Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-02-15
LONE OF THE DAYS. =
The Law Makers Consider and
Debate at Great Length.
beneficiary Organizations Tramps-The Lot.
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Thursday was Zone Of the days" about
the capitol. Debates in both Senate and
House were in order. Members interested
in the subjects under debate went from
one branch to the other and back again
Every bit of available room on the flool
of the Senate was taken during the hall
hour when the amendments and Original
resolve relating to the State college ap
propriation were being voted on.
Considerable new matter was intro
duced in both branches. In the House
Mr.. Patten of Bath, presented bill tc
raise the age of consent to 16 years. -
Mr.. Reynolds Of Brooks, introduced a
bill relating to tramps, the intention OF
which is to so amend the law that con
stables may not be allowed to arrest
tramps, feed them and take them to jail
for the sake of the fees. 1t provides that
the tramps when arrested shall imme.
diately be brought before the selectmen OF
overseers of the poor.
Mr.. Knowlton of Portland introduced
an amendment to the lottery law to make
the law apply directly to policy shops and
dealers. 1t reduces the fine somewhat
Mr.. Hill of Portland put in bill which
provides that the keeper of an intelligence
office shall not take pay from person
seeking employment until the latter shall
have secured the. kind of employment
sought and if he loses his place through
no fault of his own the keeper shall upon
demand return half the sum he received
from the applicant for securing the place.
Maj Dickey put. in a bill to provide
that where two counties are separated by
a river, and where bridge has already
been built across the river or water, but
is not maintained by the towns in which
such tridge is located it shall be the duty
of the two counties to assume the main
tenance of such bridge each bearing its
proportional expense
A resolve was introduced asking $500
annually for Yarmouth Academy
Certain FraternaI Beneficiary Organizations.
Mr.. Marston of Skowhegan put in a
bill providing for winding up the affairs
of fraternal beneficiary companies that
should be brought to decent close.
The bill provides that the commissioners
may visit and examine the affairs OF any
domestic corporation subject to the provi
sions Of chap. 234 of the Public Laws of
1889. Whenever the commissioner finds
that the corporation is not paying the
maximum amount named in its policies
or certificates in full, or is in such condi-
ton rs to render further proceedings haz-
ardous to the public or its policy holders
or whenever any domestic corporation
subject to the provisions of chapters 234
and 237 of the Public Laws of 1889 shall
after an existence of one year or more
have membership of less than 300, the
insurance commissioner may present the
facts in relation to the same to any JUS
tice of the supreme judicial court; the
Justice shall notify the officers of the cor
poration of hearing and unless special
reason exists why it should not be done
the insurance commissioner or some other
person shall be appointed receiver
Sec. provides that hereafter no corpora
ton of this kind shall begin to do bust
ness until it has secured not less than
500 members.
Senator Wiggin introduced bill which
represents that in township 13, range Z,
Aroostook county, one party owns the
right to cut the timber while another party
owns the soil. The bill would direct the
State assessors for the purposes OF taxa
ton to fix the value of the right to cut
spruce and pine on said township.
Senator Shaw presented a bill to amend
the law relating to unrecorded deeds with
the proyision that: eff deed conveying
lands in more than one county is lost be-
fore being recorded in all, or if deed Is
recorded in the wreng county or registry
district and lost, a certified copy from
registry where it has been recorded, may
be recorded in any other county, or regis
try district, with the same effect as a
record of the original. "
The finance committee voted to appro'
pirate $500 annually, to the Old Town
hospital
Quite number appeared before the
committee, relative to the Newport sol
diers home. There is to be another
hearing.
Owing to the great length OF the stem
ographic report, reports OF hearings ar
unavoidably omitted.
Legislative Notes.
Representative Spear of West Gardner
has returned from the encampment u
Skowhegan. He reports very enJoyapp'
time, as do the other members VINO at
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