Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-02-04
STATE SOLONS.
Doings of the Law akers-Gossip
About the State House.

In the Senate last Wednesday, Senator
Grindle presented q bill to authorize the
Infusorial earth company to lower the
water of Noyes' pond three feet, The
| object of this is to enable the company to
more easily reach the deposit which it is
excavating, drying and shipping.
Senator Grindle has also introduced a
resolve for an appropriation for Bluehill
academy of $500 for 1897, and the same
amount for 1895; also petition signed by
Mrs. NJ. E. Mayo and fifty others of Blue
| hill asking that the age Of protection to
girls be raised from fourteen to eighteen
years. also petition signed by Mrs. h.
2. Grindle and fifty others OF Bluehill in
favor of municipal suffrage for women /;
also bill to incorporate the town Of
Swans Island.
! The committee on inland fisheries and
game, to which was referred the bill to
prohibit the killing OF deer on Long Is
land, in Bluehill bay, reported on Friday
that it ought not to pass.
Representative Boynton on Friday pre-
sented bill placing bounty OF 3 on
wild cats.
Petitions have been presented in the
House to permit the establis hment of a
steam ferry from West Sullivan to Ham
cock. bill providing for the establish
ment OF such a ferry as petitoned for
has been presented, also a bill to repeal
the special act of the last legislature
granting exclusive ferry privileges be-
tween West Sullivan and Hancock to
Ernest Z. Abbott and Curtis E. Moon.
A resolve in favor Of Castine normal
school was presented last Thursday by
Representative Rodick, of Eden.
The bill to divide the town of Deer Isle
and incorporate the town of Stonington
was presented last Wednesday.
There was introduced last week an
order instructing the committee on sgri-
culture to report, by bill or otherwise, on
the best means of discriminating tubercu-
losis in Maine.
Representative Saunders on Thursday
presented a petition from several hun
dred Hancock county citizens in favor Of
good roads.
A bill to incorporate the Deer Isle
water company WAS presented Thursday.
a pc ition has been presented from W.
H. Lawrence, of Sorrento, and OF hers, ask
ing for the repeal OF private and special
laws relating to Flanders, Great Tunk
and Little Tunk ponds.
Representative Saunders has presented
a petition from the trustees of Hancock
county savings bank, of Ellsworth,
asking for a reduction of tax on savings
banks. Savings bark. from all parts of
the State are presenting similar petitions.
The committee of Hancock county
members which was instructed to inquire
into the expectancy OF changing the
general term of he court of county COM
missioners so as to conform in time with
the general term OF the supreme judicial
court, reported bill an act to amend sec
ton 6, of chapter IS, of the revised
statutes, relating to the general term of
the county commissioners court OF Han
cock county, and that the same ought to
pass.
Representative Boynton, of Sullivan, on
Monday presented bill to empower
towns to elect superintendent of schools
and pay experimenting school committee
for services.
Blu chill wants the law prohibiting the
taking OF smelts in Bluehill bay with
purse or drag seines repealed. Petitions
to that effect were presented by Repre-
sentative Merrill Tuesday.