The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-01-22

| treepOrt People want Surreots NloHroA "a
shrubbery-Petition For the West
brook and Harrison Railway-Penob-
scot CentraPs Wants.
ESPECIAL TO THE PREss.1
Augusta. January 21.-Mr. Hill of
Portland presented in the House today a
petition asking that age for the protec-
tion of girls be raised from IA to Is years
also two petitions from woman's
suffrage.
The session was short and Was taken
up largely with the presentation of
petitions for warden service, support of
hatoheries, including one at Casco, and
woman's suffrage.
| Among the matters introduced was:
An act to amend section %. chaper 11S.
Revised Statutes, relating to assault and
battery.
| 1t provides that whoever taunts or rails
at another with intent to provoke a
breach of peace or an attempt to strike
another shall be guilty of assault, and is
sucnessful in any suoh attack shall be
guilty of assault and battery.
| An act to amend rule four, section one
of chapter 70, Revised Statutes, SO that
| it shall read:
| If no such iss1e or father, 1t desoends,
one half to his mother. II no such Issue
or mother it descends une-half to his
father. In either case the remainder,
or If no such issue, father or mother the
whole descends in equal shares to his
brothers and sisters, and when brother
| OF sister has died, to his or her children
CT grandchildren by right Of representa-
tive. The bill was presented by Mr..
Walton of Skowhegnn.
Mr.. Burse Of Pittstield presented bill
entitled IAN act to relieve towns of the
unjust burden of supporting nonresident
pnupers. 1t provides that if person
having pauper resident in town has
removed and lived elsewhere five years
he and his shall loose their pauper resi-
dsnt in that town, but towns furnishing
them aid shall be reimbursed BY the
state.
Mr.. Fogler of Rookland presented a
bill amending sections and 20 of chapter
95, of the Revised Statutes so that
tenants of land must give thirty days
notico If they wish to take away trees,
wood mineral or other valuable things
found there 1t also provides that if any
joint tenants takes more than their share
of the proceeds of the land the offers may
| have an action of special assumpsit to
| recover their proportion.
| Mr.. Walton of Skowhegan introduced
| an act charserinR the New Portland and
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paDy.
There were thirty or forty petitions for
the maintenance of hatcheries ana warden
services In Cumberland, Hancock, Knox,
Lincoln, Somerset. The petitioners
make no definite suggestions.
Citizens of Freeport inform the legis-
| lature that they are very much annoyed
| by trees and shrubs growing on the
| streets, and ask for law providing that
| they be cut down on or before December
| LIST, 1900.
Representative Thurlow of Deer Isle
was given leave of absence for two
weeks on account of severe illness.
| Ordered, that the committee on
| judiciary inquire into the expediency of
repeating the second and third sentences
of section Z. chapter 1856 of the Revised
Statutes relating to the return of fines to
the municipal officers by the Judge of the
municipal court. Read and passed.
MIR. Murray of Penn broke presented an
act auth orizipR the Penobscot Central
Railway to maintain street railroad in
the streets of Bangor.
Mr. Burns of Westbrook, presented
more petitions for the cbarser of the
Westbrook, Windham and Harrison rail-
road.
Mr. Apdrams of GARLAND nrescnted q n
act to authorize the Dexter and Newport
Railroad company to issue bonds md to
make q mortg age securing the same, and
to authorize tho Maine Central Railroad
company to guarantee the payment Of
said bonds.
MIR. Pattangall of Machias presented an
act to repeal chapter 101 of the private
and special laws of 1857. 1t was referred
to the committee on inland fisheries.
Mr.. Littlefeld Of Belfast, presented a
resolve appropriating $1,000 for the Chill
dren's Aid society of Maine.
A protest from citizens of Jonesport
against selling some of the islands of that
town was introduced.
Mr.. Pattangall of Machias, presented
an act providing that one of the referees
appointed by the Supreme and Superior
courts to hear any case shall be paid by
the county. 1t was referred to the legal
affairs committee.
Mr.. Fogler Of Rookland, introduced an
act to repeal section AZ of chapter 140 of
the Revised Statutes relating to rs-
sentencing cunvicts in the state prison.
Mr.. Pearl of Bangor, presented an act
directing the Governor and Council to
select in the usual manner commission
or of highways, who shall hold office for
two years, and receive a salary of $500
and expenses not exceeding $500 year.
According to this bill the commissioner
shall compile statistics relating to public
ways and make such Investigations as he
deems necessary to secure better high
ways. He shall disseminate knowledge
Of improved methods of constructing and
repairing highways by means OF charts.
maps, lectures and pu hlished articles.
He shall impart such information to
county commissioners, street commits
sioners and selectmen of towns. The
commissioner shall hold meetinRs in each