Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-02-22
STATE SOLONS.
Legislative News of Interest to Han
cock County Readers.


| reached the governor.
Senator Grindle last week presented re-
monstrances from voters of Brooksville
| and Biuehill against the highway COM
mission law of 1897. He also presented
remonstrance of Lewis Sullivan and for
ty-nine others of BluehilI against any
change in the law to prohibit the taking
OF clans at any season Of the year in the
county OF Hancock.
! The act for the protection OF fish in
Bagaduce bay, river and tributaries passed
| the Senate Tuesday of last week to be
engrossed and was passed to be enacted
| Thursday.
The resolve in favor Of Bluehill- George
Stevens academy reached the House from
the Senate Tuesday OF last week.
Rep. Buck, Of Orland, has presented
petition Of W. G. Stevens and others Of
Castine in favor Of an amendment to the
| charter Of the Castine water company.
Rep. Goss last week presented batch
| Of circumstances from Deer Isle against
| any change in the present purse or drag
| seine law.
ing towns IN accepting conditional gifts
or legacies from an individual to make an
appropriation in accordance with the con-
| ditions of the gift for a term OF years.
This is to meet a case in Bucksport where
a gentleman wishes to give the town a
new grammar school providing the town
will fulfill certain conditions as to it's
support.
The bill to incorporate the Southwest
Harbor Dam and Bridge Co. reached the
Senate from the House last Wednesday
and was passed to be engrossed Thursday.
1t was passed to be enacted Monday.
Senator Grindle presented bill to ex-
tend charter OF the Bluehll Water Co. ;
also bill to extend charter of the Blue
hill Trust and Banking Co.
Rep. Drummey, of Ellsworth, last We'd
-nesday presented petition of N. II. Hig
gins and theirs of Ellswort h in favor Of an
act to create lien on monumental work
Memorial services in honor OF the late
Congressman Nelson Dingley followed The
regular session last Wednesday forenoon.
1t was an impressive occasion as the half
score OF able speakers, all of whom had
loved and honored the dead statesman,
feelingly delivered their eulogies on the
life character and work of Mr.. Dingley
The speaking was brilliant and eloquent
and every word of euogy and sorrow had
the ring of sincerity.
feature of the session of the House
last Wednesday was the bill to repeal the
resolve OF 1897 eppropriating 900 for a
term of ten years for the University of
Maine. This means that the $40, 600 given
the institution for 1897 and 1898 shall be
all Of the 200, 900 to be given it. The bill
WAS tabled for printing. This bill has
been expected for some time and there is
prospect OF lively time over it before
the matter is disposed of. The friends
OF the institution are not asleep, but
those opposed to so much State aid for it
are very active.
In the Senate last Thursday Senator
Hamlin presented an act providing that
| municipal and police courts shall not
| have jurisdiction in any civil matter un-
less the defendant or party summoned
as trustee resides in the county in which
| such court is esta blished; also that no
action shall be removed from such court
to the supreme court on motion OF the
defendant unless the debt or damage de-
manded exceeds s10O
| The Senate on Thursday debated the
| bill to increase the salaries of supreme
court judges. The bill was defended in a
speech nearly an hour long by Senator
Stearns, OF Aroostook. All arguments
were well answered by Senators Grin
die, OF Hancock; Merrill, of Som
erset; Fernald, Of Androscoggin, who
opposed the proposed increase. The
bill was refused passage by a vote of
II to IL. This is probably the end of the
matter, as the House will doubtless
concur.
| The bill for bounty on hen hawks was
adversely reported in the House Thursday
The consideration of the general appro-
priation bill, which carries S1,6O5 900, was
the important business in the House
Thursday. Five amendments asking to
have items stricken from the bill were
lost, and the bill YVES passed. Among the
items against which amendments were
aimed were those appropriating S125,000
for the Eastern Maine insane hospital,
and the $4,000 annual appropriation for
the University of Maine.
Senator Hamln on Friday presented a
bill to amend section so, chapter AZ of he
revised statutes, relating to the sales of
real estate of corporations. 1t gives cred
itors power to proceed against real estate,
as well as against personal property.
| Among bills passed to be engrossed in
the Senate Monday were an act to enable
the Winter Harbor Co. to purchase stock
OF Grindstone Neck Water Co., and an act
additional to the incorporation of the
| Ellsworth Electric Illuminating Co. and
additional to the charter of the Eilswort h
Water Co.
HEARINGS.