The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-03-15


| tabled until tomorrow.
Senator Shaw said that if the accept
| ance of the majority report was to bring
the matter before the members, he had
no objection to it, but he wanted an OPP
portunity to be heard in opposition when
| the main question came before the Sen
ate..
| Mr.. Peakes stated that if the majority
report was adopted it should be definite
ly understood that the fact that men,
bers acqulesced in the adoption of the
report should not prejudice their right
| to vote against the bill.
The report was then accepted and the
| bill tabled until tomorrow.
| Also of Interest to Druggists.
Another measure of interest to apoth-
ecaries was introduced by Mr.. Peakes
today as an amendment to chapter 37e,
Public Laws of 1889, relating to the bus
mess of apothecaries. Section six is
amended to prevent qualified assistants
| taking charge of the business during
| their employers absence unless those
employers are themselves registered
| apothecaries.
Section 7 of the law of 1889, is amend
ed by inserting the words italicized, and
as amended would read as follows:
| cit shall not be lawful for any apothe-
cary store to be kept ouen for the sale Of
medicines or poisons or for compound
ing physicians prescriptions, nor shall
such drugs or medicines be exposed or
displayed for sale in any such store unless
| the same is placed or kept under the
registered apothecary or qualified assist
ant. But such store mag be ander the
charge Of a qualified assistant during the
temporary absence of such REGISTERED
| dpothecdry."
Section 9 of the act is amended by
striking out 1887 and inserting 1877, a
change, the Importance of which will
readily be detected. The provision in
regard to the payment of fines to the
| commissioners of pharmacy is also new.
AS amended this section reads
as follows; ''If any person who
was not engaged in the
business of apothecary within the State
of Maine on the 18th day of March, 1877,
shall hereafter engage in or be found in
charge of, or carrying on the business OF
apothecary contrary to the provisions OF
this act, he shall, upon Indictment and
conviction, be subject to penalty of $50
per month for the first offence, and 500
per month for each and every subsequent
offence, whether for continuance in said
business or for engaging anew t erein,
in violation of the provisions of this act
| 1t is hereby made the duty of county
| attorney in each county, upon complaint
| made by any one of said commissioners,
to prosecute all violations of the provis-
| ions of this act The treasurer of each
county shall pay to the Commissioners of
Pharmacy of this state all fines actually
paid into the county treasury for the vio-
1ation of any of the provisions of this
act.''
inspectors of Factories, Mines and Quar-
The Senate this morning passed to be
| engrossed the; bill to make the deputy
commissioner of labor an inspector of
workshops and factories first, concurring
| in, the House amendment including the
duties of the official. Senator Peakes
said that if this amendments had not
been made by the. House, he should
have offered it in the Senate as in his
county it was considered desirable that
there should be an inspector of quarries
and mines. fsa
|
In one form or another the liquor law
seems to be perpetually before the law
makers. Today. Senator Grindle called
up the bill relating to penalties nnder it
and asked if the Senate understood it's
nature. DR.. Grindle said he did not
wish to make any formal opposition to
the measure but he wanted it understood
what the bill was intended to do. 1t is a
bill which restores to judges discretion
in the matter of sentences now denied to
them by the law. On motion of Mr..
Thatcher the bill was tabled. 1t is as
follows:
An act to amend Section one Of chap
ter one hundred and thirty-five of the
Revised Statu ties, in relation to sentence
and execution.
Be 1t enacted, etc.:
Set. 1.-Section one of chapter one
hundred and thirty-five of the Revised
Statutes, is hereby amended by insert
ing after the words limp isonment or
fine," in the sixth line of said section,
the words, or by fine and in addition
thereto imprisonment SO that said sec-
ton shall read as follows:
Sect. mo person shall be punished
for an offence until convicted thereof in
| COuTI ndVluS JuTlsulCtiOu VI tHo p6IsOl
and case. When no punishment is pro-
vided by statute, person convicted of
an offence shall be imprisoned for less
than one year OF fined not exceeding five
hundred dollars. When it is provided
that he shall be punished by imprison-
ment and fine, or by Imprisonment OF
fine, or by fine and in addition thereto
imprisonment, he may be sentenced to
either or both. In all cases where fine
is imposed he may be sentenced to pay
the costs of prosecution; and for VIOLA
tions of sections thirty-four. thirty-five,
thirty-seven, forty and forty-five of chap
ter twenty-seven, he shall be sentenced
to pay such COSTS
| Sect. 2.-This act shall take effect
when approved.
A Social Function.
| A brilliant party was given by the
guests of the Hotel North this evening to
members of the legislature and others.
Dancing and cards were attractions. The
guests were received by Mrs. Mitchell Of
Kittery, Mrs. Harrington of Norridge.
wock, Mrs. Bird of Orland, Miss Marstor