Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-01-24

offer to retract as aforesaid, he shall.
recover only compensation for the
actual injury sustained; and in no ac-
ton of libel shall exemplary OF.
punitive damages be allowed.
Section 2. In any civil action fol
libel the defendent may allege ano
prove. in mitigation of damages, that
the plaintiff has already recovered
damages for, or has received or has
agreed to receive compensation il
respect of, substantially the same libe!
as that for which action was brought.
Section 8. Whenever two or more
civil actions are pending, whether in
the same o. different counties of this
State, brought by the same plaintiff
fl" substantially the same libel, any
| justice of the court in which such ac-
tons are pending may in his discretion
make an order that any OF all of then
be tried together. If they are so trie6
the court shall. if the actions are tried
| without jury, or the jury SHALL if the
actions are tried by a jury, find .
separate verdict in each action, and
| Judgment shall be rendered in each as
! if the actions had been tried separate
| ~. anu III tHe SNeill VI JuuSHltalt HI
| favor of the plaintiff in more than one
| action the court shall make such ordei
| for the apportionment of costs be-
tween the defendent in such actions as
may be just and reasonable"
| A bill was introduced in the House
| by SWEET of Portland, yesterday, max
| ing the week commencing the second
| {. 1f
Home Week" The bill also provides
that cities and towns are authorized to
raise and appropriate money for the
due observance of the week.
| A bill was introduced in the House,
yesterday, by Putnam of Houlton, in
| creasing the license fee for taXider-
mists from S. to 800 year.
A bill was presented to enable cities
and towns to establish permanent fuel
yards, and an order was introduced
directing the committee on the jul
dietary to inquire if additional legisla-
ton is not needed to prevent prize
fighting.
The people over in Waldo county
want a six years close time on fe-
male and fawn deer and the open time
for shooting or taking buck or male
deer to be from October l to Novem-
Der Is.
| Up in Somerset county it is pro
posed to compel owners of teams, i
drawn by more than two horses, mule:
or oxen, to have the rims of theil
wheels at least six inches wide wher
: travelling on the road from Lawton':
quarry in Smithfield to Norrdgewocl
: village.
|, The resolves calling for money pre-
, scented, yesterday, in the House, con
, sisted of the following:
Ross of Bangor, introduced a re
, solve providing that the sum o
: $10S7.32 be appropriated to pay JOIN
: M. Taylor and $S9216 to pay Horace
atwood, as compensation for the year
1900 1901 and 1902, to which as steam
5 boaat inspectors they are entitled.
: Tremblay of Lewiston, presented
| two resolves. One appropriates 5000
5 for the year 1903 and $1,000 for tn
year 1904 in favor of the Society o
the Sisters of Charity for the use o
the Healy Asylum of Lewiston. TIL
!. other appropriates $4,000, annually. 70
: two years for the hospital of the So
t ciety of the Sisters of Charity in Lew
{ iston and a further sum of $4,000 t.
t be used to complete, furnish and equil
e the new building of said society, re
I Gently erected.
l While this report was being received
in the Senate Representative Thornton
of Ashland, in the House secured Z;
suspension of the rules and presented {
= bill providing that the counties of ths
: State shall take, the management ant
5 control of all large bridges. The bill
also provides that the State shall REIN,
| burse the counties to the extent of one
, half of all expenses incurred in the
maintenance of the same.
The first section of the bill provides
that the county commissioners of each
l county shall hereafter have the super.
; vision, inspection. building. repairing
} maintaining of all highway bridges If
their respective counties, when such
bridges are 80 feet or more in length
CARD.