Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-03-16
Maine Legislature.

iciSuNS W as iliduc
Maine Legislature.
Monday, Mar. 6,
Senate.
| Printed Bills Read and Assigned
An act to establish the western Hancock
municipal court.
Printed Bils Read and assigned
| House document No. 257, an act to ex-
tend the charter of the Ellsworth Street
Railway Co.
| Finally Passed:
! Resolve in favor of st. Elizabeth Roman
| Catholic Orphan Asylum in Portland
! Resolve in favor of Maine Industrial
/ School for girls.
Resolve in favor of Castine State Nor
| nal School.
Resolve in favor of First Maine Heavy
| Artillery.
| Tuesday, March I.
BIS Read and ASSIGNED
An act to incorporate the Granite City
Village Corporation. -
Bills Passed t. be EngroSsed
An act to establish the western Hancock
municipal court.
Wednesday, Mar. s.
senate.
But one bill was introduces |, that to
make the Westbrook Municipal court con-
form to city instead Of town regulations,
fxing its jurisdiction, increasing the fees
and providing that the Judge shall be 4
member of the Cumberland Bar. There
was long discussion of the bill imposing
license fee of s. on persons coming from
other states to fish and hunt 1t was
amended to exempt from its provisions
people paying tax Of s. in the State also
such associations as have expended the
sum of $500 on club houses, or who as
si>t in the propagation of h>h and game.
The bill was then tabled.
House.
The principal event was a discussion Of
the signing Of the Menhsden bill Mes>r-.
Maddox, Ross. Mitchell and Dickey spoke
for the bill, aud Me>srs. Cook. Titche!l,
Shaw, Dutton and Ferguson against it,
The minority report fought not to pass. ="
was accepted, u to 10 Mr. Woodbury. of
Drering presented a resolve appropratiug
$4,000 for bust OF Hannibal Hamlin, to
he placed il the State House. \ bill pro-
viding for the State Board of Education
was defeated in the committee. The North
Yarmouth Academy presented petition
I fol $500 annually for 10 years bill wa-
/ introduced providing that local boards OF
I health may require owners Of houses 10
/ drain their premises suitably.
/ The Legislature ID joint session, elected
/ George L. Beal State Treasurer. lie re
/ celvei lIj votes; ,Jere G. Shaw Of BllIe-
4 ford, 80 scattering. /.
Thursday, March o
senate.
/ Bis Eeai and assigned:
Resolve providing for bust Of Haunt
| bal Hamlin.
Bills PISSED 70 "a Eayr0>sel
An act to confirm the organization Of
the Hancock County Fair Association and
entite it to share in the stipend for agri-
cultural societies.
An act TO grant certain powers to the
Green Mountain Carriage Road Co.
An act to incorporate the Milbridge Vii
lage Corporation.
Senate document No. 30, an act to abol-
ISL school districts, especially assigned for
! to-day, was taken from the table.
Mr.. Peaks Of Piscataquis: propose to
leave the matter to the Senate am op-
| posed to the adjustment Of school dis
| tricts because | know q large majority of
| the people of the State are opposed to
! it. | am opposed to it because | thin k
| it Is a great hardship for those who
/ are in favor of the town system and who
can have it very easily in their towns
to undertake to force this law upon
Us who do not favor the town system l
/ ask you TO put yourselves 10 our places,
and see how you would feel if we were to
force the system upon you. Now we have
( the district system in some of our towns
and we still want it; you have the town
/ system, and you want it. | submit it is
not fair, it is not just to force this thing
/ upon Us al this time when it is evident that
large number of people of this State are
/ opposed to it. | have number Of letters
/ IN my possession protesting against this
| legislation.
/ Now, gentlemen, say it is only fair, it
/ IS only honest. it is only just that you let
/ Is alone. and move that this whole mat
| ter De Indefinitely postponed.
I Mr.. WinslOw of Somerset: 1t is hard.
! ly proper or necessary to engage in any
! further discussion Of this matter sim
( ply say that / hope that motion will not
prevail and | move the adoption of the
House amendment.
The amendment was adopted.
I Mr.. Peaks called for the yeas and nays
/ on his motion to indefinitely adjourn and
! the motion was lost by vote of to lG.
/ Yeas-Grindle. Holman, Jackson. Mallett
I Peaks and Warehouse.
/ Nays-Allan, Ames, Coffin. Cook, Deering, Her
sey, Hersom. Libby, Lyons, Mayo. Sickerson
shaw, spoford, swanton, Thatcher, Wisgin and
wnslow.
4 Absent-Bradford, CLARK, Harper Herrick, lIill
Seders and Wood.
On motion of MI. Winslow of Somerset
the bill was then passed to be eugrossed as
amended.
i Friday, March To-
The bill to amend the present law allow
ing the cate hing of only 10 - inch lob.
sters the year round was defeated in the
House, 10 to "a This kills the measure
/ The bill to provide for a propagation Of
Holsters was also defeated in the House
The SEEMING bill, which was defeated in
1 the House, was passed to be engrossed in
the Senate this morning by a vote of l6 to
4. The Senate -concurred with the
/ House in the amendment to the bill taxing
( express companies, the amendment being
to include persons doing express business
as well as companies.
4 a State Library bill, increasing the sal
ary OF the State Librarian from $1,000 to
/ $500, and providing for increased clerk
hire, was introduced. The resolve relat-
ing to the insurance of the Reform School
building was defeated. The savings bank
tax reports came from the committee this
morning. The majority report favors
discrimination tax between future home
and foreign investments, 5o of l per cent.
on the former, IS of ! per cent. on the
latter. The minority report favors taxing
/ savings banks on their reserve fund and
undivided profits when such exceed per
| cent of the deposits.
The House adjourned to Monday after
noon, the Senate to Saturday morning
! Saturday, March IL.
Senate.
Bills Passed to be Engrossed:
An act to grant certain powers to the
| Eden Water Co.
An act to incorporate the Maine Sports
mems Fish and Game Association.