Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-02-06
SIXTH WEEK.
tuesdays Grist in the Maine
Legislative Mill.
Almost a Full Attendance in Spitc Of
the Storm.
'"' ohdertaker's Bi.l--Thc Various He,rinrs
Of tuesday Afternoon.

atuIc entered upon its
aiNth weeks week. Tuesday morninn
AT to-ao O'Clock, with a session dc old q
special features Most Of the nom
bcis returned, Monday. 90 that thcro
were lever empty seats than mirbt
nave been expected in view of the bip
storm distinguished visitor >ybn
occupied seat of honor in the House
was 'nlef Justice Wiswcn who nad
come TO Augusta, Monday. to attend
'he haf meeting. In the afternoon
lhcrc were several committee hearings.
put none that attracted great inter
est During the morning hour several
matters which had been tabled last
week. We're taken up and sent on their
way rejoicing. The resolve CARRYING
S56.0oo to pay Ex-Governor Powers on
money advanced for the Bangor hos
Pitai' which PattanSall of Machias
mad tabled. was amended by a section
declaring that it should not be con-
sldered 4 precedent for the rrimburs So
mont of money expended without the
authority of the Legislature. As
amended the resolve passed to be on
crossed. There was 4 smile all around
when the hill closing Sabbath Day
lake in Cumberland county to ice
fishing was indefinitely postponed.
IhiS is the measure over which there
WAS a quite sharp passage of arms.
last week. 1t has been discovered that
the general law covers this lake and
no special act is necessary to protect
1t. The Senate had Il double dose of
House business to dispose of. on ac-
count of its failure to do business. Sat
urday morning. AT about l.GO both
branches adjourned to 10 A. NJ. today.
The new measures Of Tuesday morn
ing were not numerous In the House
the most important bill was that regu-
lating the undertak king ard embalm-
ing business which is the result of the
recently effected organization Of the
Maine undertakers--Th bill first pro
vides that the State Board of Health
shall have full power to make rules
and regulations governing the trans
portation of the bodies of those who
have died of infectious diseases The
main purpose however of the bill is the
provision for the creation of board of
State examiners consisting of four
members. two of whom shall be mem
bers of the State Board of Health and
two expert undertakers. All persons
now doing undertaking or embaiming
business shall register before this
board by Sept. |. 1901, and all d string
to enter upon such business shall pass
such an examination as the board
shall prepare There shall be two eX-
amina tons yearly. The registration
fee shall be 81 and the examination fee
81. The members of the board shall
receive 81 per day for their services.
The bill forbids the insertion of any
fluid or substance into the veins or
arteries of any dead person until the
certificate of the cause of death shall
be signed by the attending physician.
Several new matters that appeared
We're of special interest to Winthrop.
one new bill being for the StabliSh-
mcnt of a municipal court in that town,
another for the Incorporation of the
Winthrop Electric Light and Power
Company with a capital stock of
SlO.O 600 and third for the incorPora-
ton of the Winthrop Cold Spring
Water Company with a capital stock
of $3.50 A bill appeared for the IN
corporation of Crystal plantation in
Aroostook county as town. BY the
1900 census. Crystal has so popuIa-
ton. 1t is situated in the southern
part of the county just west of Island
Falls and adjoining Patten in fenob-
scot county. Two new resolves ap-
pearcd. one carrying $1,000 for the
screening of Sebago lake and the other
$500 for the Kings Daughters Home
of Bangor.