Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-01-23
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The State board of examiners OF
candidates for admission to the bar
petition for certain amendments to the
law under which they are appointed.
They want the authority to hold at
least two sessions, annually, in place
of the present requirement that they
shall meet at Portland in January,
Bangor in April and Augusta in Octo-
Der. The bill makes some further
changes of a minor character.
The Maine Standard fire insurance
policy again came up for consideration,
yesterday. AS has been stated before
this matter has occasioned more dis
cussion, especially in regard to the
question of reference than any other
act thus far presented this session.
First the report of the committee OH
uniformity of legislation, recon-
mending the repeal of the compulsory
arbitration clause. This report was
sent to the Judiciary Committee. Then
Senator STAPLES of Knox presented
bill prohibiting all kinds of insurance
companies, fire, life, accident and fra
ternal from imposing any restrictions
that will deprive the insured or bene-
ficiary of the right of trial by jury or
any question of fact arising under any
policy
The Senator from Knox did not sue
coed in having his bill referred to the
Judiciary. The Senate voted to permit
the Committee on Mercantile Affairs
and Insurance to consider his bill:
but the House refused to concur in
such reference and the act now sum-
bers on the table in the lower branch.
Yesterday, the whole question was
presented in a new form. The revision
of the statutes is in progress and Sem
ator Clark Of Hancock, with view
to having the new statutes prone"'y
revised, has redrawn the whole stand
ard policy law, leaving out the cOmpul-
sorry arbitration clause. He intro
duced this bill, yesterday morning, and
it was referred to the judiciary COM
mittee without voice being raised in
protest.
A petition was presented in the Sem
ate yesterday, by Senator Clark of
Hancock, praying that the law relating
to the eXtinguiShment of fires in unor
ganized plantations be amended. The
law now provides that the expense of
putting out the fires be borne by the
owners of the land on which they oc-
cur. The petitioners want one half
the expense borne by owners of lands
which are benefited by the extnguish
ment of the fires.
Resolves We're presented in the two
houses, yesterday, which call for APP
preparations aggregating $27S,953.87.
This amount is for the two years 1903
and 1904.
In the Senate these resolves were as
| follows:
Appropriating 1892 for extra pay for
| the Maine volunteers in the War with
| Spain, who responded to the second
call of the President, so that they may
| receive the same amount of extra pay
as those who volunteered under the
| first call.
| The regular resolve for State pen
sions was introduced by Senator Morse
| Of Waldo. 1t calls for $4,000 for the
year 1903 and the same amount for
| 1904 This is an increase of $4,000 a
year over the appropriation made by
| the Legislature of 1901.
| Senator Morrison of York, presented
a resolve appropriating $2400 for each
of the years 1908 and 1904 for the pres
ervation of regimental rolls in the ad-
| jutant- generals office. This is the
usual sum provided.
| In the House, besides the resolve APP
propriating $4,000 for the use of the
Maine Sanatorium Association, the city
of Rockland asks s462S7 being the
| amount deducted from the citys APP
portionment of the school fund for the
year 1902, on account of a defect in
| the school returns. PASSPORT wants
reimbursement to the amount of
$1315.40 on account of expenditures
| made in supporting one George
| Ketchell, an insane patient at the in
sane hospital, properly charge upon
| the State. A resolve was also pre-
scented calling for s4S62 for each of the
years 1903 and 1904.
| A large number of petitions in favor
of a hunters license law were pre-
scented in both branches, yesterday.
Among the number were some signed
by Hon. w. p. Whitehouse and Hon. E.
c. Burleigh of Augusta. Hon. f. O.
! Beal and Maj. Gen. A. B. Farnham of
| Bangor, and many others.
A measure that is liable to cause
considerable discussion is the bill pre-
scented in the House yesterday, by Hill
| of Brownfeld. 1t is an act in relation
| to hunting wild animals on cultivated
| land.
The bill prohibits all persons from
entering upon any cultivated lands in
this State Tor the purpose of hunting
moose, deer or other wild game with
| out proper permission of the owner.
under a penalty of not less than $40
nor more than 800, to be recovered by
complaint or Indictment in a. court of
competent jurisdiction, in addition to
a suit for trespass and a suit for ac-
tual damages.
The bill also provides that it shall be
lawful for any person cultivating the