The Republican journal., 1901-03-21
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.

The temperance committee, March 18th.
| unanimously voted to report the bill making
the sale of one per cent. beer violation OF
! the prohibitory law.
! Mr.. Cook of Vassalboro aimed blow at
/ two State departments, Mar 18th, when he
presented bills repeating the laws establish
| ing the State cattle commission and the
bureau OF labor and industrial statistics
Mr. Allen of Sanford has introduced a
bill providing that the State Treasurer
'sshall deposit the money of the State in
banks approved by the Governor and COun-
Gil, giving preference to those which allow
interest on daily OF other balances
The apportionment of Penobscot county
has been finally decided upon. OF the II
representatives Bangor is to have three, Old
town one and Brewer one The remainder
are to be divided among the smaller towns
in classes. The appOrtiOnment is nearly the
same as previously existed.
The libel bill will be reported from the
committee on judiciary ought to pass, in a
new draft. The new draft comprises the
last section of the bill, which imposes pen
atty upon persons who wilfully or mali
ciOuSly send to newspapers false statements
concerning persons, companies or CORPORA
tiOnS.
By vote of 80 to 40, the House, Mar. 18th.
defeated the resolve making All appropria-
tion for a central heating plant at the Uni
versity OF Maine The resolve had pre-
ducing the amount from $25,0G0 to $4,000.
The debate was one of the most interesting
of the session.
Mar 18th, on the bill introduced by Davis Of
Waterville, allowing registered druggists to
sell pure liquors. Hon. Llewellyn Barton
of Portland addressed the committee in
favor of the bill. Later, with the consent of
Mr. Barton, the committee voted to refer the
bill to the next Legislature.
Two reports were presented from the iu-
dietary committee, Mar. 18th, on the bill to
hermit the town of Camden to acquire the
majority of the committee report that the
bill ought not to pass. The members who
sign the majority report are Messrs. White,
Virgin, Chase, Webb, Spofford, Carleton
and Parkhurst. Messrs. Weeks, Harris and
Powers present the minority report in favor
of the passage of the bill in a new draft. In
the House March 18th the majority report
was sustained by an overwhelming vote.
feature of the Saturday afternoon ses-
sion of the house was the appearance and
| massage to be engrOSSed under suspension
of the rules of the State tax bill. This bill
provides that each city, town, plantation, or
any other place named in the bill within
this state, shall De assessed and pay the
several sums with which they respectively
stand charged in the lists: the same being
in addition to the poll tax of one cent on
each poll, tax of two and three-fourths
mills on the dollar of the present valuation
=, for the current disbursements of the treas
ury. for the year nineteen hundred and one
and for the school mill fund established hv
an act approved February twenty-seven,
eighteen hundred and seventy two The re,
capitulation by counties, Is as follows. An
droscoggin, $7S,92694 Aroostook, $49, ,9e5. 81.
Cumberland, 5000, 46s; 81; Franklin, s24,619.,
10; Hancock, 49,. l57. 50; Kennebec, $s6,599.-
ford, $50, ,84o66 Penobscot, 1884, ,lS4 81; Pisca
taauis, $2S, ,26S.0O; Sagadahoc, $29,520 96
Somerset, $4S, $4,000; Waldo, $26, ,429 40 !:
Washington, $37, ,SSoS9; York, $50, lO3. 73
| Total, 1921, 1854.