The Portland daily press., 1895-02-01

The Kelley League Wishes Drunkards
Treated at State Expense-Bil1 Pre-
sented to Repeal the Dog Tax Law
Opposing Petitions Presented Rega I'd
ing the Biddeford and Saco Constables
Especial to the PRESS.)
Augusta, January 31.-The Bangor insane
hospital is before the legislature. This
norning, the special committee presented
Two reports, the majority report accompany
ng the resolve in favor of the Sl50,0U0 ap-
Dropriation, the minority report recon-
nending the erection of a building on the
rounds of the Augusta asylum in accord
ince with the views expressed by the special
commission appointed two years ago to con-
ider that institu ton. The majority report
signed by Senators Ferguson and Day,
RepIesentativ Grindle of Blue Hill, Park
:. hurst of Bangor, Woodside OF Lewiston,
PeasIee of Wiscasset. Leighton of Columbia
Falls, Bixby of Athens, Coffin of Bangor.
Kurdish of Lewiston, Houghton of Fort
Fairfield. The nine who sign the minority
report are Senators Warehouse. Prescott,
Wood and Reynolds, Representatives
Williams of Augusta. Lawrence of Lubee.
Spear of Rockland. Sanbcrn of Waldoboro,
and Bartlett of Eliot. There is no change
In these lists from those published in yes
terdas's PRESS, except that Mr.. Bartlett,
who then had not voted, now appears in the
minority column.
INSURANCE LAW.
Mr.. Larrabee of Portland, presented bill
to amend chapter 223. laws of 1898, relating
to accident and casualty insurance. COM
panies, changing the time in which notice
may be given to the companies of accident
or death to not less than thirty days. The
Lime is now not less than sixty days.
A bill presented by Mr.. Hutchinson Of Au-
burn is designed to provide for the investi-
cation of the causes of fires, making it the
duty of aldermen in cities and seieotmen in
towns to make such investigations which
shall be begin within two days after the
destruction of any property by fire, ami
especially to determine whether they We're
caused by carelessness or design. The re-
suits of these Investigations are 10 be sent
to the insurance commissioner, tabulated
and published. 7n
A bill was also presented embodying
numerous changes IN the general insurance
law. These changes make about twenty
typewriter pages, and have been coolhed
by the insurance department.
THE BIDDEFoRD AND sACo CON
STABLE.
The Biddeford and Saco con stable is like
ly to be a prominent figure before the
winter is over. Today, a petition came la
from Kelley League No. of Biddeford that
the members believe that the abolition of
the office of constable would WORK. serious
iniprv to the good morals the city. They
therefore earnestly pray that the law may
not be amended.
Mr.. II. Kilby and thirty-one other citizens
of Saco take the opposite view of the case.
They say that it is their experience that a
majority of the persons who have sought
and accepted the office of constable have
had in view some object other than the
legitimate discharge of their duties and
have so violated their oaths and have
prostituted their Office to such uses and
purposes that the office itself and the per-
sons who have held the same have become
public nuisance and IN our judgment
will continue to be menace to good gov
ernment.'' Therefore the petitioners
earnestly pray for the abolition of the or
der.
Rev. Father P. E. Dupont and fair assist
ants Of st. Joseph's church In Biddeford,
for the repeal of the law creating the Bid
deford police bill.
Mr.. Boothby Of saco presented the bill to
abolish the Office of con stable in the City of
Saoo. A similar bill in relation to Biddeford
has been put in.
THE COLLECTION OF VITAL STATS
TICS.
Mr.. Lane of Augusta, presented today a
long list of amendments to the law requir-
ing the registration Of vital statistics. The
bill requires physicians who have attended
persons during their last illness are to fur