The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-03-11

ferees on the Insane Hospital conference
committee. Messrs. Warehouse, Her
som and Hill.
| On the Madawaska training school re-
solve, the Senate insisted and appointed
| on the committee of conference, Messrs.
Shaw, Winslow and Hooper.
DR.. Grindle introduced an order diree-
ting the judiciary committee to inquire
into the expediency of establishing an
insane department at the state prison.
Another demand has been made on the
state for money for the Chicago EXPOSE
| ton. A resolve was presented todBy APP
propriating $1,000 for decorating the State
Of Maine building at the Exposition,
| conducting musical and literary exer-
cises and defraying other necessary ex-
penses connected with the dedication of
said building and the entertainment Of
guests on that occasion. iiss
| Senator SWanton; today offered an
amendment to the reinsurance contracts
bill to provide that all contracts shall
state the value of the property insured
1t went over to Wednesday.
The Senate refuses to concur in the
House amendment to include in the
bill taxing, express companies persons
carrying on such business.
The Governor has signed the bill to in
corporate the Portland Diet Mission.
The Yarmouth railroad charter has
also been approved.
Hon James P. Baxter and Hon. Chas.
r. Libby appeared before the judiciary
committee in behalf of the Peoples
Ferry Company today to advocate the
bill to permit the county commissioners
to take property to widen the slip on
Portland Pier to accommodate the new
double end ferry boat. G. w. I. Cooling
of the Portland and Cape Elizabeth COM
pany asked to be heard at some future
time and the matter was accordingly
continued.
Law in Relation to Electric Railroads.
There are 20 sections in that bill which
the railroad committee report as
the proposed general law for electric
railroad.
The first section provides that any
humber not less than five persons, a ma
| jority of whom shall be citizens of Maine
may form street railroad company with
articles Of association which the bill
specifies and capital stock of not less
than $4,000 per mile of road. The ma
jority of the directors named shall be
citizens of the state.
Sec provides that said articles of as
ISOLATION shall not be filed and recorded
! in the manner provided until the capital
stock shall have been subscribed to in
| good faith by responsible parties and
| five per cent paid thereon in cash to the
directors named in the articles, with an
| affidavit made by majority of the direc-
| tors that the required account of stock
has been subscribed and five per cent in
cash paid thereon,
| Sec. provides that when the railroad
| commissioners are satisfied these pro-
visions have been complied with they
shall endorse on the articles certificate
of such facts and their approval. The
secretary of state upon the payment of
| $40 to the state treasurer cause the same
recorded and shall issue certificate.
| Sec. 4 provides for the notice that shall
be given of the meeting for organiza-
| ton.
Sec. 5 provides that the capital stock
may be increased by a vote in person or
by proxy of two-thirds in amount of the
stockholders.
Under section every corporation be-
| fore commencing the construction shall
| present to the railroad commissioners a
| petition for approval of location, defining
| its courses, etc, accompanied by a map
| and the written approval of the route
| and location as to streets and roads of
| the municipal officers of the municipali-
| ties in which the railroad is to be con-
structed and with the report and esti-
mate of skillful engineer. If the NUM-
cipal officers refuse to approve the route
the company Inns appeal to the Supreme
Court. Failure to appeal shall not bar
the company from making new appli-
cation to the municipal officers. No road
can be located across navigable tide
waters without special permission of the
legislature. Its corporate existence shall
cease within three years If ten per cent
oil it's capital has not been expended.
But the railroad commissioners shall
have the power to revise the charter.
The corporation is given the right OF
eminent domain outside the streets and
ways when the commissioners believe it
impracticable to locate within the limits
of such streets.
The section over which the committee
discussed a lengthyThursday afternoon
was that which they inserted into the
bill as first drafted. 1t provides that on
application to the municipal officers of
any town through which the road runs,
those officers may authorize the discon-
tinuance of the running of the roads
during the winter months. And if the
municipal officers do not grant such au-
thority the company may appeal to the
railroad commissioners.
The municipal officers shall decide