Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-11-02
STATE HOUSE.
A Unique Recommendation for a
Change in Game Laws.
An Experts Comment on Camp Powers
State Assessors Nee.

which the commissioners Of inland fisher
les and game receive for legislation, the
one received the other day from a gen.
tlemen in Boston is most original and
unique 1t is as follows:
Section !. No person shall take or Kill
a deer within the limits OF the town OF
1904
Section 2. No person shall at any time
take or kill deer within the limits oi
said town, without first obtaining a
permit so to do from the selectmen oil
said town, and the said selectmen shall
have power TO regulate and limit the
number of deer that may be taken OF
killed in any one year.
Section g. Whoever takes or kills a
deer within the limits of said town, as al
lowed in the preceding section, shall pay
to the treasurer of said town, the sum OF
ten dollars, for every deer so taken OF
killed, and the money so received by said
treasurer Shall be used for the mainte-
nance of town roads or of public schools,
in said town.
Section 4. Whoever violates any of the
provisions of this act shall be punished
by fine of forty dollars, or by imprisoon-
ment in the county Jail for 80 days, for
each and every vocation thereof.
The Sanitary Inspector for October, the
official bulletin of the State board of
health has just been received from the
printer. Besides the usual sanitary notes,
several short special articles are con-
tanned in the number. Sunshine as a
Disinfectant" is treated. Also Does
| Formaldehyde Disinfect?' 1.-THE Distri-
button of Infection" and the resolutions
| on tuberculosis adopted at the 18th an
nual meeting Of the Conference held in
Detroit in Augusta.
| In his sanitary notes, DIR. Young has
made mention several times of the prev
alance of typhoid fever in the army
camps, which he attributes more to mill
| tary faults than to the physicians in
| charge.
Concerning the prevalence at Camp
Powers he says:
AT Camp Powers in this city some o.
the conditions under which the surgeons
and their men were placed were unfavor-
able The construction of the permanent
| sinks was faulty, and they were much
| too near the kitchens and mess-rooms
| Furthermore, the prevailing westerly
| winds favored the transit of unpleasant
| odors and excreta-laden flies to the kit
| chens and the mess-rooms. Though the
discharges of the hospital patients did
| not reach the company sinks, there was
| abundant opportunity for their infection
| by men in the preliminary stage of ty-
| phoid fever and by walking cases OF
| chat disease before these cases had come
| to the attention of the surgeon. 1t Is
probable that the myriads of flies had
| much to do with the outbreak of typhoid
| fever in the batteries. Spring water
which has always been good was used al
Camp Powers. In the city there have
been but very few cases of typhoid fever
not referable to the camp"
Mr.. Blanchard of the firm of Blan-
chard & Twitchell of Berlin, N. H.,
who also operate saw mills in Rum
ford Falls, was before the board OF
State assessors, Tues lay He appeared
in the interests of his land which lay
n Franklin and Somerset counties.
Several other parties had signified
heir intention of appearing before the
BOARD, but they did not appear. Tues
lay. They will doubtless appear later
this week.
The regular monthly meeting or tn'
board of railroad commissioners will bt
held today at their office in the State
House.
The two following companies filed GER
/ II 4;