The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-01-26

of the shore rentals for municipal pur-
poses. Beddington asls for $40 in
abatement of taxes for 1895 Lewiston
and Westbrook ask for an appropriation
to REIN burse them for money expended
for needy families in the late war with
Spain, Lewiston asking for $l,98452,
and W estbrook, 1910 81. McFaul of
Machias, introduced bill to prevent a
preference of creditors.
The Senate order providing for joint
special committee on salaries, came
from the House passed in concurrence,
and the president appointed as COM
mittee on the part of the Senate, Messrs.
Weeks of Somerset, Stearns of Aroos-
took, and Hargraves of York.
Monday in the House Mr.. Girdler of
Mercer, presented remonstrance of j.
F. Libby of Fairfield, against the pas
sage of the veterinary bill. Remon-
STRANGE of d. G. Wood and 20, Others of
Mercer, against increasing the salaries
of the supreme court judges.
Mr.. Manley of Augusta, presented the
following order which was passed :
Ordered, The senate concurring, that
a committee, consisting of the Cover
nor, President of the senate and Speaker
of the House, be appointed to arrange
for suitable memorial exercises to be
held in the House of Representatives on
Wednesday the 18th of February, that
the Executive department and members
of the Legislature may pay their tribute
of respect to the memory of the late
Nelson Dingley.
Commissioner s. W. Matthews of the
bureau of industrial and labor statistics,
visit Boston, Tuesday, Feb. Is, to meet
the other members of the committee to
make arrangements for the reception of
the members of the National Labor AS
ISOLATION, whose meeting is to be held in
Augusta, next June. Hon. Carol d.
Wright is to be present at the committee
meeting.
Mr.. " eeks of Somerset presented in
the Senate petition of T. b. eston to
set off certain lands owned by him from
Madison Village Corporation.
Mr.. Smith of Hartland presented bill,
an act TO legalize the incorporation, the
records and the doings of the Hartland
Hall Association of Hartland.
Mr.. Merrill of Skowhegan presented
resolve in favor of Joshua Gray of Gar.
diner, and William b. Snow Of Skowhe-
gan; petition of Manufacturing Invest
ment Company for authority to erect
booms in the Kennebec river; bill an
act authorizing the Manufacturing In
yestment Company to locate, erect and
maintain in the Kennebec river, piers
and booms; petition of the county Off
GERS of Somerset county praying for in
crease of the salary of the judge of
probate for the county of Somerset.
Petition of Abel Davis and Is others for
same. Petition of the county officers
of Somerset county praying for increase
of the salary of the register of probate
of Somerset county. Petition of Abel
Davis and Is others for same.
MIR. Maxcy of Gardiner presented Pc
tition of Charles Lawrence and others,
for right to erect dams, side-dams
and make other Improvements on the
Enchanted stream, so-caHed, in Upper
and Lower Enchanted towns in the
county of Somerset.
There are about 25 members of the
G. A. Il. in the present legislature, and
in response to call issued by Repre-
sentative Mosher of Rome, about 20 of
them met in the Office of Librarian Car.
yer, Tuesday, and effected an informal
organization. Representative McFad-
den OF Dresden, was made CHI airman and
Senator Plummer of Penobscot, secre-
tary.
The public reception of Governor
Powers to the Legislature and the people
of Maine will be at the Capitol, Febru.
airy IA, on the evening of which day the
citizens of Augusta will tender the Gov
ernor and Legislature reception at
City hall.
Representative G. III. Smith of Hart
land, who has been i'll at his home, re-
turned, Tuesday, much improved in
health.
The first act to receive the signature
of Governor Powers, this session, was
that which the legislature passed as
quickly as possible authorizing tenn
porary loan of 100000 to pay bills con-
tracted during the war with Spain.
This act reached the Governor, Janu-
airy II, and was at once signed.
Wednesday in the Senate the petitions
relative to the increase of salaries of
iudAe and register Of probate Of Somer
set county referred to committee in the
House were laid on the table \on motion
of Senator Weeks.
The hill to change the name of Colby
University to Colby College was passed
to be enacted in the Senate in concur
rance with the House.
In the House several petitions were
referred To the committee on agri-
culture, for bounty on hen hawks.
Several resolves providing for re-
imburse ment to towns for supplies fur
nished families of volunteers in the
Spanish war and petition for act to pre-
vide for the better observance OF Memo
rial day were presented,
The committee on agriculture had n
hearing, Wednesday, on the act to amend
the law regulating the sale of agricult-
ural seeds. The present law provides
that the percentage OF purity shall he
stated; the amendment would make
public the kinds of noxious weed seeds
found in the analysis.
An order passed the House that the
committee on judiciary inquire into the
expediency OF so amending the constitu-
ton that citizen of the United States,
not less than 30 years of age, who has
been five years resident of the State,
may be eligible to the office of Governor,
though ne be not natural born citizen
of the United States.
Beaten nt His Owa Game.
"a few days since. relates solicit
or. ''as l was sitting with my friend d.