The Portland daily press., 1897-03-11
TOR BETTER SCHOOLS.
State Examination of Teachers Bill
Assigned.
LIVELY DISCUSSION ON MATTER
INTHE SENATE.

Various Matters of Interest to Portland
Passed by the IIouse-City Charter,
Making schools for Deaf State Institu-
rions and Deering Annex Charter
Among Measures Acted on Favorably.
ESPECIAL TO THE PRESS =
Augusta, March 1O.-The Portland
High school visited the legislature and
executive department today
In the House Mr.. Hamilton of Ridde-
ford presented an act amendatory and
additional to chapter u, Public Laws,
1891. entitled, "An act to provide for
printing and distributing ballots at the
public expense, and to regulate voting
for attend city elections"
4he amendment strikes out all of
section three after the word caucus in
the fifteenth line, and all of section four
after the word "made" in the twenty
eaghth line.
Mr.. Hamilton also presented bill to
amend chapter 255 of the Public Laws Of
aas5. SC 1t will read as follows,
SIN all hearings before the municipal
or rolioe court or trial justices the re-
spopdent may plead not guilty and. waive
hearing, whereupon the same proceed
inps shall be had as If probable cause had
been found after there had been full
hearing.
MIR. Guernsey Of Dover presented the
following:
III ,,rTVSH nf mn
doIIara for the year 1897 and a like sum
for the year 1895 be and are hereby appro-
priated for the purchase, equipment and
Organization OF travelling Libraries.
Mr.. Guernsey also presented bill pro-
vidins that books fr ON the state library
may be loaned to responsible citizens and
not more than fifty at time to other
libaries In the state. The bill also pro-
vides that the governor shall appoint four
library commissions to superintend these
travelling libraries SO called and serve
without pay.
Tt was voted to reconsider the vote
whereby was accepted the report OF the
committee Oh judiciary on the bill pro-
viding for homeopathic treatment IN all
general hospitals. The report was ought
not TO pass. The report was then tabled.
On motion of Mr.. Maoomper OF Au-
gusta. the resolve in favor of George NJ.
Coombs. architect, was taken from the
table and passed. to be eagrossed.
The bill making the Portland School
for the Deaf a state institution was
s.-.-,s.-..e ~, trssss sagise-osSnd
Tbs rssssvs IA saver of the Castine Nor
gnal.sa9tel was t}ken from the table on
a,.0ssssr Of zr. uEbslsh and again tabled
~ .lasissn 81 Biddeford, who as
fsEss - f- suuioHrOv.
Is usSte1 81 air aill of Portland, the
renting ieas on buildings was
2fsfsaa fran ~ aoIs. read and assigned.
Score Of Dsesing amended the
Dee..1s e..e.. vol SO Is to provide that no
two aldermen shall reside in the same
warti The amendment was adopted and
the bill read and assigned.s
Ihe Portland charter was taken from
the table by Mr.. Moore of Deering, and
on motion of Mr.. Moulton amended by
adding section providing that section
forty two shall take effect when ap-
proved by the governor. The bill was
then passed.
On motion of Mr.. Hamilton of Bidde-
ford, the resolve in favor of the pension
department was taken from the table and
passed to be engrossed.
On motion Of Mr.. Hamilton the resolve
for bridge repairs on Molunkus stream
in Maowahoo plantation. was taken up
and passed to be engrossed.
On his motion also, the bill to inoorpo-
rate the Kittery and Eliot Street Rail-
way company was taken up and passed to
be engrossed.
The bill to enable Aroostook county to
make loan was passed under suspension
of the rules. The county has been getting
Into pretty "hard sledding' since it went
into the Bangor and Aroostook railroad
to the extent of half million of dollars.
The matter was reported by the Aroos-
took delegation to whom it was referred.
Governor Powers appeared before the
delegation and said that the county funds
were SO low that loan was an absolute
necessity.
The resolve appropriatlng $4,000 for a
bridge across the Mattawamkeag river at
Kingman was passed without opposition
and general applause followed the action.
The following measures were passed to
be engrossed: Poland Paper company;
limitations of real actions; school COM
mittee, city OF Portland; county commits
sioners' court, Lincoln county: Pema-
quid, Damariscotta and Newcastle rail-
way; East Corinth academy: North Var
mouth academy; Leavitt institute;
Monmouth academy; Lee Normal aoa-
denny: Wilton academy; Westbrook semi
nary; Cherrytield academy; Springfield
Normal school; town of Brunswick
road, Dallas plantation, city of Calais,
Buehill academy Pa-sonsfeld seminary.
On points OF order made by Mr.. Hamil-
ton OF Biddeford, all resolves in the
second reading not accompanied by state
wants of facts prara re hIad oop5.,, tboir