The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-03-20

tate and erect buildings thereon for Ma
sonic and other purposes. 10 raise
funds therefor, they may issue bonds,
and secure them by mortgage If deemed
expedient.
LIVE STOCK INSURANCE..
The Maine.Live Stock Insurance COM
3l4, which is the bill granting the cor
poration a charter. In the company are
interested Messrs. c. E. Jose, George Toll
man, W. B. Moulton, c. B. Duntou, B.G
Ward of Portland; George H. Bailey of
Deering, and George " johnson TO Bath.
The charter provides that the company
shall have capital stock not exceeding
100000. 1t may begin business when
5000 is paid in, and $4,000 additional
must be paid within year. 1t may in
sure to fifteen times the amount of its
stock actually paid in and must keep on
deposit with the insurance commissioner
sum equal to one half of the capital
stock paid in. Ii must not begin bust
ness until the commissioner has approved
it's bylaws. Notwithstanding these
safeguards, Representative Fairbanks
OF Bangor. has tabled the bill. not be-
cause he believes that these gentlemen
would not do the business honorably and
with the best intentions in the world.
| but because he says that the experiment
| of insuring live stock has been tried III
other states and has not worked Ewell.
| Mr. Fairbanks has letter telling how
the Hartford Live Stock Insurance com
| pany tried it some years ago and made
an inglorious failure. He also has a let
| ter from Insurance Commissioner Mer-
| rill of Massachut etts, who takes the
ground that under the charter granted
by this bill. the company would meet
losses that it couldn't stand. Mr.. Mer-
rill thinks that the company should
have at least $4,000 in it's treasury be-
fore it is allowed to begin business. 1t
is agreed that live stock insurance opens
| the door to fraud, dishonest people in
surfing their stock and making good sales
to the companies. Mr.. Fairbanks said
today that when the bill comes up he
shall lay these views before the House.
CONCERNING INTELLIGENCE OF
FICES.
That bill which Representative LARA.
bee said last week was designed to abo1-
ish two Portland intelligence off ces, is
creating trouble at every step. Judge.
Savage held it up in the Senate and to-
day offered an amendment to make it's
provisions apply to only that portion oil
the fee received by the keeper of an in
telIigence Office in excess OF one dollar.
/ Then Senator Shaw said that he wished
to make au examination of the bill, and
on his motion it went back onto the ia
BILE.
The resolve appropriating $4,000 for
the purchase of II dormitory for the Port
land school for the deaf, has been peace
fully slunibering OH the House table for
several weeks. Today, Mr.. Larrabee
called it up and offered an amendment
to reduce to $4,000 the amount carried
| by the resolve. Mr.. l,alrlbee said that
/ in making this motion he represented
the friends of the bill. In view of the
large appropriations made aud 10 lac
made, they believed hat.economy should
be exercised and found, by IA re-suryey of
the case, that they could get along wi til
$4,000 by postponing some needed
things. Portland had never asked for the
state institutions within her borders
more than WIS absolutely necessary
and wanted to go on record in these
| times as favorin2 due economy.
AIR. Plummer of Dexter, "A member of
the committee Oh education, said that
this institution perhaps more than any
other had impressed the committee as
worthy of aid. He was surprised that
the friends OF the school should agree to
put off needed improvements for the
matter of ", 0G0, but it they were willing
to do so, he would not make objection.
The resolve was then amended ana
passed to he epgrossed.
/ FOR FREEMAN'S SUPPLEMENT-. il
i Mr.. Larrabee explained to the House
this afternoon how the publication of
Freeman's supplement to the Revised
Statutes would enable the state to post
pone for some years the next revision OF
the statutes. After listening to MIR.
Larrabee's clear presentation of the case,
the House, with only a few scattering
dissenting votes, refused to reconsider
the vote by which it passed the resolve
as amended by the Senate. As the meas
ure has now passed both branches to be
eDgrossed, its final passage is practically
assured. In its present form the resolve
appropriates $4,000 for the purchase of
1000 copies 10 be distributed to town
officers and others entitled to receive
them. Mr.. Barrett of Canaan, thought
a revision of the statutes could be made
for about $4,000. Mr.. Lara bee stated
that the last revision cost $4,000.
MORE ABOUT FISH AND LOBSTERS
The Senate today yielded to the House
in the matter of the ten and one-half
inch lobster law and reconsidered it's
votes passing amendments exempting
Washington county from the operation
of the law. The Senate, however, in or
der that the Gamers shall have due no.
tice, further amended the bill SO that it
shall not go into effect until July l..
1885. On and after that date, then. it
will be unlawful to take at any time
lopsters less than ten and one-half inch
es in length. The Senate stood twelve 10
nine on the question. The Senate also
concurred with the House in the accen-
lance of the majority report of the COM
mittee on shore fisheries that the nett
TONERS for changes in the SEEMING law
passed two years ago, have leave to
Withdraw.
THE DIVISION OF MADISON.
The House is still on record as opposed
to the division of Madison. SATURDAYS
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