The Portland daily press., 1897-03-22
TAX ORDER Held Up.
Saturdays Proceedings in Il
Legislature.
WFsTBROOK AND HARRISON
RAILROAD BILL ENGROSSED.
Major Dickey Beaten on Two Bridges
Speaker Reeds RulesApplied by Speak
urGay.


Speaker Reeds RuIesApplied by Speak
er Larrabee-A Busy Session for Sat-
urday.
ESPECIAL TO THE PREss.l
Augusta. March 2o.-In the House to-
day the following order was reported by
Mr.. Talbot of Lewiston for the ways
and means COMMITTEES:
"Ordered, that the State assessors be
directed to assess the state tax for the
years 1897 and 1898 on the valuation as
establ shed by the said assessors for said
years, at the rate of three mills on the
dollar of said valuation for the year 1897
and two and three-fourths mills Con the
dollar of said valuation for the year
1882
The order.was passed.
Major Dickey presented q resolve to ap-
propriate 500 to pay for repairing the
block house at Fort Kent.
The bill to incorporate the Westbrook,
Windham & Harrison railroad, reported
by the railroad committee was given It's
first aud second readings and on motion
of Mr.. Burns of Westbrook the rules were
suspended and the pill was given its
third reading and passed to be engrossed.
The bill to incorporate the Waterville
City Hall commission was also passed
under suspension of the rules on motion
of Judge Philbrook Of Waterville.
There were only forty members present
and Mr.. Goodrich of Maxfield thought he
saw chance to get in some work on his
bill to repeal the bill incorporating his
town and made it plantation which was
indefinitely postponed yesterday. He
moved to reconsider the vote whereby
that action was taken. The motion was
lost.
On motion of Mr.. Hamilton Of Bidde-
ford the bill to prohibit the manufacture
and sale of cigarettes was assigned to
next Wednesday.
The bill to establish travelling libraries
was taken from the table on motion Of
Judge Philnrook of Waterville. Mr.. Pal
mer of Bangoroalled for division on the
question Of passage to be engrossd. The
vote was in favor of passage 80 to 6.
Mr.. Palmer of Bangor raised point of
order Of no quorum.
| Speaker Larrabee ruled that the poin
was we'll taken.
Major Dickey shouted several times
during these proceedings, "You can't
adjourn without quorum" When the
point was sustained he shouted. "Well,
stick her out. / have set here three days
waiting for uorum and can stand it
II you can.
The order relating to the tax rate was
recalled from the Senate on motion of
Mr.. Hamilton of Biddeford and the vote
by which it was passed was reo0nsidered.
The order was then tabled.
Mr.. Pearl of Bangor moved to adjourn.
Major Dicked raised point of order
Of no quorum.
Speaker Larrabee ruled that the point
of order was not well taken and the
House adjourned. 4 squad Of memb ers
charg ed on Major Dickey armed with
Reed Rules, but that volume did not
interest the Duke Of Fort Kent.
The following measures were passed to
be engrossed.. by the House: Bill, service
of trustee writs; BILL Wilton Electric
Light & Power company: bill, granting
| certain powers TO the Oxford Light COM
pany; bill, Sanford Municipal court;
bill, Portland & Yarmouth Electric Rail-
| way companyi resolve, State Reform
school; resolve, Maine Gettysburg Com
mission; resolve, regimental rolls ;resolve.
Pennell Institute; bill, York sewer CON-
rany: bill, sale of property deposited in
public ware houses; bill, amending Re-
vised Statutes relating to taxes; hill,
granting right to lease another railroad,
to Bangor & Aroostook Railroad COM
pany; DILL. relating to crossings of high
| ways in Ashland and Sheridan Plan
| tations by Bangor & Aroostook railroad.
IN THE SENATE.
| Ten Senators were in their seats when
Rev. Mr.. Snyder offered prayer this
morning. Senators Weeks, Wyman and
Mccullough cnme in at the close of ths
prayer. One we'll dressed woman wearing
q wealth of ostrich plumes and two bald
headed meu comprised all the spectators.
The Senate employees and two reporters
completed the list.
The bill relating to street railroads
came up from the House amended SO as
to give the may ors and aldermen OF cities
control Of locations. and on motion oil
Senator Mccullough of Washington ii
took its second reading and was passed te
| be engrossed.
| On motion of Senator Roberts the bill
to regulate the sale of commercial feed.
ing stuff took it's first reading and was
assigned to next Tuesday.
Senator Merrill tabled Major Dicksy'i
$3.50 resolve in favor of a bridge over
Dickey brook, Frenohville, Aroostoo
county.
Senator Poor tabled the $3.50 resolve in
favor of J. f. Gerrity & Co., Of Bangor.
Senator Stearns tabled Major Diokey's
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