The Portland daily press., 1893-02-25

ton of vessels in foreign trade from TAX
alton, and several others spoke Ihe
petitioners ask law to tax the net earn
ings of vessels in place of the present
taxation.
Concerning the Reform School.
The Reform school committee will re-
port resolve appropriating total OF
s42,50O for the next two years. The COM
mittee will report adversely on the bill
relating to religious instruction in penal
institutions. This is the bill which re-
opened the sectarian question in connec-
ton with the Reform school. The COM
mittee will recommend that the Reform
school buildings be insured.
New Insurance Bill.
Seuator Herseys bill to abate board of
insurance adjusters has been considered
by the insurance committee and dis
carded, it's place being taken by the
following which the committee will re-
port: ssShould any insurance company
not organized under the laws but doing
an insurance business within this state
make an application to remove any snit
of action to which it is a party heretofore
or hereafter commenced in any court in
this state to the United States District
or Circuit Court or shall enter into any
compact or combination with other in
surance companies for the purpose of
governing or controlling the rates
charged for fire insurance on any proper
ty in this state, the insurance COM
missioners shall forthwith revoke the
license or authority of said company to
transact business and us renewal OF said
license or authority shall be granted for
the period Of three years from the date
of such revocation"
The above is taken from the New
Hampshire law. The long controversy
over reinsurance has resulted in the Dill
which the committee will report and
which is said to be satisfactory to all
parties. It is an act additional to chap
ter 40, Revised Statutes relating to fire
insurance contracts, following: "All
contracts of fire insurance written upon
property in this state shall cover the
actnal loss OF damage not exceeding the
amount insured except in such cases as
it shall otherwise agreed in writing by
the assured.
+ In sother words the bill makes CO.
insurance dependent on written agree
ment with the assured.
Amendments to the Ballot Law.
The legal affairs committee will report
amendments to the ballot law carrying
out substantially Secretary Fessenden's
suggestions, SO far as they relate to minor
changes. Change is made in the manner
of voting SO that what ticket is voted by
placing marks in square at top Of column.
To cut the ticket the name must be
erased and the new one written or pasted
in. Pictures that represent various par
ties are not recommended. The proposed
change does away with any marks at
the side of the names. A ballot clerk
who offers to assist voter when not re-
auested to do so is made liable to fine
of not less than $25 nor more than 800,
or to imprisonment not exceeding sixty
days.
The State Printing.
The Brown Thurston Company of
Portland has notified the committee on
state printing that it is willing to make
its bid include all the state work at the
prices named and in case the contract
was awarded it for the whole work
would establish plant in Augusta to do
the legislature printing.
Secretary Of State Fessenden appeared
before the committee. yesterday and
made statement that it was impossible
to have the legislature work done any
where except in,Augusta. That fact is
of course admitted. Secretary Fessen-
den also urged that it was desirable that
all the printing and binding should be
done in this city.
House Business.
A bill to provide for the insane in the
State of Maine was presented today by
Mr.. Oakos of South Berwick. 1t pro-
yides that whenever any person shall
have been committed to any hospital of
this state who has not the means Of sup
port, or whose income has become ex-
hausted, the expense attending the care
of such person shall be entirely borne by
the state, and no town or plantation
from which the patient was sent shall be
in anyway liable.
Mr.. Rollins of Whitneyville put in a
bill to amend the game law by making
close time from January to September
20, instead of October; also to increase
the fines for killing, and upon second
conviction establishing a penalty of i'm
prisonment not less than 80 days, nor
more than three months, in the county
jail.
Mr.. Morrill, of Portland introduced an
order today requiring the state prison
committee to ascertain what further leg
islation is needed to prevent the contin-
ued violation of the statute requiring
prison manufactured goods to be marked