Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1891-01-22

AUGUSTA, tuesday, Jan. 10. "A ilst OF
the senators appointed on the several joint
standing committees came down from the
Senate, and the Speaker joined members
on the part of the House. We give the
appointment of Hancock county members
as follows:
JOINT STANDING COMMITTEES.
Legal Aifairs-Fullcr Of fremont on the
part of the House.
Federal Relatons-Jones of Brooksville,
House.
Education Littlefeld of Penobscot,
House.
Commerce-Gray Of Bucksport, House.
Mercantile Affairs-Ridlon of Buehill,
House.
Agriculture Coolidge of Lamoine.
House.
Military Affairs Gilmore of Hancock on
the part of the Senate.
Fisheries and Game-Jones of Brooks
vile, Webb of Deer Isle, House.
Counties-Coolidge of Lamoine, House.
Towns-Gilmore of Hancock. Senate.
Indian Afiairs-Taft of Gouldsboro,
House.
Insane Hosptal-Grindle of Hancock,
chairman, Senate.
Reform School-Grindle of Hancock,
Senate.
Public Buildings Gray of Bucksport,
House.
State College of Agriculture Grlndle of
Hancock, Senate; Fuller of fremont,
House.
Mines and Minipg-Taft of Gouldsboro
House.
Temperance-Webb Of Deer Isle, House.
J. b. Peeks of Dover is House Chairman
on Judiciary, s. J. Walton of Skowhegan
bai
Norrdgewock. House Chairman on Legal
affairs: W. r. Haines. Waterville. Senate
Chairman. c. H. Newton. Calais, House
Chairman of Finance; +. b. Mallet, Jr.,
Freeport, Senate Chairman. The Com
mitfee on Railroads will be an important
committee this session. many requests
for new charters will be made.
To-day the House Chairman Of this com
mittee. J. F. Hill of Augusta. presented a
bill in the House for chartering a railroad
connecting with Grand Trunk at Auburn and
running to Camden via Augusta. Petitions
are pouring in asking for the adoption Of
the Australian ballot system. The com
mitteeS organize tomorrow
Jan. II. o. b Clason, Representative
from Gardiner, presented the Ballot Re-
form bill in the House to-day. 1t differs
little from the Looney bill Of two years
fully As strict a. either. II is expected the
bill will pass with few amendments.
Representative Noble of Lewiston pre-
scented bill providing that The President
and msj0lity OF the Trustees of Bates
College be Free Baptist> The col
lege is denominational. and the bill pro-
vdes that it lie Kept 50 Chadbourne OF
Biddeford presented bill 10 repeal the
act relating to the employment OF Labor.
other bills were to authorize Bangor To
fund portion Of its Indebtedness; to
amend Rockland'S charter; 10 repeal the
law allowing the use of live pigeons in
target shooting; for the division Of the
town of Camden: for the Incorporation of
the Thomaston Banks and Trust COMPANY;
to increase the amount OF property that the
Bangor Theological Seminary may hold;
70 appropriate $500 annually to the Maine
General Hospital; to increa>' tie Normal
School appropriation from $4,000 10 s2l,-
opD. An order wa, passed in The House
that the Judiciary Committee amend the
Corporation Law, = that all corporations
under the general las having offices out
side Of the State shall pay a special fran
chi-e- tax and make return to the Srcre-
tary of State of the capital stock paid in
under penalty of forfeiture of their chart
erS.
Jan. L. Another important move in
securing purity and honesty in Maine cleo
lions viii be made tomorrow. when Hon.
W. T llaincs Of Wateryile will present a
bin which he has prepared providing for
Boards Of Registration Of Voters IN the
cities Of the State. il being designed To -
hand 10 hand with ballot reform as cm
bodied in the Cla>pn nil
Persons who shall! knowingly have their
names placed upon the lit, Of more ihau
one ward, or vote Illegally by other means
shall be deemed guilty of felony and punish
Ell by Imprisonment III the State Prison
not less than one year or more than thte"