Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-02-25

incurred 5y the special co.hihitteC ~ ~
gale charges against Thomas b. Swah' "nicn
was passed to be engrossed under s"spe"
sion of the rules.
I'm motion of Mr.. HATcH of Bangor,
Ordered. That the Committee on Education
he directed to inquire what leglslatioh' IL
anv. is necessary for the protection OF persons
liable TO school district taxation IN olstric's
where they do not reside.
Mr. SHAW of Lisbon submitted the follow
ing: l.,
Ordered. That the Clerk of the House be
instructed to furnish for the nse OF the houSe
one thousand additional copies OF the repor,
of the valuation commission and two hnndreu
for the use of the commission
Mr.. TALBOT of East Machias. moved 10
amend bv making the number fifteen hundred
which vas accepted BY Mr. SHAW
The order then received passage.
Mr. Goss. from the Committee on temper
ance. reported ought not to pass on bill an
acs 10 amend chap. G2 of the puoiic laws Vi
1872
Mr.. Hall. from the Judiciary Committee.
reported ought not to pass on bill an act to
enable the Cumberland and Oxford Canal o.
TO dispose of its property also reported legls-
lation inexpedient on order relating 10 the
eSpediencv of increasing the pay and mileage
of county commissioners.
Mr.. PITCHER. from the Committee on
Claims. reported leave 10 withdraw on petition
of Inhabitants of Oakfield plantation for an
appropriation TO repair in part damage
caused bv hail storm.
Mr.. DICKEY, from the Committee on In
terror Waters, reported ought TO pass on re-
committed bill an act to repeal chap 4o3 OF
the laws of 1860 entitled an act to increase
the tolls of the Baskahegan Dam Co.; read
and assigned.
Mr.. TwIrcHELL from the same committee,
renorted ought to pass on bill an act to I'M
prove the channel of the Magallaway liver,
and facilitate the driving of logs and other
lumber; read and assigned.
Mr.. WHITE from the Committee on state
Lands aud State Roads, reported leave 10
withdraw on petitien of Inhabitants OF Common
Plantation in Aroostook county, that they
NAV be secured and quoted in their possess
ions.
Mr.. EMERY. from the York county delega-
tion. on petition reported bill an act 10 es-
tablish the salaries of the judge of probate
and register of probate for the county OF
York The report was accepted, and the
bill ordered to be printed.
Mr.. MCPHERSON. from the Committee on
WAYS and Bridges. on petition, reported re-
solve in aid of bridge in the town of Month
cello; printed under rule.
Mr.. GOODWIN, from the Committee on
Manufactures, reported reference to the next
LEGISLATURE with order of notice on petition
of Horace Woodman ct ais, that the privi-
leges granted to the Saco and Biddeford Gas
Light Co. NAV be extended thirty years.
Mr.. JORDAN from the Committee on Fed
eral Relations reported reference to the next
Legislature. on various petitions for an APP
preparation to assist in the building of certain
bridges across the St. John river, as the same
subject matter is now pending in the United
States Congress.
Mr.. BEAN from the Committee on Claims,
reported leave to withdraw on petition of the
citizens of Dyer Brook Plantation for aid on
account of damage to crops by hail storm.
Resolve in aid of construction of road
between the town of Brownville and the ka-
tahdin Iron Works came up on its first read
ing and was laid on the table on motion of
Mr.. Trufant of Harpswell.
Bill an act to establish the salary of the
clerk of the Judicial Court for the county of
York, on its passage to be engrOssed. was
laid on the table on motion of Mr.. STAPLES
of Parsonsield.
On motion of Mr.. SHAW of Lisbon, House
document No. 90, being suggestions and rec
concentrations as to future State valuations.
was taken up and referred to the Committee
on State Valuation.
Mr. ToRREY of Surry, called for the spec
ial assignment. which was the majority and
minority reports of the Committee on Fish
cries and Game, on the petitions to prohibit
the taking of mackerel with seines within the
jurisdiction of the State.
The same gentleman then moved to amend
the ma ority report which gives the petition
ers leave to withdraw, by substituting there
IL, IS 81, 81. ~.
bill to prohibit fishing for mackerel with
purse and drag seines in bays and inlets whose
entrances are less than two miles in width.
Mr.. ToRREY advocated his motion, and
gave an account of the habits of mackerel
He explained that the object of the bill was
to keep seiners out of small bays and inlets
where they are now in the habit of going
thereby driving out and destroying the fish to
the injury of those who should have the priv
ilcge of taking them with hook and line He
said that the seincrs would still have ample
fields for fishing should the bill become a law.
He referred to members of the fish commission
who were in favor of the bill
Mr. BENNER of Waldoboro spoke in favor
of the minority report. He desired to
stop the wholesale destruction of fish
which was going on in our rivers
including salmon. shad. alewives and many
other kinds of fish. 1t was no use to stock
our rivers if this was to go on. He gave an
illustration which came under his observa-
ton, where of seventy-five barrels of mack
erel taken only about twenty barrels were
saved, the balance being cast overheard
Mr.. THATCHER of Bangor said
NJ. Speoker-As member of the Fishery
Committee. will explain few of the reasons
which influenced them in their decision upon
this bill. The first and chiefest of which is,
that the petitioners produced no evidence to
show that mackerel have diminished on our
coast for the past ten years. while, on the
contrary, the opponents proved that the catch
of last season was the largest for many years,
although seining has been carried on extern
sively for the past twenty years or more
This the petitioners conceded to be the case
Another reason is, that although the petition
ers numbered about 27O, the remonstrants are
more than double that number, and am re-
liably informed that 50 out of ~. or 6-7ths of
one OF the circumstances. are fishermen who
are in no way interested in seining, but own
small boats. and gain their livelihood bv fish
ing without seines- As to the rest of the re-
monstrants. | am uniformed. But
this fact does not give the impress
sion that small fishermen have much fear
of injury from the large senes. when six
seventh of them in one fishing village are
opposed to driving them away from their
present grounds. The fact is, the large