Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-01-14
STATE HOUSE.
Esss
Legislature Will ReassembIe for
Active Work, Today.
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FIRST Committee Hearing Will Occur,
This Afternoon.
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Lewiston Contests Will Then Be Com
sIdered by Elections Committee.


sembled lawmakers to order and the
legislative game will begin once more.
few senators and representatives
were in town, last night, but the great
mass of members will reach the city,
this morning, from the east and the
west.
The first committee hearing of the
session will begin at O'Clock. this af-
ternoon. 1t will be held in the hall of
the House. and the probability is that
1t will be largely attended. The hear
ing is in the matter of the contests on
the part OF three Republican candi-
dates from Lewiston and one Demo-
crat from the same place. 1t is said
that all Lewiston will be here to listen
10 the presentation of the case by the
lawyers on both sides.
During today and tomorrow. the
various committees will meet in their
respective rooms and organize for the
work before them
The first division contest to ba intro
duced in the legislation will soon be
dropped into the hopper by Repre-
sentative Mills of the Stonington class.
The matter will be presented in the
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town of Isle au Haul, which respect
fully represents that public conven-
fences and the welfare of the people re-
siding in the town of Isle au Haul
would be greatly promoted by setting
off those islands and the inhabitants
thereof from the county of Hancock,
and annexing them to the county of
Knox.
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turner and 80 other citizens of Isle
au Haul. The matter will go to the
committee on counties, in accord
ance with the usual custom.
Representative Mills will also intro
duce a petition from Henry w. Sar-
gent and So other citizens of Sedg-
wick and adjoining towns asking
that Section Al of Chapter 2S4 of
the sea shore fisheries law of
1901, be amended so as to prohibit en-
tirely the use of purse and drag seines
in the waters of Eggemoggin reach, in
Guiding Billings Cove at Sargentville
The people in that section of Han
cock are anxious to have the same re-
striction as to fishing with purse and
drag seines placed upon the waters
of Eggemoggin reach that now applies
to Bluehill bay. Section Al of the 1901
law states that it shall be unlawful to
use any purse or drag seines in certain
waters along the coast from Casco
bay to Machias bay. In all the bays
and harborS east of the west shore of
Penobscot river and bay purse and
drag seines may be used for the pur-
pose of taking smelts, except in Blue
hill bay. The above petitioners ask
that the taking of smelts by such
methods be prohibited in the reach.
The summer visitors are particularly
interested in the enactment of the
amendment as they desire to catch
smelts with hook and line or with dip
nets.
Gov. Hill has received a commune
cation from the officers of the Ameri-
can Road Makers, inviting him to at
tend the annual meeting of the asso-
citation at Detroit, Mich, Feb. II to
IA. This meeting will be an internal
tional conference, delegates having
signified their intention of coming from
Mexico and Canada. President Roose-
welt is to be present. The Governor
| is also asked to appoint 10 delegates
to attend the conference as represent
atives from Maine
Hon. Z. E. Ring, State land agent,
who has beer critically i'll at his home
| in Orono for the past two weeks, is
now out of danger, and his physicians
say that he will rapidly recover from
his serious ailment.
Representative Edward A. McNa-
mara of Thomaston, will, today, intro
duce an act that no person shall take,
CATCH kill or destroy any Holsters be-
tween the first day of August and the
first day of October in each year. I'M
der a penalty of 81 for each lobster
so taken, killed or destroyed, in the
waters within five miles of any part
of the islands of Matinicus and Crie-
haven, in the county of Knox. Ac-
companyng the act We're two petit
tions from that locality advocating the
passage of the bill. The matter will
be referred to the committee on sea
and shore fisheries.
The following companies have filed
articles of incorporation at the office OF
the secretary of State:
Sebasticook Power Co., organized at
Pittsfield. for the purpose of erecting
and maintaining a dam across the Sc
basticook river. and operating mills on
said dam or nearby, with $15OO0O CAPT.
tai stock of which $250O is paid in. The
officers are: President, Allen Hackett
of Pittsfield treasurer, j. w. Manson
of Pittsfeld. Certificate approved, Jan.
10. 1903.
Deer Isle Acetylene Co., organized at
Auburn. for the purpose of making,
generating and supplying gas and cleo
tricity, with $4,000 capital stock of
which nothing is paid in. The officers
are: President, Joseph Heaton of Au-s
burn: treasurer, E. C. Woodwork of
Deer Isle. Certificate approved, Jan.
IS, 1908.
New Dorchester Cigar Manufacturing
Co., organized at Kittery, for the pur-
pose of manufacturing and dealing in
cigars, cneroots and cigarettes, with
$4,000 capital stock of which nothing is
paid in. The officers are: President,
Horace Mitchell of Kittery; treasurer,
a. NJ Meloon of Kittery. Certificate