The Portland daily press., 1897-02-20

49, -
BiIl-scheme to Provide Experiment
Station With a Revenue of $4,000.
ESPECIAL TO THE PREsssI
Augusta, February l9.-Tne House to-
div met at the usual hour as it did not
agree with tie Senate yesterday in adj.
iourning to s. 80 a. m. today.
The important new business was bill
relating to fraternal beneficiary orders
placing certain GLASSES of them on the
same footing with assessment insurance
companies.
Mr.. Burse of Pittsfeld presented PEI
tition from manufacturers and mer-
chants asking for legislation to regular
freight rates.
MIR. Jones of Lincoln presented petit
ion asking for an amendment to the
charter Of the Penobscot River Dam and
Improvement company.
MFR. Houghton of Fort Fairfield pre-
seuted an act to authorize the St. John
River Bridge to erect, maintain four
toll bridges and railway bridges across
the st. John river.
Mr.. Holbrook of Brunswick presented
an act to authorize the county commits
sioners of Gum berland county to nego-
riats loan for the payment of land dam
ages incurred by the widening OF the
highway known as Forest avenue in
the city of Deering. The amount is not
to exceed S4s, coo. interest at per cent.
nsyable eemi-annually.
Mr.. Blanchard. of Wilton presented an
act to amend section 10S of chapter II
of the Revised Statutes, relating to the
qualifications necessary for admittance
to normal schools.
The amendment provides that no stu
dent will be admitted unless graduate
of a recognized high school or academy
in the state without first passing an
entrance exami .ation showing their
qualifications TO be equal with graduates
OF said high school or academies.
Mr.. Dickay of Fort Kent presented an
act to provide that no foreign flag shall
be displayed on the outside of town,
county or state building except when
q foreign visitor is the guest of tho pub
lie and at no time on school houses.
Mr.. Searles of Chelsea presented the
following which was passed:
Ordered that the committee on Maine
State College of Agriculture and Me-
cha mic acts, be instructed to enquire in
to the sdvfsability of establishing rates
of tuition for students attending the COL
lege and report by bill or otherwise.
Mr., Newcomb of Passport presented a
petition asking that the Eastport Street
Hallway Company be incorporated.
Among the measures which Speaker
Larrabee announced would received his
ST mature, or in technical language.
given their ''fnRl passage. were the
resolves in favor of the Maine General
hospital ana the ST. Elizabeth Orphan
asylum.
MIR. Hutchinson of Auburn presented
bill relating to fraternal beneficiary
organizations. 1t provides conditions for
the admission into this state Of such or
CARNATIONS which are conducted on the
lodge plan and those which are not.
Those not on the lodge system are re-
qnired to comply with tbs law regulat-
ing the admission and conduct of assess
nlent companies. IL provides that they
shall deposit with the state treasurer
g sum equal to the proceeds Of one
assessment on the entire membership,
that no corporation of this kind here
after organized shall issue certificates to
members until it has obtained 500 appli-
cations for membership nor until it has
deposited with the state treasurer $1,000 as
q part Of the reserve fund which must
be created and maintained. Fraternal
orders hereafter organized in Maine must
also, according to this bill create and
maintain reserve fund to the proceeds
Of each assessment on it's membership.
This is to guard against organization
OF foreign orders under Maine laws to
escape the reserve clause put on the
non-lodge system of orders before men
toned.
All corporations Of this kind now do
ting business in or hereafter admitted to
Maine must file with the insurance COM
missioner power Of attorney to accept
service of process. The bill also gives the
commission authority to examine any