Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-02-04

NdlerVille, 10 amend the charter of
the president and trustees of Colby
College. The bill provides that Section
| 3 of the act to establish a literary in
stitution in the district of Maine. pass
| ed by the General Court of Massachu-
sets and approved Feb 81, 1913, and
from time to time amended. be further
amended by inserting after the word
trustees" the following words: "Ex-
cept as hereinafter provided" and by
adding to the end of said section the
| following words: And provided also
| that nine of the trustees of the college,
| to be known as alumni trustees and
| to be elected, three each year, for terms
| of three years, in such manner as such
| association may provide" The bill fur.
| Their provides that the first three trus-
| tees for their first term shall be elected
| during the year 1904, the second three
during the year 1905 and the third three
| during the year 1906.
Representative Smith of Madison,
presented an act authorizing the Great
Northern Paper Co. to locate, erect and
maintain piers and booms for the pur-
| pose of collecting, holding and sorting
| lOSS, pulp WOOu anu OlHGT lumD6f COM
| ing down the Kennebec river. between
| the land of the company and the land
| of B. P. j. Weston in the town of Mad
| ison and the land of the heirs of George
| w. Walker and land of B. F. Walker in
J the town of Arson.
| In the Senate little outside of routine
business was transacted. Senator
Maddox of Lincoln, presented a bill
making the bridge of the Wiscasset
! Bridge Co. a public bridge. The bill
authorizes the county commissioners
| to lay out a county road across the
bridge and assess the damages therefor
| in the same manner as lands are taken
| for highways, which shall be paid by
| the county, one-half of which to he re-
| imbursed by the State. This bridge
| is known as the mile bridge 1t is
| 1850 feet long, three times the length of
any other bridge in the State 1t was
| built in 1876.
Senator Marley of Kennebec present
ed resolve appropriating $4,000 a year
| for the Typographical and geological
survey of the State.
| The same senator introduced a bill
authorizing municipal corporations to
contract for a supply of water, gas and
| electric light for municipal uses for
| term of years upon such terms as may
| be mutually agreed, from time to time,
| to renew the same and to raise money
therefor All such contracts heretofore
made are confirmed and made valid.
The trustees of the Bath Military
and Naval Orphans Home, in their
annual report, which has been made to
the Governor and Council, say that for
| the next two years they will need an
appropriation of $500 annually, with
| $500 added each year for repairs.
The trustees state that one year ago
there were 62 children in the Home.
During the year, Is were admitted,
making the total number of inmates,
| 80, of which number eleven left, thus
making the number in the institution
at the end of the year, So. Of the to-
| tai number of inmates during the year,
| 81 were the children of soldiers and
sailors and AZ were grandchildren of
veterans. There are now 3S girls and
| 81 boys with an average age of 9.57
years.
The trustees say: 1--WE have received
an applica ton for the admission of
child of a soldier who served in the
Spanish American war. 1t would have
been impossible to grant this request
if he had not been grandchild of a
soldier of the Civil war, as the act of
incorporation in it's present form does
not include such children 1t seems to
the trustees that a change in the char
ter should therefore be made in order
that such children may be admitted,
If ano1y for tho Sta q 6nht
to the soldiers of that war which, while
less in degree, is still similar in kind
to that which it owes to the soldiers
and sailors of the Civil war. The trus-
tees therefore make a recommendation
that such change in the charter be
made'
The treasurer's report shows that on
the first of the year the Home had a
balance of $97.45 and received $500
from the State treasurer. At the end
of the year the balance on hand was
S273.42, showing that the running ex-
penses of the institution for the year
amounted to SS324.03. In addition to
the above income from the State, the
State appropriated $1,000 for repairs, of
which the sum of $790.S4 was expended.
leaving a balance of $269.16.
A serious problem confronts the
members of the committee on financial
affairs and appropriations, growing out
of the change in the rules made at
the close of the last session to take
effect at the present session.
Under this rule every act or resolve
calling for the appropriation of money
is first referred to the appropriate
committee. Hearings are advertised
and are held advocates appear and
give reasons for the passage Of the
bills and resolves, and then the matter
is referred to the committee on ap-
preparations and financial affairs for
final settlement. No provision ex-
lists for this committee to have hear
ings and secure information as to the