The Portland daily press., 1897-03-05
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which was amended In the Senate yes
terdsy on motion of Mr.. d i'll of Portland.
Mr.. Walton of Skowhegan presented a
bill relating to the use and taxation of
bicycles. The first section provides that
they may be used on highways with the
same rights accorded carriages and under
the same regulations; the second that
each bicycle shall be licensed by the town
or city clerk before May lst at each year
at the cost Of 81 to the owners; the third,
that 90 cents shall go to the. town or city
and 10 cents to the clerk: fourth, that the
money shall be expended on the roads;
fifth, that there shall be on the handle
bar bell that sscan be heard 100 feet;
sixth, that each wheel shall bear a lam
tern the light of which can be seen 100
yards; seventh, that bicycles shall not be
used on sidewalks, eighth, that no wheel
hour when within ten rods of anyone;
ninth, that the penalty for breaking this
law shall be fine of not over IS, one
half of which shall go to the complain
amt; tenth, that the provisions of this
act shall not apply to riders who have
borrowed wheels in temporary use or to
tax tricycles used by children; eleventh,
that police and other officers shall en-
force this act; twelfth. that trial justices
shall have jurisdiction; thirteenth, that
this act shall be posted or advertised
before May 1st each year; fourteenth.
tLc% I,, %Lo In
is violated and lien shall be On the for
the amount Of the fine imposed; fif-
tenth, there shall be no further tax of
any kind on bicycles.
1t has already been noticed that a
man can violate any provision of this act
when riding borrowed bicycle.
Mr.. Hamilton of Biddeford presented. a
bill to amend the law regarding guar
dams SO that the income on property
may be applied to the support of wards
as we'll as their families and so that the
property may be mortgaged and the pro-
ceeds used in any way within the
spirit of the guardian law.
Mr.. Sanborn of Sanford presented .
against establishing a
municipal court in that town.
Mr.. Blanchard of Wilton presented a
Revised Statutes, SO that SSl, 900 shall be
the amount annually appropriated for
the support Of the three normal schools
and the Madawaska Training school in
stead Of $27, 900. which is now the sum
regularly taken from the school fund
each year for these four schools.
Mr. Talbot of Lewiston presented a
bill making Sunday close time on all
fish and applying close time penalties
Of chapter 40, r. S.. to th is special close
time.
Mr.. Wheeler of Gilead protested against
The passage and said that bears were so
abundant in Oxford county that the
animals found it necessary to attack
,olts and horses Mr.. Wheeler moved the
Indefinite postponement of the bill which
was carrisd by big majority.
against the m. ufaoture or snle of cigar
,ttes and moved that it be put on its pas
sage.
Mr.. King of Caribou moved to refer to
the oom mittes on judiciary to learn If it
was constitutional.
Mr.. Rounds called for the yea and
nay vote. Mr., King read letter from
Judge Symonds say ing that such a bill
hight be against thu Interstate COM
nerce law and that it should be careful
ly considered by legal committee before
passed.
Mr.. Hamilton of MattawamkeaR said
that of the merits of the bill had got to
be finally decided by the United States
court 1t would b. a waste of time to re-
fer it to the committee on judiciary.
Mr.. Winslow of Portland said there
was very similar law on the statute
books relating to confectionery that
seemed to be constitutional.
The yeas and nays were called. Mr..
Burns of Westbrook in voting explained
that he was in favor of the bill but de-
sirous of the opinions Of the judiciary
COMMITTEES.
The motion to refer to the judiciary
was lost 1O5-l1. 4
Mr.. Merrill offered an amendment so
that the bill will prohibit thessale Or
man facturs of cigars or tobacco In any
form. (Laughter.) He spoke in favor
of the amendment and called for the
yeas and nays. (More merriment.
They rose one at a time to second the
call for yeas and nays but the Unnecessary
one-ffth got up finally and there was
great applause. The Amendments was
lost 79-42, and the bill was assigned.
Tbe resolve In favor of the Penobscot
Indians waa passed to be engTossed.
The resolve in favor of the roads of
Indian townships was passed to be en-
crossed.
A bill to authorize the use of COM
pressed air for motive power was passed
to be engrossed.
IN THE SENATE.
The Senate had little new business to-
dav and no de Bates,