The Portland daily press., 1899-02-15

that are secursd by mortgage or pledge OF
personal property shall 10 dischareeabl.
by the debtor upon payment or tender oil
| the principal sum actually borrowed and
interest," at the rate specified therein
which shall not exceed three per cent per
month Cor u period not exceeding three
months, and thereafter not exceeding ths
] rate Of ffteen per cent per annum. no re-
newal thereof 60 bear greater rate than
fifteen per cent per annum; sum MOI
exceeding three dollars for the actual ex'
penses OF making this loan and In secur'
| ing the same may lie charged and col
lecled. And all loans made in violation
Of this act shall bear interest ut the legal
rate of interest only; provided that moth.
| ing In this act shall be construed tn affect
or 20 repeal section three OF chapter
thirty five Of the Revised Statutes OF
chapter forty five of the Revised Statutes.
Scot. 2.-when loan for less than twu
hundred dollars Is secured by mortgage uI
hedge OF personal property the creditor
shall discharge such mortgage and restore
srch pledge upon payment or tender &c
him OF the amount due him under this
act. and such payment or tender may be
Inade ~ the debtor or by any person
having an interest In the property pledged
or mortgaged.
The bill has been assigned for Thurs.
day.
THE APPROPRIAT TON BILL
The appropriation bill which was as
signed by the House for consideration to-
day has been put over until Thursday by
argeement between MIR. Manley chairman
of the finance committee, and MIR. Guern-
sey Of Dover, who desires TO be heard on
so many membc were absent today on
&C count Of the storm and tomorrow was
set apart for eulogiss on the late Congress.
man Dingley.
VARIOUS MATTERS.
The new business in the House included
bill presented by MIR. Britton of Bucks
port. allowing towns in accepting con-
ditlonal gifts or Iegaoies from an in
dividual to make an appropriation, in ac-
oordance with the conditions of the gilt.
for term of years This is TO meet case
III Buoksport where gentleman wishes
to give the town q new grammar school
providing the town will fulfill certain
conditions rs to its support.
Mr. Hutchings of Brewer introduced
two bills regulating respectively the filing
of the bonds of sheriffs and of registers
of probate. There were over thirty more
petitions for two cent mileage book,
good for bearer. and forty renonstrances
against an charge in the seining law.
A measure of interest," to lawyers is that
reported by Judge Smith from the
judiciary committee. 1t oorrects an error
in law of 1885 and makes disclosures on
mense process come under sections 3, T..
5, and of chapter l1S, Revised Statutes
instead of under section 81 OF chapter 1l9
Senator Plummer presented a bill to
amend the law in relation 10 divorce pro-
ceedings so that requests for jury trials
must be lin writing filed with the clerk
on or before the return day Of the bills. !"
A large number of circumstances are
coming in against any change in the
seining laws
THE DRUGGISTS BILL.
Representative Wilson of Brunswick
who, when he is not engaged IN moulding
legislation. is a druggist, talked with the
PRESS correspondent today about the
bill he introduced last week designed to
suppress fake drug stores. Tho great
majority of the mon In the drug business
in Maine," said MIR. Wilson. ''are re-
putable citizens engaged in Il legitimate
business, but In cities and large towns
there are men who got together the para
phenalia of drug store and use 1t as q
cloak for the sale Of liquor, which is their
chief employment The Maine Pharma-
ceutioal association seeks to put an end to
that sort of thing through the bill have
introduced. We do not believe that the
ststs would grant an appropriation to aid
the pharmacy commissioners in the en-
forcement of the law. so we have provided
that the druggists, by biennial registra.
tion for which they will pay fee, shall
themselves bear the expense. The drug
gists are willing to do this in order to
free the bust aess Of the men who bring
discredit on 1t.
The bill does more than deal with the
fake drug stores. 1t strengthens the law
in relation to the sale of poisons by
specifying poisons not mentioned in the
present law and giving the authorities
every facility TO inspect the records Of
sales as to cocaine. that being drug
which has been so generally abused, we
have provided that 1t shall not be sold ex-
cept on the prescription OF physician.
Several years ago law was passed pro-
hibiting the sale OF poisons by grocers and
others. This was not done at tho request
of the druggists and We think that the
sale of Paris green and similar poisons
used in the determination of vermin
should not be confined to the druggists
The bill accordingly provides that such
substances may be sold by others provided
that they are sold in packages suitably
marked. Considering the danger which
would follow the sale of such poisons by
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