Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-01-15
WELL UNDER WAY.
Bills and Petitions Flood
thursdays Session.
ne Maine Lawmakers Getting into
the Winters Work.
Numerous appropriations Asked For-No
Great Measures YET Appear.

thursday morning at 10 o'clock, both
branches of the 6Sth Legislature met
TOR business. 1t was the first real busi-
ness sesslon,as the time thus far has
been occupied with organization mat
ters, announcement of committees and
ehieiiy with recesses. Though the
Senate was in session only 40 minutes
and the House only an hour, they re-
ceiVed a flood of bills and petitions
winch We're referred to the various
committees. Nearly all the members
Oh poth branches We're present The
session was entirely without feature
or incident outside the ordinary and
expected. Requests for appropriations
were numerous and will continue to be
SO. Many water companies seek incor-
poration, and number of electric
roads want to extent their lines.f
In the House after the regular OPEN
ing, Mr.. Blanchard of Wilton. pre-
scented a resolve for $1,000 for 10 years
in favor of Wilton academy. The Kit
terry and York Electric Railroad Co.
wants its name changed to the Ports
mouth & York Street Railway Co. Mr..
Philbrook of Waterville, presented a
bill to amend the act establishing a
municipal court in that city. Mr.. Stet-
son of Bangor, presented a resolve APP
propriating $4,000 for the Eastern Maine
General hospital for the next two
years, and $4,000 more to form a part
of a building fund, provided that s1O.-
600 more shall be raised by the insti-
tuition itself. The Maine w. c. T. L.
asks for $500 for two years for the de-
partment of securing homes for home
less children. w. F. Wright and others
want to be incorporated a water COM
pany to supply the town of Warren.
Brunswick wants s1,9S15S refunded by
the State, this being the sum paid for
sane hospital.
e. B. Nealley, president of the Mer-
chants Insurance company, and A. F.
Stetson, president of the Union Insur-
ance company, ask that insurance COM
panies doing business under laws Of
Maine may be allowed to make such
investments as savings banks are au-
thorized to make. The city council of
Deering urges the Legislature to re-
peal the unwise and unjust laws en-
acted at the last session which, in the
words of Gov. Powers inaugural, tend
to create monopolies and prevent a
healthy competition in the matter of
supplying and distributing electrical
power for manufacturing and other
purposes. A resolve for $500 was pre-
scented to purchase of w. H. Gay his
Photographic views of Maine scenery
and game, to be related by the Gov.
ernor and Council for exhibition and
distribution.
Maj Dickey asked for $4,000 for the
Madawaska Training school for 1897
IS. The Hampden & Winterport Elec-
trio Railway and Light company wants
it's charter amended SO it can build
tracks through the towns of Newburg,
DiXmont, Monroe, SearsmOnt, Glen
burn. Hermon, Levant, Kenduskeag,
Corinth, Garland, Stetson and Exeter.
Col. Walker of the 4th Maine, wants
$500 appropriated to erect a tablet at
Gettysburg, and Col. Lakeman of the
Sd Maine, makes the same request in
behalf of his regiment. A petition was
introduced begging that soldiers who
lost leg or an arm in the war be ex-
empted from paying a poll tax. West
brook seminary asks for a resolve for
$4,000 for the next two years. The
Eastern Maine General hospital wants
it's rights and powers extended, and
wants a board Of visitors established
to consist of the governors. speaker of
the House and president of the Senate
The city council of Deering issues a
vigorous protest against having any
part of itself annexed to Portland.
Thirty long petitions We're presented
praying for an appropriation Of $500
to operate the Monmouth fish hatchery
and feeding station for 1898. The
inhabitants of Ragged island ask to be
set off as a separate plantation from
Matinicus plantation. A mass of bills
and petitions referred over from the
last Legislature We're referred to the
proper committees, and probably most
of them will be swamped a second
time. Mr.. Williams of Augusta, pre-
scented a bill amending the sections re-
lating to the Augusta municipal court,
raising it's jurisdiction from $40 to $50.
The Brunswick Electric Railway COM
many wants it's charter amended so 1t
can extend it's line to Bath and Lisbon.
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