that nature Is with them 10 this
mountains between them aud the village In
| Canton, which access to Jay Is easy: Their
mail is received at North Jay. Whlle they
| have no cause for unfriendiiness with the
| people of Canton. they think that they be-
| long with Jay on the Jay side OF the noun
| tains and petition accordingly.
The Cause of tho Pigeons.
If the Legislature should repeal the law
| forbidding the trap shooting Of pigeons 1t
| will not be because the friends of these
| harmless birds have not put themselves on
record against such action. Remonstrances
were received today signed by over 800 Port
land people.
A scarboro Town Meeting.
Mr.. Drummond of Portland presented
bill today to legalizs the doings Of the town
Of ScarDoro on March 4, 1889, in relation to
raising money for Black Point cemetery.
OF interest to Lawyers.
A bill was presented today by Judge
Savage of Auburn additional to and amend
atory of chapter II of the Revised Statutes
relating to the equity jurisdiction of the
Supreme Judicial Court.
To Regulate the Calling of caucuses
Mr.. Mallet of Cumberland presented today
bill to regulate the calling Of primary po-
litcal meeting aud caucuses. 1t provides
that sach meetings shall be called by the du-
ly appointed committees Of the several par
ties. Notices for such meetings Shall be
signed tv at least majority OF such commit
tees, stating the time. place and purposes
therefor. Such notices shall be posted In
conspicuous places not more than IA nor less
| than seven days before the date of the meet
ings. But If daily paper Is published In the
city, town or plantation where such notices
| are issued. they may be published there for
seven dogs preceding the caucuseS instead Of
| being posted. Each member OF any such
| committee so issuing calls shall make return
| of his action to the meeting or caucus. Any
| person who shall Intentionally or wilfully
/ make false return shall be punished by i'm
prisonment for not more than 80 days or by
foe of not less than S5 nor more than $40.
Mr.. Mallet also introduced bill extending
the penalty established by the caucus law Of
1887 for persons not residents of a ward for
which a caucus was called who attempt to
unlawfully vote therein, to persons moi resi-
dents Of city. town or plantation who COM
| NIT similar offences In relation to meetings
called for such places.
the Deadly Grade Crossing.
Mr.. Porter of Bangor. presented today
measure designed to lessen the danger OF
grade crossings Of highways ami railroads.
1t provides that the railroad commissioners
may. II they deem it necessary, cause the
approaches to be changed or the crossings to
| be made on over or under grade crossing.
To do this they are authorized to take land
and assess damages and to apportion the
cost of the changes and the damages be-
tween the road and the town or city In
which crossing is located.
Mr.. Porter also presented bill to extend
the right Of appeal to the railroad commits
sioners where connecting roads cannot agree
as to the transportation of passengers and
freight to cases where the managers oil q
road neglect or refuse to perform the ac'
quirements of their charter and acts amen
| datOry thereto.
bill was presented today to extend the
charter Of the Penobscot Central road.
state Liquor constabIes.
Mr.. White of Bangor, presented today
bill to repeal the law providing for the ap-
pointment Of state liquor constables.
Some Of the House Business.
Mr.. Shaw of Bath presented bill relating
to the drains and sewers of the city Of Bath.
Mr.. Kelley Of Boothbay introduced bill
to incorporate the Boothbay and Boothbay
Harbor Water Company.
Mr.. Chadbourne OF Biddef0rd presented
bill to amend the charter Of the Sprinsvalo
Mr.. Penley Of Auburn presented bill to
regulate the erection of fences which would
exclude light and air from other buildings.
signer for the first application received this
year for change Of name. Sne ASKS permis-
sion to change her name to Sarah Elizabeth
Wasgatt.
tion Of Benjamin +. Freethy and 63 others,
asking the repeal Of the law affecting the
Order OF the Iron Hall
, Now comes another phase OF the camden
| .
favorinc city charter for the town. The
petitions are accompanied by bin to incor-
porate the new city. A remons.rance wa q. !,
received today from W: A. Merriam and 6s
others against the division OF the town OF
} P; Mr.. Payson of Portland introduced re-
, solve annropriating 5000 for six years for
the Maine Wesleyan Seminary at Kents
BY bill presented by Mr.. Kelley Of Booth
bay the salary of the sheriff Of Lincoln
' | county Is fixed at S30O u,
Utlaens 0,asa ia ~ 70 'TT 'Rridston Academy.
: Mr.. Marston Of Skowhegan presented to-
daV petition and bill for the. election of a
school Committee and superintendent Of
schools for the town Of ,SI Sk0whegan; USdS M
hill tn code In the United States the jurisdic.
ton @ o over M the Site Of land 10 Lewiston on
3 which the new government building is to be
< erected. s,s