The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-01-25

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INTHE HOPPER.
Among today's new business was:
Bill extending for two years tine Brlns-
wick Electric railway charter.
Resolve appropriating $1,000 annually for
the State PomologicaI society.
Petition of Harrison eli liens for the FRO
lection of land locked salmon in Andres
coggin pond.
Petition for the smells in Dasanoa river.
Bill to authorize f. X Hodgkins. Elisha
A. Clark, Joseph A. Slower and Wm ".
Littlefield to build wharf into tide waters
at Wood Landing point in Harpswell
Nj. Holbrook of Brunswick put in today
bill to appropriate $4,000 to get up a
Typographical map of the state in cooper
alton with the United States Geological
Survey, the work to be done by comms-
sion, who are to receive only their expenses.
Resolve that the land agent collect one
twenty>third of the money for stumpage
taken from any township of land in this
state for school purposes.
Resolve appropriating $3.50 for the pur-
chase of 645 volumes of Maine Reports of
Thomas B. Mosher.
Bill to amend the law in relation to the
stipends of agricultural societies SO that
they shall be based entirely on the pre-
miums and gratulties for the exhibition of
stock and products. and shall not be paid
to societies allowing gambling or the sale Of
Intoxicating liquors on their grounds.
Petitions for the extension of the course
Ut study at Castine Normal school.
Bill to authorize 1.-The Electric Corpora
ton" to reduce its capital stock one-half.
Petitions that the fees for inspecting
steam vessels on the inland waters of the
state and licensing their officers bs
abolished. Bill to amend section forty-one.
chapter hInety-one, f. s., relating to liens
on personal property by adding said lien
shall continue till final Judgment and sale
on execution obtained in action to enforce
the same provided said action shall be
brought within thirty days after the
pasturing. feeding sheltering shall have
been furnished ana the lien may be en-
forced against said animals whenever
found;" also TO amend section forty-two by
adding, AL liens On personal property may
be enforced by writ of attachment. The
declaration shall contain a statement of the
Lature of the lien and of the property to
be attached. II tho claimant obtains judg-
ment for the lien. the subsequent proceed
ings shall be the same as in suit where
property has been attached on original
writ
Resolve appropriating money to buy 45O
copies of the York deeds. published by the
Maine Historical society. at SIS per volume.
Bill to incorporate Nicholas Fessenden, E.
l.. Houghton. c. W. Trafton and others as
the Border banking and Trust company,
with a capital of S5O.00o to be located at
Fort Fairfield.
Petitions that the killing of deer in Saga
dahoc county be prohibited for five years,
with bill accompanying.
THE WATER COMPANY'S CHARTER.
The Judiciary committee reported favor
ably today the bill to amend the laws in re-
lation to the Portland Water company. This
is the bill which supplies the omission by
which, while the company had the right to
supply water to Gorham, Westbrook, Deer
ing and Cape Elizabeth. the law gave it the
right to take water from Sebago lake to
supply only Portland. At
TAXATION OF STREET AILwAYs.
William Wood, ESQ.,. Charles F. Libby
and Manager Newman sof the Port
land Railway company were here to-
day 10 advocate the bill to tax all
street railways as horse railways are now
taxed. When that law was passed, horse
railways were the only ones which had to
be considered. Now it is urged that electric
railways having taken the place of
the horse car lines all should be taxed on
the same plan.
TAXATION ON VESSELS.
= The state assessors and vessel owners
have agreed upon bill whic h will De pre-
sented Friday. This fixes the valuation of
new sailing vessels at SIC per ton. re-
ducing the valuation 81 each year, unless
when 40 per cent of the value of the vessel
is expended in rebuilding tile same. That
shall be considered to reduce the age of
vessels for valuation purposes one-half.
STREET COMMISSION BILL.
Representative Knowlton will introduce
in the House tomorrow morning the street
commission bill endorsed by the Portland
City Council. Mr.. Knowlton received
copy of the bill from City Clerk Dyer OF
Portland today. A copy of the other bill
which was not endorsed by the council was
also received here today and it was stated
tonight that it would also in all probability
be presented tomorrow so that both meas
ures will come before the law makers.
THE EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY.
When the finance committee met at two
o'clock this afternoon to give hearing on
the resolve of the Maine Eye and Ear In
Urinary. the room was illed with Portland
people e number of the gentlemen who had
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