Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-18

nurchase the rights OF the Atlantic
cbnra Line Railway to furnish electric
light heat and power in the town Of
Sanford.
An Act to authorize the North
R;ookIyn Wharf Company to extend a
wharf into the tide waters OF Bluehill
bay at North BroOklin. Hancock cOun-
ty.
An Act to extend the charter Of the
Tyler Fogg Trust Company.
An Act to amend Chapter 10 Of the
Revised Statutes relating to the col
lection of taxes on organized planta-
tons taxed as wild lands.
An Act to incorporate the Orono
Trust Company.
An Act to extend the powers Of East
ern Timber Company.
l. An Act to amend the charter of the
Devine Water Company.
| An Act to amend Section 9 of Chan
ter 46 of the Revised Statutes relating
to interest on loans on personal prop
erty.
An Act additional to and amendatorv
of Chapter 30 Special Laws of 1887.
entitled, An Act to incorporate the
Kennebec Light and Heat Company"
| An Act to amend Chapter 115 of the
Private and Special Laws of 1903, in
relation to the Atlantic Shore Line
Railway.
| An Act to make valid the municipal
election of the city of Eastport in
| Washington county.
| An Act to incorporate the Searsport
Trust Company.
| An Act to amend Section A Of Chap
ter Al of the Revised Statutes relating
to close time for smelts.
An Act to extend the charter Of the
Hallowel Trust co.
An Act to extend the charter of the
Camden and Liberty Railway
| An Act to extend the charter of
Cnion River Water Storage Co.
| An Act to extend and amend thu
charter of the Iepperel Trust 60.
An Act authorizing the Ashland Co.
to erect dams ami make improvements
on the Tributaries of the upper Aroos-
took river.
Finally Passed.
Resolve authorizing the land agent
to release the States interest in Half
Way Island in Hancock county
| Resolve in favor of the State school
for boys.
Resolve in favor of the town of Tres
colt.
Resolve in favor of the Maine state
Prison.
Resolve in favor of the town of GRAY
for reimbursement for money paid or
account of Riley Plantation.
Orders Of the Day.
DJ,f-Ccrc,r r.j1I
| Special assignment: Majority and
minority reports of Committee or
Temperance. reporting ought not to
pass in new draft, AMI ought to pass
in new draft, on Bill. TO perfit regis
tered apothecaries to sell alcoholic
liquors
MIR. OBRIEN of Lewiston: Mr..
Speaker, as being the only member Of
The temperance com ~nittee who signed
the minority report. | believe this is
Il matter that should be given some
thing more Ian passing notice.
believe. 1!aSmuch as the action of this
Legislature has been such upon the
Sturgis bill and the Cakes bill, as it
has declared and promised and pledg-
ed that there is no longer to be any
place in which persons whether sick
anything in the nature of stimulant
even for medicinal purposes, l believe
that we as reasonable men should con-
slider the vital points in this bill. The
substance of the bin is that registered
druggists shall be allowed to keep on
hand a supply Of liqucr for medicinal
and mechanical purposes. The regula-
tinns imposed upon druggists by this
bill. together with the stringent en-
fo-cemcnt we all expect to have under
the SturSiS bill are such that it seems
to me there will not be any Opportuni-
ty for any drusgis- or any other quasi
druggist to open shop under the pre-
tence Of doing drug business but
really COR the purpose of selling liquor
This bill provides that druggist may
sell to persons who are known to him
alcoholic liquors to the extent of one
quart a week upon reputable physi-
| clans prescription The druggist is
compelled to keep a record of the per-
son to whom he sells the liquor and on
| Monday Of each week he has to fur
niSh the city or town clerk with copy
of the record of the persons to whom
he has supplied this liquor. Those
records are always oren to inspection.
At present the law is that the very
fact of persons having United States
revenue license is prima fa"i" evidence
that that man is a liquor seller. This
bill provides :hat if druggists sell liQ-
or under the prescribed conditions the
fact of their having a United States
license shall cot be prima facie evil
dence against them in court.
We have in this Safe a state Board
of Pharmacy before whom young men
desiring to become pharmacists must
take an examination in order to secure
Il certificate as registered druggists
Under this bill if any druggist holding
a certificate is found selling liquor for
drinking purposes. the Board of Phar-
macy shall revoke the druggists certi-
hcate. I believe that a man holding a
druggists certificate which gives him
his legal permission to keep drug
store. who has devoted years of his
life and given his best efforts to the
securing Of that certificate. will hest
tate. he fOre no sell. luuOr i1legally or