Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-02-02

An act relating to the Compressed Air
Company Of massachusetts,.
An act to amend and extend the char
ter Of the Strong Water Company.
PASSED TO DE ENACTED.
An act to extend the charter of the Wa
tcrvillc e Wiscasset Railroad Company.
An act to amend the, charter OF the
Lewiston Trust and Safe Deposit Com
pany.
An act to amend an act entitled an act
to provide for printing and distributing,
ballots at the public expense and to reg
ulate voting for State and city elections.
An act to extend the charter Of the
Franklin, Somerset < kcnnebec Railway
Company.
An act to change in part tho town line
between the towns of Mexico and Rum
ford in the county of oxford.
An act to authorize the city of Lewiston
to issue its bonds to the amount of Sls5.-
rb0 and pay its bonds now outstanding
and maturing in the year 1891
Resolve providing for payment TO the
town Of Bethel of the amount deducted
from said towns proportion Of the school
fund for the year 1900 on account of an
imperfect school return.
ORDERS or THE DAY.
On motion ~ Mr.. Haskell Of Windham
the vote was rcconsidcred whereby bill
an act to amend the charter of Parsons
field Academy, was passed To be en-
The bill was ;hcn assigned fer tomorrow
morning.
on motion by Mr. Moulton of South
Portland. bill. an act providing for State
roads and for the Improvement thereof.
was taken from the table. and on further
motion TN the same gentleman is was re
ferred 20 The committee on State lands
ANA state roads.
The order relative To adjournment came
back from the Senate. the Senate having
reConSidered its action whereby il voted
to adhere. ana voting to insist, with Il
committee Of conference appointed on its
part.
The House reconsidcred its action
whereby it vote dto adhere.
The Speaker appointed on the part of
the House on the committee of confer
enCe, Messrs. Chase of Portland. Suther-
land Of Biddcford, and Dudley of Au-
gUsta.
Mr.. CHASE Of Portland: II it is in or
dor | move 10 take from the table the
three petitions relating to tie bounty on
bears and the motion Of the gentleman
from China tMr. Thompson that the
House recede and concur with til" Senate
in referring the petitions to the commit
tee on agriculture.
The motion was agreed to.
Mr.. Carl .ETON of Winthrop: ! an:
free 10 confess. Mr.. Speaker. that | d"
not understand why this matter should
not property be referred to the COMMITTEES
on inland fisheries and game. II is a uni
Ncrsai custom. 50 far as I know, in all
deliheratiVe bodies, that committees are
appointed ana that matters which are
proper are referred to those committees
This Legislature has Il fish and game
committee and also a committee on aC-
riculturC. and ! am deeply Interested in
both those subjects and ! think / have
some little practical knowledge of both.
Now the gentleman from China (Mr.
1honoSonb only yesterday. a member of
the agricultural committee. moved tina:
we insist on referring these matters per
tanning to a game animal to the agricul-
turai committee J asked him as per
sonal favor to let tho matter lay over I'M
III today as SO many members of the
House were absent on the excursion to
the State University. He declined to do
mat, ana on the motion Of the gentleman
from Portland tMr. Chase his motion
was laid on the table to be taken up.
this morning.
Now the question is. as I understand.
whether we shall rCCcde and concur with
the Senate in referring these petitions to
me committee on agriculture, or adhere
to our former action. If | may be per-
mittcd moment have no desire to dis
cUSS this question and shall not discuss
i'll wish to say that | am unwilling tina
there should be any occasion for any feel
ing on the part of any one that there Is
any clashing If interests between the
farmers or the agriculturalists of this
State and our inland fish and game inter
eStS. There is no diversity OF interests
that should be no occasion for any sur
misc or belief that there is any clashing
OF interests. More than 800 farmers of
TINS state are registered guides of this
state. and scores of our abandoned farms
have been purchased. rejuvenated and
made beautiful farms by the visiting
summer tourists and the sportsmcn, and
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