The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-03-12
In THE SENATE.

In THE SENATE.
Tho Portland city charter wa7 passed
to be engrcssed in. the Senate today.
Senator Stearns presented bill autho-
rizing the Bangor and Aroostook rail-
read company 80 lease line to lie built
from Limestone to the L. & A.
Thee were go petitions for the feed
bill.
Senator Billings of Waldo presented All
act to amend chapter 11s of Public
Laws OF 1891 relating to registration Of
vital statistics. The an eminent adds
the words color and birthplace to the
schedule of facts to be recorded in regis.
teri1g births and deaths.
The bill to Incorporate Swans Island
was passed to be engrossed after some
discussion on an amendment which was
not adopted
The bill to incorporate the Eastport
street railway company was passed to
be engrossed after being verbally amend
ed.
The bill to amend the charter Of the
Fryebury horse railroad company was
taken from the table and pass ed to be
engrossed.
The following measures were passed to
be engrosse: To provide for retirement
Of members of fire depai tment of city of
Portland; to amend public laws relating
to sale of and for taxes; in favor of the
town of Peru; relating to school district
No. IN Falmouth and Crispus Graves
fund; to extend charter Lewiston, Au-
gusta and Camden railroad; to increase
capital and enlarge purpose Good Will
Home association; to amend laws relat-
ing to Ep:scofate of Protestant Episcopal
church; to amend Revised Statutes re-
lating to. industrial school for girls; to
extend charter of Kennebec and Frank
lie railway; granting additional powers
to Long Pond water power; relating to
AleWives in Bagaduce river and Walk.
er's pond, (umended); to amend charter
of City of Bangor, (amended.)
COMMITTEE HEARINGS.
The railroad committee voted today to
report ought to pass on extension of
charter for Small Point and Iopshan
beach railroad, and on bill to extend
charter Of Deer Isle Telephone company.
The committee voted to report that the
petitioners for a bill to regulate freight
rates have leave to withdraw.
The committee on judiciary voted to-
day to report ought not to pass on the
bill providing that not more than 9 per
cent shall bs charged the first year GU
money loaned on personal property; the
bill to cause railroad engineers to report
fires to headquarters and headquarters
to tho forest comm ission, md ought to
pass on bill providing for sale of proper
ty on storage when payment for storage
is six months in Arrears; bill to autho-
rize bridge over the st. John river and
the amendment to the Biddeford cnarter.
The com mittes ON legal affairs voted to
report ought to pass on the bill to repeal
the special law relative to wide tires in
Greenbush; for bill to amend law relat
Ing to attachments; bill authorizing
Cumberland county to make loans to set
tie laud damages, and ought not to pass
ON the bill relative to taxation Of col
lateral Inheritance.
The com mittee on Eastern Maine In
sane hospital, which held meeting
Monday night and another Wednesday,
the result of which appeared In this
mornings PRESS. met again today and
patched up an apparent reconciliation
to do away with the necessity OF a mi
nority report. The compromise will be
a resolve appropriating $780, for the
hospital ana making no mention of the
comm mission. 10 Offset this omission,
Mr.. Austin of the minority. will be al
lowed to offer an amendment on the
floor providing that the Governor and
Council shall have general charge of
construction and hire superintendent
of construction. The committee stood
five in favor of retaining the commits
sion, and three senators, namely, Messrs
Weeks, Maxwell and Billings, and Repre-
sentative Austin, wore for abolishing the
commission. The resolve will probably
be debated next Wednesday. The ma
iority members of the COMMITTEES will OPP
nose Mr.. Austin's amendments on tb Q
door, They consented to the arrange
II ant SO that their differences would
,6t be made public in advance of the de-
ha5e. as all of tho committee are in ia
ror Of the hospital and do not wish to
kill the resolve.
conservative members who have fav-