Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-03-04
MlD-WEEk RUSH.
! Busy Session and Many
Hearings, Wednesday.
Some Good Speeches and Many
Measures Pushed Along.
New Bills Introduced Features Of The Com
.,amit'es work-Netss.

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I The nearest approach to an after
noon session came. Wednesday, when
the morning session of the House ex--
tended until quarter past the noon
hour. The Senate had adjourned an
hour earlier. The occasion for the long
House session was the animated de-
bate on the contract for supplying
water to the State prison, brought on
by MIR. Glrnsey-lo of Dover, who op-
posed the biII and offered an amend
ment. The old contract and the bill
extending 1t were defended by Fogler
of ROckland, and Hamilton Of Bidde-
ford, and after an hour of oratory and
argument the bill was passed to be
Iengrossed. by an overwhelming MAJOR
lily. With this exception the work Of
the House was routine in character.
and host of measures were pushed
along in their passage. Next Tuesday
was assigned for the discussion of the
State college resolve.
The sympathy Of the House was ex-
tended to Representative and Mrs.
Williams Of Augusta. whose only
daughter has just died. Mr.. Hamil-
ton of Biddeford, presided over a part
of the House session, and Senator Rob-
erts of Oxford. was called to the chair
in the Senate. There was not great
amount of new. business introduced,
and 1t is growing less daily.
In the House a resolve was presented
in favor of the Madawaska Training
school for $500 to provide steam heat
ing for the school buildings.-Mr.
Simpson of York. presented resolve
Of $40 for the town of York, on ac-
count of a defect in the school, return.
Mr.. Floyd of Brewer. presented bill
providing that within 60 days after the
settlement of his final account in any
solvent estate in which real estate is
involved the administrator, executor or
trustee: shall file in the Office of the reg
istry of deeds a certificate. from the
judge Of probate allowing such ac-
count, stating that the real estate is
not subject to a collateral inheritance
tax, or that if it is subject to such a
tax it has been paid.-A petition with
1875 names comes for the Incorporation
of the city of Willard, in the town of
South Portland. Over 100 citizens Of
FarsOnsfield protest against the main
Ftenance of separate polling place at
kezar Falls.-Mr. Floyd Of, Brewer.
presented bill. drawn up in the State
ftreasurer's Office. giving the treasurer
more power in collecting the taxes on
the timber and grass cut on the re-
served lands of the State. The bill
provides that if the person hiring the
right to cut this lumber and grass does
not pay the tax after due notice. his
right shall be forfeited and the lum-
Der and grass shall revert to the
State.-A bill was presented changing
to the first week in Advent the time
of holding the annual meeting of the
Protestant Episcopal church of Maine.
There were half a dozen remOn-
strances received against amending
the charter of the Somerset Traction
Company; several petitions for the an
ti-cigarette bill, several remonstrances
against any changes in the present
lobster laws, and one petition for
close time on 'clambs.'
In the Senate Stearns of AroOstook.
OF Aroostook to make a temporary
loan.-Savage of AndrOscOggin. pre-
scented an act to amend sec. II. chap
ter 46, Revised Statutes. relating to
clerk of corporations to read as fol-
lows: Whenever there is a change in
the office Of clerk of corporation. he
shall. within 20 days after acceptance
of the office, file certificate of his
election in the registry of deeds in the
district where the corporation is To-
Gated, or where it has a place of bust
ness or a general agent; and an at
tested copy of such certificate shall be
sufficient evidence that he Is clerk. for
service Of process upon the corpora
ton. until another certificate has been
flied. Senator Wyman Of Washington.
has presented petition from Nelson
woodward and 81 others of Jonesport.
asking for the privilege of catching
Holsters down to those nine inches in
length Another petition from c. S.
Hinkley reads THAT the laws relat-
ling to the lobster fisheries be so
amended as to allow the catching, SELL
| ing. preserving and canning, in the
county Of Washington, of Holsters of
not less than nine inches in length
The legal affairs committee gave a
hearing, Wednesday, to representa-
ttives OF the leading newspapers Of the
State in opposition to the proposed law
regulating the liability of subscribers
ito papers and periodicals. This law
lprovides that if a subscriber to paper
pays in advance for same and the pa
per is sent to him after the experation
of the time for which he subscribed he
shall not be liable for payment.
J. p. Bass of the Bangor Commercial.
acted as counsel for the newspaper
men and conducted the hearing. He
! said there was no business where SO
much liberality was. shown as in the
newspaper business. We give away
almost more than we can keep any
track OF. We never push collection.
| Mr.. WOodman of the Lewiston
journal, said that every newspaper
Office had what was termed stop
book" in which was entered the re-
i quests of subscribers to have their pa
pers stopped. His paper always stopped
such paper at the time designated. In