The Portland daily press., 1901-02-16

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or telephone corporations. companies or
persons doing . telegraph or teiephone
business within the state, and any OF the
said telegraph or telephone corporations
companies or persons doing such tels-
graph or telephone business within the
state which refuses or negleots TO make
the returns required oy law or TO exhibit
It's books to the railroad commissioners
when required for the purposes aforesaid.
or makes returns which are false, forfeita
not less than one thousand dollars nor
more than i've thousand dollars to be re-
90 vered by Indictment or by action OF
debt In any county where such telegraph
or telephone corporation, company or
person operates or does business.
"It shall be the duty OF the attorney
general of the state to see that the pro-
visions OF this act are complied with.
'Sect. 9. IL shall be the duty Of the
railroad commissioners TO make mp re-
port from the ret urns provided FOR In this
preceding sections which shall be printed,
bound and distributed as q part OF the
railroad comissioners' report.
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when approved"
10 INVESTIGATES NJ KEEN.
The committee on agriculture which by
an order OF the Legislature has been given
authority 10 investigate the conduct OF
the affairs of the board Of agriculture as
conducted by Its teoretary, Mr.. b. Walker
McKeen, has turned the arrangements for
the hearing OF the matter over to sub
committee. This subcommittee It is un
derstood has employed counsel and taken
steps 20 have on hand persons whose
testimony may be OF value TO them in
reaching Q conclusion. The matter Will
be heard In q short time now By the full
committee.
THE REFORM SCHOOL,
MIR. bennett of Hollis presented today
the resolve in favor OF the stats reform
school making In the aggregats appropri-
ations of over t62, 900 for the next two
years. These are to cover the running ex-
penses and to provide the necessary build
ings and alterations In the existing
structures to place the whole institution
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the adoption of the cottage system.
NEW BUSINESS.
Among the measures presented today
were the following.
Maddocks OF Boothbay Harbor. remon-
STRANGE of Boothbey Savings bank, owner
Of bonds OF Camden and Rockland Water
company demonstrating against proposed
bill establishing municipal water works
In Camden.
Webb of Portland. petition OF J. S.
winsIow S Co, and forty-six other citi-
zens and firms Of Portland against the
enactment OF any legislation to divert the
power of appointment of pilots from the
Portland board OF trade.
Carleton of winthrop, act providing
that so much OF chapter 80 OF the Revised
Statutes, as amended by chapter 42 of the
Public Laws OF 1899, as provides for a
bounty on wild cats be repealed.
Farnsworth OF Pembroke. act imposing
a tax OF four-eigHths of one per cent on
deposits in trust and banking companies,
incorporated under ths laws OF this state.
Pettingill of Rumford. act liking the
salaries OF the judge OF probate Of Oxford
county at i've hundred and fifty dollars a.
year, and that of the register at eighth
hundred dollars year In full for all SER
vices and expenses.