The Portland daily press., 1895-02-02

if all the members of the House are pre- sent,
to pass the resolve. The Bangor delega-
tion's smiles have shrunk several sizes since
the vote taken in the committee which
showed nine members out of twenty against
them. change of one vote would have
made the committee a tie, and robbed Ban
gor of whatever avantage there may be in
a majority report. The fact of the matter is
that many members will not vote the $780,
000, which is known as the first installment
of million dollars outlay, until convinced
of he absolute necessity for it. At the
first of tile session, the Bangor men claimed
every thing and nobody's voice was raised
in protest. Then came the hearing and
| everybody SPOKE of the necessity of the new
institution, nobody appearing to object to
it. So the doubters were silent. But as
soon as it became known that in the COM
mittee ire nine men who did not accept
the Bangor views of the case. the opposition
began to center around the proposition to
carry out the special commissions idea and
build new structure for harmless inyalids
at Augusta. This opposition has steadily
grown and the signs are that it is still
| growing. The legislators want to see the
| insane properly cared for. but If they can
be cared for as well and at less outlay AT
| Augusta than at Bangor, then the legisla-
tors are very likely TO adopt the Augusta
| plan.
TO STRENGTHEN THE HEALTH LAWS.
The object OF the latest health bill is to
define more clearly the powers and duties
of local boards of health and to extend the
powers in some directions, not now provided
| for by our existing laws, but which are
present in those of most other states. The
bill was introduced by Mr.. Hsmlin of Els
worth today. 1t has been prepared by the
State Board of Health and embodies their
| views.
! The bill provides that when any person Is
| aggreved by the local hoard of health relat-
| ing to nuisance, he may appeal to the
county commissioners. thus resembling in
this respect the law of Massachusetts.
Other chief provisions are the following:
| Section nine pro-, ides that all slaughter
houses shall be subject to Inspection under
the direction of the local board of health,
and provides that they shall be licensed by
the local board. and that all animals to be
slaughtered and all fresh meat exposed for
sale shall be subject to like Inspection.
Section then provides that the owner OF
other person having charge of any animal,
milk or meat of any animal affected with
tuberculosis or other contagious or infec-
tious disease, who knowing that the
animal is thus affected, shall hold the
animal, its milk or meat for human food
shall be liable to fine. This provides fol
contingencies that there is now no law te
meet. A person may now sell the meat OF
tuberculosis animal and there are no clearly
defined legal provisions whereby the loca
board of health may prevent such sale.
Section eleven provides that local boards
of health shall report cases of tuberculosis
or of CHAMBERS in domestic animals TO the
state cattle commissioners.
Section twelve. provides that mil; h COWS
and COW stables from whie h milk or cream
is sold and all daries or other places IL
: which milk is sold or kept for general use
and all cheese and butter factories OIL
creameries shall be open to inspection under
the direction of the local board of health
and that all such places shall be SO con
Quoted or not to be a source Of danger t.
the public.
Section thirteen provides hat any butcher
or market man on request of the health
, authorities shall make affidavit as to tho
!. place or places, at which the slaughter o.
the meat be sells is carried on, thus en-
abling local boards to trace suspected meal
) to its original source.
Section fourteen provides that loca
boards shall have supervision over the
source of supply and the place of storage O.
ice 10 be used within their jurisdiction.
} Section sixteen provides that in making
; Investigations and holding hearings, the
, STATE Board of Health or local board o
health may issue subpoenas to compel thu
, attendance of witnesses, administer oath
to witnesses and compel them to testify
Witnesses shall not be compelled to testif,
upon matters not related TO the public
health.
THE DEERING COURT.
A bill presented by MI. Hill of Portland
today amends the law OF 1889 regarding thu
| jurisdiction of the Deering Municipal court
1t changes section %, chapter 500. private
laws of 1889, to read in part as follows
"Said court shall have exclusive origina
: Jurisdiction of all civil actions In which tin
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