Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-04
ROUTINE WORK..
No Special Features in Fri
days Legislative Doings.
Gossip Of the Session and the Com
mittee Work.
"eaf'"s 0" tho Resolve Tor tho Augusta City
Hospital.

few features of exceptional interest
The morning session was packed full OF
business, but it was mostly of rou.
tine nature. Some of the committees
had few matters to dispose Of, but
there We're no hearings to draw large
crowds. After the session Uncle joe
Holden held forth in the hall
of the House. with Judge
Hopkins in the chair attempt
ing to keep order. A great part
of the members as is the case every
week, are away for the recess. and
comparative quiet will brood over the
Capitol until Monday afternoon. Then
the work of the sixth week will begin.
There is already talk of a Saturday
session. next week. though it may not
materialize until a week or two later.
There is a great mass of work stacked
up before the leading committees. The
Senate is evidently not so eager for an
early adjournment as the House, eol,
the order calling on all committees 70
report on or before March 5, was
tabled when it reached the higher
branch, Friday.
The Senate did not meet at exactly
the appointed hour. Friday, as is its
custom; for it had no chaplain and
had to wait and borrow the House
chaplain when he had made his prayer
in the lower body. Rev. Mr.. Lewis Of
Gardiner, was the fortunate clergyman
to thus earn two fees. There were
many vacant seats in both bodies. In
the Senate no little interest centered
in the much talked about order assign
ing Secretary Dunbar to a new room.
and many spectators expected that the
new Senate chamber would be enacted.
But not a ripple rippled. Senator
Vickcry merely moved that the order
be re-committed to the committee on
public buildings. and it was carried
without word being spoken. 1t is
generally understood that the order
will not be heard of again. and that no
change of rooms will be made. this
session.
The Senate voted to consider the
matter of increasing the judges sal
aries, next Wednesday, instead of on
Tuesday as first arranged. In the
House Representative Grindle of Isles
boro, took steps to withdraw from the
committee his bill creating a close
time on HOLSTERS in all Maine waters
from October l to May /, and this
sweeping measure is killed without
even the formality of a hearing. Morey
of Lewiston, gave notice that he will
try to resurrect his bill repeating the
arbitration clause of the standard
policy, which the insurance committee
killed, Thursday afternoon. The re-
port of the committee was tabled and
later Mr.. Morey will move to substitute
the bill for the report, and the matter
will be fought out in the House. The
opponents of the bill amending the law
regulating the sale and analysis of
concentrated commercial feeding stuffs
will have another chance at the bill.
as It has been sent back to the COM
mittee on agriculture for another
hearing.
Among new measures. Friday, King
of Caribou. put in bill authorizing
the Governor and Council at the ex-
nense of the State and for the benefit
of the Passamaquoddy Indians sell or
lease the whole or part of the Indian
reservation in the town of Perry.
HOPKINS of Deering. introduced bill
providing that if half the taxpayers
on any street of Deering or Portland
netition that the street be sprinkled
the CITY shall comply with their re-
quest and the expense shall be de-
frayed by a special tax on all abuttins
nroperty, The city shall annually
contract WITH tuS IO"CSt oANNSAS 49,
tho sprinkling of the streets. A bill
was introduced creating lien for two
wears on monumental work. grave
stones. tablets, etc. After 80 days no
tice the maker may enter the cemetery
where such work is placed and remove
tbe same. West of Biddeford. intro
duced a bill for the better production
IF carly records. 1t provides all town
clerks and other persons having any
records. of conveyances known as
..,ron,ietors' records" shall deliver
Them to registers of deeds who shall
care for them as other records. A
c,ause is added providing a fine of not
,r,re than $l0O or Imprisonment of not
more than one year for neglecting o:
.ofns;ng to comply with this law.
>se,cher of Portland, put in bill pro-
viding for the burial OF deceased sol
a;ers Of the late war with Spain who
d;o in destitute circumstances. the
,,,,.;., EXPENSES not to exceed $S5 and
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