Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-29
Daily Ssuatbef gauraal.
A BUSY SESSION,
Important Features of Thurs
DAY at the Capitol.
The Afternoon Hearings Some Pro-
posed Insurance Legislation.
lime for Private Bills Extended-yoday'.
Session Begins at ga NJ.

The blizzard did not stop the legis-
lators at their work in the Capitol.
Thursday, like Wednesday, was a busy
day and quite lot of important new
measures appeared at the morning ses-
sion of House and Senate. Today both
branches will meet at 9 A. NJ, for the
last session of the week, then the cry
will be "All aboard for home till Mon
day afternoon" The time for the in
PRODUCTION of measures of private
usual, two weeks to Feb. Is. The
woman suffrage hearing did not pre-
vent lot more petitions appearing,
also the usual batch for raising the age Of
consent, and for fish and game interests
appeared. A score or two of bills to
form new corporations appear every
session. A petition of several hundred
names from Hancock county for better
roads was presented. The stenog-
raphers report tells the whole story,
but below are mentioned some of the
new and important measures appear
| ing, yesterday.
Mr.. Walton of Skowhegan, intro
| duced a bill providing that paupers in
unincorporated places shall be sup
ported by the county commissioners or
| their agents, to be reimbursed by the
! State.-Mr. Murray of Pembroke, in
troduced a resolve for $4,000 to be ex-
pended under the direction of the Gov
ernor in having presented throughout
| the county a series of illustrated lee
| lures by e. C. SWEET, upon the 0dvan-
| tages of the State Of Maine.-Mr. Hol-
brook Of brunswick, introduced a bill
| Providing for Typographical survey of
Maine. 1t calls for an appropriation Of
| $40 900 on condition that the United
States Geographical Survey shall pro-
vide an equal amOunt.-The Bath
Military and Naval Orphan Asylum,
through Representative Sewall, calls
for an appropriation of $500 for each
of the next two years.-Perham planta-
ton asks to be made a town.-Mr.
Shaw of Saco, presented resolve for
$4,000 for the erection and equipment
of additional buildings at Newport, III
aid of the Maine Relief Corps Home,
also $4,000 for the support of veterans
and their wives there for each of the
next two years.-Mr. Pattangall of Ma
| chias, presented a bill amending the
laws regulating the purchase and sale
of liquors by cities and towns. 1t pro-
vides that towns can buy liquor of
other parties than the liquor commits
sioner provided it is pure liquor, by
tpaying a larger taX.-Mr. Davis of Stu
ben, presented bill repeating the
special law of 1895, which allows GER
tain parties to run a ferry boat be
tween Hancock and Sullivan. Other
parties now want a charter to run a
steam ferry there, and it is first nee
essary to take away the rights of the
present ferry company.-The Passa-
maquoddy Indians want the State tt
buy them larger burial grounu as the
present one is full. The petition calls
| for an appropriation of $3.50 for this
) I purpose. and also for SIS more than is
now given to enforce better police
regulations at Pleasant Point.-Tht
!, town of Friendship wants $463.97 to re-
imburse it for support of a State
pauper.
In the Senate Mr.. Reynolds presented
an act providing that after Jan. l, 1897
the compensation of each of the county
commissioners of Cumberland county
shall be a salary of $1,000 annually
payable from the county treaSur!
quarterly in full for all services, eX-
penses and travel, including the man
agement of the Jail workshop and sale
of it's products, except actual necessary
cash expenses incurred outside OF the
county for the transaction of officia
business, all bills for such expenses tt
be approved by clerk of courts ant
county attorney. At least majorit!
of said board shall be in attendance
. their office in Portland at least on al
, secular days except when official bust
ness calls them elsewhere.-SenatO
Roberts of Oxford presented an ordel
providing for an investigation into tn,
. cause, extent and prevention of tuber
culosis by committee on agriculture
and to report a bill with an appropria
ton covering said investigation.-Mr
REYNOLDS of Kennebec presented al
act relating to employment OF physl
clans in hospitals receiving State ali
as follows: Section 1. All genera
hospitals in the State of Maine that re
ceive aid from the State shall D
Obliged to have appointed on it medi
cal staff at least one homeopathic
lphysican:> on it's surgical staff at leas
one homeopathic surgeon, and on 1t
staff of consulting physicians at leas
one homeopathic physician and sur
reon: also it is further enacted tina
any patient admitted to any genera