Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-01-24
The FOURTH WEEK.
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a Deluge Of Bills and Peti-
tons, Monday.
Memorial Exercises for Mr.. DingIey,
February IS.
Features o! Monday Afternoons Work-Lean
PIaced-c capitol Notes.

Ehey are now settled down to the
work OF the fourth week, and it prom
ises to be very busy and interesting
week. The session. late Monday after
noon, was the occasion of deluge of
bills and petitions. though the new
business had not much of great import
ance. The resolves are pretty we'll in:
they always appear in the opening
days of the session. Wednes lay is the
day set as the limit for the reception
of bills relating to private and special
legislation, but this time is likely to
have an extension, as usual. Soon
after the afternoon trains came in.
Monday. the Capitol once more as
sumed it's legislative aspect. and shook
off the sleepy calm that had pervaded
it since Friday morning. AS usual
after a recess, the members returned
to their seats with pockets full of pc
titions and bills. There was good
dtlcLudHCc III VIC A1OuSC, Out tllC SCii-
ate had barely a quorum. Both gal
leries were filled with spectators. An
afternoon session seems to bring them
out better than one in the forenoon.
One important matter of the session
was the order introduced by Mr.. Man
ley setting apart Wednesday. Febru
airy Is. as the day for the memorial ex-
ercises in honor Of the late Congress
man Dingley. That day was specially
selected because it is the birthday of
Mr.. Dingley. Probably this occasion
will witness the best oratory of the
winter The joint committee on salar-
les, the order for which was long
tabled, was finally appointed. The
matter of the judges salaries, however,
is safe in the hands of the judiciary
committee which will probably report,
to do besides the passage of measures
in concurrence and the reception of
reference to a committee. There are
bills and resolves in the various states
of passage, reports of committees, ETC.,
which tend TO make the sessions longer.
The House, Monday afternoon, occu-
pied 30 minutes in it's session, while the
Senate got through sooner. not having
nearly so much new business. Today.
there will be the 10 o'clock session, and
hearings by many committees in the
afternoon.
Among the new business in the
House. Belleau of Lewiston, introduced
a bill raising the age up to which a boy
can be sentenced to the reform school
from 16 to is years. The Androscoggin
register of probate wants his salary
raised to $780, Rockland asks for
$100G to reimburse it for money paid the
families of soldiers during the war.
There were number of petitions Tor
the division of the town of South Port
land and the Incorporation of the town
of Willard. A bill was introduced rails
ing the salary of the State prison
guards and door keeper from $500 to
$500. There was a deluge of petitions
for the repeal of the road commissioner
law. for the law prohibiting the use OF
trading stamps, for~the protection OF
fish in various streams and ponds. ana
for raising the salary of the supreme
court justices. a bill was introduced
constituting Chas. A. Blair. Augustus
G.. Sprague, Henry Shepherd. J. Henry
Stlryis. II. NJ. Heath and F. E. Smith
into a corporation by the name OF the
american Ice Company. There was
a bill to repeal the special laws OF ls'z
which authorized the city of Gardiner
to raise money for the maintenance or
a pIblic library. Mr.. Manley introduced
several bills affecting the rights ana
Affiliations of corporations, one chanS-
ing the method Of their annual return
10 the secretary Of State, and another
giving corporations that mortgage
their franchise and property. the right
TO 8 gree that any sale hereunder shall
forever bar the equity Of redemption
and pass full title.
Mr. Harcrayes presented bill in