The Portland daily press., 1893-02-03
WHO PAYS THE BILLS !?
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been specially classified to bring them
under the co-insprance clause.
Mr.. Macomber replied that this CLASH
fcation was made before the co-lnsur-
ance plan was adopted. 1t was due. to
the great hazard in the localities. An
other thing which prompted the classiti-
cation was that it had been found at the
time the Lewiston City Building burned,
the fire department did not get water
above the second story. The committee
is divided and two reports will be made.
An attempt may be made to formulate
some general fire insurance law.
Board of Health Bill.
The Judiciary committee will report
favorably the bill of the State Board Of
Health 1t will restrict it's operations to
cases of danger from Asiatic cholera.
Some Senate Business.
a petition was introduced signed by
non-residents of that town asking the d.
vision of Cape Elizabeth.
The municipal officers of the town OF
Cambridge petition for their school
money for 1891. They claim that it was
not the fault of the supervisor that the
papers we're not filled out or he never re-
ceived them.
By resolution introduced by Senator
Shaw. the record of the Blaine memori-
al exercises are to be printed in pamph-
let form to the extent of 5000 copies.
George E. Macomber, Fl. S. Shepherd,
P. o. Vickery, George l.. Beal and Or
VILE D. Baker petition the legislature
for charter for street railway be-
tween Norway and Paris.
By resolve introduced by Senator
Harper the sums of So, 900 is appropri-
ated for state pensions for 1898 and $780,
900 for 1894.
The bill amending the charter of the
Rockland, Camden and Thomaston street
railway has been passed to be enacted.
& a big batch of petitions came in today
petitioning for law prohibiting SEEMING
within three miles Of the coast. These
petitions were signed by PAS persons.
Business in the House.
Mr.. Smith of Portland, introduced this
morning resolve to pay Kendall & Slade
s495.65 for electrical supplies, furnished
for the addition to state house.
E. M. Robinson and 26 others of Cape
Elizabeth, are the petitioners for the
division of that town.
Wheelwright, Clark g. Co., and others
of Bangor, ask for the passage of the
valued policy insurance law.
P. C. Vickery, j. II. Manley and others
of Augusta and Bath, petition for the
division of the town of Phippsburg.
Mr.. Bird presented today bill to
authorize the Hickory Wheel Company
to hold and sell stock and bonds of other
corporations.
W. S. Trefethen. Thomas W. Alexan-
der, /. w. Trefethen and others ask for
the repeal of the lobster law.
Mrs. L. M. N. Stevens and others of the
w. C. T. U, believing that the women
prisone in the state prison would be
greatly benefited by the moral influence
and industrial training of one of their
own sex petition for the appointment OF
matron in that institution.
Mr.. Bird of Portland presented today a
bill to amend sections 10 and Il relating
to corporations, SO as to provide for the
appointment of deputy clerks.
An order presented by Mr.. Morrill, OF
Gray today, that the State Librarian
furnish the town of New Gloucester vol
umes 43, A, 81 and SO of the Maine Re-
ports, was re erred to the library COM
mittee.
The House today directed the commit
tee on legal affairs to inquire into the
:expediency of amending the statute to
increase to 81 the fees of city and town
clerks for ecording marriage Licenses.
Mr.. Bird of Portland, presented today,
a bill to ratify the doings Of the Grand
Trunk road in the construction of its
bridge across Back cove at Portland.
An act to prevent the courts of this
state from being deprived of jurisdiction
against foreign accident or casualty IN
surance companies was favorably re-
ported from the judiciary committee to-
day