Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-03-27
MAINE LEGISLATURE.
slxTY-sEvENTH SESSION.
SENATE.
Tuesday, March o6, 1895

IueSday, March 20, 1895.
Senate called to order by the President.
Prayer by the Rev. MIR. Snyder of Au-
gusta
Journal of yesterday read and approved
| Papers from the House passed in con-
currence.
House document No. $50, an act to
amend sec. 81, chap 4, Revised Statutes,
relating to ways in unincorporated places,
passed to be engrossed by the House. in
definitely postponed by the Senate, came
back from the House that branch adher-
| ing to it's former action.
| On motion of Mr. Engel of Penobscot
the Senate also adhered TO its former &C
| ton.
The following petitions. were presented :
BY Mr.. Hovey of Somerset--Petition
| OF L. j. Taylor and 106 others of Pitts
| field in favor of the medical registration
bill
BY Mr.. Hill of STANDARDIZATION of
G. f. Davis and 10 Others of Watergillc !;
| of J. Frank Pierce and 50 others of Au-
gusta; and of Henry Harrington and "a
others of Gardiner, all in favor of same
BY Mr.. Ferguson of Sagadahoc-Peti-
tions of John H. Kimball and others of
Bath; of Jos. NJ. Hayes and others of
Bath, of +. w. Rideout and Others of
Bath ;of Il. H. Butler and 50 others and of
George Noyes and % Others in favor of
| same.
BY Mr. Reynolds of Kennebec-Re
monstrance against same All of which
petitions and remonstrance were directed
to be placed on file.
Orders.
On motion of Mr. Spofford of Hancock :;
Ordered, That a message be sent to the
House requesting the return to the Sen
others of Deer Isle praying that the south
ern part of the town of Deer Isle be set off
and made new town.
Subsequently, on the return of this docu-
ment to the Senate, on motion of Mr..
Spotford of Hancock, the Senate recon-
sidered the vote whereby it refused to re-
ceive this petition, and the vote whereby
it non concurred with the House in the
reference of this petition to the next
Legislature, and on motion of the same
senator the Senate then concurred with the
House and referred this petition to the
next Legislature.
On motion of Mr.. Spofford of Hancock:
Ordered, That the engrOssing clerk be re-
quested to return to the Senate bill an act
to amend chap. 613 of the Private and
Special Laws of 1898, entitled an act to
establish the Western Hancock municipal
court.
Subsequently, on the return of this bill
to the Senate, on motion of the same sena-
tor the Senate re-considered the vote
whereby it was passed to be engrossed.
Mr. Spofford then offered Senate amend
ment A, which was adopted, and the bill
was then passed to be engrossed as
amended.
Mr.. Prescott of York presented resolve
in favor of Gen. Selden Common, which
was referred to committee on financial
affairs.
Mr. Maxwell of Androscoggin presented
bill an act for the protection of homing
pigeons, which was considered without
reference to a committee on motion of the
same senator.
Mr. Hume of Washington objected to
the bill as an interference with the right
of farmers to protect their crops.
Mr. Maxwell made a few remarks in
favor of the bill and stated that he had no
personal interest in it, but that he had
been asked to present it.
On motion of Mr.. Hume the matter
was indefinitely postponed.
Reports Of Committees.
Committee on education submitted
their final report.
Committee on judiciary, to which was
referred bill an act additional to chap.
1872, Revised Statutes, relating to mis-
conduct of sheritfs, deputy sheriffs, con-
stables and other public officers, reported
in new draft entitled an act additional
to chap. 1872, Revised Statutes, relating to
offences against public justice and that
the same ought to pass
Report was accepted, and on motion of
Mr. Spofford of Hancock the bill was read
twice and passed to be engrossed under
suspension of the rules.
Same committee to which was referred
bill an act to prohibit the wearing of hats,
bonnets, hoods or other headwear in places
of public amusement, reported that the
same ought not to pass.
Mr.. Higgins of York said that If a
woman wanted to wear hat or bonnet
she would do so, and it was of no use for
any man to make law regulating the
size of that hat or bonnet, for women
would wear just what she liked, just as
she always had done since the beginning
of the world.
The report was adopted.
Committee on manufactures submitted
their final report.
Passed TO be Enacted.
An act amendatory of and additional to
chapter lis of the Public Laws Of 1891.
entitled an act to provide for the registra
ton of vital statistics.
An act relating to the use of purse and
drag seines in the Georges river
An act to incorporate the Yarmouth
Water Company.
An act to incorporate the Maine Live
Stock Insurance Company.
An act to fix the salary of the county
attorney of the county Of Waldo.
An act to amend section % of chapter
Q of the Revised Statutes, relating to the