Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-02-27
UNLIKE REPORTS
On the Listing and Wiggin
School Tax Bills.
Bill to Provide for Town Board of
Reference.
Other Features Of One Of LveIiest DAYS of
The Session.

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sacted large amount of business. Sew
eral new measures were introduced.
Senator Gay of Penobscot put in a bill
providing an amendment to the law re-
lating to Investments by savings banks.
This amendment adds the words Gin
cash. to the provision of the present law
which specifies the electric railroads in
which savings banks may invest to be
those having capital stock equal in
amount to fifty per cent of the mortgage
debt paid in. This amendment would
provide that it should be paid in in cash
Town Board Of Reference.
A bill put in by Mr.. Plummcr of Dex-
ter provides that any town having over
1000 inhabitants may choose board Of
reference, which shall consist of not less
than nine nor more than IL legal voters
of the town, one of whom shall be the
first selectman who shall act as presiding
officer of said board Said board shall
hold two sessions both of which shall be
within 20 days after the adjournment Of
said annual meeting; and it shall not
hold more than said two sessions unless
authorized thereto by vote OF the town at
the meeting creating said board, notice Of
thereof signed by the town clerk. These
notices are to be posted three days before
the session. At these meetings the board
shall hear all interested parties and the
board shall vote by yea and nay vote
upon matters referred to it by the town,
which action shall be as binding upon
the town as if voted at said annual meet
ing. Provided, however, that any such
board shall not have authority to vote on
appropriation of money exceeding 5000
for any one matter, unless town give
special authority. The amounts so voted
by the board shall be included by the
assessors in laying the taxes. No mem
Der of the board shall vote on any ques-
ton in which he is interested.
The town may refer any matter to this
board and render a proper article in its
warrant except raising money for sup
port of schools and for support of the poor,
and the choosing of town officers. The
town shall fix compensation of members
of such board not exceeding 81 day for
time employed.
Mr. Mccullough of Calais put in a bill
to allow any other street railway incor-
poratcd now or hereafter, to run cars
within the city of Bangor where the Pub
lie Works Company controlling and
operating the Bangor street railway may
have no track and may enter upon and
connect with and use the tracks of the
Public Works Company or Bangor
street railway on the terms provided for
In charter of Bangor street railway.
Senator Day of Pcnobscot presented an
amendment relating to withdrawal OF
deposits from savings banks. This amend
ment provides that sec. los, chap. AZ, Re
yised Statutes, shall read; 'No savings
bank shall be required to pay to any de-
posit or more than $50 at any one time
or in any one month until after 80 days
notice.
Mr. Day of Penobscot put in bill to
amend sec. 81, chap. 2, Revised Statutes,
SO as to read "No more than $50, 600 of
the money of the State shall be on deposit
in a bank, except such bank through
which the treasurer desires to meet pay
ments of the bounded debt and interest
on same"
Representative Moore of Deering pre-
sented bill, the prov isions of which are
that no employee of railroad corporation
shall collect from any passenger for trans
portation more than mileage ticket for
each mile actually travelled, that every
mileage book shall have bound therein
list of all the stations on the railroads
operated by the company showing the dis
lance in miles between such stations.
The penalty is s25 for each offence,
Mr. Twitchell introduced u bill to
amend the general law for the organ1 "a
ton of street railways to provide that the
railroad commissioners shall appoint day
for the hearing upon petition for organ
ization and that the petitioners snail
give such notice thereof as the commits
sioners may deem necessary.
A. F. Minott of Deering and "a others
sent to the Legislature remonstrahce
against granting any charters for exciu-
sive rights of navigation in the Presump-
scot river. The remonstrancc goes on TO
say that they are farmers and have spent
their lives retaining and beautifying the
land along the river which has been a
common thoroughfare to the yeomanry OF
our county from the days when the early
settlers of Gorham first padded their
canoes up the wooded stream 100 years
ago down to the present time. Ihey
don't want, they say, to have their ancient