The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-03-18
The Maine Legislature.
What Is Said and Done at Augusta

AhC Soiiilhibott Ou ltRdl affairs Was ulF6CU-
ed to inquire into the expediency of the
State supporting and managing its large
| bridges and report by bill or otherwise.
| The bill for the reduction of the tax on
savings banks was assigned for Tuesday of
| next week.
long debate took place on the bill for
State examination of teachers, the leading
| speakers being Messrs. Roberts of Oxford ;
| Reynolds and Wtham of Cumberland ;
Wales of Knox; Mccullough of Washing
ton; and Savage of Androscoggin. The
| bill was passed without division.
BY Engel of Penohscot, an act providing
that the provisions of chapter 100 of the
| Public Laws of 1891, relating to accidents.
shall apply to electric roads and to all street
railroads.
The committee on the Eastern Maine In
sane hospital reported resolve for S2.5 900
and sustained the present commission.
In the House many petitions We're receiv-
ed asking for the inspection of grass seed
and commercial fertilizers.
By Hamilton of Biddeford, a bill amenda-
tory and additional to chapter 102 of the
/ Public Laws of 1891 entitled an act to pro.
vide for printing and distributing ballots at
pubhc expense and to regulate voting at
| State and city elections.
BY Guernsey of Dover, bill to establish
! travelling libraries
The hawkers and peddlers bill was recon-
mitted to the committee on legal affairs
By Phjbrook of Waterville, a bill to pre-
vent incompetent persons conducting the
business of apothecary.
| The committee on temperance Wednes-
| day afternoon, buried in the cold, cold
ground, the bill prohibiting the sale of all
forms of tobacco To persons under 16 wears
| OF age. No one appeared to defend the bill
or To oppose it The committee very briefly
discussed it, and voted to report legis alton
| lneXpedlent
After protracted evening session behind
closed doors the committee voted to report
'ought to pass on bill amending the
secret ballot as suggested by Hon. Nicholas
| Fessenden, and "ought not to pass on the
amendment to have directions printed on
the ballot. 1t was also voted to report
! Ought to pass on the bill relating to The
endorsement of writs; and on the bill relat-
| ing to suits for taxes
The Wiggin school tax bill, legacy from
| the last eglslature, is to be sent over to the
! next one, so the committee on education has
decided. Ihls measure, which reduces the
| per capita tax and raises the mill tax has
| been much discussed and the legislature has
| been Hooded with petitions for it, The
farmers have pleaded for it but the cities and
lumber interests have been arrayed against
1t and the victory is with them. No doubt
the report OF the committee Will be accepted
by the legislature without any debate.
March II. In the Senate the report of the
| Committee on LEGAL fr,irs a1nan5ing tho
| hawkers and nad3Iars hiii u,1s +.l,isd ~
Nv Mr. RiIiings If -Po,,,o,s+ra,,...
OF {. F. CHM Of Belfast and II others against
| any change III the law III regard to the grand
jury Of Waldo county. Judiciary.
BY Mr.. Billings of Wado-Bill an act tC
1891 relating tn tn re,,istration of ,-jtais+a.
tistics LEGAL A flaws
Nv Mr. RiIiinlIs of " re+i+io,, ,f Goo
| w Ritnbit. al [yjn+ar,,ort ma ,50 ,+l,rs flr
the 4nsrt1n.nr Of - ~. -, t(+,,I,+., ~. sIa
I feeding st,,ff
In tie Hnnsa the lin IN ra,aa1in,, the. T., v,
r4nuirino fortnigItIv ,,av,,an+. Sf t,,o,ras
was laII ON tbe tsbI4 Nv 0'Neil of Rid1n.
| ford
The resaiy-e i'm fa1,r of tho Nev-pnr+ s,I
diers Home wa. discussed Snerches II,
/ favor of the bin we're made bv Winslow of
! Saco. and others Spe4rhes against were
made by Rouuds of pari. and Lincoln al
| Perry. ON a Yea and nav vot. the ,notio1
I to indefinitelT nostnon4 N-as carried - ia
5G.
The guide biI was passed to he enprossed
| Omen of Biddeford hrouqht in a minority
report on the 54.hour bin and caused major
! itv and MINORITY renorts Ia he Iaia an Iha
I table
| Bv Patteu of Amherst. An act TO lepalize
/ the organization of the. niantation Of Swan 9
| Island.
|
The bill for 81 4.hour law for women and
! children is dead After a long and exciting
/ the committee on labor voted S to . to re.
( port fought not to pass Representative
| ONeil of Biddetord, the author Of the bill,
! fought well for it, but the committee could
| not agree with him. and only Mr. FurbisI. OF
| Lewiston voted with him to report it favor
| ably. Mr. O'Neil has made minority report
and will continue the fight IN the House
| The committee on taxation have voted to
report ought to pass on the bill to enlarge
the powers of tax collectors, to reach bank
stock owned by non-resdents, and ought
not to pass on the bills to tax the estate OF
deceased persons, to tax real estate mort
| cages differently than now, and to exempt
| old soldiers from paving poll tax.
The following public acts have been ap-
proved by the Governor:
| An act relating to the waving the provis-
| ions of "a will bv the widow of the testator
and to Wills in which no provision is made
| for the widow of the testator, and the inter-
est which the widow shall have in the es-
tate of the testator in such cases.
| An act to amend section 2, of chapter 2o7
of the Public Laws of 1898, entitled "a II act