The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1901-01-31


tlon Of the movement to secure the plao-
Ing Of 9 bounty UPON bears. The Sen.
ate has referred .he matter to the COM
mittee on agriculture, but the HOUSE
changed the reference to the COMMITTEES
on inland fisheries and game. Mr..
Noble said that this question Of the bears
was no laughing mattsr TO farmers
whose property was made Bruins hunt
ing ground. The agricultural commit
tee represented the only interest In
volved, for Mr.. Noble aid not belisve that
the bears attracted sports to Mains. SO
the senate voted to insist upon Its ref
erencs to the committee ON agriculture.
On motion OF Senator Virgin, the bill
to regulate the driving of logs in the
The Senate concurred with the House
in accepting the adverse report upon the
bill to amend the law In relation TO the
inspection Of milk.
Senator Staples introduced the petition
of the Knox county bar to establish the
salary Of the reporter Of dsc isions, define
his duties and provide for the print
ing Of decisions by the state.
Senator MoFadden presented bill to
repeal the law OF 1895 in relation to the
taxation Of vessel property.
A bill introduced bv Senator Virgin
this morning Incorporates Arthur w.
Merrill, Isaac W. Dyer, Edward q. Her.
sey and stephen q. Perry as the Cumber-
land Trust company with not less than
So, 200 capital.
Senator White today presented bill
which authorizes telephone, telegraph,
electric light, heat or power companies
to place their wires under the surface
OF public ways subject to the written
permit of municipal officers Of cities
and towns through which such wires
extend.
THE SUPREME COURT. SALARIES.
The movement to increaEe the salaries
OF the justice OF the Supreme judicial
court has re-appeared. This morning,
Senator BurIeigh introduced bill to
make the salary Of each OF the justices
81, 0O0 per annum.
Senator Virgin presented a bill to pro-
vide for the presentation by printing of
briefs in cases argued before the law
court. Mr.. Virgin explained that such a
law would be of great assistance to at
torneys ard that the expense would be
small.
Senator Fernald introduced q bill to
extend the charter of the Mechanic Falls
Banking and Trust; company; Senator
Piummsr, resolve tn reimburse q. U.
Ryan in the sum OF S732 90 for money I'M
lawfully collected under the hawkers'
and peddlers' act; Senator Burieigh, Pc
tltion OF Island Falls Grange for suffra GO
without regard to sex; Senator White
house OF Sagadahoc, petition OF Rev. i.
Crosby and 239 others, for woman
suffrage; Senator Weeks, DILL to estab-
llsh a municipal court in the town of
Fairfield; Senator Burleigh, bill to
permit the bul1ing of q dam across
Madawaska river at Stockholm; Senator
Fernald of Androscoggin, petition of A.
Q. LAY and 175 others In favor OF equal
ization OF taxes; Senator Mhitehouse OF
Sagadahoc, act increasing the salary OF
the judge OF Bath municipal court
LT1u fFVp W EiOSpp 0sAtieoE Juice Va
Penobscot, remonstrance Of the Passadum-
kesg boom company against incorporat-
ing the West Branch Driving ard Re
servoir Dam company; the same gentle
man, an act to amend the charter of the
Penobscot East Branch log driving as
ISOLATION; the same gentleman a petition
signed by 4. N. Coe, James W. Sewall,
franklin A. Wilson, L. l.. Goodwin,
john Cassidy, f. IL. Appleton, William
EngeI, II. A. Appleton, K. W. Sawyer
and NJ. S. Clifford, asking that the law
relating to licensing sporting camps be
amended SO that the nsh ana game com.
missloners shall not issue such license
unless the party first obtains the written
consent of the owners OF the land where
such a sporting camp may be created.
The legislators-or many Of them-will
go by special train tomorrow to visit
the University of Maine at Orono and
for that reason both branches adjourned
at s a. m. The University wants gym
nasium ard drill shed and the visitors
will be royalty entertained.