Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-03-16
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MONDAYS SESSION !
Begins Work Of the Busy
Eleventh Week.
The Rush Beginning that ForeteIIs
the End.
Feature q Work Yesterday and Today's Pro.
sramme Now Corporations.

Ihe lawmakers came back to their
pests OF duty. after the usual Sunday
visit home, and at 4.3O p. NJ, Monday.
the gavel called both branches to order
10 begin the work of the busy 18th
WEEK Inc session was about an hour
long ana was free from unusual Incl
oent. In the House the winters record
was broken with AZ private bills to be
given first reading. The first COM
fnlttee OF conference of the session was
appointed. 1t was on the pressed hay
DIN. The House had previously voted
10 indefinitely postpone it, but the Sem
ate would not take similar action. On
mcuon OF Major Dickey. the House in
sisted on it's first action, and the
speaker named Messrs. Dickey of Fort
Kent. Weeks of Fairfield and Good
rich OF MaXfield. a committee of con-
ference with the Senate. There was
small attendance in both branches. as
Is usually the case, Monday. Today,
the rush of the sessions busiest week
will begin.
There We're but few new bills. AS
result. it is said, of the killing of the
Libby herd of cattle in Westbrook,
Mr. Moore of Deering presented a bill
to prevent the use of diseased meat for
domestic purposes. 1t provides that
the cattle commissioners and all other
persons charged with the killing of
diseased cattle or other animals COM
| monty used for domestic meat food
shall inject into the carotid artery of
every animal SO killed a sufficient
quantity of kerosene oil to penetrate
every vein and tissue of the carcass.
As hours. either be buried in the earth
to depth of at least four feet, or be
reduced in the process of a manu-
| facture of merchantable fertilizer
Violation of this law shall be punished
| by fine of not more than 800 or i'm
prisonment for not more than 80 days
or both. All acts or parts thereof in
| consistent with this are repealed.
Mr.. Talbot of Lewiston, presented a
| bill providing that after July, 1897,
every life insurance policy issued to a
| resident of Maine shall have attached
| thereto correct copy of the applica-
| ton and medical examination, and un-
| less 50 attached shall not be con-
sidered a part of the contract or re-
ceived in evidence. The bill also pro-
vides that every life insurance COM
pany shall issue with every policy or
certificate a plain description of the
character, policy, and peculiarities of
the company. This rule does not apply
| to fraternal orders. Mr.. Burse of Pitts
| field. introduced a bill providing that
after 20 years residence at the Insane
Hospital every chronic insane person,
without property, shall be supported
at the expense of the State.
| The committee on legal affairs re-
ported in the Senate a bill embodying
| the changes in the Australian ballot
law as recommended by Hon. Nicholas
Fessenden. 1t provides that the sec
retary of State, the attorney general,
| and five other members to be ap-
pointed by the Governor. shall corsti-
| tute board to which all contested
matters shall be referred. They are to
meet at Augusta upon call of the Sec
rotary of State. and shall receive a
sum net exceeding $500 for their
services. In case of a death of rep
resentative to the Legislature, seven
days notice. instead of 80, as now,
shall be sufficient for an election. The
old clerks list may be used at such
elections and the board of registration
need not meet. The bill has several
either changes OF a verbal nature.