The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-01-21

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less than twice nor more than four times
the amount of its deficiency.
Section When the Governor and
Council have reason to believe that a
town has neglected to raise and expend
the school money required by law, or
faithfully to expend the school money
received from the stale, they shall direct
the treasurer of the state to withhold
further payment to such town from the
state school fund and mill tax until such
town satisfies them that it has expended
the full amount of school money re-
quired by law.
The bills are liable to be amended in
import Mt particulars. The above are
their provisions as now contemplated
For st. Elizabeth's Asylum.
Mr.. Emerson of Portland put in re-
solve in favor of St. Elizabeth's Roman
Catholic Orphan Asylum lat Portland,
the annual sum asked being S4Oo. Ac-
companying the petition is statement
from Bishop Healy, in which
SIN asking the annual aid for St. Eliza
beJh's Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum,
situated in Portland, but receiving chill
dren from any part of Maine, we beg
| leave to state that the number of chill
drsn under our care in December, 1892,
| was AZ. We desire to inform the honor
able members of the legislature that the
Sisters of Mercy, conspicuous as nurses
in military hospitals during the late wal,
are in charge of the asylum, that the in
stitution is open to visitors on any day
| of the year and that in this house, as in
| all Catholic houses of education or char
ity, there is no exclusion on account of
not being a Catholic"
The Dam at Seboomook Falls.
That ambitious scheme for handling
logs on the West branch of the Penobscot
river at Seboomook Falls and drawing
some of them over into Moosehead
waters, came up today in the shape of a
petition signed by Ex-Governor Davis
and L. C. Morse for the right to build a
dam at that point and charge tolls.
To Abolish the Police Board.
There is movement from Bangor for
the reshaping of the method Of making
appointments to the police force of that
city. Mr..Adams presented a bill today,
under which regular policemen must be
citizens of the United States, not under
| 25 years of age and shall have passed a
| physical examination by the city physi
clan or some other competent physician
and shall have had a residence in Bangor
| for at least two years. When officers
reach go years of age, they shall be hon.
| orably discharged. Appointments and
removals shall be made by the mayor
with the approval of the aldermen. Dep
uty, marshals, captains or sergeants shall
| be appointed on recommendation of the
marshal from members of the force who
have served at least one year. The city
marshal shall be elected by written ballot
by the aldermen aud council.
| This bill contains little that is new, but
| it omits an important factor of the pres
| ent law. In 1889 a law was passed pro-
| viding for police examining board in
| Bangor to consist of three persons, two
| of whom only might be of the same po
litical party. The mayor had the right
of appointment, with the approval of the
aldermen each man appointed to be se-
| lected from a list of three who had sue
| cessfully passed an examination before
! the examining board. The bill present
ed today then would abolish the police
examining board, which is similar. to that
in Portland. The other provisions of
the bill are already in the law.
"Hello, Gorham!"
Isaac W. Dyer, John A. Waterman,
Henry R. Millett, G. N. Hayes and Ed
| ward W. Guptill are named as members
of the Gorham Telephone Company, in
| bill presented by Mr.. Morrill, of Port
land this morning. The company is au-
| thorized to construct and maintain tele-
| phone lines in Gornam and use the
streets and bridges for that purpose I'M
| der proper restrictions. 1t may connect
its lines with those of other companies,
| and sell or lease them, or may buy or
lease other lines. 1t may take land and,
| if necessary, damages may be estimated
| in the manner provided for railroads.
The capital stock shall not exceed $4,000.
Changes in the Labor Bureau.
Senator Harper has presented bill to
require the Deputy Commissioner of La
Dor to enquire into and prosecute for
any violations of laws relating to fire es-
capes and sanitary conditions of facto-
ries. 1t also provides that the Deputy
Commissioner shall make an annual re-
port. Another bill in the same line
changes the title of the Deputy Commits
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Workshops.
A Note From MIR. Dana.
Numerously signed petitions came in
today praying for aid for the State Po-
mological Society. Mr.. Woodbury. S.
Dana of Portland, heads one of these
petitions and has written on it this note:
''While much interested in the object
of the Pathological Society," have been
deprived by other. pressing engagements
of attending any of its meetings and
therefore feel am not fully posted as to
its financial needs. am, however, will
ing to rely upon the judgment of the
committee and willingly sign the circu
lar.''
The petition from Cumberland County
has 225 signatures.
To Protect Cumberland County Trout.
A Cumberland county measure for the
protection of fish came up today. 1t
was introduced by Senator Waterhouse
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