Daily Kennebec journal., 1903-02-18
MILLIN0CKET BILL.
The Full Text of the Much
Discussed Measure.
One Of the Most important Matters
Before the Legislature.
"The West Branch Driving and Reser-
voir Dam Co."

Following is the full text of the mucl
discussed "Millinocket bill' now befor,
the Legislature. It's official designation
is IAN act to incorporate the Yves
Branch Driving and Reservoir Dan
| Company" The hearing will be in tn.
hall of the House, Tuesday afternoon
| Feb. "a.
Re it enacted by the Senate and Hous,
| of Representatives in Legislature as
sembled as follows:
Section l. Frederick H. Appleton, j
| Fred Webster, Fred A. Gilbert. A. Led
yard Smith, j. Sanford Barnes, Jr.
Payne Whitney, r. Somers Hayes ant
| Garet Scherck, their associates, success
ors and assigns, are hereby created &
I body polite and corporate by the name
of the West Branch Driving and Reser
Voir Dam Company.
| Section 2. The capital stock of sale
| Company shall be fixed by said Company
and shall be not less than Two Hundred
| Thousand Dollars, and may be increased
| from time to time by vote representing
| a majority of the capital stock issued.
| Section 3. When this charter shall have
| been accepted by the corporators and said
Company shall have been organized and
| subscriptions to the capital stock thereof
to an amount of at least of Two Hundred
| Thousand Dollars shall have been made
| in good faith, and Fifty Thousand Dollars
at least on such subscriptions shall have
Dccil ACTUALLY pau III cash INTO the lfetS-
bury of said Company, said West Branch
| Driving and Reservoir Dam Company
| may then exercise the power of eminent
| domain to the extent that Hereunder it
may take and hold all the dams,
| real estate, piers booms, wing dams, side
| dams and steamboats, now owned by the
! Penobscot Log Driving Company.
| Said West Branch Driving and Reser-
| voir Dam Company may file in the Regis
| tries of Deeds in FenobScot and PiScata-
| quis Counties a written statement of its
determination to exercise said power of
| eminent domain, and thereupon said
dams, real estate, piers, booms, wing
dams, side dams and steamboats, shall be
and become the property of said West
| Branch Driving and Reservoir Dam Com
pany, and all the powers, rights and
privileges of the Penobscot Log Driving
Company shall be and become the powers,
| rights and privileges of the West Branch
Driving and Reservoir Dam Company,
| and all the duties of said Penobscot Log
Driving Company shall be and become
| the duties of said West Branch Driving
| and Reservoir Dam Company which shall
thereafter be holden tc perform such du-
| ties, except as modified by the provisions
| OF this Act.
| piers, booms wing dams, side dams and
steamboats, so taken shall be determined
| by Commission of three dlsinterested
persons to be appointed as follows:
| Either of said corporations, or any person
| of the Supreme Judicial Court in and
| for the County of Penobscot, either in
| term time or vacation, petition to SAID
| Court for the appointment of such Com
mission, to consist of three diSintereSted
persons, and upon such petition said
| Court after such notice as said Court
may deem proper, shall appoint such
| Commission. Such Commission shall as
soon as may be, but after reasonable
notice hear the parties their proofs and
arguments and determine the value OF
said dams, real estate, piers, bOomS, wing
dams, side dams and steamboats, The
| Commission shall have power to compel
| the attendance of witnesses and the pro-
duction of books and papers pertinent to
| the issue, and may administer oaths, and
| any witness or person in charge OF such
| books or papers refusing to attend or TO
produce the same shall be subject to the
same penalties and proceedings so far as
| applica as witnesses summoned To
attend the Supreme judicial Court. The
| Commission, or a majority thereof, after
such hearing. shall report to the Court
| i'm said County in term time what is it's
judgment is IL fair and just value OF the
dams, real estate, piers, boomS WING
dams, side dams and steamboats,. winch
| it is directed to appraise and all Other
findings which it may have been directed
| by the Court to make. ana return Such
| papers and proofs taken by 1t as the
Court has directed or may from time 10
| time direct it to return.
| reject it, or re-commit the same. or SUD-
| ject the subject matter thereof to a ne"
| Commission. The expenses OF SAID Com
| mission shall be paid one-haH by each oil
| said Companies.
| All proceedings of the Court with ref
| erence to any matter herein raising a
| question of law shall be subject to eX-
| ceptions. When all such exceptions, II
any shall be taken, shall be disposed OF,
and any such report shall have been ae-
| cepted and confirmed by said Court, said
| Court shall render judgment IN favor OF
said Penobscot Log Driving Company
| against said West Branch Driving and
Reservoir Dam Company for the amount
| finally determined in such report as ac-
cepted and confirmed by said Court
| Section a. From and after the time
when said West Branch Driving and Res
ervoir Dam Company shall have filed ii
the Registrics of Deeds for Pen
obscot and Piscataquis Counties
/ a written statement of its determine
/ nent domain. as provided in Section
| Three of this Act, said West Branch
Driving. and Reservoir Dam Company
shall drive all logs and other lumber that
| may be in the West Branch of the Pen
| obscot river between the head of Chesun
| cook Lake and the East Branch of said
| Penobscot river to the Fenooscot BOOM
1 except as otherwise provided by law, an6
the booms and piers at the head of Ches
| nncook Lake acquired by the Penobseot
Log Driving Company from the West
| Branch Chesuncook Boom Company shal
he within the chartered limits of this Act
| Section s. Said West Branch Driving
and Reservoir Dam Company shall make
at least one drive each year with da,
/ diligence from the head of Chesuncool
Lake to the Penobscot Boom If there shall
i he time enough after the starting of tn,
4 drive and before the close of the drivins
\ season. and water enough with which /
can be made, and for that purpose shal
nse 50 far as may be necessary all the wa
ter stored in any and all dams which ma.
he owned or controlled by it.
There shall be Commission of thre
nersons appointed by the Chief Justice o
The Supreme Judicial Court upon petition
Of said Company or any person interested
after such notice as he shall order an
bearing. The Chief Justice of the Su
nreme Judicial Court may at any time re
move any member of such Commission
unon petition of said Company or an
, nerson interested, after such notice as II
! shall order and hearing, If he shall deter
? mine that a change in such Commissio
q AiiAA lsz Should