The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-02-26
LEGISLATIVE FORECAST.
Lively Debates Promised at Augusta
This Week.
STATE COLLEGE APPROPRIATION
ON THE BILL FOR TODAY.

The Five Per Cent Debt Limit for Towns
VIII Come Before the Senate on We'd
nesday-Thursday Will Be s.Portland's
Day" and the Street Comm ssion Bills
VIII Be Acted Upon-Deering's Protest.
Especial to the 2RESS.)
| Augusta. February 25.-The State House
will be lively this week, notwithstanding
the fact that today's session o. the Repre-
sentatiyes was alquiet one.The House has:as
a special assig gnment for tomorrow the State
college appropriation bill. which was tabied
| last week on motion of Mr.. Whelden of
Portland. Wednesday is the day devoted
by the House to the consideration of re-
| solves appI opriating money and members Of
an economical turn of mind will find plent ty
| to talk ABOUT If they desire. as there are q
score of resolves to come up. Chief among
them are those appropriating $4,000 for the
Fa1mington Normal school and $4,000 for
the Portland School for the Deaf.
| The Sorrento-SuIlivan fight will also be
resumed on Wednesday. Mr.. Ryerson of
Livermore having assigned the bill anew
L
| will listen to Mr.. Patten of Bath, who will
explain his position on the resubmission
question. Mr.. Patten knows his cause is
| hopeless or, as he expresses it, II know
when Pm licked,'' but nevertheless his
speech is expected to be interesting. The
bill for. the division of Cape Elizabeth also
| comes up in the House Thursday.
Wednesday will be ''deld day in the
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solve introduced by him for a constitutional
amendment allowing towns and cities to ex-
coed the five per cent debt limit for the
purpose Of owning their water works.
Thursday the general laws to regulate the
fish and game interests will be the order of
the day. As there are three reports from
the Judiciary committee on the matter. It
is likely to cause an interesting debate.
When Gov. Cleaves vetoed the bill allowing
the superintendent of the insane hospital
per diem and mileage for his visits to the
insane department of the State prison, the
matter was laid on the Senate table on
motion of Mr.. Prescott. 1t is likely to be
taken up this week and several Senators
will probably speak upon the matter.
Much of the interest and fun of the week,
however. will be in the committee rooms.
Tomorrow the judiciary committee gives
hearings on the acts in relation to tie
municipal court of Portland and Desring,
and the bill to relieve the town of Cape
Elizabeth of troubless imposed by the
abolition of the school districts. Wednesday
afternoon. the committee will hear the
arguments on the non-sectarian constftu-
tional amendment.
portland Day. will be Thursday. Then
the judiciary committee will give hearings
| on the street commission bills and before
the committee on towns we shall have the
question of the annexation Of Deering to
Portland. The Deering people who oppose
annexation made themselves known this
| afternoon when Representative Moore in
troduced remonstrancas bearing seven hum
dred names of residents and tax payers"
The following is specimen of the
petitions and is signsd by city officials:
I've. the undersigned citizens and tax
payers of the city of Deering. respectfully
demonstrate against your honorable body
taking any steps looking toward the annex
alton of the city of Deering to the city of
Portland.
John E. Sawyer. mayor; Henry u. Davis.
Albert f. Berry, Arthur W. Pierce. Char les
C. Goold, aide rmen; l.. E. Jones. treasurer;
| Gardiner Walker, street commissioner: Geo.
W. johnson, E. r. Sargent. J.H. Hutchins.
assessors; Eben G. Harmon. I. G. Chapman.
Frank Crockett, j. G. Colesworthy. over
seers of the poor
The bill for the incorporation Of the town
of Cape Elizabeth as a city has been
assigned for heaI ing February % by the
committee on legal affairs. That is hear
ing at which there will probably be nothing
to be heard. The Cumberland, Yarmouth
and North Yarmouth dams will be the sub
ject of hearing Wednesday afternoon on
the question of the establishment by law of
uniform close time. A 10: of petitions
and remonstrances bearing on this subject
were presented today.
The York county people, il is said are
coming here in such numbers tomorrow that
special train may be required to get them
here. The York county delegation will then
give hearing on the enabling act to allow
the removal of the county seat from Alfred
to Biddeford or Saco. As it is partly
Biddeford matter the hearing is expected to
be highly interesting. There are besides
numerous other hearings. A sign of the
beginning of the end was the introduction
of an ord er by Mr.. Haines of Waterville,
hich passed the House today requesting
the committees to report finally by March Z.
A MATTER OF PRIVILEGE.
Persons travelling on mileage tickets have
recently complained that conductors tear
from their books coupons in excess of the
number of miles actually travelled by the
holders. This complaint has lead to the
drafting of the following bill, which will be
introduced tomorrow by Representative
Moore of Deering;
Section 1.-No railroad company doing
business in this state shall, by its agents or
officers, collect from any passenger for
transportation over its railroad. more than
one mileage ticket for each mile actually
to be travelled by such passenger at one
Journey, from the station of entering to
the station of leaving the cars of such CON-
pany by such passenger; provided, how
aver. that portion OF a mile in excess of
the whole number of miles to be travelled
shall be taken as mile and that for dis
tance less tLan three miles, three coupons
may be cole cted.
Section 2.--Mileage tickets shall be so
numbered that the figures shall always
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