The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-01-29
water works, aud the people may supply
themselves with pure water.

| Mr.. Barrett of Canaan presented plli
providing that any person who shaIl re-
move pauper from the custody of over
seers of the poor, or from the poor farm
or place in which such pauper is kept,
| without the consent of such overseers,
shall be punished by fine not less than
$40, or by Imprisonment not more than
thirty days.
l.. leighton and SO others petition for
an appropriation of 1900 to aid in bull
ding road across townships "A and 20,
in Washington county.
min & Bartlett, Charles il. CLARK, John
P. Clark aud others as the incorporators
of the Somerset & Franklin Telephone
ana Telegraph Company, with power to
operate lines from New Portland to
points in Pennington and klngnelG.
The capital stock is not to exceed ssO0o-
The bill to tix the compensation of the
superintendent of the insane hospital
was tabled in the House today on motion
OF Mr.. Haines OF Wateryille. The bill
likes the compensation at So per diem,
and mileage at 10 cents a mile each way:
An amendment, which was tabled
with the bill, reduces the mileage to two
cents mile.
The resolve in favor of new building
at the Augusta insane hospital was re-
ferred to the COMMITTEES on finance to-
day, the House reversing it's action in
referring it to the COMMITTEES on insane
hospital.
Mr.. Moore of Deering put in today a
bill to change the name OF the FIrst
Congregational parish of Westbrook to
the First Congregational Parish of Deer
ing, The parish name has not been
changed, altohugh it is located IN Deer
ing, which was part OF Westbrook
when the parish was incorporated.
Edwin Libby Post q. A. r., petitions
for state aid in the publication OF regI-
mental histories, but opposes the APP
pointment of state historian, bellevlng
that each regiment should control the
publication Of it's own history.
Senator Nickerson put I'D a petition
from Fl. M. Heath, attorney for Kendall
& Shade, praying that their claim against
the state for extra work under the con.
tracts connected with the enlargement OF
the State House may be allowed: The
papers are on file among the finished pa
pers for the session of 1898.
The inhabitants of the parish OF ST.
Agatha, in the town of Frenchvllle,
Aroostook county, ask to be made into
| town $50 that we could see to our own
interests and increase the importance OF
our place. We are sorry that a great
many of our people are now in the woods
lam bering-one ct the .ch1ef INDUSTRIES
| of this county. We would have q greater
number of signatures. We hope, however,
| that MessIs., the Representatives, will
| see favorably our proceeding"
A bill to establish the Wataryille hos
pital, presented today by Mr.. Haines OF
WaterviIle. names John W. Ware, f., !,
Thayer, G. x. Boutelle. ". 3: Arnold
Haines, Hail ". A. K. Boothby, W.M. Dunn,
F. A. Smith. Is. Bangs, A. n. Plaisted,
Charles F.Johnson, SIS. Brown. E. F.
| Webb, and C.G. Carleton as corporators,
| with power to hold property and receive
funds for the erection of general hos
pital.
NEW MEASURES IN BRIEF.
| BIB Bick ford and 300 others petition
for changes i'll the lobster laws. They
sign petitions asking the authorization
of the taking of Holsters of any size dur
| ing part of the year.
| Bill authorizing the Van Buren Water
Company to issue its bonds to an amount
not exceeding $4,000.
Bill to allow the Bar Harbor Electric
Light Company to issue bonds and pre-
ferred stock and purchase property.
| Bill to amend section 8 of chapter 216,
of the laws of 1898, relating to schools.
The bill provides for the visiting OF
schools by mem bers of the COMMITTEES
instead of the supervisor.
Petition of 70 Gorham citizens in aid
| Of the soldiers home at Newport.
| Petition of "a citizens for the division
of the town of Frenchvllle, = in ,Aroos-
! took county. VI IN
Numerou petitlonsfor The charter of
an agricultural society at Jonesboro.
| Bill authorizing Holace. .Puri ington to
build wharf in the Ken nebecs river, in
the city of Augusta.
| Petition of Hiram and Sebago citizens
for close time of two years on Bailey,
| Middle and Southeast ponds.
Bill to enable the town of Elliot to
purchase the life interest of Mary u.
Fogg in the Fogg public library in
| that town.
Petitions for the protection of deer in
| Sagadahoc county for five years.
| Bill to amend the charter of the Lis
bon Water Company introduced by Sena-
tor Savage. 1t would extend the time
Of the charter two years, and.authorlzes
the incoporators to sell the franchise.
Petition of A bel Davis and others for
a municipal court at Pittsfeld.
Bill authorizing the Waldo & Somerset
Railway Company TO build a road from
Burnham to the northerly boundary OF
the state at or near Sandy bay planta-
tiop.
Bill to extend the charter of the Van
Buren, Loan, Trust and Banking Compa-
ny for four years.. Presented by Mr.
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