Daily Kennebec journal., 1893-03-09
NO. So.

I bN Mr. SGSkucN OF OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
strance of w, h, Kneeland and smother, Of
j. b, kimhall and is others, Of j. A. Far
riugton and u others against the police
| board bill.
| BY Mr.. Carleton of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
STRANGE of 5. A, Ettleded and nine others.
of \. W. Hardy and nine others against
/ the police boarl bill.
! BY MIR. Host of --Rcmoustrancc
police board bill.
BY Mr.. Penney OF Sedgwick--Remon-
STRANGE of ]. {. Workman and five others
against same.
BY Mr.. Dow of South Thomaston--Re.
monssrsnec of Il. $, Swcetland and ak
others against the same.
BY Mr., Merrill of Observation-Disclosures
s,ranee of A, +, Ayeriil and seven others
sainSt the same.
EpuoArIoN.
BY MIR. Cook OF Yarmouth Resolve in
favor of the North Yarmouth Academy.
BY MIR. SAWYER of Milbriige--Rcmon
s'rtnCe of A, +. Ward and 20 others Of
MlhriiCe, against any legislation favoring
| taxation in aid OF any railroad scheme.
Ky Mr. Lane of augusta -Rcmonstrancc
Of |. X. Smith and others of Augusta
against discriminating legislation relating to
savings hanks insestments also remon-
straacc af G. :. llichhorn and others ee
Augusta tor same; also remonstranee OF
!. l.. Harding and others of Augusta against
,he same also renonstrance of Joseph 4.
| lioman AMI others OF Augusta ag' ,st same;
also remons,rancc of John W, Chase and
| others of August, agains, same.
| BY Mr., Shaw of Portland -Remoustrance
of John NJ, Thompson. NJ. H., of Portland
ani " others against the same.
| hv Mr.. Mekenney OF BildcforI--Rs-
monstrance of T.. II, Banks AMI Is othcra
against any legislation which tends to weak
eu savings banks.
| Bv MIR. Emerson of Portland Il, mon.
slrance nf \. T.. Snow anil II others against
| any fora of discriminating tax on savings
| banks: also remonstrance of j. u. ONeil
NJ. D., and 81 others of Portland against
| the same, also remonstrancc of John j.
| Frye and IL others of Portland against the
same
| by Mr.. Shaw of Portland Rcmonstrance
of Thomas Lynch and ?i others Of Port
land against the same.
! by Mr.. SAWYER of Portland -Remon-
STRANGE of Rufus ID. Bean and 30 others Of
4 Portland and vicinity against the same.
| by MIR. Paine of Eastport-Biil an act
to amend an act to incorporate the city Of
| Eastport.
/ On motion of MIR. Paine of Passport the
rules were suspended this bill read three
| times and passed to b. engrossed,
7 iiy MIR. Woodbury. of Deering Resolve
/ providing bust Of Hannibal llamlin.
| On motion of Mr.. Woodbury. of Deering
the rules were suspended, the resolve read
twice aud passed To be engrosscd,
| by Mr., Bracket of Imington~Rcs0lve
| in favor of the committee attending the
funeral of the laic William II. Libby of
Standish, Maine.
! On motion of Mr.. Powers of lIoulion the
rules were suspended the resolve read twice
and passed to be cngrossed.
bRnrHs.
BY Mr. Leighton of Columbia Falls.
Ordered, That +. \. Alden of Union be
granted leave of absence until Tuesday Of
next week on account of important business.
| Referred to the committee on leave Of
absence.
/ OunrRs or ruE DAY.
! Ma. IlAMLiN or ELLSWORTH IN the CHAIR.
/ the majority and minority reports of the
committee on shore fishesics, in regard to
! hill relating TO purse and drag seines in
1 State waters, Mr.. Madlocks of Boothbay
/ Iiarbor moved that the majority report be
| accepted as the report OF the committee.
Tnr SuoHn Fisurarrs ~ MAISr.
/ Mr., Maddocks OF i;oothbay IIarbor This
bill is to modify existing laws, so as to al
low our coast fishermen the right to law
fully gain livelihood. This il the prayer
of 300 petitioners, men who dwell upon
the seaconst and gain their living by fish
ing, Besides these, petitioners comes
backing from the city of Portland of nearly
every merchant on Commercial ST., who
have also been represented by strong dele
CATIONS at committee hearings,
! The law restricting the use Of the purse
and drag stines, passed in 1878 has been
tjnkered until 1t ia difficult 10 be understood.
When left to the sherifIs Of the county to
! enforce, it was practically a dead letter, for
: there was danger of violating the provisions
of their bonds. But since the fish wardens
came on the stage of action with rowing
commissions and without any bond, they
have made it very unpleasant for that elias,
Of fishermen who fish with purse seines for
msckerel, menbsden and herring.
| The law under which they acted has
| been construed to cover more water
than We ever anticipated it Was in
tended to, and the result has been TO de-
piiye our fishermen Of SO much Of their
fishing ground that il is impossible to gain
a livelihood without breaking the law, and
it is working u great hardship on a class of
men whom the State should seek 10 en-
courage instead of dyress. The law as
interpreted by the coIifts, means n total
destruction of our business, IL modifica-
ton cannot be obtained.
This, in brief, is the situation. The act
under consideration has been drawn with
great care. and the trainers of il have en-
dcavorcd 10 respect the rights and privi-
leges of all other fishermen, granting ample
protection to that species of fish known as
anadromons, or the Gsll that go from salt
to fresh water to deposit their spawn, snch
as the salmon, alewive, s,pelt and sbad. In
fact this bin locks up the rivers against the
purse seine fishermen where this kind of
fishing is carried on. Definite lines are
drawn from point TO point, so there can be
no mistake as TO the intent and meaning Of
this net.
! East Of the west bank of the PenobscOt
river the conditions are different. The
purse seiHe is very little, If any, used.
their chief fishing industry being for sar-
dine. which are caught in brush weirs in
shallow waters of the bays in our eastern
counties. and a. we have no dispo-
sition to interfere or iBtrnde upon their wa
ters. We have drawn a line which we believe
10 he 10 their entire satisfaction, excluding
oursciycs from all bays, rivers and harbors
eest Of the sest bank Of the Penobscot river,
less than three miles in width at their en-
trance ,and wc only ask the use of that body
Of water ,sest Of Penobscot bay TO the west
crn boundary Of our State, excepting the
! rIyrr- therein named, for the purpose Of
taking maekerol, herring and menhaden.
and ~ granting this request We claim that
W. slpil not interfere with any other indus
tyy within that prescribed limit, and that
tie benefits arising from the free use Of the
purse seine 10 those waters will prove .
iis;ng benefit TO the coast towns in which
these fishermen reside, as well AZ to the
state At large.
II" reasons we shall give Why this bill
wout be a benefit are, that these mi
gtatory fish which leave their
~inter homes in the southern seas. starting
on their Borth~ard voyage in the carly
priag, passing the different sea-cosst
lat -, contributing to them their portion of
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