The Portland daily press., 1895-01-31

journ from time to time' instead of from
day TO day. An amendment 10 section IA
provides for the laying out of sidewalks by
the city Council and the assessment or one
half the total costs ON the AUDITORS. Section
ID is amended to provide for the laying out
and construction of main drains and sewers
by direction of the city council and the
assessment upon the owners of anuttlng
lots and other land benefits thereby such
sum as is deemed equitable. Section 20 is
amended to provide for three assessors
elected from the city at large, to serve
three years one retiring each year.
DEERING ANNEXATION.
When Mr.. Moore of Deering, presented the
enabling act for the annexation of Dee1lng
to Portland today he moved it's reference TO
the committee on towns. Mr.. Moore had
been requested to ask for the creation OF
special Committee TO consider the matter,
hut as there is no member from Cumberland
county on the towns committee he con-
eluded that thar committee would be as
satisfactory any that could be named.
The requeststo Mr.. Moore to secure the APP
pointment to secure special committee
was made by gentlemen who want the an
nexatIon question heard by a committee.
the members of when would be likely to
have no personal interest in its set Element.
ON THE sKlRMIsH LINE.
SkirmisLing has begun on the insane
hospital question. Mr.. Farrow of Belmont,
today. introduced an order that the joint
special committee make an estimate OF the
cost of out buildings, quarters for the
superintendent and his staff and other
necessary adjuncts TO the proposed ins'itu-
tion at Bangor, about which its friends
have been silent. On motion Of Mr.. Haines
of Watervil!e. the order was tabled.
Yesterday the Senate voted to adhere to
its action in referring the $4,000 resolve
for the Maine Insane hospita to the insane
hospital committee. This is the resolve
which Mr.. Adams of Bowdoin originally
tried to refer to the special committee on
the proposed Bangor hospital. The House
after lef ing it last Friday to the insane
hospital committee, as explained at the
time, Monday changed that reference and
made it to the committee on finance. When
the matter came up this morning, the SEN
ate declining to change the original refer
ence. it was mo7ed and voted that the
House also adhere. Later Mr.. Lane OF Au-
gusta, moved that this vote be rec considered
and it was SO voted. Then Mr.. Lane intro
uoed an order, which was passed, direct
ing the committee On the Eastern Maine
hospital TO consider the Augusta resolve.
Mr.. Lane followed this up with motion
that the Augusta resolve be referred to the
special committee and it was passed thus
carrying out SO far as the House was con-
cerned, Mr.. Adams's original intention.
Speaker Powers last week suggested the
passage of such an order as way of getting
around the difficulty.
LISTING BILL FOR EXPIRES CoMPA-
WV MES;
Mr. Noble of Lewiston. presented today
bill to provide that express corporations,
companies or persons be required to make
annually in May sworn returns to the state
assessors of the amount OF their receipts for
all express matters carried within the state
as specified In section 55. chapter 6, r. S.,
whereupon the state assessors shall. ON OF
before the 18th day of June, assess the tax
therein provided. Section s. of chapter 6,
r. S.. is amended 20 provide that the tax SO
assessed IL in place of all local taxation ex-
cept that real estate may be taxed as other
nonresident real estate but this tax on real
estate used in the express business is to lie
deducted from the amount of the state tax.
For failure TO make the sworn returns by
the 18th of May the penalty is to be $25 a
day.
Mr.. LARA bee of Portland, today presented
bill to amend the collateral inheritance
tax law by exempting from its provisions
any educational, charitable or benevolent
institution in this state.
@ AGAINST FOES AND OTHERS.
Some fish and game legislation somewhat
out Of the ordinary line was asked for to-
day. Cumberland county people state a
grievance against sly Reynald and other
animals which they do not name, but are
probably of species which can make their
resistance to traps and trappers powerful
and offensive.
A. H. Glover and sixteen others of Naples
and Raymond, represent that they have
been much annoyed by the ravages of foxes
and other Wild animals In their poultry
yards, and that the animals are SO wary in
their movements that it is difficult to trap
them. Therefore the petitioners ask leave
to poison such animals.
Mr.. Loring Farr, in memorial presented
by Mr.. Lane of Augusta. recommends the
prohibition of the shooting of looms. The
looms he says among the largest, most
bea utiful and most useful when alive. and
useless when dead, of the native birds of
Maine. MIR. Farr further represents that in
his opinion it would be greatly to the ad-
vantage of the state and wrong to move to
prohibit by law any one from hunting with
dogs OIL land of another without written
license from the owner or occupant of the
Land, during the months when stock is at
pasture. He says that now as soon as close
time is off the lands OF farmers are overrun
with hunters and dogs, breaking down
fences, killing sheep or driving them off to
be lost or destroyed, in consequence of
which the sheep industry has been badly
crippled, back pastures abandoned and the
whole land becomes sort of game pa rk for
idle men and sprigs of boys TO hunt in, Sun
days not excepted. Mr.. Farr believes his
law, besides preventing the evils he
mentions, would encourage the acquisition
of private game parks.
Senator Penney of Piscataquis, introd uced
an act additional to chapter 30 of the Re-
viaed Statutes, section /: Whoever shall. at
any time pursue. capture, kill or destroy any
deer in the waters of any lake. pond, river