Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-02-09
lssS WAS taken from the table and passsSl

Al tne Following bills were taken from the tnhI
10 and passed to be sngrossed; Bill an 3
E additional to and amendatory Of chapss
Is q! of the Private and Special laws Of 1881
e ent'led an act 10 incorporate the Whit
Mountain Telephone Company.
l. Bill an act concerning the termins
= facilities Of railroads In cities.
g Bill an act in add, ton to and sme ndatory o
OF ehspe er sls of the Private and Specis
+ laws OF 1888 entitled an act to incorporat
the Maine Telephone Company,
Rr-Ass,aSxp.
. HOUSE document number IS, an act 10 In
4 sure the better education Of practitioners o,
dental surgery and 10 regulate the prsctic,
OF dentistry in the State of Maine, which
! came up by special assignment. was re.
I assigned to Tuesday, Feb. IL, at eleven
O'Clock A, NJ. On motion of Mr. Looncy OF
Portland.
kkfessHp TO rus Nsxr LssisLAruRK.
Mr.. Maaley moved To reconsider the yo,s
whereby the House accepted the report Of
the Committee on Agriculture to which was
referred the Forestry bill. The Committee
reported that this bill ought not to pass.
ihe report was made IN the absence Of his
friend the gentleman from Gorham who was
| Nv '"N hiN III ufNtf tuAl he
might have hearing upon IL he moved tha,
the vote be rcconsidercd.
MIR, Robie of Gorhsm said that hc intro.
dnced the bill at the request of a friend
ne was not sufficiently familiar with the de-
tslis OF the biil to sp,ak OF its merits but
this Tact he did know, that the matter of
forestry In the State of Maine is one Of the
ereatest qu,s ,stions they could deal with.
| Ihere was a meeting held In the city of
Bangor and IL was well attended not only by
| he farmers bu also by many other intelli-
gent men of the S,a and the result Of that
meeting vas the formulation of the Forestry
| OIL lie did not rise To defend the bill be-
cause he was unacq quainted with all its de-
| ats, but on the broad prime pie Of protec-
uol TO the forests ot Maine, he thought that
the House should b, u unit Sixty-two prr
cent oi The area OF the State is forest land.
Asearly ss 1900 the state of Maine passed
an act which he was told was sufficient for
our purposes. lie did not know whether
tils was so or not but he knew that his
friends ot Bangor. after they had considered
the matter. had voted almost unanimously
for the adopt ton of the bill. lie thought
himself that thepe we're some things In the
OIL which perhaps are not Just wha, they
ought 10 be. lie would move that the mat
ter De referred To the next lcgi.luure, in or
hef 10 give the cuiscns of the State a better
ofp1rtun ~ - fJrmula,e something in she
'n'erest of th's great industry. MIR. Robie
sho 'ci oy report of the forestry commission
OF Michigan that the commissioners appoint
Ell In that State received no compensation
Tor their services, out that 1t was a sort Of
honorary ponton. In order to treat these
gentlemen IN Bangor with J roper degree OF
Iivility he mbved that the ~hole matter no
over to the next legislature for further con.
sidpration.
MIR. Burlcigh said that lest some person
might cast reflection upon the Committee
IN Agriculture he would like to explain
hut one men Der Of the committee would
object to the bill being referred 10 the next
legislature. There were many obiectlopnble
features in the bill That no man in the
state of Maine could set u fire TO burn up
his brush without either spending time 70 90
to the municipal officers and get from them
permit to do so or subjccung himself to q
hne OF SloOO, seems ridiculous in the eI-
'r' me hut any fisherman from New York
" Mhsshchusetts or any other State may 20
up and burn np whole timber land and be-
SUBJECT 10 n tine OF how much2 Zen thou
and hoilar-f No, one hundred dollars--
provided you could catch him. Hut the
'roubie is 10 catch m. There y one thing
OF vital importance TO every country town In
the State OF Maine by the provisions
OF Tins bill all woodlands and all timber
lands be exempted from taxation lie could
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land, While the committee were willing for
the bill To 90 20 the next legislature they
thought II 70 Obj ctionahle that they consij-
cred lepislation was ineSpedicnt
M. Ia bot Of Ea,t M,chas, said that he
III Int propose To discuss the merits of tho
bill. but he was sincerely in favor of the mo-
ton oi the gentleman from Gurham. That
tis was n matter of great importance was
one thing To he considered in determining
Wbrther II Should be referred To the neIt
legislature or not The Importance of the
matter was shown not only by the action
'nken in our own Site at voluntary meet
ing Of citizens held in regard to 1t, but also
by this call for the formation Of National
Forestry Congress- represented in every State
OF th' un'on. When the bill was presented
~ The gentleman from Gorham, and by him
referred to the Committee on Agriculture,
representa- = not only from our own State,
but officers Of the National Forestry Congress
desired to be heard. Mr.. Talbot said that
the time assigned for the h' airing was very
unfortunate, 1t being a stormy afternoon, and
the attention of the legislature was diverted
to the great question of woman suffrage then
pending. lie cited the instance Of gentle
men who had been deprived of the proper
hearing they merited before this committee
at the last .es'ion of the legislature, owing
TO the great rush of business. lie had no
idea that this hall coul pass this or any fu-
ture legislature oi this State as it nj W stands,
but the question was, would they treat these
men who are so interested In this matter
With the common courtesy Of allowing them
TO come before another legislature and pre-
| sent something that is acceptable.
The question was then upon the motion Of
Mr. Robe to amend by striking out the
words "ought not TO pass" and substituting
| therefore "bc referred to the next legisla-
ture."
The repor, Of the committee a. amended
was then accepted.
On m .tion of Mr.. Pa,tangall OF Pembroke
| House Document No 81 enutied an act ad-
iiiOual to chapter 30 of the Revised Statutes
establishing bounty on crows was taken
| from the tai le.
Mr. patt,ng,ll said that two year. ago
| hoy hal listcse / to n harmed disQuisitiOn
upon the habits Of wooichucks and much TO
the grief Of those who hal the bill in charge
t was voted down. lie knew very little
about the hab Is Of the crow but one Of the
most intelligent members who is q farmer
ioli him that he thought h. could get .
great deal more benefit out
of the crow than he re-
crived injury. SO far a. he was concered he
ii Int care whether they voted this bill up
or down. lie knew very little about the
crow, whether he be an injury to the farmer
or not but he did sympathlze somewhat with
the town officer, whether they be selectrnen,
treasurers or Otherwise. Mr.. PattzDgal
hen read the hrst section Of the act which
provides that bounty of ten cents shall be
paid by the tire isurer OF sby town to person.
iepositing in lots of ten or more the beads Of
crows with such treasurer between the 3lsi
lay OF March and the lst day Of November
and tina, the treasurer shall Immediately de
stroy such heals by FIRE. Now the treasurer
Il the town migBt be a dry goods merchant
lie would hardly care Immediately to ligh
!, lp FIRE in his stove aud burn up ten or per
4 hap. n hundred crow beads. II his wifi
<ere strong minded oman she would hard
Iy care TO have the N destroyed in her house
Some hoodlum of boy might kill crows b.
) The hundred by the of some poisonou
substance, 30 that II seemed to him that
. rouid dot make this legislature appear i'm
II mortal and possibly might make IL appes
d wy ridicu ons to the people of the State
J, Ie moved that the bill be indefinitely pos'
| poned.