Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-02-18
WORK OF THE COMMITTEE ~.
LEGAL AFFAIRS.

LEGAL AFFAIRS.
third hearing was given the petit;onar.
Ior the payment of Communication money to
men GRATED in the civil war. Lorino FAR
ESQ.,. Representative Bond and Z. T CsrIe-
ton Esq, were before the committee for Tho
petitioners. The skating rink bill came nm
Mr. foung of Machias made a severe attark
On the rlnks. W. H. Locney, Esq, of Port
lahd' appeared for the rink owners M
Gnas. +. Warwick of the BUou Rink, Messr,
y !, b. Curtis and c. w. T. Godding of the
=. rorest City Rlnk, Portland,J L. Prehard of
1ne Caslno' Richmond, DR.. J. F. Hill of the
oapi'ai hink. augusta, being present The
owners opposed any radical law. but we're
willing that a law should be enacted GIVING
the towns control of the Kinks. Voted. ought
10 pass on bill authorizing the Goyernor
ana Council to appoint woman to fill va
cancy IN the office of Register of Deeds in
franklin county; ought not to pass on petit
tion TOT Sunday close time; legislation inex-
peoleht on division fences; ought to pass on
an act reducing stock of Bar Harbor Water
20. Inc matter of the Waterville Water
Co. was assigned to Thursday. the 10Th inst
Dill will be reported regulating skating
Kinks.
RAILROADS.
voted to report bill amending Sec. Ia
Chap. OIL X. s., relative to speed of railroad
trains. The first clause of the section ia
struck out, so that trains may run at any
speed, fast or slow, through cities and towns.
voted to authorize Mr. Wescott to repsrt a
Dill to the committee, providing that the
railroad commissioners shall be paid salary,
instead of per diem, as at present. Voted
ought to pass on a new draft of bill in re-
iatlon to the Wiscasset & Quebec Railroad
company, the Messalonskee & Kennebec
Railroad Company and Somerset Railroad
Co; same on bill to authorize the Grand
Trunk Railway to invest its funds in safe Sc
/ curities; same on an act to amend thu char
ter of the Boothbay Railroad; same on GER
tain changes in the railroad law, recommend
ed by the railroad commissioners One
amendment provides that no new railroad
shall be operated until examined by the com
mlssioners: another, that one railroad COM
missioner may investigate railroad acct
dents
INTERIOR WATERS
Ohght to pass on an act to incorporate the
| Peoples Ferry Co. ought not to pass on a
petition from the York County Game Society
for the protection of fish in the waters of the
| State which have been stocked; ought to
pass on the petition of Paul G. Blanchard and
of refuse into Royal River; leave TO with
draw on petition for an amendment to the
charter of the Penobscot River Dam and In
provement Co; leave to withdraw on an
amendment to an act to incorporate the Ban
gor and Brewer Ste AN Ferry Co.; ought ito
pass on the petition tor permission to flow
tguaw Pond in Marsardis; ought to pass on
an order in regard to making valid the organi-
cation of the Bangor and Brewer Steam Fer
ry Co.; ought to pass on the petition of j.
W. Palmer and others to incorporate the
Rockebema improvement Co.
| JUDICIARY.
Voted ought to pass an act relating to
ballot boxes; ought not pass on an act re-
lsting to bastard children; ought to pass on
an act to amend the Revised Statutes relat-
ing to appeals from magistrates; same on an
act to amend the charter of the Artesan
Water Co., Rockland: same on bill for a
Woman's reformatory, appropriatng $lO,-
600. There will be no minority report.
Voted ought to not pass on the proposition
to abolish imprisonment for debt, by a vote
of five against three in favor. There will
a minority report bill in favor of the
First PARISH. Falm"n'h. will be reported
WAYS AND BRIDGES.
There was a further hearing on the petit
ton of Joseph Littlefield and Others. of Wells,
for the passage Of an act authorizing the
county commissioners of York county to To-
cate a bridge.over the Ogunquit river. Hon.
J. II. Drunmond and Judge Hobbs appeared
as attorneys for the petitioners, and ex-At-
tornev General Cleaves and Judge Cleaves
for the town.
Voted ought to pass on a resolve in favor
e Ill, A,,n,l IA NOT 70 IS
on a resolve in regard to the Indebtedness OF
Relfast leave to Withdraw on the petition of
Owen Davis Jr ought to pass on resolve
correcting certain clerical errors in the State
valuation ought to pass on a resolve author
ling State loan.
CHANGE OF NAMES.
The petition to change the pane OF
/ Frances Ellen Hamor of Bar Harbof to Ella
Frances Hamor which was recommitted, was
considered Representative Rodick appeared
in favor of the proposed change and the conf
mittee voted ought to pass. Adjourned sine
die.
, FISHERIES AND GAME.
Voted ought to pass on the petition of J
w. Calderwood and others of Union for per
mission to take alewves in Georges river
same on AN amendment to the game laws
, adding ployer to the list of birds which shall
not be transported out of the State at certain
periods.
WAYS AND MEANS.
Voted to recommend that the State tax be
assessed at the rate of 81 mills on each dol
lar of the State valuation. The rate was
four mills last year.
Towns.
Voted ought to pass on the petition to sci
, off lots | and in Wellington, Piscataquis
, county. to Cambridge in Somerset county.
MILITARY AFFAIRS.