Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-01-13
STATE HOUSE.
Another Big Batch Of
Important Bills.
Several New State Institutions
Are Asked for.
Bates Wants State Money-Protest
Against Shiloh.

The sessions in both the Senate and
House were of short duration. Thurs
day. and by 1870, One-half hour after
the bodies mad reasseinbeld. all the
business had been transacted. The
work consisted chiefly of measures
disposed OF in concurrence and the ill.,
PRODUCTION OF fresh bundles Of bills and
resolves offered by the members
Thursday morning, the more impOr
t;nt Of which appeared in the Senate.
Ol especial interest was the report
made by senator Morse of Waldo.
chairman of the committee appointed
III 1905. which recommends the estab-
Isnment of Il Home for the Feeble
Minded in Maine. The committee dis
agreed as 70 the amount that should
br appropriated and also as to the To-
cation of such home. Two of the
committee were i'll favor of recon-
men;.ing Si0.0o0 and TWO for 100000:
one member OF the committee failed to
Vote IN the amount to be appropriated.
senator Staples introduced Il resolve,
of the sam draft as the one of 1903. in
favCr Of resubmissiOE of the fifth
amendment of the constitution Of
MdiIt ltIdtllis, III tuiC anu
sale of Intoxicating liquors. Clark of
Hancock came forward with an inn
portant act tor the establishment. In
Maine. Of insurance policies which
would be uniform with those of other
states. The act provides that no
statement made by the insured shall
render the policy void unless it shall
be made with the intent 10 defraud;
also tina: no policy shall contain
provision or argument which Will de-
privc III" insured of the right OF tfiai
by jury or any question OF TACT ARISING
undo said policy and that Such
previous arguments shall ne Noid. IL
also provides that the act shall apply
to fraternal and mutual insurance as
wei! as other Insurance companies. y
resolve OF so. 900 for Bates college was
among the measures introduced ap-
rr,piiatinc money. Among tn" petit
tious at this session. was one nitro
duced by P.iloon Of AndroSco@@ln or
The Reform League of AndroSroSSih
comfy for the enactment of laws
which shall render il Impossible Tor
such conditions to exist as are being
carried on at Shiloh. Maine. which re-
child are given equal rights by wnitn
M ana has a right to hold another sub
servant alone to his will in regard L"
pbysic;l. moral or spiritual hEihs. ne
uetition states that the rights Oh Wy
habitants Of Snlloh are belns over
,,,led in that nome relations are Se\
erred. marriage rights not heIn S''tle"
children un1uStly treated. ana hiu'i
entering brought to bear upon many
Another petition comes from the iVHi
dents and others in the counties oi
| nxford and Franklin, introduced pH
senator Furnish. to allow n" person
| 90 chin more. than 10 pounds OF nSh per
| ,on,b taken from the lakes. pohos
and streams of these above Weh'l'i'e"
| ,;. Mills Of Hancock introduced
| An ,ct creating a State Board OF AZ
| Ii,ririon and Cancellation, the duties vi
| which shall be to endeaNor 10 Se'''e
| diSput.s. strikes and lock0utS De'"ee'i
| .mplov.rs and employees ne '''
nroyidcs that before the lSt Oh 'ulH'
,oo, the Governor shall appoint the
! members Of the board as foiloWS. ~
| Grct n,anhar to he recommended ny tHe
| S.,,a Federation of Labor ANA snail
| b.Ia office for the term of on" year
M. second member snail be an en-
| ,l,,.ar of Labor or shall he appointed
| unou recommendation OF an "f%ii'l"'
.;,, ,.anr.s.uting employers of labor. to
| boId office for a term IF two years from
time Of his election. The third the'h-
,.,. shall he recommended by the other
Two members before the 1lfSt ddH vi
my ana shall hold office for IL term of
three Years from that date. Al 'he eN
| ir,,iou of each members term the
Governor shall appoint ms successor III
The same manner and from inc Sa''ie
class as the member whose term eA-
nired and he shall hold office Tor the
tenn of three years. The R"'ifh Shdi'
from time to time max" Sich rules "i
nrocadue AZ il deems necessary ana
ch,II annually. on or before the irst Oh
Julv. make Il report to the ''oNttH"'
ma Council. and the Board shall hold
! meeting before the first OF August
of each year. II a strike seriously
threatens or actually occurs. the mayor
or employer OF employers actuai /
IL concerned shall notify tn" state
Board If when strike occurs
or threatens and - employees
are directly concerned. the Sta''
Board shall communicate with en-
Mover and employees ana endeaN"'
hy mediation to obtain amicabie set
Element. If the matter be submltte"
the State Board shall investigate Su'i
controversy and ascertain which party
is mainly responsible and the Roar'
may make and publish report as
signing such responsibility or blame
In controversies where not less than =
members are concerned the Board sinai
rpon application visit the place wher'
controversy occurs and make caretu
inquiry into its cause. and may. WIFI
the consent of the Governor. conduc
such inquiry beyond the limits OF th'
State. The decision Of the Board Shal
be rendered within ten days after th'
close of hearing and shall be filed a
once by the clerk of the munlclpailt!
whera the controversy arose. Another
COPY shall be filed with the secretary %
the State Eoard.
, | The new mea SureS introduced III IN
House included the following: Resolve i
| t,,nr of q 40 for rho Bar HarhOr Hos