The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-03-06
1 WEEKS WORK.
What the Legislature Accomplished
in That Time.
SOME MEASURES OF LOCAL INTER.
EST THAT HAVE BECOME LAWS.

The Outlook for the Coming Week
| Prospects of the Listing Bill and 9th
| and Other Dying Bills.
Especial to the Press.]
| AUGUSTA, March 5.-The past week
| has kept the lawmakers busy. 1t has
seen the school district abolished, unless
| the Senate should overturn its action,
and the B ngor insane hospital project
has been landed in committee of confer
ence. The passage of the ward line bill
however, did more than anything else to
make the week exciting, the battle waged
by General Birds Filibusters being
novelty in Maine Legislative annals. The
communication of Governor Cleaves on
the state finances, which the leader of
the friends of the Bangor hospital SO
promptly termed flag of distress, has
been received with much commentator
by members who have considered 1T
| calmly.
While the legislative department. has
been working hard, the governor has not
been idle, and during the week number
Of important bills have received his sig
nature and become laws. These include
| the following:
An act to amend the law relating to
savings banks strikes out section l0l,
| chap. AZ. r. S., which reads as follows:
s'Any such bank or institution may
hold real estate to an amount not ex-
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ceeding five per cent OF It's deposits, put
no part of said amount shall be invested
| in real estate, except in the purchase OF
building or a site and the erectlon ana
preparation of suitable building to be
used for banking purposes; provided,
| that such corporation shall not hold real
estate for the purposes aforesaid exceed
| ing 100000 in value
1 In place of the above the law enacts
| the following: sSection 1Ol-Any such
| bank or institution may hold real estate
| in the CITY or town in where such bank or
institution is located to an amount not
exceeding five per cent OF its deposits.
| An act additional to chapter 80, Il. s.,
relating to mortgages of real estate pro-
vides that notices under section may
| be given in papers published and printed
| in whole or in part in the county. Inc
| language of the statute before was
printed IN the county.
A change in the law relating to vacci-
nation, which has during the past week
| received the Governors signature, gives
| to the local boards of health the power
to provide free vaccination. This power
| has heretofore been exercised by the
mayor and aldermen of the cities and
| the selectmen of towns.
Bills of especial interest to lawyers
/ which have become laws are those re-
lating to exceptions and stenographerss,
and relating to offer to be defaulted.
The long controversy over the courts of
Aroostook County has been settled, for
the present at least, by the abolition OF
the Superior Court and the establish
ment Of term of the Supreme Court at
Caribou. An attempt was made two
wears ago to abolish the Superior Court
in this county but it did not succeed.
Aroostook is the subject of more, new
laws. the Governor having signed the
past week bills to regulate the salary of
! the register of probate and relating to
the fees of the clerk of courts. The
salary of the Judge Of Probate of the
County of Penobscot has been fixed this
| week. 81
| The people who who believe that the
cutting of the solid part in horses tail,
the operation being known as docking,
is cruel may rejoice. as it is now unlaw-
full and punishable by fine and imprison-
ment.
Corporations are affected by act which
provides, as an amendment to section 2,
chapter dc, R. S., that Directors must
be and remain stockholders, except that
member of another corporation which
owns stock and has right to vote there
on may be director" Another new
law relating to corporations is that pro-
yiding that corporations organized under
sections Is and II, chapter 48, r. s.. may
make changes in their location from one
county to another by a majority vote OF
the stockholders.
An act relating to divorces provides
that the husband being able to labor for
the support of his wife and refusing to
do SO Shall be ground for action.
The property of extinct or abandoned
Congregational societies can now be
placed under control of the society formed
for the purpose of receiving such proper
ty, the bill providing the means Tor SO
doing being among the new laws: Inc
society has it's home in New YORK out
money received is used for the benefit OF
Congregational churches in the states
from which it comes.
Eastport is to be the youngest OF Maine
cities if her people accept the charter
granted this week.
Bills of especial interest to people in
Cumberland county are those to make
valid the doings of the First Free Will
Baptist Society of Gorham; to enlarge
the powers of the Saccarappa Grammar
School Association to enable the Cor
ham Library Association to become
free public library; to amend the Deer.
ing city charter; to amend the charter OF
the Brunswick village corporation; to
incorporate the Bridgton Farmers and
Mechanics Club; to incorporate the
Bridgton Electric Light and Power Com
pany; to change the name of the Sacca.
Kappa Congregational Society. All OF
these have become laws in the past six
days.
Governor Cleaves has signed this week,
among others, resolves making appro-
priations for repairs and additions at
the state prison; to pay the deficiency
incurred in the destruction of diseased
cate; and in favor of the Central Maine
hospital and the hospital of the Sisters
of Charity, both situated in Lewiston.
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