Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-03-22

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Oa motion Of Mr. Slaw Of Aroosfool
! Eioase docGmeai No. ii. report of the CON
ni,tee On legal sif4irs On ILL al aet L
amend see -, etsp- ,. Revised Statutes
relating to yrust fssds he'll ey tn~ns, wa
taken from the tahi ssd the report acce pte'
aGd ti,e biIi read first time aH,i tomorros
assigned.
On motion Of Mr.. Holman Of Franklin
Senate document Nc lJd, an act u incor
pura,e tile Maine G4al E-tate Invesnnen
Co, of P0rtL1Iti, MEine, ~as taken free
the table
Mr. ll9iuaa This i, different from an,
charter sbich have ever had the plelsHf.
Of examining. Il gives the parties author
lty TO 10 almost any kind Of business, an,
TO 10 all kinds of business done ly trus
corp.ny, With the exception, I- rhaps, o
receiving deposits 1. seems 10 ms
they can 10 almost everything, an
III addition To that ti4ey can start hasi
ness without paving in , dollar OF cifitll
There Is to be b examination, there is Dc
limitation, There is no restriction upor
them | do not believe that the State amt
10 start incorporating corporations OF tha
kind. and the refore move the in9rtiD
postponement of the matter
The matter was accordingly inietinitei,
postponed.
Special assignment, House document No
iZd, with House amendment No. 1877, ar
act relating TO the protection Of trademarks,
etr. Of associations of working men. wa,
taken from the table, and MIR Grindle oi
Hancock offered Senate Amendment A if
order To make clear the language OF the bill
In reply 10 the senator from Llccoln. Mr.
ifersey Of oxford stated that the object OF
this bill vas 10 afford protection To unions
of workingmen for their labels aud trade
marks. and 10 make chap. IA of the Pub
lie Laws of 1891 operative when applied IL
unions of workingmen as well as the in1i-
yliuals.
Mr. Seilers of CuHiberlanl stated that al
first hearing of this bill he was unfayorable
to it, but that since then he had examined
the bill and thought il should pass. lie
pointed out that these unions were doing =
the best class of work, and their labels were
often stolen to he use,! on inferior classes
Of work, ami so this bill would not only
afford protection 10 them but to the general
public.
in reply to remark by Mr.. Seiders, Mr.,
Hersey stated that he lid not think that sec.
: was proper section 10 be included in the
| bill, and On motion of the same senator the
matter was laid Oh the table until this after
noon, the ilouse Amendment having been
previously adopted As amended by Senate
sheet A.
| Special assignment. House document No.
| POI and Senate document No. l10. resolve
in favor of aid in building bridge across
the Penobscot river in the town of Winn,
WAS taken from the table.
| Mr. Thatcher of Penobscot moved the
adoption of the majority report.
| Mr. Mallet of Cumberland opposed the
adoption of the majority report, and said
| that if the people OF that vicinity had $3.50
600 or $500 900 waiting ready to invest
when this bri lge was built they need not
come begging to the Legislature for pal
try $4,000 to build this bridge.
| Mr.. Thatcher My object in moving the
adoption of the majority report WAS that the
! Senate might amend the resolve in concur
renee with the House.
| About 30 yea ago large tannery, then
the largest in the New England states, was
established in the town OF VIM on the
Penob-cot river Following its location q
| thriving village sprung up, and in 1891 the
valuation of this town was slo2 600 In
| August last year this tannery was burned
down, and owing to the failure of the par
| ties owning it it viii not be- rebuilt The val
uauon of it was some $40 900. By the de-
struction of this tannery large
number of inhabitants of Vim
were thrown out of employment,
and the business of the town virtually tle-
-troycd. The citizens are, of course, seek
ing for other means Of supplying the wants
of their worklngmen, AMI unless something
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