Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-02-15

and on further motion il was recommittes!
to committee on engrossca bills.
TIN motion Of Mr.. Shaw Of P.rslanl.
House document No. 81. bill an act 10 ia
corporate the Portland & Yarraoath Flee
trio Railway Co, was taken from the table.
Mr.. Shaw then offered the faisewias
amendment .sA.,' Insert In liac I'll. SIZE.
l., after the woni .sstIeSts, the words .-ex-
ccpt Congress street; and strike out in
lines 81 and 3. the words such portions of
it AMI insert the worsls son its location
limits, and alter the first word ..sael," in
3.th line ins,,st the words ..rlsss, anl;"
and in the sSth Inc strike out the
Iword approve ;tai insert the wes,i ,,in,-
pose
The amendment, A., was adopted.
MIR. Srrague vi Monsan: Pending the
third reading of the bill desire To offer an
amendment, Is. To strike out section IL
To my mind this section seems To he strange
and anomalous. II SAYS that said raati
shall mot he taken or deemed to be rail-
road within the meaning OF thai term as
used in the Revised Statutes and Public
Laws of this State. Here We have bill
incorporating Il railroad company, giving
them all the charter rights of railroad com
panics. AMI the bill itself saving that il
shall not h. deemed 10 he railroad
That means something; it WIS not PUT
| in there for nothing. believe
We should have thorough ex-
| animation of all the statutes relating to
| railroads, and understand exactly how far
reaching that is. before We pass saeh an act
| rs that. 1t may have reference to taxation.
| The railroads are taxed by the laws of our
State. If this is not TO he deemed to Dc a
railroad within the meaning of any OF the
Public Laws of the State, as this section
| says. il might Interfere with the taxation. 1t
| might be defence to an action in regard to
| taxation think it is safe for US To strike
out the section.
MIR. Lane of Angusta-The object Of this
| section is to tax this railroad as horse
railroad and moi as steam railroad.
The question being ON the adoption
of amen,lmen, b, MIR. Li,tleiieM of
Poland, moved that the bill be laid on the
table until Friday. pending the adoption of
the amendment.
Mr.. Shaw of ror,lapd-I understand that
there are other amendments 10 be offered
and would ask the gentleman from Poland
to withdraw his motion until the amend
ments are all in. Then We can have the
bill printed with the amendments.
Mr.. Littlefield of Poland-I withdraw the
motion.
| MIR. Bird of Portland offered amendment
c.
Mr.. Woodbury. of Deering offered amend
ment ID.
| On motion of Mr.. I.ittleficli of Poland
the bill with the amendments was l,it on
the table to be printed and Friday of this
week was assigned for its further consid-
Grafton.
| On motion of Mr.. Rollins of Whitney
vile tiouse document 65 was taken from
the table.
Mr.. Rollins offered to amend by striking
out the word ''last'' in the 10th line and in
sert the word first" so it will read, .sbe-
tween the first day of September and the
first day of May"
The amendment was adopted.
The bill was then passed to be engrossed
as amended.
1 On motion of Mr.. Higgins of Limerick
House document 81 was taken from the
table. On further motion the House con-
CURED with the Senate in referring this bill
to the committee on labor.
| On motion of Mr.. Merrill of Pennington,
Senate document ~ was taken from the ia
BILE. Mr.. Merrill offered to amend by strik-
ing out of section one, after the colon, in
line five, and insert, ''shares Of said corpu-
ration shall be subject to taxation in the
same manner and rate as are the shares of
nationa! banks.
The question being ON the adoption of
the amendment,
On motion of Mr.. Shaw of Portland, the
bill was laid ON the table and tomorrow
morning was assigned for It's consideration.
IN motion of Mr., Mitchell of kitcry
Senate document Is was taken from The
table.
On motion of Mr. Mitchell the report of
the committee on bills on third reading WAS
accepted.
Mr. Mitchell offered to amend BY striking
out section $ and insert, ''this charter is,
and shall forever remain subject 10 the
condition that this corporation shall never
furnish any power for any railroad in this
State, or i'll any way all in the construction
or operation of any railroad in this State. -
Tn motion of Mr.. Higgins of Limerick
Senate document No. u was again tabled
for further consideration pending its third
reading.
On motion of Mr.. Mccullough of Calais
Adjourned.